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Bard Free Press, Vol. 18, No. 1 (November 2016), Bard College

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Effectiveness And User Experience Of Web-Based Interventions For Increasing Physical Activity In People With Multiple Sclerosis: A Comprehensive Systematic Review Protocol, Rachel Dennett, Elaine Coulter, Lorna Paul, Jennifer Freeman

School of Health Professions

REVIEW QUESTIONS/OBJECTIVES: The overall aim of this comprehensive systematic review is to explore the use of web-based interventions for increasing physical activity levels in people with a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS).The quantitative objectives are to identify:The qualitative objectives are to.

Racial Differences In Renal Replacement Therapy Initiation Among Children With A Nonglomerular Cause Of Chronic Kidney Disease., Derek K. Ng, Marva Moxey-Mims, Bradley A. Warady, Susan L. Furth, Alvaro Muñoz

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

PURPOSE: African American (AA) adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a faster progression to end-stage renal disease and are less likely to receive a kidney transplant. It is unclear whether AA children experience renal replacement therapy (RRT) for end-stage renal disease sooner than non-AA children after accounting for socioeconomic status (SES).

METHODS: Among children with nonglomerular CKD in the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children study, we investigated time to RRT (i.e., first dialysis or transplant) after CKD onset using parametric survival models and accounted for SES differences by inverse probability weights.

RESULTS: Of 110 AA and 493 non-AA children …

Progress Toward Eliminating Mother To Child Transmission Of Hiv In Kenya: Review Of Treatment Guideline Uptake And Pediatric Transmission At Four Government Hospitals Between 2010 And 2012., Sarah Finocchario-Kessler, Kristine F. Clark, Samoel Khamadi, Brad J. Gautney, Vincent Okoth, Kathy Goggin, Hitsystem Study Team

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

We analyzed prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) data from a retrospective cohort of n = 1365 HIV+ mothers who enrolled their HIV-exposed infants in early infant diagnosis services in four Kenyan government hospitals from 2010 to 2012. Less than 15 and 20 % of mother-infant pairs were provided with regimens that met WHO Option A and B/B+ guidelines, respectively. Annually, the gestational age at treatment initiation decreased, while uptake of Option B/B+ increased (all p's < 0.001). Pediatric HIV infection was halved (8.6-4.3 %), yet varied significantly by hospital. In multivariable analyses, HIV-exposed infants who received no PMTCT (AOR 4.6 [2.49, 8.62], p < 0.001), mixed foods (AOR 5.0 [2.77, 9.02], p < 0.001), and care at one of the four hospitals (AOR 3.0 [1.51, 5.92], p = 0.002) were more likely to be HIV-infected. While the administration and uptake of WHO PMTCT guidelines is improving, an expanded focus on retention and medication adherence will further reduce pediatric HIV transmission.

Association Between Prolonged Neutropenia And Reduced Relapse Risk In Pediatric Aml: A Report From The Children's Oncology Group., Lillian Sung, Richard Aplenc, Todd A. Alonzo, Robert B. Gerbing, Yi-Cheng Wang, Soheil Meshinchi, A S. Gamis

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Objective was to describe the relationship between the number of sterile site infections and duration of neutropenia during the first four cycles of chemotherapy and the risk of recurrence and overall survival in children with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML). AAML0531 was a Children's Oncology Group randomized phase 3 clinical trial that included 1022 children with de novo AML. For this analysis, we focused on non-Down syndrome favorable and standard risk patients who completed at least 4 cycles of chemotherapy without recurrence or withdrawal during protocol therapy. Those receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in first remission were excluded. Five …

A 5-Year-Old With Fever, Headache, Neck Stiffness, And Leg Pain., Joy L. Solano, Grace Winningham, Duha Al Zubeidi, Angela Myers

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

A 5-year-old boy presented with fever, headache, fatigue, neck stiffness, and 2 episodes of nocturnal urinary incontinence, prompting a visit to the emergency department. He had experienced intermittent frontal headaches and leg and buttock pain for several months, which had worsened over the previous 2 weeks. His history was notable for a spinal hemangioma with vascular tract, but he was otherwise healthy. On examination, he was febrile and tachycardic. He held his neck slightly rotated to the right with limited range of motion in all directions due to pain. No focal neurologic deficits were noted, and sensation and deep tendon …

The Alcohol Intervention Mechanisms Scale (Aims): Preliminary Reliability And Validity Of A Common Factor Observational Rating Measure., M Magill, Timothy R. Apodaca, Justin Walthers, Jacques Gaume, Ayla Durst, Richard Longabaugh, Robert L. Stout, Kathleen M. Carroll

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

The present work provides an overview, and pilot reliability and validity for the Alcohol Intervention Mechanisms Scale (AIMS). The AIMS measures therapist interventions that occur broadly across modalities of behavioral treatment for alcohol use disorder. It was developed based on identified commonalities in the function rather than content of therapist interventions in observed therapy sessions, as well as from existing observer rating systems. In the AIMS, the primary function areas are: explore (four behavior count codes), teach (five behavior count codes), and connect (three behavior count codes). Therapist behavior counts provide a frequency rating of occurrence (i.e., adherence). The three …

Psychological Stress Among Risks For Alzheimer's Disease, Maria C. Norton, Elizabeth B. Fauth

All Current Publications

This fact sheet defines stress, stressors and reaction to them, what stress does to our brain and body, and how stress effects can accumulate over time. It also includes tips on reducing the effects of stress on the brain.

