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Perspectives Of Meat Nutrition And Human Health, Li Chunbao, Yin Yulong, Zhou Guanghong

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

In recent 30 years, China's meat industry has developed very fast and its productive value amounts to 1300 billion RMB. It is a pillar industry for agricultural products process and food processing, and a critical support point and breakthrough point for the reform of the supply side of animal husbandry as well. As economic and social development, meat nutrition and human health have been paid more and more attention. In this paper, China's meat industry and relevant national strategies were reviewed, and events that happened in developed countries were summarized. Several key scientific and technological questions were put forward on …

Three Key Factors To Balance When Choosing A Calving Season Based On Profitability, Matthew Stockton, Devin Broadhead

Cornhusker Economics

Cow producers base major decisions such as calving season on expected economic outcomes which include productivity, input costs, personal capability, individual preferences, markets, and so on. Calving systems are generally categorized into three seasons, spring, summer and fall. Many producers select the spring calving season to maximize the weaned calf weight at the end of the summer grass season. Unfortunately this increases feeding costs since extra nutrition is needed in the spring, prior to pastures being opened. Also due to the widespread adoption of this early spring calving, the mass marketing in late fall often results in depressed calf prices …

Social Media For Health: Utilizing Instagram To Improve Eating Habits Of Overweight And Obese Adolescents, Abbey J. Horner, Cynthia A. Danford

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Social media is an effective tool to promote healthy patient behaviors. The purpose of this project is to 1) explore adolescent preferences regarding delivery of content on a social media platform and 2) tailor and implement a social media intervention using Instagram to help increase healthy dietary behaviors in adolescents.

Analyzing Self-Care Initiative Of Nursing Students, Lawren Murray Tachias, Rita W. Ferguson

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

One cannot serve others if they cannot serve themselves first. Academic burnout, secondary trauma, failure, death and dying processes, along with mental, emotional, and physical grief all encompass the many challenges that nursing students overcome. This mixed-methods research reveals the self-care struggles of nursing students.

Relationships Among Self-Care, Compassion Satisfaction, And Compassion Fatigue Of Nurses In Community Hospitals, Katherine L. Rigdon

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Seventy-five nurses participated in a descriptive, non-experimental, correlational, cross-sectional study via an electronic portal. Statistically significant relationships were identified among self-care, compassion satisfaction, and compassion fatigue of nurses at community hospitals in the Southeastern United States.

Ic 061 Guide To University Of Texas, Division Of Continuing Education Records, 1950-1981, University Of Texas Division Of Continuing Education

Institutional Finding Aids

The University of Texas, Division of Continuing Education records contains budgets, grant requests, residency programs, faculty and staff, and other materials pertaining to the Post Graduate School of Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and Division of Continuing Education from 1950-1981. See more at IC 061.

Association Between Fasting Insulin And High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Among Adults: Nhanes 2005-2010, Amanda L. Missel, Laura R. Saslow, Dina H. Griauzde, Caroline Richardson, Xuefeng Liu

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Treatment recommendations for type 2 diabetes focus on glycemic goals. Inflammation may be an additional target to improve outcomes, and insulin may play a role in the inflammatory process. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between insulin and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP).

The Population Health Template: A Roadmap For Successful Health Improvement Initiatives, Michael Kobernick, Md, Ms-Hsa, Ms-Poph, Faafp

Population Health Leadership Series: PopTalk Webinars

Learning Objectives

• Describe the population health template as a tool to achieve and report on Quintuple Aim objectives of health improvement initiatives
• Identify gaps in current health initiatives illustrating the needs for the template's more organized approach
• Apply the template to health improvement opportunities in health improvement initiatives
• Understand the role of social determinants of health in health improvement initiatives

Presentation: 50:31

A Closer Look At Arsa Activity In A Patient With Metachromatic Leukodystrophy., Kathleen Doherty, S. Barron Frazier, Matthew Clark, Anna Childers, Sumit Pruthi, David A. Wenger, Jessica Duis

Department of Neurology Faculty Papers

Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease mainly caused by a deficiency of arylsulfatase A activity. The typical clinical course of patients with the late infantile form includes a regression in motor skills with progression to dysphagia, seizures, hypotonia and death. We present a case of a 4-year-old female with rapidly progressive developmental regression with loss of motor milestones, spasticity and dysphagia. MRI showed volume loss and markedly abnormal deep white matter. Enzymatic testing in one laboratory showed arylsulfatase A activity in their normal range. However, extraction of urine showed a large increase in sulfatide excretion in …

Stairwell: Increasing Activity Among Nursing Students And Faculty, Constance V. Coelho, Lukas Scott Smith, Robin M. Mertens, Dahriel M. Aron, Mitchell Stern, Hailey Marie Leach Marquez, Geng-Wei Lee, Barbara Bates-Jensen, Diana N. O'Toole

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The ANA declared 2017 the Year of the Healthy Nurse because nurses average Body Mass Index is 27.6 (overweight), and less than half participate in recommended exercise. Stair climbing burns more calories per minute than jogging. Stair use could improve health and increase activity among students, staff, and faculty.

Exercise-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis Of Gender Differences, Gentry Danae Shelton, Barbara K. Haas, Yong T. Wang

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Few studies have examined gender differences in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) outcomes. A meta-analysis comparing outcomes of CR between men and women revealed significant differences in functional capacity and lipid profiles; anxiety, depression, and BMI were non-significant. While CR appears to benefit both men and women, outcomes vary based on gender.

Social Ecological Predictors Of Risky Sexual Behavior Among Young Adults, Maureen Muchimba

Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences

Most studies on sexual behavior outcomes are restricted to adolescents. However, rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are highest among young adults. This study examined social–ecological predictors in adolescence that predict risky sexual behavior in young adulthood. Using longitudinal data, logistic regression was used to determine social–ecological factors that predict early sexual debut and a high number of lifetime sexual partners among 3,109 young adults. Risk-taking was associated with early sexual debut and a high number of lifetime sexual partners. Father–child connectedness decreased the odds of early sexual debut and a high number of lifetime sexual. School connectedness also decreased …

Examining The Association Between Food Literacy And Food Insecurity, Andrea Begley, Ellen Paynter, Lucy M. Butcher, Satvinder S. Dhaliwal

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Poor food literacy behaviours may contribute to food insecurity in developed countries. The aim of this research was to describe the apparent prevalence of food insecurity in adults at enrolment in a food literacy program and to examine the relationship between food insecurity and a range of independent variables. Individuals attending the Food Sensations^® for Adults program in Western Australia from May 2016 to April 2018 completed a pre-program questionnaire (n = 1433) indicating if they had run out of money for food in the past month (food insecurity indicator), frequency of food literacy behaviours, selected dietary behaviours, and …

Circular Rna Circhipk3 Promotes The Proliferation And Differentiation Of Chicken Myoblast Cells By Sponging Mir-30a-3p, Biao Chen, Jiao Yu, Lijin Guo, Mary Shannon Byers, Zhijun Wang, Xiaolan Chen, Haiping Xu, Qinghua Nie

Biology Student Research

Circular RNAs and microRNAs widely exist in various species and play crucial roles in multiple biological processes. It is essential to study their roles in myogenesis. In our previous sequencing data, both miR-30a-3p and circular HIPK3 (circHIPK3) RNA, which are produced by the third exon of the HIPK3 gene, were differentially expressed among chicken skeletal muscles at 11 embryo age (E11), 16 embryo age (E16), and 1-day post-hatch (P1). Here, we investigated their potential roles in myogenesis. Proliferation experiment showed that miR-30a-3p could inhibit the proliferation of myoblast. Through dual-luciferase assay and Myosin heavy chain (MYHC) immunofluorescence, we found that …

