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Detection And Characterization Of Mineralo-Organic Nanoparticles In Human Kidneys, Tsui-Yin Wong, Cheng-Yeu Wu, Jan Martel, Cheng-Wei Lin, Fu-Yung Hsu, David M. Ojcius, Paul Y. Lin, John Ding-E. Young

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Ectopic calcification is associated with various human diseases, including atherosclerosis, cancer, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes mellitus. Although mineral nanoparticles have been detected in calcified blood vessels, the nature and role of these particles in the human body remain unclear. Here we show for the first time that human kidney tissues obtained from end-stage chronic kidney disease or renal cancer patients contain round, multilamellar mineral particles of 50 to 1,500 nm, whereas no particles are observed in healthy controls. The mineral particles are found mainly in the extracellular matrix surrounding the convoluted tubules, collecting ducts and loops of Henle as …

Hirsutella Sinensis Mycelium Attenuates Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Inflammation And Fibrosis In Vivo, Tsung-Teng Huang, Hsin-Chih Lai, Yun-Fei Ko, David M. Ojcius, Ying-Wei Lan, Jan Martel, John Ding-E. Young, Kowit-Yu Chong

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Hirsutella sinensis mycelium (HSM), the anamorph of Cordyceps sinensis, is a traditional Chinese medicine that has been shown to possess various pharmacological properties. We previously reported that this fungus suppresses interleukin-1β and IL-18 secretion by inhibiting both canonical and non-canonical inflammasomes in human macrophages. However, whether HSM may be used to prevent lung fibrosis and the mechanism underlying this activity remain unclear. Our results show that pretreatment with HSM inhibits TGF-β1–induced expression of fibronectin and α-SMA in lung fibroblasts. HSM also restores superoxide dismutase expression in TGF-β1–treated lung fibroblasts and inhibits reactive oxygen species production in lung epithelial cells. Furthermore, …

Ewing V. State Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 42599

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No abstract provided.

October 26, 2015: Honoring George Miller, Tesla Motors Cio Speaks, Campus Master Plan, Saint Mary's College Of California

SMC Bulletin 2013-2020

No abstract provided.

Feasibility Project To Determine Strategies For Self-Administration Of A Subcutaneous Orphan Drug For Treatment Of Short Bowel Syndrome: Impact On Adherence, Virginia A. Strootman

DNP and Student Works

Several strategies have been suggested to improve the nurse education provided to the nurses who educate the patients. The assumption is by providing evidence-based strategies to promote adherence to the nurses, prior to educating the patients, an increase in adherence rates can be demonstrated. Strategies discussed involve a feasibility project whereby an improved nurse educational model demonstrates improvement in medication adherence rates for adults with a rare and chronic disease states that self-administer an orphan drug for short bowel syndrome.

A Study To Assess The Knowledge And The Practices Adopted By The Mothers For Their Babies Vaccinated With Bcg In Selected Areas In Mumbai, Ancy Antony, Mini Shajan, Jancy Reji, Sadhana Kale, Sareeta Kadam, Ghanashyam Aher

DNP and Student Works

The aim of study is to find out the various improper practices of post BCG vaccination care prevalent in the community.

Objectives of the study:

- To familiarize with the various practices followed during the care of babies who are vaccinated with BCG.

- To assess the knowledge of the mothers regarding the post BCG vaccination care of the children.

- To explore the association between the mothers' knowledge of practice and selected demographic variables.

Informing The Design And Deployment Of Health Information Technology To Improve Care Coordination, Diego A. Martinez

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In the United States, the health care sector is 20 years behind in the use of information technology to improve the process of health care delivery as compared to other sectors. Patients have to deliver their data over and over again to every health professional they see. Most health care facilities act as data repositories with limited capabilities of data analysis or data exchange. A remaining challenge is, how do we encourage the use of IT in the health care sector that will improve care coordination, save lives, make patients more involved in decision-making, and save money for the American …

School Nursing Simulation: An Evidence-Based Practice Intervention For Improved Confidence In Health-Related School Emergency First-Responder Role, Mariann F. Cosby

