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Associations Of Dietary Diversity Score, Obesity, And High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein With Hba1c, Irmayanti Irmayanti, Arta Farmawati, Martalena Br Purba Apr 2019

Associations Of Dietary Diversity Score, Obesity, And High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein With Hba1c, Irmayanti Irmayanti, Arta Farmawati, Martalena Br Purba

Makara Journal of Health Research

Background: Associations of dietary diversity score (DDS), obesity and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) with glucose metabolism have been reported. Furthermore, DDS may not be associated with healthy weight. However, studies on these topics are limited in general Indonesia population. Methods: A total of 3,825 Indonesia Family Life Survey 2014/2015 participants aged 20-59 years old were included in this study. DDS was measured qualitatively in five food groups: carbohydrates, proteins, dairy products, vegetables, and fruits. Obesity was defined by Body Mass Index (BMI) classification for Indonesians. Blood analyses were performed in dried blood spot specimens. hs-CRP were analyzed using enzyme-linked immunosorbent …

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In Vitro Evaluation Of The Effect Of Pluchea Indica Extracts In Promoting Glucose Consumption Activity On A Liver Cell Line, Wastuti H. Suriyah, Solachuddin J A Ichwan, Abdul R. Kasmuri, Muhammad Taher Apr 2019

In Vitro Evaluation Of The Effect Of Pluchea Indica Extracts In Promoting Glucose Consumption Activity On A Liver Cell Line, Wastuti H. Suriyah, Solachuddin J A Ichwan, Abdul R. Kasmuri, Muhammad Taher

Makara Journal of Health Research

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder that is associated with mortality and morbidity. Recently, several plant-based agents have been used in the management of diabetes. Pluchea indica has been traditionally consumed as a medicinal plant in Southeast Asia, and its leaves have demonstrated induction of hypoglycemic effect in normal rats. This in vitro study aimed to evaluate the potency of P. indica extracts in stimulating glucose consumption in human liver CCL-13 cell line model. Methods: P. indica leaves were dried and extracted using a series of organic solvents and water. The effect of the extracts on …

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Effect Of Body Weight Changes On Hypertension In Indonesian Adults (A 14-Year Follow Up), Yeni Mahwati Apr 2019

Effect Of Body Weight Changes On Hypertension In Indonesian Adults (A 14-Year Follow Up), Yeni Mahwati

Makara Journal of Health Research

Background: Obesity is one of the major risk factors of hypertension. There is no large cohort study designed to investigate the quantitative asso­ciation between body weight changes and the risk of hypertension in Indonesia. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of longitudinal BMI changes on hypertension in Indonesian adults. Methods: Body Mass Index (BMI) was computed by dividing weight (kg) by height squared (m2). Based on the BMI at baseline, the participants formed four weight-change groups: normal weight-maintainers, weight-gainers, weight-losers and overweight or obese-maintainers. The effect of age on the relationship between body weight changes and …

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Stop The War On Veggies, Une Applied Nutrition Program Apr 2019

Stop The War On Veggies, Une Applied Nutrition Program

All Student-Created Educational Resources

This pamphlet gives parents and caretakers of young children information on creating a food environment for children that promotes vegetable consumption. It further gives some tips on ways to engage children and make eating vegetables fun.

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How To Prevent High Blood Pressure, Une Applied Nutrition Program Apr 2019

How To Prevent High Blood Pressure, Une Applied Nutrition Program

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This handout informs the audience about how to prevent high blood pressure naturally. It includes information on diet and exercise; healthy defaults to prevent high blood pressure; tips on avoiding sodium and alcohol and risk factors for high blood pressure.

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The Culinary Culture Of Iran Fact Sheet, Rachael Costello Apr 2019

The Culinary Culture Of Iran Fact Sheet, Rachael Costello

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A two-page handout detailing the food customs and cultures of The Islamic Republic of Iran. This includes traditional dishes, meals, culinary influences, religious dietary rules, and common eating patterns.

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Planning For Success, Robin Verzoni Apr 2019

Planning For Success, Robin Verzoni

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This pamphlet informs the reader about meal preparation and planning. It gives examples of healthy food options from the various categories of macro nutrients, and quick and healthy snack options. It stresses the importance of planning ahead and how important it is to be successful. It gives examples of ways to have handy meals and snacks for work and discusses the importance of bringing awareness to what you eat by tracking your daily intake.

