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Strategic Plan For The Development Of The Rs Bersalin Grha Mutiara In 2019-2023: Policy Implementation, Melsha Syarahhandi, Mieke Savitri

Journal of Indonesian Health Policy and Administration

This research discusses the Strategic Plan for the Development of the RS Bersalin Grha Mutiara in 2019-2023, using the theory of Strategic Planning to observe and evaluate external environmental opportunities and threats as well as the internal strengths and weaknesses of the hospital, to determine the right strategic plan. This study is a qualitative research using primary data, in-depth interviews with informants, observation and decision making with CDMG (Consensus Decision Making Group), and secondary data obtained from the BPS (Central Bureau of Statistics), Dinas Kesehatan Subang (District Health Office) Profile, Profile and Financial Report of RS Bersalin Grha Mutiara. From …

Menuju Literasi Gizi: Komponen Pengetahuan Gizi Pada Program Edukasi Gizi Siswa Sekolah Dasar, Nuril Aiffa Dewantari, Ahmad Syafiq, Sandra Fikawati

Media Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia

Nutrition knowledge is a fundamental base for determining attitude and practice in food choice. This study aimed to determine the magnitude of knowledge among elementary students. Analysis based on pre-test and post-test among elementary students who had been intervened by Gerakan Nusantara team. The intervention of nutrition education was held in 2014 to 2018 among 7113 selected elementary students in Indonesia. T-test of SPSS was used to analyze data. Standardization was held to determine the magnitude of change in each component of nutrition knowledge before and after nutrition education intervention. The result showed there was a significant change in nutrition …

Biopesticide Research And Product Development In Africa For Sustainable Agriculture And Food Security – Experiences From The International Centre Of Insect Physiology And Ecology (Icipe), Komivi Senyo Akutse, Sevgan Subramanian, Nguya Kalemba Maniania, Thomas Dubois, Sunday Ekesi

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Arthropod pests and vectors constrain the livelihood opportunities of people in Africa by debilitating production of crops and livestock and through transmission of vector-borne diseases. In the absence of effective alternative management options to tackle these pests and vectors, there is extensive dependence on synthetic pesticides for their management on crop and livestock systems, with significant negative impacts on animal and human health, and the environment. Biopesticides are effective and environmentally sustainable alternatives to synthetic pesticides. At the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), the Arthropod Pathology Unit (APU) was established for effective biopesticide research-for-development (R4D), underpinned by …

The Effects Of Meditation In College Students, Katherine Shelton

Student Theses and Dissertations

Research has been conducted on young student age groups (ages 13-18) and the effects that meditation elicits on anxiety, stress and academic performance, but that is where the age is capped (Beauchemin, Hutchins, & Patterson, 2008). The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of meditation on a previously understudied age category: undergraduate college students ages 18-22. All participants had their age, gender, height, weight, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and resting heart rate measured before and after the study, and completed a 19-Item Body-Image Questionnaire (Koleck, Brunchon-Schweitzer, Cousson-Gélie, Gilliard, & Quintard, 2002). Results …

Assessing The Living Experiences Of Prostate Cancer Survivors In The Delta Of Northeast Arkansas., Samuel Mensah Noi

Student Theses and Dissertations

Prostate cancer remains the most prevalent non-cutaneous malignancy and the second leading cause of cancer death in Western men. The living experiences of people with prostate cancer have never been pleasant just like any other cancer. Twelve prostate cancer survivors living in the Delta of Northeast Arkansas took part in the study who were all Caucasians. They were between the ages of 59-79 years and high educational backgrounds. The average age of participants is 69.3 years. The study adopted a semi-structured interview approach with a variety of open-ended questions to stimulate discussion. Follow-up questions were included to clarify issues and …

Quantitative Analysis Of Phytochemical Compounds In Barks And Leaves Of Okoubaka Aubrevillei Collected From Iwo, Southwestern Nigeria, Oluwatoyin Opeyemi Akintola, Adeboyin Funmi Aderounmu, Isaac Oluwaseyi Abiola, Kolawole Emmanuel Abodurin, Tunde Adeniran, Festus Agboola, Oluwayemisi Samuel Olokeogun

Journal of Bioresource Management

Okoubaka aubrevillei is an indigenous and sacred tropical tree in Africa. It is rare with allelopathic properties and has relatively little information available in terms of what is responsible for its usage for medicinal and traditional usage. The phytochemical screening and quantitative analysis of the compounds in the barks and leaves of Okoubaka aubrevillei was determined to ascertain and establish its earlier claimed usage as traditional and modern medicine. The most important classes of secondary metabolites (phytochemical compounds) specifically alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, saponins, anthraquinnes, mucilages, oses, holosides, coumarin and glycosides were detected in both, the leaves and barks of the …

