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In Singapore, Laws Are Necessary For Trickle-Down Policies To Work, Tan K. B. Eugene

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

In a commentary, SMU Associate Professor of Law Eugene Tan discussed the necessity for laws in order for trickle-down policies to work. He explained that while the three-in-one Unity, Resilience, and Solidarity Budgets demonstrate the resolve of Singapore to ensure businesses and households are helped amid the public health concerns and the economic fallout of the COVID-19 global pandemic, self-seeking behaviour can undermine well-intended measures as trickle down outcomes end up not materialising. However, he noted that laws have their limitations too, and concluded that an internally driven mode of compliance could be far more effective.

Impact Of The Covid-19 Outbreak On Long-Term Care In The United States, Courtney H. Van Houtven, Nathan A. Boucher, Walter D. Dawson

Institute on Aging Publications

The United States (US) currently has the most confirmed cases of COVID-19 of any country. Yet, adequate testing for the virus remains a major issue. Approximately 51.6 million Americans are over the age of 65 and 56 percent of adults over 65 are living with two or more chronic conditions (23 percent have 3 or more). Given the higher risk of death and complications associated with advanced age and underlying health conditions, COVID-19 has had an immense impact upon LTC in the United States. Yet, the level and intensity of impact has been sporadic in application. This is due in …

Global Research Productivity On Coronavirus: A Bibliometric Mapping And Visualization, Vijay Kumar Bharati, Mahender Pratap Singh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Coronavirus, a pandemic threat to human beings, has awakened huge concern worldwide, but no bibliometric studies have been conducted on Coronavirus research during 2011-Feb.2020. The aim of this study is to map research productivity on the Coronavirus based on the articles indexed in the Scopus database. The articles related to Coronavirus dated from 2011 to Feb. 2020 were retrieved from the Scopus database. A total of 7558 papers were retrieved for this study which indexed by the Scopus database during 2010-Feb. 2020. The most productive year is recognized 2015with 1012 (13.38 %) articles while Maximum AGR 40.38 percent was recorded …

Editor’S Note, Anucha Apisarnthanarak

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

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Rethinking Behavior - Spring 2020, Midwest Symposium For Leadership In Behavior Disorders

ReThinking Behavior Magazine

A magazine for professionals serving children and youth with behavioral needs.

Spring 2020, Volume 3, Issue 3

Unm Staff Council: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee Letter Condemning Racist Threats Against Faculty Member, Unm Staff Council

Black History at UNM

Open letter by UNM Staff Council Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee, condemning racist attacks on a UNM faculty member with 439 signatories.

Defining The Burden Of Covid-19 In The Kentuckiana Area: Incidence, Epidemiology & Clinical Outcomes Of Patients With Covid-19, Julio A. Ramirez

The University of Louisville Journal of Respiratory Infections

Rationale: Early evaluation of the burden of disease that COVID-19 may produce in a community is critical to appropriately allocate resources for COVID-19 prevention and treatment.

Objective: The primary objective of this study is to define the incidence, epidemiology, and clinical outcomes of patients with COVID-19 in the Louisville, Kentucky, and southern Indiana region (Kentuckiana) of the USA.

Methods: This will be a retrospective observational study of patients in the Kentuckiana region with the diagnosis of COVID-19.

Inappropriate Antibiotic Use: A Survey Of Provider Prescribing Behaviors, Brice I. Saunders

Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Project

Antibiotics save lives and are one of the most widely used medications of modern medicine. However, the widespread use of antibiotics has led to the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR is a major public health crisis with disastrous consequences on national and global healthcare systems. AMR is associated with increased healthcare costs, increased morbidity and mortality, longer hospital stays, increased readmission rates, and overall poorer patient outcomes. The use of antibiotics is the single most important leading factor involved in the development of resistance. Current estimates suggest that at least 30% and up to 50% of all antibiotics prescribed …

Pandemics: Ud Archivist Looks Back ... And Forward, Kristina Schulz

University Libraries Blog Archive

Despite alumni deaths, cancellations and temporary closure, scant historical records leave an incomplete picture of the effect of the 1918 flu pandemic on the campus community. Let's not leave this gap.

