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Improving Knowledge Of Picc Line Maintenance, Kiesha M. Custis-Adams Bsn, Rn, Lydia Karlsson Bsn, Rn, Melissa F. Long Bsn, Rn

Patient Care Services / Nursing

No abstract provided.

Telemetry Alarm Fatigue In Medical-Surgical Nurses, Kathryn E. Cosentino Bsn, Rn, Richard F. Dyer Bsn, Rn, Emily K. Hegner Bsn, Rn

Patient Care Services / Nursing

No abstract provided.

Braden Risk Assessment, Kelly A. Hartley Bsn, Rn, Jessica A. Lobien Bsn, Rn

Patient Care Services / Nursing

No abstract provided.

Pained And Confused: A Look At Pain Control In Cognitively Altered Patients, Debra Lobien Bsn, Rn, Jena L. Shomper Bsn, Rn, Marina Tsay Bsn, Rn

Patient Care Services / Nursing

No abstract provided.

Improving Rn Comfort Level In Individualizing Care For Hospice Patients, Tiffany D. Casimiro Bsn, Rn, Danielle G. France Bsn, Rn, Rebecca A. Livesay Bsn, Rn

Patient Care Services / Nursing

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Bill Fsb-2016-11-28-01: University Curriculum Committee, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Bills, Motions & Resolutions (Archived)

Faculty Senate Bill FSB-2016-11-28-01: University Curriculum Committee

Preparation Ofα-Glucosidase Inhibitory Peptides Derived From Ginkgo Biloba By Enzymatic Method, Zhang Can, Wu Caie, Fan Gongjian, Li Tingting, Wang Jiahong, Gong Hao, Cao Fuliang

Food and Machinery

The preparation of α-glucosidase inhibitory peptides was gotten, which was derived from ginkgo biloba by enzymatic hydrolysis with papain. A factorial design experiment was conducted, while, the effects of concentration of substrate, pH, E/S ratio, extraction temperature and time were studied. And then, it was fractioned by using membrane ultrafiltration with molecular weight cutoffs of 100, 50, 30, 10 and 3 kDa. The results showed: with the concentration of substrate 1.5%, pH 7.36, E/S ratio of 5 g/100 g, temperature of 57.9 ℃ and extraction time of 4.4 h, the inhibitory activities ofα-glucosidase was the highest, and reached 17.18%. The …

The Research Progress On Near Infrared Spectroscopic In The Non-Destructive Detection Ofthe Quality Of Edible Oil, Li Juan, Liang Shuyu

Food and Machinery

The Near infrared spectroscopy analysis technique, with the characteristics of high efficiency and speediness, non-destructiveness, environmentally friendliness and easiness to operation, has developed fast in the past few years and is widely used in quality identification of agricultural products. In this paper, it was summarized and prospected the application progress in many aspects, such as the detections of physicochemical index of edible oil, chemical changes during frying, adulterated oils, and the kinds of edible oil by using Near Infrared Spectroscopy analysis technique and chemometrics in recent years. This review provided the direction and basis for the further analyses of edible …

November 28, 2016: Divided We Stand, Giving Tuesday, New Vp For Finance, Saint Mary's College Of California

SMC Bulletin 2013-2020

No abstract provided.

Effectiveness Of Online Health Communities: Assessment Of Social Support And Stress, Amit Saha

Theses and Dissertations

With increasing prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among the younger generation, there is a shortage of adequate resources to deliver care for the individuals dealing with autism. Families dealing with autism face enormous economic costs and emotional stress to provide care for personnel diagnosed with ASD. Globally, almost two billion people use social media regularly to connect and stay in touch with their friends, family, and acquaintances irrespective of distance. For the families dealing with autism, social media provide an open and easily accessible platform to share, gather and exchange information. Systematic analysis of this extensive interaction among autism …

Using Geochemistry And Strontium Isotopic Ratios (87sr/86sr) To Determining Water Mixing And Sources In The Picher Mining District, William Daniel Ketcheside

Theses and Dissertations

The mining of lead and zinc ores in the Tri-State Mining District of Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma resulted in some of the most severe environmental degradation in the country. Large amounts of waste rock, known as ‘chat’, were produced during mining and left in surface piles in the surrounding area. These chat piles, located mostly near the town of Picher, Oklahoma contain potentially harmful elements that can be leached from the rock into local streams and sediment. The mines also filled with water after mining ceased and have discharged contaminated water to nearby waterways, as well as resulted in groundwater …

Adaptive Classification Framework For Control Myoelectric Prostheses During Muscle Fatigue, Hamdi Allbunashee Allbunashee

Theses and Dissertations

A myoelectric-controlled prosthesis holds the promise of renewed quality of life for the amputee population. When it comes to prosthesis control, muscle fatigue presents a significant challenge for all task discrimination algorithms due to changed muscle activation patterns and significant shifts in the spectral contents of the surface electromyogram (sEMG) signals. The effect of muscle fatigue on the classification accuracy of two supervised machine-learning algorithms, i.e. the linear discriminant analysis (LDA), and the muscle synergy based task discrimination (MSD) was investigated. Due to muscle fatigue, the classification accuracies declined from (>90%) to 41% and 59% for the LDA and …

