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Does Federal Financial Aid Policy Influence The Institutional Aid Policies Of Four-Year Colleges And Universities? An Exploratory Analysis, Don Hossler, Jihye Kwon

Journal of Student Financial Aid

There is a dearth of empirical work that examines the relationships between federal financial aid policy and institutional financial aid priorities and expenditures. This study uses Resource Dependency Theory to explore whether changes the amount of financial aid awarded by colleges and universities during the last fifty years are best explained by changes in federal financial aid policy or by demographic and economic shifts. The results suggest that shifts in federal financial aid policy and in the economy have influenced the amount of institutional financial aid, but indicate that more research is needed on this important topic.

Reauthorization Ready: How Nasfaa Influences The Higher Education Policymaking Process, Megan Mcclean Coval

Journal of Student Financial Aid

The Higher Education Act (HEA) is due to be reauthorized by Congress and the higher education policy community is working hard to be a part of those efforts. The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) plays a unique role in this process, as the HEA contains the legislation behind all of the federal student financial aid programs. As partisan politics infiltrate Washington D.C., NASFAA is working with its members and association colleagues to put forth innovative recommendations to shape and inform the reauthorization process. This paper examines the reauthorization process; highlights NASFAA’s specific work, including policy recommendations; and …

Preparing For Hea Reauthorization: Recommendations For Practitioners, Brittany Inge, Pamela Fowler, Jacob P. Gross

Journal of Student Financial Aid

The upcoming reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 provides opportunities and presents challenges for financial aid administrators. This article outlines steps that aid administrators can take and challenges they may face in preparing for and responding to new legislation.

Notching Early Repolarization Pattern In Inferior Leads Increases Risk Of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias In Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Meta-Analysis., Zhiwei Zhang, Konstantinos P Letsas, Yajuan Yang, Panagiotis Korantzopoulos, Guangping Li, Gan-Xin Yan, Tong Liu

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

The aim of this of this meta-analysis was to examine the potential association between certain early repolarization (ER) characteristics and ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VTAs) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We searched PubMed, Embase and Web of Science databases for records published until December 2014. Of the 658 initially identified records, 7 studies with a total of 1,565 patients (299 with ER and 1,266 without ER) were finally analyzed. Overall, patients with ER displayed a higher risk of VTAs following AMI compared to patients without ER [odds ratio (OR): 3.75, 95% CI: 2.62-5.37, p < 0.00001]. Subgroup analyses showed that the diagnosis of ER prior to AMI onset is a better predictor of VTAs (OR: 5.70, p < 0.00001) compared to those diagnosed after AMI onset (OR: 2.60, p = 0.00001). Remarkably, a notching morphology was a significant predictor of VTAs compared to slurring morphology (OR: 3.85, p = 0.002). Finally, an inferior ER location (OR: 8.85, p < 0.00001) was significantly associated with increased risk of VTAs in AMI patients. In conclusion, our meta-analysis suggests that ER pattern is associated with greater risk of VTAs in patients with AMI. A notched ER pattern located in inferior leads confers the highest risk for VTAs in AMI.

Chemical-Free Technique To Study The Ultrastructure Of Primary Cilium, Ashraf M. Mohieldin, Wissam A. Aboualaiwi, Min Gao, Surya M. Nauli

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

A primary cilium is a hair-like structure with a width of approximately 200 nm. Over the past few decades, the main challenge in the study of the ultrastructure of cilia has been the high sensitivity of cilia to chemical fixation, which is required for many imaging techniques. In this report, we demonstrate a combined high-pressure freezing (HPF) and freeze-fracture transmission electron microscopy (FFTEM) technique to examine the ultrastructure of a cilium. Our objective is to develop an optimal high-resolution imaging approach that preserves cilia structures in their best natural form without alteration of cilia morphology by chemical fixation interference. Our …

Emergent Insect And Neotropical Migratory Bird Interactions And Responses To Habitat, Hydrology, And Progressive Urbanization In The Tampa Bay Region, Nathaniel Lee Goddard

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The growing human population threatens the many of the earth’s biological systems. In the last 600 years extinction rates risen from 1 extinction per million species per year (E/MSY) in the 1400’s to 50 E/MSY today. During this time period 1.5% of all known birds have gone extinct, because they could not adapt quickly enough to human mediated changes. The goal of this dissertation was to determine how urbanization and anthropogenic services needed to support urban areas impact cypress dome wetland aquatic insect and migratory bird populations that depend on them. In Central Florida cypress dome hydroperiods are driven by …

Implementation Of Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services And Supports For Adults With Intellectual And/Or Developmental Disabilities: A State’S Experience, Heather Jeanne Williamson

