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Omic Paradigms Enhance Interface Between Periodontitis Pathogenesis And Metabolic Disorder, Hong-Duck Kim, Kiran Naiyeam, Jae-Hyeon Cho, Diane E. Heck

NYMC Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Nsu Sharks Rx - Fall 2016, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Sharks Rx

No abstract provided.

October 2016 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

A Snapshot Of The Microbiome Of Ambylomma Tuberculatum Ticks Infesting The Gopher Tortoise, An Endangered Species, Khemraj Budachetri, Daniel Lyle Gaillard, Jaclyn Bo Williams, Nabanita Mukherjee, Shahid Karim

Faculty Publications

The gopher tortoise tick, Amblyomma tuberculatum, has a unique relationship with the gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus, found in sandy habitats across the southeastern United States. We aimed to understand the overall bacterial community associated with A. tuberculatum while also focusing on spotted fever group Rickettsia. These tortoises in the Southern Mississippi region are a federally threatened species; therefore, we have carefully trapped the tortoises and removed the species-specific ticks attached to them. Genomic DNA was extracted from individual ticks and used to explore overall bacterial load using pyrosequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA on 454-sequencing platform. The spotted fever group …

Financial Hardship From Purchasing Medications For Senior Citizens Before And After The Medicare Modernization Act Of 2003 And The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act Of 2010: Findings From 1998, 2001, And 2015, Anthony W. Olson, Jon C. Schommer, David A. Mott, Lawrence M. Brown

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

BACKGROUND: The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (Medicare Part D) added prescription drug coverage for senior citizens aged 65 years and older and applied managed care approaches to contain costs. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) had the goals of expanding health care insurance coverage and slowing growth in health care expenditures.

OBJECTIVES: To (a) describe the proportion of senior citizens who had prescription drug insurance coverage and the proportion who experienced financial hardship from purchasing medications in 2015, and (b) compare the findings with those collected in 1998 and 2001.

METHODS: Data were obtained in …

Mckee Minute October 2016, Southern Adventist University

McKee Minute – McKee Library This Month

The October 2016 McKee Minute contains updates on the library and its events and recommends several items. Recommendations include the books Social Media Field Guide by Krista Neher and Food and Social Media: You are What You Tweet by Signe Rousseau, films JFK: Like No Other and A Third Choice, and periodicals Art Journal and The Art Bulletin. This edition spotlights sports studies.

The Role Of Geriatric Assessment Tests And Anthropometric Measurements In Identifying The Risk Of Falls In Elderly Nursing Home Residents, Bulent Yardimci, Sinan N. Aran, Ismail Ozkaya, Sevki M. Aksoy, Tarik Demir, Gulsen Tezcan, Aysegul Y. Kaptanoglu

Saudi Medical Journal

Objectives: To determine the relation among the risk of falls, geriatric assessment, and anthropometric measurements, including the mini mental state examination, geriatric depression scale, handgrip test, and key pinch test. Methods: This prospective study included 89 residents hospitalized between May 2014 and September 2015 in the geriatric care unit of the Istanbul Balikli Rum Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. Patients were followed-up for one year, and their falls were recorded. Medical records of the included patients were retrieved and analyzed. Results: A total of 89 patients, comprising 37 men and 52 women with an average age of 75.8 ± 8.2 years were …

The Effect Of Acute Supplementation Of Sodium Bicarbonate And Caffeine On Anaerobic Running Performance, Kyle E. Witherbee

Theses

Sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) and caffeine are two sport supplements that have been widely explored for their possible ergogenic effects during exercise. Few studies have looked at sodium bicarbonate and caffeine supplementation together and no studies have included a running test.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of sodium bicarbonate and caffeine, both independent and synergistically, on a field-based intermittent sprint test.

Methods: Three men and 10 women, of recreational fitness level, completed this research study. On four separate visits, participants consumed a supplement solution in randomized order of 300mg/kg NaHCO3, 5mg/kg caffeine, 300mg/kg …

Kids Count The State Of The Child In Tennessee 2015, Tennessee. Commission On Children & Youth.

The State of the Child in Tennessee

No abstract provided.

Counselors' Social Class And Socioeconomic Status Understanding And Awareness, Jennifer M. Cook, Gerard Lawson

College of Education Faculty Research and Publications

Nine licensed professional counselors participated in semi-structured interviews designed to reveal their awareness and understanding about social class and socioeconomic status (SES). Findings suggest that participants' descriptions of social class and SES often are in-congruent with how they use the terms, and their awareness and understanding may be limited because of developmental factors, indicating potential clinical liabilities. The authors suggest that counselors should develop stronger social class consciousness to provide affirming counseling services and that further research on such strategies is needed.

The Influence Of Televised Food Commercials On Children's Food Choices: Evidence From Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Activations., Amanda S. Bruce, Stephen W. Pruitt, Oh-Ryeong Ha, J Bradley C Cherry, Timothy R. Smith, Jared M. Bruce, Seung-Lark Lim

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

OBJECTIVE: To investigate how food commercials influence children's food choices.