Debilitating Southeastern Community College V. Davis: Achieving The Promise Of Disability Civil Rights, Leslie Francis

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

Disability civil rights law today continues to be shaped by troubling precedent created in initial decisions of the Supreme Court under the Rehabilitation Act. This article explores the first of these decisions, Southeastern Community College v. Davis, demonstrates Davis’ continuing impact, and analyzes how this impact may be addressed. Davis was a suit brought by a hearing-impaired student who had been refused accommodations and denied admission to the College’s nursing program. Critical litigation decisions on behalf of Davis at the trial court did not contest the College’s failure to provide accommodations that are common today, such as sign interpretation, or …

What Can The Protection And Advocacy Network Offer To Our Veterans?, David A. Boyer

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

The desire to compensate veterans predates the establishment of the United States (“U.S.”). In 1636, individuals with disabilities received pensions for defending the Plymouth colony against Native Americans.1 Throughout history, this practice continued, as documented by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”).2 By 1930, President Herbert Hoover signed the Executive Order 5398, which created the Veterans Administration.3 Prior to President Hoover’s signing of that executive order, the available veteran services were divided by three separate governmental agencies: the Veterans’ Bureau, the Pensions Bureau, and the Soldiers’ Home.4 Consequently, that executive order combined all three agencies into one that concentrated …

Health Screenings Administered During The Domestic Medical Examination Of Refugees And Other Eligible Immigrants In Nine Us States, 2014-2016: A Cross-Sectional Analysis., Clelia Pezzi, Deborah Lee, Gayathri S. Kumar, Breanna Kawasaki, Lori Kennedy, Jenny Aguirre, Melissa Titus, Rebecca Ford, Blain Mamo, Kailey Urban, Stephen Hughes, Colleen Payton, Kevin Scott, Jessica Montour, Emily S. Jentes

Department of Family & Community Medicine Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Refugees and other select visa holders are recommended to receive a domestic medical examination within 90 days after arrival to the United States. Limited data have been published on the coverage of screenings offered during this examination across multiple resettlement states, preventing evaluation of this voluntary program's potential impact on postarrival refugee health. This analysis sought to calculate and compare screening proportions among refugees and other eligible populations to assess the domestic medical examination's impact on screening coverage resulting from this examination.

METHODS AND FINDINGS: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis to summarize and compare domestic medical examination data from …

How Emergent Social Patterns In Allogrooming Combat Parasitic Infections, Shelby N. Wilson, Suzanne S. Sindi, Heather Z. Brooks, Maryann E. Hohn, Candice R. Price, Ami E. Radunskaya, Nakeya D. Williams, Nina H. Fefferman

Mathematics Sciences: Faculty Publications

Members of social groups risk infection through contact with those in their social network. Evidence that social organization may protect populations from pathogens in certain circumstances prompts the question as to how social organization affects the spread of ectoparasites. The same grooming behaviors that establish social bonds also play a role in the progression of ectoparasitic outbreaks. In this paper, we model the interactions between social organization and allogrooming efficiency to consider how ectoparasitic threats may have shaped the evolution of social behaviors. To better understand the impacts of social grooming on organizational structure, we consider several dynamic models of …

Epidemiological Significance Of Parasitic Infections In Olive Baboons (Papio Anubis) At Gombe National Park, Tanzania, Jared S. Bakuza

Tanzania Journal of Science

Several parasites of significant health importance have been observed in baboons at Gombe National Park in western Tanzania.  However, little is known on impacts these infections have on baboon health. Baboon stools were examined for parasites using formol-ethyl technique and their health and troop membership associated with parasitic infections. Observed nematode parasites were; Streptopharagus sp., Physaloptera sp., unidentified nematodes, hookworms and Trichuris sp. Trematode parasites included Schistosoma mansoni and unidentified trematode, with the latter’s intensity being highest in DB troop baboons. Parasite egg counts (epg) for nematodes ranged from 9 to 12, and that of trematodes from 4 to 40 …

