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Cal Poly Magazine, Summer 2014

Cal Poly Magazine

No abstract provided.

Faculty Attitudes About Distance Education, Esther Smidt, Brian Mcdyre, Jennifer Bunk, Rui Li, Tanya Gatenby

Languages & Cultures Faculty Publications

In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in distance learning in higher education. Given this, it is extremely important to understand faculty attitudes about distance education, not only because they can vary widely, but also because it is the faculty, through their design and implementation of online courses, that will shape the future of distance education. The purpose of the present study is to uncover faculty attitudes about distance education in a specific context, namely that of a mid-sized mid-Atlantic state university. Data sources consist of posts from two of six discussion boards written by 21 faculty participants …

Sacred Heart University Magazine, Summer 2014, Sacred Heart University

Sacred Heart University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Sleep Quality And Alcohol Risk In College Students: Examining The Moderating Effects Of Drinking Motives, Shannon R. Kenney, Andrew P. Paves, Elizabeth M. Grimaldi, Joseph W. Labrie

Psychological Science Faculty Works

Objective

Sleep problems and alcohol misuse are common issues experienced by college students that can have detrimental effects on overall health. Previous work indicates a strong relationship between poor sleep quality and alcohol risk in this population. This study explored the moderating effect of drinking motives in the relationship between global sleep quality and experience of alcohol-related negative consequences.

Participants

College students (N = 1,878) who reported past-month drinking.

Methods

Participants completed online surveys assessing sleep and alcohol-related behaviors.

Results

Poorer sleep quality and higher drinking motives (coping, conformity, and enhancement) predicted greater alcohol-related consequences, controlling for drinking. Further, …

Stereotype Threat Among Black And White Women In Health Care Settings, Adam W. Fingerhut, Cleopatra M. Abdou

Psychological Science Faculty Works

The first of its kind, the present experiment applied stereotype threat-the threat of being judged by or confirming negative group-based stereotypes-to the health sciences. Black and White women (N = 162) engaged in a virtual health care situation. In the experimental condition, one's ethnic identity and negative stereotypes of Black women specifically were made salient. As predicted, Black women in the stereotype threat condition who were strongly identified as Black (in terms of having explored what their ethnic identity means to them and the role it plays in their lives) reported significantly greater anxiety while waiting to see the doctor …

Enrollment Report, Summer 2014, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis

Enrollment Reports (2004-2019)

Enrollment Report for Summer 2014 for Illinois State University

Self-Assessed Health In Caregivers Of Persons With Autism: Associations With Depressive Symptoms, Positive Cognitions, Resourcefulness, And Well-Being, Abir K. Bekhet

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Purpose

Caregiving for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can affect family caregivers' self-assessed health. The purpose of this study was to determine whether depressive symptoms, positive cognitions, resourcefulness, and well-being will differ significantly among those who rated their health as fair, good, or excellent.

Design and Methods

This study is a secondary analysis of 109 ASD caregivers who were recruited from the Interactive ASD Network.

Findings

Depression was significantly lower among those who rated their health as excellent than among those who rated their health as fair. Positive cognitions, resourcefulness, and well-being were significantly higher among those who rated …

Data Sharing Between Home Care Professionals: A Feasibility Study Using The Rai Home Care Instrument, Dawn M. Guthrie

Kinesiology and Physical Education Faculty Publications

Background: Across Ontario, home care professionals collect standardized information on each client using the Resident Assessment for Home Care (RAI-HC). However, this information is not consistently shared with those professionals who provide services in the client’s home. In this pilot study, we examined the feasibility of sharing data, from the RAI-HC, between care coordinators and service providers.

Methods: All participants were involved in a one-day training session on the RAI-HC. The care coordinators shared specific outputs from the RAI-HC, including the embedded health index scales, with their contracted physiotherapy and occupational therapy service providers. Two focus groups were …

A Collaborative Autoethnographic Search For Authenticity Amidst The "Fake Real", Trenia L. Walker, Colette M. Taylor

The Qualitative Report

This manuscript explores the importance of "authenticity" for the maintenance self-identity for social justice educators in higher education. A collaborative dialogue between two female faculty authors of different ethnicities explores and interprets how to balance one’s own situated understanding of themselves, shared discourse community, and a social justice paradigm. The authors systematically juxtapose their reflections on their experiences as educators in higher education to examine points of similarity and difference. By sharing and interrogating their individual experiences in higher education, the authors argue that the relationship between authenticity, identity, and social justice is complex and multifaceted. The authors conclude by …

Students Participate In Global Learning Course In Mexico, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

The Global Learning program offered Dominican students opportunities to observe and experience Mexican health care from a clinical perspective. It also included lectures five days per week from leading medical researchers in the areas of Public Health, Gerontology, Epidemiology/HIV-AIDS and Rehabilitation

College Of The Holy Cross Libraries Annual Report 2013-2014, Karen Reilly

Holy Cross Libraries Annual Reports

At the end of the fiscal year, the Director of the Holy Cross Libraries issues an annual report that provides a review of library services, details budgets and regular operations, and highlights programs, projects and activities that were initiated, sponsored or assisted by the Libraries.

