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Right Anterolateral Thoracotomy As An Alternative Approach To Resternotomy For High-Risk Cardiac Surgery Patients, Maged M. A. Kisho Dec 2020

Right Anterolateral Thoracotomy As An Alternative Approach To Resternotomy For High-Risk Cardiac Surgery Patients, Maged M. A. Kisho

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Introduction Redocardiac valve surgery through median sternotomy is associated with a potential increased risk of morbidity and mortality. The study was done at the National Heart Institute of Egypt from June 2016 to June 2018 to evaluate the right anterolateral thoracotomy for high-risk patients undergoing mitral and tricuspid valve redo procedures. Patients and methods This study includes 26 patients operated through right anterolateral thoracotomy which include high-risk group on the basis of the proximity of sternum to the right ventricle or great vessels, mainly ascending aorta. Moreover, the presence and location of patent grafts were assessed. Results In right submammary …

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Successful Surgical Management Of Intracerebral Hydatid Cyst In Children: Timing, Procedure, And Adjuvant Treatment, Sameh M. Saleh Dec 2020

Successful Surgical Management Of Intracerebral Hydatid Cyst In Children: Timing, Procedure, And Adjuvant Treatment, Sameh M. Saleh

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Background Cerebral hydatid cysts are very rare, and surgery, with its inherent risk of rupture and spillage of cyst contents, has been the traditional treatment. The goal of surgery is to remove the cysts without rupture. Aim The aim of this review was to investigate the surgical technique of removing cerebral hydatid cysts in children, to show the possible pitfalls of surgery and to assess the effect of adjuvant preoperative and postoperative medical treatment. Patients and methods This retrospective analysis included four patients who underwent surgery for an intracranial hydatid cyst at the Department of Neurosurgery, Matarya Teaching Hospital. The …

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Complications Of Decompressive Lumbar Spine Procedures Without Instrumentations – An Institutional Experience, Ayman Wageh, Ihap Bedier, Mohamed Mousa, Ramadan Shamseldein Dec 2020

Complications Of Decompressive Lumbar Spine Procedures Without Instrumentations – An Institutional Experience, Ayman Wageh, Ihap Bedier, Mohamed Mousa, Ramadan Shamseldein

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Background Till now, there is insufficient documentation of operative complications in spine surgery, and the expected results are far less predictable if the actual indication for surgical intervention is not clear. Complication could be defined as 'a condition that directly or indirectly results from surgical intervention and disrupts the planned outcome of the surgery.' So, spine surgeons should be aware of these events and know how to deal with them. Aim To detect the number and percentage of moderate and/or major operation-related complications associated with the relatively repeated and popularized neurosurgical procedures performed at the Neurosurgical Department, Shebin Elkom Teaching …

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Study Of Motor And Sensory Nerve Conduction Of Wrist Palm And Palm-Finger Segments Of Median Nerve And Studying Their Contribution In Diagnosis Of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Abeer H. Ismaiel Dec 2020

Study Of Motor And Sensory Nerve Conduction Of Wrist Palm And Palm-Finger Segments Of Median Nerve And Studying Their Contribution In Diagnosis Of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Abeer H. Ismaiel

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Objectives Our objective is to report a modified and simplified technique of sensory and motor segmental conduction studies to improve diagnostic sensitivity, especially in cases with mild carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Patients and methods Patients with suspected CTS referred to our electrophysiology laboratory and a control group were included. The data were collected prospectively. The following measurements made: median sensory conduction velocity wrist digit 1(W-1), median sensory conduction velocity wrist digit 3 (W-3), median wrist palm sensory conduction velocity (W-Ps), distoproximal ratio of velocity (D/P), median distal motor latency wrist (MDML) -APB (Abductor pollicis brevis), and median wrist -palm segment …

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Novel Technique Of Vein Harvesting For Reversed Saphenous Vein Bypass Graft, Ihab N. A. Hanna Dec 2020

Novel Technique Of Vein Harvesting For Reversed Saphenous Vein Bypass Graft, Ihab N. A. Hanna

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Background The technique of harvesting the great saphenous vein for bypass procedures may affect the results of the procedure. We describe a simple modification of the vein harvesting technique, which consists of leaving the saphenofemoral junction intact after completion of the proximal anastomosis. This modification allows blood to flow into the vein as soon as the proximal anastomosis is completed, thereby shortening the vein warm ischemia time and allowing the vein to distend with blood rather than saline, under physiologic pressure. This modification aims at improved vein integrity during harvesting and therefore improved graft patency. Patients and methods In this …

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Tracheostomy In Covid-19-Infected Patients, Mohammad M. Gaballah, Wael M. H Eldin Eldrandaly Dec 2020

Tracheostomy In Covid-19-Infected Patients, Mohammad M. Gaballah, Wael M. H Eldin Eldrandaly

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Purpose To evaluate the modifications in the indications and technique of tracheostomy for prolonged-intubated COVID-19-infected patients. Methodology Commissioned by the Ministry of Health in Egypt, different guidelines for tracheostomy for COVID-19 patients were revised. A guideline was adopted and modified to meet the equipment provided by facilities assigned to contain the current pandemic. The understanding of staff and the applicability of the new guidelines were evaluated using a mini-summative quiz answered by 117 tracheostomy team members in facilities around Grand Cairo, Egypt. Results The percentages of consistent answers for questions 1–6 were 94, 90.60, 89.70, 95.70, 61.50, and 93.20%, respectively. …

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The Er Stress/Upr Axis In Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease And Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis., Mahmoud Aghaei, Sanaz Dastghaib, Sajjad Aftabi, Mohamad-Reza Aghanoori, Javad Alizadeh, Pooneh Mokarram, Parvaneh Mehrbod, Milad Ashrafizadeh, Ali Zarrabi, Kielan Darcy Mcalinden, Mathew Suji Eapen, Sukhwinder Singh Sohal, Pawan Sharma, Amir A Zeki, Saeid Ghavami Dec 2020

The Er Stress/Upr Axis In Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease And Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis., Mahmoud Aghaei, Sanaz Dastghaib, Sajjad Aftabi, Mohamad-Reza Aghanoori, Javad Alizadeh, Pooneh Mokarram, Parvaneh Mehrbod, Milad Ashrafizadeh, Ali Zarrabi, Kielan Darcy Mcalinden, Mathew Suji Eapen, Sukhwinder Singh Sohal, Pawan Sharma, Amir A Zeki, Saeid Ghavami

Center for Translational Medicine Faculty Papers

Cellular protein homeostasis in the lungs is constantly disrupted by recurrent exposure to various external and internal stressors, which may cause considerable protein secretion pressure on the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), resulting in the survival and differentiation of these cell types to meet the increased functional demands. Cells are able to induce a highly conserved adaptive mechanism, known as the unfolded protein response (UPR), to manage such stresses. UPR dysregulation and ER stress are involved in numerous human illnesses, such as metabolic syndrome, fibrotic diseases, and neurodegeneration, and cancer. Therefore, effective and specific compounds targeting the UPR pathway are being considered …

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Social Isolation, Fear Of Missing Out, And Social Media Use In Deaf And Hearing College Students, Conor Lake Dec 2020

Social Isolation, Fear Of Missing Out, And Social Media Use In Deaf And Hearing College Students, Conor Lake

Theses

This study investigated the relationships between social isolation, fear of missing out, self-esteem, and social media usage, and whether these relationships are different in deaf and hearing college students. Data were collected from 191 individuals (46 Deaf/Hard of Hearing, 145 hearing) via an online survey. Variables included number of social media accounts, time spent (in hours) on social media, number of times per day social media is accessed, FOMO, social media use, hearing status/identity, self-esteem, social isolation, and social media disorder. Correlational tests were conducted separately for hearing and for Deaf/HH participants. The groups had an unequal distribution of gender, …

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Effect Of Thyme (Thymus Vulgaris L.) Essential Oil On The Quality Parameters Of Stirred Yoghurt, Emad A. H. Guirguis, Mary G. B. Meleka Dec 2020

Effect Of Thyme (Thymus Vulgaris L.) Essential Oil On The Quality Parameters Of Stirred Yoghurt, Emad A. H. Guirguis, Mary G. B. Meleka

