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Anticancer Activities Of Resveratrol In Colorectal Cancer, Evelien Schaafsma, Tze-Chen Hsieh, Barbara B. Doonan, John T. Pinto, Joseph M. Wu

NYMC Faculty Publications

Resveratrol (3,5,4′-trihydroxy-trans-stilbene) is a dietary polyphenolic phytochemical that has demonstrated health benefits such as cardioprotection, the prevention of neurodegeneration and chemoprevention. Resveratrol has shown great potential in the prevention and treatment of carcinomas and clinical trials support resveratrol as anticancer compound in colorectal carcinoma. Colorectal cancer remains a major cause of cancer-related deaths for both men and women in industrialized countries. Because of this widespread prevalence, identifying major risk factors and initiating colorectal screening procedures provide the distinct advantage for recognizing early disease and addressing treatable forms of CRC. Epidemiological studies of fruit and vegetable consumption in relationship to developing …

What's Happening: June 27, 2016, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Suspect Assertions Of Copyright, Edward Lee

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.

Belinda Moitt, Belinda Moitt, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

A native of the island of Antigua, Belinda Moitt immigrated to St. Thomas in 1961. After working for several years as a housekeeper and then in several restaurants, she was hired as a cook in the school lunch program.

Esther Izaak, Esther Izaak, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Esther Izaak was born on the island of Montserrat, where she attended secondary school. She continued her education at the University of the Virgin Islands, as well as studying in the United Kingdom. After several years teaching, she accepted the position of the director of the School Food Authority for St. Thomas and St. John. She is now the training director for St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John.

Unh Fairchild Dairy Receives 2015 Quality Milk Award, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Editorial: Ethylene’S Role In Plant Mineral Nutrition, Francisco J. Romera, Aaron P. Smith, Rafael Pérez-Vicente

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Unh Fairchild Dairy Receives 2015 Quality Milk Award From Dairy One, Lori Tyler Gula

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Charley Patterson, An Individual, Plaintiff/Appellee Vs. Jed Knight, And Individual, And Alisha Knight, And Individual, Defendants/Appellants, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

On appeal from the Third Judicial District Court, Honorable James Gardner, District Court No. 140906572

Taxation As Insurance, John R. Brooks

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

A central yet often overlooked aspect of an income tax is that it acts as insurance against the risk of low income. Because a person’s payments to government are a function of income, he can be assured that in a time of low income, his tax payments will decrease and transfers will increase, while the standard benefits of governments continue to flow. Because everyone, no matter how successful, faces some risk of lost income, that assurance provides us an insurance benefit, even if our income never actually drops.

Integrating Delivery And Financing Systems Across Sectors To Build A Culture Of Health, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

The delivery and financing systems for medical care, public health, and social and community services are powerful determinants of health and wellbeing for families and communities across the U.S. Unfortunately, these systems interact in complex and often poorly understood ways through fragmented funding streams, organizational relationships, information flows, and governance and decision-making structures. This session will feature new studies underway through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Systems for Action (S4A) Research Program to test multi-sector strategies for integrating delivery and financing systems to improve population health.

Featured speakers:

David Meltzer, MD, PhD, University of Chicago Urban Labs. Expanding a Comprehensive …

Dynamics Of Resprouting And Forest Regeneration Following Anthropogenic Land Use In The Central Amazon Basin, Scott Lawrence Kosiba

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Tree mortality is increasing with the effects of climate change and drought across the Amazon Basin while intense fires are becoming more prevalent. Tropical moist forest trees generally lack adaptations that protect against mortality during an intense fire, so anthropogenic burning typically kills high percentages of trees. Following disturbances where prescribed burning is used to limit woody encroachment and to fertilize the soil, abandoned land in central Amazonia becomes dominated by the pioneer tree genus, Vismia. Although the mechanisms by which Vismia comes to dominate previously-burned areas are not known, previous studies on anthropogenic land use and forest succession …

Bacteriological Study For Some Aerobic Bacteria Contaminated The Post–Operative Wounds, Shaimaa M.S. Zain Ulabdeen