Trustees Award Four Emeritus Status, Reporter Staff

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Adaptable Interface Model For Intuitively Learnable Interfaces: An Approach To Address Diversity In Older Users' Capabilities, Gudur Raghavendra Reddy, Thea Blackler, Vesna Popovic, Doug Mahar

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This study started with the aim to develop an approach that will help designers create interfaces that are more intuitive for older adults to use. Two objectives were set for this study: 1) to investigate one of the possible strategies for developing intuitive interfaces for older people; and 2) to investigate factors that could interfere with intuitive use. This paper briefly presents the outcome of the two experiments and how it has lead to the development of an adaptable interface design model that will help designers develop interfaces that are intuitive to learn and, over time, intuitive to use for …

Endostatin And Kidney Fibrosis In Aging: A Case For Antagonistic Pleiotropy?, Chi Hua Lin, Jun Chen, Bruce Ziman, Shannon Marshall, Julien Maizel, Michael S. Goligorsky

NYMC Faculty Publications

A recurring theme of a host of gerontologic studies conducted in either experimental animals or in humans is related to documenting the functional decline with age. We hypothesize that elevated circulating levels of a powerful antiangiogenic peptide, endostatin, represent one of the potent systemic causes for multiorgan microvascular rarefaction and functional decline due to fibrosis. It is possible that during the life span of an organism there is an accumulation of dormant transformed cells producing antiangiogenic substances (endostatin) that maintain the dormancy of such scattered malignant cells. The proof of this postulate cannot be obtained by physically documenting these scattered …

Aging In South Dakota, Leacey E. Brown

South Dakota Demography Conference

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Hyperhomocysteinemia On Vascular Disease, Philip M. Kyles

EKU Libraries Research Award for Undergraduates

No abstract provided.

Mechanisms Of Mitochondrial Regulation And Ischemic Neuroprotection By The Pkcε Pathway, Kahlilia Morris-Blanco

Open Access Dissertations

Mitochondrial dysfunction following cerebral ischemia is a major contributor to tissue injury and neurodegeneration. Therefore, investigating the pathways that lead to mitochondrial protection following cerebral ischemic injury represents a major strategy in the development of therapeutic approaches. The PKCepsilon enzyme has been shown to translocate to the mitochondria where it is involved in providing global mitochondrial protection against ischemic insults. The goal of this study was to better understand the downstream pathways that drive PKCepsilon-mediated mitochondrial neuroprotection which may facilitate therapeutic approaches to cerebral ischemic injury. Initial experiments performed in vitro revealed that PKCepsilon functionally cooperates with the transcriptional regulator …

Nursing Students' Attitude And Knowledge Of Alzheimer's Disease, Michelle Kimzey

Nursing Theses and Dissertations

As the population ages, nurses must be prepared to provide care for the large number of people with Alzheimer's disease (PWAD). Research is limited on nursing students and people with AD, whether nursing education prepares students to care for this population, or the best methods to educate students in an insightful and collaborative environment. The aim of this mixed methods design study was to determine the effects of educational experiences on nursing students' knowledge and attitudes towards people with AD. The qualitative piece identified factors that influenced and explained differences in nursing students' knowledge and attitudes surrounding the care of …

Falls In The Emergency Department (Adult), Katherine Andia Bsn, Rn, Emily Joyce

Patient Care Services / Nursing

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Lead And Cadmium On Brain Endothelial Cell Survival, Monolayer Permeability, And Crucial Oxidative Stress Markers In An In Vitro Model Of The Blood-Brain Barrier, Shakila Tobwala, Hsiu Jen Wang, Joshua Warren Carey, William A. Banks, Nuran Ercal

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

Oxidative stress, which is the loss of balance between antioxidant defense and oxidant production in the cells, is implicated in the molecular mechanism of heavy metal-induced neurotoxicity. Given the key role of lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) in inducing oxidative stress, we investigated their role in disrupting the integrity and function of immortalized human brain microvascular endothelial cells (hCMEC/D3). To study this, hCMEC/D3 cells were exposed to control media or to media containing different concentrations of Pb or Cd. Those exposed to Pb or Cd showed significantly higher oxidative stress than the untreated group, as indicated by cell viability, reactive …

Successful Aging: Use Of Communication Technology In An Adult Day Program, Wendy Johnson

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation investigated the relationship between learning digital communication technologies in an intergenerational intervention and successful aging among older adults. The specific goal of this study was to uncover the effects of this intervention on the cultural constructions of aging in an urban Adult Day Program in Trinidad and Tobago. This mixed method study utilized the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS; Sheikh & Yesavage, 1986), a life satisfaction scale, well-being measurements, open-ended survey questionnaires and a focus group session. The results from the quantitative items indicated no significant differences after the intervention; however, the focus group discussion and open-ended surveys provided …

