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Renal Tuberculosis Presenting As A Mass Lesion In A Two-Year-Old Girl : Report Of A Rare Case, Avradip Santra, Falguni Mandi, Abhishek

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Genitourinary tuberculosis usually occurs in young adults and the middle-aged and is very uncommon in the paediatric population. It generally presents with haematuria, pyuria, irritative voiding symptoms and flank pain; presentation as a renal mass is highly unusual. We report a two-year-old girl who was referred to the Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata, India, in June 2014 with abdominal pain. Subsequent radiological investigations revealed a left renal hypoechoic mass lesion. A left nephroureterectomy was performed on suspicion of a Wilms’ tumour. Histopathology indicated an epithelioid granuloma with lymphocytic infiltration, suggestive of a tubercular aetiology. A Mantoux tuberculin skin test …

Atypical Presentations Of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection : Case Series, Nawal Al-Maskari, Jalila Mohsin, Amal Al-Macki, Nabil, Suad Al-Ismaili

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) usually causes a lower respiratory tract infection in affected patients. RSV has also been infrequently linked to extrapulmonary diseases in children. We report four children who had unusually severe clinical manifestations of RSV infections requiring critical care admission. These patients presented to the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman, in December 2013 with acute necrotising encephalopathy (ANE), acute fulminant hepatic failure with encephalopathy, pneumatoceles and croup. A unique presentation of ANE has not previously been reported in association with an RSV infection. All patients had a positive outcome and recovered fully with supportive management.

Progress Notes, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Progress Notes

No abstract provided.

The Global Stability Of Coexisting Equilibria For Three Models Of Mutualism, Paul Georgescu, Hong Zhang, Daniel Maxin

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Innovations At The Interface Of Primary And Specialty Care: University Of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Initiatives, Shana F. Sandberg, Scott A. Shipman, Clese E. Erikson

Project ECHO Bibliography

No abstract provided.

The Promises And Perils Of Evidence-Based Corrections, Cecelia Klingele

Notre Dame Law Review

Public beliefs about the best way to respond to crime change over time, and have been doing so at a rapid pace in recent years. After more than forty years of ever more severe penal policies, the punitive sentiment that fueled the growth of mass incarceration in the United States appears to be softening. Across the country, prison growth has slowed and, in some places, has even reversed. Many new laws and policies have enabled this change. The most prominent of these implement or reflect what have been called “evidence-based practices” designed to reduce prison populations and their associated fiscal …

Influence Of Social Capital On Community-Based Health Care Programs In Rural Papua New Guinea: An Ethnographic Study, Carol J. Bett

Nursing ETDs

This descriptive, ethnographic study explored the influence of cultural health beliefs and social capital on the adoption of community-based health care interventions by rural villages in Papua New Guinea. The development of local level resources that lead to improved health indices requires an awareness of both the cultural context and the relational components of social capital that link people within the community. Social capital has been defined as resources that are an inherent part of a social group and the elements of social organization such as trust, networks, and norms of reciprocity that facilitate mutual cooperation (Billings, 2000; Carpiano, 2006). …

Epidemiology Of Human Leptospirosis In Malaysia, 2004–2012, Douadi Benacer, Kwai Lin Thong, Choung Min Ng, Khebir Verasahib, Renee Lynn Galloway, Rudy A. Hartskeerl, Marc Souris, Siti Nursheena Mohd Zain

Research Publications (2016 to 2020)

Leptospirosis is an emerging disease, especially in countries with a tropical climate such as Malaysia. A dramatic increase in the number of cases has been reported over the last decade; however, information on the epidemiological trends of this disease is lacking. The objective of this study is to provide an epidemiological description of human leptospirosis cases over a 9-year period (2004–2012) and disease relationship with meteorological, geographical, and demographical information. A retrospective study was undertaken to describe the patterns of human leptospirosis cases and their association with intrinsic (sex, age, and ethnicity) and extrinsic (location, rainfall, and temperature) factors. Data …

Statistics Of Epidemics In Networks By Passing Messages, Munik Shrestha

Physics & Astronomy ETDs

Epidemic processes are common out-of-equilibrium phenomena of broad interdisciplinary interest. In this thesis, we show how message-passing approach can be a helpful tool for simulating epidemic models in disordered medium like networks, and in particular for estimating the probability that a given node will become infectious at a particular time. The sort of dynamics we consider are stochastic, where randomness can arise from the stochastic events or from the randomness of network structures. As in belief propagation, variables or messages in message-passing approach are defined on the directed edges of a network. However, unlike belief propagation, where the posterior distributions …