Muthanna Medical Journal

This study include isolation and diagnoses of some aerobic bacteria contaminated the post–operative wounds from infected wounds,100 samples were collected from surgery units of teaching hospital, and Al-Samawah general hospital during September 2014 to February 2015, then the samples cultured on various media (Blood agar, MacConkey agar,chrom agar). Our results showed that from 100 samples included, 73(73%) had growth and 27(27%) had no growth. Further, the present data reported that S. aureusas the commonest isolate at percentage (23.2%),followed by Staphylococcus epidermidis (20.6%), Escherichia coli (12.3%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus mirabil, Klebsiellapneumoniae (8.2%), Enterococcus faecalis (6.8%),Citrobactersp (2.7%) and Klebsiella oxytoca, Serratiamarcescens, Acinetobactersp …

June 25, 2016 (Pages 3223-3404), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 46 (2016)

No abstract provided.

Discovering Potential Protein, Carbohydrate, And Lipid Based Food Ingredients In A Co-Culture Of Microalgae, Chelsea Tyus

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Louisiana Native Co-Culture of Microalgae (Chlorella Vulgaris L. and Cyanobacteria Leptolyngbya sp.) (CCA) was studied. CCA is a viable coculture for further investigation as a food component. This research characterized the proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids present in CCA. Algae cultivation parameters were controlled and analyzed. Treatment (Trt) 1 was CCA grown in cultures exposed to average scalar irradiance (ASI) of 1041 ± 269.18 μmol m-2 s-1 PAR and trt 2 was CCA grown in cultures exposed to ASI of 430 ± 96.03 μmol m-2 s-1 PAR. The trt (irradiance exposure) had the desired response on CCA species ratio Trt …

A Socio-Economic Approach To Antitrust: Unpacking Competition, Consumer Surplus, And Allocative Efficiency, Jeffrey L. Harrison

Akron Law Review

The primary function of socio-economics is to ask questions and broaden the discussion. I have attempted to do that by unpacking and contextualizing the two economic goals of antitrust law - maximizing consumer surplus and allocative efficiency. I have avoided what I believe is today's faith-based approach as exemplified by the Supreme Court. That approach has now gone beyond economics and seems to reveal, in its most benign form, a deep distrust of government.

At its most basic and obvious level the two antitrust goals cede to those with income - earned or not - the right to determine how …

The Effects Of A Twelve-Week Aerobic And Cognitive Training Intervention On Cognitive Function In Cancer Survivors, Jesus Medrano, Jessica Brown, Daniel Shackelford, Corey Beebe, Alyse Brennecke

Ursidae: The Undergraduate Research Journal at the University of Northern Colorado

There are more than 100 clinically distinct types of cancer, each having their own symptoms and requiring a different method of cancer treatment. Despite current advances, the positive effects from treatment are often matched and outweighed by negative effects. One of the most prevalently reported symptoms is chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment (CRCI). CRCI has been reported to negatively affect memory, concentration, reaction time, attention, cognition, organizational skills, linguistic abilities, executive function, and activities of daily living. Purpose: To examine the effects of a 12-week aerobic and cognitive training on cognitive function in cancer survivors who have undergone or are currently …

Understanding Reproductive Health Among Burmese Refugees In Greeley, Colorado: An Ethnographic Account, Alexandra Julia Krumtum

Ursidae: The Undergraduate Research Journal at the University of Northern Colorado

In the past four years, over 1,000 Burmese refugees have settled in Greeley, Colorado, but little is known about their conceptualizations of health or their experiences with local medical institutions. This paper investigates Burmese refugee women’s reproductive health beliefs and interactions with biomedical professionals. Through ethnographic interviews and participant observation, I show that a lack of mutual understanding between the two groups contributes to issues in communication and difficulties in promoting medical care. Medical anthropological research shows that culture has important implications for the experience and outcome of illness, as well as for the utilization of medical services and likelihood …

Knowledge, Attitudes, And Behaviors Among College-Aged Females Regarding Nutrition Before And During Pregnancy, Kayla Danielle Sand

Ursidae: The Undergraduate Research Journal at the University of Northern Colorado

