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Diagnostic Performance Of Bone Metabolic Indexes For The Detection Of Stroke, Li-Ming Tan, Lu Wang, Juan-Juan Chen, Hua Li, Wen-Bo Luo

Saudi Medical Journal

Objectives: To explore the diagnostic performance of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), parathyroid hormone (PTH), bone alkaline phosphatase (BALP), and osteocalcin (OC) in predicting stroke. Methods: This retrospective survey was conducted in The Second Affiliated Hospital to Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China. involved 121 cerebral infarction patients and 103 cerebral hemorrhage patients as the experimental groups, 100 volunteers as the healthy control group and 80 brain trauma patients as the disease control group. The 25(OH)D, PTH, BALP, and OC levels of all participants were measured by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay. Results: The serum concentration of 25(OH)D in stroke patients was appreciably lower than …

Effects Of Ramadan Fasting On Moderate To Severe Chronic Kidney Disease: A Prospective Observational Study, Amaar A. Bakhit, Amr M. Kurdi, Junaid J. Wadera, Abdulkareem O. Alsuwaida

Saudi Medical Journal

Objectives: To examin the effect of Ramadan fasting on worsening of renal function (WRF). Method: This was a single-arm prospective observational study including 65 patients with stage 3 or higher chronic kidney disease (CKD). By definition, WRF was considered to have occurred when serum creatinine levels increased by 0.3 mg/dL (26.5 µmol/l) from baseline during or within 3 months after Ramadan. The study was conducted in the Nephrology Clinic of King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the month of Ramadan 1436 AH (Hijiri), which corresponded to June 18-July 17, 2015. Results: This study included 65 adults …

The Effect Of Wet Cupping On Quality Of Life Of Adult Patients With Chronic Medical Conditions In King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Eman A. El-Fiky, Samiha A. Mourad, Nahla Khamis Ibrahim, Abdullah M. Kaki, Sawsan M. Rohaiem, Mohamad H. Qari, Laila M. Tabsh, Adel A. Aljawhari

Saudi Medical Journal

Objectives: To assess the effect of wet cupping on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of adult patients with chronic medical conditions, who were referred to the Cupping Clinic of King Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAUH), Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: A controlled, quasi-experimental study design was carried out among 629 patients referred for cupping from the KAUH Specialty Clinics, during the period from January to December 2014. Patients in the intervention group (309 patients) completed a pre-test included WHO quality of life-BREF, received one wet-cupping session, and filled-out the post-test (1 month later). Patients in the control group (320 patients) …

The Saudi Clinical Practice Guideline For The Prophylaxis Of Venous Thromboembolism In Long-Distance Travelers, Fahad M. Al-Hameed, Hasan M. Al-Dorzi, Mohamed A. Abdelaal, Ali Alaklabi, Ebtisam Bakhsh, Yousef A. Alomi, Mohammad Al Baik, Salah Aldahan, Holger Schünemann, Jan Brozek, Wojtek Wiercioch, Andrea J. Darzi, Reem Waziry, Elie A. Akl

Saudi Medical Journal

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), including deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), is a preventable disease. Long distant travelers are prone to variable degree to develop VTE. However, the low risk of developing VTE among long-distance travelers and which travelers should receive VTE prophylaxis, and what prophylactic measures should be used led us to develop these guidelines. These clinical practice guidelines are the result of an initiative of the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia involving an expert panel led by the Saudi Association for Venous Thrombo Embolism (a subsidiary of the Saudi Thoracic Society). The McMaster …

Measles Jab Saves Over 20 Million Young Lives In 15 Years, But Hundreds Of Children Still Die Of The Disease Every Day

Saudi Medical Journal

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An Equal Rights Amendment For The Twenty-First Century: Bringing Global Constitutionalism Home, Julie C. Suk

Articles

The last few years have seen a renewed push to constitutionalize sex equality in the United States. A generation after the federal Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) failed to be ratified by the requisite number of states, the ERA is on the platform of the 2017 Women's March on Washington. Oregon added a sex equality guarantee to its state constitution in 2014, joining 22 state constitutions and most constitutions around the world. Feminist coalitions, Hollywood celebrities, and members of Congress are vocally endorsing an ERA revival. Why is an ERA desired now, when judges have interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment to prohibit …

Knowledge Activation For Patient Centered Care: Bridging The Health Information Technology Divide, Sajda Qureshi, Cherie Noteboom

