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Propers 13 (Pentecost 9) Series A 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on Proper 13 of Series A and offers ideas for preaching

Pushing The Protestant Culinary Agenda In Depression Era America, Brittany M. Millidge

The Exposition

No abstract provided.

Mitochondrial Dna (Mtdna) Variant-Nuclear Dna Variant Interactions And Gene-Dietary Exposure Interactions In Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Amd), Patrice J. Persad

Open Access Dissertations

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is shaped by genetic and non-genetic factors. Examining such factors—along with interactions between these factors—that contribute to AMD is crucial because permanent vision loss can arise, and better understanding the disease pathogenesis will foster potential treatments. Consideration of gene-gene and gene-environment interactions may identify additional risk factors and explain some of the variability in disease presentation and progression. Several studies have revealed associations between AMD risk and mitochondrial (mt) variants [mt single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)]; additionally, mtDNA damage or mt dysfunction in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells can affect AMD-related processes. Overall diet quality has been …

Progress And Priorities For Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, And Child Health In Kenya: A Countdown To 2015 Country Case Study, Emily C. Keats, Anthony Ngugi, William Macharia, Nadia Akseer, Emma Nelima Khaemba, Zaid Ahmad Bhatti, Arjumand Rizvi, John Tole, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health

Background: Progress in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) in Kenya has been inconsistent over the past two decades, despite the global push to foster accountability, reduce child mortality, and improve maternal health in an equitable manner. Although several cross-sectional assessments have been done, a systematic analysis of RMNCH in Kenya was needed to better understand the push and pull factors that govern intervention coverage and influence mortality trends. As such, we aimed to determine coverage and impact of key RMNCH interventions between 1990 and 2015.
Methods: We did a comprehensive, systematic assessment of RMNCH in Kenya from 1990 …

Mom And Dad As Role Models, Jim Bill Mcinteer

Jim Bill McInteer Sermon Outlines by Topic

From the Jim Bill McInteer collection of sermon outlines and cassette tapes.

T-L-C For The Family, Jim Bill Mcinteer

Jim Bill McInteer Sermon Outlines by Topic

From the Jim Bill McInteer collection of sermon outlines and cassette tapes.

Abortion -- Does The Bible Speak To It?, Jim Bill Mcinteer

Jim Bill McInteer Sermon Outlines by Topic

From the Jim Bill McInteer collection of sermon outlines and cassette tapes.

Evidence Of Youthful Aging: Chronic Stress And The Association With Dna Damage, Jason M. Fly, M. Catherine Desoto

McNair Scholars Program Summer Research Symposium

Abstract: Persistent elevated basal levels of the hormone cortisol are an indication of chronic stress. Maladaptive response to stress, or chronic psychological stress, is thought to play a crucial role in the biological mechanisms involved in mental disorders, disease, and accelerated aging. In 2011, a critical connection was reported between elevated cortisol and the oxidative damage to DNA associated with aging and disease in a study of elderly participants (ages 63-83) via 24-hour urinary samples (Joergensen, et. al., 2011). This connection, if verified, has implications for how stress may accelerate the aging process and the onset of cancer, diabetes, and …

Tracing Ancient Healing Practices Through The Hibiscus, Lyn Tackett

McNair Scholars Program Summer Research Symposium

Abstract: By studying traditional healing practices, we can provide new information that may help solve archaeological mysteries as well as offer new perspectives to modern medicine. For example, Hibiscus tea has long been in use throughout Africa and Asia, yet little research has been done into the origins of this medicine and whether early cultures traded that information. Trichomes and plant morphology of three species of Hibiscus native to Africa, China and India ( Hibiscus sabdariffa, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, and Hibiscus syriacus) were studied using microscopy. The results were compared to known medicinal claims and ancient documents including trade maps and …

Silicon's Role In Abiotic And Biotic Plant Stresses, Daniel Debona, Fabrício A. Rodrigues, Lawrence E. Datnoff

Faculty Publications

Silicon (Si) plays a pivotal role in the nutritional status of a wide variety of monocot and dicot plant species and helps them, whether directly or indirectly, counteract abiotic and or biotic stresses. In general, plants with a high root or shoot Si concentration are less prone to pest attack and exhibit enhanced tolerance to abiotic stresses such as drought, low temperature, or metal toxicity. However, the most remarkable effect of Si is the reduction in the intensities of a number of seedborne, soilborne, and foliar diseases in many economically important crops that are caused by biotrophic, hemibiotrophic, and necrotrophic …

Summer Commencement: August 4, 2017, University Of North Dakota

UND Commencement Programs

UND Summer Commencement program from August 4, 2017.

