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Prevalence Of Latent Tuberculosis In End Stage Renal Disease Patients At Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Muhammed .W.Al.Obaidy, Amer Musa Hasan, Kassim .M. Sultan

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest diseases known to affect humans, it caused by infection with Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (MTB). MTB is most commonly transmitted from a patient with infectious pulmonary TB to other person by droplet nuclei. End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients are exposed to a variety of infections, including TB. The standard test for detecting Latent TB infection (LTBI) is tuberculin skin test (TST). OBJECTIVE: Determination the prevalence of latent tuberculosis among end stage renal disease patients in hemodialysis unit in Baghdad teaching hospital, and assessing its correlations with various conditions. METHODS: A stratified random …

The Association Between Maternal Ghrelin Hormone Levels And Hyperemesis Gravidarum, Anwar Noori Al-Basam, Alaaabdulateef Mohammad

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Ghrelin hormone (Hunger hormone) is one of the appetite hormones that either secreted from adipose tissue (leptin, adiponectin and resistin), or mainly secreted from GI tract (ghrelin, obestatin, cholecystokinin, peptide YY and glucagon—like peptide –1). These hormones may be responsible for hyperemesis gravidarum. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the role of ghrelin hormone in the etiopathogenesis of hyperemesis gravidarum PATIENTS AND METHODS: A case control study was performed in Gynecology and Obstetrics Department/ Baghdad teaching hospital(medical city complex) from the 1st of Sep. 2014 to the end of August 2015 including 100 women 50 women were the cases and 50 …

The Association Between Maternal Ghrelin Hormone Levels And Hyperemesis Gravidarum, Anwar Noori Al-Basam, Alaaabdulateef Mohammad

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Ghrelin hormone (Hunger hormone) is one of the appetite hormones that either secreted from adipose tissue (leptin, adiponectin and resistin), or mainly secreted from GI tract (ghrelin, obestatin, cholecystokinin, peptide YY and glucagon—like peptide –1). These hormones may be responsible for hyperemesis gravidarum. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the role of ghrelin hormone in the etiopathogenesis of hyperemesis gravidarum PATIENTS AND METHODS: A case control study was performed in Gynecology and Obstetrics Department/ Baghdad teaching hospital(medical city complex) from the 1st of Sep. 2014 to the end of August 2015 including 100 women 50 women were the cases and 50 …

An Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility's Interdisciplinary Approach To Preventing Pressure Ulcers, Jill Beal, Jessica Zimmerman, Tina Roma Fisher Msn, Rn, Crrn

Patient Care Services / Nursing

No abstract provided.

Methods Of Detecting The Content Of Folic Acid In Infant Complementary Food Supplements, Luo Minting, Wu Kegang, Huang Weiqian

Food and Machinery

To detect infant complementary food supplements of folic acid, methds of microbiological method, solid-phase-extraction-HPLC and direct-ammonia-extraction-HPLC were utilized respectively. Analyses among the three methods were compared and the most accurate and rapid one was determined. The results showed the direct-ammonia-extraction-HPLC analysis by using the CH3OH-0.05 mol/L KH2PO4 (volum ratio,5∶95; pH 6.3) as mobile phase and controlling the peak time at 6.5 min, and the standard curve coefficient was 0.999 8 with detection limit 0.019 0 mg/L. Compared with the other two methods, this method was simple, rapid, sensitive and reproducible characteristics, and provided an effective theoretical basis to establish method …

The Roddey Mcmillan Record - September 28, 2016, Winthrop University

The RMR 2010-2019

The Roddey McMillan Record (RMR) is Winthrop’s monthly multicultural student publication. The RMR has been a significant voice of the minority population of the Winthrop community since its creation by Gail Harris in April 1986. It promotes awareness and understanding of issues concerning minorities for the prosperity of the entire Winthrop community. The purpose of the RMR is to shine light on the many diverse cultures at Winthrop, focusing on issues, concerns and happenings of those who represent the multicultural community on campus. The Roddey McMillan Record is named after Dr. Cynthia Roddey and Atty, Sheila McMillan. Cynthia Roddey was …