Objective: To examine the nutrition-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of women of childbearing age and factors which might affect future pregnancies. Participants: University of Northern Colorado undergraduate, non-pregnant females between the ages of 18-24 (n=138). Methods: A valid and reliable survey was administered in March 2012 to assess participant’s demographics, knowledge concerning prenatal and pregnancy nutrition, and behaviors and attitudes towards body image, weight, and diet. Results: Half of participants were currently sexually active, yet only 73% were currently using or had used a form of birth control; 35% responded correctly regarding adequate food sources of folate/folic acid; thirty to …

Age- And Sex-Related Changes In Fasting Plasma Glucose And Lipoprotein In Cynomolgus Monkeys, Feng Yue, Guodong Zhang, Rongping Tang, Zhouquan Zhang, Liqiong Teng, Zhiming Zhang

Neuroscience Faculty Publications

Background: The age-related dysfunction of glucose and lipid metabolism has a long-standing relationship with cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disease. However, the effects of metabolic dysfunction on men and women are different. Reasons for these sex differences remains unclear. Cynomolgus monkeys have been used, in the past, for the study of human metabolic diseases due to their biologically proximity to humans. Nevertheless, few studies to date have focused on both age- and sex-related differences in glucose and lipid metabolism. The present study was designed to specifically address these questions by using a large cohort of cynomolgus monkeys (N = 1,399) including …

Community Health News, Georgia Southern University

Health Policy & Community Health: News & Publications (2011-2018)

• Georgia Southern shows dangerous disconnect between doctors and parents of overweight children

Epidemiology News, Georgia Southern University

Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences: News & Publications (2011-2018)

• Georgia Southern shows dangerous disconnect between doctors and parents of overweight children

The Impact Of Residence On Dietary Intake, Food Insecurity, And Eating Behavior Among University Undergraduate Students, Kittra Gonzales

Ursidae: The Undergraduate Research Journal at the University of Northern Colorado

University students are overlooked as a nutritionally at-risk population in regards to poor dietary intake, food insecurity, and eating behavior. The purpose of this study was to determine if residence has an impact on university students' diets and dietary practices in addition to which residence type (on-campus, off-campus, or family home) more closely meets dietary recommendations established by the US Department of Agriculture. An online Qualtrics survey was designed and distributed to University of Northern Colorado undergraduate students. Results concluded there were few yet impressionable dietary differences according to residence type which could contribute to nutrition-related health risks.

The Impact Of Residence On Dietary Intake, Food Insecurity, And Eating Behavior Among University Undergraduate Students, Kittra Gonzales

Ursidae: The Undergraduate Research Journal at the University of Northern Colorado

No abstract provided.

Exposure To Mass Media And Interpersonal Counseling Has Additive Effects On Exclusive Breastfeeding And Its Psychosocial Determinants Among Vietnamese Mothers, Phuong H. Nguyen, Sunny S. Kim, Tuan T. Nguyen, Nemat Hajeebhoy, Lan M. Tran, Silvia Alayon, Marie T. Ruel, Rahul Rawat, Edward A. Frongillo Jr., Purnima Menon

Faculty Publications

The pathways through which behavior change interventions impact breastfeeding practices have not been well studied. This study aimed to examine: (1) the effects of exposure to mass media and interpersonal counseling on exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) and hypothesized psychosocial determinants (i.e. knowledge, intention, beliefs, social norms, and self-efficacy); and (2) the pathways through which exposure to mass media and interpersonal counseling are associated with EBF. We used survey data from mothers with children< 2 year (n = 2045) from the 2013 process evaluation of Alive & Thrive’s program in Viet Nam. Multiple linear regression analyses and structural equation modeling were used to estimate effects. Exposure to mass media only, interpersonal counseling only, both or neither was 51%, 5%, 19% and 25%, respectively. Exposure to both mass media and interpersonal counseling had additive effects on EBF as well as on related psychosocial factors, compared with no exposure. For example, EBF prevalence was 26.1 percentage points (pp) higher in the group that received interpersonal counseling only, 3.9 pp higher in the mass media group and 31.8 pp higher in the group that received both interventions. As hypothesized, more than 90% of the total effect of the two interventions on EBF was explained by the psychosocial factors measured. Our findings suggest that combining different behavior change interventions leads to greater changes in psychosocial factors, which in turn positively affects breastfeeding behaviors.

