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Wright State University Libraries Access Newsletter Fall 2014, Wright State University Libraries

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An eight page newsletter created by Wright State University Libraries that addresses the current affairs of the Libraries.

Modeling Hedonic Processing And Anhedonia In Depression, Kevin Mercado

Honors College Theses

Depression is characterized by low positive emotion and a lack of pleasurable experiences, or anhedonia. Past studies have emphasized controlling negative affect, but there is an emerging trend in the depression literature to focus on positive emotion. The current study employed several psychophysiological tools, postauricular reflex, startle blink reflex, and event-related potential (ERP) components such as P3 and the late positive potential (LPP), to assess the dissociable components in positive emotion (consummatory and anticipatory processes). In addition, several different hypotheses of emotional dysfunction were evaluated to accurately model deficits in positive emotionality. A majority of the psychophysiological tools used supported …

Relationship Of Dna Methylation With Cardiovascular Fitness And Body Composition, Mihaela A. Ciulei

Honors College Theses

Global DNA Methylation (GDM), an epigenomic modification has been linked to the development of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors. Our focus was to identify potential relationships between epigenetic alterations and both cardiovascular fitness and body composition measures. Purpose: As increases in aerobic fitness have a beneficial effect on cardiovascular disease, one purpose was to determine if a relationship was evident between global DNA methylation and VO2max. A secondary purpose was to determine if the relationship extends to body composition measured via Dual X-ray Absorbtometry (DXA). Methods: Fifty-two (male n=25, female n=27) subjects provided a blood sample for DNA …

ทันยุคกับการรักษาภาวะหัวใจล้มเหลวเรื้อรังทางยา, สราวุฒิ ศิวโมกษธรรม, ยงเกษม วรเศรษฐการกิจ

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

ภาวะหัวใจล้มเหลวเรื้อรังเป็นส่วนหนึ่งของภาพรวมของภาวะหัวใจล้มเหลวที่มีขอบข่ายของโรคที่กว้าง และเป็นปัญหาสำคัญของระบบสาธารณสุขของประเทศเรา การรักษาหลักประกอบไปด้วยการให้สุขศึกษาเรื่องอาหาร การใช้ยา และการใช้อุปกรณ์แพทย์เฉพาะสำหรับภาวะหัวใจล้มเหลวในผู้ป่วยบางราย ที่ผ่านมามีข้อมูลการศึกษาในกลุ่มผู้ป่วยหัวใจล้มเหลวเรื้อรังตีพิมพ์ออกมามากมายประกอบกับแนวทางการปฎิบัติดูแลรักษาผู้ป่วยกลุ่มนี้ที่ใช้ในประเทศที่พัฒนาแล้วเพิ่งได้รับการปรับปรุงให้ทันสมัยขึ้นในระยะเวลาไม่นานนี้ ดังนั้นบทความนี้จึงรวบรวมการรักษาด้วยยาที่สำคัญโดยเน้นยาในกลุ่มที่ออกฤทธิ์ยับยั้งระบบประสาทอัตโนมัติและต่อมไร้ท่อที่เกี่ยวข้อง รวมทั้งกล่าวถึงยาตัวใหม่ที่มีโอกาสจะนำมาใช้ในเวชปฏิบัติได้ในอนาคต.

การพัฒนาเครื่องช่วยเดินแบบมีเก้าอี้พับเก็บได้พร้อมอุปกรณ์ออกกำลังกายขา, อรอุมา บุณยารมย์, พิมพร จันทร์แก่นทอง, ณัฐรินีย์ เลิศสถิตรุ่ง, สมภิยา สมถวิล, รณกฤต แสงผ่อง, จุฑาลักษณ์ กองสุข