2019 February 19 - Medical Student Education Committee Minutes, Medical Student Education Committee, East Tennessee State University

Medical Student Education Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, February 19, 2019, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC Monthly Report - February 7, 2019
• Spring Break 2020 Calendar Update
• Parking Committee Annual Report
• Koch Task Force Resolution
• 405.11.2 Term Appointment Promotions (second reading)
• 2019-2020 Faculty Senate Calendar
• 405.12.2 Review of Faculty (first reading)

Global Nutrition Nfs Xxx, Julia Lovett

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes, February 19, 2019, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Spring Break 2020 Calendar Update
• Parking Committee
• Koch Task Force Resolution
• Academic Freedom and Tenure
• Council on Teacher Education
• Greenhouse Gas Resolution

Food, Connection And Care: Perspectives Of Service Providers In Alternative Education And Training Settings, Michelle Share, Marita Hennessy

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

While the formal school system has been the focus for researchers, practitioners and policy-makers for food and nutrition-related research and interventions, there has been less attention to the Alternative Education and Training (AET) sector. A qualitative social ecological examination of food issues among marginalised young people in Irish alternative education and training settings was conducted through interviews with 15 service providers. We aimed to provide insight into the everyday food practices of young people in AETs, understand educational responses to food and eating in AETs, and determine how these educational responses might be optimised. Through a socio-ecological framework, we examined …

Perry Fulton, Perry Fulton, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Perry Fulton of Alabama worked for nearly forty years in multiple areas of child nutrition programs. He spent more than a decade at the district level before moving to the state, where he specialized in troubleshooting financial issues and getting districts back on track. He was also instrumental is creating a statewide purchasing program for the State of Alabama nutrition programs.

Patricia Mouser, Patricia Mouser, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Patricia Mouser is a retired Child Nutrition Services Director with 36 years of school nutrition service. She began her career in child nutrition working in the Texas Tech University food service, followed by work in the San Antonio schools and then 27 years as the Director of Child Nutrition Services for the Midland Independent School District in west Texas. Patricia received her bachelor’s degree in Foods and Nutrition from Texas Tech University and she continues to be active with the Academy for Nutrition and Dietetics as well as the School Nutrition Association, having served on local, state, and national boards …

Health Care Seeking For Maternal And Newborn Illnesses In Low- And Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review Of Observational And Qualitative Studies, Zohra S. Lassi, Philippa Middleton, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Caroline Crowther

Woman and Child Health

Background: In low- and middle-income countries, a large number of maternal and newborn deaths occur due to delays in health care seeking. These delays occur at three levels i.e. delay in making decision to seek care, delay in access to care, and delay in receiving care. Factors that cause delays are therefore need to be understand to prevent and avoid these delays to improve health and survival of mothers and babies.
Methods: A systematic review of observational and qualitative studies to identify factors and barriers associated with delays in health care seeking.
Results: A total of 159 observational and qualitative …

Merrimack College Record, Merrimack College

Merrimack College Record

No abstract provided.

Toxoplasma Gondii Igg Associations With Sleepwake Problems, Sleep Duration And Timing, Celine C. Corona, Ma Zhang, Abhishek Wadhawan, Melanie L. Daue, Maureen W. Groer, Aline Dagang, Christopher A. Lowry, Kathleen A. Ryan, Andrew J. Hoisington, John W. Stiller, Dietmar Fuchs, Braxton D. Mitchell, Teodor T. Postolache

Faculty Publications

Background: Evidence links Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), a neurotropic parasite, with schizophrenia, mood disorders and suicidal behavior, all of which are associated and exacerbated by disrupted sleep. Moreover, low-grade immune activation and dopaminergic overstimulation, which are consequences of T. gondii infection, could alter sleep patterns and duration. Methods: Sleep data on 833 Amish participants [mean age (SD) = 44.28 (16.99) years; 59.06% women] were obtained via self-reported questionnaires that assessed sleep problems, duration and timing. T. gondii IgG was measured with ELISA. Data were analyzed using multivariable logistic regressions and linear mixed models, with adjustment for age, sex and family …

