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Consequences Of Community Water Fluoridation Cessation For Medicaid Eligible Children And Adolescents, Jennifer Meyer

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Oral health impacts general health and well-being throughout the lifespan. Recent trends in the United States towards cessation of community water fluoridation (CWF) may increase disparities in oral health. The purpose of this quantitative retrospective cohort study was to analyze Medicaid dental claims records for caries related procedures among 0 to18-year-old patients during an optimal CWF year 2003 (n = 854) and compare them to claims records from 2012 (n = 1,053), 5 years after CWF was ceased. The theoretical framework of this study was the diffusion of innovations theory. Statistically significant results included higher mean number of caries related …

Addressing Barriers To Hepatitis C Treatment Initiation In Kentucky Clinic, Moaz Abdelwadoud

Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)

Introduction. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the most prevalent blood borne infection in the United States and its chronic infection has a high burden on the American healthcare system. Since 2014, the all-oral Directly Acting Antiviral (DAA)-based therapy has been established as the standardized curative treatment for HCV with unprecedented high effectiveness and tolerability. Nevertheless, there is a significant gap between the promise from DAAs benefits and the treatment initiation rates in the United States and Kentucky.

Objectives. The goal of this study is to improve the access to the all-oral DAA-based treatment among HCV patients seeking outpatient …

Exploring The Diversity Of Southwest Florida Fungi Through The Amplification Of The Internal Transcribed Spacer Region, Kristine Cerbone

Theses & ETDs

The kingdom Fungi consists of a largely diverse array of organisms responsible for the natural decomposition of organic compounds. These organisms are essential for every ecosystem on Earth and can be found all rural, urban and suburban communities. Classification of fungal species in a given environment provides insights into the condition of its ecosystem. In addition, these organisms provide sources of nutrition and alternatives to harsh chemical processes in industry use, such as in the production of paper. This thesis represents an attempt to begin the characterization of the diversity of Southwest Florida fungi in rural, urban and suburban environments …

Youth Empowerment And Self-Esteem For Minority Students Of Ballet, Jasmine M. Respress

Theses & ETDs

In this thesis, I examine how minority students react to being involved in an after school dance program that focuses on ballet. Ballet is a predominantly and historically white space. I look at how the minority youth’s self-esteem is formed, discuss how after school programs affect youth empowerment, and how body expectations influence dancers, especially young dancers of color. I support my claims with evidence gained through a mixed methods approach with includes participant observation, surveys and interviews. I ground my study in the existing literature on race, gender and the ideal body and youth empowerment programs. I will conclude …

Cultivating Resistance: An Ethnographic Study Of Herbal Activism And Solidarity, Sophia Schultz

Theses & ETDs

As an individual and community tool, herbalism has the potential to be used as a political statement. Herbalism acts as a catalyst for greater access in models of care that the United States healthcare system lacks. In this thesis I examine examples of free first aid and medic care in Central and South Florida through ethnographic research alongside Western herbalists. Through an activist anthropology framework, the study traces herbalists who use their practice to offer free herbal care to people of “vulnerable populations.” The goal of the thesis is to shed light on herbal activist work through understanding their models …

Manganese Limitation As A Mechanism For Reduced Decomposition In Soils Under Long-Term Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition, Emily D. Whalen

Master's Theses and Capstones

Long-term atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition has been shown to reduce leaf litter and lignin decomposition in forest soils, leading to an accumulation of soil carbon. Reduced decomposition has been accompanied by altered structure and function of fungal communities, the primary decomposers in forest ecosystems; however, a mechanistic understanding of fungal responses to chronic N enrichment is lacking. A reduction in soil and litter manganese (Mn) concentrations under N enrichment (i.e., Mn limitation) may explain these observations, because Mn is a cofactor and regulator of lignin-decay enzymes produced by fungi. We conducted a 6-month incubation study to evaluate the effect of …

Phylogenetic And Phylogeographic Analyses Reveal A Species Complex In The Estuarine Nudibranch Tenellia Adspersa, Amanda Sobel

Master's Theses and Capstones

Until recently, the nudibranch genus Tenellia (Nudibranchia: Fionidae) was thought to include a single or group of species restricted to temperate estuarine waters. Given the addition of numerous other species from recent studies, the genus now encompasses species from polar, temperate, and tropical oceans from oceanic to estuarine salinities. One such fionid, Tenellia adspersa, is found in temperate estuarine waters globally and its presence is ecologically important as its congeners are capable of decimating colonies of their hydroid prey within a single generation (approx. 20-60 days). The literature is historically vague and conflicted on the morphology, taxonomy, and geographic distribution …