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Background: Individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) are experiencing longer life expectancies with the majority requiring the ongoing support of family caregivers into adulthood. Medicaid is the primary funding source for supports and services for adults with IDD. Growing Medicaid expenditures and goals to improve quality of care are driving more states to move their Medicaid fee-for-service programs into a managed care model. The stated goals of Medicaid managed long-term services and supports (MLTSS) are to improve care coordination and access to care while controlling costs, but the evidence regarding these outcomes is limited and mixed. Given the level …

Week Of November 2, 2015, New York Medical College

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• NYMC Supporters Gather at Founder's Dinner
• School of Medicine Hosts Cardiovascular Translational Research Workshop
• Medical Student, Adrian Romero, is the Recipient of 2015 AMA Foundation
• SHSP Hosts Two-Day Asthma Institute
• NYMC Hosts Second Annual Pre-Medical and Pre-Health Mentoring Program
• More NYMC History Adorns Walls of BSB
• Speech-Language Pathology Students Lead Disabilities Awareness Challenge at Local Boy Scout Event
• Peer to Peer Committee Recognizes Role Models at NYMC

Long Non Coding Rna Malat1 Promotes Tumor Growth And Metastasis By Inducing Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition In Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Xuan Zhou, Su Liu, Guoshuai Cai, Lingping Kong, Tingting Zhang, Yu Ren, Yansheng Wu, Mei Mei, Lun Zhang, Xudong Wang

Dartmouth Scholarship

The prognosis of advanced oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients remains dismal, and a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms is critical for identifying effective targets with therapeutic potential to improve the survival of patients with OSCC. This study aims to clarify the clinical and biological significance of metastasis-associated long non-coding RNA, metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) in OSCC. We found that MALAT1 is overexpressed in OSCC tissues compared to normal oral mucosa by real-time PCR. MALAT1 served as a new prognostic factor in OSCC patients. When knockdown by small interfering RNA (siRNA) in OSCC cell lines TSCCA and …

Sialylation Of Igg Fc Domain Impairs Complement-Dependent Cytotoxicity., Isaak Quast, Christian W Keller, Michael A Maurer, John P Giddens, Björn Tackenberg, Lai-Xi Wang, Christian Münz, Falk Nimmerjahn, Marinos Dalakas, Jan D Lünemann

Department of Neurology Faculty Papers

IgG molecules exert both pro- and antiinflammatory effector functions based on the composition of the fragment crystallizable (Fc) domain glycan. Sialylated IgG Fc domains have antiinflammatory properties that are attributed to their ability to increase the activation threshold of innate effector cells to immune complexes by stimulating the upregulation of the inhibitory Fcγ receptor IIB (FcγRIIB). Here, we report that IgG Fc sialylation of human monoclonal IgG1 molecules impairs their efficacy to induce complement-mediated cytotoxicity (CDC). Fc sialylation of a CD20-targeting antibody had no impact on antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity and did not change the affinity of the antibody for activating …

Research Digest - November 2015, Division Of Public Health Sciences, Department Of Surgery, Washington University School Of Medicine In St. Louis

Newsletters from the Division of Public Health Sciences

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Social Networking Patterns And Attitudes Towards Patient Privacy, Frank Davison

Applied Research Projects

Sharing ideas with others having common interests is primal and the

best indication of this is the exploding world of social networking. Social

media sites have become self-reported newscasts where we post our daily

activities as a matter of permanent public record. Are we losing our

expectation of privacy? What impact could this have on patient privacy?

Do individuals who are accustomed to sharing personal information on

social networks have a relaxed attitude towards patient privacy? Does this

vary according to age, gender, or racial background?

This study explores correlations between attitudes on social

networking and patient privacy and how …

Video Visits: A Closer Look At Patient Satisfaction And Quality Of Virtual Medical Care, Saddia Cheema

Applied Research Projects

Electronic medical services via video visits has revolutionized the delivery of medical care by Physicians and medical staff alike. Its steady evolution and progression towards the future of healthcare has provided insight on how to better serve patients and community members seeking care. This study will explore patient satisfaction and the quality of virtual medical care services provided by Physicians thru video visits as well as the impact of minimizing the spread of communicable diseases. Statistical data was gathered from a major U.S. healthcare company evaluating survey responses as well as feedback provided by member experience who visited with their …

Community Leader, Vol. 15, No. 02, University Of Dayton. Fitz Center For Leadership In Community

Newsletter: Community Leader

News and notes from the University of Dayton Fitz Center for Leadership in Community.