Making Is Thinking – How Doing Transforms Our Thinking Centric Paradigm Of Innovation And Education, Iain Kerr, Jason Frasca

Department of Management Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Making is thinking'. This is a much more radical claim than it might seem at first glance. It is not that making is simply critical to thinking (which is true), for to phrase it in this manner is to see making and thinking as two separate activi­ties. The claim Making is Thinking argues for something more fundamental-that the ve,y act of making is a form of thinking.

2016-November-01-Leading Voices Lecture, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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A Network Analysis Of Developmental Change In Adhd Symptom Structure From Preschool To Adulthood, Michelle M. Martel, Cheri A. Levinson, Julia K. Langer, Joel T. Nigg

Psychology Faculty Publications

Although there is substantial support for the validity of the diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), there is considerable disagreement about how to best capture developmental changes in the expression of ADHD symptomatology. This article examines the associations among the 18 individual ADHD symptoms using a novel network analysis approach, from preschool to adulthood. The 1,420 participants were grouped into four age brackets: preschool (ages 3–6, n = 109), childhood (ages 6–12, n = 548), adolescence (ages 13–17, n = 357), and young adulthood (ages 18–36, n = 406). All participants completed a multistage, multi-informant diagnostic process, and self and informant …

When Empathy Bites Back: Cautionary Tales From Neuroscience For Capital Sentencing, Sheri Lynn Johnson, Amelia Courtney Hritz, Caisa Elizabeth Royer, John H. Blume

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The neuroscience of empathy provides one more reason to believe that the decision to sentence another human being to death is inevitably an arbitrary one, and one that cannot be divorced from either race or caprice. While we can tinker with aspects of capital trials that exacerbate caprice and discrimination stemming from empathy, we cannot alter basic neural responses to the pain of others and therefore cannot rationalize (in either sense of the word) empathic responses.

Urgent Challenges For Local Public Health Informatics, Joseph P. Gibson, Gulzar H. Shah, Laura C. Streichert, Linda Verchick

Health Policy & Management: Faculty Publications (2006-2018)

This editorial highlights the urgent challenges for local public health informatics and provides solutions to face these challenges.

Postoperative Outcomes Of Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy From Initial 100 Cases At King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Suvapong Tantasutthanon, Kamol Panumatrassamee, Kavirach Tantiwongse, Julin Opanuraks, Supoj Ratchanon, Apirak Santi-Ngamkun

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

Background : Prostate cancer is the second most frequently diagnosed cancer and the sixth leading cause of cancer death in males. Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) is an evolving minimally invasive treatment for localized prostate cancer.Objective : We analyzed the perioperative outcomes of RALP from our initial 100 cases experience. Patients andMethods : From May 2011 to February 2015, 100 consecutive patients with clinical localized prostate cancer underwent RALP at our institution. All patients’ demographic data, postoperative parameters and pathological results were recorded and analyzed.Results : The mean age of the patients was 64 (45 - 80) years; mean preoperative …

Influence Of Beam Pitch And Tube Current On Lung Nodule 64- Mdct - Chest Protocol : A Phantom Study, Chatnapa Nuntue, Anchali Krisanachinda

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

Background : Multi-Detector Computed Tomography (MDCT) is a powerful modality to detect small pulmonary nodules while the benefits of CT exceed the harmful effects of radiation exposure in patients; thus, CT doses should be kept as low as reasonably achievable. The way to reduce radiation dose is based on modification ofscanning parameters.Objective : The purpose of this study is to investigate the radiation dose and image quality affected by beam pitch and tube current for chest CT scan using a lung man phantom with lung nodules.Designs : Experimental study (in vitro).Setting : Department of Radiology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial hospital, Bangkok.Material …

แนวทางการจำแนกชนิดของความผิดปกติและการรักษาโรคกระดูกสันหลังเคลื่อน Isthmic Spondylolisthesis, นรา จารุวังสันติ

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

Isthmic spondylolisthesis ในรายที่เป็น high grade สามารถทำให้เกิดความผิดปกติของsacro – pelvic orientation ซึ่งส่งผลให้เกิดความผิดปกติต่อ spine-pelvic orientation ร่วมด้วยในบทความนี้กล่าวถึง Spinal Deformity Study Group (SDSG) โดยการจำแนกแจกแจงความผิดปกติของ spino-pelvic และ sacro-pelvic orientation และแนวทางการรักษา โดยจะต้องคำนึงถึงระยะการเคลื่อน (slip), sacro-pelvic balance และ sagittal balance ของโครงสร้างกระดูกทั้งตัวและในบทความยังกล่าวถึงอาการต่าง ๆ ที่แสดงให้เห็นจากการถ่ายภาพรังสี ซึ่งเป็นตัวบ่งบอกถึงความเสี่ยงที่กระดูกเคลื่อนผิดแนวได้มากขึ้น.