Research & Publications

The provision of healthcare is a collaborative process. It follows evidence based treatments which are becoming increasingly data driven and focusing on the best clinical outcomes. Patient centered care requires participation of patients in the decision making of the best treatment options. Healthcare provision requires both evidence based and patient centered care. In practice, these two perspectives conflict with each other due to the use of an information technology designed primarily for billing purposes. Using the knowledge activation framework developed by Qureshi and Keen [25], we analyze data from two hospitals in the Midwest that aim to achieve quality of …

An Exploration Of Anchoring Female Millennial Students To An It Career Path: The Class Model, Cherie Noteboom, Pamela Rowland

Research & Publications

There has been much research conducted on the under-representation of women in Science, Technology, and Engineering & Math (STEM). Looking specifically at the area of Information Systems and Information Technology (IS/IT), women are largely under-represented in degree programs and the workforce. With the growth in the IS/IT workforce and the future demands of IS/IT career growth, the importance of understanding the perceptions and influences on the female IS/IT students grows. While there is research investigating the demographics of the IS/IT workforce, the relationship between female students and millennial influences has not been investigated. This research contends that addressing the demographic …

Antecedents To Managerial Preference For Agile Software Development Methods – A Research Plan, David Bishop, Pam Rowland, Cherie Noteboom

Research & Publications

Agile development methods are widely used and continue to grow in their adoption. A theoretical understanding of agile is needed. This research plan uses a Grounded Theory approach to develop antecedents to managerial preference for agile development methods. First, we provide the motivation for the research. Next, we provide a brief literature review to orient the research to the domain. Finally, we discuss the research methodology and research plan.

Simplexity: Plain Language And The Tax Law, Joshua D. Blank, Leigh Osofsky

Articles

In recent years, federal government agencies have increasingly attempted to use plain language in written communications with the public. The Plain Writing Act of 2010, for instance, requires agencies to incorporate "clear and simple" explanations of rules and regulations into their official publications. In the tax context, as part of its "customer service" mission, the Internal Revenue Service bears a "duty to explain" the tax law to hundreds of millions of taxpayers who file tax returns each year. Proponents of the plain language movement have heralded this form of communication as leading to simplicity in tax compliance, more equitable access …

A Tale Of Two Clinics: Similarities And Differences In Evidence Of The Clinic Effect On The Development Of Law Students' Ethical And Altruistic Professional Identities, Jonel Newman, Donald Nicolson

Articles

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The Separation Of Corporate Law And Social Welfare, William Wilson Bratton

Articles

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A Conceptual Framework For The Aesthetics Of Everyday Object Appreciation, Russell Quacchia

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

This essay takes up the topic of the aesthetics of everyday object experience. In doing so, it strings together a series of fairly complex topics as a conceptual framework. Its focus is upon the nature of certain core features that appear to be at work in giving rise to this kind of experience. It especially considers the role of such features as the aura property of phenomenal objects and the self-activation of aesthetic-interested attention. It gives a level of explanation to the crucial topic of why we tend to ignore taking an active interest in the aesthetic dimension of everyday …

Characterizing The Role Of Cpsa In Mycobacterial Pathogenesis, Amir Hassan

Undergraduate Research Symposium Posters

Mycobacterium tuberculosis infects one-third of the world’s population and causes an estimated 2 million deaths per year, more than any other single bacterial pathogen. The inadequacies of existing tuberculosis therapies demand the discovery of novel agents to treat M. tuberculosis infection, which requires mechanistic insight into the pathways involved in mycobacterial pathogenesis. We identified an unanticipated role of the M. tuberculosis protein CpsA in preventing phago-lysosome fusion by host macrophages, resulting in enhanced intracellular survival of bacteria within the host. Strains of M. tuberculosis lacking cpsA are severely attenuated in both macrophage and mouse models, thus establishing CpsA as a …

How Women Could Save The World, If Only We Would Let Them: From Gender Essentialism To Inclusive Security, Catherine Powell

Faculty Scholarship

We increasingly hear that empowering women and placing them in positions of leadership will lead to a safer, more prosperous world. The UN Security Council’s groundbreaking resolutions on Women Peace, and Security (WPS) — and U.S. law implementing these commitments — rest on the assumption that women’s participation in peace and security matters will lead to more sustainable peace, because women presumably “perform” in ways that reduce conflict, violence, and extremism. This idea is of heightened importance today because women are still vastly underrepresented in positions of leadership in the peace and security field, having yet to “shatter that highest …

The Price Of Judicial Economy In The Us, Bruce A. Green

Faculty Scholarship

In the US, courts widely perceive that judicial scarcity is a common problem threatening the fair and timely resolution of disputes. Courts cite the attendant interest in judicial economy to justify interpreting the procedural and substantive law to reduce the judicial workload or accelerate the resolution of cases. But courts’ assumption that there are too few judges to handle the current caseload is hard to substantiate. First, it may not be possible to infer from excessive judicial backlogs or other perceived judicial deficiencies that a shortfall of judges is to blame. Second, even when one confidently perceives that a judicial …