Examining Contraceptive Knowledge, Attitude, Intentions And Willingness To Use Contraceptive Among Adolescents Girls In Ghana, West Africa: Applying The Theory Of Reasoned Action And Theory Of Planned Behavior, Rosina Amenebede

Theses and Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study was to examine contraceptive knowledge, attitude, intentions and willingness to use contraceptives among adolescents’ girls in Ghana, West Africa, by applying the Theory of Planned Behavior. A cross-sectional survey was conducted. Results: 85.3% of the respondent had knowledge of condoms. 88.34% of the adolescent girls intended to use contraceptives during sex and 25.5% of the variance observed in intentions to use contraceptives is explained by subjective norms and attitudes toward behavior. Discussion and Conclusions: 79.05% of the entire sample of adolescents’ girl’s did not have any knowledge of any other contraceptive method aside from …

Health & Kinesiology News, Georgia Southern University

Health Sciences & Kinesiology: News & Publications (2015-2023)

• Faculty and Students Participate in 2016 Southeast Farm to School Conference

Cortisol In Human Milk Predicts Child Bmi, Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook, Tran Bao Le, Anna Chung, Elyssia Poggi Davis, Laura M. Glynn

Psychology Faculty Articles and Research

Objective—Breastfeeding is linked to lower rates of childhood obesity. Human milk contains cortisol, known to regulate glucose storage and metabolism. We aimed to test the hypothesis that early exposure to cortisol in human breast milk helps to modulate infant BMI trajectories over the first two years of life.

Methods—Growth curve modeling was used to examine whether infant exposure to cortisol in human milk at 3 months predicted changes in child body mass index percentile (BMIP) at 6, 12, and 24 months of age in 51 breastfeeding mother-child pairs.

Results—Infants exposed to higher milk cortisol levels at 3 …

Instructional Motivations: What Can We Learn From Homeschooling Families?, Jesse Thomas

The Qualitative Report

Some educational theorists have believed that the beneficial aspects of home education will eventually find their way into mainstream educational contexts. The purpose of this paper was to extract the motivations behind homeschooling instructional decisions. This study was built on surveys and interviews from over 1000 homeschooling parents across the United States. Participants were asked about the reason for their instructional routines. Instructional motivations reported included a child’s particular learning style, a parent’s personal preference, a child’s interests, community resources, experience, faith, family reasons, special goals, and special needs. These motivations may also represent those of public school parents, thus …

Focus Group Data Saturation: A New Approach To Data Analysis, Mary E. Hancock Phd, Rnc-Ob, Linda Amankwaa Phd, Rn, Faan, Maria A. Revell Phd, Msn, Rn Coi, Dale Mueller Edd, Msn, Nea-Bc

The Qualitative Report

The qualitative research “gold standard” for quality research is data saturation. The limited literature on reporting data saturation and transparency in qualitative research has supported an inconsistent research standard suggesting researchers have not adequately reported data saturation to promote transparency (O’Reilly & Parker, 2012). Confusion regarding how to analyze qualitative data to achieve data saturation, how to write clear qualitative research findings, and present these findings in a usable manner continues (Sandelowski & Leeman, 2012). A phenomenological asynchronous online focus group using WordPress® was employed to answer the research question. Based on the current literature on the topic of focus …

Simultaneous Detection Of Puffiness And Soluble Solids Content For Intact Citrus By Online Spectroscopy, Liu Yande, Wu Mingming, Sun Xudong, Zhu Danning

Food and Machinery

Puffy fruit and soluble solid content (SSC) are important indexes for evaluating the quality of citrus. The feasibility was discussed for detecting Puffing disease and SSC of intact citrus simultaneously by online visible-near infrared (visible-NIR) transmittance spectroscopy. The spectra were recorded with the integration time of 100 ms in the wavelength range of 350~1 150 nm when the samples were conveyed at the speed of five samples per second. The feasibility of simultaneous and online detection of puffiness fruit and SSC for intact citrus simultaneously was discussed by visible-near infrared transmittance spectroscopy. The response properties of visible-NIR spectra for normal …

Effect Of Different Solvents On Total Phenolic Content, Total Flavonoid Content And Antioxidant Activity Of Highland Barley, Shne Yingbin, Zhang Youwei, Huang Caihuan, Chen Yongsheng, Wang Li, Ou Shiyi, Zhang Hui

Food and Machinery

The objectives of this study were to evaluate total phenolic, total flavonoid content and antioxidant activities of different extraction from three kinds of highland barley. The results showed that 95% ethanol and 60%acetone were better to extract phenolic compounds than other solvents. Total phenolic and total flavonoid contents, antioxidant activities of Zangqing 2000 using different solvents were higher than that of Xunhua and Shangri-la highland barley. Meanwhile, the highest total phenolic content of Zangqing 2000 was 211.92 mg GAE/100 g DW in 60% acetone, the highest total flavonoid content of Zangqing 2000 was 60.11 mg RT/100 g DW in 60% …

Investigation And Analysis Of Consumption Characteristics And Trend Of Dietary Supplement For The Elderly Person, Che Wenhui, Peng Shuangshuang

