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Happy Feet In A Rural Clinic: A Diabetic Foot Education Intervention, Carmencita S. Abood

Dissertations

Rural Healthy People 2010 report indicated that diabetes was more pervasive in non-metropolitan areas than in central cities and more commonplace in the Southeast and the Southwest regions of the United States due to complex set of factors such as low socioeconomic status among many rural residents, a high proportion of racial or ethnic minorities, and aging populations that were predominant in rural areas. The need for innovative, low literacy education material that type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients in a rural clinic is imperative. The purpose of the capstone project was to determine the effectiveness of a patient-centered diabetes …

Lime-Induced Phytophotodermatitis, Ashraf Abugroun, Safwan Gaznabi, Arjun Natarajan, Hussein Daoud

Open Access Publications

Phytophotodermatitis, also commonly known as phototoxic dermatitis, is a common skin condition that occurs after contact with certain plants and subsequent exposure to sunlight. It is often confused with skin burns due to the blistering nature of its lesions. We herein report a case of phytophotodermatitis that developed in a 26-year-old male following contact with lime and subsequent exposure to sunlight.

The Efficacy Of Comedy, Mark Anthony Castricone

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Efficacy of Comedy: Focusing on the efficacy of comedy as a genre, utilizing Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Heidegger’s philosophy. It begins with a historical analysis of the efficacy of comedy in Ancient 4th and 5th century Athens focusing on Aristotle’s conceptions of comedy. It analyses what Aristotle wrote about comedy and attempts a reconstruction of what his book on comedy from the poetics may have said. It then examines the shift to aesthetics rather than the Philosophy of Art with a focus on Kant and the Critique of Judgment. Comedy here is used as an interpretive tool in order to …

Lanthorn, Vol. 54, No. 18, December 9, 2019, Grand Valley State University

Volume 54, July 15, 2019 - April 27, 2020

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Refugee Camp Education: Hope, Gaps, And Barriers, Allyson Dykstra

Honors Theses

The urgency to provide humane living conditions such as food, shelter, safety and education grows with the refugee population as temporary stays become more permanent. Refugees are staying longer in emergency arrangements, which appears to affect mental health, ability to hope, and sustainable coping mechanisms for these populations. With dissatisfactory conditions in camps, this paper intends to explore how refugees cope with their environment and in what ways needs are not being met, in order to explain the present condition of refugee health, their coping mechanisms, and how to combat it.

College Of Public Health News, Georgia Southern University

College of Public Health: News & Publications

• Georgia Southern: Reports on Impact on Communities' Environmental Health Governance

Bim Contributes To The Progression Of Huntington's Disease-Associated Phenotypes, Sheridan L. Roberts, Tracey Evans, Yi Yang, Yuhua Fu, Robert W. Button, Rebecca J. Sipthorpe, Katrina Cowan, Evelina Valionyte, Oleg Anichtchik, Huiliang Li, Boxun Lu, Shouqing Luo

Peninsula Medical School

Abstract Huntington’s disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) tract in the huntingtin (HTT) protein. Mutant HTT (mHTT) toxicity is caused by its aggregation/oligomerisation. The striatum is the most vulnerable region, although all brain regions undergo neuronal degeneration in the disease. Here we show that the levels of Bim, a BH3-only protein, are significantly increased in HD human post-mortem and HD mouse striata, correlating with neuronal death. Bim reduction ameliorates mHTT neurotoxicity in HD cells. In the HD mouse model, heterozygous Bim knockout significantly mitigates mHTT accumulation and neuronal death, ameliorating disease-associated phenotypes and lifespan. …

Mapping Careful Epidemiology: Spatialities, Materialities And Subjectivities In The Management Of Animal Disease., Gareth Enticott, Kim Ward

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Therapy, Thomas Genevieve

Valparaiso Fiction Review

No abstract provided.

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - December 8, 2019, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the December 8, 2019 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's Newsletter - Watercooler.

