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The Relationship Between Body Composition, Stress, And Academic Performance In First-Semester College Students, Josie Mansperger

Honors Projects

Background: Students often experience undesirable body composition changes, as well as previously unknown stressors, during the transition to college. This study characterizes the relationship between body composition, stress, and academic performance in the first semester of college.

Methods: At the beginning and end of their first semester, 54 students (59.2% female) completed in-person weight and fat assessment (bioelectrical impedance analysis), as well as online stress assessment (“academic stress” via the Inventory of College Students’ Recent Life Experiences, ICSRLE, and “perceived stress” via the Perceived Stress Scale, PSS). Grade point average (GPA) was obtained from the registrar. Paired t-tests were used …

Individual And Regional Factors That Affect Fertility Rates In Five Provinces Of Indonesia, Umi Lutfiah, Besral Besral, Milla Herdayati

Makara Journal of Health Research

Background: This research paper aims to investigate the individual and regional factors that affect fertility in Indonesia. Methods: This was a crossectional study that analysed data from the 2002-2003, 2007, and 2012 Indonesian Demographic and Health Surveys and the 2012 National Family Planning Coordinating Board Routine Report regarding contraceptive services. The selection criteria for the sample population were married women considered to be of child bearing age (between 15 and 49 years), who had delivered at least one child. Analysis was completed using multilevel logistic regression. Results: Results show that regional factors that affect fertility are influenced by the contraceptive …

Multidisciplinary Approaches To The Treatment Of Bariatric Patients, Hannah Plasterer

Senior Honors Theses

Bariatric care focuses on the treatment and prevention of obesity as a chronic disease. It encompasses a wide range of obesity interventions from diet and exercise to weight loss surgery. Due to the continuing rise in obesity, all health care professionals will encounter bariatric patients, and thus, it is important for all health-care professionals to be aware of bariatric considerations. There are many negative implications to increased obesity that affect both physical and psychological health. This thesis will present the rise and rates of obesity in America today, along with the health risks and morbidity statistics for those who fall …

Taxation Of Income On Professional Team Athletes, Crystal M. Williamson

Senior Honors Theses

Taxation of income for the average person can be a daunting task. However, for professional athletes, this task becomes even more tedious. Professional athletes face the jock tax. This means that athletes have to pay taxes in every state in which they play a game, practice, and perform a service that is part of their contract. Professional athletes, like every United States (U.S.) citizen, are required to pay both federal and state income taxes. Since professional athletes are constantly traveling, their state of residence becomes even more important when allocating their income to the respective state. Many question the constitutionality …

Factors Associated With Choking During Meals; A Risk Indicator For Repetitive Fevers In The Elderly Community, Takeshi Nishiyama, Emi Nagata, Takahiko Oho

Makara Journal of Health Research

Background: Choking during meals is a common symptom in the elderly, however the factors associated with it have not been fully clarified. In this study, we examined the factors associated with choking during meals. Methods: The oral health status and practices that promote oral health conditions was surveyed in 1305 community dwelling elderly using a self-administered questionnaire. Eight items including satisfaction with their oral condition, denture fit, chewing ability, tooth brushing frequency, dental visits, exercises to train muscles for chewing and swallowing, choking during meals, and repetitive fever were selected for analysis. Results: 25.1% of the subjects experienced choking during …

Sexual Behavior Among Orphaned Adolescents In Western Kenya: A Comparison Of Institutional-And Family-Based Care Settings, Lonnie Embleton, Joram Nyandat, David Ayuku, Edwin Sang, Allan Kamanda, Samuel Ayaya, Winstone Nyandiko, Peter Gisore, Rachel Vreeman, Lukoye Atwoli

Internal Medicine, East Africa

Purpose: This study sought to assess whether risky sexual behaviors and sexual exploitation of orphaned adolescents differed between family-based and institutional care environments in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya.