Halobacteriovorax, An Underestimated Predator On Bacteria: Potential Impact Relative To Viruses On Bacterial Mortality, Henry N. Williams, Despoina S. Lymperopoulou, Rana Athar, Ashvini Chauhan, Tamar L. Dickerson, Huan Chen, Edward Laws, Timkhite Kulu Berhane, Adrienne R. Flowers, Nadine Bradley, Shanterial Young, Denene Blackwood, Jacqueline Murray, Oladipupo Mustapha, Cory Blackwell, Yahsuan Tung, Rachel T. Noble

Faculty Publications

Predation on bacteria and accompanying mortality are important mechanisms in controlling bacterial populations and recycling of nutrients through the microbial loop. The agents most investigated and seen as responsible for bacterial mortality are viruses and protists. However, a body of evidence suggests that predatory bacteria such as the Halobacteriovorax (formerly Bacteriovorax), a Bdellovibrio-like organism, contribute substantially to bacterial death. Until now, conclusive evidence has been lacking. The goal of this study was to better understand the contributors to bacterial mortality by addressing the poorly understood role of Halobacteriovorax and how their role compares with that of viruses. The results revealed …

Today - February 2016, Loma Linda University Health

TODAY

Inside this issue:

-- 23rd annual Foundation Gala raises more than $1.3 million for LLU Children's Hospital
-- Doctors perform unprecedented facial re-implantation surgery on 2-year-old dog bite victim
-- 'LIVE IT' commercial goes viral on Facebook
Adventist Health Study-2 anticipates significant findings in 2016
-- Nearly $36,000 raised during Ontario Reign's LLU Children's Hospital Night
-- Faculty are invited to the first annual Service Learning Spring Colloquium
-- Representatives from Mexican Consulate in San Bernardino meet with Loma Linda University School of Public Health
-- Big Hearts for Little Hearts Loma Linda Guild treats patients to Valentine's Day craft …

Gascoyne Demersal Scalefish Managed Fishery, Department Of Fisheries

Fisheries Occasional Publications

An operators’ guide to the management arrangements 1 September 2015 – 31 August 2016.

The Evolution Of The Viral Rna Sensor Oas1 In Old World Monkeys And Cetartiodactyls, Ian Fish

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Animals produce an array of sensors patrolling the intracellular environment poised to detect and respond to viral infection. The oligoadenylate synthetase family of enzymes comprises a crucial part of this innate immune response, directly signaling endonuclease activity responsible for inhibiting viral replication. Oligoadenylate synthetase 1 plays a vital role in animal susceptibility to pathogens including flaviviruses such as dengue, West Nile, and hepatitis c virus. This thesis includes a population level analysis of OAS1 diversity within macaque and baboon species followed by a broader survey of the gene in nineteen Old World monkeys. My research found that at the species …

Multilevel Analysis Of Individual, Neighborhood, And Health Care Facility Characteristics Associated With Achievement And Maintenance Of Hiv Viral Suppression Among Persons Newly Diagnosed With Hiv In New York City, Ellen W. Wiewel

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Objective

To investigate the effect of individual, health care facility, and neighborhood characteristics on achievement and maintenance of HIV viral suppression, among New York City residents aged 13 years and older diagnosed with HIV between 2006 and 2012.

Methods

I used individual-level data from the New York City HIV surveillance registry and Case Surveillance-Based Sampling, facility-level data from the surveillance registry, and neighborhood-level data from the U.S. Census and American Community Survey. The outcomes of interest were first viral suppression after diagnosis (Aims 1 and 3; ≤400 copies/mL) and virologic failure after first suppression among persons who achieved suppression (Aim …

From Patient Rights To Health Justice: Securing The Public's Interest In Affordable, High-Quality Health Care, Lindsay F. Wiley

Cardozo Law Review

Models emphasizing professional autonomy, patient rights, market power, and health consumerism are no longer adequate to address the increasingly social, collective nature of health law institutions, instruments, and norms. What is needed is a new model that expressly recognizes the public - alongside the patient, the provider, and the payer - as an important stakeholder and active participant in decisions about medical treatment, health care coverage, and allocation of scarce resources. In a previous article, the author looked to the environmental justice, reproductive justice, and food justice movements for inspiration in developing a "health justice" approach to eliminating social disparities …