Contents Include:

Gassman awarded 2019 Mayer Mitchell Award for Excellence in Cancer Research

First-year medical students meet first patients in virtual clinic

First- and second-year students explore medical specialties in CLINIC rotations

Cardiology grand rounds to focus on atrial septal defects

Darbin to discuss age-related Parkinsonism at neurology grand rounds

Townsley to present at OB/GYN grand rounds

Clay to discuss sports injuries at Med School Café

Pathology to host Research Seminar Series

Understanding Microplastics In Freshwater: From Little Stream To Big River, Morgan Anderson

Geography: Student Scholarship & Creative Works

The purpose of this study is to better understand how microplastics move through rivers. Microplastics can come from various sources, but the main characteristic of them is their size. These plastics have diameters between 10 nanometers and 5mm. Because these particles are easily confused with food sources, ingestion and bioaccumulation of microplastics in many aquatic organisms has been a hot topic for concern (Besseling et al, 2017; Liedermann et. al, 2018; Nel et. al, 2018; Siegfried et. al, 2017; Windsor et. al, 2019). Ingestion of these microplastics can be detrimental to both human and ecological health due to pathogen accumulation …

Gender, Family, And Community Attachment In A New Destination, Erin Trouth Hofmann, Claudia Méndez Wright, Emma Meade Earl

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

As new immigrant destinations in the USA have become home to more settled immigrant populations, they are also becoming less male-dominated and attracting more women and families. But this process is occurring unevenly, with some new destinations much more attractive to women than others. The factors that might lead a destination to attract or retain women are not well understood. We draw on interviews with long-time Latin American residents in a non-metropolitan community in Utah with a fairly high proportion of women immigrants to analyze the ways in which gender and other factors relate to community attachment in this specific …

Plastic Fast, Maureen E. Schlangen

Roesch Library Staff Publications

In the era of Silent Spring, the first Earth Days and the “Keep America Beautiful” campaigns in the 1970s, littering was just the tip of the pollution iceberg. It still is. The bigger problems are demand and production. A June 2018 article in National Geographic found that worldwide, we produce almost 500 million tons of plastic every year — and about 40 percent is tossed after one use. According to the nonprofit Plastic Oceans, more than 8 million tons of plastic go into the oceans each year; production of plastic water bottles alone has grown from 3.8 billion in 1996 …

2020, Camp Research Forum Book Of Abstracts, American Camp Association

ACA National Camp Research Forum Abstracts

This book includes 33 abstracts that will be presented at the 2020 American Camp Association (ACA) Research Forum to be held during the ACA annual conference in San Diego, CA from February 11-14, 2020. Twenty-six of these abstracts have been grouped into logical areas and will be verbally presented in four sessions.

The Evolution Of Korean Costume: Urban Korean Women's Shift From Traditional To Western Clothing In Colonial Korea, 1910-1945, Keeley E. Shoudel

Honors Capstones

This paper is about the fashion shift urban Korean women made from the traditional hanbok (한복) to Western-style clothing in the colonial period (1910-1945). In this paper, I argue that urban Korean women shifted their fashion from traditional hanbok (한복) to Western-style clothing because of American missionaries and internal social changes rather than influences from Japan. For this paper, I looked at translated primary sources as I do not read Korean. These sources include magazine articles, cartoons, pictures, interviews with Korean women who were in colonial Korea at some point in their life, and missionary books that were written about …

Nursing Care Variation Reduction For The Short Procedure Unit, Monica Young, Eugene Taglienti, Jillian Conroy, Jason Smith, Christine Behr, Darren Horne

Department of Nursing Posters

The desired outcome of this project was to develop and implement a process to assign and delegate nurse assignments in a systematic approach to hold staff accountable and ensure patients are appropriately prepped for their procedure in a timely and safe manner

Goals

• Reduce SPU RN Care Time
• Increase % of patients ready for holding area on time

