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Und Today: March 2017, University Of North Dakota

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The Feasibility Of Using The Super Tracker Website For Behavior Changes In The Adolescent Population, Ebony Taylor, Diana Cuy Castellanos

Health and Sport Science Faculty Publications

Research suggests technology such as health websites may be a viable way to effect lifestyle behavior and promote health. Several websites utilize self-monitoring of physical activity and diet as well as provide health-related education as a method to impact behavior. One such site is the Super Tracker tool on ChooseMyPlate.gov, created by the United States Department of Health. The site was created to encourage healthy diet and physical activity within the US population. Therefore, the aim of this original research was to examine the acceptability and feasibility outcomes of a self-monitoring physical activity intervention delivered by the Super Tracker website …

Isokinetic Dynamometry And 1rm Tests Produce Conflicting Results For Assessing Alterations In Muscle Strength, Paulo Gentil, Fabricio Boscolo Del Vecchio, Antonio Paoli, Brad J. Schoenfeld, Martim Bottaro

Publications and Research

The purpose of this study was to compare strength gains in the lower limbs, assessed by one maximum repetition (1RM) and isokinetic peak torque (PT), in young men undergoing a resistance training (RT) program. Twenty-seven young men performed resistance training twice a week for 11 weeks. Training involved two exercises for the lower body, two for the upper body and one for the midsection performed with three sets of 8-12 repetitions to momentary muscle failure. Before and after the training period, participants performed the 1RM test in the 45° leg press and knee extension PT in isokinetic dynamometry. The Pearson …

The Manteca Yellow Bean: A Genetic Resource Of Fast Cooking And High Iron Bioavailability Phenotypes For The Next Generation Of Dry Beans (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.), Jason A. Wiesinger, Karen A. Cichy, Elad Tako, Jon J. Hart, Raymond P. Glahn

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) are a nutrient dense food produced globally as a major pulse crop for direct human consumption. Despite being rich in protein and micronutrients, long cooking times limit the use of dry beans worldwide, especially in regions relying on wood and charcoal as the primary sources of fuel for cooking, such as Sub-Sahara Africa and the Caribbean. Coincidently, these same regions also have high densities of women and children at risk for micronutrient deficiencies [1]. There is need for a fast cooking bean, which can positively impact consumers by reducing fuel cost and preparation time, …

Biomass And Yield Of Common Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.) As A Function Of The Nitrogen Source, José Alberto Salvador Escalante-Estrada, María Teresa Rodríguez-González

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

INTRODUCTION Beans in grain (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) are important for food due to its nutritional and medicinal properties. Thus, research that generates strategies to increase the yield is justified. Nitrogen fertilization has been determinant in increasing the yield of this legume (Escalante et al., 2015a). The farmers usually fertilizes with the nitrogen source available on the market, whether ammonium sulfate, ammonium nitrate, urea, etc. However, the results may be different depending on the source of nitrogen applied as reported Binoti et al. (2009). The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the nitrogen source on the biomass, …

Sensory And Instrumental Analysis In Snap Bean, Luiz Henrique Campos De Almeida, Guilherme R. Gomes, Luiz Abílio Ribeiro Alves, André Prechlak Barbosa, Eli Carlos De Oliveira

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

INTRODUCTION Snap Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) belongs to the family of legumes, for the production of this species is important vigor, yield, be resistant to diseases and pests; produce light green pods of shape and size that meet the requirements of the market; possess pleasant taste; have few wires or fibers, besides being a good source of protein for human nutrition (FILGUEIRA, 2013). Based on the economic importance of this activity in Brazil and that can make viable small farms, this work had the objective of sensory and instrumental evaluation of snap bean genotypes in order to verify which …

Exportation Rates Of Nutrients In Snap Bean With Indeterminate Growth Habit, Renan Ribeiro Barzan, João Pedro Silvestre, Hector Augusto Sandoval Contreras, Gustavo Adolfo De Freitas Fregonezi, Luiz Henrique Campos De Almeida