Iresearch: Social Science Research Methods Made Easy, Sanne Unger, Robert P. Watson, Cristina A. Lucier, Patrick J. Cooper

Lynn University Digital Press Books

The Research Methods interactive book was written for students at Lynn University as well as at other universities, by four Lynn faculty members with diverse research backgrounds: a sociologist, a linguist, a psychologist, and a historian. The interactive book covers the basics of research methods, including how to read scientific articles, how to set up a valid experiment, ethical considerations, and much more. It features interactive assignments that use iPad apps and widgets, videos created by students and faculty members, review quizzes to gauge understanding, and many examples of solid research methodology. Course: SOC 200

Unprecedented Solutions For Extraordinary Times: Helping Long-Term Care Settings Deal With The Covid-19 Pandemic, Robin L.P. Jump

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Uab Will Test A Covid-19 Vaccine Candidate Created By Altimmune Inc., Staff

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Self-Efficacy And Feeling Of Security Associated With Risky Sexual Behavior Among Commercial Sex Workers Living With Hiv, Anki Tias Yolanda, Agung Waluyo, Lestari Sukmarini

Jurnal Keperawatan Indonesia

Commercial sex workers (CSWs) represent a key population for HIV transmission. CSWs continue to thrive because of the development of the tourism sector and the acceptance of communities. This study aimed to identify the factors associated with risky sexual behavior among CSWs living with HIV. A cross-sectional design was adopted. The sample size was set to 80 CSWs living with HIV in the Special Region of Yogyakarta and Central Java. Chi-square and multiple logistic regression were used in the data analysis. Results showed the significant relationship of self-efficacy (p < 0.001; OR = 9.365) and feeling secure (p= 0.033; OR= 2.762) with risky sexual behavior. No significant relationship was noted between income (p= 0.244), knowledge (p= 0.110), attitude (p= 0.978), drug use (p= 0.150), alcohol consumption (p= 0.642), and sexual violence (p= 0.968) and risky sexual behavior. Nursing practices are expected to focus on promotive and preventative efforts by involving communities in enhancing the feeling of security and self-efficacy of CSWs through health programs and improvement of health facilities.

Urgent Need For Individual Mobile Phone And Institutional Reporting Of At Home, Hospitalized, And Intensive Care Unit Cases Of Sars-Cov-2 (Covid-19) Infection, Peter A. Mccullough, John Eidt, Janani Rangaswami, Edgar Lerma, James Tumlin, Kevin Wheelan, Nevin Katz, Norman E. Lepor, Kris Vijay, Sandeep Soman, Bhupinder Singh, Sean P. Mccullough, Haley B. Mccullough, Alberto Palazzuoli, Gaetano M. Ruocco, Claudio Ronco

Nephrology Articles

Approximately 90 days of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) spreading originally from Wuhan, China, and across the globe has led to a widespread chain of events with imminent threats to the fragile relationship between community health and economic health. Despite near hourly reporting on this crisis, there has been no regular, updated, or accurate reporting of hospitalizations for COVID-19. It is known that many test-positive individuals may not develop symptoms or have a mild self-limited viral syndrome consisting of fever, malaise, dry cough, and constitutional symptoms. However some individuals develop a more fulminant syndrome including viral pneumonia, respiratory failure requiring oxygen, acute …

Investigating Mechanisms Of Immune Suppression Secondary To An Inflammatory Microenvironment, Wendy Michelle Kandell

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The immune system plays a dynamic role in cancer progression. The theory of immunoediting suggests that the relationship between the tumor cell and the immune cell is one that is in flux: initially highly active and responsive to tumor antigen to one that has escaped immune responsiveness. Once the tumor has formed and effectively “escaped”, there are multiple mechanisms that work against a conventional immune response. The tumor cell clones that have escaped the elimination phase are those that are less immunogenic. These clones downregulate MHC, have increased apoptosis through DAMP-driven mechanisms, and suppressive cell phenotypes are driven through cytokine-driven …