The Link Between Depression And Alzheimer's Disease, Ania Waclawiak

Honors Capstones

Depression has been linked to an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease. Depression is a mood disorder that results in low mood, while Alzheimer’s Disease is a progressive, neurological disorder that results in memory issues and difficulty with completing everyday tasks. The purpose of this research study was to determine what role depression plays in Alzheimer’s Disease, how depression affects mild cognitive impairment, and what brain abnormalities are present in individuals with depression and Alzheimer’s Disease. To find out if depression increases Alzheimer’s Disease, certain research experiments were reviewed to see what the results would indicate. After examining several literature …

Depression And Suicide: An In-Depth Analysis, Vivian M. Rodriguez

Honors Capstones

Suicide is a serious public health concern and tragically claims the lives of tens of thousands of people each year. Depression has now been identified as the most common mental health disorder in the United States. Depression has been linked to suicide and has been identified as a clear risk factor. Despite the current available treatments, suicide rates still increase with each passing year. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the potential causes and risk factors of depression and suicide as well as discuss evidence-based assessment, intervention, and evaluation methods to help clinicians improve the care provided to …

Small Rural High Schools And College Completion, John Martin

Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects

Students in small rural high schools are an overlooked group of students in this country. The push for students to go to college seems to be common across the United States; however, that might not be the case for every group of students. Small rural high school students are a unique set of students when it comes to college because it is not always considered the biggest priority for these sets of households. The smaller rural high schools are majority filled with students of lower socioeconomic status (Hardre, & Reeve, 2003; Meendering, Kranz, Shafrath, & McCrmack, 2016). A lot of …

Promoting Vaccinations Through Patient Education, Rhae Ann E. Riddle

Honors Capstones

The purpose of this project was to present a review of the current literature on effective methods of education on the importance of vaccines and how to identify and address common concerns of vaccine-hesitant parents. A review of current literature was conducted using CINAHL and PubMed databases utilizing scholarly articles created within the last five years. Seventy articles were reviewed and eight were chosen for the purpose of creating and presenting thesis materials. Current research indicates a strong correlation between building trusting relationships that promote open and honest communication as key factors in swaying parents towards a positive and knowledgeable …

St. Francis Borgia Deaf Center Church Bulletin, December 8, 2019

Saint Francis Borgia Deaf Center Church Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Chicago, IL

Saint Francis Brogia Deaf Center Church Bulletin Finding Aid

In Vivo Investigation Of The Tissue Response To Commercial Teflon Insulin Infusion Sets In Large Swine For 14 Days: The Effect Of Angle Of Insertion On Tissue Histology And Insulin Spread Within The Subcutaneous Tissue., Gabriella Eisler, Jasmin R. Kastner, Marc C. Torjman, Abdurizzagh Khalf, David Diaz, Alek R. Dinesen, Channy Loeum, Mathew L. Thakur, Paul Strasma, Jeffrey I. Joseph

Department of Anesthesiology Faculty Papers

Objective: This study investigated the effects of the inflammatory tissue response (ITR) to an insulin infusion set (IIS) on insulin bolus spread over wear time, as well as the effect of cannula insertion angle on the ITR, bolus shape, and pump tubing pressure.

Research design and methods: Angled or straight IISs were inserted every other day for 14 days into the subcutaneous tissue of 11 swine and insulin was delivered continuously. Prior to euthanasia, a 70 µL bolus of insulin/X-ray contrast agent was infused while recording a pressure profile (peak tubing pressure, p_max; area under the pressure curve, …

Evaluation Of Rasburicase Utilization For Hyperuricemia, Rachael Gerstein Pharmd, Arun Mancheril Pharmd, Bcps, Hope Kincaid Mph, Cph, Kristin M. Held Wheatley Pharmd, Bcop

Department of Pharmacy

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Marijuana On The Fetus And Breastfeeding Infants, Tori A. Mccracken

Honors Capstones

Drugs consumed during pregnancy has the potential to affect the fetus and cause conditions involving growth and development. With the recent legalization of marijuana in various states as well as its high use among pregnant women, healthcare professionals have begun to question whether maternal use can cause negative outcomes for neonates. According to Ryan, Ammerman, O’Connor & AAP Committee on Substance Use and Prevention, “data from 2016 reported in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) revealed that ... among 18 through 25-year-old pregnant women, 8.5% reported past month marijuana use” (2018, p. 1). This paper aims to …

What Might Democratic Self-Governance In A Complex Social World Look Like?, Gerald Gaus

San Diego Law Review

The crisis facing democratic self-government is first and foremost a crisis of self-governance, not of democracy.

