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Policies And Practices Of Shea Research Network Hospitals During The Covid-19 Pandemic., Michael S. Calderwood, Valerie M. Deloney, Deverick J. Anderson, Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng, Shruti Gohil, Jennie H. Kwon, Lona Mody, Elizabeth Monsees, Valerie M. Vaughn, Timothy L. Wiemken, Matthew J. Ziegler, Eric Lofgren

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

To understand hospital policies and practices as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) conducted a survey through the SHEA Research Network (SRN). The survey assessed policies and practices around the optimization of personal protection equipment (PPE), testing, healthcare personnel policies, visitors of COVID-19 patients in relation to procedures, and types of patients. Overall, 69 individual healthcare facilities responded in the United States and internationally, for a 73% response rate.

Socialized Tenets In The United States: Thought Reflections On Healthcare As A Collective Good That U.S. Society Desires, Alina Veneziano

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

This study traces the history of the United States in socializing certain collective goods for society as a means of possibly satisfying deeper needs. To accomplish this, American psychologist Abraham Maslow's seminal theory on human motivation is analogized to societal needs. Society wants to be protected by government and, little by little, the United States has responded to the needs of its society by socializing certain goods. The United States has satisfied the following needs for society: the physiological needs, the safety needs, the love needs, and the esteem needs. It has yet to satisfy the highest level of societal …

The Effect Of An Online Educational Intervention On The Community Knowledge Of Physical Health, Mental Health And Self-Efficacy During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Kerstin Ashby Ferguson

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Background

Community health education during times of pandemic is of utmost importance to disseminate information regarding safety precautions, educate the public regarding the disease process, and provide accurate health information during a time when individuals are specifically vulnerable to inaccurate sources of information. During the COVID-19 pandemic, physical gatherings were highly restricted; therefore, it became important to incorporate technology into the educational process.

Purpose

The purpose of this project was to determine if a thirty-day, online community health education program would increase the health knowledge and self-efficacy of participants.

Methods

This project utilized a quantitative quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test design from a …

Common Ground Newsletter Fall 2020, Missouri University Of Science And Technology

Common Ground

-Summer internships amid COVID-19
-Class of 2020 recognition and celebration
-Kummer Design Center expansion

The Response Of Climbing Bean To Fertilizer And Organic Manure In The Northern Province Of Rwanda, Edouard Rurangwa, Bernard Vanlauwe, Ken E. Giller

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Climbing beans play a central role in food security of rural households in the densely populated highlands of East and Central Africa. Soil fertility degradation and the lack of nutrient inputsare major limitations to yield of beans and other crops. We conducted field trials in Northern Rwanda in Kinoni and Muko villages to evaluate the effect of mineral N, P, and K fertilizers (both alone and in combination) and farmyard manure on nitrogen fixation and grain yields of climbing bean insmallholder farmers' fields. The trials were laid down in a randomized complete block design with seven replicate blocks in each …

Yebc Regulates Variable Surface Antigen Vlse Expression And Is Required For Host Immune Evasion In Borrelia Burgdorferi, Yan Zhang, Tong Chen, Sajith Raghunandanan, Xuwu Xiang, Jing Yang, Qiang Liu, Diane G Edmondson, Steven J Norris, X Frank Yang, Yongliang Lou

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease pathogen causes persistent infection by evading the host immune response. Differential expression of the surface-exposed lipoprotein VlsE that undergoes antigenic variation is a key immune evasion strategy employed by B. burgdorferi. Most studies focused on the mechanism of VlsE antigen variation, but little is known about VlsE regulation and factor(s) that regulates differential vlsE expression. In this study, we investigated BB0025, a putative YebC family transcriptional regulator (and hence designated BB0025 as YebC of B. burgdorferi herein). We constructed yebC mutant and complemented strain in an infectious strain of B. burgdorferi. The yebC mutant could …

Interactions Between Two Parasitoids Of Tephritidae: Diachasmimorpha Longicaudata (Ashmead) And Psyttalia Cosyrae (Wilkinson) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Under Laboratory Conditions, Shepard Ndlela, Samira Abuelgasim Mohamed, Abdelmutalab G.A. Azrag, Paul Nduati Ndegwa, George Otieno Ong’Amo, Sunday Ekesi

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The braconid wasp, Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead), was introduced in Kenya from Hawaii for classical biological control of the invasive tephritid, Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel. Following reports that D. longicaudata had formed new associations with Ceratitis cosyra, laboratory experiments were conducted to assess the interaction between the introduced and the native parasitoid of C. cosyra; Psyttalia cosyrae (Wilkinson) under three scenarios: B. dorsalis only, C. cosyra only and mixed populations of the two species. Parasitoids were introduced to the host as sole, sequential and simultaneous releases. Host searching and probing events were five times higher for D. longicaudata than P. cosyrae with …

Learning Opportunities 2020/2021, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

Course Catalogs

The graduation requirements of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy are established by the IMSA Board of Trustees. Each semester students must take a minimum of five academic courses (2.5 credits) for a letter grade (not Pass/Fail) not including Fine Arts,Wellness, SIR, Internship, and Independent Study. Students may enroll in a maximum of nine courses each semester including academic courses, Fine Arts, Wellness, SIR, Internship, and Independent Study. The College and Academic Counselor approves enrollment for students in all courses and experiences. Only courses taken for a letter grade will count towards graduation credit.