Caffeine Alters Rpe-Based Intensity Production, Tyler Langford, Eric O'Neal, Eric M. Scudamore, Samantha Johnson, Caitlin Stevenson, Veronika Pribyslavska, Matt Green

International Journal of Exercise Science

International Journal of Exercise Science 12(6): 412-424, 2019. This study examined effects of caffeine (CAF) on power output (PO) selection and associated physiological responses during cycling at moderate and high intensities prescribed by RPE (0-10 scale). Participants (n = 9) (VO2peak: 55.4 ± 6.32 mL · kg-1 · min-1) cycled for 20 min at RPE4 and 20 min at RPE7 separated by 10 min recovery following caffeine (CAF) (6 mg · kg-1) and placebo (PLA) ingestion. PO, HR, serum lactate [La], VO2, VE, and RER were recorded every 5 min. Session RPE (S-RPE) was recorded following 10 min recovery. Repeated-measures …

Booklet: Unidos En Salud – United In Health: 10th Anniversary Gala, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

Booklet: Unidos En Salud – United In Health: 10th Anniversary Gala.

Booklet: Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida Foundation: Sapphire Award Symposium And Presentation – Recognizing Excellence In Community Health, With Attachment, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

Booklet: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Foundation: Sapphire Award Symposium and Presentation – Recognizing Excellence in Community Health, with attachment: Sapphire Award flyer..

Evaluation Of Earbud And Wristwatch Heart Rate Monitors During Aerobic And Resistance Training, Jennifer A. Bunn, Elizabeth K. Wells, John P. Manor, Michael J. Webster

International Journal of Exercise Science

International Journal of Exercise Science 12(4): 374-384, 2019. Assessment of biometrics during exercise is evolving to create devices that are “all-inclusive", in an effort to decrease the number of devices required during exercise while providing comprehensive and accurate biometric measures. The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of two optical heart rate monitors, the Jabra earbud and the Mio Alpha wristwatch, during aerobic and anaerobic exercise. Twenty-two recreationally active participants (25.4 ± 6.9 years, 171 ± 11 cm, 73.9 ± 3.1 kg, and 25.2 ± 9.2% body fat) completed this study. Participants completed 30 minutes of treadmill …

Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Boot Use Elevates Blood Lactate During Subsequent Exercise, Richard T. Marcello, Lucas Fortini, Beau Kjerulf Greer

International Journal of Exercise Science

International Journal of Exercise Science 12(2): 385-392, 2019. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the influence of intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) boot use between submaximal cycling trials on heart rate (HR) and blood lactate concentrations. Ten healthy participants (9M; 1F) performed two consecutive 60 minute rides at 60% of functional threshold power with a 30 minute rest between rides. The rest period was spent in a supine position using IPC boots (BOOT) or sitting in a similar position without boots (CON). HRs were collected every 15 minutes during cycling rides, and lactate was measured at the 30-minute …

Household Food Insecurity Positively Associated With Increased Hospital Charges For Infants, Stephanie Ettinger De Cuba, Patrick H. Casey, Diana Cutts, Timothy C. Heeren, Sharon Coleman, Allison R. Bovell-Ammon, Deborah A. Frank, John T. Cook

Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk

Objective: To test whether household food insecurity (HFI) was associated with total annual hospitalization charges, annual days hospitalized, and charges per day, among low-income infants (months) with any non-neonatal hospital stays.

Methods: Administrative inpatient hospital charge data were matched to survey data from infants' caregivers interviewed 1998-2005 in emergency departments in Boston and Little Rock. All study infants had been hospitalized at least once since birth; infants whose diagnoses were not plausibly related to nutrition were excluded from both groups. Log-transformed hospitalization charges were analyzed, controlling for site fixed effects.

Results: 24% of infants from food-insecure households …