The Montclarion, September 30, 2020, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University, Special Edition, Best of the Month: September

Mean Differences Of Total Cholesterol Levels Among Vegetarians And Non-Vegetarians At Maha Vihara Maitreya Duta Palembang, Indonesia, Lathifah Nudhar, Subandrate Subandrate, Susilawati Susilawati, Liniyanti Oswari

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Total cholesterol level is one of the risk factor of cardiovascular disease. The proportion rate of hypercholesterolemia in Indonesia remains high, numbering around one third of (35,9%) Indonesians. Hypercholesterolemia is a modifiable risk factor, one of early measures that can be taken to prevent hypercholesterolemia is nutritional intervention. A dietary pattern high in plant sources and lower fat consumption has been recommended by several health organisation for prevention of hypercholesterolemia. This study was intended to determine mean difference of cholesterol level between vegetarian and nonvegetarian in Maha Vihara Maitreya Duta Palembang. This was an observational analytical study with cross-sectional design. …

Identification Of Plasma Glycosphingolipids As Potential Biomarkers For Prostate Cancer (Pca) Status, Ashley J. Snider, Michael C. Seeds, Laurel Johnstone, Justin M. Snider, Brian Hallmark, Rahul Dutta, Cristina Moraga Franco, John S. Parks, Jeannette T. Bensen, Corey D. Broeckling, James L. Mohler, Gary J. Smith, Elizabeth T.H. Fontham, Hui Kuan Lin, William Bresette, Susan Sergeant, Floyd H. Chilton

School of Public Health Faculty Publications

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common male cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in United States men. Controversy continues over the effectiveness of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) for distinguishing aggressive from indolent PCa. There is a critical need for more specific and sensitive biomarkers to detect and distinguish low-versus high-risk PCa cases. Discovery metabolomics were performed utilizing ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS) on plasma samples from 159 men with treatment naïve prostate cancer participating in the North Carolina-Louisiana PCa Project to determine if there were metabolites associated with aggressive PCa. Thirty-five identifiable plasma small molecules were …

Anti-Gay Discrimination,“Conscience Exemptions,” And The Racism Analogy: A Reply To Professor Koppelman, Shannon Gilreath

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Race, Ethnicity, And Insurance: The Association With Opioid Use In A Pediatric Hospital Setting, Louis Ehwerhemuepha, Candice D. Donaldson, Zeev N. Kain, Vivian Luong, Michelle A. Fortier, William Feaster, Michael Weiss, Daniel Tomaszewski, Sun Yang, Michael Phan, Brooke N. Jenkins

Psychology Faculty Articles and Research

Background

This study examined the association between race/ethnicity and health insurance payer type with pediatric opioid and non-opioid ordering in an inpatient hospital setting.

Methods

Cross-sectional inpatient encounter data from June 2013 to June 2018 was retrieved from a pediatric children’s hospital in Southern California (N = 55,944), and statistical analyses were performed to determine associations with opioid ordering.

Results

There was a significant main effect of race/ethnicity on opioid and non-opioid orders. Physicians ordered significantly fewer opioid medications, but a greater number of non-opioid medications, for non-Hispanic African American children than non-Hispanic Asian, Hispanic/Latinx, and non-Hispanic White pediatric …

Psychosocial Influences On Modern Contraceptive Use In Sokoto, Kebbi And Zamfara States—Slide Deck, Breakthrough Research

Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Choices

Slide deck for Breakthrough RESEARCH webinar held on 30 September 2020.

Healthcare Utilisation And Expenditure Patterns For Cardio-Metabolic Diseases In South Asian Cities: The Carrs Study, Priti Gupta, Kalpana Singh, Roopa Shivashankar, Kavita Singh, Ajay Vamadevan, V Mohan, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Nikhil Tandon, K M. Narayan, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Mohammed K. Ali

Community Health Sciences

Objective: To estimate average annual expenditures per person, total economic burden and distress health financing associated with the treatment of five cardio-metabolic diseases (CMDs-hypertension, diabetes, heart disease (angina, myocardial infarction and heart failure), stroke and chronic kidney disease) in three metropolitan cities in South Asia.
Design: Cross-sectional surveys.
Setting: We analysed community-based baseline data from the Centre for cArdio-metabolic Risk Reduction in South Asia (CARRS) Study collected in 2010-2011 representing Chennai and New Delhi (India), and Karachi (Pakistan).
Participants: We used data from non-pregnant adults (≥20 years) from the aforementioned cities that responded to a cost-of-illness questionnaire. We estimated health …