Food and Machinery

Through the survey of dietary supplement consumption on 123 elderly people in Yuelu District of Changsha City, showed that the aged person holds reasonable attitude to consume dietary supplement. They are seriously taking care about their health conditions; incline to get the dietary supplement from pharmacy or specialty stores. They always take the affectivity to first consideration when they make choose. While the dietary supplement attracts younger consumers with ordinary income. Such consumers mostly have reasonable opinions to choose the products and recognize the risks in them. Analyzed the significant factors influencing the dietary supplement consumption in aged group, and …

Problems And Their Resolvements Of Health Food Under The New Food Safety Law, Li Rongqin

Food and Machinery

“Food Safety Law” has made great progress in health food regulation and promotes the development of the industry, while there still exists some problems. Therefore, it is suggested that we should make a unified materials directory of health food through blending provisions of Ministry of Health and "Food Safety Law". Besides, we should eliminate false propaganda by the way of improving filing review and verification system as well as suck marketing behavior into scope of business license management with severe legal liability. Moreover, we also need to carry out classification management of registration and filing and reaffirms the importance of …

Lanthorn, Vol. 51, No. 27, November 28, 2016, Grand Valley State University

Volume 51, July 11, 2016 - June 5, 2017

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

The Benefits Of Disposable Incontinence Pads, Janeen M. Bendig Bsn, Rn, Shannon E. Hindman Bsn, Rn, Kaitlyn N. Irving Bsn, Rn, Ellen M. Melanson Bsn, Rn

Patient Care Services / Nursing

No abstract provided.

Diabetic Education: Healthy Carbohydrates And Carbohydrate Counting, Michael J. De Rosa Bsn, Rn, Nelli V. Jordan Bsn, Rn, Emily A. Truesdale Bsn, Rn

Patient Care Services / Nursing

No abstract provided.

University Student-Athletes’ Experiences Of Facilitators And Barriers To Contribution: A Narrative Account, Colin J. Deal, Martin Camiré

The Qualitative Report

University student-athletes’ contributions in the form of volunteering, community engagement, and civic engagement have been the subject of recent research; however, no studies have specifically examined the factors that facilitate or serve as barriers to contribution in this population. As such, the purpose of this study is to explore the facilitators and barriers relating to university student-athletes’ contributions. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight university student-athletes (two males, six females) between 18 and 21 years of age (M = 19.25) from two Canadian universities. The analysis led to the identification of two qualitatively distinct profiles regarding how facilitators and …

Essays On The Economics Of Education., Soham Sahoo Dr.

Doctoral Theses

This thesis consists of three empirical essays that investigate issues related to the economics of education. The main focus of this thesis is to study schooling outcomes of children in a developing country: India. The first chapter explores the effect of mothers’ labour force participation on children’s educational outcomes in the context of a large employment guarantee program in India. This study finds that workfare schemes enhancing women’s access to economic opportunities have implications for intra-household resource allocation which in turn lead to a positive effect on children’s education. The second essay investigates the effect of better access to secondary …

November 28, 2016 Armstrong Faculty Senate Agenda, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Armstrong Faculty Senate Agenda (Archived)

November 28, 2016 Armstrong Faculty Senate Agenda

Street By Street: Cross-Site Evaluation Of The Ojjdp Community-Based Violence Prevention Demonstration Program, Kathleen A. Tomberg, Jeffrey A. Butts

Publications and Research

In 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) launched the Community-Based Violence Prevention (CBVP) program to reduce youth violence through targeted community-level initiatives. The program offered grants to cities for implementing evidence-based strategies, such as Cure Violence and the Boston Gun Project, to address high-risk youth involvement in violence. The John Jay College Research and Evaluation Center evaluated the program’s impact on five recipient cities: Brooklyn, NY; Denver, CO; Newark, NJ; Oakland, CA; and Washington, DC. The evaluation focused on the effectiveness of these interventions in reducing violence among youth and young adults.

An Evaluation Of Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (Vpk) Participation On Third Grade Reading And Math Performance In A Rural School System, Christy Deberry Smith

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This study examined the longitudinal performance of a district-wide cohort of students who had accumulated scores for both kindergarten and third grade analysis. The sample was disaggregated by Pre-kindergarten participation and student demographics such as gender, age, minority status, rural class, and socio-economic status. STAREarly Literacy, STARReading, and STARMath assessment scores were used for the data analysis. Sample data was collected from the beginning of kindergarten and at the end of third grade.Two types of analysis were conducted to complete the study. This study investigated the analysis of student performance measures based on participation in a Pre-kIndergarten program as well …

Secondary Analysis Of Morbidity Data From A Rural Haitian Village., Emma Karin Draluck

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with most of the population surviving on $1 per day. Health outcomes among Haitians are poor, with a life expectancy 16 years less than the US. The majority of health research in Haiti has been narrow, focusing on specific issues like tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, maternal health, and cholera. Unfortunately, this has resulted an incomplete understanding of health in Haiti. This study aims to fill this gap by describing the most common health complaints, how they differ by age, sex, and temporality, and if there are associations between these health issues and environmental …