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Positive Association Between Dietary Inflammatory Index And The Risk Of Osteoporosis: Results From The Koges_Health Examinee (Hexa) Cohort Study, Hye Sun Kim, Cheongmin Sohn, Minji Kwon, Woori Na, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hébert, Mi Kyung Kim

Faculty Publications

Previous studies have found that diet’s inflammatory potential is related to various diseases. However, little is known about its relationship with osteoporosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the dietary inflammatory index (DII®) and osteoporosis risk in a large-scale prospective cohort study in Korea. This prospective cohort study included 159,846 participants (men 57,740; women 102,106) from South Korea with a mean follow-up of 7.9 years. The DII was calculated through a validated semi-quantitative FFQ (SQFFQ), and information on osteoporosis was self-reported by the participants. Analyses were performed by using a multivariable Cox proportional hazard model. …

Precision Of Provider Licensure Data For Mapping Member Accessibility To Medicaid Managed Care Provider Networks, Nathaniel Bell, Ana Lòpez-Defede, Rebecca Wilkerson, Kathy Mayfield-Smith

Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND:

In July 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its Medicaid Managed Care (MMC) regulations that govern network and access standards for enrollees. There have been few published studies of whether there is accurate geographic information on primary care providers to monitor network adequacy.

METHODS:

We analyzed a sample of nurse practitioner (NP) and physician address data registered in the state labor, licensing, and regulation (LLR) boards and the National Provider Index (NPI) using employment location data contained in the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) data file. Our main outcome measures were address discordance (%) at the …

December 17, 2018: Happy Holidays Video, Recognizing Longtime Smc Faculty, Fall Magazine Spotlight, Saint Mary's College Of California

SMC Bulletin 2013-2020

No abstract provided.

After The Fall: Tsuji Zennosuke And The Creation Of Bukkyōshugi Kokushi, James Mark Shields

Faculty Journal Articles

Tsuji Zennosuke 辻善之助 (1877–1955), the dominant figure in Buddhist historical scholarship in Japan from the 1930s until the mid-1950s, is known to have employed a broad range of sources in order to provide a comprehensive analysis of his subject. This essay examines Tsuji’s conception of Buddhist history in relation to the emer- gence of both National Historical Studies (kokushigaku 国史学) and so-called State Shintō (kokka shintō 国家神道) and argues against the image of Tsuji as an “objec- tive historian” resistant to nationalist trends in historical scholarship. In fact, Tsuji was involved in the creation of an alternative, “Buddhistic” national history, …

Lifecycle Modeling And Assessment Of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones) Co2e Emissions, Miguel A. Figliozzi

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

There are no studies that model the potential effectiveness of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones to reduce CO2e lifecycle (including both utilization and vehicle phase) emissions when compared to conventional diesel vans, electric trucks, electric vans, and tricycles. This study presents a novel analysis of lifecycle UAV and ground commercial vehicles CO2e emissions. Different route and customer configurations are modeled analytically. Utilizing real-word data, tradeoffs and comparative advantages of UAVs are discussed. Breakeven points for operational emissions are obtained and the results clearly indicate that UAVs are more CO2e efficient, for small payloads, than conventional diesel vans in a …

Expanding The Lisa Horizon From The Ground, Kaze Wong, Ely D. Kovetz, Curt Cutler, Emanuele Berti

Faculty and Student Publications (Open Access)

No abstract provided.

Measurement Of The Decays Λc→Σππ At Belle, Belle Collaboration, R. Kroeger

Faculty and Student Publications (Open Access)

No abstract provided.

Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation As Part Of Front Line Therapy For Mantle Cell Lymphoma., S Rule, G Cook, Nh Russell, A Hunter, Et Al

Peninsula Medical School

Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that remains incurable for the majority of patients. Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (alloSCT) produces long-term disease-free remissions for around 30-40% patients, however it is reserved for the treatment of relapsed disease. This study examined the use of front line transplantation for young patients in an attempt to improve outcomes. Twenty-five patients received an alloSCT using BEAM [BCNU (carmustine), etoposide, cytarabine, melphalan)-Campath conditioning following permissive induction therapy from both related and unrelated donors. This was a multi-centre prospective trial. Twenty-four of 25 patients engrafted with no non-relapse mortality events by …

The Complications Of Femoral Artery Hemostasis After Cardiac Catheterization: An Evidence-Based Nursing Research, Lichien Yang

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

We explore the impact of post-cardiac catheterization different ways of hemostasis on complications by evidence-based nursing research research to enhance the quality of clinical care.

Attitudes And Perceptions Of Emergency Department Nurses Toward Attempted Suicide: A Systematic Review, Mikayla Mishel Cooksey, Anna Marie Kastelic, Kim Schafer Astroth, Wendy M. Woith

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Emergency department nurses' attitudes may play a significant role in the outcomes of patients who have attempted suicide. A systematic literature review was conducted to identify these attitudes and potential influencing factors. Findings report varied nursing attitudes, suggesting a gap in the literature, indicating the need for further research.