Rsif Weekly Vol.1 No.18, Regional Scholarship And Innovation Fund (Rsif)

Rsif Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Transcriptomic Study For Identification Of Major Nitrogen Stress Responsive Genes In Australian Bread Wheat Cultivars, Nigarin Sultana, Shahidul Islam, Angela Juhasz, Rongchang Yang, Maoyun She, Zaid Alhabbar, Jingjuan Zhang, Wujun Ma

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

High nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in bread wheat is pivotal to sustain high productivity. Knowledge about the physiological and transcriptomic changes that regulate NUE, in particular how plants cope with nitrogen (N) stress during flowering and the grain filling period, is crucial in achieving high NUE. Nitrogen response is differentially manifested in different tissues and shows significant genetic variability. A comparative transcriptome study was carried out using RNA-seq analysis to investigate the effect of nitrogen levels on gene expression at 0 days post anthesis (0 DPA) and 10 DPA in second leaf and grain tissues of three Australian wheat (Triticum …

Developing Critical Thinking Activities And Assessments Using The Cat Framework, Kevin Harris, Elizabeth Lisic

Critical & Creative Thinking Conference

No abstract provided.

Models Of Pediatric Asthma Care, Alamelu Udayappan, Chad Abersch

Graduate Medical Education Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Vitamin Deficiencies Are Extremely Common In Parkinson's Disease: A Case For Routine Screening, Erin Smith, Jenna Paseka, Danish Bhatti, Diego R. Torres-Russotto, John M. Bertoni

Graduate Medical Education Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Are We Missing Vitamin Deficiencies In Parkinson's Disease?, Praveen Hariharan, Erin L. Smith, Nabeel M. Syed, Bobbi J. Roeder, Jenna Paseka, Danish Bhatti, Diego R. Torres-Russotto, John M. Bertoni

Graduate Medical Education Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Right Ventricular Lead Dysfunction Post Lvad Implantation, Ahmed Mohamed Abdelhalim-Selim, Rahul Dhawan, Katherine Germann, Scott Lundgren, Ronald Zolty, Faris Khan

Graduate Medical Education Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Improving Clinical Performance And Quality Measures Following Acute Myocardial Infarction, Sajid Kadir, Vasa Jacob, Evan Ryan, Rahul Dhawan, Cason Christensen, Edward O'Leary

Graduate Medical Education Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Nodal Harvest For Right-Sided Colon Cancer: A Case-Matched Assessment Of Laparoscopic Vs. Robotic Approaches, Rishi Batra, Matthew Fuglestad, Herman Hernandez, Kaeli Samson, Jennifer Leinicke, Sean Langenfeld

Graduate Medical Education Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Does Location Of Birth Influence The Outcomes Of Infants With Gastroschisis?, Paul Aylward, Matthew Fuglestad, Stephen Raynor, Robert Cusick

Graduate Medical Education Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Elderly Offender Prison Programming In The People's Republic Of China And The United States

Contemporary Southern Psychology

Throughout the world, there has been a significant increase in the proportion of people who are classified as elderly. The reasons for this are the increased modernization of many nations due to the impact of globalization on transportation, communications, food production, and medical services. As a result of these improvements in the average quality-of-life, people are living longer. The same growth of elderly persons has been seen within prison systems around the world, as well. This article examines the impact of the graying of society in the People’s Republic of China and the United States, in general, and the correctional …

Immunohistochemical Pattern– A Prognostic Factor For Synchronous Gastrointestinal Cancer, Catalin Alius, Catalin Gabriel Cirstoveanu, Cristinel Dumitru Badiu, Valeriu Ardeleanu, Vasile Adrian Dumitru

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Recent advancements in medical genetics and molecular biology are reflected in the modern understanding and approach to colorectal carcinoma (CRC). Understanding the cellular mechanisms and mutational patterns that promote carcinogenesis could enhance the predictive accuracy of the TNM classification. Furthermore, this will allow for a much more documented stratification and tailored oncological treatment. This paper presents an illustrative case of a relatively young patient (50 years old) with no family history of cancer who was diagnosed with four synchronous gastrointestinal (GI) adenocarcinomas displaying a wild type P53, negative BRAF testing, and mutated MLH1 and PMS2 proteins. This case report contributes …

Oral Pathology Induced By Excess Or Deficiency Of Glucocorticoids In Adults, Rucsandra Elena Dănciulescu Miulescu, Loreta Guja, Bogdan Socea, Anca Dumitriu, Stana Paunica, Emil Ștefănescu

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Oral manifestations are present both in Cushing's syndrome and in adrenal insufficiency. Possible oro-dental pathology in patients with Cushing's syndrome include jawbone loss, tooth loss, and periodontal diseases. