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Mrt Supportive Housing Evaluation: Cost Report 2, Volume 1: Pre-Post Analyses, Margaret Gullick, Mir Nahid Mahmud, Lauren Polvere, Sandra Mcginnis

Health and Healthcare Services Reports and Research Briefs

This report details Medicaid spending changes associated with enrollment in programs sponsored by the New York State Medicaid Redesign Team’s Supportive Housing initiative (MRT-SH), including a summary of these projects and the Medicaid cost characteristics of the people enrolled. MRT-SH initiatives to date include 54 capital projects, 49 of which have opened; 18 rental subsidy and supportive services programs and pilots; and one accessibility modification program.

For each included MRT-SH program, Medicaid cost data are presented from one year before participants’ enrollment through the first or second year post-enrollment. The goal of the analysis is to include an updated description …

Broadly Speaking - November, 2019, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

No abstract provided.

Assessing Clinical Judgment Utilizing Embedded Patients In A Baccalaureate Nursing Program’S Simulation Laboratory, David K. Wells

All Theses And Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if clinical judgment could be assessed in baccalaureate nursing students during a 15 to 20-minute embedded (live patient) simulation scenario using role play. Graduate nurses are expected to apply critical reasoning and be clinically competent when caring for patients when they enter the nursing profession. The use of simulation scenarios is an approved and effective supplement to the clinical experience of nursing students. This study was conducted due to the sparsity of evidence referencing clinical judgment in live patient simulation scenarios. This study used a convenience sample (n=22) of baccalaureate nursing students …

Mixing It Up: Collaborating With Campus Students And Staff To Promote Sustainability Via A Large Library Display, Mandi Goodsett

Michael Schwartz Library Publications

This recipe outlines how librarians from a mid- to large-sized university or college library can build connections with the campus sustainability office and student organizations by co-creating a sustainability library display.

Combination Of Curcumin And Luteolin Synergistically Inhibits Tnf-Α-Induced Vascular Inflammation In Human Vascular Cells And Mice, Lijuan Zhang, Xiaoyong Wang, Longyun Zhang, Carlos Virgous, Hongwei Si

Human Sciences Faculty Research

Emerging evidence shows that phytochemicals, the secondary plant metabolites present in a large variety of foods, have the potential ability in reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases. However, the dosages of phytochemicals in the cellular and animal studies are too high to reach in humans by relevant foods or dietary supplement intake. The aims of this study were to investigate whether and how combined curcumin and luteolin synergistically inhibit tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α)-induced monocytes adhesion endothelium, a crucial step of the development of endothelial dysfunction, both in human vascular cells and mouse aortic endothelium. Our results show that combined curcumin …

Unhsc Design Specifications For Bioretention Soil Mix (Bsm), University Of New Hampshire Stormwater Center (Unhsc)

UNH Stormwater Center

No abstract provided.

Integrated Interventions In Early Childhood Education And Care (Ecec) In Economically Developing Countries, Jen Jackson, Syeda Kashfee Ahmed, Toby Carslake, Petra Lietz

Monitoring Learning

Integrated interventions combine multiple services or supports across different agencies in health, social welfare, employment services and education. Such interventions are typically larger in scale than those in other categories (e.g. parent- or child focused ECEC interventions), requiring collaboration or coordination of multiple service providers within the community. Integrated interventions are regarded as the most effective way to address young children’s learning and development and break inter-generational cycles of poverty. Four integrated interventions in ECEC were identified for this review (of a total of 109 studies) which required studies to examine links to children’s development outcomes, resulting in available evidence …

Frontiers In Precision Medicine Iv: Artificial Intelligence, Assembling Large Cohorts, And The Population Data Revolution, Adam Bress, Rich Albrechtsen, Monika Baker, Jorge L. Contreras, Zachary Fica, Austin Gamblin, Chelsea Ratcliff, Bianca E. Rich, Matt A. Szaniawski, Alyssa Thorman, Chad Vansant-Webb, Willard Dere

Utah Law Faculty Scholarship

Large cohort studies and more recently electronic medical records (EMR) are being used to collect massive amounts of genetic information. Implementation of artificial intelligence has become increasingly necessary to interpret this data with the goal of augmenting patient care. While it is impossible to predict what the future holds, policy makers are challenged to create guiding principles and responsibly roll out these new technologies. On March 22, 2019, the University of Utah hosted its fourth annual Precision Medicine Symposium focusing on artificial intelligence, assembling large cohorts, and the population data revolution. The symposium brought together experts in medicine, science, law …

