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Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - September 13, 2015, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the September 13, 2015 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's Newsletter - Watercooler.

Contents Include:

USA Center for Lung Biology Hosts Lung Bowl

USA Health System Participates in Heart Walk

USA Physician Receives Honor From Alma Mater

USA Welcomes Dr. Om Prakash Jha

Sept. 17 DSS to Feature Dr. Janice Endsley

Temperatures Experienced By Fresh-Cut Leafy Greens During Retail Storage And Display, W. Brown, E. Ryser, L. Gorman, Scott J. Steinmaus, Keith Vorst

Biological Sciences

There has been limited published work in the United States on temperature profiling of fresh-cut, bagged leafy greens during their transport, retail storage, and retail display. This study utilized temperature monitors placed in backrooms and display cases at nine supermarkets located in southern California: the Central Coast (Santa Barbara to Los Osos), Greater Los Angeles (Burbank area), and Greater Palm Desert. Sensors were installed midway along each 8-foot display case section containing fresh-cut leafy greens. Monitors were placed at the front and back of shelves and in the lower bin. In storage rooms, sensors were placed 4 feet from the …

Catatonia In Older Adult Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities, Megan White, Edward Maxwell, Warren E. Milteer, Jose De Leon

Psychiatry Faculty Publications

Catatonia has been described in children with intellectual disabilities (IDs). These are the first three published cases of catatonia in adults older than 50 years of age with IDs. They were followed using the KANNER scale and, in one case, creatinine phosphokinase (CPK) monitoring. Case 1 is a 67-year-old Caucasian who probably had been having intermittent episodes of undiagnosed catatonia withdrawal for many years. His episodes of agitation and withdrawal behavior responded to lorazepam up to 8 mg/day. Case 2 is a 63-year-old Caucasian male who had probably had undiagnosed catatonic episodes since age 25. An agitation episode that rated …

The Impact Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions On The Aggravation Of The Global Warming Problem 2011, Adnan Awda Al-Taie

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The age of our planet Earth reaches more than (5000) million years) during which the climate witnessed several changes and within different periods (.. as research indicates, Borisov. 1973, p. 20) that the climate goes through cycles or oscillations, some of which are long and include tens of centuries and others are short and include tens of years. These cycles have different effects on human conditions. Due to the importance of such cycles, many theories have emerged that attempt to explain their causes, taking the time measurement of these oscillations as a basis for that (Sharif, 1987, p. (14). There …

50th Potato Bowl: September 12, 2015 Vs. Drake, University Of North Dakota

UND Athletics Publications: Football

Program for the 50th Potato Bowl game, September 12, 2015, versus the Drake University Bulldogs.

Environmental Assessment Of Pollution Problems In Ramadi City, Mazen Abdul Rahman Juma

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Pollution is one of the most important contemporary issues after it reached a great degree of deterioration and imbalance, and the resulting environmental problems that threaten humanity. The evaluation results showed that the supplied water is physically and chemically safe, but the results of the biological examination confirm its unsuitability due to bacterial contamination. As for the field of sanitation, the city suffers from the complete lack of a sewage network. As for the rainwater drainage system in the city of Ramadi, it suffers from illegal use (encroachment), as the tanks of residential buildings were directly connected to it due …

Ebola Virus Infection: Overview And Update On Prevention And Treatment, Miguel J. Martínez, Abdulbaset M. Salim, Juan C. Hurtado, Paul E. Kilgore

Department of Pharmacy Practice

In 2014 and 2015, the largest Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in history affected large populations across West Africa. The goal of this report is to provide an update on the epidemic and review current progress in the development, evaluation and deployment of prevention and treatment strategies for EVD. Relevant information was identified through a comprehensive literature search using Medline, PubMed and CINAHL Complete and using the search terms Ebola, Ebola virus disease, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, West Africa outbreak, Ebola transmission, Ebola symptoms and signs, Ebola diagnosis, Ebola treatment, vaccines for Ebola and clinical trials on Ebola. Through 22 July …

The Effect Of Senior Medical Student Tutors Compared To Faculty Tutors On Examination Scores Of First- And Second-Year Medical Students In Two Problem-Based Learning Courses, Damon H. Sakai, Marcel D'Eon, Krista Trinder, Richard T. Kasuya

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning

At the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, senior medical student volunteers are used as tutors for some problem-based learning groups in both the first and second years. Previous studies on the advantages and disadvantages of student tutors compared to faculty tutors have been equivocal. This study expected to answer the following question: Are there differences in examination scores for learners in their first or second year tutored by fourth-year medical students compared to those tutored by faculty members on two different types of examinations? Students were assessed using more clinically relevant, modified essay question examinations and …

Hear Us Roar, September 11, 2015, Michael Shonrock

Michael Shonrock

Digital newsletter produced by the office of President Michael Shonrock.

