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Mustang Ems: Community Emergency Medical Education, Kelly Kiser

Collection of Engaged Learning

While serving as Captain of Mustang EMS, I used Engaged Learning support to develop a series of educational programs designed to make campus a safer place and help Mustang EMS members grow professionally. By designing and implementing Emergency Preparedness Booths at events such as PerunaPalooza, I sought to teach SMU students how to recognize and respond to common medical emergencies such as alcohol poisoning, heart attack, and stroke. Hosting Emergency Response Training Scenarios helped to generate a crew of knowledgeable Mustang EMS officers that will ensure the continuity of this event. Finally, by designing a protocol and hosting a campus-wide …

The Daily Gamecock, Wednesday, April 15, 2015, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

April

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Recipe For Life - Health Awareness, Courtney Thrower

Collection of Engaged Learning

The design of this project was two-fold; the research component included examination of data from a previous investigation and compared it with data collected in a community service project. In each, the aim was to assess the health habits of underserved Spanish communities and provide information and opportunity for engagement with health education. Data were collected from voluntary participants in Panama and West Dallas. The purpose of the investigation was to learn more about perceptions of health habits and provide hands-on learning regarding what it means to be healthy and practice a wellness lifestyle. Specifically, to help participants in underserved …

Le Mieux? French Healthcare's Toll On Nutritional Decisions, Mehdi Hami

Collection of Engaged Learning

This project involves interviewing French taxpayers in an attempt to see if there is a connection between nutritional decisions and the amount of taxes in France. France has the best healthcare system in the world but also some of the highest taxes. This study takes into consideration the quantitative but also the qualitative data from participants so as to understand the personal effects of taxes upon nutritional decisions.

Volume 52, Number 35: April 15, 2015, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Resource Map Of Expenditures For Tennessee Children, Annual Report To The Legislature 2015, Tennessee. Commission On Children And Youth.

Resource Map Report

No abstract provided.

Chaperone Hsp47 Drives Malignant Growth And Invasion By Modulating An Ecm Gene Network, Jieqing Zhu, Gaofeng Xiong, Hanjiang Fu, B. Mark Evers, Binhua P. Zhou, Ren Xu

Markey Cancer Center Faculty Publications

The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a determining factor in the tumor microenvironment that restrains or promotes malignant growth. In this report, we show how the molecular chaperone protein Hsp47 functions as a nodal hub in regulating an ECM gene transcription network. A transcription network analysis showed that Hsp47 expression was activated during breast cancer development and progression. Hsp47 silencing reprogrammed human breast cancer cells to form growth-arrested and/or noninvasive structures in 3D cultures, and to limit tumor growth in xenograft assays by reducing deposition of collagen and fibronectin. Coexpression network analysis also showed that levels of microRNA(miR)-29b and -29c were …

An Outcome Analysis Of The Achievement Of The Five Objectives By The Housing 1000 Care Coordination Project: Ending Homelessness In Santa Clara County Through Affordable Housing, Darren K. Bader

Master's Projects

No abstract provided.

State Recognizes Unh Fairchild Dairy As Quality Milk Producer, Lori Tyler Gula

UNH Today Archive

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Purification And Characterization Of Nattokinase From Cultural Filtrate Of Red Alga Porphyra Dentata Fermented By Bacillus Subtilis N1, Hong-Ting Victor Lin, Guan-James Wu, Meng-Chien Hsieh, Shun-Hsien Chang, Guo-Jane Tsai

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

Fibrinolytic enzyme nattokinase was first extracted from a traditional Japanese fermented soybean food, Natto. Edible red alga Porphyra dentata shares similar high protein content with soybean. In this study, we successfully purify and characterize nattokinase from the cultural filtrate of P. dentata fermented by Bacillus subtilis N1. The crude enzyme was purified by ion-exchange and gel filtration to reach electrophoretic homogeneity. The nattokinase, which has a molecular weight of 46.5 kDa and an isoelectric point of 8.35, was stable from pH 5 to 9 and at temperatures up to 55°C, and it showed optimum enzyme activity at pH 8 and …

Campus Research Day Program: April 14, 2015, Southern Adventist University

Campus Research Day Programs

Campus research day program for April 14, 2015.