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Simple Strategies For A Healthy Pregnancy, Une Applied Nutrition Program Apr 2019

Simple Strategies For A Healthy Pregnancy, Une Applied Nutrition Program

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This handout gives the audience ideas for meeting the nutritional needs of teens for a healthy pregnancy. Tips for incorporating healthy foods and physical activity into a regular routine are included. The importance of nutrition during an adolescent pregnancy is briefly overviewed.

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Prevent The Progression Of Gestational Diabetes After Pregnancy, Yasmin Barakat Apr 2019

Prevent The Progression Of Gestational Diabetes After Pregnancy, Yasmin Barakat

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This handout informs the audience about ways to reduce the risk of or even prevent the progression of gestational diabetes into needing insulin medication or after pregnancy. This will include tips on healthy defaults for dietary and lifestyle modifications such as making healthy alternatives easy and more attractive, as well as the role of physical activity in diabetes prevention, and maintaining weight. It will also include information on nutrient needs while pregnant.

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Easy Adjustments To Create Success In Your Health Journey, Stephanie Menagh Apr 2019

Easy Adjustments To Create Success In Your Health Journey, Stephanie Menagh

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This handout informs readers about different ways to utilize healthy defaults in daily life. Definition of healthy defaults, prevalence and concerns with obesity, and methods to create small everyday lifestyle changes are discussed.

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Teen Obesity: Solutions To Address The Nutritional And Socio-Economic Factors, Jaya Balasubramanian Apr 2019

Teen Obesity: Solutions To Address The Nutritional And Socio-Economic Factors, Jaya Balasubramanian

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This handout provides solutions to the various challenges facing obese teenagers ranging from how to eat right, plan out the day’s nutrition, smart way to choose school meals, tips to manage weight, how to eat less calories and still feel satiated, including workouts to the daily regimen, cooking at home and lastly, managing the monthly budget to allow finances for grocery and food till the month end.

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Taking Charge Of Adolescent Obesity, Katelyn Gass Apr 2019

Taking Charge Of Adolescent Obesity, Katelyn Gass

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This handout provides basic information and simple tips to work on the overall health and well-being of the obese adolescent through evidence based research.

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Vietnam Food Culture, Candace Nelson Apr 2019

Vietnam Food Culture, Candace Nelson

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The food scene in Vietnam is social and lively. The demand for fresh meat, seafood, and produce has open-air markets open twice per day. The demand for freshness also limits opportunities to enforce food safety regulations. Vietnam has one of the highest rates of vegetable consumption in the world. Rice is also consumed in large portions, but malnourishment rates are high. Common deficiencies include vitamin A, iron, iodine, and zinc. Honoring the dead through food is a common practice.

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Childhood Obesity: What You Can Do For Your Child, Gabrielle Parks Apr 2019

Childhood Obesity: What You Can Do For Your Child, Gabrielle Parks

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This handout provides information to parents regarding the causes of obesity. It provides several ways parents can help prevent obesity in their children as well as health outcome should children remain obese into adulthood.

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Define Your Life In A Whole New Way, Une Applied Nutrition Program Apr 2019

Define Your Life In A Whole New Way, Une Applied Nutrition Program

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Childhood obesity has become a relatively recent problem, but affects a large portion of the American children population. The diet of American children is setting them up for failure. It is helping them to become overweight or obese instead of becoming strong and healthy into their adult years.

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Small Changes Make A Big Difference, Jessica Crone Apr 2019

Small Changes Make A Big Difference, Jessica Crone

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This handout gives six tips to adolescent females on how to create healthy habits to fight obesity that focuses on other things than just eating healthy.

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Periodontitis And The Elderly: An Overview Of The Disease And Its Impact On An Aging Population, Nicole Grace Weissenfluh Apr 2019

Periodontitis And The Elderly: An Overview Of The Disease And Its Impact On An Aging Population, Nicole Grace Weissenfluh

Senior Honors Theses

Periodontitis affects millions of Americans each year, and is especially prevalent among the elderly. Since periodontitis is a chronic, progressive condition, uninterrupted disease progression leads to irreversible oral damage; therefore, periodontitis often reduces the oral health-related quality of life. Furthermore, research strongly suggests a correlation between periodontitis and other systemic diseases (e.g., cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus), highlighting the importance of understanding, treating, and preventing periodontitis. This thesis explores the pathology and etiology of periodontitis, with special focus given to the prevalence and impact of the disease in the elderly population. Additionally, the connection between periodontitis and other systemic diseases …