Supplementation Of Sodium Butyrate To Post-Weaned Heifer Diets: Effects On Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, And Health, Emily Margaret Rice

Master's Theses and Capstones

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of varying levels of sodium, butyrate (SB) on the growth, digestibility, and health of post-weaned heifers. Forty Holstein, dairy heifers with a mean age of 84 d and average body weight (BW) of 100.88 kg were housed, in a naturally ventilated freestall barn. Heifers were blocked by birth date and randomly assigned, to 1 of 4 treatments in a completely randomized block design: (1) 100 g of soybean meal carrier, (control; CON); (2) 0.25 g SB/kg of body weight + carrier (0.25SB); (3) 0.50 g SB/kg of BW +, carrier …

Designing And Testing A Cost-Effective Device For The Harvest Of White Worms, Andrew S. Pompeo

Master's Theses and Capstones

Rising global populations are causing a food crisis that can only be solved with novel, sustainable methods of food production. Many countries, including the United States, are increasing their aquaculture production to meet the appetites of an increasing population. Alternative feeds for aquaculture are necessary to reduce the pressure on overfished forage fish species and create low cost feeds. White worms are an effective, sustainable live feed for several fish species and cost very little to cultivate. However, for white worms to be a competitive alternative feed, they need to be harvested from the soil in which they are cultivated …

Iron Metabolism Genes In Browsing And Grazing Rhinoceroses: Implications For Iron Overload Disorder, Lorien Salyer

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Projects

Iron overload disorder is a serious condition that affects many animals of conservation interest, including rhinoceroses. Iron overload disorder is only found in browsing rhinos (African black, Diceros bicornis, and Sumatran, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) but not in grazing species (African white, Ceratotherium simum, and greater one-horned, Rhinoceros unicornis). Iron overload is connected with many of the other health issues seen in captive browsing rhinoceroses, so it is vitally important that the iron metabolism process is studied to improve the existing husbandry procedures of these critically endangered animals. The objective of this study was to characterize genes related to …

Instructions For Authors, Discovery Editors

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

The Push Green Development Zone: Building Housing Equity From The Ground Up, Sam Magavern, Aaron Bartley

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Studying The Effect Of Corruption On Income Per-Capita Level In An Iv Estimation In Developing Countries, Hoda Hassaballa

Economics

Income per-capita is a measure of economic well-being. Through its effect on economic development, it can indirectly affect sustainable development. Hence, it is essential to study the determinants of Income per-capita Level. Recently, corruption level has played an influential role in determining income per-capita. However, theoretically and empirically its effect is still debatable. Besides the traditional determinants of income per-capita, the effect of corruption on Income percapita level is examined in a sample of developing countries between1996-2013. There is a potential endogeneity problem that arises from the two way relationship between corruption and income per capita levels which threatens internal …

Nsu Sharks Rx-Winter, 2017, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Sharks Rx

No abstract provided.

Ligands Of Therapeutic Utility For The Liver X Receptors., Rajesh Komati, Dominick Spadoni, Shilong Zheng, Jayalakshmi Sridhar

Faculty and Staff Publications

Liver X receptors (LXRs) have been increasingly recognized as a potential therapeutic target to treat pathological conditions ranging from vascular and metabolic diseases, neurological degeneration, to cancers that are driven by lipid metabolism. Amidst intensifying efforts to discover ligands that act through LXRs to achieve the sought-after pharmacological outcomes, several lead compounds are already being tested in clinical trials for a variety of disease interventions. While more potent and selective LXR ligands continue to emerge from screening of small molecule libraries, rational design, and empirical medicinal chemistry approaches, challenges remain in minimizing undesirable effects of LXR activation on lipid metabolism. …

National And Institutional Outcomes Data In Head And Neck Cancers, And Functional And Patient Reported Outcomes In Patients With Oropharyngeal Cancers, Ankit Kansal

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Background and Purpose: To determine the availability of outcomes data to head and neck cancer patients. To create a database of comprehensive information including demographics, process metrics, and outcomes for head and neck cancer patients who were diagnosed or treated at a Yale New Haven Hospital affiliate. To examine factors affecting functional and patient reported outcomes in patients with oropharyngeal cancers.