The Relationship Of Plasma Trans Fatty Acids With Dietary Inflammatory Index Among Us Adults, Mohsen Mazidi, Hong-Kai Gao, Nitin Shivappa, Michael David Wirth, James R. Hébert, Andre Pascal Kengne

Faculty Publications

Background: It has been suggested that trans fatty acids (TFAs) play an important role in cardiovascular diseases. We investigated the association between plasma TFAs and the dietary inflammatory index (DII) ™ in US adults.

Methods: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) participants with data on plasma TFAs measured from 1999 to 2010 were included. Energy-adjusted-DII ™ (E-DII ™) expressed per 1000 kcal was calculated from 24-h dietary recalls. All statistical analyses accounted for the survey design and sample weights.

Results: Of the 5446 eligible participants, 46.8% (n = 2550) were men. The mean age of the population was 47.1 …

Rating Game – Inflation Detection, Audit Design, And Technology Adoption On The Nursing Home Compare System, Xu Han

Doctoral Dissertations

The Nursing Home Compare System supported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is being widely used by patients, medical providers and payers. However, evidence suggests that the rating system is prone to self-reporting inflation, leading to biased and misleading ratings. This dissertation consists of three essays analyzing a series of issues that arise in this rating system, including inflation detection, performance evaluation, audit design, and technology adoption.

In the first essay, we use data over 2009-2013 for 1219 California nursing homes to empirically examine the key factors affecting a nursing home’s rating. We find a significant association …

Commencement Ceremonies, University Of North Florida

Commencement Printed Materials

Program for the Summer Commencement ceremonies.

Disparity In Maternal Health Services Among The Different Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria, Abubakar Sadiq Umar, Chinaro Kennedy, Hebatullah Tawfik, Daniel M. N. Okenu

Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences

Although the use of antenatal and other skilled maternal health delivery services in Nigeria was reported to be on the increase, this research explored whether geopolitical zone of residence and place of domicile are associated with the number of antenatal visits and place of delivery. A quantitative cross-sectional study based on secondary data from the Demographic and Health Survey was used to examine the relationship between women’s geopolitical zone of residence, place of domicile (rural/urban), and the number of antenatal visits (categorized as fewer than four or four or more) and delivery (home or health facility). A total of 33,385 …

Label Position And Its Impact On Willingness To Pay For Products Containing Genetically Modified Organisms, Ruskin Gautam

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

Food labels play an important role in communicating information. Labels provide information about production techniques, nutrition and ingredient information, and quality of a product (i.e. federal grade standards for eggs, U.S.D.A. quality grades on beef and pork). These are some of the key product attributes that consumers seek while making purchasing decisions. However, labels can be confusing and misleading and at times consumers simply ignore them. Research on the placement and effectiveness of labels conducted over the past few decades have found that information on the label influences buying habits. Food manufacturers could strategically use or place such attributes of …

The Effectiveness Of Structured Educational Modules For Primary School Teachers On The Knowledge And Skills In Identification Of Common Mental Health Problems In Selected Schools Of Bangalore District, Esther Shirley Daniel

Dissertations

The teacher plays a significant role in the promotion of the health of the children. Teachers spend most of the school hours with children and are familiar with them. They can detect the signs and symptoms of common mental health problems at the earliest in the classroom setting. It is expected that out of 51 lakh children (6-11 years of age), approximately 5 lakh (9.8 %) children suffer from mental health problems in Karnataka. But there is no organized school mental health programme for teachers in Karnataka. There is no record of active participation of teachers in the school mental …