Antitrust Regulation And The Federal-State Balance: Restoring The Original Design, Alan J. Meese

Faculty Publications

The U.S. Constitution divides authority over commerce between states and the national government. Passed in 1890, the Sherman Act (“the Act”) reflects this allocation of power, reaching only those harmful agreements that are “in restraint of... commerce among the several States.” This Article contends that the Supreme Court erred when it radically altered the balance between state and national power over trade restraints in 1948, abruptly abandoning decades of precedent recognizing exclusive state authority over most intrastate restraints. This revised construction of the Act contravened the statute’s apparent meaning, unduly expanded the reach of federal antitrust regulation, and undermined the …

The Advocate (Fall 2020), Lewis & Clark Law School

The Advocate

No abstract provided.

Neurofibromatosis 1 - Mutant Microglia Exhibit Sexually-Dimorphic Cyclic Amp-Dependent Purinergic Defects, Nirmeen Elmadany, Francesca Logiacco, Alice Buonfiglioli, Verena C Haage, Elizabeth C Wright-Jin, Alexander Schattenberg, Roxane M Papawassiliou, Helmut Kettenmann, Marcus Semtner, David H Gutmann

Open Access Publications

As critical regulators of brain homeostasis, microglia are influenced by numerous factors, including sex and genetic mutations. To study the impact of these factors on microglia biology, we employed genetically engineered mice that model Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a disorder characterized by clinically relevant sexually dimorphic differences. While microglia phagocytic activity was reduced in both male and female heterozygous Nf1 mutant (Nf1+/-) mice, purinergic control of phagocytosis was only affected in male Nf1+/- mice. ATP-induced P2Y-mediated membrane currents and P2RY12-dependent laser lesion-induced accumulation of microglial processes were also only impaired in male, but not female Nf1+/-, microglia. These defects resulted …

Striatal Cholinergic Interneuron Numbers Are Increased In A Rodent Model Of Dystonic Cerebral Palsy, Sushma Gandham, Yearam Tak, Bhooma R Aravamuthan

Open Access Publications

Neonatal brain injury leading to cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common cause of childhood dystonia, a painful and functionally debilitating movement disorder. Rare monogenic etiologies of dystonia have been associated with striatal cholinergic interneuron (ChI) pathology. However it is unclear whether striatal ChI pathology is also associated with dystonia following neonatal brain injury. We used unbiased stereology to estimate striatal ChI and parvalbumin-positive GABAergic interneuron (PVI) numbers in a rodent model of neonatal brain injury that demonstrates electrophysiological markers of dystonia and spasticity. Striatal ChI numbers are increased following neonatal brain injury while PVI numbers are unchanged. These numbers …

Recognizing Art As A Semiotic Mode: Revelations Of An Adolescent Mind, Catherine Elizabeth Deaton

Theses and Dissertations

The following gallery is predicated on the belief that a complete high school curriculum must be responsive to the needs of students as they navigate the stresses of living in isolation during a pandemic and always. High school students with minimal directions or guidance were charged with submitting a photo of a piece of art they had constructed to capture their perceptions of living through the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. The results give a candid view of how these students give purpose to the process of creating art as they construct and convey a sense of “being in the world.” …

Designing Vocabulary Instruction For English Language Learners In A Kindergarten Classroom, Loretta C. Ayers

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this action research study was to evaluate the effectiveness of instructional practices used to teach vocabulary to English Language Learners in a kindergarten classroom. The central question of the study was: what instructional practices in a classroom support vocabulary acquisition of ELLs? The purpose was to determine the impact of an intervention on vocabulary acquisition with a focus on directional prepositions and rhyming word vocabulary. Students were given whole group direct instruction, small group targeted instruction, and integrated peer play opportunities over the course of the study as vocabulary interventions. Data for this study included pre- and …

Identifying Seasonal And Daily Variations In Arg-Containing Bioaerosols Generated During The Wastewater Treatment Process, Mirza Isanovic