Minutes, September 27, 2016

Educational Policies Committee

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 92, No. 11, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Student Dies in Car Crash on Sunday – Stephanie Campbell
• Ares, Nicole. Graveyard Goats – Goat Browsers, Covington Cemetery
• Kast, Monica. Regents Debate RFP for Sports Complex
• Collins, Emma. U.S. Senate Candidate Jim Gray Visits Bowling Green
• Miller, Callie. Mocking Banners Gain National Attention – Vanderbilt University
• Kast, Monica. Regents Give Gary Ransdell Life-long Emeritus Position
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon re: Kentucky Senate Election Debate
• Demand Debate: Rand Paul, Jim Gray Need to Debate Sooner than Later
• Winstead, John. In Wake of Tragedy, Values Matter More than Facts – …

Developing High-Content Screening To Assay Trans-Epithelial Transport Of Complex Proteins, Reid Allan Martin

Student Theses and Dissertations

Therapeutic proteins are becoming one of the fastest growing classes of drugs on the market. These large biologically-synthesized macromolecules are typically administered intravenously and are dependent upon cellular receptors and other active uptake mechanisms for delivery into tissues and cells. There is significant interest in developing cell-based assays to assess kinetics and mechanisms of endocytosis and transcytosis of large therapeutic proteins across various cell layers. The goal of this research was to develop a transwell “disease tissue on a chip” model to compare rates and efficiencies of different delivery systems for moving bioactive lysosomal enzymes across a human epithelial cell …

Executive Committee - Agenda 9/27/2016, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

Executive Committee - Meeting Minutes, 9/27/2016, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Reluctant Readers: An Analysis Of Educational And Lis Literature From 1993-2013, Kelli Bennett

SLIS Connecting

The purpose of this study was to examine the scholarly educational and library and information science (LIS) literature related to reluctant readers. It sought to determine the publication trend over time, core journals, and the age group that was the focus of the articles. The study included other demographic characteristics such as gender or ethnicity and resources or strategies to engage reluctant readers.

What's Happening: September 26, 2016, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Are Researchers Registering Systematic Reviews In Clinicaltrials.Gov?, Gary E. Kaplan, Ms, Ahip

Academic Commons and Scott Memorial Library Staff Papers and Presentations

BACKGROUND:

ClinicalTrials.gov (CT) is an increasingly important resource for systematic reviewers attempting to identify published and unpublished clinical studies. In addition to clinical studies, however, some searches of the CT database also return systematic reviews (SRs). When I inquired about the SRs appearing in the results, the NLM Help Desk responded that “We do not recommend that systematic reviews be entered in ClinicalTrials.gov, since we only want the results of a clinical trial entered once. However, we will not refuse them if they are entered.” I wanted to find out how many SRs are included, describe their characteristics, and suggest …

Bjc Today

BJC Today

No abstract provided.

Holy Cross Magazine, Vol. 50, No. 4, Fall 2016, College Of The Holy Cross

Holy Cross Magazine

Syllabus: Watershed Hydrology
with Sara Mitchell, associate professor of biology and director of environmental studies
By Maura Sullivan Hill

The Bees and Their Keepers
Holy Cross biology majors Anthony Criscitiello ’17 and Mary Patrice Hamilton ’17, concerned about the implications of honeybee decline on food growth and prices, established six honeybee hives where they study the bees and conduct research to better understand this global crisis.
By Meredith Fidrocki

Food for Change
Access to healthy, nutritious food is a basic human right, and Dave Emond ’96 and Kelly Verel ’97 both work to ensure that this right extends to all …

Cardiovascular Disease And Type 2 Diabetes In Evolutionary Perspective: A Critical Role For Helminths?, Michael D. Gurven, Benjamin C. Trumble, Jonathan Stieglitz, Aaron D. Blackwell, David E. Michalik, Caleb E. Finch, Hillard Kaplan