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

เหตุผลของการทำวิจัย : เครื่องช่วยเดินที่พัฒนาขึ้นมีการติดตั้งเก้าอี้นั่งพักแบบถอดเก็บได้ตัวเครื่องพกพา พับเก็บได้ และสามารถออกกำลังกายขาไปพร้อม ๆกับการนั่งพักวัตถุประสงค์ : เพื่อประดิษฐ์ ทดสอบประสิทธิภาพ และประเมินความพึงพอใจต่อเครื่องช่วยเดินแบบมีเก้าอี้พับเก็บได้พร้อมอุปกรณ์ออกกำลังกายขารูปแบบการวิจัย : การวิจัยเชิงพัฒนาสถานที่ทำการศึกษา ภาควิชากายภาพบำบัด คณะสหเวชศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยนเรศวรตัวอย่างและวิธีการศึกษา : โดยออกแบบเครื่องให้สามารถพับเก็บได้เพื่อสะดวกต่อการนำออกไปใช้นอกสถานที่ ประหยัดพื้นที่ในการจัดเก็บ รวมทั้งมีเก้าอี้นั่งพักและมีอุปกรณ์ออกกำลังกายขา โดยทำการศึกษาในอาสาสมัคร จำนวน30 คนผลการศึกษา : ผลการทดสอบประสิทธิภาพและประเมินความพึงพอใจต่อเครื่องช่วยเดินแบบมีเก้าอี้พับเก็บได้พร้อมอุปกรณ์ออกกำลังกายขาที่ประดิษฐ์ขึ้นพบว่าอยู่ในระดับดี (4.14 ± 0.31 และ 4.01 ± 0.82 ตามลำดับ)สรุป : เครื่องช่วยเดินแบบมีเก้าอี้พับเก็บได้พร้อมอุปกรณ์ออกกำลังกายขามีประโยชน์ในการใช้งานด้านความสะดวกสบาย และมีอุปกรณ์ออกกำลังกายเสริมแก่ผู้ใช้.

Teaching An Old Jaw New Tricks: Diet-Induced Plasticity In A Model Organism, From Weaning To Adulthood, Jeremiah E. Scott, Kevin R. Mcabee, Meghan M. Eastman, Matthew J. Ravosa

Publications

Many organisms exhibit a decrease in the ability to modify their phenotypes in response to shifts in environmental conditions as they mature. Such age-dependent plasticity has important implications in a variety of evolutionary and ecological contexts, particularly with respect to understanding adaptive responses to heterogeneous environments. In this study we used experimental diet manipulation to examine the life-history trajectory of plasticity in the feeding complex of a model organism, the white rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). We demonstrate that, contrary to expectations derived from previous cross-sectional studies of skeletal plasticity, the jaws of weanlings and young adults exhibit similar increases …

The Use Of Local Materials In The Development Of Literacy In Early Years In Kumi District - Uganda, Tino Emimah

Master of Education

The purpose of the study was to establish whether the use of the local materials and equipment found at home and immediate environment facilitate the development of literacy in early year. The main question for the research study was ‘How do Early years’ teachers use the local materials found in the home and immediate environment to facilitate development of literacy in early years?’ The two subsidiary questions were:  ‘What local materials found at the home and immediate environments were used in the teaching and learning to develop appropriate language use in the early years (ECD Centres) settings?  Secondly …

The Spinnaker November 2014, University Of North Florida

Spinnaker

Student newspaper for the UNF community. Date: November 2014

The Spinnaker November 2014, University Of North Florida

Spinnaker

Student newspaper for the UNF community. Date: November 2014

Cannabis And Related Impairment: The Unique Roles Of Cannabis Use To Cope With Social Anxiety And Social Avoidance, Julia D. Buckner, Michael J. Zvolensky

Faculty Publications

Background and Objectives Social anxiety appears to be a risk factor for cannabis-related problems. Socially anxious individuals are vulnerable to using cannabis to cope in social situations and to avoiding social situations if marijuana is unavailable. Yet, the relative impact of cannabis use to cope with social anxiety relative to use to cope with negative affect more broadly has yet to be examined. Methods The present study used the Marijuana to Cope with Social Anxiety Scale (MCSAS) to examine the incremental validity of using cannabis use to cope in social situations (MCSAS-Cope) and avoidance of social situations if cannabis is …

Ascorbic Acid, Thiamin, Riboflavin, And Vitamin B6 Contents Vary Between Sweetpotato Tissue Types, Wilmer A. Barrera, David H. Picha

Faculty Publications

Sweetpotato is considered a good source of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and certain B vitamins. These water-soluble vitamins (WSV) play essential roles in sustaining human health. Besides the root, sweetpotato vegetative tissues are also edible and considered high in nutritional value. Despite the availability of general reference values for sweetpotato WSV content in the root and leaves, little is known about the distribution of these vitamins in specific sweetpotato root and vegetative tissues. The objective of this study was to determine the ascorbic acid (AA), thiamin (B1), riboflavin (B2), and vitamin B6 content in a range of foliar tissues including …

