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Program And Abstracts Of The 63rd Annual Conference Of The Mississippi Entomological Association, October 17-18, 2016, Mississippi Entomological Association

Midsouth Entomologist

No abstract provided.

Ictal Verbal Help-Seeking: Occurrence And The Underlying Etiology., Ali Akbar Asadi-Pooya, Marjan Asadollahi, Krzysztof Bujarski, Amin H. Rabiei, Narsis Aminian, Dale Wyeth, Michael R. Sperling

Department of Neurology Faculty Papers

PURPOSE: Ictal verbal help-seeking has never been systematically studied before. In this study, we evaluated a series of patients with ictal verbal help-seeking to characterize its frequency and underlying etiology.

METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed all the long-term video-EEG reports from Jefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy Center over a 12-year period (2004-2015) for the occurrence of the term "help" in the text body. All the extracted reports were reviewed and patients with at least one episode of documented ictal verbal help-seeking in epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU) were studied. For each patient, the data were reviewed from the electronic medical records, EMU report, and …

Annotated Bibliography: Understanding Ambulatory Care Practices In The Context Of Patient Safety And Quality Improvement., Maria F. Montano, Harshal Mehdi, David B. Nash

College of Population Health Faculty Papers

The ambulatory care setting is an increasingly important component of the patient safety conversation. Inpatient safety is the primary focus of the vast majority of safety research and interventions, but the ambulatory setting is actually where most medical care is administered. Recent attention has shifted toward examining ambulatory care in order to implement better health care quality and safety practices. This annotated bibliography was created to analyze and augment the current literature on ambulatory care practices with regard to patient safety and quality improvement. By providing a thorough examination of current practices, potential improvement strategies in ambulatory care health care …

Photocopies, Patents, And Knowledge Transfer: "The Uneasy Case" Of Justice Breyer's Patentable Subject Matter Jurisprudence, Dmitry Karshtedt

Vanderbilt Law Review

One aspect of Justice Stephen Breyer's discomfort with patents, as expressed in his opinion for the Supreme Court in Mayo v. Prometheus and his dissent from the order dismissing certiorari in LabCorp v. Metabolite, is strikingly similar to one of his critiques of copyright law in The Uneasy Case for Copyright, a well-known article he wrote as Professor Breyer more than forty-five years ago. In The Uneasy Case, Breyer argued that the burdens on duplication of technical articles imposed by copyright law restrict the flow of information and prevent scientists from enjoying spillover benefits of published research. His patent opinions …

Feasibility And Implementation Study Of Group Prenatal Care In An Fqhc And Residency Training Site, Autumn Kieber-Emmons Md, Mph, Linda Garufi, Hannah D. Paxton Rn, Mph, Ashwini Kamath Mulki, Christina Hernandez Bsn, Genay Jackson Mph

Department of Family Medicine

No abstract provided.

Implementation Of Technology-Based Patient Engagement Strategies Within Practice-Based Research Networks (Poster), Beth Careyva M.D., Kyle Shaak Bs, Geoffrey Mills Md, Phd, Melanie B. Johnson Mpa, Samantha A. Goodrich, Brian Stello Md, Lorraine S. Wallace Phd

Department of Family Medicine

Careyva, B. Shaak, K. Mills, G. Johnson, M. Goodrich, S. Stello, B. Wallace, L. (2016, Nov). Implementation of Technology-Based Patient Engagement Strategies within Practice-Based Research Networks. Poster Presented at: North American Primary Care Research Group, Colorado Springs, CO.

Hispanic Patient Preference In Colorectal Cancer Screening: Factors In Decision-Making, Melanie B. Johnson Mpa, Beth Careyva M.D., Melissa Dicarlo Mph, Ms, Alicia Rivera, Anett Petrich Rn, Msn, Kyle Shaak Bs, Anna Quinn Mph, Ryt, Evelyn T. Gonzalez Ma, Liselly Diaz

Department of Family Medicine

No abstract provided.

Clinical Influences In The Multidisciplinary Management Of Small Renal Masses At A Tertiary Referral Center, Costas D. Lallas, Kymora Scotland, Michael Zhang, Daisey Schaeffer, Anne Calvaresi, Leonard G. Gomella, Daniel Brown, Colette Shaw, Edouard J. Trabulsi

Department of Urology Faculty Papers

Introduction We designed a multidisciplinary Small Renal Mass Center to help patients decide among treatment options and individualize therapy for small renal masses. In this model physicians and support staff from multiple specialties work as a team to evaluate and devise a treatment plan for patients at the same organized visit. Methods We retrospectively reviewed the records of 263 patients seen from 2009 to 2014. Monitored patient characteristics included age, Charlson comorbidity index, body mass index, nephrometry score, tumor size and estimated glomerular filtration rate. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify patient characteristics associated with each treatment choice. …

Should Family Presence Be Allowed During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation?, Karen J. Brasel, John W. Entwistle Iii, Md, Phd, Robert M. Sade

Department of Surgery Faculty Papers

No abstract provided.