November 2019 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Forage News [2019-11], Department Of Plant And Soil Sciences, University Of Kentucky

Forage News

• Climate Change: Are Livestock a Problem
• Kentucky Alfalfa Conference
• Get the Most from Grazing Cornstalks
• The More You Know, the Smarter You Grow
• Wendell Berry Center hosts First Grazing School
• USDA Hay Markets - October 22, 2019
• Publication of the Month: Using Dry Lots to Conserve Pastures
• Kids these Days...

Risk Factors For Falls In Homebound Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Yunchuan (Lucy) Zhao, Jenny Alderden, Bonnie Lind, Jennifer Stibrany

Nursing Faculty Publications and Presentations

Objective: To examine risk factors associated with falls among homebound community-dwelling older adults, a vulnerable population often possessing functional disabilities and chronic conditions.

Design and Sample: The study was a cross-sectional study utilizing round 6 data of the National Health and Aging Trend Study (NHATS). Descriptive statistics and multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted. A total of 1,356 homebound community-dwelling older adults aged 65 and above participated in the NHATS.

Measures: The outcome variable was falls within the last month reported in NHATS. Independent variables were selected based on the NHATS disability conceptual model and literature review, including personal conditions, …

Precision Medicine In Pancreatic Disease-Knowledge Gaps And Research Opportunities: Summary Of A National Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases Workshop., Mark E Lowe, Dana K Andersen, Richard M Caprioli, Jyoti Choudhary, Zobeida Cruz-Monserrate, Anil K Dasyam, Christopher E Forsmark, Fred S Gorelick, Joe W Gray, Mark Haupt, Kimberly A Kelly, Kenneth P Olive, Sylvia K Plevritis, Noa Rappaport, Holger R Roth, Hanno Steen, S Joshua Swamidass, Temel Tirkes, Aliye Uc, Kirill Veselkov, David C Whitcomb, Aida Habtezion

Articles, Abstracts, and Reports

A workshop on research gaps and opportunities for Precision Medicine in Pancreatic Disease was sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases on July 24, 2019, in Pittsburgh. The workshop included an overview lecture on precision medicine in cancer and 4 sessions: (1) general considerations for the application of bioinformatics and artificial intelligence; (2) omics, the combination of risk factors and biomarkers; (3) precision imaging; and (4) gaps, barriers, and needs to move from precision to personalized medicine for pancreatic disease. Current precision medicine approaches and tools were reviewed, and participants identified knowledge gaps and research needs …

Niveli I Njohurive Të Lehonave Të Trajtuara Në Spitalin E Pejës, Rreth Rëndësisë Së Gjidhënies, Vatra Hajdini

Theses and Dissertations

Qumështi i gjirit posedon të gjitha lëndët ushqyese që foshnjat kanë nevojë për shëndet të mirë dhe rritje. Ushqyerja me gji nuk nënkupton vetëm ushqimin e fëmiut por edhe ndjenjën e mbrojtjes, sigurisë, dashurisë dhe stimulimin social te vazhdueshëm tek fëmiu, i cili ushqehet me gjirin e nënës, me ç’rast mendohet se këta faktorë ndikojnë në zhvillimin psikologjik të shëndoshë të fëmiut. Në vitin 1991 OBSH, UNICEFI, e kompletojnë programin e vet për promovimin e gjidhënies me programin, “Spitali mik i foshnjës” dhe përkrahin 10 hapat e parë për gjidhënie të suksesshme. Lexuesit, nënat e reja ,dhe nënat me lindje …

A Rare Site Of Spread Of A Common Cancer, Sameen Khalid, Graziella Paniz, Aamer Abbass, Edgar Fischer, Gulshan Parasher, Denis Mccarthy

Pathology Research and Scholarship

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy affecting women worldwide with estimated 252,710 new cases of invasive breast cancer in women in the USA in 2017. It is the second most prevalent cause of cancer-related death after lung cancer in females with an expected annual mortality rate of 16% [1]. Promotion of public awareness, screening programs, early diagnosis, intensive local treat- ment, and changes in chemotherapy regimens with endo- crine and targeted therapy account for a notable decrease in mortality. Nevertheless, these measures do not seem to have impacted the prognosis in patients with distant metastasis. Breast cancer has …