Labrad : Vol 40, Issue 2 - November 2014, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi

LABRAD - Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Radiology Archives

• Significance of HLA Typing in Transplant Medicine
• Role of Protocol Renal Biopsies in Transplant Patients
• Blood Product Utilization in Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
• Use of Magic Marker “C4d” in the Diagnosis of Acute Antibody Mediated Rejection in Renal Transplant Patients
• Coagulopathy in Renal Transplantation
• Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Cyclosporine
• Signifi cance of CMV antigenemia Assay In Renal Transplant Patients
• Pretransplant Serological Evaluation
• Importance of Monitoring Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and BKV (Polyomavirus) Infection in Renal Transplant Patients

Anthony Lewis: What He Learned At Harvard Law School, Lincoln Caplan

Missouri Law Review

Anthony Lewis was a columnist for The New York Times for the unusually long tenure of thirty-two years. When he retired in 2001 at the age of seventy-four, Bill Clinton awarded him the Presidential Citizens Medal for setting “the highest standard of journalistic ethics and excellence” and for being “a clear and courageous voice for democracy and justice.” Lewis ended his last column by paraphrasing one of his heroes: “The most important office in a democracy, Justice Louis Brandeis said, is the office of citizen.” Lewis’ point was that the American commitment to the rule of law and the belief …

Better Together: Building Strategic Library Partnerships, Peter Gatiti, Margaret Law

Libraries

Forming partnerships to achieve institutional goals is a growing trend both within libraries and in the broader academic community. Such partnerships allow the sharing of expertise, provide access to a wider range of resources than may be possible within one’s own area or organization, and strengthen the library’s position within the university. This paper reviews library partnerships and highlights the benefit of such endeavors for the libraries and their partner institutions.

The objective of this paper is to identify important areas of partnerships for librarians in Kenya. It explores important considerations on which the library draws up partnership strategies, identifies …

Use Of Antenatal Corticosteroids And Tocolytic Drugs In Preterm Births In 29 Countries: An Analysis Of The Who Multicountry Survey On Maternal And Newborn Health, Joshua P. Vogel, João Paulo Souza, A Metin Gülmezoglu, Rintaro Mori, Pisake Lumbiganon, Zahida Qureshi, Guillermo Carroli, Malinee Laopaiboon, Bukola Fawole, Marleen Temmerman

Obstetrics and Gynaecology, East Africa

Background: Despite the global burden of morbidity and mortality associated with preterm birth, little evidence is available for use of antenatal corticosteroids and tocolytic drugs in preterm births in low-income and middle-income countries. We analysed data from the WHO Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health (WHOMCS) to assess coverage for these interventions in preterm deliveries.

Methods: WHOMCS is a facility-based, cross-sectional survey database of birth outcomes in 359 facilities in 29 countries, with data collected prospectively from May 1, 2010, to Dec 31, 2011. For this analysis, we included deliveries after 22 weeks’ gestation and we excluded births that …

One-Year Evaluation Of The Impact Of An Emergency Obstetric And Neonatal Care Training Program In Western Kenya, Rachel F. Spitzer, Sarah Jane Steele, David Caloia, Julie Thorne, Alan D. Bocking, Astrid Christoffersen-Deb, Aaron Yarmoshuk, Loise Maina, Johanna Sitters, Elkanah Omenge

Obstetrics and Gynaecology, East Africa

Objective: To determine the impact of introducing an emergency obstetric and neonatal care training program on maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya.

Methods: A prospective chart review was conducted of all deliveries during the 3-month period (November 2009 to January 2010) before the introduction of the Advances in Labor and Risk Management International Program (AIP), and in the 3-month period (August–November 2011) 1 year after the introduction of the AIP. All women who were admitted and delivered after 28 weeks of pregnancy were included. The primary outcome was the direct obstetric case …

Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights: Ethical Insights For Marketers, Ann-Marie Kennedy, Gene R. Laczniak