Bleeding With Direct Oral Anticoagulants Vs Warfarin: Clinical Experience., John Eikelboom, Geno J. Merli

Department of Surgery Faculty Papers

The risk of bleeding in the setting of anticoagulant therapy continues to be re-evaluated following the introduction of a new generation of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). Interruption of DOAC therapy and supportive care may be sufficient for the management of patients who present with mild or moderate bleeding, but in those with life-threatening bleeding, a specific reversal agent is desirable. We review the phase 3 clinical studies of dabigatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban, and edoxaban in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, in the context of bleeding risk and management.

Assessment Of Diastolic Function In Single-Ventricle Patients After The Fontan Procedure., Renee Margossian, Lynn A. Sleeper, Gail D. Pearson, Piers C. Barker, Luc Mertens, Michael D. Quartermain, Jason T. Su, Girish S. Shirali, Shan Chen, Steven D. Colan, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

BACKGROUND: Patients with functional single ventricles after the Fontan procedure have abnormal cardiac mechanics. The aims of this study were to determine factors that influence diastolic function and to describe associations of diastolic function with current clinical status.

METHODS: Echocardiograms were obtained as part of the Pediatric Heart Network Fontan Cross-Sectional Study. Diastolic function grade (DFG) was assessed as normal (grade 0), impaired relaxation (grade 1), pseudonymization (grade 2), or restrictive (grade 3). Studies were also classified dichotomously (restrictive pattern present or absent). Relationships between DFG and pre-Fontan variables (e.g., ventricular morphology, age at Fontan, history of volume-unloading surgery) and …

The Influence Of Age On The Diagnostic Performance Of White Blood Cell Count And Absolute Neutrophil Count In Suspected Pediatric Appendicitis., Richard G. Bachur, Peter S. Dayan, Nanette C. Dudley, Lalit Bajaj, Michelle D. Stevenson, Charles G. Macias, Manoj K. Mittal, Jonathan Bennett, Kelly A. Sinclair, Michael C. Monuteaux, Anupam B. Kharbanda

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

OBJECTIVE: White blood cell (WBC) count and absolute neutrophil count (ANC) are a standard part of the evaluation of suspected appendicitis. Specific threshold values are utilized in clinical pathways, but the discriminatory value of WBC count and ANC may vary by age. The objective of this study was to investigate whether the diagnostic value of WBC count and ANC varies across age groups and whether diagnostic thresholds should be age-adjusted.

METHODS: This is a multicenter prospective observational study of patients aged 3-18 years who were evaluated for appendicitis. Receiver operator characteristic curves were developed to assess overall discriminative power of …

Medical Center Staff Attitudes About Spanking., Elizabeth T. Gershoff, Sarah A. Font, Catherine A. Taylor, Rebecca H. Foster, Ann Budzak Garza, Denyse Olson-Dorff, Amy Terreros, Monica Nielsen-Parker, Lisa Spector

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Several medical professional organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, recommend that parents avoid hitting children for disciplinary purposes (e.g., spanking) and that medical professionals advise parents to use alternative methods. The extent to which medical professionals continue to endorse spanking is unknown. This study is the first to examine attitudes about spanking among staff throughout medical settings, including non-direct care staff. A total of 2580 staff at a large general medical center and 733 staff at a children's hospital completed an online survey; respondents were roughly divided between staff who provide direct care to patients (e.g., physicians, nurses) and …

More Than Medication: Perinatal Palliative Care., Brian S. Carter

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

No abstract provided.

Processing Information After A Child's Cancer Diagnosis-How Parents Learn., Cheryl C. Rodgers, Kristin Stegenga, Janice S. Withycombe, Karen Sachse, Katherine Patterson Kelly

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Parents of a child newly diagnosed with cancer must receive an extensive amount of information before their child's initial hospital discharge; however, little is known about best practices for providing this education. An interpretive descriptive study design was used to describe actual and preferred educational content, timing, and methods among parents of children newly diagnosed with cancer prior to their child's first hospital discharge. Twenty parents of children diagnosed with various malignancies participated in individual interviews 2 to 12 months after their child's diagnosis. Data were analyzed using constant comparative analysis. Education delivery occurred in a telling manner at diagnosis …