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Aim Stirred yoghurt was supplemented with thyme essential oil in an attempt to enhance its quality. Materials and methods Thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) essential oil concentrations (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 μl/ml) were added to the prepared stirred yoghurt and then examined for microbiological count and mycotoxin quality during storage intervals following the Egyptian standards. Results Samples contained ≥ 6 μl/ml oil showed significant increase (p<0.05) of total viable bacterial count and lactic acid bacteria, whereas mold and yeast count was decreased. Pathogenic bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli, and coliform group were not detected in any of the samples, which complied with the standards. Moreover, …

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What A Difference A Decade Makes. The Evolving Gender Gap In Students’ Goal Endorsement And Stem Career Choice, Chen Chen, Gerhard Sonnert, Philip M. Sadler Dec 2020

What A Difference A Decade Makes. The Evolving Gender Gap In Students’ Goal Endorsement And Stem Career Choice, Chen Chen, Gerhard Sonnert, Philip M. Sadler

Journal of Sustainable Social Impact

Two national datasets of first-year college students, collected a decade apart, asking the same questions about career interests and life goal endorsement, allowed us to investigate the extent to which the life goals and career interests had converged among young men and women. We compared the gender differences in four types of goal endorsement (communal, material, intellectual, and free-time goals) by career interest groups (science, engineering, medicine, health, and other professions) between the two cohorts (2007 vs. 2017). Conversely, we compared the gender differences in career interests by goal endorsement between the two cohorts. Our specific focus was on science, …

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Evaluating Level Of Specificity And Discrepancy Of Normative Referents In Relation To Personal Condom Use Among College Students, Madison Firkey Dec 2020

Evaluating Level Of Specificity And Discrepancy Of Normative Referents In Relation To Personal Condom Use Among College Students, Madison Firkey

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Few evidence-based interventions have effectively increased college students’ condom use. There is a large literature supporting the efficacy of alcohol normative feedback interventions, components of which may be useful for the development of condom promotion interventions. While normative feedback interventions traditionally provide feedback associated with a typical student referent, more socially proximal referents may exert a greater influence over behavior compared to distal referents. However, developing discrepancy between perceived and actual norms is also essential for such interventions, and the greatest discrepancy is generated when a distal referent is utilized. Therefore, the goal of this study was to determine which …

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Towards A Nuanced Understanding Of Emotional Infidelity: An Investigation Of Behavioral Exemplars And The Impact Of Ambiguity, Morgan Proulx Dec 2020

Towards A Nuanced Understanding Of Emotional Infidelity: An Investigation Of Behavioral Exemplars And The Impact Of Ambiguity, Morgan Proulx

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Infidelity is an especially severe relational transgression that can act as a predictor of negative outcomes. Though the word “severe” may seem to imply that we can expect a degree of clarity when considering whether a particular behavior qualifies as “infidelity”, thinking of infidelity behaviors in that way might be an oversimplification. Whereas researchers have had some success in predicting the outcomes of and responses to infidelity, our understanding of infidelity may be complicated by a lack of clear behavioral indices for some forms of infidelity, namely emotional infidelity. The present study explored the specific types of behaviors that participants …

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Professional Development In Context: Investigating In-Service Development Programs For Syrian Teachers Of English As A Foreign Language During Times Of Military Conflict, Fadi Al-Issa Dec 2020

Professional Development In Context: Investigating In-Service Development Programs For Syrian Teachers Of English As A Foreign Language During Times Of Military Conflict, Fadi Al-Issa

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The purpose of this study is to research how teaching practices and in-service professional development of English language teachers’ in Syria have been affected during times of military conflict: what impact English language teachers in Syria perceive the professional development programs they are required to attend have on their teaching and the learning environments they provide for their students, and how this perceived impact relates to the country’s current military conflict; and to explore the ways that teachers can be assisted to enhance their in-service professional development in a country experiencing a military conflict. Thus, by probing these two issues, …

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The Affective Politics Of Democratic Erosion: Explaining Mass Support For Executive Aggrandizement, Aykut Ozturk Dec 2020

The Affective Politics Of Democratic Erosion: Explaining Mass Support For Executive Aggrandizement, Aykut Ozturk