STUDY DESIGN: Twenty-three children ages 8-14 years provided taste and health ratings for 60 food items. Subsequently, these children were scanned with the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging while making food choices (ie, "eat" or "not eat") after watching food and nonfood television commercials.

RESULTS: Our results show that watching food commercials changes the way children consider the importance of taste when making food choices. Children did not use health values for their food choices, indicating children's decisions were largely driven by hedonic, immediate rewards (ie, "tastiness"); however, children …

Developing Novel Machine Learning Algorithms To Improve Sedentary Assessment For Youth Health Enhancement., Gowtham Kumar Golla, Jordan A. Carlson, Jun Huan, Jacqueline Kerr, Tarrah Mitchell, Kelsey Borner

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Sedentary behavior of youth is an important determinant of health. However, better measures are needed to improve understanding of this relationship and the mechanisms at play, as well as to evaluate health promotion interventions. Wearable accelerometers are considered as the standard for assessing physical activity in research, but do not perform well for assessing posture (i.e., sitting vs. standing), a critical component of sedentary behavior. The machine learning algorithms that we propose for assessing sedentary behavior will allow us to re-examine existing accelerometer data to better understand the association between sedentary time and health in various populations. We collected two …

Down To The Felt: How Ohio's Lackluster Statutory Scheme Gambles With The Lives Of Mothers And Innocent Children, Jim Rainone

Journal of Law and Health

This article examines three facets of the pregnant prisoner prenatal and post-birth care issue. First, it examines the injustice that pregnant prisoners are subjected to. Next, it examines other states' statutory regimes to identify adequate and inadequate features. Specifically, it examines the Pennsylvania regime because of its relevance and reputation for being the most accommodating to these women. Finally, it proposes a statutory regime for Ohio that provides mandatory care standards, means of accomplishing mandatory care, penalties for both the institution and its individual actors when care is not provided--and shows how a statutory regime without these changes puts mothers …

Foraging Behavior Of Tetramorium Caespitum In An Urban Environment: The Effect Of Food Quality On Foraging, Nicole A. Crofton, Sabrina R. D'Mello, Nene S. Sy

Student Publications

Animals' foraging strategies are directly related to their fitness. Proposed models of optimal foraging assume that animals strategize in terms of maximizing benefits over the cost of acquiring resources. Ants are social insects that are comparable in biomass to humans inhabiting the plant. As such, it is crucial to understand the foraging strategies of such an influential member of the ecosystem. With the ever-increasing rate of urbanization and human encroachment, it is even more important to consider the foraging patterns of species inhabiting urban areas. In this study we investigate optimal foraging strategies in the pavement ant, Tetramorium caespitum. Specifically, …

News Of The Department Of Animal Science, Department Of Animal Science

Animal Science Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Focus, 2016, Fall, Andrews University

Focus

FOCUS (ISSN 1077-9345) is published quarterly, free of charge, for alumni and friends of Andrews University, an institution owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Part Of The Circle, Becky St. Clair

Stories - Students

No abstract provided.

Nutrinews, Volume 21, October, 2016, Department Of Nutrition And Dietetics, University Of North Florida

NutriNews

This issue features Healthy Osprey Week, Cancer: top killer of Americans?, Eating in Season

Twentieth Anniversary Scientific Meeting

Journal of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology

No abstract provided.

Nutritional Status And Physical Abuse Among The Children Involved In Domestic Labour In Karachi Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Survey., Saima Zainab, Muhammad Masood Kadir

Community Health Sciences

OBJECTIVE:

To determine the prevalence of physical abuse among domestic child labours and to assess the nutritional status by calculating the Body Mass Index of children involved in domestic labour in Karachi.

METHODS:

A cross sectional study was conducted in the squatter settlements of Karachi. Questionnaire based interviews were conducted to capture physical abuse with 385 children who worked as domestic labour in the household of their employer. The ages of the children were between 10 to 14 years belonging to both genders. The children were enrolled in study by snow-ball sampling technique.

RESULTS:

The overall prevalence of physical abuse …

Renewable Chemicals And Bioproducts: A Potential For Agricultural Diversification And Economic Development, Henry Brockman

Bulletins 4000 -

Renewable chemicals are a new category of novel products: building blocks and ingredients for the production of chemicals produced from renewable feedstock and sustainable advanced manufacturing processes, leaving a smaller environmental footprint than traditional petrochemicals. Biologically based products are mainly non-food products derived from biomass.

