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The Free Press Vol 44 Issue 18, 04-01-2013, Kirsten Sylvain
The Free Press Vol 44 Issue 18, 04-01-2013, Kirsten Sylvain
Free Press, The
Election Showdown--University scrambles to make budget cuts--Student Senate supports divestment--Provost searches to fill new staff position
The Role Of Social Physique Anxiety, Social Support, And Perceived Benefits And Barrier To Exercise In All-Female Fitness Camp Intervention, Lauren Elizabeth Easton
The Role Of Social Physique Anxiety, Social Support, And Perceived Benefits And Barrier To Exercise In All-Female Fitness Camp Intervention, Lauren Elizabeth Easton
College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations
Only 3.2% of Americans ages 20-59 years meet the minimum recommended volume of exercise suggestions. In addition to the substantial percentage of people who fail to meet exercise requirements, only 15% of American adults engage in exercise on a regular basis, i.e. exercising for twenty minutes at least three times per week to improve health. (Schrop, Pendleton, McCord, Gil, Stockton, McNatt, & Gilchrist, 2006). Although the small proportion of those who reach the suggested physical activity levels is a topic of concern for adults, the CDC reports that physical inactivity levels are even higher for females than those of males. …
How Clean Is A Restaurant Menu? A Study Of Bacterial Transfer To And From Restaurant Menus , Ibtehal Alsallaiy, Paul Dawson, Inyee Han
How Clean Is A Restaurant Menu? A Study Of Bacterial Transfer To And From Restaurant Menus , Ibtehal Alsallaiy, Paul Dawson, Inyee Han
Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium (GRADS)
Some non-food contact surfaces such as restaurant menus are not routinely evaluated for microbial contamination thus can be a potential contamination risk. The main objectives of this study were to detect bacteria on restaurant menus, test the rate of bacteria transfer from menus to consumers and determine the survival rate of bacteria on the menu surface. Samples collected from local restaurants’ menus and analyzed for total aerobic organisms and Staphylococcus spp, indicated that menus often harbored detectable levels of bacteria. The average transfer rate was 11.17%, with a high variability between subjects (10.45% standard deviation). Survival rate of bacteria was …
E.M.: Facilitator Notes, Lindsay St. Louis, Michael D'Apice, Kristen Brusky, Tyler Vunk
E.M.: Facilitator Notes, Lindsay St. Louis, Michael D'Apice, Kristen Brusky, Tyler Vunk
Student-led Mini-Grants
Video interviews of five chronic pain patients with differing conditions were completed; a man with chronic low back pain, a woman with fibromyalgia, a woman with rheumatoid arthritis, a man with musculoskeletal pain in addition to post-traumatic stress disorder, and a woman with a spinal cord injury. These interviews were used to make personal videos for each patient, which tell their story of chronic pain, and a longer 8-10 minute video that included all patients in addition to a young woman with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). They were also used to make interprofessional case reports of chronic pain with …
N.K.: A Case Report Of Fibromyalgia, Lindsay St. Louis, Michael D'Apice, Kristen Brusky, Tyler Vunk
N.K.: A Case Report Of Fibromyalgia, Lindsay St. Louis, Michael D'Apice, Kristen Brusky, Tyler Vunk
Student-led Mini-Grants
Video interviews of five chronic pain patients with differing conditions were completed; a man with chronic low back pain, a woman with fibromyalgia, a woman with rheumatoid arthritis, a man with musculoskeletal pain in addition to post-traumatic stress disorder, and a woman with a spinal cord injury. These interviews were used to make personal videos for each patient, which tell their story of chronic pain, and a longer 8-10 minute video that included all patients in addition to a young woman with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). They were also used to make interprofessional case reports of chronic pain with …
Focus, 2013, Spring, Andrews University
Focus, 2013, Spring, Andrews University
Focus
FOCUS (ISSN 1077-9345) is published quarterly, free of charge, for alumni and friends of Andrews University, an institution owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Evidence-Based, Best Practice Workplace Interventions To Reduce Overweight And Obesity Rates Among Employees In One Maine Organization: Identification Of Strategic Models, Joanna Aronica
Muskie School Capstones and Dissertations
Wellness programs have evolved over several decades and a great deal of research has been conducted to measure the efficacy of the programs. The goal of this capstone is to explore obesity in the workplace and its impact on chronic disease in one Maine organization and to identify innovative and best practice, evidence based interventions that will reduce the risk.