DNP and Student Works

School nursing practice occurs in an autonomous clinical practice setting in which school nurses function as first-responders to life-threatening school emergencies. However, a gap in school nursing practice preparation exists due to a lack of pediatric first-responder experience or training. Following evidence-based school nursing simulation interventions, the current longitudinal descriptive mixed method doctoral project analyzed participants' self-perceived gains in knowledge, skills, confidence, and integration as measures of clinical and leadership improvements. The convenience sample of post-licensure registered nurse practicing school nurses (PSN) graduate students (n=37) in California completed pre and post simulation evaluations generated from the Student Assessment of Their …

A Pilot Study: Fall Reduction And Prevention In The Elderly, Anniebelle Wilson

DNP and Student Works

The purpose of this paper is to determine if a multifactorial tool utilized along with a health coaching method assist in decreasing falls in the elderly community dwelling persons over the age of 65 and aid in the promotion of self-care management in comparison to single method strategies.

Improving The New Graduate And Undergraduate Student Nurses' Critical Thinking Ability Through The Use Of Simulation In Nursing: A Systematic Review Of Literature, Amanda L. Sansom

DNP and Student Works

Implementing what is learned in the classroom into clinical practice is an important aspect of nursing. According to Koontz, Mallory, Burns, and Chapman (2010) the clinical environment is one of the most valuable experiences for the student nurse. Learning is an active and reflective process and simulation allows for the practice of procedures as often as needed to gain confidence and proficiency (Guise, Chambers, & Valimaki, 2012). The project was a systematic review of literature that examined quantitative research studies that utilized a pretest and posttest study design to evaluate the effectiveness of simulation regarding critical thinking skills in the …

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October 26, 2015, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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Implementing A Brief Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Self-Care Intervention Into The Nursing Curriculum, Sharon Placella

Sigma Foundation for Nursing Research Grant Reports

The purpose of this study is to implement a brief MBSR self-care intervention during nursing education and evaluate its effectiveness in decreasing stress and dysfunctional health behaviors.

Stream Macroinvertebrates And Habitat Below And Above Two Wilderness Fords Used By Mules, Horses, And Hikers In Yosemite National Park, Jeffrey G. Holmquist, Jutta Schmidt-Gengenbach, James W. Roche

Western North American Naturalist

Wilderness stream crossings used by mules, horses, and hikers are localized disturbances that may affect habitat immediately downstream, but the potential influence of fords on streams has received little investigation, particularly in terms of possible effects on fauna. Our overall null hypothesis was absence of below-above differences for either benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages or habitat characteristics at such fords. We further sought to determine (1) whether any such differences were present prior to annual use, suggesting longer-term effects, and (2) whether differences were present in late season, after annual use. We examined macroinvertebrates and habitat immediately below and above 2 fords …

Reproductive Notes On Shrews (Family Soricidae) In Louisiana, Leann Lucas, Justin D. Hoffman

Western North American Naturalist

Little information is known about reproduction in the 3 species of shrews in Louisiana. We examined reproductive notes from specimen records for the southern short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis), least shrew (Cryptotis parva), and southeastern shrew (Sorex longirostris). Most breeding activity occurred from March to December for B. carolinensis and C. parva. Average number of embryos was 3.75 for B. carolinensis and 5.5 for C. parva. The average length of testes was 5.2 mm for B. carolinensis and 3.8 mm for C. parva. One male S. longirostris possessed a testis length of 3 …

Microhabitat And House Use By Dusky-Footed Woodrats (Neotoma Fuscipes) In Northwestern California: Insight From Trapping Data, Ted J. Slowik

Western North American Naturalist

Capture data differed at woodrat houses associated with selected microhabitats in a chaparral-oak woodland site in the foothills of northwestern California. Mean trapping success was significantly higher at houses located under dense tree canopy (and in low scrub cover) compared with houses in high scrub cover (and under less tree canopy), as was trapping success at houses found in non-edge versus edge habitat. Woodrats trapped at houses under dense canopy also were significantly heavier than those captured in high scrub cover; however, mean body masses at edge- and non-edge houses were similar. Broadly, our results mirror existing research but indicate …

