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Implementing A Pressure Injury Prevention Bundle To Decrease Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries In Critical Care, Mary J. Deady-Rooney, Julie A. Rivera, Maxine Douglas

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Implementing an evidence-based practice initiative to decrease hospital acquired pressure injuries in the cardiac care unit, through the collaborative care council, by piloting a pressure injury prevention bundle.

Data Analytics For Diagnosis And Prediction Of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections In Critical Care Units, Mary A. Hooshmand, Ramin Moghaddass, Christine Toledo, Erotokritos Skordilis

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) are among leading causes of in-hospital deaths in the US and are a significant factor for increased morbidity, mortality and health care costs. This study examined significant attributes for CLABSI positive cases within intensive care units to develop a CLABSI hazard rate and risk score.

Community Health Promotion Initiatives To Improve Healthy Food Choices In An Urban Population, Tami L. Jakubowski, Tracy J. Perron

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The Healthy Corner Store Network is one example of a community health promotion initiative to improve healthy food choices in an urban population with decreased access to healthy foods.

The Effect Of Bundled Interventions On Self-Management Skills For Patients With Diabetic Foot Ulcerations, Janice Zima

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This project examined the self-management skills of patients with diabetes who have a preexisting ulceration, and determined the impact of a high intensity, nurse-administered foot care intervention bundle (NA-FCIB) upon self-management knowledge, skills and outcomes for diabetic patients with existing foot ulcerations.

Assessing Effectiveness Of A Novel Mid-Upper Arm Circumference Z-Score Tape In A Community Setting In Guatemala., Mikaela A. Miller, Kristen Mallory, Manolo Escobedo, Ana Cecilia Tarot, Susan M. Abdel-Rahman

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Background: Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) is an independent anthropometric measurement used to identify malnutrition in children. While much research has been dedicated to applying fixed estimates of MUAC to identify cases of malnutrition in children under 5 years of age, far less has been done with age-specific MUAC Z-score values across the continuum of age from birth through adolescence.

Methods: The present study examined the effectiveness of a novel MUAC Z-score tape, in the hands of community health volunteers, to identify children over the age of 5 who would benefit from nutritional rehabilitation. In January of 2019, 112 community health …

International Academic Partnership In Vietnam To Promote Evidence-Based Practice And Nursing Education, Deborah Reneãƒâ© Jones, Karen Cotter

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This presentation will discuss the goals and accomplishments of the nursing partnerships across borders, nursing practice and nursing education in Vietnam, the lived experience of the faculty as evidence based practice is taught over a two week period, and additional innovative nursing partnerships that are on the horizon.

The Prevalence Of Metabolic Syndrome Among Market Women In Kaneshie, Accra-Ghana, Gloria Achempim-Ansong, Amme Mardulate Tshabalala

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a common chronic condition that has become an important public health concern and considered a worldwide epidemic. MetS predisposes individuals to risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, stroke, and coronary artery disease. The incidence of MetS could be remedied with education and lifestyle modification.

The Impacts Of Warming Coffee: The Climate Change-Coffee-Migration Nexus In The Northern Triangle Of Central America, Connor Lynch

Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights

As climate change continues to threaten every corner of the world, millions of people find their livelihoods and food security at risk as a result of a warming planet. With their human right to livelihood and adequate nutrition at threat, some make the difficult decision to emigrate in search of economic security. The climate change-migration nexus is illustrated in this poster presentation which shows how slow-onset effects of climate change jeopardize the production of coffee in the Northern Triangle of Central America (NTCA), a region that is particularly vulnerable. Thousands of people who depend on coffee production around Guatemala, Honduras, …

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for October 3-9, 2019. Vol. 114, No. 1.

Bertrand Succeeds By Helping Students Reach For Their Dreams, Matt Windsor

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Egestion Versus Excretion: A Meta-Analysis Examining Nutrient Release Rates And Ratios Across Freshwater Fauna, Halvor Halvorson, Carla Atkinson

Faculty Publications

In aquatic settings, animals directly affect ecosystem functions through excretion of dissolved nutrients. However, the comparative role of egestion as an animal-mediated nutrient flux remains understudied. We conducted a literature survey and meta-analysis to directly compare nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and N:P of egestion compared to excretion rates and ratios across freshwater animals. Synthesizing 215 datasets across 47 animal species (all primary consumers or omnivores), we show that the total N and P egestion rates exceed inorganic N and P excretion rates but not total N and P excretion rates, and that proportions of P egested compared to excreted depend …