Fsec Meeting Minutes April 14, 2015, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Utah Statesman, April 14, 2015, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Study Finds Perception Of Food Available To Mother Can Affect Birthweight In Mice, Jim Bakken

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, April 14, 2015, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

April

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The Sun Star Vol 34, No 24 ( April 14th, 2015), N/A N/A

Sun Star

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Consumption Of Oral Nicotine: Its Effects On The Reproductive System And Nicotine Metabolism Of Female Sprague-Dawley Rats, Swapnali Halder

Student Theses and Dissertations

Smoking is a major preventable cause of death throughout the world and the need for cessation is unanimously supported by clinicians and scientists. Nicotine in cigarettes is believed to cause tobacco dependence and addiction and low doses of nicotine are found in nicotine replacement therapies (NRT) to mitigate withdrawal symptoms and improve cessation efforts. In addition to smoking associated health risks that are common for men and women, women smokers are more likely to suffer from pregnancy or other reproductive health related complications than non-smokers. Studies show that female smokers are more vulnerable to smoking, and find it harder to …

2015 Undergraduate Research Competition Program, Coastal Carolina University

Undergraduate Research Symposium Programs

7th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition, April 14-15, 2015. Document includes schedule and abstracts.

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Parity Of Indigenous And Non-Indigenous Women In Brazil: Does The Reported Number Of Children Born Depend Upon Who Answers National Census Questions?, Ricardo Ventura Santos, João Luiz Bastos, Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz, Luciene Aparecida Ferreira De Barros Longo, Nancy May Flowers, Nilza De Oliveira Martins Pereira

Publications and Research

Taking parity as the main analytic variable, the objective of this study is to investigate whether the patterns of response to national census questions in Brazil differ when Indigenous and non-Indigenous women are compared, taking into consideration whether the information was provided by the women directly or by a proxy respondent (another household member or a non-resident). We use data on children ever born to Indigenous and non-Indigenous women from two Brazilian regions, the Northeast and the North. Data on the number of household members, total household rooms, interviewee’s color/race, educational attainment, age, parity, and type of respondent were obtained …

Association Between Nutritional Awareness And Diet Quality: Evidence From The Observation Of Cardiovascular Risk Factors In Luxembourg (Oriscav-Lux) Study, Ala'a Alkerwi, Nicolas Sauvageot, Leoné Malan, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hébert

Faculty Publications

This study examined the association between nutritional awareness and diet quality, as indicated by energy density, dietary diversity and adequacy to achieve dietary recommendations, while considering the potentially important role of socioeconomic status (SES). Data were derived from 1351 subjects, aged 18–69 years and enrolled in the ORISCAV-LUX study. Energy density score (EDS), dietary diversity score (DDS) and Recommendation Compliance Index (RCI) were calculated based on data derived from a food frequency questionnaire. Nutritional awareness was defined as self-perception of the importance assigned to eating balanced meals, and classified as high, moderate, or of little importance. Initially, a General Linear …

Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Autoimmune Deficiency Syndrome: A Pathophysiology And Cultural Perspective Of Treatment In Sub-Saharan Africa, Kari N. Stanley

Senior Honors Theses

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the body’s immune system increasing risk for development of opportunistic infections and ultimately acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Without treatment HIV can run its course within 10 years; however, several categories of antiretroviral therapy now exist that have various mechanisms of action designed to stop a patient’s viral load from increasing so rapidly. The prevalence and risk for transmission is highest in Sub-Saharan Africa where resources and access to treatment is limited and underutilized. In order for health care providers to begin changing the statistics, cultural competence must be the foundation …

Use Of Breastfeeding Support Interventions To Overcome Barriers: A Review Of The Literature, Jennifer Booth

Graduate Research Projects

No abstract provided.