Theses and Dissertations

Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem with the current global death count topping 700,000. In the United States alone there are 2.8 million antibiotic resistant bacterial (ARB) infections each year and approximately 35,000 deaths. If current trends continue the global ARB death count will reach 10 million surpassing current chronic disease deaths. Wastewater treatment plants play a vital role in protecting both the environment as well as local communities. The WWTP process allows for the removal of chemicals and contaminants from water that eventually makes its way back into the environment as well as into drinking water plants. Despite the …

The Effects Of Super-Resolution Microscopy On Colocalization Conclusions Previously Made With Diffraction-Limited Systems In The Biomedical Sciences, Madison Emily Yemc

Theses and Dissertations

Super-resolution microscopy, also known as nanoscopy, is now established in the field of microscopy. The evolution of super-resolution microscopy techniques has allowed many scientists to peer past the most significant limitation in conventional fluorescence microscopy – the diffraction limit. Super-resolution microscopy systems are able to resolve two points that are less than 250 nm apart, which supersedes the resolution of diffraction limited systems. Colocalization studies are frequently used in the biomedical sciences to measure the close physical association and functional interaction of two biological structures. Previous colocalization conclusions made with conventional fluorescence microscopy are largely based on how the colors …

Hunter-Gatherer Behavior At Dorn Levee #1 (38fa608): An Analysis Of Lithic Assemblage Formation At A South Carolina Piedmont Site, Robert Altom Cesarini Lyerly

Theses and Dissertations

The site of Dorn Levee #1 (38FA608) in the South Carolina Piedmont has the potential to provide unique information regarding the behaviors and activities of the hunter-gatherer populations who inhabited it throughout prehistory. The Late and Terminal Archaic Period landscape in the Southeast saw with it many major changes in hunter-gatherer lifeways that had begun initial development in periods prior. The continued use of Dorn Levee #1 suggests that it was highly important for these hunter-gatherers, and an analysis of their mobility patterns and general behaviors through the associated lithic debitage material can assist in illuminating its role within a …

Application Of The “Idisco” Full-Brain Tissue Clearing Method: A View Of Dopamine And Inflammation In The Hiv-1 Transgenic Rat, Kristin Nickole Kirchner

Theses and Dissertations

The iDISCO (immunolabeling-enabled three-dimensional imaging of solvent-cleared organs) method is a quick, inexpensive, and easily adaptable tissue staining and clearing procedure that allows neuroscientists to study a protein of interest in a whole, unaltered tissue sample. While the iDISCO method was initially tested and validated for mice embryos and brains, the current experiment sought to adapt the method for use in the rat using HIV-1 transgenic (Tg) rat brain tissue. Antibodies for tyrosine hydroxylase and Iba-1 were validated in the HIV-1 Tg rat and in F344/N control rats using iDISCO. Confocal images were taken of tyrosine hydroxylase positive neurons in …

The Role Of Hiv-1 Tat-Mediated Inhibition Of The Dopamine And Norepinephrine Transporters In The Neuropathology Of Hiv-1 Associated Neurocognitive Disorders, Matthew Strauss

Theses and Dissertations

Despite the success of combinatorial antiretroviral therapy (cART) in controlling peripheral HIV infection and improving the lives of HIV-1 patients, roughly 50% of this population continues to develop a group of neurological complications including cognitive dysfunction, motor deficits, and dementia collectively referred to as HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). The continuing presence of the transactivator of transcription (Tat) protein in cART-treated HIV-1 patients has been suggested to play a crucial role in the neurotoxicity and cognitive impairment evident in HAND. HIV-1 Tat protein has been detected in dopamine (DA) -rich brain areas, and long-term viral protein exposure has been found to …

Implementation And Evaluation Of Computer-Assisted Science Vocabulary Modules With Students With An Intellectual Disability And Autism: An Action Research Study, Jamie Lee Taber

Theses and Dissertations

Students with disabilities are struggling to meet expectations in science at the national and local level. Many studies have linked difficulties with science content to difficult and technical vocabulary, and this has been evident at the local level, too. To try to improve science instruction for students with disabilities, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the implementation of computer-assisted science vocabulary modules with students with an intellectual disability and autism in an adapted environmental science class. This study aimed to answer how the implementation of computer-assisted vocabulary modules, which adhere to evidence-based practices of special education vocabulary instruction, …

A Novel Analytical Method For Studying Pharmacological Treatments For Affective Disorders In Neuroscience, Shane N. Berger

Theses and Dissertations

Histamine and serotonin are important neurochemicals that maintain crucial brain functions. Both are thought to be altered in affective and neurodegenerative disorders such as depression and Parkinson’s disease. Histamine and serotonin are thought to modulate one another but the exact relationship remains unknown and this gap in knowledge makes diagnosing and treating disorders involving the transmitters difficult. The Hashemi lab studies serotonin neurochemistry to understand serotonin’s role in psychiatric disorders. However, histamine has remained an understudied neurotransmitter due to a lack of analytical tools. In 2015 and 2016, the Hashemi lab pioneered a novel detection method utilizing fast-scan cyclic voltammetry …

From Inductive To Deductive Learning, Mikhail Mayers, Brian Henson

Maseeh Summer Undergraduate Research Experience

Using Machine Vision as a way to give information to Prolog. Using Prolog to solve deductive problems and analogical problems without having to manually enter all facts and information.