Finding Employees With Undiagnosed Diabetes, Thomas Lenz, Nicole Gillespie, Michael Monaghan
Finding Employees With Undiagnosed Diabetes, Thomas Lenz, Nicole Gillespie, Michael Monaghan
Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice
Purpose: Implement a confidential and low cost method to identify employees with undiagnosed diabetes. Methods:Blood samples from fasting plasma glucose measurements obtained by a third party vendor from the annual employee health risk assessment data were re-run at a cut-point of 117 mg/dL or greater to obtain a hemoglobin A1c (A1c) value. Individual letters were sent from the third party vendor to employees with a HbA1c value of 5.7% or greater informing them of an employee diabetes management program. Results: 1611 of 3044 (53%) employees participated in the annual health risk assessment; 87 employees demonstrated a fasting plasma glucose >117 …
Curing The Obesity Epidemic : The Government's Obligation To Regulate Food, Victoria Lyon
Curing The Obesity Epidemic : The Government's Obligation To Regulate Food, Victoria Lyon
Honors Theses
The first chapter demonstrates the impact of the obesity epidemic in the United States. The epidemic affects obese individual directly, and burdens all US citizens. The second chapter is an argument as to why the obesity epidemic should be addressed by government intervention. The US regulates risky substances such as consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana, and risky behaviors such as driving. This work explores why food is morally equal to other risky substances. The final chapter explores several food regulation policy options.
Breaking The Boundaries: Decision Factors That Lead Male Students To Enroll In Associate Degree Nursing Programs In Illinois Community Colleges, Leandro Alcovendaz Resurreccion
Breaking The Boundaries: Decision Factors That Lead Male Students To Enroll In Associate Degree Nursing Programs In Illinois Community Colleges, Leandro Alcovendaz Resurreccion
Dissertations
Male nurses are but a small percentage of the total nurse population in the United States, and most certainly have potential to increase in numbers if the profession appeared more attractive as a career option for men. The purpose of this research was to discover the decision factors used by males that led them to enroll in Associate Degree nursing programs in Illinois community colleges. To set the background and context, the study explored the history of community colleges and that of nursing. Included was nursing as a profession, nursing in the United States, the country’s impending nursing shortage and …
Cal Poly Goat Program, Lauren Christensen
Cal Poly Goat Program, Lauren Christensen
Animal Science
The Cal Poly Goat Program was established in the Summer of 2012 to provide vegetation management services on the Cal Poly campus and to allow students to gain hands on experience with goats. Student interest in adding goats as an additional species in the Animal Science Department spurred the realization and development of the program. The department also experienced demand for goats to use for vegetation management at the animal units and around various facilities on campus. The Goat Program integrates Cal Poly’s hands-on, ‘Learn by Doing’ philosophy with sustainable management practices to serve the needs of students as well …
School Gardens: Reconnecting Children With Nature And Food, Alyssa M. Boyle
School Gardens: Reconnecting Children With Nature And Food, Alyssa M. Boyle
Scripps Senior Theses
This thesis discusses the importance of school gardens. First, two current environmental and societal problems are highlighted: the industrialized food system and what Richard Louv has termed, "Nature Deficit Disorder," in children. School gardens are then presented as an effective tool that can address and remedy such issues. Lastly, a how-to manual for implementing such projects in schools is provided as well as a few sample lesson plans to be used in conjunction with the garden in each subject across the curriculum.
The Montclarion, April 01, 2013, The Montclarion
The Montclarion, April 01, 2013, The Montclarion
The Montclarion
Student Newspaper of Montclair State University
Columns Spring 2013, Southern Adventist University
Columns Spring 2013, Southern Adventist University
Alumni Newsletter
Features the article "Ministry of Memories". Southern graduates’ new nonprofit provides cancer patients and their families with free photography sessions. These intimate portraits provide a lasting light that transcends the darkness of the moment.
Curating Collective Collections—Agriculture And Rural Life: A Discipline Or Domain-Based Approach To Preservation And Access, Sam Demas, Amy Paster, Joy Paulson
Curating Collective Collections—Agriculture And Rural Life: A Discipline Or Domain-Based Approach To Preservation And Access, Sam Demas, Amy Paster, Joy Paulson
Against the Grain
No abstract provided.
Positive Youth Development In The 21st Century: Exploring Online Environment, Mark Light, Jessica Falkenthal
Positive Youth Development In The 21st Century: Exploring Online Environment, Mark Light, Jessica Falkenthal
Journal of Youth Development
The manner that young people and adults are communicating with each other is rapidly changing in society that is, in part, driven by the latest technology. As a youth-driven program, we must engage in new strategies and methods by which we communicate with youth members, volunteers, families, and the community at large. Social and mobile media are a growing and popular venue for much of our target audience and youth development practitioners must learn how to leverage these networks to create positive youth development in online environments. If we ignore and don’t engage in the opportunity to be connected to …
Access To Oral Health Care In Nebraska, Aastha Chandak, Kim Mcfarland, Preethy Nayar, Jim P. Stimpson
Access To Oral Health Care In Nebraska, Aastha Chandak, Kim Mcfarland, Preethy Nayar, Jim P. Stimpson
Reports: Center for Health Policy
Oral health contributes to overall health; therefore, it is important to understand the level of access to oral health care in Nebraska. Our analysis of the most recently available data in Nebraska on access to oral health care and on the oral health workforce indicates that in 2010, 68.4% of Nebraskans aged 18 years and older visited a dentist within the past year. The total number of dentists practicing in Nebraska in 2012 was 1,028, compared to 1,017 in 2008; however, the number of dentists per 100,000 population decreased by 2.85% between 2008 and 2012, and the number of dentists …
Juggling Research And Work Between Two Campuses: An Undergraduate’S Experience In Cellular Research And The Real World, Rebecca Mason
Juggling Research And Work Between Two Campuses: An Undergraduate’S Experience In Cellular Research And The Real World, Rebecca Mason
Inquiry Journal 2013
No abstract provided.
Wrl Newsletter Spring 2013, Maryke Barber
Factors Influencing Student Motivation Within Two University-Offered Physical Activity Classes, Chad A. Grabau
Factors Influencing Student Motivation Within Two University-Offered Physical Activity Classes, Chad A. Grabau
Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Perceived Relative Factors Influencing Nurses’ Practice Of Health Promotion For Women In Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria, E. Samson-Akpan, O. B. Edet, I. I. Akpabio, Ekaete Asuquo
Perceived Relative Factors Influencing Nurses’ Practice Of Health Promotion For Women In Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria, E. Samson-Akpan, O. B. Edet, I. I. Akpabio, Ekaete Asuquo
School of Nursing & Midwifery, East Africa
Socio-cultural factors negate the health of women. Therefore, health promotion as a focus of nursing practice aimed at capitalizing on the inherent capacities of women to establish health priorities, goals and strategies to improve their health. A descriptive survey with the purpose of ascertaining the influence of culture, social and health policies on nurses’ practice of health promotion was undertaken. Three hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A sample of one hundred and thirty six nurses participated in the study. A validated questionnaire with a test-retest reliability coefficient (r) of 0.79 was used for data collection. Correlation analysis was …
A Teacher's Journey In School Improvement And Reform, Kristi Domrase
A Teacher's Journey In School Improvement And Reform, Kristi Domrase
Masters Theses
Today America‘s schools are failing to prepare its students to compete in the 21st century knowledge based economy. The work presented in this thesis addresses current and historical educational reform movements in the United States with an emphasis on why American reforms are failing to keep pace with other countries in preparing its new students for the new global economy. As a teacher in a persistently low achieving school the paper is a culmination of course studies, research, and personal experiences with the school improvement process and reform policies. What I discovered is that the current educational reforms in America …
Creating Sustainable Economic And Ecological Growth In The Congo Basin: Bushmeat Consumption And Biodiversity Protection, Richelle Lynn Warnock
Creating Sustainable Economic And Ecological Growth In The Congo Basin: Bushmeat Consumption And Biodiversity Protection, Richelle Lynn Warnock
Masters Theses
This research examines the economic and ecological sustainability of bushmeat hunting in the Congo Basin, specifically the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo. Although bushmeat hunting has provided short term gain for individuals in the region, long term solutions focusing on micro and macro level interventions may provide community wide benefits, while protecting Congo Basin wildlife. Research shows that a focus on the development of key economic sectors such as agriculture, mineral resources and hydroelectricity, as well as the growth of infrastructure may provide viable economic gain for the Congo Basin. Ecotourism and improvements to forest management …
