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Human Ancestry Indentification Under Resource Constraints -- What Can One Chromosome Tell Us About Human Biogeographical Ancestry?, Tanjin T. Toma, Jeremy M. Dawson, Donald A. Adjeroh

Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Background: While continental level ancestry is relatively simple using genomic information, distinguishing between individuals from closely associated sub-populations (e.g., from the same continent) is still a difficult challenge. Methods: We study the problem of predicting human biogeographical ancestry from genomic data under resource constraints. In particular, we focus on the case where the analysis is constrained to using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from just one chromosome. We propose methods to construct such ancestry informative SNP panels using correlation-based and outlier-based methods. Results: We accessed the performance of the proposed SNP panels derived from just one chromosome, using data from the …

Leading Art'full'y, Stacie Boord

Leadership Hour at Otterbein University

Stacie Boord’s work experience encompasses almost 30 years as an effective communication, sales, and arts administration professional as well as a performer and instructor for Shadowbox Live. This experience includes, but is not limited to project development and management, non-profit fundraising, media relations, corporate sales, education and personnel management. Stacie is responsible for project managing the company's artistic collaborations.

The Japan University Experience Survey (Jues), Darren Matthews, Leyna Clarke

Higher education research

An overview of the Japan University Experience Survey (JUES) including its background and aims, and the ACER - Kawaijuku Group partnership. The presentation discusses the development, delivery, reporting and results of the survey, and considers Japanese and Australian UES/SES comparisons and the potential for benchmarking.

Spartan Daily, November 20, 2018, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2018

Volume 151, Issue 38

Using The Immediate Blood Pressure Benefits Of Exercise To Improve Exercise Adherence: A Pilot Study, Amanda Zaleski

Doctoral Dissertations

A single exercise session evokes blood pressure (BP) reductions that are immediate and persist for ≥24hr, termed postexercise hypotension (PEH). Self-monitoring of PEH may foster positive outcome expectations of exercise, and thus, enhance exercise adherence among adults with hypertension. PURPOSE: To compare the efficacy of self-monitoring of exercise (EXERCISE) versus exercise plus PEH (EXERCISE+PEH) to improve exercise adherence and BP control among adults with hypertension. METHODS: Adults with high BP were randomized to EXERCISE (n=12) or EXERCISE+PEH (n=12). Subjects underwent supervised, moderate intensity aerobic exercise training for 40-50min/session, 3d/wk for 12wk and were encouraged to exercise unsupervised at home ≥30min/d, …

Preventing Compassion Fatigue In Oncology Nurses By Increasing Knowledge On Stress Reduction Techniques, Logan Michelle Baker

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

No abstract provided.

Evolution Of Bidirectional Costly Mutualism From Byproduct Consumption, Lon Chubiz, William Harcombe, Jeremy Chacón, Elizabeth Adamowicz, Christopher Marx

Biology Department Faculty Works

Mutualisms are essential for life, yet it is unclear how they arise. A two-stage process has been proposed for the evolution of mutualisms that involve exchanges of two costly resources. First, costly provisioning by one species may be selected for if that species gains a benefit from costless byproducts generated by a second species, and cooperators get disproportionate access to byproducts. Selection could then drive the second species to provide costly resources in return. Previously, a synthetic consortium evolved the first stage of this scenario: Salmonella enterica evolved costly production of methionine in exchange for costless carbon byproducts generated by …

It Is Time To Kill The Economic Theory Of Suicide, Gary N. Smith

Pomona Faculty Publications and Research

A seminal paper by Hamermesh and Soss modeled suicide as a rational economic decision based on a comparison of the financial costs and benefits of staying alive. This study investigates the theoretical and empirical validity of that model.

Usf Deans Visit Lvhn, Lehigh Valley Health Network

LVHN Daily

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Bafopathies' Dna Methylation Epi-Signatures Demonstrate Diagnostic Utility And Functional Continuum Of Coffin-Siris And Nicolaides-Baraitser Syndromes., Erfan Aref-Eshghi, Eric G Bend, Rebecca L Hood, Laila C Schenkel, Deanna Alexis Carere, Rana Chakrabarti, Sandesh C S Nagamani, Sau Wai Cheung, Philippe M Campeau, Chitra Prasad, Victoria Mok Siu, Lauren Brady, Mark A Tarnopolsky, David J Callen, A Micheil Innes, Susan M White, Wendy S Meschino, Andrew Y Shuen, Guillaume Paré, Dennis E Bulman, Peter J Ainsworth, Hanxin Lin, David I Rodenhiser, Raoul C Hennekam, Kym M Boycott, Charles E Schwartz, Bekim Sadikovic