Upcoming Health & Fitness Expo, Hannah Gallant

Andrews Agenda: Campus News

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Vitamin E Supplementation On Muscular Fatigue In Professional Men's Athletics, Yusni Yusni, Amiruddin Amiruddin

Folia Medica Indonesiana

High-intensity exercise (3000-meter runner) contributes to muscle fatigue. Fatigue can be determined by measuring blood lactate levels. Blood lactate levels are a product of anaerobic metabolism. Lactate accumulation due to anaerobic physical activity can inhibit the glycolytic enzyme that affects decreased ATP production, damage of the calcium and sodium pumps in the muscles and causes fatigue. This study aimed to analyze the effect of vitamin E on the level of fatigue through the response of blood lactate levels in the runner 3000 meters. This research was a quasi-experimental research with a pretest-posttest design. Research subjects were 9 volunteer athletes (3000 …

Comparison Of The Effectiveness Of Tomato (Lycopersicum Commune) And Red Melon (Cucumis Melo L.) Juice In Increasing Vaginal Wall Thickness Of Menopausal Rats Model, Yhenti Widjayanti, Arief Widya Prasetya

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Menopausal period is the period of permanent cessation of menstruation due to reduced or lost ovarian activity. One of the effects of decline estrogen levels during menopause is atropic vulvovaginitis. Consumption of phytoestrogens can reduce menopausal symptoms. Phytoestrogen is found in vegetables and fruits such as tomatoes and red melon. The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of red melon juice and tomato on the increase of vaginal wall thickness in menopausal rats. This study revealed an alternative of phytoestrogen sources that is more effective to reduce menopausal symptoms, especially those related to vaginal atrophy to improve …

Leaf And Petiole Extract Of Centella Asiatica Are Potential For Antifertility And Antimicrobial Material, Susie Amilah, Sukarjati Sukarjati, Diaz P Rachmatin, Masruroh Masruroh

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Ethanol extract of leaves and petiole of pegagan (Centella asiatica) is potential as antimicrobial and antifertility. This study was to investigate whether ethanol extracts of leaf and petiole of Centella asiatica has potential as an antimicrobial and can decrease sperm quality and spermatogenic cells of mice. This was a randomized controlled study using Centella asiatica plant from which we made ethanol extract. The extract of the leaves and petiole of Centella asiatica was subjected to antimicrobial test using the bacteria S. aureus, S. epidermidis, and A. aerogenes. Then the observation was done after a 24-hour-old bacterial cultures by measuring the …

Advanced Glycation End Products: Formation, Role In Diabetic Complications, And Potential In Clinical Application, Rujman Khan, Xin Yee Ooi, Matthew N. Parvus, Laura Valdez, Andrew Tsin

School of Medicine Publications

Hyperglycemic conditions and disruptions to glucose-regulating pathways lead to increased formation of highly reactive aldehydes, methylglyoxal and glyoxal, which react with certain arginine and lysine residues in proteins to form advanced glycation end products (AGEs). These AGEs damage the integrity of the retinal vasculature predominantly through two mechanisms: non-receptor-mediated damage, which pertains to the interaction with extracellular matrix and its functional properties, and receptor-mediated damage through AGE interactions with their receptors (RAGE) on pericytes and Muller cells. Damage occurring between AGE and RAGE potentially generates reactive oxygen species, inflammatory cytokines, and growth factors. Both mechanisms result in increased permeability of …

Policy Interventions For The Development Of The Blue Economy In Bangladesh, Pierre Failler, M Gulam Hussain, Khurshed Alam, Ahmad Al Karim

Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics

Between 2012 and 2014, disputes over maritime boundary with Myanmar and India were favorably settled for Bangladesh, resulting in the expansion of its territorial waters of more than 30% and the country received entitlement to 118,813 km² in the Bay of Bengal. This achievement offers a wide range of new economic opportunities for jobs & growth around marine and coastal sectors such as marine fisheries, marine aquaculture, tourism, exploitation of natural resources, trade and energy. This created new opportunities to exploited the untapped potential of these waters. The challenge will be to develop smart and sustainable solutions to meet …

Institutional Arrangements For The Blue Economy: Marine Spatial Planning A Way Forward, Daud Hassan, Md. Ashraful Alam Ashraf

Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics

Blue Economy is one of the important aspects of Sustainable Ocean Governance as it refers to sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth and improved livelihood by maintaining healthy marine ecosystem. In order to achieve sustainable ocean governance, it is important to implement the contemporary and newly developed principles and concepts including Blue Economy and Ecosystem based management (EBM). As an implementation toll for sustainable ocean governance, Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) can play an important role to achieve the objectives of Blue Economy. Due to various reasons, the current institutional arrangements for sustainable ocean govern as well as exploring …

Blue Biotechnology, Renewable Energy, Unconventional Resources And Products As Emerging Frontiers At Sea, Sheikh Aftab Uddin, Mohammad Mahmudul Islam

Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics

Blue biotechnology, renewable energy and unconventional marine living resources are considered as emerging frontiers for enhancing ocean-based blue economy in Bangladesh. Blue biotechnology can help both fisheries and aquaculture industry by producing fish varieties that can become quicker, more beneficial, and greater with tastier flesh, by developing gene transfer technology to be used to develop the growth of fish or by using of monoclonal antibodies and DNA probes to new diagnostic strategies for pathogens. Transformation of marine bioresources (main, co-product and by-products) into food, medicine, animal feed and related bio-based items i.e. cosmetics, nutritional supplements, enzymes, agrichemicals etc could help …

Blue Economy And Climate Change: Bangladesh Perspective, Subrata Sarker, Firdaus Ara Hussain, Mohammad Assaduzzaman, Pierre Failler

Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics

Blue Economy is related to economic growth through the sustainable utilization of ocean resources with technological inputs to improve livelihoods. Economically important coastal and marine resources are the main components of the Blue Economy for Bangladesh. These resources are categorized into living, non-living, renewable resources and trade and commerce. As Bangladesh is vulnerable to climate change, related extreme events are making the coastal and marine resources vulnerable which may hamper the smooth Blue Economy development in Bangladesh. Climate change extreme events include warming trend, cyclone, sea level rise, droughts, erosion, tidal surge, saline water intrusion, flood, change in precipitation trend …

Coming Stakes In The Ocean: Food Production, Shipping And Trade, Tourism, Ecosystem-Biodiversity, New Technologies And Climate Change Challenges In Bangladesh, Muhammad Abdur Rouf, Md. Moshiur Rahman, Sk Mustafizur Rahman, Md Nazmul Ahsan

Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics

Blue economy is an emerging concept in all over the world where Bangladesh is not in exception. The blue economy of Bangladesh is subject to multiple interlinked activities. Among the major activities, food production, shipping and trade, tourism, ecosystem-biodiversity, new technologies and climate change challenges are the most promising sectors which are discussed in this chapter to project the present and future potential, constrains, ways to overcome in the context of the blue economy of Bangladesh following various published literatures. The review has revealed that Bangladesh has enormous resources which have great potential to uplift the existing economy, improving livelihoods, …

Future Importance Of Healthy Oceans: Ecosystem Functions And Biodiversity, Marine Pollution, Carbon Sequestration, Ecosystem Goods And Services, Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain

Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics

The paper provides a review the current status of ecosystem and resource extraction to provide a series of thoughts related to the future challenges in maintaining the health of the Marine and coastal ecosystems at the Bay of Bengal. The chapter highlighted the challenges current efforts and future interventions necessary to keep the Bay of Bengal large marine ecosystem healthy. They are mainly linked to climate change, environmental pollution from different sources, biodiversity conservation, sediment movement. marine spatial planning and adoption of protected area concept to design marine reserve, fish sanctuary and ecological critical areas in the coastal zone were …

Future Importance Of Maritime Activities In Bangladesh, M Gulam Hussain, Pierre Failler, Subrata Sarker

Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics

Blue Economy is a concept of economic growth through the sustainable utilization of ocean resources with technological inputs to improve livelihoods and meet the growing demands for jobs without hampering the health of the ocean ecosystem. This paper offers an overview of current maritime key activities, major trends and scenarios, future blue economy development activities with economic and social importance, ecological importance and blue economy policy framework. This paper also focuses on the major constraints and challenges. The current maritime key activities include extraction of living and non-living resources, land based activities, trades and transportation, shipbuilding and ship breaking, tourism …