ความเครียดจากการทำงาน และบุคลิกภาพของพยาบาลวิชาชีพระดับปฏิบัติการในโรงพยาบาลเอกชนแห่งหนึ่ง, นาฏยา มณีรุ่ง, ณภัควรรต บัวทอง

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

เหตุผลของการทำวิจัย : ความเครียดจากการทำงานเป็นอาการที่เกิดจากความไม่สมดุลในการตอบสนองของทางร่างกายและจิตใจเมื่อเจอกับความเครียดลักษณะการปฏิบัติงานโดยเฉพาะงานพยาบาลวิชาชีพในโรงพยาบาลเอกชนที่ต้องให้การบริการที่มีคุณภาพมากที่สุดแก่ผู้รับบริการวัตถุประสงค์ : เพื่อศึกษาความเครียดจากการทำงาน ลักษณะบุคลิกภาพ และปัจจัยอื่น ๆ ที่มีความเกี่ยวข้องกับความเครียดจากการทำงานของพยาบาลวิชาชีพระดับปฏิบัติการในโรงพยาบาลเอกชนแห่งหนึ่งรูปแบบการวิจัย : การศึกษาวิจัยเชิงพรรณนา ณ. จุดเวลาใดเวลาหนึ่งสถานที่ทำการศึกษา : โรงพยาบาลสมิติเวช สุขุมวิทตัวอย่างและวิธีการศึกษา : เก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลจากพยาบาลวิชาชีพระดับปฏิบัติการในโรงพยาบาลสมิติเวช สุขุมวิทจำนวน 200 คน ตั้งแต่เดือน ตุลาคม ถึงเดือนธันวาคม พ.ศ. 2558 โดยใช้แบบสอบถามแบบตอบด้วยตัวเองซึ่งมีทั้งสิ้น 3 ส่วน คือ แบบสอบถามข้อมูลทั่วไป แบบสอบถามความเครียดจากการทำงาน (Thai JCQ 54 ข้อคำถาม) และแบบประเมินบุคลิกภาพ MPI วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลด้วยสถิติเชิงพรรณนา ได้แก่ จำนวนร้อยละ ค่าเฉลี่ย ส่วนเบี่ยงเบนมาตรฐานและค่ามัธยฐาน และวิเคราะห์ปัจจัยที่เกี่ยวข้องด้วยสถิติ Independent t- test, One way ANOVAวิเคราะห์ความสัมพันธ์โดยใช้สถิติ Correlation และวิเคราะห์ความถดถอยพหุคูณโดยใช้สถิติ Multiple regression analysisผลการศึกษา : ความเครียดจากการทำงานของกลุ่มตัวอย่าง ด้านความอิสระในการตัดสินใจ ด้านความเครียดจากภาระงาน ด้านความเครียดจากการทำงานหนัก ด้านแรงสนับสนุนทางสังคมอยู่ในระดับปานกลางร้อยละ 78.0, 53.0, 65.0, และ 65.0 ตามลำดับ ด้านความมั่นคงในอาชีพอยู่ในระดับสูง ร้อยละ 87.0 และด้านปัจจัยเสี่ยงในการทำงานอยู่ในระดับต่ำ ร้อยละ 53.0 กลุ่มตัวอย่างมีลักษณะบุคลิกภาพมิติที่ 1 scale-E ส่วนใหญ่คือแบบแสดงออก ร้อยละ 69.6 บุคลิกภาพมิติที่ 2 scale-N ส่วนใหญ่ คือ แบบมั่นคง ร้อยละ 76.1 โดยประเภทบุคลิกภาพส่วนใหญ่คือแบบแสดงออก–มั่นคง ร้อยละ 56.5 ปัจจัยที่มีความสัมพันธ์กับความเครียดจากการทำงาน คือ อายุ รายได้เฉลี่ยต่อเดือน ความเพียงพอของรายได้ พฤติกรรมการออกกำลังกายการดื่ม เครื่องดื่มชูกำลัง การใช้ยาบรรเทาปวด แผนกงาน ตำแหน่งงาน …

Spatial Continuous Biomass Burning Emission Inventory: Application To Wrf-Chem Model Over The Northern Sub-Saharan African Region, Yun Yue