Materials and Methods: The websites of all NCI-designated Cancer Centers and all affiliated institutions were examined for publicly available data regarding head and neck cancer patients. For Yale data, IRB approval was obtained to use tumor registry data, as …

Novel Application Of Untargeted Metabolomics To Diseases Of Neurosurgical Significance, Alex Yang Lu

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Metabolomics, an emerging technique to study hundreds of small-molecule metabolites simultaneously, has been seldom applied to diseases of neurosurgical significance. We utilized metabolomics to explore two distinct questions: 1. to identify global metabolic changes and metabolite predictors of long-term outcome in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) patients, 2. to identify differential metabolites profiles of radiation necrosis vs. recurrent tumor of metastatic brain lesions post-Gamma Knife radiosurgery. The first study applied gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC-TOF) to cerebrospinal fluid samples collected from 15 high-grade aSAH patients (modified Fisher grades 3 and 4). Analysis was performed at two time points; metabolite levels …

The Prisonization Of America's Public Schools, Maryam Ahranjani

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.

On Health, Law, And Religion, Stacey A. Tovino

Scholarly Works

The Supreme Court recently decided a number of cases involving health, law, and religion, including Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, Zubik v. Burwell, and Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. These cases were important for understanding constitutional undue burden limitations and the boundaries of religious exercise during the Obama Administration. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court's recent opinions addressing health, law, and religion have little value for many health law professors and most practicing health care attorneys. These individuals, tasked with teaching and applying the thousands of federal and state statutes, regulations, and government guidance documents that address a wide …

(Anti)Poverty Measures Exposed, Francine J. Lipman

Scholarly Works

Few economic indicators have more salience and pervasive financial impact on everyday lives in the United States than poverty measures. Nevertheless, policymakers, researchers, advocates, and legislators generally do not understand the details of poverty measure mechanics. These detailed mechanics shape and reshape poverty measures and the too often uninformed responses and remedies. This Article will build a bridge from personal portraits of families living in poverty to the resource allocations that failed them by exposing the specific detailed mechanics underlying the Census Bureau’s official (OPM) and supplemental poverty measures (SPM). Too often, when we confront the problem of poverty, the …

Medicine@Yale January/February 2017 Volume 13, Issue 1, Yale School Of Medicine Office Of Communications

Medicine@Yale - development newsletter

Medicine@Yale : advancing biomedical science, education and health care was a print and online newsletter which published news about academics, research and philanthropy for alumni, donors, faculty, students and the general public. It was initially published 6 times a year and then changed to a quarterly schedule. The first issue came out June/Jul. 2005. The final issue was published in May/June 2022, vol. 17, issue 1. Published by Yale School of Medicine, Office of Communications.

Maping Collection Use: Using Massive Analysis Projects For Collections Analysis, Galadriel Chilton, Joelle Thomas, Alice Fairfield, Arta Dobbs, Elisabeth Umpleby, Dawn Cadogan

Library Staff Publications

From The Library Assessment Cookbook, edited by Aaron W. Dobbs (http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=12238, ISBN: 9780838988664), this recipe outlines the assessment of resources that are similar in size, scope, coverage, and typical user population. While this recipe was first used at an academic institution, it could be adapted for public, state, school, or special libraries.

Creating A Framework For Comprehensive Collection Assessment, Galadriel Chilton

Library Staff Publications

From The Library Assessment Cookbook, edited by Aaron W. Dobbs (http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=12238, ISBN: 9780838988664), this recipe outlines the objectives, project management framework, and deliverables created to enable a comprehensive review and assessment of the library's e-resources.

“The Co-Authors Of Pregnancy”: Leveraging Men’S Sense Of Responsibility And Other Factors For Male Involvement In Antenatal Services In Kinshasa, Drc, Michelle M. Gill, John Ditekemena, Aimé Loando, Vicky Ilunga, Marleen Temmerman, Franck Fwamba

Obstetrics and Gynaecology, East Africa

Background: Despite efforts to improve male involvement (MI), few male partners typically attend antenatal care (ANC). MI in ANC and interventions to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission have been demonstrated to be beneficial for the HIV-positive mother and her child. This study aimed to explore factors influencing partner attendance and highlight interventions with potential to improve MI within a Congolese context.