Self Management In Heart Failure Education, Michelle Brown
Self Management In Heart Failure Education, Michelle Brown
Theses and Dissertations
Heart failure is a growing health problem in the United States, costing the healthcare system billions of dollars and having a significant impact on patients' quality of life. To improve heart failure outcomes and reduce associated costs, we must educate patients to properly manage their disease condition. Traditionally, this patient education takes place during a standard office visit with a provider. However, in a self-management program, the provider, through individualized education, empowers the patient to become an active participant in their care. The purpose of this literature review was to explore the effect of self management programs, in comparison to …
Streamlining Patient's Wishes: Analyzing Improvements For The Implementation Of Advance Directives, William A. Wallington
Streamlining Patient's Wishes: Analyzing Improvements For The Implementation Of Advance Directives, William A. Wallington
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to complete a review of literature and determine methods providers can use to increase the implementation rates of advance directives (ADs). A growing elderly population coupled with an increase in chronic disease is making the implementation of advance directives more important than ever, yet the percentage of completed advance directives continues to be poor. Utilizing a review of evidence-based research, barriers to implementation were identified. This includes communication, timing and setting, appropriate end-of-life care and utilization of Provider Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) to provide a detailed format therefore lessening miscommunication. A pamphlet …
The Effects Of Vitamin C On Cancer: A Cellular And Epidemiological Perspective, Amy C. Mclaughlin
The Effects Of Vitamin C On Cancer: A Cellular And Epidemiological Perspective, Amy C. Mclaughlin
Senior Honors Theses
While vitamin C has been proven to benefit the immune system during acute infections, there are now many studies to support the findings that vitamin C may also contribute to more effective chemotherapy and lessened damage on the body as a result of chemotherapy. This thesis investigates the impact of vitamin C on many components of cancer such as C-reactive protein, interleukins, reactive oxygen species, and many types of antioxidants and examines vitamin C's ability to inhibit or promote these agents' functions in the body. In addition, this thesis evaluates the ability of vitamin C to keep tumor cells from …
The Challenges And Blessings Of Missionary Nursing In Africa, Jordan E. Woosley
The Challenges And Blessings Of Missionary Nursing In Africa, Jordan E. Woosley
Senior Honors Theses
Nursing is a popular career choice in the twenty-first century, and there are many opportunities within the profession to serve. An American nurse has the ability to utilize nursing skills in Africa and share knowledge with the locals. The American nurse may face challenges when adapting to the African culture and healthcare but also may be blessed by the work and ministering to the people. The American nurse faces specific challenges such as educational differences, lack of facilities and equipment, unique diseases, and poor sanitation. In spite of these challenges, the American missionary nurse is able to grow through this …
The Vocal Mechanism Of Two Songbirds, The Bengalese Finch (Lonchura Striata) And The Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis Cardinalis): 3d Modeling Of Complex Skeleto-Muscular Systems Based On Computer Visualization And Animation Of X-Ray Ct Data, Caroline Blevins
Honors Capstones
No abstract provided.
Tackling The Global Ncd Crisis: Innovations In Law And Governance, Bryan P. Thomas, Lawrence O. Gostin
Tackling The Global Ncd Crisis: Innovations In Law And Governance, Bryan P. Thomas, Lawrence O. Gostin
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
35 million people die annually of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), 80% of them in low- and middle-income countries—representing a marked epidemiological transition from infectious to chronic diseases and from richer to poorer countries. The total number of NCDs is projected to rise by 17% over the coming decade, absent significant interventions. The NCD epidemic poses unique governance challenges: the causes are multifactorial, the affected populations diffuse, and effective responses require sustained multi-sectorial cooperation. The authors propose a range of regulatory options available at the domestic level, including stricter food labeling laws, regulation of food advertisements, tax incentives for healthy lifestyle choices, …
The Eastern Echo, April 1, 2013, Eastern Michigan University
The Eastern Echo, April 1, 2013, Eastern Michigan University
EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo
No abstract provided.