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Snowshoe Hares (Lepus Americanus) Alter Feeding Behavior In Response To Coyote (Canis Latrans) And Moose (Alces Alces) Cues At Diverse Vegetation Densities, Zachary K. Lankist Apr 2019

Snowshoe Hares (Lepus Americanus) Alter Feeding Behavior In Response To Coyote (Canis Latrans) And Moose (Alces Alces) Cues At Diverse Vegetation Densities, Zachary K. Lankist

Student Scholarship

Prey interpret predator cues as a warning and use them to assess the danger of a given area. Multiple prey species avoid chemical cues from predators at feeding sites because the risk of death outweighs the benefit of food. However, we lack information regarding avoidance of chemical cues from competitors as well as how foraging behavior changes alongside vegetative cover. To test if chemical cues and veget~tive cover alter prey vigilance, number of visits, and time spent at feeding sites, I observed snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) in plots containing coyote (Canis latrans; predator) and moose (Alces alces; competitor) urine across …

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Ionic Liquid Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis For Improved Separation Of Proteins And Small Egg White Peptides, Michael C. Brands Apr 2019

Ionic Liquid Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis For Improved Separation Of Proteins And Small Egg White Peptides, Michael C. Brands

Honors Capstones

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Healthy You, Lehigh Valley Health Network Apr 2019

Healthy You, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Healthy You

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Learning The Language Of Academic Writing: Using The C3wp As A Scaffold In The Secondary English Classroom, John Lennon Apr 2019

Learning The Language Of Academic Writing: Using The C3wp As A Scaffold In The Secondary English Classroom, John Lennon

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

Using academic language and employing textual evidence as support is a critical component of academic writing. However, many secondary students struggle to join academic conversations because of the skills associated with this type of writing. Through the implementation of the National Writing Project's College, Career, and Community Writing Program (C3WP) (2018) and focusing on the moves of academic writers presented by Harris (2006) and Graff and Birkenstein (2017), students can find ways to use evidence in a more constructive way in their research and argumentative writing. This essay will analyze student writing samples at various levels of skill development and …

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Propionate Enhances The Antimicrobial Defenses In Macrophages Against Listeria Monocytogenes, John Weis Apr 2019

Propionate Enhances The Antimicrobial Defenses In Macrophages Against Listeria Monocytogenes, John Weis

Honors Theses

Propionate is a short chain fatty acid produced by the bacteria in the human gut. It has a wide range of nutritional functions in the human body. Several studies have also reported the effects of propionate on immune cell activation. In this study, we used Listeria monocytogenes as a model pathogen to determine how and what the effects of propionate on immune cells influence cell susceptibility to infections. Listeria is a dangerous intracellular pathogen that can replicate inside immune cells such as macrophages. Therefore, we can assess the impact of propionate on infection susceptibility by performing cell culture infections. We …

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The Effects Of Dixie Harrow Treatments On Greater Sage-Grouse Resource Selection And The Nutritional Value Of Sagebrush During Winter, Jason Alan Wood Apr 2019

The Effects Of Dixie Harrow Treatments On Greater Sage-Grouse Resource Selection And The Nutritional Value Of Sagebrush During Winter, Jason Alan Wood

Theses and Dissertations

Sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) is an important source of food and cover for many animals, especially during winter months. Understanding how wildlife species respond to sagebrush management actions can help improve conservation planning. Dixie harrow is a method of improving spring/summer habitat for many herbivores by reducing sagebrush cover to stimulate the growth of grasses and forbs. These treatments, however, may influence the quantity and quality of sagebrush available to greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter, sage-grouse) during winter. We evaluated the effects of Dixie harrow on sage-grouse resource selection during winter (Chapter 1) and on the nutritional value of sagebrush (Chapter …

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Louisiana Agriculture Spring, 2019 Apr 2019

Louisiana Agriculture Spring, 2019

Louisiana Agriculture

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Proximal Tubular Cell–Specific Ablation Of Carnitine Acetyltransferase Causes Tubular Disease And Secondary Glomerulosclerosis, Claudia Kruger, Trang Tiffany Nguyen, Chelsea Breaux, Alana Guillory, Margaret Mangelli, Kevin T. Fridianto, Jean Paul Kovalik, David H. Burk, Robert C. Noland, Randall Mynatt, Krisztian Stadler Apr 2019

Proximal Tubular Cell–Specific Ablation Of Carnitine Acetyltransferase Causes Tubular Disease And Secondary Glomerulosclerosis, Claudia Kruger, Trang Tiffany Nguyen, Chelsea Breaux, Alana Guillory, Margaret Mangelli, Kevin T. Fridianto, Jean Paul Kovalik, David H. Burk, Robert C. Noland, Randall Mynatt, Krisztian Stadler