Hear Us Roar, September 11, 2015, Michael Shonrock

Michael Shonrock

Digital newsletter produced by the office of President Michael Shonrock.

4-Aminoquinoline-Hybridization En Route Towards The Development Of Rationally Designed Antimalarial Agents, Raghu Raj, Kirkwood M. Land, Vipan Kumar

College of the Pacific Faculty Articles

The resistance of Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of malaria, against quinine and chloroquine along with the lack of malaria vaccines has encouraged the development of various synthetic strategies towards biologically active scaffolds. An emerging strategy in medicinal chemistry, termed molecular hybridization, involves the covalent fusion of two or more drugs, active compounds, and/or pharmacophoric units into a hybrid compound, with fascinating activities and multiple but not essentially simultaneous pharmacological targets. 4-Aminoquinolines are considered as promising antimalarials and 4-aminoquinoline hybridization is considered as an attractive and feasible approach for the development of new molecular frameworks for averting and delaying the …

2015 Proceedings Of The 22nd Annual Summer Research Symposium, College Of The Holy Cross

Summer Research Program

The symposium is a college-wide event that brings together faculty and students from all disciplines at Holy Cross and provides an opportunity to celebrate their accomplishments over the summer of 2015. It also provides an opportunity for students to witness the breadth of research possibilities both on and off campus, and to open a dialogue with members of the faculty about conducting research during the upcoming academic year and summer. This program lists participating students, the faculty with whom they worked, abstracts and funding sources of their projects.

Altered Activation Of Protein Kinase Pkr And Enhanced Apoptosis In Dystonia Cells Carrying A Mutation In Pkr Activator Protein Pact, Lauren S. Vaughn, D. Cristopher Bragg, Nutan Sharma, Sarah Camargos, Francisco Cardoso, Rekha C. Patel

Faculty Publications

PACT is a stress-modulated activator of the interferon-induced double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase (PKR). Stress-induced phosphorylation of PACT is essential for PACT's association with PKR leading to PKR activation. PKR activation leads to phosphorylation of translation initiation factor eIF2α inhibition of protein synthesis and apoptosis.Arecessively inherited form of early-onset dystonia DYT16 has been recently identified to arise due to a homozygous missense mutation P222L in PACT. To examine if the mutant P222L protein alters the stress-response pathway, we examined the ability of mutant P222L to interact with and activate PKR. Our results indicate that the substitution mutant P222L activates PKR more …

Can The Results Of Biodiversity-Ecosystem Productivity Studies Be Translated To Bioenergy Production?, Timothy L. Dickson, Katherine L. Gross

Biology Faculty Publications

Biodiversity experiments show that increases in plant diversity can lead to greater biomass production, and some researchers suggest that high diversity plantings should be used for bioenergy production. However, many methods used in past biodiversity experiments are impractical for bioenergy plantings. For example, biodiversity experiments often use intensive management such as hand weeding to maintain low diversity plantings and exclude unplanted species, but this would not be done for bioenergy plantings. Also, biodiversity experiments generally use high seeding densities that would be too expensive for bioenergy plantings. Here we report the effects of biodiversity on biomass production from two studies …

High Throughput Sequencing Identifies Micrornas Mediating Α-Synuclein Toxicity By Targeting Neuroactive-Ligand Receptor Interaction Pathway In Early Stage Of Drosophila Parkinson's Disease Model., Yan Kong, Xijun Liang, Lin Liu, Dongdong Zhang, Chao Wan, Zhenji Gan, Liudi Yuan, Bing-Hua Jiang