Motor Imagery And Action Observation As An Alternative Gait Training Intervention For The Elderly, Matthew F. Cirelli, Brian Fettner, Lindita Ismaili, Danielle Jordan

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Motor imagery (MI) is the mental representation of movement without any body movement. Action observation (AO) is a non-physical method of training, in which the learner observes the action of another individual. Eighteen subjects between ages 60-80 were randomly assigned to 3 training groups, the MI, AO and motor training groups. All subjects were assessed and measured with the Expanded Timed-Get Up and Go (TUG) test and Figure-8-Walk (F8W) test. All three groups yielded a significant improvement in difference in total TUG time (<0.05). When individual aspects of the TUG were considered, the sit to stand component improved in the MI and Motor groups. The results of this study suggest that MI and AO can improve cadence and have an effect mirroring that of motor practice. If utilized properly, MI and AO may be indicated as a rehabilitation intervention adjunct to gait training, and potentially decrease the risk of falls in the elderly population.

Mendeley As A Source Of Readership By Students And Postdocs? Evaluating Article Usage By Academic Status, Stefanie Haustein, Vincent Larivière

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

This paper explores readership counts provided by the social reference manager Mendeley as a source for usage statistics for scientific papers, based on a sample of 1.2 million documents published in journals from the four disciplines Biomedical Research, Clinical Medicine, Health and Psychology. It is shown that the percentage of papers with at least one user on Mendeley (65.9%) as well as the average number of readers per document (9.6) is quite high compared to the uptake and average activity on other social media platforms. The majority of users are PhD and postgraduate students as well as postdocs. Correlations with …

Download Entire Issue- Jefferson Interprofessional Education And Care Newsletter, Spring, 2014, Volume 5, Issue 1

Collaborative Healthcare: Interprofessional Practice, Education and Evaluation (JCIPE)

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Students’ Digital Photography Behaviors During A Multiday Environmental Science Field Trip And Their Recollections Of Photographed Science Content, Victor R. Lee

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

Taking photographs to document the experiences of an educational field trip is becoming a common activity for teachers and students alike. Considering the regular creation of photographic artifacts, our goal in this paper is to explore students’ picture taking behavior and their recollections of science content associated with their photographs. In this study, we partnered with a class of fifth-grade students in the United States and provided each student with a digital camera to document their experiences during an environmental science field trip at a national park. We report the frequency of photography behaviors according to which activities were most …

Trust Development In Research With Indigenous Communities In The United States, Catherine E. Burnette, Sara Sanders

The Qualitative Report

A historical backdrop of oppression and exploitation has set the stage for distrust in research relationships with many indigenous communities. Although distrust poses a barrier to conducting research with indigenous communities, it also provides a distinct opportunity to examine factors related to trust development. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to understand the factors that relate to trust development in research relationships with indigenous communities in the United States. This qualitative descriptive study explored the experiences of 13 indigenous and non-indigenous researchers working with indigenous communities. Historical oppression, risk and reputation, power balancing across multiple levels, reciprocity and benevolence, …

Primetimes Newsletter, Summer 2014, Office Of Lifespan Studies

PrimeTimes Newsletter

PrimeTimes is the newsletter of the Office of Lifespan Studies in the College of Science at Coastal Carolina University.

Healthy Aging Newsletter Summer 2014, Paula J. Carter Center On Minority Health And Aging, Lincoln University Cooperative Extension

Paula J. Carter Center on Minority Health and Aging Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Foundations For The Health Care Workforce: The Future Of Health Science Education, Allison Kabel, Ying Hsiu Liu, Jessica Dimka

Perspectives In Learning

Increasing demand for health sector jobs has resulted in unprecedented growth in health science undergraduate education. The rapid pace of growth in this area has left many unanswered questions about the requirements for educating tomorrow’s health care workforce. In this study, 122 undergraduate health science programs in the United States are examined, providing information on basic aspects and current status of health science education, such as education delivery format (face-to-face or on-line), curriculum focus, and identified occupational targets. Program characteristics are also explored. This study illustrates the big picture regarding health sciences education. Critical issues are raised about how to …

Written Examination Of Geriatric Medicine For Medical Students And Residents: Evaluation On Content Validity, Chih-Hsueh Lin, Yi-Chun Li, Chia-Ing Li, Tsai-Chung Li, Chih-Yi Hsiao, Fang-Mien Tsai, Cheng-Chieh Lin, Ching-Yu Chen

Journal of Medical Education

Objective: The study aimed to construct content-valid item banks of geriatric medicine examination for medical students and residents to assist the development of the computerized geriatric examination system. Methods: In 2011-2013, totally 800 items used in the Taiwan Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (TAGG) board examinations from 2002 to 2009 were collected. Thirty experts were invited to assess the appropriateness of test items for medical students and residents, while content validity of the items was computed by Lawshe's Content Validity Ratio (CVR) approach. Results: 140 items (mean CVR value = 0.49; ranged from 0.33 to 0.87) for medical students and …