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Children's Hospital Association Consensus Statements For Comorbidities Of Childhood Obesity, Elizabeth Estrada, Ihuoma Eneli, Sarah Hampl, Michele L. Mietus-Snyder, Nazrat Mirza, Erinn Rhodes, Brooke Sweeney, Lydia Tinjaero-Deck, Susan J. Woolford, Stephen J. Pont

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

Background: Childhood obesity and overweight affect approximately 30% of US children. Many of these children have obesity-related comorbidities, such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, fatty liver disease, diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), sleep apnea, psychosocial problems, and others. These children need routine screening and, in many cases, treatment for these conditions. However, because primary care pediatric providers (PCPs) often are underequipped to deal with these comorbidities, they frequently refer these patients to subspecialists. However, as a result of the US pediatric subspecialist shortage and considering that 12.5 million children are obese, access to care by subspecialists is limited. The aim of this …

Working Together For Global Health Goals: The United States Agency For International Development And Faith-Based Organizations, Clydette L. Powell

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

For many years, and before the term “FBO” was used for faith-based organizations, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has supported the work of FBOs in global health and development. The Agency has long recognized the impact of FBOs within that development space, because these organizations are often well positioned to reach the hard-to-reach and to go the last mile because of their strong ties to the community. Moreover, FBOs deliver a substantial percentage of the health services in some developing countries. Faith partners, whether Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, or other, have an important role to play …

Proposed Guidelines For The Diagnosis And Management Of Methylmalonic And Propionic Acidemia., Matthias R Baumgartner, Friederike Hörster, Carlo Dionisi-Vici, Goknur Haliloglu, Daniela Karall, Kimberly A. Chapman, +19 Additional Authors

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

Methylmalonic and propionic acidemia (MMA/PA) are inborn errors of metabolism characterized by accumulation of propionic acid and/or methylmalonic acid due to deficiency of methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (MUT) or propionyl-CoA carboxylase (PCC). MMA has an estimated incidence of ~ 1: 50,000 and PA of ~ 1:100'000 -150,000. Patients present either shortly after birth with acute deterioration, metabolic acidosis and hyperammonemia or later at any age with a more heterogeneous clinical picture, leading to early death or to severe neurological handicap in many survivors. Mental outcome tends to be worse in PA and late complications include chronic kidney disease almost exclusively in MMA …

Aspirin Use And Knowledge In The Community: A Population- And Health Facility Based Survey For Measuring Local Health System Performance., Gregory A Roth, Catherine W. Gillespie, Ali A Mokdad, Danny D Shen, David W Fleming, Andy Stergachis, Christopher J L Murray, Ali H Mokdad

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the relationship between cardiovascular risk, disease and actual use of aspirin in the community.

METHODS: The Measuring Disparities in Chronic Conditions (MDCC) study is a community and health facility-based survey designed to track disparities in the delivery of health interventions for common chronic diseases. MDCC includes a survey instrument designed to collect detailed information about aspirin use. In King County, WA between 2011 and 2012, we surveyed 4633 white, African American, or Hispanic adults (45% home address-based sample, 55% health facility sample). We examined self-reported counseling on, frequency of use and risks of aspirin for …

2014 Nutrition And Food Services Management, One Year Program Review Follow-Up Report, Fanshawe College Of Applied Arts And Technology

Program Review Reports

No abstract provided.

2014 Nutrition And Food Services Management, Program Review Report, Fanshawe College Of Applied Arts And Technology

Program Review Reports

No abstract provided.

Creating Opportunities For Personal Empowerment For Adolescent Students In A Rural High School, Sharon A. Edwards

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

BACKGROUND: With the incidence of 3% of children and 6% of adolescents diagnosed with depression, treatment appropriate for this population is needed. Provision of mental health care is limited due to barriers of access such as transportation, parental consent, and availability of services in the adolescent’s environment such as the school setting. OBJECTIVES: To decrease the depressive symptoms and increase the self-confidence perceptions of adolescents in a high school setting utilizing a cognitive-behavioral skills enhancing, seven-session intervention called COPE (Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment).