Methods: This was an exploratory, qualitative study conducted in two urban and two semi-urban catchment areas of Kinshasa, DRC in June–September 2016. Two women-only and two men-only focus group discussions (FGDs) were held; participants were recruited from ANC clinics and …

Needs And Experiences Of People Living With Hiv/Aids Regarding Implementation Of Community Home-Based Care Services In A Rural County In Western Kenya, Fletcher J. Njororai, Daniel Ganu, Caleb Nyaranga Kogutu

Health & Kinesiology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Community home-based care framework is an integral and integrated part of health care for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). This study aimed to report the needs and experiences of PLWHA receiving community home-based care in a rural population in Western Kenya. The sample size for the study was 373 PLWHA who were aged 18 and above, disclosed their HIV sero-status, and were receiving any of the CHBC services. The study was a cross-sectional exploratory and data was gathered over a period of four weeks. The findings revealed that needs were mainly what they lacked which include proper health care facilities; …

Nitrate-Rich Beetroot Juice Selectively Lowers Ambulatory Pressures And Ldl Cholesterol In Uncontrolled But Not Controlled Hypertension: A Pilot Study., Conor Kerley, Eamon Dolan, Liam Cormican

Articles

Background Dietary nitrate has been shown to increase nitrate/nitrite levels in multiple populations, with potential blood pressure lowering effects. However, there are few reports among hypertensives. Aims We aimed to assess the effect of daily nitrate in subject with controlled hypertension vs. uncontrolled hypertension. Methods On day 0, hypertensives wore an ambulatory BP monitor (ABPM) for 24h and fasting blood was taken. Subjects then consumed concentrated beetroot juice (12.9mmol nitrate) for 14 consecutive days. On day 14 subjects consumed their last nitrate dose after fasting blood was drawn and again had an ABPM for 24h. Results According to baseline ABPM, …

Quantification Of Copper Content With Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy As A Potential Indicator Of Offal Adulteration In Beef, Maria Piedad Casado-Gavalda, Yash Dixit, David Geulen, Raquel Cama-Moncunill, Xavier Cama-Moncunill, Maria Markiewicz-Keszycka, Patrick J. Cullen, Carl Sullivan

Articles

Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is an emerging technique in the field of food analysis which provides various advantages such as minimal sample preparation, chemical free, rapid detection, provision of spatial information and portability. In this study, LIBS was employed for quantitative analysis of copper content in minced beef samples spiked with beef liver over three independent batches. Copper content was determined with graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy (GFAAS) in order to obtain reference values for modelling. Partial least square regression (PLSR) was performed to build a calibration and validation model. A calibration model with a high Rcv2 of 0.85 …

The Pre-Collegiate Pipeline To Diversify The Nursing Workforce, Pamela L. Mccue

Open Access Dissertations

In the United States, increasing racial and ethnic diversity coupled with widening health care disparities have prompted growing concern about the lack of racial and ethnic diversity in the health professions. As the largest sector of the health care workforce who practice at all levels and settings of health care, the nursing profession has the potential to widely effect changes to reduce disparities. Yet only 19% of the registered nurse workforce reflects diversity, prompting a look at pre-collegiate pathways to a nursing career. Guided by Social Cognitive Career Theory, this study examined the pre-college factors that influenced student choice in …

Moderate-Load Muscular Endurance Strength Training Did Not Improve Peak Power Or Functional Capacity In Older Men And Women, Simon J. Walker, Greg G. Haff, Keijo K. Häkkinen, Robert U. Newton

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

The present study determined the effects of muscular endurance strength training on maximum strength and power, functional capacity, muscle activation and hypertrophy in older men and women. Eighty-one men and women acted as an intervention group while 22 acted as non-training controls (age range 64-75 y). Intervention training included super-sets (i.e., paired exercises, immediately performing the second exercises following completion of the first) with short rest intervals (30-60 s between sets) at an intensity of 50-60% one-repetition maximum (1-RM) for 15-20 repetitions. Concentric leg press actions measured maximum strength (1-RM) and concentric peak power. Functional capacity was assessed by maximum …

Exercise Preserves Physical Function In Prostate Cancer Patients With Bone Metastases, Daniel A. Galvao, Dennis R. Taaffe, Nigel Spry, Prue Cormie, David Joseph, Suzanne K. Chambers, Raphael Chee, Carolyn J. Peddle-Mcintyre, Nicolas H. Hart, Freerk T. Baumann, James Denham, Michael Baker, Robert U. Newton

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

The presence of bone metastases has excluded participation of cancer patients in exercise interventions and is a relative contraindication to supervised exercise in the community setting due to concerns of fragility fracture. We examined the efficacy and safety of a modular multi-modal exercise program in prostate cancer patients with bone metastases.Between 2012 and 2015, 57 prostate cancer patients (70.0 ± 8.4 years; BMI 28.7 ± 4.0 kg/m) with bone metastases (pelvis 75.4%, femur 40.4%, rib/thoracic spine 66.7%, lumbar spine 43.9%, humerus 24.6%, other sites 70.2%) were randomised to multi-modal supervised aerobic, resistance and flexibility exercises undertaken thrice weekly (EX, n …