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

INTRODUCTION: The potential exportation of macronutrients in the harvested part of each crop is an important aspect to consider for programming the restitution of these mineral elements, avoiding their exhaustion in the soil (RAIJ, 2011). The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential exportation rates of nutrients by the harvested pods in a snap bean genotype with indeterminate growth habit, providing theoretical basis for the recommendations of restitution fertilization in the production systems with the cultivation of this vegetable crop.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: The experiment was carried in a greenhouse covered with polyethylene (150 μm thickness) in State …

Differential Response Of Fifteen Pinto Bean Cultivars To Two Nitrogen Rates, A. Alhasan, J. Heitholt

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

INTRODUCTION - Dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the main source of protein (20 to 25%) for most people in the world; protein from soybean is higher but is primarily use for livestock. Dry bean yield is often lower than 1000 kg ha^-1 in most dry bean producing regions except the US. Besides drought, low soil fertility and ineffective nitrogen (N) management strategies are the most important yield-limiting factors for dry bean production worldwide (Fageria et al., 2013). Use of N-efficient dry bean genotypes, optimal timing of N application(s), and identifying a costeffective N rate are good strategies …

Potassium Fertilization Influence In Anthracnose Control In Common Bean, Wallysson Nascimento Lima, Anatércia Ferreira Alves, Deurimar Herênio Gonçalves Júnior, Felipe Ferreira Da Silva, Alinne Da Silva, Wilson Araújo Da Silva

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

INTRODUCTION: The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) crop is affected by more than 200 diseases, capable to narrow the production and decrease the product quality physiological, nutritional and commercial, including anthracnose. The bean anthracnose, caused by the fungus Colletotrichum lindemuthianum (Sacc. & Magnus), is one of the most serious bean diseases, affecting susceptible cultivars worldwide (Bianchini et al., 1989). Potassium has a big relation with the incidence reduction and diseases severity in plants, acting in the inoculum potential reduction (Huber and Arny, 1985). Thus, the research objective was evaluating the severity and the bean anthracnose control under different levels …

Terminal Water Stress Imposed To Identify Drought Tolerant Mesoamerican Black Common Bean Breeding Lines In Southern Mexico, Francisco Javier Ibarra-Pérez, Rigoberto Zetina-Lezama, Oscar Hugo Tosquy-Valle, Ernesto López-Salinas

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

INTRODUCTION: Productivity of the dry bean crop is low in the humid tropical environments of southeastern Mexico, due in large part to the effect of different biotic and abiotic factors which reduce grain yield. The most important abiotic factor is the presence of terminal drought that occurs frequently after flowering, during pod filling stages and physiological maturity (Acosta-Gallegos et al., 1998), particularly in the crop season with residual moisture, which restrict yield and cause partial and severe losses in commercial crops. The development of improved varieties with resistance to this environmental factor is a viable alternative to increase yields of …

Changes In Underlying Determinants Explain Rapid Increases In Child Linear Growth In Alive & Thrive Study Areas Between 2010 And 2014 In Bangladesh And Vietnam, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Derek Headey, Edward A. Frongillo Jr., Lan Mai Tran, Rahul Rawat, Marie T. Ruel, Purnima Menon

Faculty Publications

Background: Child linear growth sometimes improves in both intervention and comparison groups in evaluations of nutrition interventions, possibly because of spillover intervention effects to nonintervention areas or improvements in underlying determinants of nutritional change in both areas.

Objective: We aimed to understand what changes in underlying socioeconomic characteristics and behavioral factors are important in explaining improvements in child linear growth.

Methods: Baseline (2010) and endline (2014) surveys from the Alive & Thrive impact evaluation were used to identify the underlying determinants of height-for-age z scores (HAZs) among children aged 24–48 mo in Bangladesh (n = 4311) and 24–59 mo …

Identification Of Black Common Bean Breeding Lines Adapted To Acid Soils Of Southern Veracruz, Mexico, Oscar Hugo Tosquy-Valle, Rigoberto Zetina-Lezama, Francisco Javier Ibarra-Pérez, Ernesto López-Salinas, Aurelio Morales-Rivera