Marketing Faculty Research and Publications

Present copyright laws do not protect Indigenous intellectual property (IIP) sufficiently. Indigenous cultural artefacts, myths, designs and songs (among other aspects) are often free to be exploited by marketers for business' gain. Use of IIP by marketers is legal as intellectual property protection is based on the lifetime of the person who has put the IP in tangible form. However, Indigenous groups often view ownership in a very different light, seeing aspects of their culture as being owned by the group in perpetuity. Misuse of their cultural heritage by marketers in products often denies the Indigenous group a monetary benefit …

Correction To “Master Regulators, Regulatory Networks, And Pathways Of Glioblastoma Subtypes”, Serdar Bozdag, Aiguo Li, Mehmet Baysan, Howard A. Fine

Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Implementing Technological Change: Effects On Student Learning Through Implementation Of A Learning Management System For Enhanced Two-Way Communication Between School, Students And Parents, Courtney Lynn Curtis

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to determine whether or not a blended learning environment that focuses mainly on incorporating core-subject standards into a current 7th grade Fundamentals of Information Technology (FIT) course can help to increase 7th grade student core-subject, academic performance. If such performance is distinguishable, the curriculum materials used to develop this project may then be used for curriculum development within the Bethel School District, 7th grade FIT program. The product or end result of this project is an online curriculum guide titled: "Fundamentals of Information Technology Project: An Online Curriculum Guide for Bethel School District Middle …

Audit Template For Inland Port Sustainability, Doug Kreis, Sarah Mccormack, Christopher Van Dyke, Bryan Gibson

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

This report serves as an assessment of port sustainability and its potential applications for the inland river ports of Kentucky and the surrounding region. The report discusses and defines sustainability, both generally as it relates to business and industry and specifically as it relates to the port industry. Given the unique nature of the inland port industry, the report reviews lessons learned from 11 port site visits conducted by Kentucky Transportation Center in 2012, primarily at major U.S. coastal ports but also representative inland ports. KTC’s analysis identifies the sustainability challenges facing various domestic and international ports, and what policy …

Ecosystem Services Valuation For Estuarine And Coastal Restoration In Florida, Susanna Blair, Carrie Adams, Thomas T. Ankersen, Maia Mcguire, David Kaplan

UF Law Faculty Publications

This study reviews the available ecosystem-service valuation literature for a number of Florida's coastal natural communities including oyster reefs, beach dunes, mangrove forests, seagrass beds, and salt marshes. We summarize the services provided by these five commonly restored natural communities in Florida and provide an analysis intended to support two main objectives: 1) to enumerate the range of ecosystem services provided by coastal natural communities as a way to educate stakeholders and support prioritization of habitat restoration; and 2) to inventory ecosystem measurements from the literature for each of the five natural communities and provide specific metrics for their measurement. …

A Phenomenological Study Of The Lived Experiences Of Undocumented Latino Students To Enroll In And Persist At A Four-Year Public Hispanic-Serving Institution In Texas, Angela C. Stuart-Carruthers

Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Undocumented students in the United States are trapped in a myriad of completing federal, state, and local laws that impact their lives daily. While approximately 60,000 undocumented students graduate from high school each year, the college going rate for this population is substantially lower than their documented peers. Since President Obama signed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals executive order, undocumented students have gained national attention. Despite this new focus on undocumented students few studies have been conducted to gain a deeper understanding of the live experiences of these students.

Framed by Tinto’s (1993) Theory of Student Departure and Latino …

Preventing Sleep Deprivation In Shift Nurses: What Is The Best Evidence?, Rhonda D. Wilkins

Theses and Dissertations

Insufficient sleep can lead to a variety of cognitive problems such as impaired learning ability, slow thought processes, slower reaction time, poor mood, risky decision-making, inattention, diminished communication skills, and the danger of falling asleep during critical times. Sleep deprived shift nurses are a risk for making erTors and developing health problems. The purpose of this independent study is to detennine the best evidence to prevent sleep deprivation in shift nurses.