Intertemporal Poverty Among Older Americans, Gulgun Bayaz-Ozturk, Sean Macdonald

Publications and Research

This study uses aggregate intertemporal poverty indices proposed by Gradin, Del Rio, and Canto (2012) to measure poverty among older American households of different races from 2001 through 2009 employing data from the Health and Retirement Study. The findings indicate that the incidence of intertemporal poverty is higher among Black and Hispanic households and that it is also more intense and of longer duration. In our investigation of antipoverty effects of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, we find that the program has a significant impact in reducing intensity and inequality of poverty among poor populations. However, it does not significantly …

Botanical Therapeutics In The Modern World, Vyacheslav Dushenkov, Brittany L. Graf, Mary Ann Lila

Publications and Research

Plants are the source of a broad spectrum of biologically active phytochemicals. For effective defense against pathogens and abiotic stress, plants have developed complicated chemical strategies with different mechanisms of action. By harnessing these phytochemicals, humans have used plants for medicinal purposes for over 30,000 years, and they remain a valuable source for the development of modern therapeutics. Plant-derived materials are utilized as pharmaceuticals, botanical drugs, dietary supplements (nutraceuticals), functional food ingredients, and cosmeceuticals. The Global Institute for Bioexploration (GIBEX), an international conglomerate of researchers, is involved in multiple botanical therapeutics discovery and development programs.

Sedentary Behavior Associations With Cardiometabolic Risk And Depressive Symptoms In Overweight/Obese Type 2 Diabetics: Results From The Calm-D Trial, Carrie E. Brintz

Open Access Dissertations

Increased sedentary behavior has detrimental associations with cardiometabolic risk factors and depression, and has been associated with greater risk for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes (T2DM), independent of engagement in moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). There are limited studies of sedentary behavior in patients who already have T2DM. The aims of the study were to determine (1) whether a latent factor including self-reported daily sedentary time and daily average number of pedometer steps was associated with cardiometabolic risk factors and depressive symptoms in overweight/obese T2DM patients, and (2) whether a multi-component lifestyle intervention was successful at reducing sedentary time compared …

Komorbiditas Diabetes Mellitus Terhadap Manifestasi Klinik Dan Kualitas Hidup Pada Penderita Tuberkulosis Paru, Andi Selvi Yusnitasari, Ida Leida M.Thaha, Muhammad Syafar

Media Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia

Komorbiditas diabetes mellitus dapat menjadi beban ganda (double burden) dalam penyelesaian penyakit menular dan kronik, hal ini terjadi karena TB dan DM berinteraksi satu sama lain yang dapat menyebabkan pelaksanaan pengobatan klinis menjadi lebih sulit dibandingkan dengan pengobatan pada penyakit tunggal TB atau DM. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis besar risiko diabetes mellitus terhadap manifestasi klinikdan kualitas hidup pada penderita TB-DM dan TB tanpa DM. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah observasional analitik dengan rancangan prospectif cohort study. Total sampel sebanyak 60 orang terdiri dari, 30 orang TB-DM dan 30 orang TB tanpa DM. Penarikan sampel dilakukan dengan purposive sampling. Data dianalisis …

Aktivitas Antioksidan Jus Rumput Gandum (Triticum Aestivum) Sebagai Minuman Kesehatan Dengan Metode Dpph, Nazla M. Albaar

Media Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia

Kesehatan merupakan harta yang tak ternilai harganya. Cara yang murah dan mudah untuk mencapai kesehatan yang optimal adalah mencegah penyakit yang menyerang, yaitu dengan pola hidup sehat, berolahraga dan mengonsumsi makanan/minuman kesehatan. Makanan terbaik bagi tubuh adalah buah dan sayuran tidak diolah, misalnya sari buah/jus. Rumput gandum sebagian besar dikenal sebagai makanan kesehatan dan diet di Amerika. Vitamin A, C, E, klorofil adalah antioksidan yang ditemukan dalam rumput gandum. Antioksidan merupakan sebutan untuk zat yang berfungsi melindungi tubuh dari serangan radikal bebas. Penelitan ini bertujuan mengetahui tingkat aktivitas antioksidan jus rumput gandum dengan metode DPPH (1,1-difenil-2-pikrilhidrazil). Jenis penelitian yang digunakan …