2019-2020 Spring Bulletin, University Of Mississippi Medical Center

Bulletins/Catalogs

2019-2020 Spring Bulletin

Bring Your Own Device (Byod): Engaging High School Students In A Photovoice Project On School Health Promotion Using Their Own Smart Devices In Nakuru North Of Nakuru County, Kenya, Francis Wacieni Mureithi

Master of Education

The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiative has in the recent years gained popularity globally where smart devices have become the bridge to close the digital divide in ICT integration in schools, enhanced individualized learning and expanded collaborations. Despite its proven efficacy in transforming learning and teaching, efforts to shift to BYOD is still very slow in developing countries. This is due to negative perceptions of stakeholders, among several other factors; teachers and parents do not trust that students can remain focused on education and be self-disciplined when using their smart devices in public schools in Kenya. The purpose of …

Unequal Opportunities And Public Policy: The Impact Of Parental Disability Benefits On Child Postsecondary Attendance, Kelly Chen, Lars Osberg, Shelley Phipps

Economics Faculty Publications and Presentations

This paper uses Canada’s National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to examine whether greater cash transfers available to parents with disabilities when their child was aged 5 to 15 increase the chances that the child will attend post-secondary education (PSE) as a young adult. We exploit differences across provinces and over time in the generosity of provincial disability benefits programs in Canada and find that higher disability benefits when the child was aged 5-15 years old increase the probability that he or she will have attended or be attending PSE by age 19 to 25. The estimated effect size …

Addressing Challenges To The Reliable, Large-Scale Implementation Of Effective School Health Education, Michael J. Mann, David K. Lohrmann

Public and Population Health Faculty Publications and Presentations

The long-held priority of teaching young people the knowledge and skills needed for healthy living has recently been diminished in many preK-12 schools. Driven by federal and state priorities, laws, and policies associated with high-stakes testing, instruction in untested subjects has been reduced or eliminated in most schools in order to devote more attention to tested subjects, like reading, math, writing, and science. This article proposes a pathway to ensure that all children are able to learn what society knows about health. To that end, four challenges to the reliable, large-scale implementation of effective school health education are identified: (1) …

Full Issue, Indiana Audubon Quarterly

Indiana Audubon Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Indiana Audubon Speaks Out Against Indy 500 Balloon Release, Philip English

Indiana Audubon Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Bone Benefits Of Fish Oil Supplementation Depend On Its Epa And Dha Content, Haissam Abou-Saleh, Allal Ouhtit, Ganesh V. Halade, Md Mizanur Rahman

Internal Medicine Faculty Publications

Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The preventive effect of high-dose (9%) regular-fish oil (FO) against bone loss during aging has been demonstrated, but the effects of a low-dose (1%–4%) of a highly purified concentrated FO (CFO) has not been elucidated. The aim of this study was to determine the dose-dependent effect of a CFO against bone loss in C57BL/6 female mice during aging. Twelve-month old mice were fed with 1% and 4% CFO and 4% safflower oil (SFO) diets, including a group with a 4% regular-FO diet and a group with a lab chow diet for 12 months. Bone mineral density …

Data-Informed Duties In Ai Development, Frank Pasquale

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Governance Of Human (Germline) Genome Modification At The International And Transnational Levels, Cesare P. R. Romano, Andrea Boggio, Jessica Almqvist

History and Social Sciences Faculty Book Publications

In this chapter, we review the key elements of the larger international and transnational framework within which the national legal regimes regulating human germline genome modification exist. Part I is a quick primer to international law and international human rights for the benefit of those who are not familiar with them. Part II presents the relevant norms of international bioethics law, including three main declarations adopted by UNESCO touching on human genome modification. It discusses also the relevant governance activities of the World Health Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and civil society, nationally and transnationally. Part III discusses …

Fauna Of The Kemp Caldera And Its Upper Bathyal Hydrothermal Vents (South Sandwich Arc, Antarctica), Katrin Linse, Jonathan T. Copley, Douglas P. Connelly, Robert D. Larter, David A. Pearce, Nick V. C. Polunin, Alex D. Rogers, Chong Chen, Andrew Clarke, Adrian G. Glover, Alastair G. C. Graham, Veerle A. I. Huvenne, Leigh Marsh, William D. K. Reid, C. Nicolai Roterman, Christopher J. Sweeting, Katrin Zwirglmaier, Paul A. Tyler