STUDY DESIGN: The project was an evidence-based nurse practitioner project utilizing pre- and …

Cognitive Impairment In Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Perspectives And Challenges, Okezie I. Aruoma, Darshini Narrain, Joseph Indelicato, Emmanuel Bourdon, Fatima Murad, Theeshan Bahorun

The School of Health Sciences Publications and Research

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is associated with elevated blood glucose level, abnormal abdominal fat deposition, insulin resistance and a number of complications including embryopathy, cardiovascular diseases, nephropathy, neuropathy, microangiopathy and retinopathy. Complications extending to the central nervous system may have a deteriorating effect on mental health including a decline in cognitive functioning. This could be a reason for depression, lack of compliance towards medication/treatment, and the inability of patients to meet the day-to-day management demands of the disease. Due to the high metabolic demand for energy in the brain, perturbations in glucose metabolism can noticeably impact cognitive performance. This review …

The Interplay Of Diabetes, And Health Self Efficacy, Cognition And Compliance, Joseph Indelicato, Vanessa Gilchriest

The School of Health Sciences Publications and Research

The authors argue that screening tools for health self efficacy and cognitive impairment in patients with diabetes should be created to help implement interventions which would be most useful to those patients.

Metabolic Factor: A New Clinical Tool In Obesity Diagnosis And Weight Management, Brandon Davis, Joseph Indelicato, Nicholas Kuiper

The School of Health Sciences Publications and Research

Obtaining resting metabolic rates (RMR) via indirect calorimetry is a critical component of weight management that is used to calculate a new concept, metabolic factor. This calculation allows for the standardized expression of RMR to make it possible to compare metabolism between people and over time. This study found an inverse relationship between weight and metabolic factor, statistically significant, r = -­‐.63, p < 0.001, effect size = .46, suggesting that people who weigh more tend to have lower metabolic factors. Furthermore, statistically significant differences were found in the metabolic factors between people who were normal weight, overweight, and obese, p < 0.001. There was also an inverse relationship between metabolic factor and age, r = -­‐0.21, p < .05, effect size = .03, suggesting that age has a small but significant effect of metabolic factor. This variable has the potential to play a key role in treatment planning as it can be used to set realistic weight goals, determine caloric needs for a given weight, and to make decisions as to surgical intervention. More importantly, metabolic factor can be a key instrument in clinical work used to educate people regarding unique differences in metabolism to lower prejudice against the obese and to reduce the devastating shame that often accompanies weight issues.

Human Rights Of Women And Children Under International Law - An Introduction, Ved P. Nanda

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Waste Not, Want Not: The Right To Food, Food Waste And The Sustainable Development Goals, Anastasia Telesetsky

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

2014 Ole Miss Baseball Media Guide, Ole Miss Athletics. Men's Baseball

Men's Baseball

No abstract provided.

City Of Fairborn Analysis Of Impediments To Fair Housing, Center For Urban And Public Affairs, Wright State University

Community Development

The City of Fairborn Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing (AI) is a review of barriers to fair housing in the public and private sector which restricts housing choices or the availability of housing choices based on a person’s membership in a protected class. Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act) prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of dwellings to the protected classes, which include:

• Race
• Familial status
• Disability
• Sex
• Religion
• National origin

The 1988 amendments to the Fair Housing Act also created an exemption to the provisions which allowed discrimination on the …

Energy Expenditure In The Backcountry, Mandy Pojha, Cara Ocobock, John Gookin

Research in Outdoor Education

The study of energy economics, known as energetics, has played a key role in shaping human ecology, evolution, and performance (Leonard & Ulijaszek, 2002). Research on energetics gives insight into how humans interact with their environment and how differences in body shape and size can impact that interaction. This understanding is particularly insightful for humans living in the backcountry for extended periods of time. Selecting food types and amounts to meet high-energy demands in the backcountry setting is a challenge, because energy demand models have primarily been based on lab studies that, in hindsight, appear to routinely underestimate energy demands …

Alpha Delta, Compilation, 2014, State University Of New York At Cortland

Greek Documents

Alpha Delta Compilation, The History of Alpha Delta Sorority Delta Chapter, a timeline from 1868 to 2014.

2014 Transformations Program, State University Of New York At Cortland

Transformations

Originally established as Scholars' Day in 1997, Transformations is a day-long conference devoted to showcasing the wide array of scholarship, research and creative activities occurring on campus. In 2012, a new emphasis on student research lead to a name change to Transformations: A Student Research and Creativity Conference. This event focuses on student research, which is defined as an original investigation or creative activity through the primary efforts of a student or group of students. The work should show problem-solving skills and demonstrate new conceptual outcomes.

Graduate Showcase 2014: Education For The Future, The Graduate School, Grand Valley State University

Graduate Showcase Previous Years

No abstract provided.

2014 Author Recognition Bibliography, Grand Valley State University

Author Recognition

No abstract provided.

Wellness Magazine 2014 Issue, Office Of Recreation And Wellness

Wellness Magazine

No abstract provided.

Do Glucose Containing Beverages Play A Role In Thermoregulation, Sensation, And Mood State?, Yongsuk Seo, Corey Allen Peacock, John Gunstad, Keith J. Burns, Brandon S. Pollock, Ellen L. Glickman

Department of Health and Human Performance Faculty Articles

Introduction

Dehydration limits the appropriate delivery of oxygen and substrates to the working muscle. Further, the brain’s ability to function may also be compromised whereby thermal sensation and mood state may be altered.