Initial Measures Of The Economic Activity Linked To Bangladesh’S Ocean Space, And Implications For The Country’S Blue Economy Policy Objectives, Pawan G. Patil, John Virdin, Charles S. Colgan, M Gulam Hussain, Pierre Failler, Tibor Veigh

Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics

The Government of Bangladesh resolved its maritime boundaries in 2014, resulting in jurisdiction over ocean space equivalent to 80 percent of the country’s terrestrial area. To encourage the development of this area and the resources it contains, the Government embraced the concept of a “blue economy” in its most recent development plan, as a broad label for all ocean-linked economic activities that are environmentally and socially sustainable. To support the Government’s effort to translate its blue economy aspirations into operational policies, an accounting exercise was conducted to provide initial measures of Bangladesh’s ocean-linked economic activity, as a baseline by which …

Introduction To The Special Issue On The Blue Economy Of Bangladesh, Pawan G. Patil, Pierre Failler, Khurshed Alam

Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics

Introduction to the Special Edition on the Blue Economy of Bangladesh by the Editors of the Special Edition.

An Interdisciplinary Approach For Treating Children With Cerebral Palsy, Magen Keys, Connie Lewis

Journal of Interprofessional Practice and Collaboration

Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a neurological disorder that affects the brain and muscles, often causing motor and social delays. Children diagnosed with CP often require interdisciplinary care to promote quality of life and improved development of motor and social skills. Interdisciplinary teams made up of families, the patient, nurses and therapists allow for ongoing goal setting and communication of treatment plans. Each member of the team plays a significant role as they offer specialized services to enhance not only the patient’s physical development but also

the child’s ability to build social relationships, promote autonomy, and encourage independence.

An interdisciplinary approach …

Spring Into Health: An Interprofessional Education Health Fair, Savannah Parker, Cassie Crew, Savannah Posey

Journal of Interprofessional Practice and Collaboration

The Spring Into Health community health fair was an interprofessional education (IPE) event

hosted by the University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM) College of Pharmacy's Christian

Pharmacists Fellowship International (CPFI) organization. The event included the participation

of several student pharmacy groups, as well as the ULM nursing, dental hygiene, medical

laboratory science, and health studies departments. Every organization involved in the health fair

provided either a health screening or a health education topic to the community of Ouachita

Parish, which is located in northeastern Louisiana. The event was hosted at the Louisiana

Purchase Gardens and Zoo in Monroe, Louisiana, and took …

The Bates Student - Volume 150 Number 02 - October 2, 2019, Bates College

The Bates Student

No abstract provided.

A Qualitative Study Of “Online” Work Breaks, Sungdoo Kim, Stacie Furst-Holloway, Elaine Hollensbee, Suzanne Masterson, Therese Sprinkle, Daniele Bologna

Organization Management Journal

Despite the growing empirical evidence on the beneficial effects of “micro” work breaks, scant research has examined “online” work breaks. Thus, the purpose of this study is to explore the nature and effects of online work breaks. Through an in-depth qualitative study of a diverse set of 33 full-time working professionals, we identified conditions under which online breaks occur as well as the characteristics and outcomes of these breaks. Interestingly, our findings point to both negative and positive outcomes associated with online breaks, largely dependent on an individual’s ability to self-regulate. Our grounded theory approach allows us to develop a …

Association Of Histologic Disease Activity With Progression Of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease., David E Kleiner, Elizabeth M Brunt, Laura A Wilson, Cynthia Behling, Cynthia Guy, Melissa Contos, Oscar Cummings, Matthew Yeh, Ryan Gill, Naga Chalasani, Brent A Neuschwander-Tetri, Anna Mae Diehl, Srinivasan Dasarathy, Norah Terrault, Kris V Kowdley, Rohit Loomba, Patricia Belt, James Tonascia, Joel E Lavine, Arun J Sanyal

Articles, Abstracts, and Reports

Importance: The histologic evolution of the full spectrum of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and factors associated with progression or regression remain to be definitively established.

Objective: To evaluate the histologic evolution of NAFLD and the factors associated with changes in disease severity over time.

Design, Setting, and Participants: A prospective cohort substudy from the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network (NASH CRN) NAFLD Database study, a noninterventional registry, was performed at 8 university medical research centers. Masked assessment of liver histologic specimens was performed, using a prespecified protocol to score individual biopsies. Participants included 446 adults with NAFLD enrolled in …