Out With The New And In With The Old: Why The Illinois Supreme Court Went Too Far In Kirk V. Michael Reese Hospital And Not Far Enough In Renslow V. Mennonite Hospital On The Issue Of Duties Owed To Third-Party Non-Patients In Medical Malpractice Cases, Andrea Maciver

Northern Illinois University Law Review

When the Illinois Supreme Court decided Renslow v. Mennonite Hospital in 1977 and Kirk v. Michael Reese Hospital in 1987, it was presented with unique facts where a third-party, non-patient was allegedly harmed by a physician's negligence. In its attempt to determine where the line for liability should be drawn in each case and whether a duty of care should be imposed, the court did not issue rulings that were limited to the facts of each case. Instead, the court created an exception in Renslow and a bright-line rule in Kirk. Unfortunately, not only do such rigid, legal rules not …

Tslp Production By Dendritic Cells Is Modulated By Il-1Β And Components Of The Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Response, Matthew J. Elder, Steven J. Webster, David L. Williams, J. S.Hill Gaston, Jane C. Goodall

ETSU Faculty Works

Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) produced by epithelial cells acts on dendritic cells (DCs) to drive differentiation of TH2-cells, and is therefore important in allergic disease pathogenesis. However, DCs themselves make significant amounts of TSLP in response to microbial products, but little is known about the key downstream signals that induce and modulate this TSLP secretion from human DCs. We show that human monocyte derived DC (mDC) secretion of TSLP in response to Candida albicans and β-glucans requires dectin-1, Syk, NF-κB, and p38 MAPK signaling. In addition, TSLP production by mDCs is greatly enhanced by IL-1β, but not TNF-α, in contrast …

Korean Unification And The Future Of The U.S.-Rok Alliance, David F. Helvey

Strategic Forums

Security alliances can take many forms. They can be bilateral or multilateral, symmetric or asymmetric, highly institutionalized or largely unstructured. Regardless of form, security alliances as instruments of statecraft, at their most fundamental level, reflect a deliberate commitment among states to aggregate resources in the pursuit of common interests. For over 60 years, the U.S.–Republic of Korea (ROK) alliance has defended South Korea from external attack and, through the combined efforts of both countries, contributed to peace and stability not only on the Korean Peninsula, but also in Northeast Asia, across the Asia-Pacific, and beyond.

Biographical Feature: Clyde Thornsberry, Ph.D., Erik Munson

Clinical Lab Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Safety And Immunogenicity Of Sequential Rotavirus Vaccine Schedules., Romina Libster, Monica Mcneal, Emmanuel B. Walter, Andi L. Shane, Patricia Winokur, Gretchen Cress, Andrea A. Berry, Karen L. Kotloff, Kwabena Sarpong, Christine B. Turley, Christopher J. Harrison, Barbara A. Pahud, Jyothi Marbin, John Dunn, Jill El-Khorazaty, Jill Barrett, Kathryn M. Edwards, Vteu Rotavirus Vaccine Study Work Group

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Although both licensed rotavirus vaccines are safe and effective, it is often not possible to complete the schedule by using the same vaccine formulation. The goal of this study was to investigate the noninferiority of the immune responses to the 2 licensed rotavirus vaccines when administered as a mixed schedule compared with administering a single vaccine formulation alone.

METHODS: Randomized, multicenter, open-label study. Healthy infants (6-14 weeks of age) were randomized to receive rotavirus vaccines in 1 of 5 different schedules (2 using a single vaccine for all doses, and 3 using mixed schedules). The group receiving …

Don's Conference Notes--The Impact Of Open Access Models: An Nfais Workshop, Donald T. Hawkins

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Addressing Parental Vaccination Questions In The School Setting: An Integrative Literature Review, Karlen E. Luthy, Jana L. Burningham, Lacey M. Eden, Janelle L B Macintosh, Renea L. Beckstrand

Student Works

School nurses work in a unique environment with key opportunities to address parental

concerns and questions regarding their child’s health. A common concern for parents during school enrollment is childhood vaccination safety and efficacy. As public health leaders, school nurses are well respected among parents, therefore school nurses are in a prime position to educate parents and promote childhood vaccinations while also dispelling common vaccination myths. The purpose of this integrative literature review is to synthesize evidence-based answers to common parental questions regarding childhood vaccinations.