Faculty Publications

© 2019 by the American Diabetes Association. Proximal tubular epithelial cells are highly energy demanding. Their energy need is covered mostly from mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation. Whether derailments in fatty acid metabolism and mitochondrial dysfunction are forerunners of tubular damage has been suggested but is not entirely clear. Here we modeled mitochondrial overload by creating mice lacking the enzyme carnitine acetyltransferase (CrAT) in the proximal tubules, thus limiting a primary mechanism to export carbons under conditions of substrate excess. Mice developed tubular disease and, interestingly, secondary glomerulosclerosis. This was accompanied by increased levels of apoptosis regulator and fibrosis markers, increased …

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Characterization Of Iron-Sulfur Cluster Proteins From Methanococcus Maripaludis, Melody Salmanian Apr 2019

Characterization Of Iron-Sulfur Cluster Proteins From Methanococcus Maripaludis, Melody Salmanian

Honors Capstones

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Virulence-Driven Trade-Offs In Disease Transmission: A Meta-Analysis*, Miguel A. Acevedo, Forrest P. Dillemuth, Andrew J. Flick, Matthew J. Faldyn, Bret D. Elderd Apr 2019

Virulence-Driven Trade-Offs In Disease Transmission: A Meta-Analysis*, Miguel A. Acevedo, Forrest P. Dillemuth, Andrew J. Flick, Matthew J. Faldyn, Bret D. Elderd

Faculty Publications

© 2019 The Author(s). Evolution © 2019 The Society for the Study of Evolution. The virulence–transmission trade-off hypothesis proposed more than 30 years ago is the cornerstone in the study of host–parasite co-evolution. This hypothesis rests on the premise that virulence is an unavoidable and increasing cost because the parasite uses host resources to replicate. This cost associated with replication ultimately results in a deceleration in transmission rate because increasing within-host replication increases host mortality. Empirical tests of predictions of the hypothesis have found mixed support, which cast doubt about its overall generalizability. To quantitatively address this issue, we conducted …

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Evaluation Of Multi-Frequency Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis For The Assessment Of Body Composition In Individuals With Obesity, P. A. Sullivan, C. D. Still, S. T. Jamieson, C. B. Dixon, B. A. Irving, J. L. Andreacci Apr 2019

Evaluation Of Multi-Frequency Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis For The Assessment Of Body Composition In Individuals With Obesity, P. A. Sullivan, C. D. Still, S. T. Jamieson, C. B. Dixon, B. A. Irving, J. L. Andreacci

Faculty Publications

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare body composition measurements estimated by multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (MF-BIA) with air displacement plethysmography (ADP) in individuals with obesity. Methods: Bariatric patients were recruited from Geisinger's Center for Nutrition and Weight Management Clinic in Danville, Pennsylvania. Sixty-two participants (age = 52.4 ± 9.3 years; body mass index = 38.9 ± 8.0 kg m−2) reported for a same-day testing visit. Body composition was measured using a common MF-BIA analyzer (InBody 720, Biospace Co., Beverly Hills, CA) and ADP. Results: Strong relationships were observed between MF-BIA and ADP methods (r = 0.88–0.96, P < 0.001). There were no differences between MF-BIA and ADP measures of per cent body fat, fat mass or fat-free mass for the total sample or when examined by gender. Conclusions: The InBody 720 MF-BIA analyzer produced body composition measurements that were similar to ADP supporting the use of this technology in the obese population.

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Exposure To Suicidal Behavior Predicts A Suicide Attempt, Depending On Past Psychiatric Diagnosis, Emily A. Kline Apr 2019

Exposure To Suicidal Behavior Predicts A Suicide Attempt, Depending On Past Psychiatric Diagnosis, Emily A. Kline

Theses and Dissertations

We hypothesized that adolescents with a psychiatric diagnosis that were exposed to a suicide attempt and/or suicide death are at risk for future suicide attempts. Exposure to suicidal behavior did not predict future suicide attempts, however the interaction between having a psychiatric diagnosis and exposure significantly predicted future suicide attempts.

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Volume 25, No. 2 (Spring 2019), Office Of University Advancement, Bryant University Apr 2019

Volume 25, No. 2 (Spring 2019), Office Of University Advancement, Bryant University

Bryant Magazine (1997-2019)(2024-present)

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