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Faunal assemblages at hydrothermal vents associated with island-arc volcanism are less well known than those at vents on mid-ocean ridges and back-arc spreading centres. This study characterizes chemosynthetic biotopes at active hydrothermal vents discovered at the Kemp Caldera in the South Sandwich Arc. The caldera hosts sulfur and anhydrite vent chimneys in 1375–1487 m depth, which emit sulfide-rich fluids with temperatures up to 212°C, and the microbial community of water samples in the buoyant plume rising from the vents was dominated by sulfur-oxidizing Gammaproteobacteria. A total of 12 macro- and megafaunal taxa depending on hydrothermal activity were collected in these …

Is Iodine Deficiency Still A Problem In Sub-Saharan Africa?: A Review, Sanjoy Saha, Brenda A.Z. Abu, Yasaman Jamshidi-Naeini, Upasana Mukherjee, Makenzie Miller, Li Ling Peng, Wilna Oldewage-Theron

Faculty Publications

Iodine is an essential trace mineral, vital for its functions in many physiological processes in the human body. Both iodine deficiency (ID) and excess are associated with adverse health effects; ID and excess iodine intake have both been identified in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The review aims to (1) review the iodine status among populations in SSA until October 2018, and (2) identify populations at risk of excess or inadequate iodine intakes. A systematic search of relevant articles was carried out by a seven-member research team using PubMed, Science Direct and Scopus. A total of twenty-two articles was included for data …

Expected Genotype Quality And Diploidized Marker Data From Genotyping-By-Sequencing Of Urochloa Spp. Tetraploids, Filipe Inácio Matias, Karem Guimarães Xavier Meireles, Sheila Tiemi Nagamatsu, Sanzio Carvalho Lima Barrios, Cacilda Borges Do Valle, Marcelo Falsarella Carazzolle, Roberto Fritsche-Neto, Jeffrey B. Endelman

Faculty Publications

Although genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) is a well-established marker technology in diploids, the development of best practices for tetraploid species is a topic of current research. We determined the theoretical relationship between read depth and the phred-scaled probability of genotype misclassification conditioned on the true genotype, which we call expected genotype quality (EGQ). If the GBS method has 0.5% allelic error, then 17 reads are needed to classify simplex tetraploids as heterozygous with 95% accuracy (EGQ = 13) vs. 61 reads to determine allele dosage. We developed an R script to convert tetraploid GBS data in variant call format (VCF) into diploidized …

Ipace: Pursuing Excellence By Transforming The Care Of Patients And Enhancing The Education Of Pharmacy Residents, Brooke Kimball, Lisa Wendler, Aimee Nordmeyer

MaineHealth Maine Medical Center

Background: Maine Medical Center (MMC) is pursuing excellence by the implementation of the Inter-professional Partnership to Advance Care and Education (iPACE) model.

November 1, 2019, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

A Strategy For Building Healthy Local Churches In Jordan, Kwang Hu Hwang

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Evangelical churches in Jordan have faced many challenges in maintaining healthy churches under the Islamic government. The churches in Jordan are not only important for local people, but also for people in the Middle East in fulfilling the Great Commission. This is because many Jordanians visit various Arab countries to have a job and a numerous number of Gulf countries’ people travel to Jordan. The purpose of this thesis is to create a strategy with this context to build healthy local churches in Jordan that can then be involved in fulfilling the Great Commission actively for the local and Arab …

Chronic Maternal Depressive Symptoms Are Associated With Reduced Socio-Emotional Development In Children At 2 Years Of Age: Analysis Of Data From An Intervention Cohort In Rural Pakistan, Clariana V R. De Oliveira, Muneera Rasheed, Aisha K. Yousafzai

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health

Background: Maternal depression affects a high proportion of women during the antenatal and postnatal period in low- and middle-income countries. While maternal depression is recognized as a significant risk for poor early child development that warrants interventions, the effects of chronic maternal depression on children's development are less understood.
Objective: To determine the association of chronicity of maternal depressive symptoms and early child development in a rural population in southern Pakistan.
Materials and Methods: This study employs data from the "Pakistan Early Child Development Scale-Up Trial," a randomized controlled study that evaluated the integration of responsive stimulation and nutrition interventions …