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

INTRODUCTION In the area of Isla Plains and Juan Rodríguez Clara, located south of Veracruz, Mexico, beans are sown annually in low fertility acid soils, mainly Cambisols and Acrisols, of sandy texture, with pH lower than 5.0 and organic matter content less than 1.5%, which confer a low cation exchange capacity (Zetina et al., 2002). In this type of soil, low dry black bean seed yields are obtained, which may be lower than 300 kg ha^-1, particularly when there is a combined effect of soil acidity and drought (Tosquy et al., 2008). The objective of this research …

Water Regime Effects On Phenology And Seed Yield Of Two Common Bean Cultivars Grown In Durango, México, Rigoberto Rosales-Serna, Hilario Flores-Gallardo

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

INTRODUCTION: In the State of Durango, México, common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is the most important food product used for direct human consumption, after grain cooking. Common bean is cultivated mainly under rainfed conditions in despite of its decisive role in local economy, human nutrition and nutraceutical contribution for human health. Under rainfed conditions water shortage (intermittent drought) and yield losses in common beans are the main factors causing negative impacts on the farmer´s economy. Some attempts have been made to use common beans under irrigated conditions in order to improve water productivity and to stabilize seed yield. …

Voices Raised, Issue 50, University Of Dayton. Women's Center

Women’s Center Newsletter

Included in this issue: 50 issues strong; Women's history month, super she-roes; Alumna profile, Ashley Solomon; WGS students March on Washington; How gender affects health; An update on the director search.

Nebline, March 2017

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Feature: Extension’s Agricultural Apps Put Management Tools in Producers’ Hands

Food & Health

Farm & Acreage

Pests & Wildlife

Horticulture

Early Childhood

4-H & Youth

and other extension news and events

Proceedings Of The 44th Annual Meeting, Southern Soybean Disease Workers (March 8-9, 2017, Pensacola Beach, Florida), Terry Spurlock, Trey Price, Heather M. Kelly, Danise Beadle, Patricia Bollich, Tom Allen

Southern Soybean Disease Workers: Conference Proceedings

Contents

Agenda for March 8-9, 2017

Contributed papers

Soybean cyst nematode: current status, challenges and opportunities. G Tylka and K Bissonnette

Updates of the 2nd SCN (Soybean Cyst Nematode) Coalition. Albert Tenuta

Developing management zones for nematodes in soybean. C Overstreet, EC McGawley, DM Xavier-Mis, and M Kularathna

Microbial communities associated with long-term tillage and fertilizer management practices. AY Srour, J Hackman, RL Cook, JP Bond, and AM Fakhoury

Microbial profile of SDS-suppressive soils in soybean fields. AY Srour, LFS Leonardo, DK Malvick, JP Bond, and AM Fakhoury

Understanding the phytobiome; using strip trials and spatial analysis to determine concomitant …

Surgical Site Infection And Transfusion Rates Are Higher In Underweight Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients., Jorge Manrique, Antonia F. Chen, Md, Mba, Miguel M. Gomez, Mitchell Maltenfort, Phd, William J. Hozack Md

Rothman Institute Papers

BACKGROUND: Underweight (UW) patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty have exhibited higher complication rates, including infection and transfusion. No study to our knowledge has evaluated UW total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients. We, therefore, conducted a study to investigate if these patients are at increased risk for complications, including infection and transfusion.

METHODS: A case-control study was conducted using a prospectively collected institutional database. Twenty-seven TKA patients were identified as UW (body mass index [BMI] < 18.5 kg/m

RESULTS: The average BMI was 17.1 kg/m

CONCLUSIONS: Our study demonstrates that UW TKA patients have a higher likelihood of developing SSI and requiring blood transfusions. The …

Health Numeracy And Communicating Risk To Patients: Medical Students’ Risk Literacy And Attitudes Toward Statistics, Tina Moore

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Numeracy, a domain of health literacy, poses barriers to effective patient-provider communication including understanding risks and benefits for shared decision making. Best practices for conveying numeric information have been established; however, these skills are not embedded in current medical school curricula. Inadequate statistical literacy of physicians can lead to misinterpretation of risk and benefit data as well as poor communication with patients. Medical school curricula and pre-matriculation requirements for statistics varies. This quantitative, non-experimental, predictive, correlational study explored medical students’ risk literacy and attitudes toward statistics. The purpose was to examine the relationship between risk literacy as measured by the …