Purpose

The purpose of the present investigation was to compare the thermoregulatory, perceptual, and negative mood state profile in glucose (GLU) vs. non-glucose beverage (NON-GLU) condition.

Methods

Ten healthy men volunteered and were counterbalanced either a GLU or NON-GLU containing beverage on separate mornings. In each condition, they were exposed to 37°C, 50% relative humidity (RH) for baseline, exercise, rehydration, and recovery periods. The exercise period elicited …

Annual Acknowledgement Of Manuscript Reviewers, Jose Antonio, D. Kalman, R. Kreider

Department of Health and Human Performance Faculty Articles

The editors of Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 10 (2013). The tireless work that all of you have given to us to enhance our journal is highly appreciated. We can’t thank you enough.

2014 Ole Miss Women's Tennis, Ole Miss Athletics. Women's Tennis

Women's Tennis

No abstract provided.

The Preliminary Study Of Effects Of Tolfenamic Acid On Cell Proliferation, Cell Apoptosis, And Intracellular Collagen Deposition In Keloid Fibroblasts In Vitro, Dan Yi, Mackenzie S. Newman, Yanfang Chen, Richard Simman

Pharmacology and Toxicology Faculty Publications

Keloid scarring is a fibroproliferative disorder due to the accumulation of collagen type I. Tolfenamic acid (TA), a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, has been found to potentially affect the synthesis of collagen in rats. In this preliminary study, we aimed to test the effects of TA on cell proliferation, cell apoptosis, and the deposition of intracellular collagen in keloid fibroblasts. Normal fibroblasts (NFs) and keloid fibroblasts (KFs) were obtained from human dermis tissue. Within the dose range 10−3–10−6 M and exposure times 24 h, 48 h, and 72 h, we found that 0.55 × 10−3 M TA at 48 h exposure …

A Persistent Quandary: The Rural School Improvement Project, 1953-1957, Richard E. Day, Lindsey N. Devries, Amanda L. Hoover

Curriculum and Instruction Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Berea College's Rural School Improvement Project worked directly with more than 5,000 children and 63 teaching fellows in 39 different schools over 13 counties, and one independent school district, involving 10 county school supervisors. Project estimates claimed an indirect impact on approximately 45,000 children within the RSIP school districts. The RSIP represented the thinking of national leaders of rural education in the 1950s who promoted improved administration of the schools combined with an active community engagement program based on “full respect for human personality” and “shared judgments.” Following so many decades of poverty and isolation, it is no easy task …

2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog, Sacred Heart University

Graduate & Undergraduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Founder's Day 2014, Sacred Heart University

Founder's Day Programs

Program for the March 19, 2014 Founder's Day ceremony.

2014 Symposium Brochure

Programs

No abstract provided.

Prevalence Of Overweight In 2 To 17 Year-Old Children And Adolescents Whose Parents Live Separately: A Nordic Cross-Sectional Study, Lena Hohwu, Mika Gissler, Agneta Sjoberg, Anna M. Biehl, Alfdgeir L. Kristjansson, Carsten Obel

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Background

Comparative data of parental separation and childhood overweight has not been available before across the Nordic countries. The aim of this study was to examine the within-country prevalence and association between parental cohabitation and overweight in Nordic children.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey of 2-17-year-old children was conducted in 2011, titled: “NordChild”. A random sample of 3,200 parents in each of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden were invited to participate in the study with parents of 6,609 children accepting to give answers about their children’s health and welfare including information on height and weight of each …

Nobiletin Suppresses Cell Viability Through Akt Pathways In Pc-3 And Du-145 Prostate Cancer Cells, Jianchu Chen, Ashley Creed, Allen Y. Chen, Haizhi Huang, Zhaoliang Li, Gary O. Rankin, Xingqian Ye, Guihua Xu, Yi C. Chen

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Background

Nobiletin is a non-toxic dietary flavonoid that possesses anti-cancer properties. Nobiletin has been reported to reduce the risk of prostate cancer, but the mechanism is not well understood. In this study, we investigated the effects of nobiletin in prostate cancer cell lines PC-3 and DU-145.

Methods

Nobiletin was isolated from a polymethoxy flavonoid mixture using HPLC, cell viability was analyzed with MTS-based assays. Protein expression was examined by ELISA and western blotting. Gene expression was examined by luciferase assay. And the pathways were examined by manipulating genetic components with plasmid transfection.

Results

Data showed that nobiletin decreased cell viability …