ESI Publications

Heart disease and type 2 diabetes are commonly believed to be rare among contemporary subsistencelevel human populations, and by extension prehistoric populations. Although some caveats remain, evidence shows these diseases to be unusual among well-studied hunter-gatherers and other subsistence populations with minimal access to healthcare. Here we expand on a relatively new proposal for why these and other populations may not show major signs of these diseases. Chronic infections, especially helminths, may offer protection against heart disease and diabetes through direct and indirect pathways. As part of a strategy to insure their own survival and reproduction, helminths exert multiple cardio-protective …

Metabolic Alterations In Experimental Models Of Depression, Maria G. Puiu, Mihnea C. Manea, George L. Paraschiv, Traian Purnichi, Ecaterina Ionescu, Simona Tache, Ioana Paunica, Mirela Manea

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Introduction: Major depressive disorder is one of the most prevalent psychiatric disorders and is associated with a severe impact on the personal functioning, thus with incurring significant direct and indirect costs. The presence of depression in patients with medical comorbidities increases the risks of myocardial infarction and decreases diabetes control, and adherence to treatment. The mechanism through which these effects are produced is still uncertain. Objectives of this study were to evaluate the metabolic alterations in female Wistar rats with induced depression, with and without administration of Agomelatine. The methods included two experiments. All data were analyzed by comparison …

The Substrate Of The Biopsychosocial Influences In The Carcinogenesis Of The Digestive Tract, Georgică C. Târtea, Cristina Florescu, Daniel Pirici, Daniel Caragea, Elena A. Târtea, Cristin C. Vere

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Digestive cancer represents a severe public health problem, being one of the main causes of death. It is considered a multifactorial disease, with hereditary predisposition, environmental factors, and other factors involved in carcinogenesis. Both the evolution and the pathogenesis of digestive neoplasms remain incompletely elucidated. As a multifactorial disease, it can be approached by taking into account the biopsychosocial influences via enteric nervous system. Many peptides and non-peptides having a neurotransmitter role can be found in the enteric nervous system, which can influence the neoplastic process directly or indirectly by affecting some angiogenic, growth, and metastasis factors. However, neurotransmitters can …

Presence Of A Prophage Determines Temperature-Dependent Capsule Production In Streptococcus Pyogenes., Leslie Brown, Jeong-Ho Kim, Kyu Hong Cho

Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine Faculty Publications

A hyaluronic acid capsule is a major virulence factor in the pathogenesis of Streptococcus pyogenes. It acts as an anti-phagocytic agent and adhesin to keratinocytes. The expression of the capsule is primarily regulated at the transcriptional level by the two-component regulatory system CovRS, in which CovR acts as a transcriptional repressor. The covRS genes are frequently mutated in many invasive strains, and a subset of the invasive CovRS mutants does not produce a detectable level of the capsule at 37 °C, but produces a significant amount of the capsule at sub-body temperatures. Here, we report that a prophage has a …

Rules For Radicals: A Politics Of Patent Law, Kali N. Murray

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

The Firece Green Fire: Vol. 7 Issue 3, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

Traversing Swanton Road, 23rd Ed., James A. West

Academic, Government & Associated Organizational Research Resources

Situated at the northwest end of Santa Cruz County and occupying circa 30 square miles of sharply contrasted terrain, the Scott Creek Watershed concentrates within its geomorphological boundaries, at least 10-12% of California's flora, both native and introduced. Incorporated within this botanical overview but technically not part of the watershed sensustrictu, are the adjacent environs, ranging from the coastal strand up through the Western Terrace to the ocean draining ridge tops..... with the Arroyo de las Trancas/Last Chance Ridge defining the western/northwestern boundary and the Molino Creek divide, the southern demarcation. Paradoxically, the use/abuse that the watershed has sustained over …

Eicosapentaenoic Acid Potentiates Brown Thermogenesis Through Ffar4-Dependent Up-Regulation Of Mir-30b And Mir-378*, Jiyoung Kim, Meshail Okla, Anjeza Erickson, Timothy P. Carr, Sathish Kumar Natarajan, Soonkyu Chung

Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Faculty Publications

Emerging evidence suggests that n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) promote brown adipose tissue thermogenesis. However, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we hypothesize that n-3 PUFA promotes brown adipogenesis by modulating miRNAs. To test this hypothesis, murine brown preadipocytes were induced to differentiate the fatty acids of palmitic, oleate, or eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). The increases of brown-specific signature genes and oxygen consumption rate by EPA were concurrent with up-regulation of miR-30b and 378 but not by oleate or palmitic acid. Next, we hypothesize that free fatty acid receptor 4 (Ffar4), a functional receptor for n-3 PUFA, modulates …

Sperm Morphometrics, Spermatogenesis, And Testicular Cycle Of The Rough Greensnake (Opheodrys Aestivus), John Douglas Konvalina

Student Theses and Dissertations

Spermatogenesis in ophidians is understudied, with little information on the rough greensnake, Opheodrys aestivus available. A cell wheel showing the chronological development of germ cell stages for this species was constructed. Sperm morphometrics were completed and compared with those of Nerodia rhombifer, the diamondback watersnake. Both species had similar sperm head length, while Opheodrys aestivus had significantly longer total sperm length. Total sperm length was positively correlated (r = 0.997, p < 0.001) with sperm tail length. Seminiferous tubule diameter and seminiferous tubule epithelial height were measured from Arkansas (AR) specimens and compared with those of Alabama (AL) specimens and AR measurements were found to be significantly greater in length. Future studies of O. aestivus need to investigate the testicular cycle in other parts of its geographic distribution to see if the monthly pattern is consistent and sperm morphometrics should be examined for other species within the family Colubridae.

Effect Of A Randomised Exclusive Breastfeeding Counselling Intervention Nested Into The Minimat Prenatal Nutrition Trial In Bangladesh, Ashraful Islam Khan, Iqbal Kabir, Hanna Eneroth, Shams El Arifeen, Eva-Charlotte Ekström, Edward A. Frongillo Jr., Lars Åke Persson

Faculty Publications

AIM: It is unknown whether maternal malnutrition reduces the effect of counselling on exclusive breastfeeding. This study evaluated the effect of breastfeeding counselling on the duration of exclusive breastfeeding, and whether the timing of prenatal food and different micronutrient supplements further prolonged this duration. METHODS: Pregnant women in Matlab, Bangladesh, were randomised to receive daily food supplements of 600 kcal at nine weeks of gestation or at the standard 20 weeks. They also were allocated to either 30 mg of iron and 400 μg folic acid, or the standard programme 60 mg of iron and folic acid or multiple micronutrients. …

Nguudu Barndimanmanha – Making Good With Horses, Juli Coffin

Talking Heads Seminar Series

This presentation is a first-hand account of a one year equine psychotherapy trial using horses to intervene in the lives of young Aboriginal people, to build up hope, self-worth and identity and to instill a sense of pride in schooling and family, and to help with mental health disparities and suicide.

Based in the Midwest/Murchison, this trial was exclusively with Aboriginal youth, (with carers and older family members). Students referred were identified as being at risk, or needing re-entry into schooling due to lack of attendance and repeated suspensions/relationship issues. Additionally, this trial was utilised as a reward and leadership …

Human Nutrition Faculty Explain The Pumpkin Spice Craze, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2016

• Human nutrition faculty agree the craze could be related to the positive feelings of the holidays clustered at the end of the year.

Communities Of Opportunity: Pursuing A Housing Policy Agenda To Achieve Equity And Opportunity In The Face Of Post-Recession Challenges, Kalima Rose, Teddy Kỳ-Nam Miller

Trotter Review

Where we live directly impacts our ability to achieve our full potential. Access to good schools, quality jobs, reliable transportation, and healthy food is fundamental to achieving communities of opportunity. Unfortunately, communities of color, and urban black communities in particular, are disproportionately residing in neighborhoods locked out of opportunity, or disproportionately burdened by housing costs —spending over half of their income on housing. In 2015, PolicyLink undertook a research project to understand the changing post-recession housing landscape, to characterize the forces that were undermining housing security for communities of color, and to characterize the policy opportunities that could address the …

Nih Awards More Than $150 Million For Research On Environmental Influences On Child Health, Staff

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No abstract provided.