A comprehensive review of the literature was perfonned to detennine best practices of preventing sleep deprivation in shift nurses. Literature searches using CINAHL, Medline, Medline Plus, PubMed, Cochrane Library, …

The Impacts Of Physical Exercise On Stress Coping And Well-Being In University Students In The Context Of Leisure, Jong-Ho Kim, Larry A. Mckenzie

COPE Fund Award articles

This study aims at investigating the in-depth information regarding impacts of physical exercise on psychological well-being in university students with an emphasis on coping with stress in the context of leisure. A qualitative research, based on interview to draw findings in an inductive way, was conducted. Nine university students (N = 9) in a large mid-west university took part in a face- to face, semi-structured interviews using ten open-ended questions with respect to benefits of leisure time physical exercise. The interview on the basis of phenomenological research examined what the participants experienced with leisure time physical exercise in conjunction with …

The Stored Communications Act And Digital Assets, David Horton

Vanderbilt Law Review

This Article explores the impact of federal law on a state fiduciary's management of digital assets. It focuses on the lessons from the Stored Communications Act ("SCA'), initially enacted in 1986 as one part of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Although Congress designed the SCA to respond to concerns that Internet privacy posed new dilemmas with respect to application of the Fourth Amendment's privacy protections, the drafters did not explicitly consider how the SCA might affect property management and distribution. The resulting uncertainty affects anyone with an email account. While existing trusts and estates laws could legitimately be interpreted to …

Transhumanism And Catholic Natural Law: Changing Human Nature And Changing Moral Norms?, Brian Patrick Green

Staff Publications and Research

In this chapter I propose a preliminary response to the transhumanist challenge to natural law by investigating six basic questions: ( 1) Is human nature relevant to morality? (2) Is human nature mutable? (3) How would we know if human nature had changed? ( 4) Could cultural evolution replace biological evolution? (5) How would human nature and human will relate to each other under these new transhuman conditions? (6) Is it possible to construct a dynamic ethic to fit a dynamic nature, and if so, what might that ethic be?

Overall, I argue that it is possible to maintain a …

The Art, Craft, And Future Of Legal Journalism: A Tribute To Anthony Lewis , Richard C. Reuben

Missouri Law Review

In the modern era, few performed this function better than Anthony Lewis, the legendary U.S. Supreme Court reporter and columnist for The New York Times, who died in March 2013. A pioneer in the coverage of law and the courts, Lewis is widely credited with being one of the founders of contemporary legal journalism. Through a remarkable career that included two Pulitzer Prizes and five books, Lewis taught by example a generation of journalists how to cover the law with accuracy, insight, perspective, and passion. While the law can often be dry and technical, and cases idiosyncratic, Lewis showed legal …

Use Of Social Media In Dental Schools: Pluses, Perils, And Pitfalls From A Legal Perspective, Joseph W. Parkinson, Sharon P. Turner

Oral Health Practice Faculty Publications

One of the ways dental education is changing the way it is preparing the next generation of learners is through efficient utilization of interactive social media. Social media, which facilitates interaction and sharing of new ideas, is being utilized to educate students, residents, and faculty. Unfortunately, as with most improvements in technology, there are growing pains. Faculty, student, and patient interaction on social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, can lead to inappropriate or embarrassing situations. Striking the appropriate balance between free speech rights of students and faculty and the need for colleges and universities to have efficient operations …

Parental Factors That Influence Swimming In Children And Adolescents, Jennifer Pharr, Carol C. Irwin, Richard L. Irwin

Environmental & Global Health Faculty Research

Swimming can be an important source of physical activity across the life-span. Researchers have found that parents influence physical activity behaviors of their children. The purpose of this study was to determine what parental factors influenced the number of days that children swam. Survey respondents (n = 1,909) from six cities across the United States were surveyed at local YMCAs. Children were found to swim significantly more if their parents encouraged them to swim, members of the family knew how to swim and swam with them, or their parents were not afraid of the children drowning or afraid of …

Oncolog, Volume 59, Number 11-12, November-December 2014, Bryan Tutt, Sunita Patterson, S. Moreau

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues) Archives

• Striving to Improve Treatments for Uveal Melanoma: Although primary uveal melanoma can be effectively treated with radiation or surgery, patients with metastatic disease-or those at high risk for metastases-have few proven options. But specialists in medical oncology, radiation oncology, ophthalmology, surgery, and traditional research are working to improve those options
• Beyond Diabetes: Metformin May Have Broad Utility in Cancer: Metformin, an inexpensive drug that has been prescribed for diabetes for decades, may also be useful in preventing or treating several types of cancer
• HOUSE CALL: Smoking Cessation-Medications help smokers quit
• INBRIEF: Vaccine Explored to Reduce Risk of HER2-Positive Breast Cancer …