The Role Of Stress Factors In Skeletal Muscle Development, Growth, And Metabolism; Impacts Of Temporally Spaced Repetition On Long-Term Information Retention In An Anatomy And Physiology Course, Caitlin N. Cadaret

Department of Animal Science: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

We sought to identify the effect of sustained maternal inflammation at mid-gestation on fetal mortality, skeletal muscle growth, and development at term. Fetal rats had reduced total mass that coincided with impaired myoblast function, as myoD was reduced and myogenin expression was increased in hindlimb muscle. Fetuses also had increased circulating TNFα at term after maternal inflammation, which decreased TNFR and IL6R mRNA in muscle, reducing sensitivity to cytokines. These findings indicate that sustained maternal inflammation at mid-gestation impairs fetal skeletal muscle growth near-term due to changes in myoblast responsiveness to inflammatory regulation.

To evaluate the acute impact of inflammatory …

Green Tea Proanthocyanidins Cause Impairment Of Hormone-Regulated Larval Development And Reproductive Fitness Via Repression Of Juvenile Hormone Acid Methyltransferase, Insulin-Like Peptide And Cytochrome P450 Genes In Anopheles Gambiae Sensu Stricto, Jackson M. Muema, Steven G. Nyanjom, James M. Mutunga, Sospeter N. Njeru, Joel L. Bargul

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Successful optimization of plant-derived compounds into control of nuisance insects would benefit from scientifically validated targets. However, the close association between the genotypic responses and physiological toxicity effects mediated by these compounds remains underexplored. In this study, we evaluated the sublethal dose effects of proanthocyanidins (PAs) sourced from green tea (Camellia sinensis) on life history traits of Anopheles gambiae (sensu stricto) mosquitoes with an aim to unravel the probable molecular targets. Based on the induced phenotypic effects, genes selected for study targeted juvenile hormone (JH) biosynthesis, signal transduction, oxidative stress response and xenobiotic detoxification in addition to vitellogenesis in females. …

Risk Factors For Chronic Diseases And Multimorbidity In A Primary Care Context Of Central Argentina: A Web-Based Interactive And Cross-Sectional Study, David E.V. Olivares, Frank R.V. Chambi, Evelyn M.M. Chañi, Winston J. Craig, Sandaly O.S. Pacheco, Fabio J. Pacheco

Faculty Publications

© 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Global health agencies estimate an increase of chronic diseases in South America. Nevertheless, few studies have investigated chronic diseases and their risk factors in the perspective of multimorbidity. This research aimed to identify these aspects in a primary health care setting of central Argentina. The Pan America version of the STEP wise approach surveillance (STEPS) instrument of the World Health Organization was applied to 1044 participants, 365 men and 679 women, with a mean age of 43 years. High prevalence of overweight (33.5%), obesity (35.2%), central obesity (54%), dyslipidemia (43.5%), metabolic …

For Function Or Transformation? A Critical Discourse Analysis Of Education Under The Sustainable Development Goals, Radhika Mitter, Nigel O.M. Brissett

Sustainability and Social Justice

We conduct a critical discourse analysis of the extent to which Sustainable Development Goal 4, “to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all and promote lifelong learning,” promotes a utilitarian and/or transformative approach to education. Our findings show that despite transformative language used throughout the Agenda, the SDGs primarily espouse a pro-growth model of development and a utilitarian approach to education. We conclude that for SDG 4 to truly contribute to sustainable development and transformation, there must be a shift in the dominant educational discourse so that issues of social and environmental justice are placed at the heart of …

Articulating A Rights-Based Argument For Land Contract Disclosure, Jesse Coleman, Kaitlin Y. Cordes

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications

In March 2017, CCSI presented a working paper titled "Articulating a Rights-Basted Argument for Land Contract Disclosure" at the World Bank Land & Poverty Conference. The paper explores whether and how existing state obligations under human rights law require disclosure of land contracts and more transparent contracting processes around land investments. It focuses on the extent to which guidelines for responsible land-based investment, which encourage greater transparency, reflect existing host and home state obligations. Based on a review of relevant human rights law and authoritative interpretations thereof, the paper articulates rights-based arguments for land contract disclosure, based in particular on …

Flexibility And Balance: Solutions To The International Ip Problem, Ronald O'Leary

Journal of International Business and Law

No abstract provided.