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a prevalent neurodegenerative disorder with pathological features including death of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and intraneuronal accumulations of Lewy bodies. As the main component of Lewy bodies, α-synuclein is implicated in PD pathogenesis by aggregation into insoluble filaments. However, the detailed mechanisms underlying α-synuclein induced neurotoxicity in PD are still elusive. MicroRNAs are ~20nt small RNA molecules that fine-tune gene expression at posttranscriptional level. A plethora of miRNAs have been found to be dysregulated in the brain and blood cells of PD patients. Nevertheless, the detailed mechanisms and their in vivo functions in PD …

Use Of Inquiry-Based Learning In A Content-Based Physical Science Course For English Language Learners, Otto Joseph Kraus

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations

The research question addressed in this capstone was, how can inquiry-based learning be used in a content-based physical science class for English language learners? The project provides one teacher’s creation of seven lessons that incorporate inquiry-based learning techniques into a content-based physical science course for English language learners. The lessons are intended to concurrently teach state physical science standards and WIDA language standards. The methods and rationale for the lessons are based on the importance of experience to the learning of language (Jackson, 2013; Robinson, 2011), as well as the overlapping pedagogies of inquiry learning and language learning, known as …

How Do College Students Define College Preparedness, Matthew Jon Ridenour

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations

This case study utilized grounded theory data collection and analysis methods within the qualitative paradigm to research how college students define college preparedness. The study centered on a large population of students (468 total individuals, representing attendance at 165 different four-year postsecondary institutions), each of whom graduated from the same private high school in Minneapolis, Minnesota between the years 2011 and 2014. A focus group, surveys and intensive interviews were employed to collect data. The substantive theory that emerged from the data showed that academic skills account for only a fraction of the properties necessary for college preparedness. The majority …

Chimes: September 11, 2015, Calvin College

Chimes

Humanities professors take faculty buyouts by Josh Parks

New Calvin logo receives mixed reviews by Jon Gorter

Calvin to reoffer jazz band as an accredited course by Maddie Hughey

Men's golf opens season with win by Mark Peless

Jurassic World fun by ultimately disappoints by Nate Hunt

New study estimates earth's tree population at three trillion by Micheal Messina

Christian leaders found on ashley Madison by Eckhart Chan

The bias of art core's options Kelsey Powers

The Echo: September 11, 2015, Taylor University

2015-2016 (Volume 103)

Next Gen Dining – Same service, different styles – Taylor Taxis, at your service – Biggest class ever – Seeking sanctuary – Constitutional amendments spark protests – Coming to the cornfields – Rent-A-Pet – Taylor time machine – Dorm-friendly food – The bi-weekly bachelor and bachelorette – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – American anthems – Portmanteaux: a fusion of ideas – To kill a fantasy – Scavenging sources – Behind the (news) camera – Stuck in the middle – Taylor keeps Wagon Wheel – Weekly Preview – 33-yard miracle – Women’s golf sets new record – Athlete of …

September 11, 2015, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

No abstract provided.

Spatio-Temporal Distribution Of Stored-Product Insects With Emphasis On Red Flour Beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) In Rice Mills And On-Farm Storage Facilities, Martine Patiance Bowombe Toko

Student Theses and Dissertations

Many stored-product insects were found associated in rice commercial mills and on-farm facilities. To better understand the seasonal and temporal distributions of stored-product insect at these facilities, I conducted two studies. A study over a three-year period (2012-2014) was conducted to examine red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) distributions at four rice mills. Beetles were captured using baited Dome traps placed inside and outside of mills. The second study was conducted over a two-year period (2013-1014) to estimate the abundance of red flour beetles and four other stored-product insects [cigarette beetle (Lasioderma serricorne), warehouse beetle (Trogoderma variabile), lesser grain borer (Rhyzopertha …

Mechanisms Involved In Enhanced Protection Against Gram Negative Bacterium Francisella Tularensis Utilizing An Fcr Targeted Vaccine Platform, Zulfia Babadjanova

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

Francisella tularensis is a gram-negative intracellular bacterium and the etiologic factor of a potentially fatal disease tularemia. Due to its high infectivity the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has designated F. tularensis as a Category A biological agent. Nevertheless, the pathogenesis of F. tularensis is not fully understood and research has failed to develop an effective vaccine. Production of pro-inflammatory cytokines by innate immune cells at the early stages of bacterial infection is important for host protection against the pathogen. Many intracellular bacteria, including F. tularensis, utilize the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10, to evade the host immune response. It is …