Section II reviews the nature of complex systems and why our contemporary social and economic order qualifies as technically complexindeed, increasingly so—and why explicit overall, directed reform of our social world is hopeless. But hope is not easily abandoned: Section III critically looks at two continuing sources of hope. Section IV then turns to a critical issue: If not by central direction, how do such complex systems achieve orderliness and functionality? Section V turns to the heart of the matter: is democratic self-governance viable …

2019-2020 Gingerbread Holiday Concert, Lynn University Philharmonia, Jon Robertson, Kevin Ross

Philharmonia

17th Annual Gingerbread Holiday Concert presented by Lynn University and Friends of the Conservatory of Music.

Factor Analysis Of Mixed Data (Famd) And Multiple Linear Regression In R, Nestor Pereira

Dissertations

In the previous projects, it has been worked to statistically analysis of the factors to impact the score of the subjects of Mathematics and Portuguese for several groups of the student from secondary school from Portugal.

In this project will be interested in finding a model, hypothetically multiple linear regression, to predict the final score, dependent variable G3, of the student according to some features divide into two groups. One group, analyses the features or predictors which impact in the final score more related to the performance of the students, means variables like study time or past failures. The second …

Research Performance In The Field Of Big Data In India: A Scientometric Analysis Based On Scopus Database, Dr.Suchetan Kumar, Md Safiqur Rahaman

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract: The present study has been carried out to find out the research performance in the field of big data in India during 2010-2019 as indexed in the Scopus database. A total 7502 research publication has been found in the Scopus during the 10 years period of 2010-2019 and were downloaded for analyze with the help of Microsoft excel and vosviewer. The study also provide comparative performance of different Scientometric parameters including total research productivity, yearly research output, authorship pattern, International collaboration, Institution wise collaboration, Degree of collaboration, RGR & DT, Source wise research publication, Subject wise publication, and most …

Global Impacts From Improved Tropical Forages: A Meta-Analysis Revealing Overlooked Benefits And Costs, Evolving Values And New Priorities, Douglas S. White, Michael Peters, Peter Horne

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

The wider use and improved performance of planted tropical forages can substantially change social, economic and environmental landscapes. By reviewing impact-related studies published in the past two decades, this paper shows how evolving development priorities have influenced the types of impacts being documented. A meta-analysis was used to examine 98 studies according to: (1) breadth of reported effects, as related to development goals of social equity, economic growth and environmental sustainability; (2) extent of effects, ranging from intermediate to longer-term impacts; and (3) measurement precision (identification, description and quantification). Impacts have been assessed for fewer than half of the documented …

Adaptive Responses Of Brachiaria Grasses To Hypoxia Stress, Juan A. Cardoso, Juan Jiménez, Joisse Rincón, Idupulapati M. Rao

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

It is likely that oxygen shortage in waterlogged soils is the most limiting factor for plant growth, restricting root aerobic respiration and ATP production (Vartapetian and Jackson 1997). When oxygen becomes limiting for oxidative phosphorylation, plant cells depend on alternative metabolic pathways to produce ATP (Rocha et al. 2010). The induction of fermentative metabolism is considered of adaptive value to maintain ATP production under oxygen-limited conditions. Ethanol is the main end product of fermentation metabolism in plants. Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) is a key enzyme in ethanolic fermentation. Roots can sustain aerobic respiration under oxygen deficiency if aerenchyma is present. …