Paediatrics Publications

Coffin-Siris and Nicolaides-Baraitser syndromes (CSS and NCBRS) are Mendelian disorders caused by mutations in subunits of the BAF chromatin remodeling complex. We report overlapping peripheral blood DNA methylation epi-signatures in individuals with various subtypes of CSS (ARID1B, SMARCB1, and SMARCA4) and NCBRS (SMARCA2). We demonstrate that the degree of similarity in the epi-signatures of some CSS subtypes and NCBRS can be greater than that within CSS, indicating a link in the functional basis of the two syndromes. We show that chromosome 6q25 microdeletion syndrome, harboring ARID1B deletions, exhibits a similar CSS/NCBRS methylation profile. Specificity of this epi-signature was confirmed across …

Overcoming Exposure To Complex Stressors: An Examination Of Protective Coping Mechanisms For Low-Income Urban African American Youth, Molly Cory

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Low-income urban African American youth experience multiple uncontrollable stressors (e.g. community violence) that may then impact the severity of controllable stressors (e.g. school stressors) and combine to produce negative life outcomes. In light of these negative outcomes, it is important to understand individual protective factors, and the coping response in particular. Past research has emphasized the advantages of primary control engagement coping, but recent evidence suggests that low-income urban African American youth facing complex and uncontrollable stressors may benefit more from disengagement strategies in response to uncontrollable stressors. Although it is expected this population would additionally benefit from applying engagement …

Alumnus Gives To Linguistics Department, Lends Expertise To Curriculum Development (November 20, 2018), University Communications And Marketing

OHIO News Articles Archive

No abstract provided.

Early Life History Response Of Reef Building Coral, Orbicella Faveolata, To Ocean Acidification And Warming, Kelly A. Pitts

HCNSO Student Theses and Dissertations

Ocean warming and acidification pose major threats to coral reef organisms. It is unknown how the early life history stages of Atlantic corals cope with the combined effects of these two global environmental stressors. Here, I investigate how these stressors influence the fertilization success, larval survivorship, and settlement of the threatened Atlantic coral, Orbicella faveolata. Gametes from O. faveolata were subjected to a factorial combination of present and future scenarios of oceanic temperatures (28.5° C and 30° C) and pH (8.2 and 8.0) predicted to occur by 2050. Results indicate that treatment type did not significantly affect fertilization success. …

Kidney Chain "Bridge Donor" Author Hopes To Inspire Others Through Personal Story, Staff

Browse All News

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Predicting Posttraumatic Stress And Depression Symptoms Among Adolescents In The Extended Postpartum Period, John P. Connolly, Cheryl A. Anderson

Nursing Faculty Publications & Presentations - Archive

Background: Adolescent childbirth continues as a public health concern, and investigation of postpartum posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and depression is important to inform future research and practice. Longitudinal studies exploring PTSS alone or in combination with depression are non-existent for postpartum adolescent populations. This study aimed to identify stress/PTSS and depression symptoms at 72 hours and three, six, and nine months postpartum, and determine if symptoms at each time point predicted later symptoms. Methods: A convenience sample of 303 adolescents 13e19 years of age were recruited from two postpartum units of one, large, public hospital. The Impact of Event Scale …

Usft Prog Proposal Cob Marketing Supply Chain Management Bs-Ms 20181120, Usf Libraries

All Assessment Data

No abstract provided.

Unh Researchers Create A More Effective Hydrogel For Healing Wounds, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Unh Hosts Sale Of Poinsettias, Wreaths And Christmas Trees To Support Students, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Ethics Bowl Debate Team Goes National, Staff

Browse All News

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Overview Of The Kentucky Geological Survey No. 1 Hanson Aggregates Well, Carter County, Kentucky, J. Richard Bowersox, Stephen F. Greb, David C. Harris

Information Circular--KGS

The Kentucky Geological Survey drilled the No. 1 Hanson Aggregates well in northern Carter County, Ky., to assess the carbon dioxide storage capacity and confining intervals in the Middle Cambrian–Upper Ordovician section in the southern Appalachian Basin, north of the Rome Trough. The well was drilled to a total depth of 4,835 ft, penetrating the Mississippian–Middle Cambrian Paleozoic section and 120 ft of Neoproterozoic Grenville granite gneiss. Steel casing was cemented to the surface at 350 ft and 2,944 ft to isolate the deep wellbore from the near-surface aquifer and provide anchors for pressure-control equipment. Eight cores totaling 453 ft …