Doctor-Patient Relationship: Islamic Perspective, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha, Mohammed A. Albar

Saudi Medical Journal

The doctor-patient relationship is an intricate concept in which patients voluntarily approach a doctor and become part of a contract by which they tend to abide by doctor’s instructions. Over recent decades, this relationship has changed dramatically due to privatization and commercialization of the health sector. A review of the relevant literature in the database of MEDLINE published in English between 1966 and August 2015 was performed with the following keywords: doctor-patient relationship, physician-patient relationship, ethics, and Islam. The Muslim doctor should be familiar with the Islamic teachings on the daily issues faced in his/her practice and the relationship with …

Adverse Childhood Experiences In The New Mexico Juvenile Justice Population, Yael Cannon, George Davis, Andrew Hsi, Alexandra Bochte

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Faculty from the University of New Mexico (UNM) School of Law and the UNM School of Medicine, and New Mexico’s Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) initiated a joint project to look at the prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) nationally and in New Mexico. The study was intended to better establish the association between early childhood trauma and delinquency, as well as to explore the role that law and medicine can play in ensuring better health and juvenile justice outcomes for children who have experienced ACEs.

Best Practices For Establishing Georgia's Alzheimer's Disease Registry, Elizabeth Weeks Leonard, Rui Bu, Amanda A. Brown

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

No abstract provided.

Spatial Distributions Of Hiv Infection In An Endemic Area Of Western Kenya: Guiding Information For Localized Hiv Control And Prevention, Tomonori Hoshi, Yoshito Fuji, Samson Muuo Nzou, Chihiro Tanigawa, Ibrahim Kiche, Matilu Mwau, Anne Wanjiru Mwangi, Mohamed Karama, Kenji Hirayama, Kensuke Goto, Satoshi Kaneko

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

HIV is still a major health problem in developing countries. Even though high HIV-risk-taking behaviors have been reported in African fishing villages, local distribution patterns of HIV infection in the communities surrounding these villages have not been thoroughly analyzed. The objective of this study was to investigate the geographical distribution patterns of HIV infection in communities surrounding African fishing villages. In 2011, we applied age- and sex-stratified random sampling to collect 1,957 blood samples from 42,617 individuals registered in the Health and Demographic Surveillance System in Mbita, which is located on the shore of Lake Victoria in western Kenya. We …

University Honors Program Newsletter, Honors College, Georgia Southern University

Honors College: News & Publications (2008-2020)

• Math, Measles, and a Computer Simulation
• Winning an Award, Earning a Job
• Cassie Beasley returns to Georgia Southern to read from her book, Circus Mirandus
• Alumni Update: Andres Montes
• Focused on the Target
• Adventures in Independent Journal Publishing

An International Legal Framework To Address Antimicrobial Resistance, Steven J. Hoffman, Kevin Outterson, John-Arne Rottingen, Otto Cars, Charles Clift, Zain Rizvi, Fiona Rotberg, Göran Tomson, Anna Zorzet

Faculty Scholarship

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat to global health. Currently it accounts for approximately 700,000 deaths annually, but is predicted to cause as many as 10,000,000 deaths by 2050 if nothing is done to address it. To effectively deal with this problem three areas must be addressed simultaneously: access, conservation, and innovation. However, solving issues of access, conservation and innovation at the same time requires new coordination and financing mechanisms, some of which must be organized globally. This bulletin outlines the possible role that a binding international legal framework can play in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.

Imitation And Originality In Four Poems By Al-Hạ̄JjʿUmar Ibn AbīBakr Ibn ʿUthmāN Krachi (Ca 1856–1934), Jibril Abubakr Gabid

Theses and Dissertations

The aim of this thesis is to look at the concepts of imitation and originality in the works of al-Ḥājj ʿUmar ibn Abī Bakr ibn ʿUthmān Krachi (ca 1856–1934) through the analysis of his four poems. These poems are based on the three main genres of Arabic poetry: panegyric (madīḥ), satire (hijāʾ), and eulogy (rithāʾ). My analysis of these poems is limited to structure, theme and content in order to explore the various ways in which our author imitates the classical mode of poetic composition and at the same time provides his readers with a picture of a different cultural …

Food Safety Education For Students And Workers In School Gardens And University Farms, John Dzubak, Angela Shaw, Catherine Strohbehn, Linda Naeve

Journal of Extension

The number of school gardens and university farms is increasing in the United States. Produce grown in these venues is often sampled in the classroom or incorporated into the food chain. Food safety education for students and workers is needed to ensure that produce is safe. Two 1-hr food safety curricula were developed to inform K–12 students and university farm researchers and workers about good agricultural practices. The validated curricula include four or five short video modules, activities, instructor/facilitator lesson plans, knowledge assessment quizzes, and instructor manuals. Piloting results indicated that participants increased food safety knowledge after viewing these curricula.