Institutional Factors Influencing African-American Male Involvement In Undergraduate Student Organizations, John Mark Davenport

Theses and Dissertations

Students attending colleges and universities who have purposeful opportunities to interact with peers and faculty about educational matters and who are challenged with consistent encouragement report higher levels of satisfaction with their collegiate experience and have higher persistence rates than students who do not receive these opportunities (Kuh et al., 1991; Pascarella & Terenzini, 1991; Schroeder & Mable, 1994). In higher education, African-American males are neither retained from admission through graduation at a rate comparable to majority students nor African-American women (AASCU, 1988; ACE, 2008; Harper, 2012). In this study I set out to determine which institutional factors influence African-American …

The Free Press Vol. 47, Issue No. 07, 10-26-2015, Krysteana Scribner

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Self-Reflexivity As An Ethical Instrument To Give Full Play To Our Explicit And Implicit Subjectivity As Qualitative Researchers, Lorena Cruz

The Qualitative Report

Being a qualitative researcher involves, mainly, assuming the subjective dimension of the research process. This article reflects the process through which I am going through as a junior qualitative researcher within the educative field. If we are immersed in social or humanistic knowledge construction as researchers, we are part of a complex process of relations, we influence and we are influenced, as well. It is an ethical assumption which implies taking responsibility. In this article, I try to reveal how I dealt with my explicit and implicit subjectivity, developing self-reflexivity strategies that allowed me to expand the understanding of the …

Midcourse Corrections And Life Satisfaction In A Sample Of Mid-Career Doctoral Students, Catherine E. Hiltz-Hymes, Susan Spicer, Elizabeth A. Hardy, Manuela Waddell, Sherry L. Hatcher

The Qualitative Report

The focus of this study was to examine motivations and reactions in context of a midlife decision to seek a doctoral degree. Participants were 116 non-traditional age, men and women graduate students and recent alumni from one of three geographically distributed and blended delivery model doctoral programs. Demographic information was collected, including career history and goals, age, gender, and ethnicity. The mean and median ages were between 41 and 50. The research questionnaire featured narrative questions regarding “midcourse corrections,” any experienced trauma, and life satisfactions. Autobiographical material was also analyzed thematically, providing further illustrative examples of the midlife experiences in …

Week Of October 26, 2015, New York Medical College

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• William Campbell, Ph.D., Longtime, Celebrated NYMC Adjunct Professor, Wins Nobel
• Steven A. Wartman, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.C.P., Announced as 2016 NYMC Commencement Speaker
• Dean Miller Reports on LCME Mock Site Visit
• School of Medicine Launches Personal Accolades and Incidents Reporting (PAIR)
• Medical Student Brian Yum Selected Semi-Finalist in Essay Program
• D.P.T. Students Host Successful Race for Rehab
• NYMC Welcomes BOCES New Visions Health Students
• NYMC Sends Support to Liberia
• SHSP Welcomes New Cohort of Dr.P.H. Candidates

Pine Bark Beetle And Dwarf Mistletoe Infestation In A Remnant Old-Growth Stand, Nicholas Aflitto, Tom Degomez, Richard Hofstetter, John Anhold, Joel Mcmillin, Mike Wagner, Eryn Schneider

Western North American Naturalist

We examined the incidence of bark beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) colonization and subsequent mortality, and the presence of dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium vaginatum subsp. crytopodum) within a rare remnant old-growth stand of ponderosa pine. In 2011, 96% of the old growth trees were remaining with additional dense ingrowth of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex. Lawson) within the understory of the oldest trees. We compared the old-growth stand to abutting stands of ponderosa pine: a low-density seed-tree cut and a high-density post-1900 second growth. The old-growth stand had levels of bark beetle colonization similar to the seed-tree stand, …

Lichen Inventory Of White Rocks Open Space (City Of Boulder, Colorado), Erin A. Tripp