Methods: We analyzed baseline data from a cohort of orphaned adolescents aged 10–18 years living in 300 randomly selected households and 19 charitable children's institutions. The primary outcomes were having ever had consensual sex, number of sex partners, transactional sex, and forced sex. Multivariate logistic regression compared these between participants in institutional care and family-based care while adjusting for age, sex, orphan status, importance of religion, caregiver support and supervision, school attendance, …

Insights Into Stat5 Biology, Taylor Millar

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Urban Soils In Response To Flooding, Katherine Henry

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Comparing Attitudes And Perceptions Of Adolescent Mothers With Older Mothers, Lindsey Nicole Landry

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

The Persistence Of Hunger: A Sociological Look At How And Why Food Insecurity Exists In The United States, Sarah Katelynn Corie

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Louisiana Agriculture Spring, 2017, Lsu Agcenter

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

Fgf21 Mediates The Thermogenic And Insulin-Sensitizing Effects Of Dietary Methionine Restriction But Not Its Effects On Hepatic Lipid Metabolism, Desiree Wanders, Laura A. Forney, Kirsten P. Stone, David H. Burk, Alicia Pierse, Thomas W. Gettys

Faculty Publications

© 2017 by the American Diabetes Association. Dietary methionine restriction (MR) produces a rapid and persistent remodeling of white adipose tissue (WAT), an increase in energy expenditure (EE), and enhancement of insulin sensitivity. Recent work established that hepatic expression of FGF21 is robustly increased by MR. Fgf212/2 mice were used to test whether FGF21 is an essential mediator of the physiological effects of dietary MR. The MR-induced increase in energy intake and EE and activation of thermogenesis in WAT and brown adipose tissue were lost in Fgf212/2 mice. However, dietary MR produced a comparable reduction in body weight and adiposity …

Discovery And Fine-Mapping Of Adiposity Loci Using High Density Imputation Of Genome-Wide Association Studies In Individuals Of African Ancestry: African Ancestry Anthropometry Genetics Consortium, Maggie C.Y. Ng, Mariaelisa Graff, Yingchang Lu, Anne E. Justice, Poorva Mudgal, Ching Ti Liu, Kristin Young, Lisa R. Yanek, Mary F. Feitosa, Mary K. Wojczynski, Kristin Rand, Jennifer A. Brody, Brian E. Cade, Latchezar Dimitrov, Qing Duan, Xiuqing Guo, Leslie A. Lange, Michael A. Nalls, Hayrettin Okut, Salman M. Tajuddin, Bamidele O. Tayo, Sailaja Vedantam, Jonathan P. Bradfield, Guanjie Chen, Wei Min Chen, Alessandra Chesi, Marguerite R. Irvin, Badri Padhukasahasram, Jennifer A. Smith, Wei Zheng, Matthew A. Allison, Christine B. Ambrosone, Elisa V. Bandera

Faculty Publications

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified >300 loci associated with measures of adiposity including body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (adjusted for BMI, WHRadjBMI), but few have been identified through screening of the African ancestry genomes. We performed large scale meta-analyses and replications in up to 52,895 individuals for BMI and up to 23,095 individuals for WHRadjBMIfrom the African Ancestry Anthropometry Genetics Consortium (AAAGC) using 1000 Genomes phase 1 imputed GWAS to improve coverage of both common and low frequency variants in the low linkage disequilibrium African ancestry genomes. In the sex-combined analyses, we identified one novel locus (TCF7L2/HABP2) …

Influence Of Nutrient Availability And Sediment Supply On Productivity Of Spartina Patens, Shannon Matzke

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Pharmacy Newsletter : April 2017, Pharmacy Department

Department of Pharmacy Archives

Content:

• Antibiotic-Loaded Bone Cement (ALBC)
• Antimicrobials Induced Mental Changes
• Parenteral Applications of Ketogenic Diet Therapy

Cultivating The Concrete Jungle: Examining Urban Agriculture In The Motor City - Detroit, Mi, Sultan Muhammad

Masters Theses

The maintenance and development of sustainable food systems is becoming an essential aspect of maintaining an efficient urban environment. Likewise, addressing food and job security within America for the entirety of the population has proven difficult in the face of increasing poverty, particularly in urban areas. Urban agriculture has become a favored system of producing local fresh quality food, increasing employment opportunities, beautifying brown spaces and improving environmental conditions through the benefits of increased vegetation. UA exists in America, but as of yet have not sufficiently addressed the prevailing conditions of food insecurity, particularly within poor communities. This study will …

Mount Carmel Community Garden: Inspiring Community Growth Through Sustainable Food Production, Caitlin Deardorff, Julia Friedman, Charlotte Walton

Coal Region Field Station Student Projects

This entry includes two documents: a project report and a Community Garden Guide.