Libermann, Abnegation, And Liturgical Theology, David W. Fagerberg

Spiritan Horizons

No abstract provided.

Antiviral Activity Of A Novel Mixture Of Natural Antimicrobials, In Vitro, And In A Chicken Infection Model In Vivo, Igori Balta, Lavinia Stef, Ioan Pet, Patrick Ward, Todd Callaway, Steven C. Ricke, Ozan Gundogdu, Nicolai Corcionivoschi

Food Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

The aim of this study was to test in vitro the ability of a mixture of citrus extract, maltodextrin, sodium chloride, lactic acid and citric acid (AuraShield L) to inhibit the virulence of infectious bronchitis, Newcastle disease, avian influenza, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) and bovine coronavirus viruses. Secondly, in vivo, we have investigated its efficacy against infectious bronchitis using a broiler infection model. In vitro, these antimicrobials had expressed antiviral activity against all five viruses through all phases of the infection process of the host cells. In vivo, the antimicrobial mixture reduced the virus load in the …

Separation Of Realized Ecological Niche Axes Among Sympatric Tilefishes Provides Insight Into Potential Drivers Of Co-Occurrence In The Nw Atlantic, Jill A. Olin, Oliver N. Shipley, Robert M. Cerrato, Paul Nitschke, Cédric Magen, Michael G. Frisk

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

Golden and Blueline Tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps and Caulolatilus microps) are keystone taxa in northwest (NW) Atlantic continental shelf-edge environments due to their biotic (trophic-mediated) and abiotic (ecosystem engineering) functional roles combined with high-value fisheries. Despite this importance, the ecological niche dynamics (i.e., those relating to trophic behavior and food-web interactions) of these sympatric species are poorly understood, knowledge of which may be consequential for maintaining both ecosystem function and fishery sustainability. We used stable isotope ratios of carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) to build realized ecological niche hypervolumes to serve as proxies for diet and production use patterns of L. …

Minero Magazine, Volume Xxxi, Fall 2020, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Cover Story: The Health Issue

Asian American History And Politics, Rahaf Abdalkareem

Ethnic Studies Student Zines

Asian American Studies offers a scholarly avenue to discuss questions of racial inequality, domestic capitalism, and global imperialism. The debate also includes research on how Asian Americans of the first and second generations cope with adaptation and assimilation, in particular on their Americanization and active pursuit of higher education and prestigious professions in a community that still discriminates against them. In the United States, Asian American Studies focuses on the identities, historical and current perspectives of people and communities. Nationalism, migrants, Asian American masculinity, Asian American femininity, cultural politics, and media coverage are topics and concerns that are central in …

Introduction To Asian American Studies: Final Zine Project (3), Regina Gaffney, Jonny Mather, Conner Prendergast

Ethnic Studies Student Zines

Over the past few months, we have studied the importance of Asian American history. Specifically, the ideas of connecting: class, gender, sexuality, nationalism, war, colonialism and race to contemporary issues going on in the world today. The following is a collection of Zine format projects aimed at displaying key ideas in the research of American History. Each week contains new information and a different display format. Moreover, we have made connections to modern day issues in an attempt to demonstrate how learning from past events can influence decisions made in the future.

Asian American Studies, Annie Ho, Vicky Liu, Benjamin Stephen

Ethnic Studies Student Zines

Asian Americans have faced a long heritage of exclusion and injustice in relation to race, class, gender, sexuality, colonialism, immigration, labor, and a myriad of other problems throughout their history, particularly during times of shifting demographics, economic crisis, or war. In today's society, these inequities go largely unnoticed and are not addressed as often as they should be. This zine is meant to bring those inequities to light and discuss the history of Asians in America. We cover a wide range of topics, from the Vietnam war, to Japanese concentration camps, to the “model minority” myth. Understanding the history of …

Introduction To Asian American Studies: Final Zine Project (4), Lauren Hendrickson, Kelli Kufta, Madi Earnshaw, Hayley Lee

Ethnic Studies Student Zines

ABOUT US… We are a group of USD students studying Asian American history & politics. Over the course of the semester, we have studied histories of labor, migration, war, incarceration, and displacement. This course has allowed us to better understand the ways in which Asian American identity has emerged. This course has given us the tools necessary to explore Asian American history and to contextualize what we have learned so we can apply it to contemporary issues both within and outside of the United States. ABOUT OUR ZINE… In each of our weekly zines, we really focused on the significance …