Water-Electricity-Light System: Technology Innovations, Paul M. Cabacungan, Gregory L. Tangonan, Nerissa G. Cabacungan

Environmental Science Faculty Publications

This paper presents the design of the Water-Electricity-Light System (WELS) that is an integration of technologies composed of rain catcher, mechanical filter and UV irradiation, solar panel, charge converter, LED light, inverter and car battery. We traced back its development from a bulky and expensive system that was meant to generate drinking water into a more innovative water cleaning system that integrated lighting and cellphone charging. We tracked the improvements applied to the system to make the design more efficient yet simple enough to be replicated and customized in order to address varied needs. We shared the alterations made to …

Prevalence And Potential Risk Factors Of Hypocalcaemia In Dairy Cows During Transition Period At Northern Egypt, Hala Rizk, Hussam Ibrahim, Sabry El-Khodery, Mohamed Youssef

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

Objective: To identify the most prevalent diseases of transition period in dairy cows and to highlight potential risk factors that are supposed to play a critical role in the prevalence of hypocalcaemia. Design: Case-control study Animals: 179 transition dairy cows belonged to five farms. Procedures: In the selected dairy cows, both clinical examination and serum analysis were used as a key to diagnose the transition period disorders. The serum analytes were measured, including calcium (Ca), inorganic phosphorous (P), magnesium (Mg), parathyroid hormone (PTH), glucose, potassium (K), sodium (Na) and chloride (Cl) and then their cutoff points were set. A questionnaire …

Alumni Provide Leadership In Covid-19 Global Response, John Twork

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

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Strategies For Scaling Up The Impact Of Social Sciences Research Findings, Romeo B. Lee

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

No abstract provided.

Household Factors Associated With Underweight In Children 24-59 Month In Urban And Rural In Indonesia, Andini Retno Yunitasari, Ratu Ayu Dewi Sartika, Asih Setiarini

Media Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia

The underweight still remains a public health problem for toddlers in Indonesia. The purpose of the study to identify the factors related to the underweight incident for toddlers at 24-59 months in urban and rural areas of Indonesia. This research used cross-sectional study design. This study used secondary data on the Total Diet Study-Individual Food Consumption Survey of 2014. The sample size in this study was 5165 toddlers from 24-59 months and distinguished by urban and rural areas. Bivariate Analysis used chi square. This study estimates that 20.3% of children aged 24-59 months were underweight with a greater proportion in …

Akses Sanitasi, Merokok Dan Annual Parasite Incidence Malaria Sebagai Prediktor Stunting Baduta Di Indonesia, Zenderi Wardani, Dadang Sukandar, Yayuk Farida Baliwati, Hadi Riyadi

Media Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia

The proportion of stunting above 20%, indicates that there are still public health problems in Indonesia. The impact of stunting not only affects stature with all the consequences of disruption of growth and development, but also affects the economic productivity of a country. The purpose of this study was to develop predictive models that are responsive stunting in children under-2 years in Indonesia. The development of the index model used mathematical formulations using the TPB/SDGs indicator and food environment indicators. Aggregate data from 16-time series were selected from 34 provinces in Indonesia in the span of 4 years (2015-2018). Furthermore, …

Things You Can Do Today To Help Improve Your Mental Health Amid Covid-19 Outbreak, Staff

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Covid-19 Newsletter (Vol. 2), Center For Disaster Medicine, New York Medical College

COVID-19 Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Fertility Fraud And Proposal For Florida Legislation, Cheyenne Dunn

Child and Family Law Journal

No abstract provided.

College Of Public Health News, Georgia Southern University

College of Public Health: News & Publications

• Georgia Southern faculty experts: Turn your COVID-19 panic into a plan