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During the last two decades, executive aggrandizement has emerged as one of the chief threats to democratic regimes. In various countries, ranging from Turkey and Hungary to Venezuela, elected incumbents used their democratic mandates to gradually dismantle democratic institutions. Similar patterns of executive aggrandizement have been visible even in an advanced democracy, the United States of America. Executive aggrandizement is facilitated by the consistent electoral support that incumbents with authoritarian agendas enjoy. In order to understand this threat to the future of liberal democracies, we first need to explain why voters support leaders eroding democratic rights and freedoms in their …

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Examining Intentions To Seek Counseling Amongst African American Male College Students, Jordan P. Shannon Dec 2020

Examining Intentions To Seek Counseling Amongst African American Male College Students, Jordan P. Shannon

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The roles of public stigma, self-stigma and mental health literacy have been found to be influential to the help-seeking process of college students. However, their particular influence has yet to be explored with African American male college students (AAMCS). The purpose of this dissertation is to explore whether public stigma, self-stigma and mental health literacy will significantly predict intentions to seek counseling amongst AAMCS. Research identifying factors for help-seeking amongst AAMCS have largely considered variables such as racial identity, self-concealment, cultural mistrust, Afrocentric values, and African Self-Consciousness. Whereas scholars perceive the help-seeking process of AAMCS with some salience to cultural …

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The Compressive And Flexural Strength Of Concrete Containing Recycled Waste Plastic, Isaiah Akinkunmi Dec 2020

The Compressive And Flexural Strength Of Concrete Containing Recycled Waste Plastic, Isaiah Akinkunmi

Master of Science in Civil Engineering Theses

Annually, tons of plastic wastes end up in landfills and the oceans through indiscriminate dumping, constituting a major source of pollution to the environment and threat to human health and marine lives. It therefore necessitates an innovative strategy to help mitigate the environmental hazards caused by this pollution. A feasible eco-friendly strategy is by using granulated plastics, fibers or regrinds in concreting. This research explored the feasibility of this strategy by testing the compressive and flexural strengths of hardened concrete specimens containing varying percent of plastic aggregates used as partial replacement for fine aggregates. The compressive strength of specimens of …

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State V. James Appellant's Brief Dckt. 48101 Dec 2020

State V. James Appellant's Brief Dckt. 48101

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

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State V. Barsuhn Appellant's Brief Dckt. 48188 Dec 2020

State V. Barsuhn Appellant's Brief Dckt. 48188

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Negro Leagues And College Football Playoff, Richard C. Crepeau Dec 2020

Negro Leagues And College Football Playoff, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Last week, the Commissioner of Baseball announced that from this point on the Negro Leagues that were operating between 1920 and 1948 would be “elevated” to “Major League status” by Major League Baseball. He added that “MLB is proud to highlight the contributions of the pioneers who played from 1920-1948.” The action was presented as a culmination of the centennial celebration of the founding of the Negro Leagues in 1920. The statistics from those leagues now become a part of the official records.

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Impacts Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Ginger Production: Supply Chains, Labor, And Food Security In Northeast Thailand, Pakhuan Wannaprasert, Sukanlaya Choenkwan Dec 2020

Impacts Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Ginger Production: Supply Chains, Labor, And Food Security In Northeast Thailand, Pakhuan Wannaprasert, Sukanlaya Choenkwan

Forest and Society

This paper evaluates the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on ginger production and ginger farmer livelihoods in Loei province where ginger is an important commercial crop. The analysis also pays particular attention to the lockdown period (March – June 2020). Data for this study were obtained from several sources, including information from government records, onsite observation, and semi-structured interviews. Field research was conducted in August 2020 for 10 days in a village in Plaba sub-district. Data was obtained using an interview guide with 55 ginger farmers who have been growing ginger for at least 3 years. The results show that …

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Combination Of Bonding, Bridging And Linking Social Capital In A Livelihood System: Nomadic Duck Herders Amid The Covid-19 Pandemic In South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Darmawan Salman, Kasmiyati Kasim, Asmita Ahmad, Nurhady Sirimorok Dec 2020

Combination Of Bonding, Bridging And Linking Social Capital In A Livelihood System: Nomadic Duck Herders Amid The Covid-19 Pandemic In South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Darmawan Salman, Kasmiyati Kasim, Asmita Ahmad, Nurhady Sirimorok