The project report provides an overview of the benefits of community gardens, with a specific analysis of how such a community endeavor could benefit the town of Mount Carmel. This includes a review of key stakeholders, identified goals, and an analysis of a community interest survey.

In addition, a separate Community Garden Guide compiles valuable and pertinent information that will be needed when creating a community garden. There are many templates and tools in this booklet to help guide community work. From community needs like the social …

Today - March / April 2017, Loma Linda University Health

TODAY

Inside this issue:

- Foundation for hospital construction project starts with 'Big Pour'
- Welcoming Alumni Home (pictorial)
- Homecoming kicks off with 'healthy people' event in healthiest community
- Adventist Church's Health Ministries director challenges alumni's ideas of service
- Research highlights featured during Homecoming weekend (pictorial)
- Homecoming vespers program spotlights history, future of outreach
- Alumni Come Together to Remember
- Loma Linda alumni share their talents
- Prayer Walk offers time for reflection
- Homecoming 5K honors memory of Soret, Schrader
- Black student group honors founder for promoting minority student opportunity
- Neurosurgery professor briefs …

An Examination Of Trans Fat Labeling: Splitting The Third & Ninth Circuit, Jack Gainey

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

At first glance, consumer claims alleging misleading labeling would seem to find a simple resolution. Under 21 U.S.C. § 343, which governs misbranded food, a food product is misbranded if “its labeling is false or misleading.” However, controversial interpretation of seemingly straightforward statutory language, together with evolving case law, have blurred a once clear picture. Disagreement over the federal preemption of consumer claims regarding trans fat, underscored by a dispute regarding standing, have combined to create a divergence of opinions between courts across the country.

In 2011, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California considered a …

Disappearance And Appearance Of An Indigestible Marker In Feces From Growing Pigs As Affected By Previous- And Current-Diet Composition, Brandy M. Jacobs, John F. Patience, Merlin D. Lindemann, Kenneth J. Stalder, Brian J. Kerr

Animal and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

Background: Indigestible markers are commonly utilized in digestion studies, but the complete disappearance or maximum appearance of a marker in feces can be affected by diet composition, feed intake, or an animal’s BW. The objectives of this study were to determine the impact of previous (Phase 1, P1) and current- (Phase 2, P2) diet composition on marker disappearance (Cr) and appearance (Ti) in pigs fed 3 diets differing in NDF content.

Results: When pigs were maintained on the 25.1, 72.5, and 125.0 g/kg NDF diets, it took 5.1, 4.1, and 2.5 d, respectively, for Cr levels to decrease below the …

Unl Emeriti And Retirees Association Newsletter, Fall 2016

UNL Emeriti and Retirees Association: Newsletters and Other Materials

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Emeriti and Retirees Association Newsletter, Spring 2017

Nutrition Labeling In The United States And The Role Of Consumer Processing, Message Structure, And Moderating Conditions, J. Craig Andrews, Scot Burton, Laurel Aynne Cook

Marketing Faculty Research and Publications

It has been since 1990 that the landmark Nutritional Labeling Education Act (NLEA) was passed in the United States, and since 1969 that the first White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health occurred. In the time since these important events, considerable research has been conducted on how U.S. consumers process and use nutritional labeling. An up-to-date review of nutritional labeling research must address key findings on the processing and use of nutrition facts panels (NFPs), restaurant labeling, front-of-pack (FOP) symbols, health and nutrient content claims, new labeling efforts (e.g., for meat products), and claims not regulated by the U.S. …

Social Franchising And A Nationwide Mass Media Campaign Increased The Prevalence Of Adequate Complementary Feeding In Vietnam: A Cluster-Randomized Program Evaluation, Rahul Rawat, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Lan Mai Tran, Nemat Hajeebhoy, Huan Van Nguyen, Jean Baker, Edward A. Frongillo Jr., Marie T. Ruel, Purnima Menon

Faculty Publications

Rigorous evaluations of health system-based interventions in large-scale programs to improve complementary feeding (CF) practices are limited. Alive & Thrive applied principles of social franchising within the government health system in Vietnam to improve the quality of interpersonal counseling (IPC) for infant and young child feeding combined with a national mass media (MM) campaign and community mobilization (CM). We evaluated the impact of enhanced IPC + MM + CM (intensive) compared with standard IPC + less-intensive MM and CM (nonintensive) on CF practices and anthropometric indicators. A cluster-randomized, nonblinded evaluation design with cross-sectional surveys ( = ∼500 children aged 6-23.9 …

