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Development Of A Healthful Weight Management Nutrition Education Curriculum For Low-Income Adults, Sarah Stotz, Laurel Sanville, Caree Cotwright, Rachelle Reed, Mona Habibi, Jung Sun Lee

Journal of Extension

Food Talk: Better U (FTBU) is a healthful weight management curriculum developed by the University of Georgia's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) team. FTBU addresses the high burden of obesity among low-income Georgians by focusing on healthful weight management practices. Topics include practicing portion control, tracking dietary intake, setting goals, limiting added sugar, making small healthful behavior shifts, and implementing problem-solving strategies. Lesson structure includes sharing sessions, didactic lessons, cooking demonstrations, and physical activity. FTBU is based on needs assessment results and rigorous evaluation and thereby aligns with requirements outlined in current SNAP-Ed guidance materials. Other Extension SNAP-Ed providers …

Visualizing Nutrient Effects On Root Pattern Formation, Robert E. Zdor

Faculty Publications

This lab gives students hands-on experience with visualizing the root architecture of plants exposed to varying concentrations of the vital nutrient phosphorus. By maintaining Brassica sp. seedlings in the presence of different quantities of phosphate, students can quantify changes in the number of lateral roots as an example of how the environment influences plant pattern formation. Additional variables in the experimental design, such as the use of plant mutants altered in plant regulator action or the presence of plant regulators in the plant growth medium, allow for exploration of how plant growth regulators are involved in root development. The quantitative …

Hot Neoliberal Commodities Or Tools For Empowerment? A Badges Case Study And Conversation, Emily Ford, Jost Lottes, Betty Izumi, Dawn Richardson

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

In Fall term of 2014, three instructors of Portland State University’s School of Community Health, in collaboration with the school’s subject librarian, deployed digital badges to certify information literacy and critical thinking outcomes in their classes. The badge curriculum, which was developed by mapping library learning outcomes to course learning outcomes, was designed to teach and assess students’ understanding of and skills acquisition in website evaluation, information formats, database searching, citing and plagiarism, and contributing knowledge to the information landscape. Badges were issued using Credly, and before and after the term, students were asked to provide feedback about their learning …

Get Started Or Unstuck: Four Elements Of Successful Interdisciplinary Collaboration In Extension, Alison Holland, Alexis Troschinetz, Shahram Missaghi

Journal of Extension

Minnesota Extension needs to increase interdisciplinary collaboration across the organization to remain successful. Through interviews with associate deans and Extension educators, we investigated elements of existing interdisciplinary collaboration and recommended ways to approach such collaborations. Common themes identified were (a) the need to identify an issue requiring collaboration, (b) the need to define success, (c) the need to clarify expectations, and (d) the need to determine resources. Our findings can help Extension professionals get started, or unstuck, in the pursuit of successful interdisciplinary collaborations.

Poverty Simulations For Human Services Professionals: Impacts And Implications, Jeong-Kyun Choi, Dan Wang, Euwanda Jennings, Ruth Vonderohe

Journal of Extension

We examined the program outcomes of a poverty simulation offered by Nebraska Extension. Using qualitative and quantitative data sets collected from 582 participants, we investigated their emotional, attitudinal, and learning outcomes. The overall findings suggest that poverty simulations can enable participants to empathize with people living in poverty, reduce their misconceptions about people living in poverty and about governmental support, and improve their awareness of financial hardship, economic difficulties, government programs, and community resources. We provide recommendations for poverty simulation implementation, such as more rigorous use of orientation, group discussion, and community resources.

Exploration Of Dairy Calf Management Practices And Educational Needs In Vermont, Mia Cosentino, Julia M. Smith

Journal of Extension

Proper calf care is important on dairy farms as management practices affect animal well-being and productivity as well as farm profitability. This article highlights areas of calf management needing improvement according to the results of a mixed-mode survey intended to provide a snapshot of calf management practices in Vermont. Areas for which improvement is needed aligned with farmers' identification of topics of interest and included calving management, nutrition (particularly neonatal feeding practices), and biosecurity (including vaccination). Extension professionals can draw on information about practices needing improvement and topics of interest to farmers to better position themselves to provide outreach tailored …

Social And Economic Impacts Of International Labor Migration In Uzbekistan, Nematkhon Khamrakhudjaev, Javokhir Juraev,