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Fire, as a significant global source of trace gases and aerosol particles, plays an important role in perturbations of the chemical and physical properties of the atmosphere. Fire products from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor on polar-orbiting satellites Terra and Aqua are largely used in several emission inventories. However, the MODIS fire products have inherent limitations due to the following reasons: (a) they cannot detect fires underneath clouds; (b) the fire detection sensitivity decreases at the edge of MODIS scan where viewing angles and MODIS pixel sizes are bigger than at nadir; and (c) there are gaps between MODIS …

How Acoustics In California High Performance Schools Relate To Student Achievement, Devin K. Wong

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This research project seeks to determine if students attending K–12 schools meeting a minimum standard of high performance classroom conditions in the state of California do evidence higher scholastic achievement, based on publically available results on state-wide standardized tests. In three phases, a subset of 200+ schools applying for grants dedicated to building high performance schools over the past decade was correlated with an existing database of achievement scores for all public schools in California. The criteria utilized to specify high performance classrooms was provided by the California High Performance Initiative (HPI) Grant program. Academic achievement was evaluated on a …

Supporting First-Generation Writers In The Composition Classroom: Exploring The Practices Of The Boise State University Mcnair Scholars Program, Bernice M. Olivas

Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

First Generation students face disproportionate challenges in college. Their graduation rate is much lower than continuing generation students even though the majority of First-generation students perform at the same level as their continuing generation peers. Existing research suggests that First-generation students perceive their writing skills as lower than their peers’ skills and current composition research suggests that First-generation students struggle to develop an academic identity which contributes to their drop-out rate (Penrose 437-61). However, there is little research at the classroom level concerning First-generation students and their academic identity. This indicates a gap in composition research. This dissertation seeks to …

Weapons Of Mass Destruction: Challenges For The New Administration, John P. Caves , Jr.

WMD Proceedings

The 2015 National Security Strategy identifies the proliferation and/or use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) among the top strategic risks to the Nation’s interests. This paper examines four pressing WMD challenges for the next U.S. administration. First, the prospects of a direct clash between the United States and a nuclear-armed adversary that could escalate to the nuclear level are likely to grow. Russia in particular has become more assertive in challenging U.S. interests and has developed concepts for the limited use of nuclear weapons in a conflict with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Second, the scope of North …

Black Lives Matter At Bsu: Reflections On The Spring Teach-In And Town Hall Meeting, Christy Lyons Graham, Brian Payne, Sarah Thomas, Diana Fox, Polina Sabinin

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Predicting Walking Ability And Prosthetic Candidacy Following Lower Extremity Amputation: Systematic Review, Treatment Pathway And Algorithm, Scott Love

Student Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of this study is a systematic review (SR) of existing literature to examine characteristics of persons with amputation which predict walking ability and prosthetic candidacy following lower extremity amputation (LEA). The identification, synthesis and summary of this evidence could assist in developing clinical practice guidelines, including a physical rehabilitation treatment pathway and a clinical algorithm. The importance of this project is the establishment to further develop evidence based LEA clinical practice guidelines. This evidence will assist the healthcare team in decision making, specifically considering evidence and patient-centric predictive characteristics.

Background: Currently, there is no multi-disciplinary physical …

2016 Tax Conference Speakers

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

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Recent Tax Developments In Virginia: 2015-2016, Craig D. Bell, William L.S Rowe, Emily J. Winbigler

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

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Let's Look At The Big Picture: Partnership Compensation Issues From The Partnership And Benefits Perspective, Elizabeth E. Drigotas

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

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Tax Status: Employee Vs Independent Contractor And Employee Vs Partner, Kurt L.P. Lawson

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

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Vocational And Life Skills Monthly Data Update: October-November 2016, Uno Nebraska Center For Justice Research, Johanna Peterson

Reports

Grantees use an online data management system to submit data on participants served under their Vocational and Life Skills programming. This data is due monthly and reflects all services provided during the previous month to participants. Evaluators at the Nebraska Center for Justice Research work with grantees directly to correct any data errors on an ongoing basis during monthly update calls and site visits.

Data presented below is from the monthly data pulls. Because this data comes for an active database with live data being entered and updated daily, data, including previously submitted information, may fluctuate depending on changes made …

Quality Rating Improvement System (Qris), Shannon T. Lipscomb, Roberta B. Weber, Beth L. Green, Lindsey Brianna Patterson

Early Childhood

With funding from the Race-to-the-Top grant, we are working with Oregon State University researchers to conduct a validation study to support the state’s Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS). The QRIS provides technical assistance to child care facilities to improve quality, as well as ratings for child care facilities to help parents in decision-making. Center staff are collecting standardized observational measures of child care quality statewide to assess the extent to which QRIS ratings correspond to observed quality.

Bridgewater Review, Vol. 35, No. 2, November 2016

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.