Parental Refusal Of Surgery In An Infant With Tricuspid Atresia., Alexander A. Kon, Angira Patel, Steven Leuthner, John Lantos

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

We present a case of a fetal diagnosis of tricuspid atresia (TA). The pregnant woman and her husband requested that the baby be treated with only palliative care. The cardiologist did not think it would be appropriate to withhold life-prolonging surgery once the infant was born. The neonatologist argued that outcomes for TA are similar to those for hypoplastic left heart syndrome, and the standard practice at the institution was to allow parents to choose surgery or end-of-life care for those infants. The team requested an ethics consultation to assist in determining whether forgoing life-prolonging interventions in this case would …

School-Located Influenza Vaccinations: A Randomized Trial., Peter G. Szilagyi, Stanley Schaffer, Cynthia M. Rand, Phyllis Vincelli, Ashley Eagan, Nicolas P N Goldstein, A Dirk Hightower, Mary Younge, Aaron Blumkin, Christina S. Albertin, Byung-Kwang Yoo, Sharon Humiston

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

OBJECTIVE: Assess impact of offering school-located influenza vaccination (SLIV) clinics using both Web-based and paper consent upon overall influenza vaccination rates among elementary school children.

METHODS: We conducted a cluster-randomized trial (stratified by suburban/urban districts) in upstate New York in 2014-2015. We randomized 44 elementary schools, selected similar pairs of schools within districts, and allocated schools to SLIV versus usual care (control). Parents of children at SLIV schools were sent information and vaccination consent forms via e-mail, backpack fliers, or both (depending on school preferences) regarding school vaccine clinics. Health department nurses conducted vaccine clinics and billed insurers. For all …

Characteristics Of Gan Thin Films Using Magnetron Sputtering System, Hasina Huq, Rocio Y. Garza, Roman Garcia-Perez

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

The paper presents a polycrystalline GaN thin film with a hexagonal wurtzite structure under the optimized sputtering conditions of 40 W RF power, 5 mT working pressure, using pure nitrogen gas with a substrate temperature of 700°C. The study examines the effects of surface disorders and incorporates it in the thin films characteristics. A radio frequency (RF) Ultra High Vacuum (UHV) Magnetron Sputtering System has been used for the deposition of Gallium Nitride (GaN) on silicon, sapphire and glass substrates with different parameters. The power is varied from 40 W to 50 W, and the pressure from 4 mT to …

Designing Administrative Justice: Draft, Lorne Sossin

All Papers

This study explores the adaptation of design thinking to administrative justice. Design thinking – or human centred design – approaches services and products from the perspective of the user. This perspective too often is missing in the design of administrative tribunals, most of which have been developed top-down to serve the needs of a particular policy interest of the Government of the day.

This paper is divided into two parts. In the first part, I review the development of design thinking in the context of legal services and legal organizations. In the second part, I explore the implications of this …

Productivity, Profitability And Partial Nutrient Balance In Maize-Based Conventional And Organic Farming Systems In Kenya, Noah Adamtey, Martha W. Musyoka, Christine Zundel, Juan Guillermo Cobo, Edward Karanja, Komi K.M. Fiaboe, Anne Muriuki, Monicah Mucheru-Muna, Bernard Vanlauwe, Estelle Berset, Monika M. Messmer, Andreas Gattinger, Gurbir S. Bhullar, Georg Cadisch, Andreas Fliessbach, Paul Mäder, Urs Niggli, Dionys Foster

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

In 2007 two long-term trials were established in Kenya to contribute research-based evidence to the global debate on the productivity, economic viability and sustainability of different agricultural production systems. These trials compare conventional (Conv) and organic (Org) farming systems at high and low input levels at two locations, i.e. Chuka, with Humic Nitisols, high inherent soil fertility and rainfall, and Thika, with Rhodic Nitisols with low soil fertility and rainfall. The high input systems (High) represent commercial-scale, export-oriented production that uses the recommended amounts of fertilisers, pesticides and irrigation water to generate high yields, whilst the low input systems (Low) …

Mahaim Tachycardia Induced Cardiomyopathy, Ibrahim Gul, Qamaruddin Roziman, Aamir Hameed Khan

Section of Cardiology

We present the case report of a 22-year man, with incessant palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath, and pulsations in his neck for the past 7 months. He was referred to the cardiology unit for workup of wide complex tachycardia (WCT). His echocardiography, 6 months earlier, had demonstrated severe left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction, severe global hypokinesia, mild tricuspid regurgitation (TR), and mild mitral regurgitation (MR) which resolved with medical therapy including beta-blockers. He underwent electrophysiological study, which revealed a decremental right sided atriofascicular pathway causing a WCT with left bundle branch block (LBBB) morphology and left axis deviation (LAD, …