One Day This Kid Will Get Larger, Danny Orendorff

DePaul Art Museum Publications

One day this kid will get larger
Edited by Danny Orendorff
Designed by Charles Ryan Long

Table of Contents
Director’s Forward – Julie Rodrigues Widholm
One day this kid will get larger – Danny Orendorff
Artist Project: Untitled (our fight has just begun) – Rami George
“For My Daughter” – Shan Kelley
“On Borrowed Time – Revisited” – Katja Heinemann
“Reflections On Another Image: Black Teens Coming of Age” – Lenn Keller
Artist Project: A Repetition of Survival – Demian DinéYazhi’
Artist Project: You Came Here – Demian DinéYazhi’

Relationships Between Access To Mobile Devices, Student Self-Directed Learning, And Achievement, Scott R. Bartholomew, Edward M. Reeve, Raymond Veon, Wade Goodridge, Victor R. Lee, Louis Nadelson

Applied Sciences, Technology and Education Faculty Publications

Today’s students are growing up in a world of constant connectivity, instant information, and ever-changing technological advancements. The increasingly ubiquitous nature of mobile devices among K–12 students has led many to argue for and against the inclusion of these devices in K–12 classrooms. Arguments in favor cite instant access to information and collaboration with others as positive affordances that enable student self-directed learning.

In this study, 706 middle school students from 18 technology and engineering education classes worked in groups of 2–3 to complete an open-ended engineering design challenge. Students completed design portfolios and constructed prototypes in response to the …

Design And Development Of An Educational Intervention On Nurse Perceptions Of Caring, John S. Norris Iii

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Caring is central to the nursing profession and important to patients and family members who expect nurses to display caring attributes. The acute care hospital in this study did not have an education program on caring practices for nursing staff although the organization acknowledged the importance of and need for a culture of caring practices in the organization. The purpose of this project was to design an educational program based on Watsons' theory of caring for registered nurses at the acute care hospital where the project took place. Rosswurm and Larrabee's model for change and Watson's theory of caring were …

Cyber-Security Policy Decisions In Small Businesses, Joanna Patterson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Cyber-attacks against small businesses are on the rise yet small business owners often lack effective strategies to avoid these attacks. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the strategies small business owners use to make cyber-security decisions. Bertalanffy's general systems theory provided the conceptual framework for this study. A purposive sample of 10 small business owners participated in the interview process and shared their decision-making methodologies and influencers. The small business owners were vetted to ensure their strategies were effective through a series of qualification questions. The intent of the research question and corresponding interview questions …

User-Focused, User-Led: Space Assessment To Transform A Small Academic Library, Christina Hillman, Kourtney Blackburn, Kaitlyn Shamp, Chenisvel Nunez

Lavery Library Faculty/Staff Publications

Objective – By collecting and analyzing evidence from three data points, researchers sought to understand how library spaces are used. Researchers have used results for evidence based decision making regarding physical library spaces.

Methods – Undergraduate researchers, sociology faculty, and librarians used mixed-methods to triangulate findings. Seating sweeps were used to map patrons’ activities in the library. Student-led focus groups discussed patterns of library use, impressions of facilities, and library features and services. The final step included a campus survey developed from seating sweeps and focus group findings.

Results – Seating sweeps showed consistent use of the library's main level …

A Challenge To Bleached Out Professional Identity: How Jewish Was Justice Louis D. Brandeis?, Russell G. Pearce, Adam B. Winer, Emily Jenab

Touro Law Review

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Touro Law Review

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Long Live The Student-Edited Law Review, Mary Garvey Algero

Touro Law Review

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Fostering Student Authorship, Amy R. Mashburn, Sharon E. Rush

Touro Law Review

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99 Problems And The Bitchin' Is One: A Pragmatist's Guide To Student-Edited Law Reviews, Joëlle Anne Moreno

Touro Law Review

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Finding Purpose: Perspective From A "Non-Elite" Journal, Jonathan F. Will

Touro Law Review

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"Facts Are Stubborn Things": Protecting Due Process From Virulent Publicity, Benjamin Brafman, Darren Stakey

Touro Law Review

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Redefining The Standard: Who Can Be A Person Legally Responsible For The Care Of A Child Under The Family Court Act?, Alexsis Gordon

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.

Computer Systems Fraud - Computer Systems Fraud In The Era Of Big Data And Ehrs, John Sepulveda

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.