Western North American Naturalist

A lichen inventory of White Rocks Open Space (City of Boulder, CO), a unique outcropping of exposed unstable sandstones, is presented. White Rocks is an ecologically important, ~40.5-ha (100-acre) protected area whose biological significance is in part attributable to geological and climatological history as well as degree of preservation, but also because it represents a biodiversity reservoir in a sea of agriculture and urban development. This inventory resulted in documentation of 56 species, including 1 new record to the United States, 1 new record to Colorado, 2 species new to science, and 2 additional species potentially new to science pending …

Survival And Plant Vigor Of Sclerocactus Parviflorus (Clover And Jotter) Following Different Transplanting Techniques, Richard Ballard, Rick Ott, Tim Novotny, Anna Lincoln, Eric Rechel

Western North American Naturalist

Cacti are transplanted when their occurrence conflicts with road and pipeline construction and mitigation requires relocation, or they are transplanted for personal use. Methods used in transplanting have credence by virtue of common practice; however, there are few scientific studies comparing different methods. Our objective was to determine if different transplanting techniques, time of year of transplanting, and association with a nurse plant upon transplanting affected the long-term survival (8 years) and vigor of Sclerocactus parviflorus (Clover and Jotter). The 3 transplanting procedures were as follows: (1) cacti excavated, soil removed from roots, roots trimmed, plants placed in shaded open …

A Note On The Observable Bark Coloration Of Quaking Aspen (Populus Tremuloides), Oren Rabinowitz, Erin A. Tripp

Western North American Naturalist

The bark of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), a clonal hardwood that is dominant in many Rocky Mountain forests, varies from white to orange to green among both ramets and populations. The proximate causes of this color variation remain controversial. We collected 72 samples of aspen bark from 11 locations in Boulder County, Colorado, and used microscopy, dissection, and thin layer chromatography to assess the structural and biochemical basis for the color gradient. Our study shows that the cork cells closest to the cork cambium of the aspen were consistently orange and conglutinated. Outward from this layer, the cork …

Front Matter, Vol. 75 No. 3

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Catalyzing Change: Identifying Action To Accelerate Collective Impact Progress In San Bernardino County, Stephanie Houston

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify the most important actions for the implementation of the San Bernardino County Vison using a Collective Impact approach. Collective Impact is a structured approach to problem solving that includes the five core conditions of, common agenda, continuous improvement, shared measurement system, mutually reinforcing activities, and backbone functions. The Delphi technique was used to gather data, perceptions, and opinions from 16 cross-sector leaders identified as experts responsible for the implementation of the San Bernardino County Vision. Survey participants were identified as experts based upon their responsibility as cross-sector leaders engaged in the San …

Promoting Play: Smith Memorial Playground And Playhouse, Allison Eimer, Luke King, Stephen Schwartz, Michael Winter

Bridging the Gaps Posters 2015

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Lack Of Resistance Of Plasmodium Falciparum To Dihydroartemisinin In Uganda Based On Parasitogolgical And Molecular Assays, Roland A. Cooper, Melissa D. Conrad, Quentin D. Watson, Stephanie J. Huezo, Harriet Ninsiima, Patrick Tumwebaze, Samuel L. Nsobya, Philip J. Rosenthal

Collected Faculty Scholarship

• Artemisinin-­‐based combination therapy is now standard treatment for falciparum malaria. However, this regimen is threatened by resistance to artemisinins, manifest as delayed clearance of parasitemia after therapy, in southeast Asia.

• Artemisinin resistance in southeast Asia is associated with increased parasitemias in culture, compared to those in sensi0ve parasites, 72 hours a=er a 6 hour pulse with 700 nM dihydroartemisinin (DHA), and with propeller domain polymorphisms in the Plasmodium falciparum kelch (K13; PF3D7_1343700) gene

• Given that artemether/lumefantrine has been adopted as standard therapy for malaria within the last decade in Uganda, we characterized artemisinin sensiBvity in fresh P. falciparum isolates from …

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Ca Five-Year Infrastructure Plan Agency Statement Draft, Sustainable Uc Hastings

Long Range Campus Planning Archive

No abstract provided.