Society and Administration

Annotation: this paper attempts to look closely at socio-economic consequences of migration and remittance decisions of the Uzbek households. We first draw a portrait of a typical migrant worker, paying special attention to the motives for migration and the skills that the migrants possess. We trace the portrait of the typical migrant worker to see the changes in migration profile over time. We also investigate the impact of migration and remittances on the livelihoods of migrant-sending families. Using a unique household survey conducted by the German Agency for International Development (GIZ) office in Tashkent, we show that remittances have a …

The Effect Of Synthetic Essential Amino Acids Supplementation To Low Crude Protein Diets On Growth Performance And Serum Metabolites In Broiler Chickens, Ahmed Elshafey

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

Objective: To assess the influence of reduction of crude protein (CP) by 5% and 10% with supplementation of crystalline synthetic essential amino acids (EAAs) on performance and carcass traits of broilers .Design: Randomized controlled studyAnimals: A total of 320 one-day-old broiler chicks, (Cobb 500) reared up to 35 days of age were randomly allocated into eight experimental groups with four replicates (10 each).Procedures: The treatments as follow; the first group of chicks were fed on control protein to meet the CP requirement and total AAs according to Cobb 500 recommendation; the second group were fed idle EAAs (Id EAAs) to …

Delta Ministry Collection, Mississippi State University Libraries

Special Collections Finding Aids

Acc. No. 78. The Delta Ministry Papers (1936, 1964-1971) contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, proposals, minutes, memoranda, press releases, photographs, election and campaign materials, bills, receipts, and financial statements, mostly concerning politics, civil rights issues, and school desegregation.

Impacts Of Mannan Oligosaccharides (Mos) On Growth Performance Andgastrointestinal Health Of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus), Ahmed Al-Wakeel

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

Objective: This study was undertaken to evaluate the potential role of Mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) on growth performance, liver and intestine tissue morphology, and gut microbiota of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).Design: Controlled study.Animals: Three groups of Nile tilapia.Procedures: Three diets were formulated to contain 0 % of MOS 500 (MOS) as control (control), 0.05% of MOS plus adding MOS into water as well at level of 12.5 mg/l (MOS (feed +water), and the third group MOS was added only to water (MOS water) at the same level, and fed to Nile tilapia for 6 weeks.Results: Simultaneous water and feed additives with …

Reinecke (John) Collection, Mississippi State University Libraries

Special Collections Finding Aids

MSS. 615. 1903-1987. 4 cubic feet. The collection consists of copies of entomological articles collected by Dr. Reinecke,a former adjunct professor of entomology at MSU, focusing on the boll weevil and pink boll-worm but also including other insects such as the sugar-cane borer and the tobacco budworm, their physiology, life-cycles, control, and rearing in the laboratory. The articles are drawn from a variety of scientific journals and other publications, mostly from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Wlbt Archives, Mississippi State University Libraries

Special Collections Finding Aids

MSS. 366. 1967-1980. 155 cubic feet. Correspondence, memoranda, board minutes, programming logs, newscast scripts, photographs, videotapes, and news film documenting the policies and operation of television station WLBT in Jackson, Mississippi, during the period (1971-1980) in which Communications Improvement, Inc., a non-profit organization, held the station's interim license.

Butler (Eugene) Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries

Special Collections Finding Aids

MSS. 389. 1883-1999 (Bulk Dates: 1925-1980). 17 cubic feet. The collection comprises the papers of Progressive Farmer editor-in-chief Eugene Butler (1894-1995). The papers contain correspondence related to Butler's business activities and involvement with Mississippi State University, office memoranda, reports, drafts of editorials, speeches, photocopies of editorials and articles, newspaper clippings, biographical material, brochures and other publications, press releases and photographs.

Posey (Zoe) Scrapbooks, Mississippi State University Libraries

Special Collections Finding Aids

MSS. 251. 0.75 cubic feet: 12 vols. Clippings related to Mississippi and Louisiana history, especially Confederate and 20th century, and Louisiana recipes. Indexed. Posey was the daughter of a Confederate general.