The Insecurities Of Underdevelopment: Case Studies Of Child Soldiers And Street Children, Victoria Leilani Busse

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

After the Cold War, a paradigm shift occurred in the study of international conflict that led to a move away from traditional state-military centric security to make human beings the referent object of security instead. This paper uses the case studies of Sierra Leonean child soldiers and Brazilian street children to explore the links between human security and development. Children are already a vulnerable population, but they are made more insecure when they live in underdeveloped states. While poverty is a main causal factor in both these phenomena, other variables contribute to these social epidemics such as: weak governing structures, …

Measuring Intensity Of End Of Life Care: A Systematic Review, Xhyljeta Luta, Maud Maessen, Matthias Egger, Andreas E. Stuck, David Goodman, Kerri M. Clough-Gorr

Dartmouth Scholarship

Background: Many studies have measured the intensity of end of life care. However, no summary of the measures used in the field is currently available. Objectives: To summarise features, characteristics of use and reported validity of measures used for evaluating intensity of end of life care. Methods: This was a systematic review according to PRISMA guidelines. We performed a comprehensive literature search in Ovid Medline, Embase, The Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews and reference lists published between 1990-2014. Two reviewers independently screened titles, abstracts, full texts and extracted data. Studies were eligible if they used a measure of end of …

Exercise In Individuals With Down Syndrome: A Brief Review, Rachel L. Kerstiens, Matt Green

International Journal of Exercise Science

International Journal of Exercise Science 8(2): 192-201, 2015. Research examining acute and long-term responses to exercise of individuals with Downs Syndrome (DS) is sparse. However, if this group experiences benefits associated with improved quantity or quality of life, it would be important to elucidate specific responses and discourage adoption of a sedentary lifestyle in individuals with DS. Specifically, these individuals have multiple blunted physiological responses to exercise both at the onset and termination of an acute exercise bout. Mechanistically, this could be rooted in hormonal responses which are blunted, in comparison to non-DS participants. Specific studies indicate individuals with …

Health-Related Fitness And Energy Expenditure In Recreational Youth Rock Climbers 8-16 Years Of Age, Shannon R. Siegel, Jacob M. Robinson, Sean A. Johnston, Martin R. Lindley, Karin A. Pfeiffer

International Journal of Exercise Science

International Journal of Exercise Science 8(2): 174-183, 2015. Information on the characteristics of youth rock climbers is minimal. The purpose was to 1) Determine the influence of a three-month program of bouldering and vertical rock climbing on the anthropometry and health-related physical fitness of relatively novice youth climbers, and 2) determine whether rock climbing and bouldering in novice youth climbers can provide adequate levels of moderate to vigourous physical activity (US DHHS, 2008). Fifteen participants (11 males and 4 females; mean age = 11.5 ± 2.3 years) from a newly established youth climbing team were assessed twice weekly during their …

The Effects Of High Intensity Interval-Based Kettlebells And Battle Rope Training On Grip Strength And Body Composition In College-Aged Adults, Jeffrey Quednow, Tim Sedlak, Joseph Meier, Jeffrey Janot, Saori Braun

International Journal of Exercise Science

International Journal of Exercise Science 8(2) : 124-133, 2015. The aim of this current study is to evaluate the changes in body composition and hand grip strength following high intensity interval training (HIIT) utilizing kettlebells and battle ropes. We hypothesize results will show that our HIIT protocol will improve grip strength and body composition. Subjects in the experimental and control group consist of 13 college-aged students (9 females; 4 males). Subjects in both groups complete a pre-test and post-test consisting of height, weight, grip strength via handgrip dynamometers and body composition via skinfold calipers. The experimental group completes a 5-week …

Mediterranean Diet Class Eats Well In America And Soon In France And Italy, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2015

• The Mediterranean course counts for non-science majors as one of their General Education requirements.
• Called the Nutritional Biochemistry of the Mediterranean Diet, the class has 21 students checking out the healthy aspects of Italian and French living.

The Effect Of Touch: Bringing Touch Back To The Bedside, Jateum M. Blackburn

Graduate Research Projects

No abstract provided.