Renewable chemicals represent a market opportunity predicted to grow from US$2.8 billion in 2011 to US$98.5 billion by 2020, driven by consumers demanding safer and more environmentally friendly products and the creation of a market advantage by using novel products in the manufacturing process. Renewable chemicals are a sustainable diversification option for rangeland irrigation precincts, …

The Timing Of Welfare Payments And Intimate Partner Violence, Lin-Chi Hsu

Open Access Publishing Support Funded Articles

I examine transfer schedules for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and find a causal relationship between the time directly after welfare payments and intimate partner violence against women. This study supports the hypothesis that the husband uses threats of violence as an instrument to gain control over the allocation of household resources, and suggests that the increased incidence in physical violence after welfare payments is associated with alcohol use. Additionally, I find that states that pay TANF recipients twice a month do not have this effect on threats of violence. This suggests that smaller, more frequent payments …

U. S. Mushroom Import Demand Estimation With Source Differentiated Aids And Rotterdam Models, Jun Li

Department of Agricultural Economics: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

While technically considered as fungi, mushrooms are often classified as vegetables because they provide many of the nutritional attributes of produce as well as meat, beans, and grains. The U.S. is the largest consumer of mushrooms and the share of imports in total consumption of mushrooms has been rising and will likely continue to rise as U.S. consumers increasingly adopt healthier diets. While most of U.S. fresh mushroom imports are from Canada, China, Mexico and South Korea, most of U.S. canned mushroom imports are from China, India, Indonesia, and the Netherlands.

The contribution of this thesis is to provide the …

Pubh 6535 - Theoretical Perspectives Of The Social And Behavioral Sciences In Public Health, Stacy W. Smallwood

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course is designed to familiarize students with the history and current applications of social and behavioral sciences as they are applied to public health practice and research. It explores social and behavioral science models, theories, and approaches that inform public health, and their philosophical roots. The course also examines social and behavioral determinants of health equity across the ecological spectrum. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking skills to help students synthesize and utilize information in research and practice. An important contribution of this course is the emphasis on recognizing the contributions of social and behavioral science research and practice …

Fitplay Games: Increasing Exercise Motivation Through Asynchronous Social Gaming, Dario Carlos Gonzalez

Theses and Dissertations

Many factors contribute to people's physical inactivity, but among the leading factors is a lack of motivation. Fitness trackers have been shown to encourage an increase in exercise, but they are frequently abandoned within a few short months. For this thesis I developed and asynchronous-play social gaming platform, FitPlay Games, to fill the gap in motivation left by current fitness trackers. By providing users with a variety of asynchronous cooperative and competitive gaming styles, this platform enable them to find a motivation technique that works best for their lifestyle and fitness prowess. The platform encourages prolonged use of fitness trackers, …

Microbiome Sharing Between Reef-Building Corals And Associated Epibiotic Gastropods In French Polynesia, Emily R. Schmeltzer

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Every macroorganism has a unique association of microbes, also known as a microbiome. This is a complex association in reef-building corals, and research has shown that these microbes are a functional extension of the coral animal itself. Together these components of host, symbiotic zooxanthellae, protists, bacteria, algae, archaea, viruses, and fungi, form what is now known as the coral holobiont. Recent studies have shown that the microbes found in the surface mucus layer of corals play a key role in holobiont ecology. Microbial interactions in the coral surface mucus layer are especially important when considering the increasing prevalence of coral …

Race, Class, And Social Justice In Memphis: A Call To Bridge The Great Divide. 2016 Hooks Institute Policy Papers, The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute For Social Change

The Hooks Institute Policy Papers

No abstract provided.

Transportation, Urban Form, And Social Justice In Memphis, Charles A. Santo

The Hooks Institute Policy Papers

No abstract provided.

Master Gardener–Led Lessons Increase Knowledge In Gardening And Environmental Science For Iowa Summer Camp Youth, Bruce J. Black, Cynthia Haynes, Denny Schrock, Kevin Duerfeldt

Journal of Extension

Gardening and nutrition lessons for children can affect knowledge, actions, and behaviors that support more healthful lifestyles. The objective of the study described in this article was to determine the effectiveness of a master gardener–led education program for youth at a week-long summer camp in Iowa. Garden knowledge was assessed via a pretest, a posttest, and a 6-month follow-up. Campers increased their garden knowledge after the week-long camp. In addition, a 6-month follow-up questionnaire was mailed to parents to obtain information about changes in participants' behaviors. More than 75% of parents noticed positive garden-related behavior changes in their children.

Evaluating The Feasibility Of A Gardening And Nutrition Intervention With A Matched Contact-Control Physical Activity Intervention Targeting Youth, Ramine Alexander, Jennie Hill, Karissa Grier, Lorien Macauley, Alisa Mckenzie, Tadashi Totten, Kathleen Porter, Jamie M. Zoellner

Journal of Extension

The study reported here involved Cooperative Extension as a key research partner and was guided by a community-based participatory research approach and a feasibility study framework. The research objective was to assess four indicators of feasibility (i.e., acceptability, demand, implementation, and limited-effectiveness) of a gardening and nutrition program delivered at three youth community sites as compared to a matched contact-control physical activity intervention delivered at three different youth community sites. Conducted in a medically underserved region, the mixed-methods, quasi-experimental study revealed numerous opportunities for and barriers to increasing youths' willingness to try fruits and vegetables and increasing physical activity among …