Implementing A Novel Quality Improvement-Based Approach To Data Quality Monitoring And Enhancement In A Multipurpose Clinical Registry, Jesse Pratt, Daniel Jeffers, Eileen C. King, Michael D. Kappelman, Jennifer Collins, Peter Margolis, Howard Baron, Julie A. Bass, Mikelle D. Bassett, Genie L. Beasley, Keith J. Benkov, Jeffrey A. Bornstein, Jose M. Cabrera, Wallace Crandall, Liz D. Dancel, Monica P. Garin-Laflam, John E. Grunow, Barry Z. Hirssch, Edward Hoffenberg, Esther Israel, Traci W. Jester, Fevronia Kiparissi, Arathi Lakhole, Sameer P. Lapsia, Phillip Minar, Fernando A. Navarro, Haley Neef, Kt Park, Dinesh S. Pashankar, Ashish S. Patel, Victor M. Pineiro, Chrles M. Samson, Kelly C. Sandberg, Steven J. Steiner, Jennifer A. Strople, Boris Sudel, Jillian S. Sullivan, David L. Suskind, Vikas Uppal, Prateek D. Wali

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

Objective: To implement a quality improvement based system to measure and improve data quality in an observational clinical registry to support a Learning Healthcare System.

Data Source: ImproveCareNow Network registry, which as of September 2019 contained data from 314,250 visits of 43,305 pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients at 109 participating care centers.

Study Design: The impact of data quality improvement support to care centers was evaluated using statistical process control methodology. Data quality measures were defined, performance feedback of those measures using statistical process control charts was implemented, and reports that identified data items not following data quality checks …

Microrna-92a Regulates The Expression Of Aphid Bacteriocyte-Specific Secreted Protein 1, Honglin Feng, Joun S. Park, R. Grace Zhai, Alexandra C.C. Wilson

Faculty Publications

Objective: Aphids harbor a nutritional obligate endosymbiont in specialized cells called bacteriocytes, which aggregate to form an organ known as the bacteriome. Aphid bacteriomes display distinct gene expression profiles that facilitate the symbiotic relationship. Currently, the mechanisms that regulate these patterns of gene expression are unknown. Recently using computational pipelines, we identified miRNAs that are conserved in expression in the bacteriomes of two aphid species and proposed that they function as important regulators of bacteriocyte gene expression. Here using a dual luciferase assay in mouse NIH/3T3 cell culture, we aimed to experimentally validate the computationally predicted interaction between Myzus persicae …

Extreme Obesity Among Adults In The United States: Spatial Variation And The Association With Mortality, Carrie Mills

Dissertations and Theses

Objectives: The purpose of this dissertation was to create small area estimates to describe and explore the county-level spatial variation of extreme obesity among adults in the United States and to assess the county-level association and spatial variation of extreme obesity and mortality.

Methods: The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System was used in conjunction with data from the Census Bureau to estimate county-level model-predicted prevalence of extreme obesity using multilevel regression and poststratification. Spatial dependence of estimates was assessed using global Moran’s Index, and local Moran’s Indices were used to identify clusters of higher and lower rates of extreme obesity …

Implementing A Novel Quality Improvement-Based Approach To Data Quality Monitoring And Enhancement In A Multipurpose Clinical Registry., Jesse Pratt, Daniel Jeffers, Eileen C. King, Michael D. Kappelman, Jennifer Collins, Peter Margolis, Howard Baron, Julie A. Bass, Mikelle D. Bassett, Genie L. Beasley, Keith J. Benkov, Jeffrey A. Bornstein, José M. Cabrera, Wallace Crandall, Liz D. Dancel, Monica P. Garin-Laflam, John E. Grunow, Barry Z. Hirsch, Edward Hoffenberg, Esther Israel, Traci W. Jester, Fevronia Kiparissi, Arathi Lakhole, Sameer P. Lapsia, Phillip Minar, Fernando A. Navarro, Haley Neef, K T Park, Dinesh S. Pashankar, Ashish S. Patel, Victor M. Pineiro, Charles M. Samson, Kelly C. Sandberg, Steven J. Steiner, Jennifer A. Strople, Boris Sudel, Jillian S. Sullivan, David L. Suskind, Vikas Uppal, Prateek D. Wali

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Objective: To implement a quality improvement based system to measure and improve data quality in an observational clinical registry to support a Learning Healthcare System.

Data Source: ImproveCareNow Network registry, which as of September 2019 contained data from 314,250 visits of 43,305 pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients at 109 participating care centers.