Sustainability Practices Of Multinational Enterprises In Developing Countries: A Comparative Analysis Of Coca-Cola Company And Pepsico Inc., Hope K. Torkornoo, Komla D. Dzigbede

Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective

Recent scholarly discussions on corporate social responsibility have focused extensively on sustainability. Corporate strategies and practices are sustainable if they create long-term value in the economic, social, cultural, and physical environments within which corporations operate. Despite the growth in scholarly interest, studies on sustainability tend to focus exclusively on the intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of sustainability initiatives and on the measurement of sustainability performance. Few studies to date have examined the sustainability practices of competing global corporations within developing country contexts. This paper compares the sustainability practices of Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo Inc. in developing countries. It uses text analysis …

Crispr: Redefining Gmos—One Edit At A Time, Eric E. Williams

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.

Agricultural And Food Law—Food Labeling And Biotechnology—The Food Fight Over Labeling Genetically Engineered Foods And A Natural Solution To Protect Agricultural Biotechnology In The Natural State, Katie W. Branscum

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.

Neighbors Link's Parent-Child Together Program: Supporting Immigrant Parents' Integration To Promote School Readiness Among Their Emergent Bilingual Children, Carola Otero Bracco, Judith Eisenberg

Publications and Research

The authors of this article describe Neighbors Link, a multi-service community and worker center in suburban Westchester County, NY. This organization created Parent-Child Together in the belief that supporting immigrant parents' integration and social inclusion, in activities that also engage long-term community residents, would improve school readiness outcomes for preschool children. A key assumption in the program design is that immigrant parents are best supported when teaching respects their home language and incorporates their home culture and customs. Among the program's positive results has been greater acceptance of the assets and strengths that immigrants bring to the community. The community, …

Etsu Today - Spring 2017, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU Today [magazine]

Through the passage of time over the past 105 years on our campus, much change has occurred. We opened as East Tennessee State Normal School in 1911 to prepare teachers. As the institution underwent a series of name changes – East Tennessee State Teachers College, State Teachers College, East Tennessee State College, and finally East Tennessee State University – our campus transformed as well. New academic departments were added, buildings were constructed, athletic teams were formed, and our student population grew. In July 1972, ETSU was placed under the governance of the Board of Regents. Just two years later, the …

Total Wellness Of Turkish International Students In The U.S. : Perceptions And Inherent Growth Tendencies, Mehmet Avci

Dissertations

The international student population in the United States has increased exponentially over the past decade. Students are coming from many countries including Turkey who often face stressors proper of migration such as cultural uprooting, family disruption and identity challenges that might influence their wellness while in America. The total impact that this academic adventure has on Turkish’s international students is not well known as there is a dearth of scientific data addressing their total wellness and specially their psychological wellbeing from a holistic perspective. This research study examined the perceived total wellness of Turkish students living in the USA. Survey …

Susceptibility Loci Of Cnot6 In The General Mrna Degradation Pathway And Lung Cancer Risk-A Re-Analysis Of Eight Gwass., Fei Zhou, Yanru Wang, Hongliang Liu, Neal Ready, Younghun Han, Rayjean J Hung, Yonathan Brhane, John Mclaughlin, Paul Brennan, Heike Bickeböller, Albert Rosenberger, Richard S Houlston, Neil Caporaso, Maria Teresa Landi, Irene Brüske, Angela Risch, Yuanqing Ye, Xifeng Wu, David C Christiani, Gary Goodman, Chu Chen, Christopher I Amos, Qingyi Wei

Articles, Abstracts, and Reports

PURPOSE: mRNA degradation is an important regulatory step for controlling gene expression and cell functions. Genetic abnormalities involved in mRNA degradation genes were found to be associated with cancer risks. Therefore, we systematically investigated the roles of genetic variants in the general mRNA degradation pathway in lung cancer risk.

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Meta-analyses were conducted using summary data from six lung cancer genome-wide association studies (GWASs) from the Transdisciplinary Research in Cancer of the Lung and additional two GWASs from Harvard University and deCODE in the International Lung Cancer Consortium. Expression quantitative trait loci analysis (eQTL) was used for in silico …