Faster Self-Paced Rate Of Drinking For Alcohol Mixed With Energy Drinks Versus Alcohol Alone, Cecile A. Marczinski, Mark T. Fillmore, Sarah F. Maloney, Amy L. Stamates

Psychology Faculty Publications

The consumption of alcohol mixed with energy drinks (AmED) has been associated with higher rates of binge drinking and impaired driving when compared with alcohol alone. However, it remains unclear why the risks of use of AmED are heightened compared with alcohol alone even when the doses of alcohol consumed are similar. Therefore, the purpose of this laboratory study was to investigate if the rate of self-paced beverage consumption was faster for a dose of AmED versus alcohol alone using a double-blind, within-subjects, placebo-controlled study design. Participants (n = 16) of equal gender who were social drinkers attended 4 separate …

Effect Of Cigarette Smoke Exposure And Mutant Kras Overexpression On Pancreatic Cell Proliferation, Howard P. Glauert, R. Scott Elliott, Sung Gu Han, Mark Athey, Eun Young Lee, C. Gary Gairola

Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Faculty Publications

Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer‑associated mortality. The major risk factor for pancreatic cancer is cigarette smoking. Kras mutations are commonly observed in human pancreatic cancers. The present study examined the hypothesis that exposure to cigarette smoke and overexpression of a mutant Kras gene in the pancreas affects pancreatic cell proliferation in mice. Mice overexpressing the mutant Kras gene (KRas^G12D) in the pancreas as well as wild‑type mice were exposed to environmental tobacco smoke for 2 weeks. Overexpression of mutant Kras increased cell proliferation in pancreatic ductal, acinar and islet cells. Notably, cigarette smoke exposure …

Developmental Origins Of Cardiovascular Disease: Impact Of Early Life Stress In Humans And Rodents, Margaret O. Murphy, Dianne M. Cohn, Analia S. Loria

Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Faculty Publications

The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) hypothesizes that environmental insults during childhood programs the individual to develop chronic disease in adulthood. Emerging epidemiological data strongly supports that early life stress (ELS) given by the exposure to adverse childhood experiences is regarded as an independent risk factor capable of predicting future risk of cardiovascular disease. Experimental animal models utilizing chronic behavioral stress during postnatal life, specifically maternal separation (MatSep) provides a suitable tool to elucidate molecular mechanisms by which ELS increases the risk to develop cardiovascular disease, including hypertension. The purpose of this review is to highlight current epidemiological …

College Of Health Sciences Newsletter, March 2017, Irvin B. Harrell (Editor)

Ellmer College of Health Sciences Newsletters

March 2017 issue of Old Dominion University's College of Health Sciences Newsletter.

Taking Care Of The Fmla: Traveling With Family Members Under The Family And Medical Leave Act, Lindsay Korn

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Neuroimaging Biomarkers Of Caloric Restriction On Brain Metabolic And Vascular Functions, Ai-Ling Lin, Ishita Parikh, Jared D. Hoffman, David Ma

Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Faculty Publications

Purpose of Review

Non-invasive neuroimaging methods have been developed as powerful tools for identifying in vivo brain functions for studies in humans and animals. Here, we review the imaging biomarkers that are being used to determine the changes within brain metabolic and vascular functions induced by caloric restriction (CR) and their potential usefulness for future studies with dietary interventions in humans.

Recent Findings

CR causes an early shift in brain metabolism of glucose to ketone bodies and enhances ATP production, neuronal activity, and cerebral blood flow (CBF). With age, CR preserves mitochondrial activity, neurotransmission, CBF, and spatial memory. CR also …