Study Design: The impact of data quality improvement support to care centers was evaluated using statistical process control methodology. Data quality measures were defined, performance feedback of those measures using statistical process control charts was implemented, and reports that identified data items not following data quality checks …

The Possible Protective Effect Of Pumpkin Seed Extract On Mammary Carcinoma In Rats: An Experimental Study, Walaa Aboseda

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

Objective: To evaluate the potential protective effect of pumpkins’ seed extract on oxidative stress and cyclin D1 expression associated with mammary gland carcinoma in rats. Design: Randomized controlled experimental study. Animals: Forty female Sprague Dawley rats. Procedures: Rats were allocated equally to four groups (10 rats each); group 1 (control group); group 2 received 7, 12 dimethylbenzanthracene (DMBA) subcutaneously in the mammary region to induce carcinoma. Group 3 received pumpkin seed extract at 300 mg/kg body weight orally, and group 4 was treated with both pumpkin seed extract and DMBA. Animals were euthanized after 8 weeks of treatment, and tissues …

How Health Literate Are The Igeneration Filipinos? Health Literacy Among Filipino Early Adolescents In Middle Schools, Roberto Javier Jr., Marites Tiongco, Melvin Jabar

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

This paper describes the level of health literacy among middle school students in the Philippines. It specifically determines their level of knowledge of health as well as their health-related skills, attitudes, and values. This paper assumes that middle school children, being part of the iGeneration, will have a higher level of health literacy owing to their better access to Internet technology. School-age children in the Philippines who were born in the early years of 2000 have grown up with high technology such that they have at their fingertips all sources of knowledge about health. Aside from the Internet, students are …

Food Waste Behavior Of Young Fast-Food Consumers In The Philippines, Safa D. Manala-O, Patrick Adriel H. Aure

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

The foodservice industry is considered to be one of the largest and most profitable sectors in the Philippine economy. Literature reveals that one of the pressing and urgent concerns of foodservice outlets is food waste. Food waste is defined as any food appropriate and intended for human consumption being discarded, whether or not it is kept beyond its expiry date or left to spoil. Economically speaking, it impacts the cost firms incur in disposing food waste and has serious environmental and social implications. This study investigates the out-of-home food waste behavior of young consumers within the context of the Philippine …

Organic Food Purchase Motives Of Southeast Asian Young Consumers, Kulkanya Napompech

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

No abstract provided.

The Household Water Insecurity Experiences (Hwise) Scale: Development And Validation Of A Household Water Insecurity Measure For Low-Income And Middle-Income Countries, Sera L. Young, Godfred O. Boateng, Zeina Jamaluddine, Joshua D. Miller, Edward A. Frongillo, Torsten B. Neilands, Shaleans M. Collins, Amber Wutich, Wendy E. Jepson, Justin Stoler

Faculty Publications

Objective Progress towards equitable and sufficient water has primarily been measured by population-level data on water availability. However, higher-resolution measures of water accessibility, adequacy, reliability and safety (ie, water insecurity) are needed to understand how problems with water impact health and well-being. Therefore, we developed the Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale to measure household water insecurity in an equivalent way across disparate cultural and ecological settings.

Methods Cross-sectional surveys were implemented in 8127 households across 28 sites in 23 low-income and middle-income countries. Data collected included 34 items on water insecurity in the prior month; socio-demographics; water acquisition, use …

The Household Water Insecurity Experiences (Hwise) Scale: Development And Validation Of A Household Water Insecurity Measure For Low-Income And Middle-Income Countries, Sera L. Young, Godfred O. Boateng, Zeina Jamaluddine, Joshua D. Miller, Edward A. Frongillo Jr., Torsten B. Neilands, Shelean M. Collins, Amber Wutich, Wendy E. Jepson, Justin Stoler, On Behalf Of The Hwise Research Coordination Network

Faculty Publications

Objective

Progress towards equitable and sufficient water has primarily been measured by population-level data on water availability. However, higher-resolution measures of water accessibility, adequacy, reliability and safety (ie, water insecurity) are needed to understand how problems with water impact health and well-being. Therefore, we developed the Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale to measure household water insecurity in an equivalent way across disparate cultural and ecological settings.