A New Microenvironment For The Formation Of Clay Minerals: The Example Of Authigenic Halloysite-7Å And Gibbsite In A Stalactite From Agios Georgios Cave, Kilkis, North Greece, Elena Ifandi, Basilios Tsikouras, Dimitrios Papoulis, Konstantin Hatzipanagiotou, Aspasia Antonelou

International Journal of Speleology

An unusual authigenic origin for halloysite and gibbsite is reported in a stalactite from Agios Georgios Cave, Kilkis. This speleothem includes mostly pure calcite whereas minor areas of Mg-rich calcite and scarce dolomite are present in four growth phases. Abundant pores are created due to imperfect coalescence of the calcite crystals. Several of them contain detrital muscovite, which was presumably transferred from the dripping water, during the formation of speleothem and has been variably altered to halloysite. Several pores in the stalactite contain different mineral assemblages that we interpret as in situ: halloysite-7Å, halloysite + silica, gibbsite + silica and …

Characterizing The Rogfp2-Orp1 Fluorescent Biosensor For Detecting Oxidative Stress In Mammalian Cells, Sara A. Doan, Stevie Norcross, Mathew Tantama

The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium

Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease involving the death of neurons in the substantia nigra and loss of the neurotransmitter, dopamine. The disease leads to progressive loss of motor control. Exact causes and mechanisms by which Parkinson’s disease proceeds are unknown, however, previous experiments determine oxidative stress in mitochondria as a factor that results in cell death. Strategies have been implemented to generate fluorescent biosensors to monitor reactive oxygen species (ROS) concentrations while simultaneously measuring the spatiotemporal distribution and correlation between the ROS, cellular function and organelle. Orp1, an enzyme found in yeast, is a sensitive oxidizing species and when …

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 05, September 10, 2015, Grand Valley State University

Volume 50, July 13, 2015 - June 6, 2016

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

The Firece Green Fire: Vol. 6 Issue 1, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

Alcohol Use And Gamma-Glutamyltransferase Using A Mendelian Randomization Design In The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Lin Xu, Chao Qiang Jiang, Kar Keung Cheng, Shiu Lun Ryan Au Yeung, Wei Sen Zhang, Tai Hing Lam, Catherine Mary Schooling

Publications and Research

Background Observational studies and small intervention studies suggest alcohol raises gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT). We used Mendelian randomization to assess the causal effect of alcohol use on GGT in older Chinese people. Methods An instrumental variable (IV) analysis in 2,321 men and 2,757 women aged 50+ years from phase 3 of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study with ALDH2 (rs671) genotyped, alcohol use and GGT available was used to assess the causal effect of alcohol use on GGT. Rs671 was used as an IV and F-statistics was used to test for weak instrument hypothesis. An F-statistic of ≥10 indicates the IV is not …

Western News, Sept. 10, 2015, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WMU to be key player in national initiative; Six of 10 Universitywide award winners announced; Numerous happenings at WMU made for productive summer; CELCIS one of six programs to reach reaccreditation milestone; On Campus with Erasmo Salinas.

An Olfactory Cilia Pattern In The Mammalian Nose Ensures High Sensitivity To Odors, R. C. Challis, H. Tian, J. Wang, J. He, J. Jiang, Xuanmao Chen, W. Yin, T. Connelly, L. Ma, C. R. Yu, J. L. Pluznick, Daniel R. Storm, L. Huang, K. Zhao, M. Ma

Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences

In many sensory organs, specialized receptors are strategically arranged to enhance detection sensitivity and acuity. It is unclear whether the olfactory system utilizes a similar organizational scheme to facilitate odor detection. Curiously, olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) in the mouse nose are differentially stimulated depending on the cell location. We therefore asked whether OSNs in different locations evolve unique structural and/or functional features to optimize odor detection and discrimination. Using immunohistochemistry, computational fluid dynamics modeling, and patch clamp recording, we discovered that OSNs situated in highly stimulated regions have much longer cilia and are more sensitive to odorants than those in …