Forest and Society

Livelihood systems of nomadic duck herders make a unique study subject due to the livelihood assets, strategies, and outcomes they manage, which involve interactions with various actors that keep moving around. Social capital the duck herders build in their interaction with other actors, namely rice farmers, play an important role to face different vulnerability context, including those brought by the Covid-19 pandemic. This study aims to characterize components of bonding, bridging and linking social capital in the context of relationships between duck herders and other actors, and seeks to find the essential role of the combination of the three types …

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Upfront Treatment Of Flt3-Mutated Aml: A Look Back At The Ratify Trial And Beyond., Gina Keiffer, Kimberly L Aderhold, Neil D Palmisiano Dec 2020

Upfront Treatment Of Flt3-Mutated Aml: A Look Back At The Ratify Trial And Beyond., Gina Keiffer, Kimberly L Aderhold, Neil D Palmisiano

Department of Medical Oncology Faculty Papers

In April 2017, following the results of the RATIFY trial (1), midostaurin, a multikinase FLT3 inhibitor, became the first FDA approved targeted agent for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) (2). The addition of midostaurin to standard induction therapy with anthracycline and cytarabine (7 + 3) rapidly became the new standard of care for treatment-naïve, fit patients with FLT3-mutated (FLTmut+) AML (3). More recently, gilteritinib, a selective FLT3 inhibitor, showed superiority to chemotherapy in the treatment of relapsed or refractory FLTmut+ AML (4). With two FLT3 inhibitors now approved by the FDA—that is, the more selective gilteritinib and the …

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Constructed Borders In Higher Education: A Critical Policy Analysis Of Undocumented College Students' Access To Study Abroad, Louise K. Hon Dec 2020

Constructed Borders In Higher Education: A Critical Policy Analysis Of Undocumented College Students' Access To Study Abroad, Louise K. Hon

Master's Theses

Abstract Between 2012 and 2017, undocumented youth in the United States with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival status were able to apply for Advance Parole permissions to travel abroad for educational purposes. During this time, DACA students attending colleges and universities across the nation engaged in study abroad through established education abroad programs. This qualitative study examines undocumented students’ decision to pursue educational abroad opportunities during their undergraduate education in the context of national, state and institutional policies and climate and compares and contrasts the experiences of the undocumented college students who successfully studied abroad with those who either attempted …

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The Partners2 Study: Trial Of Primary Care Based Collaborative Care For People With A Diagnosis Of Schizophrenia, Bipolar Or Other Types Of Psychosis. Protocol Version 1.0 Dated 16.12.2020, Ben Jones Dec 2020

The Partners2 Study: Trial Of Primary Care Based Collaborative Care For People With A Diagnosis Of Schizophrenia, Bipolar Or Other Types Of Psychosis. Protocol Version 1.0 Dated 16.12.2020, Ben Jones

Faculty of Health Datasets

The study protocol includes an outline of the statistical methods to be employed in the analysis of the trial data. The purpose of the Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) is to provide full details of the planned statistical methods to be used in the primary report of the trial results, in line with the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guidelines1 and extensions for non-pharmacological trials2 and cluster randomised trials3, which provide guidelines to facilitate the complete and transparent reporting of clinical trials, as well as the ICH E9 Guidelines4. The PARTNERS2 protocol includes details of an internal pilot study within …

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The Partners2 Study: Trial Of Primary Care Based Collaborative Care For People With A Diagnosis Of Schizophrenia, Bipolar Or Other Types Of Psychosis. Protocol Version 7.3 Dated 18.08.2020, Richard Byng Dec 2020

The Partners2 Study: Trial Of Primary Care Based Collaborative Care For People With A Diagnosis Of Schizophrenia, Bipolar Or Other Types Of Psychosis. Protocol Version 7.3 Dated 18.08.2020, Richard Byng

Faculty of Health Datasets

The aim is to carry out preliminary work for, and to test the feasibility of, a randomised controlled trial (RCT). The ultimate purpose of the RCT is to determine whether this intervention can improve outcomes for participants with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar or other psychosis.