Methods

Cross-sectional surveys were implemented in 8127 households across 28 sites in 23 low-income and middle-income countries. Data collected included 34 items on water insecurity in the prior month; sociodemographics; water acquisition, use …

Triple Aims Healthcare Policy Voices Of Graduate Student Interprofessional Team Members, Gary J. Skolits, Rachel N. Ladd, Paul Kirkland, Lora Beebe, Marian Roman

The Qualitative Report

The purpose of this study is to share the voices of healthcare graduate students participating in an interprofessional course experience, particularly as their voice relate to fundamental healthcare issues care embodied in the Triple Aims. Two research questions guided study efforts: (1) how do graduate students perceive the value of interprofessional learning experiences for their professional development as future healthcare providers? and (2) based on these experiences, how do students perceive the potential for interprofessional teams to address the Triple Aims of health care? This study was based on the qualitative approach of inductive thematic coding (Braun & Clarke, 2006). …

Effects Of Non-Digestible Oligosaccharides And Their Combinations On The Immunomodulation Of Mice, Wang Hui, Qin Cuili, Gong Qiang, Niu Mingfu, Zhao Siqi, Xi Zhenjun

Food and Machinery

To investigate the immunomodulatory effects of the three non-digestible oligosaccharides, fructooligofructose, xylooligosaccharide and galactooligosaccharide, and their combinations on mice,140 BALB/c female mice were randomly divided into 7 groups in this experiment, including blank control group, FOS group, XOS group and GOS group, XOS and GOS group, XOS and FOS group, FOS and GOS group. Each group was intragastrically administered at a dose of 400 mg/kg once a day for 15 days. The immunomodulatory effects of different non-digested oligosaccharides and their combinations on mice were evaluated by measuring immune organ index, macrophage phagocytosis, serum hemolysin level, DTH delayed type hypersensitivity, and …

Nutritional Quality Analysis And Representative Indexes Of Melon, Yan Qiaoli, Zhang Yanming, Tao Yongxia, He Weizhong, Wang Cheng

Food and Machinery

The aim of this study was to screen the representative indexes of melon nutritional quality and identify the nutritional quality characteristics of different varieties of melon. Based on the data of 18 nutritional quality indexes of melon, the principal component analysis (PCA) was used to select the representative indexes of melon quality. The results showed that the loading values of ash, fat, V_B1, niacin, tartaric acid, sucrose, total sugar, soluble solids and total acid in the corresponding principal components of the 18 indexes were relatively high, which could better reflect the overall variation of the data. The 13 …

The Exchange Mechanism Of Food Safety Risks In Japan, Europe And America And Its Enlightenment, Gu Kaichen, Chang Zhirong, Wei Ting, Yao Xiaoyuan

Food and Machinery

Building risk communicationsystem is one of the most important means to prevent and manage food problems in the field of international food safety. It has become the consensus of all countries to apply it to the management of food safety. This paper systematically expounds the mechanism of food safety risk communication in Japan, EU and USA, and analyses its framework and functions, aiming at exploring the mechanism of food safety risk communication in foreign countries, and providing enlightenment for the establishment and implementation of the mechanism of food safety risk communication in China.

Ultrasonic-Assisted Preparation, Stability, And Reducing Blood Lipid Of Fish Oil Microcapsule From Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon Idella), Liu Xiaoli, Wei Changqing, Zhan Xiaobei, Xia Wenshui

Food and Machinery

With grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) oil used as core material, chitosan (CTS) and soy protein isolate (SPI) as wall materials, CTS/SPI fish oil microcapsule product was prepared by use ultrasonic and spray drying. The embedding rate, particle size, thermal stability, storage stability, fish oil and microcapsule functional fatty acids content changes before and after storage and fall hematic fat action were studied. The results showed that the preparation of microcapsule embedding rate reached 77%, with the average particle size 15.8 μm, and the glass transition temperature (Tg) was 71 ℃. The functional fatty acids content changed little at 60 ℃, …

Study On Physicochemical And Sensory Properties, Polyphenolic Composition And Antioxidant Capacity Of Matcha Tea Infusion, Zhang Qiqi, Cheng Junxia, Wang Qi, Wang Haopeng, Yang Na, Guo Juntong, Shao Hongjun

Food and Machinery

The physicochemical and sensory properties, polyphenolic composition, and antioxidant capacity of two kinds of matcha tea infusion were investigated in the present study. The results showed that the pH increased slightly, and the titratable acid content decreased dramatically from the first to the third brew. Meanwhile, the infusions of the first brew had optimal color and scent sensory quality compared with those of the second and third brews. Furthermore, the total polyphenol content, polyphenolic composition, and antioxidant capacity of tea infusions showed no significant difference between the two kinds of matcha tea, but all decreased to some degrees during the …