Nurses Practices' With Blood Transfusions: Web-Based Instrument Development, Rebecca K. Aulbach

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Nurses' Practices with Blood Transfusions: Medical-Surgical Acute Care is a robust and comprehensive representation of nurses' practices with blood transfusions with a scale content validity index (S-CVI) of 0.963. Cohen's kappa of 0.797 and raw agreement of 0.855 establish that the instrument is a very stable and reliable tool.

Exploring The Relationships Of Spiritual Health, Life Attitude, And Attitude Toward Do-Not-Resuscitate Of The Nurses, Shao-Po Huang, Li-Chueh Weng, Yi-Wen Wang

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The results of this study will be helpful to be a reference framework in policy making and education program establishment of hospice care in the future.

Awareness Of Supporting Elderly Parents By Family Caregivers In Households With Home-Bound Elderly With Dementia, Keiko Matsumoto, Misae Ito, Claudia Kam Yuk Lai, Daphne Cheung, Siok Bee Tan, Yasuyo Kametaka, Yoshimi Tsunekuni, Sadao Katayama, Masafumi Kirino

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This research aims to investigate the relevancy between the attributes of caregivers and their awareness of supporting their elderly parents. This research investigated the relevancy between caregivers' attributes and their awareness of supporting their elderly parents.

International Collaboration: Creation Of A Global Clinical Immersion To Improve Healthcare For At-Risk Communities, Michelle Pardee, April Bigelow, Naruemol Singha-Dong

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This poster will present the process for establishing a global partnership, including sustainability. It will discuss outcomes from a unique global clinical experience in rural Thailand, including, implications for nursing.

Workflow Simulation Aware And Multi-Threading Effective Task Scheduling For Heterogeneous Computing, Vasilios Kelefouras, Karim Djemame

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

Collaboration For Women Wellness In Rural Communities, Mary Ann Kelley, Cassandra D. Ford

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Breast cancer impacts many women throughout the world. As nurses, health promotion and disease prevention are emphasized to all populations. In an effort to understand rural populations and their belief system, an interdisciplinary, feasibility study was developed to impact under-served, rural, African American women regarding breast cancer early detection.

Preliminary Baseline Findings From The Girls Study: Recruitment Venue And Testing Option Preferences, Ann E. Kurth, Irene Inwani, Kawango Agot, Charles M. Cleland, Nok Chhun, Mark Anam, Samwel Rao, John Kinuthia, Peter Cherutich, Ruth Nduati

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

By attending this session, participants will gain knowledge about which testing services adolescent girls and young women prefer and whether they prefer receiving services at home, in the community at a mobile clinic health event or in the health facilities.

Family Dinner: What Do We Know About It Beyond Mental Health And Behaviors Of Adolescents?, Vico C. L. Chiang, Chloe K. Y. Chang, K. W. Lai, Y. Y. Lam, Y. W. Law, L. Y. Lee, S. W. Tam

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Association of family dinner with mental health and behavioral problems of adolescents is well recognized quantitatively. The purpose of this interpretative descriptive study was to explore the experience of adolescents during family dinner. Themes that represent the meaning and experience of family dinner from the perspectives of adolescents were developed.

Comparison Between Transcutaneous Bilirubinometry And Measurement Of Jaundice By Digital Photography In Neonates, Sophaphan Ploungbunmee

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Study the correlation between serum microbilirubin level (SMB), transcutaneous bilirubinometry (TCB) and digital photo graphic yellow level (DPYL) in evaluation of neonatal jaundice.This research was a quasi-experimental study. 42 newborns in Ramathibodi Hospital.

Women's Health: Screening And Management Of Cervical Health In Copc Setting, Jackie L. Michael

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Cervical cancer is one of the world's deadliest and most easily preventable forms of cancer for women, more than 270 000 deaths annually, 85% of which occur in developing countries (WHO, 2016). Human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 account for approximately 70% of cervical cancers worldwide (CDC. 2016).

Development And Validation Of A Tool To Measure Safety Climate In Hospital, Ying Siou Lin, Meei-Fang Lou, Yen-Chun Lin

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The improvement of hospital safety climate can increase nurses to comply with safety protection procedures. This ongoing project will develop a tool to measure safety climate in hospital working environment and to test its validity to be used for nurses.

Support For Family Caregiver Burden In Home Care On Providing Urination Care, Sachiko Teraoka, Hiroko Iba, Chiaki Otsuka

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The care burden of family care providers who provide care to the elderly at home is high. Therefore, focusing on "urination care", which is said to have a large nursing-care burden, identifying the type of burden and proposing improvement of the burden on care providers.

Developing An International Child And Family Research Network, Mandie Jane Foster, Linda Shields, Joanna Smith, Sarah Jane Neill

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The international child and family research network includes a wide range of multidisciplinary experts within the field of child health from low, middle and high income countries. This worldwide collaboration will result in recommendations for nursing education, theory, practice and research from an international multicultural perspective.