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#Metoo: Networked Celebrity Advocacy As Capital Performance, Li Chen Dec 2020

#Metoo: Networked Celebrity Advocacy As Capital Performance, Li Chen

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Celebrity advocacy scholars have studied how social movements utilize celebrity appeal to attract media and public attention for decades. Some researchers have found that celebrity advocacy failed to achieve exceptional performance in the legacy media age. Moreover, only a very few top-class celebrities have successfully attracted legacy media attention regarding advocating social causes. This dissertation introduces the concept of networked celebrity advocacy to illustrate a new route on networked social media. Employing theories of capital and the framework of social network analysis, I test networked celebrity advocacy in the case of the #MeToo movement on Twitter. This dissertation analyzes the …

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Cardiac Organoid Technology And Computational Processing Of Cardiac Physiology For Advanced Drug Screening Applications, Plansky Hoang Dec 2020

Cardiac Organoid Technology And Computational Processing Of Cardiac Physiology For Advanced Drug Screening Applications, Plansky Hoang

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Stem cell technology has gained considerable recognition since its inception to advance disease modeling and drug screening. This is especially true for tissues that are difficult to study due to tissue sensitivity and limited regenerative capacity, such as the heart. Previous work in stem cell-derived cardiac tissue has exploited how we can engineer biologically functional heart tissue by providing the appropriate external stimuli to facilitate tissue development. The goal of this dissertation is to explore the potentials of stem cell cardiac organoid models to recapitulate heart development and implement analytical computational tools to study cardiac physiology. These new tools were …

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¿Campo Para La/Os Jóvenes? Exploring Campesina/O Youth Subjectivities In Contemporary Colombia., Manuela Ruiz Reyes Dec 2020

¿Campo Para La/Os Jóvenes? Exploring Campesina/O Youth Subjectivities In Contemporary Colombia., Manuela Ruiz Reyes

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The fate of small-scale agrarian production, livelihoods, economies and cultures and their transformations under capitalism is an ongoing and global question. Instead of focusing on agriculture, this dissertation focuses on the young adult agriculturalists (18-35 years old) as the subject under transformation. Based in the frameworks of agrarian studies, political ecology and feminist theory, and situated in the Andean region and river basin of Sumapaz, Colombia, this dissertation is a feminist political ecology analysis of agrarian livelihoods, exploring how campesina/o identity is constructed and how the decisions of continuing or not with small-scale agrarian or campesina/o livelihoods are taken and …

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A Phenomenological Investigation Of The Lived Experiences Of Workplace Burnout, Wellness, And Resilience In Independently Licensed Private Practice Counselors Who Operate Their Own Practice While Maintaining A Caseload Of Clients, Sara Lynne Thaxton Dec 2020

A Phenomenological Investigation Of The Lived Experiences Of Workplace Burnout, Wellness, And Resilience In Independently Licensed Private Practice Counselors Who Operate Their Own Practice While Maintaining A Caseload Of Clients, Sara Lynne Thaxton

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Private practice counselors who own their practice are unique from agency practitioners in that they function as both counselor and business owner. Therefore, these counselors must work to find a balance between the human aspects of practicing and the logistical business components of owning and operating a practice. The combination of these two roles can pose unique threats to a private practice counselor’s wellness and how they experience of burnout and resilience - which may differ from agency counterparts. Although resilience and burnout experiences and practices in agency and community counselors are prevalent in the literature, there is a lack …

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Assessing Grit And Conscientiousness To Predict Medical Student Success On The National Usmle Step 2 Clinical Knowledge Exam, Jennifer C. Welch Dec 2020

Assessing Grit And Conscientiousness To Predict Medical Student Success On The National Usmle Step 2 Clinical Knowledge Exam, Jennifer C. Welch

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In an effort to consider additional or alternative variables that predict medical school success and to better identify qualified and more diverse medical school candidates to serve their communities, this study investigated the impact of two noncognitive traits, conscientiousness and grit, on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) national examination. The assessment used to measure conscientiousness was Costa and McCrae’s (1992) NEO-FFI-3 and the assessment used to measure grit was Duckworth and Quinn’s (2009) Grit S scale. This study also examined the correlation of sociodemographic (gender, age, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic background, and first-generation college status) …

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