Flipping The Classroom: Assessment Of Strategies To Promote Student-Centered, Self-Directed Learning In A Dental School Course In Pediatric Dentistry., Brenda S Bohaty, Gloria J. Redford, Cynthia C. Gadbury-Amyot

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

The aim of this study was to explore student and course director experiences with the redesign of a traditional lecture-based course into a flipped classroom for teaching didactic content in pediatric dentistry to second-year dental students. The study assessed student satisfaction, extent of student engagement, overall course grades, and course director satisfaction. The students enrolled in a flipped classroom pediatric dentistry course (spring semester 2014; SP14) were asked to complete pre- and post-course questionnaires to assess their perceptions of active learning, knowledge acquisition, and course satisfaction. The process was repeated with the class enrolled in the same course the following …

A Survey Of Viva Callesj Participants: San Jose, California 2016, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Hilary Nixon

Mineta Transportation Institute

This report presents the findings from a self-complete paper survey of participants at the Viva CalleSJ open streets event held on September 18, 2016. The survey was designed to provide information that would help the City of San Jose assess the success of the event, guide the planning for future Viva CalleSJ events, and inform potential funders and community partners about the benefits of Viva CalleSJ. A total of 318 people completed the one-page paper survey while at the event. Survey findings provide detail about how people learned about the event, how they traveled to the event, what they did …

Manon Balletti: A Teenage Dream Of Love In Eighteenth-Century Europe, Megan Richardson

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

About the author

Megan Richardson is recent graduate of Saint Martin's University in Lacey, Washington with a BA (Hons) in Interdisciplinary Studies with concentrations in English and History. Her scholarly interests include social and cultural European history, women's history, and childbirth.

Review Of The Most Controversial Decision: Truman, The Atomic Bombs, And The Defeat Of Japan And Hiroshima: Why America Dropped The Atomic Bomb, Alicia Espinosa

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

About the author

Alicia Espinosa is a junior at Boston University. She will be graduating in May 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in History and minors in Anthropology and Public Health.

Analysis Of The Fm Radio Spectrum For Secondary Licensing Of Low-Power Short-Range Cognitive Internet-Of-Things Devices Via Cognitive Radio, Derek Thomas Otermat

Theses and Dissertations

The number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices is predicated to reach 200 billion by the year 2020. This rapid growth is introducing a new class of low-power short-range wireless devices that require the use of radio spectrum for the exchange of information. To offset this extraneous demand for radio spectrum, the low-power short-range IoT devices need to utilize vacant spectrum through the use of Cognitive Radio (CR). The analysis presented in this dissertation indicates that the FM radio spectrum is underutilized in areas of the continental United States that have a population of 100,000 or less. These locations have …

Symptom Clusters., Andrea M. Barsevick

Department of Medical Oncology Faculty Papers

No abstract provided.

Immigrant Inclusion In The Safety Net: A Framework For Analysis And Effects On Educational Attainment, Meghan Condon, Alexandra Filindra, Amber Wichowsky

Political Science Faculty Research and Publications

Across states, there is substantial variation in the degree to which immigrants and their children are offered public assistance. We present a theoretical framework for analyzing the effects of policy decisions about immigrant inclusion. We apply the framework to investigate the effect of the state safety net on educational attainment. We focus on the years following welfare reform in 1996, when states gained considerable autonomy over welfare policy, including decisions about the eligibility of immigrant residents. Leveraging state-level data from before and after reform, we estimate a difference-in-difference model to identify the effect of variation in immigrant inclusivity on educational …

Study Of Surface Tension, Natural Evaporation, And Subcooled Boiling Evaporation Of Aqueous Surfactant Solutions, Matthew John Lehman

Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses

The relation between surface tension and surfactant concentration and its effect on solution evaporation under natural convection and subcooled pool boiling is examined through experimental methods. Aqueous solutions of sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), ECOSURFTM EH-14, and ECOSURFTM SA-9 are used in this study. SLS is an anionic surfactant while EH-14 and SA-9 are environmentally-friendly nonionic surfactants.

Surfactants, surface active agents, are known to affect evaporation performance of solutions and are studied in relation to water loss prevention and heat dissipation. Surfactants could be useful under drought conditions which present challenges to water management on a yearly basis in arid areas …

Expanded And Nonconforming Answers In Standardized Survey Interviews, Sanne Unger, Yfke Ongena

Faculty and Staff Publications & Presentations

No abstract provided.