Development Of Protocol Of Urinary Catheter Bundle Care In Hospitalized Elderly Using Modified Delphi Method, Jin-Hua Pan, Chun-Yin Yeh, Fang-Wen Hu

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The aim of this study is to establish clinical consensus for the protocol of urinary catheter bundle care in hospitalized elderly patient by using the modified Delphi method. It will help to standardize the urinary catheter bundle care in hospitalized elderly patient, and assist in clinical decision-making for all healthcare professionals.

Mass-Analyzed Threshold Ionization Of Lanthanide Imide Lnnh (Ln = La And Ce) Radicals From N–H Bond Activation Of Ammonia, Yuchen Zhang, Silver Nyambo, Dong-Sheng Yang

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Ln (Ln = La and Ce) atom reactions with ammonia are carried out in a pulsed laser vaporization supersonic molecular beam source. Lanthanide-containing species are observed with time-of-flight mass spectrometry, and LnNH molecules are characterized by mass-analyzed threshold ionization (MATI) spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations. The theoretical calculations include density functional theory for both Ln species and a scalar relativity correction, electron correlation, and spin-orbit coupling for the Ce species. The MATI spectrum of LaNH exhibits a single vibronic band system with a strong origin band and two weak vibronic progressions, whereas the spectrum of CeNH displays two band systems …

Self-Stabilizing Token Distribution With Constant-Space For Trees, Yuichi Sudo, Ajoy K. Datta, Lawrence L. Larmore, Toshimitsu Masuzawa

Computer Science Faculty Research

Self-stabilizing and silent distributed algorithms for token distribution in rooted tree networks are given. Initially, each process of a graph holds at most l tokens. Our goal is to distribute the tokens in the whole network so that every process holds exactly k tokens. In the initial configuration, the total number of tokens in the network may not be equal to nk where n is the number of processes in the network. The root process is given the ability to create a new token or remove a token from the network. We aim to minimize the convergence time, the number …

Loosely-Stabilizing Leader Election With Polylogarithmic Convergence Time, Yuichi Sudo, Fukuhito Ooshita, Hirotsugu Kukugawa, Toshimitsu Masuzawa, Ajoy K. Datta, Lawrence L. Larmore

Computer Science Faculty Research

A loosely-stabilizing leader election protocol with polylogarithmic convergence time in the population protocol model is presented in this paper. In the population protocol model, which is a common abstract model of mobile sensor networks, it is known to be impossible to design a self-stabilizing leader election protocol. Thus, in our prior work, we introduced the concept of loose-stabilization, which is weaker than self-stabilization but has similar advantage as self-stabilization in practice. Following this work, several loosely-stabilizing leader election protocols are presented. The loosely-stabilizing leader election guarantees that, starting from an arbitrary configuration, the system reaches a safe configuration with a …

Evaluating Future Flood Scenarios Using Cmip5 Climate Projections, Narayan Nyaupane, Balbhadra Thakur, Ajay Kalra, Sajjad Ahmad

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction Faculty Research

Frequent flooding events in recent years have been linked with the changing climate. Comprehending flooding events and their risks is the first step in flood defense and can help to mitigate flood risk. Floodplain mapping is the first step towards flood risk analysis and management. Additionally, understanding the changing pattern of flooding events would help us to develop flood mitigation strategies for the future. This study analyzes the change in streamflow under different future carbon emission scenarios and evaluates the spatial extent of floodplain for future streamflow. The study will help facility managers, design engineers, and stakeholders to mitigate future …

Strategies To Customize Responsible Gambling Messages: A Review And Focus Group Study, Sally M. Gainsbury, Brett L. L. Abarbanel, Kahlil S. Philander, Jeffrey V. Butler

Research & Economic Development Faculty Research

Background Responsible gambling messages are widely used as a tool to enable informed choice and encourage appropriate gambling behavior. It is generally accepted that gamblers have different levels of risk of developing gambling problems and require various harm minimization tools and resources. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that responsible gambling messages should be customized and target specific groups of gamblers. This project aimed to understand hypothesized differences between cohorts of gamblers and receive qualitative feedback on archetypal targeted messages used to increase use of responsible gambling tools. Methods Focus groups were held to test messages for specific cohorts: young …

Mobile Learning And Cognition, Helen Crompton, Diane Burke

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

The rise of mobile learning in schools during the past decade has led to promises about its power to extend and enhance student cognitive development – for example, by providing greater pedagogical opportunities for students (Mifsud, 2014). However, others claim that mobile devices are most often used to support traditional pedagogical approaches whereby students only passively consume content (Cochrane & Antonczak, 2014; Frohberg, Goth & Schwabe, 2009; Rushby, 2012). As schools invest resources in providing students with opportunities to use mobile devices as tools for learning, it is important to critically examine their use in practice.