Unearthing Childhood: The Archeology Of Children In North America, Christine S A Vigeant

Anthós

The Archaeology of Childhood is a relatively recent focus of archaeological inquiry. An interest in prehistoric childhood comes on the heels of and as a necessary extension of feminist archaeology (Baxter 2008). Archaeological research in the past has largely ignored prehistoric children, or considered them only in the context of site formation processes or child burials (Schwartzman 2006). This neglect of prehistoric children was due to a belief that children were invisible in the archaeological record, because of their unpredictable behavior and their inactivity in the world of adults. They were thought to be passive participants rather than active influencers …

Supports For Parents Of Children With An Intellectual Disability: The Social Care Worker’S View, Christine Barretto, Catherine Byrne, Mairead Delaney, Aine Harrington, Kira Kazokova

Journal of Social Care

The aim of this research was to explore how social care workers view their role in providing support to parents of children or adults with an Intellectual Disability. The data was collected using semi-structured individual interviews with two practising Social Care Workers with experience working in Intellectual Disability Services, who were part of the research team. It was found that Social Care Workers view themselves as having a role in supporting parents with a child or adult with ID, even where the primary service user engaged with their organisation, was the child or adult with ID. However, while this was …

Bridging The Gap: An Integrated Approach To Facilitating Foundational Learning Of Neuroanatomy And Neurophysiology In Graduate-Level Speech-Language Pathology Coursework, Lisa A. Vinney, Jennine M.T. Harvey

Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders

The current study examined whether the integration of foundational neuroanatomy and neurophysiology content, across a pair of medically-based, disorder-specific courses (motor speech disorders and aphasia), promoted students’ abilities to describe common neurological constructs and apply them to clinical cases. Specifically, student responses to case questions were rubric-scored following their completion of five neuroanatomy and neurophysiology online modules independently and after in-class instructional augmentation of each module’s content. Students’ own perceptions of this integrated curriculum were also surveyed and coded into themes. Rubric scores, evaluating content knowledge of the brainstem, spinal cord, and the neuron, significantly improved from post-module to after …

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Copd), Jenna Trimmer

Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)

COPD is said to be unappreciated with half of COPD patients going undiagnosed or under treated. The research of this assignment will help to increase the APNs knowledge of the disease, its pathophysiology, presentation of symptoms, and disease management for better patient outcomes.

Shopping For Food In Nonmetropolitan Nebraska: 2017 Nebraska Rural Poll Results, Rebecca J. Vogt, Cheryl A. Burkhart-Kriesel, Randolph L. Cantrell, Bradley Lubben, L.J. Mcelravy, Timothy Meyer, Vanessa Wielenga

Rural Futures Institute: Publications

Conclusion

Rural Nebraskans purchase their food from a variety of stores. Almost four in ten buy most of their food from a supercenter (like Wal-Mart or Costco). Just over three in ten typically shop at a supermarket and just under three in ten buy most of their food at a small grocery store. Differences in the type of store most utilized occur by community size. Persons living in or near larger communities are more likely than persons living in or near smaller communities to purchase the majority of their food from either a supermarket or supercenter.

Persons living in or …

White-Nose Syndrome Pathology Grading In Nearctic And Palearctic Bats, Jiri Pikula, Sybill K. Amelon, Hana Bandouchova, Tomáš Bartonička, Hana Berkova, Jiri Brichta, Sarah Hooper, Tomasz Kokurewicz, Miroslav Kolarik, Bernd Köllner, Veronika Kovacova, Petr Linhart, Vladimir Piacek, Gregory G. Turner, Jan Zukal, Natália Martínková

KIP Articles

No abstract provided.

Blazer Football Kicks Off Its Comeback, Staff

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Sepsis, Sarah Jones

Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)

Sepsis is a dysregulation of the inflammatory response, termed systemic inflammatory response syndrome or SIRS, caused by stimulation of an infectious process. Sepsis often leads to organ dysfunction and increased morbidity, mortality and financial burdens. The goal of treatment is to initiate appropriate antimicrobial therapies, target the underlying infection, optimize intravascular volume, provide fluid resuscitation and maintain adequate perfusion and stroke volume (Taeb, Hooper & Marik, 2017).