Evaluation Of An Innovative Leadership Training Program For Chinese Students: Subjective Outcome Evaluation, Daniel T. L. Shek, Xiang Li

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

As a part of the Global Youth Leadership Program (GYLP), a 30-h “Service Leadership” subject was provided to 48 undergraduate students studying at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) or Peking University (PKU). This study evaluated the subjective outcomes of the “Service Leadership” subject, including students’ views on the course contents, lecturers, and perceived benefits from the course. A majority of students in the program showed very positive perceptions of the course content, lecturers, and course benefits, with more than 85% of the students indicating that they were very satisfied with this subject and would suggest their friends to take …

The Impact Of Text Messaging Based Smoking Cessation Interventions In Hospitalized Adult Smokers, Charlene K. Zablotney

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death and disease in the world (WHO, 2008). Through both primary and secondary exposure, tobacco use affects every body system and every individual to whom nurses deliver care. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2012), each year, an estimated 443,000 people die prematurely from smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke, and another 8.6 million live with a serious illness caused by smoking. Despite these risks, approximately 46.6 million U.S. adults smoke cigarettes (CDC, 2012). Tobacco abuse results in a costly burden on society. Annual smoking economic costs in the …

Reveille (Issue 26), Csusb Veterans Success Center

Reveille newsletter

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Integrative Health Studies Newsletter, Ciis

Integrative Health Studies Newsletter

This is the November-December 2015 Issue of Integrative Health Newsletter at CIIS.

Women's Tennis Media Guide 2015-16, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

No abstract provided.

Men's Tennis Media Guide 2015-16, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

No abstract provided.

Women's Basketball Media Guide 2015-16, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

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Men's Basketball Media Guide 2015-16, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

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Daily Announcements November 2015, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Communications Office Daily Announcements

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Does A Positive Margin Always Mandate Adjuvant Radiotherapy?, Peter C. Albertsen

UCHC Articles - Research

The appropriate treatment for clinically localized prostate cancer continues to generate controversy. For men with low grade disease it is unclear whether surgery or radiati on therapy provides a survival advantage over active surveillance, and among men with high grade disease it is unclear how many derive a substantial benefit from either intervention. No trial has yet to compare surgery and radiation with observation, but the recent update of the Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group 4 study suggests that radical prostatectomy provides a significant survival advantage for younger men with intermediate grade diseas

Diversity Report

University Provost Reports

No abstract provided.

Right Flier: Newsletter Of The Aaup-Wsu Volume 16, Number 2, 2015-2016, American Association Of University Professors-Wright State University

The Right Flier Newsletter

A three page newsletter created by the Wright State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors.This issue features one major article -- it's about merging two bargaining units into one -- plus a reminder that all BUFMs must visit the Human Resources web site before November 13, 2015 to select health insurance coverage -- even no coverage -- for 2016, or face a financial penalty.

Right Flier: Newsletter Of The Aaup-Wsu Volume 16, Number 3, 2015-2016, American Association Of University Professors-Wright State University

The Right Flier Newsletter

A three page newsletter created by the Wright State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors.This issue describes proposed amendments to the current Chapter Constitution and Bylaws. The proposed amendments can be viewed in the attached file, in which the proposed changes are shown relative to the current Chapter Constitution and Bylaws.

Integration Pem And Ahp Methods To Determine Service Quality Improvement Strategy For The Medical Industry, Shun-Hsing Chen, Tsu-Ming Yeh

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

Despite abundant research on service quality within the medical industry, few studies have applied performance evaluation matrix (PEM) and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in this medical industry. Therefore, this study aims to discuss integrating the PEM and AHP methods in order to determine and prioritize areas of improvement in service quality. Data were analyzed through PEM in order to identify eight items that needed improvement. The improvement priority of these items was determined by the AHP method. Therefore, the results provide suggestions to improve service quality and to enhance the hospital standard processes to meet the customers’ needs. This study …

Fusion Of Completed Local Binary Pattern Features With Curvelet Features For Mammogram Classification, Syed Jamal Safdar Gardezi, Ibrahima Faye

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

In this paper, fusion of texture features to improve classification accuracy by false positive reduction in mammograms is proposed. The method uses texture features obtained from completed local binary pattern (CLBP) and grey level texture features obtained from the Curvelet sub-bands. In the current experiments, mass and normal patches were obtained from Mammographic image analysis Society (MIAS) and Image retrieval in medical applications (IRMA) datasets for mammograms. Texture features from both methods are combined together to obtain the feature fusion matrix. Then Nearest neighbor classifier was used for classification to evaluate the individual as well as enhanced features obtained from …

Campus Ministry Observes Homelessness Awareness, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

In observance of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week November 15-21, Campus Ministry hosted a series of educational programs and events aimed at heightening awareness and deepening understanding of the major issues of hunger and homelessness on a local and national scale.