State V. Schiermeier Appellant's Brief Dckt. 45642

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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Lithium Cocrystal Compositions, Michael John Zaworotko, Roland D. Shytle, Tien Teng Ong, Ryan N. Cantwell, Tranhha Nguyen, Adam John Smith, Padmini Kavuru

USF Patents

2:1 cocrystals of amino acids and Li+ salts crystallize from hot water to afford water stable cationic networks based upon tetrahedral lithium cations: bilayered square grids, a lithium zeolitic metal-organic material (LiZMOM) and several lithium diamondoid metal-organic materials (LiDMOMs). The compositions may be used as a pharmaceutical for the treatment of suicidality and other disorders that require lithium to penetrate the blood brain barrier and exert therapeutic effects in the CNS. Advantageously, the novel cocrystal forms described herein may be used to lower the oral dose required to achieve therapeutic concentrations of lithium in the brain, thus reducing the peripheral …

Combination Therapy Of Stem Cell Mobilizing Agents And Stem Cell Transplantation, Cesario Venturina Borlongan, Paul R. Sanberg

USF Patents

A combined therapy of human umbilical cord blood cells (hUCB) and G-CSF at the acute stage of TBI was tested as a therapeutic for progressive secondary effects of chronic TBI. Rats were treated with saline carrier, or therapeutic in carrier as follows; G-CSF, hUCB, or hUCB and G-CSF, 7-days after TBI. Eight weeks later, behavioral testing was performed and brains harvested to analyze hippocampal cell loss, neuroinflammatory response, and neurogenesis. Results revealed that the monotherapies partially suppressed neuroinflammation and reduced hippocampal cell loss. However, combined therapy of hUCB and G-CSF robustly dampened neuroinflammation, while enhancing endogenous neurogenesis and reducing hippocampal …

Area Drug Task Forces Gather To Discuss Opioid Epidemic (November 20, 2018), University Communications And Marketing

OHIO News Articles Archive

No abstract provided.

Chsp Proud To Fly Donate Life Flag (November 20, 2018), University Communications And Marketing

OHIO News Articles Archive

No abstract provided.

Community Thanksgiving Meal Brings People Back For Seconds (November 20, 2018), University Communications And Marketing

OHIO News Articles Archive

No abstract provided.

Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis Does Not Influence The Outcome Following Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty Using Ceramic-On-Ceramic Articulation: A Case-Control Study With Middle-Term Follow-Up., Chi Xu, Heng Guo, Kerri L. Bell, Feng-Chih Kuo, Ji-Ying Chen

Rothman Institute Papers

BACKGROUND: Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is a relatively rare, locally aggressive, and potentially recurrent synovial disease of large joints. The purpose of this study was to investigate (1) the disease recurrence rate and (2) the treatment outcomes including Harris hip scores, complications, and revision following cementless total hip arthroplasty (THA) with ceramic-on-ceramic (CoC) articulation in patients with PVNS.

METHODS: Twenty-two patients (14 females and 8 males) with histologically confirmed PVNS underwent cementless THA using CoC bearings between 2000 and 2013. Three patients with less than 5-year follow-up were excluded. The mean age was 35.2 years (range, 22-58 years) with a …

Brisack Makes History As Um's First Female Rhodes Scholar, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Senior from Oxford earns coveted award, becomes university's 26th honoree

Anticipatory Postural Adjustments And Spatial Organization Of Motor Cortex: Evidence Of Adaptive Compensations In Healthy Older Adults, Jo Armour Smith, Beth E. Fisher

Physical Therapy Faculty Articles and Research

During anticipated postural perturbations induced by limb movement, the central nervous system generates anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs) in the trunk and hip musculature to minimize disturbances to equilibrium. Age-related changes in functional organization of the nervous system may contribute to changes in APAs in healthy older adults. Here we examined if altered APAs of trunk/hip musculature in older adults are accompanied by changes in the representation of these muscles in motor cortex. Twelve healthy older adults, 5 with a history of falls and 7 nonfallers, were compared with 13 young adults. APAs were assessed during a mediolateral arm raise task …

An Exploration Of The Psychometric Properties Of The Self-Sufficiency Matrix Among Individuals And Families Currently Or At Risk Of Experiencing Homelessness, Camilla Cummings

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

The homeless service sector has moved toward the implementation of assessment tools to better understand the support service needs of individuals and families. While a variety of assessment tools are available, their psychometric evidence base is limited. The Self-Sufficiency Matrix (SSM) is one assessment that holds promise with regard to its reliability, validity, and potential use as an instrument for triaging services. However, research examining the factor structure of the SSM has been inconsistent across samples. Moreover, it has never been tested among a broad population of both those currently experiencing and at-risk of experiencing homelessness, or examined unaccompanied adults …