Timing of treatment and early detection of sepsis is critical to patients with early warning signs. Sharing this information and potentially making a difference in the outcomes of patients presenting with early signs …

Microbiome Analysis Of Two Sympatric Fungus-Gardening Ants, Trachymyrmex Septentrionalis And Trachymyrmex Turrifex, Mattea Allert

Biology Theses

The fungus gardening-ant system is considered a complex, multi-tiered symbiosis between the ants, their fungus, and their corresponding microbes. We examine the bacterial microbiome of Trachymyrmex septentrionalis and Trachymyrmex turrifex ants and their corresponding fungus, using 16S rRNA, over a large geographical region to determine if horizontal transmission was occurring. The goals of this study was to determine how the ant microbiome was transmitted and how the fungus microbiome was transmitted. We determined that the microbiomes of T. septentrionalis and T. turrifex ants were different because of the species, while the microbiomes of T. septentrionalis and T. turrifex fungi were …

Statewide Child Development Account Policies: Key Design Elements, Margaret M. Clancy, Sondra G. Beverly

Center for Social Development Research

Child Development Accounts (CDAs) aim to build assets for postsecondary education. Unlike many asset-building programs, CDAs were explicitly conceived to be universal (every child is included) and progressive (greater support for disadvantaged children). Four states have created statewide CDAs—Baby Scholars in Connecticut, the Harold Alfond College Challenge in Maine, College Kick Start in Nevada, and CollegeBoundbaby in Rhode Island. In this policy report, we describe these CDAs to provide perspective and inform new initiatives. We begin by identifying 10 key CDA policy design elements originally modeled by the CDA in the SEED for Oklahoma Kids experiment. By modeling key design …

Journals Analysis In The Field Of Literature On Vascular Diseases In Children, Kotti Thavamani

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper presents the analysis of core journals and subject-wise coverage of journals in the field of Vascular Diseases in Children for the period from 2012 to 2016 in the MEDLINE data which are covered in the Pubmed. The purpose of this study is to ascertain the core journals and its subject-wise coverage of journals in the field of Vascular Diseases in Children. It is found that the maximum number of records (6223) was published during the year 2015. The majority of the records were journal articles. 43 journals grouped in zone-1 published 4122 journal articles. In the second zone …

Assessment Of Plasma Selenium-Binding Protein-1 Level In Geriatric Population, Anisa F. Dewi, Lazuardhi Dwipa, Ronny Lesmana

Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy Research

Geriatric physiologically undergoes aging process that can cause decreasing cell function
and increasing risk of degenerative diseases caused by the accumulation of reactive oxygen
species (ROS) in the body. Selenium (Se) is an antioxidant, which is needed for maintaining
the balance of ROS. The aim of this study was to observe the selenium-binding protein
(SELENBP1) level in relation with the geriatric patients charcateristics including sex, age,
body mass index (BMI), activity of daily living (ADL), instrumental activity of daily living
(IADL), cognitive function, nutrition, depression, and insomnia status. The study used
cross-sectional quantitative descriptive study design on 14 geriatric patients …

Depressive Symptoms And Length Of U.S. Residency Are Associated With Obesity Among Low-Income Latina Mothers: A Cross-Sectional Analysis, Ana Cristina Lindsay, Mary L. Greaney, Sherrie F. Wallington, Julie A. Wright, Anne T. Hunt

Public Health Faculty Publications

Latinos are the largest minority population group in the United States (U.S.), and low-income Latina women are at elevated risk of depression and obesity. Thus, the prevention of these two problems is a pressing public health concern in this population. Both depressive symptoms and obesity are modifiable factors that can be addressed by culturally relevant interventions. However, the association between depressive symptoms and obesity in Latina immigrant women is not well understood. Therefore, this cross-sectional study examined the association between depressive symptoms and obesity among Latina women of childbearing age (15–44). Participants (n = 147) were low-income, predominantly immigrant Latina …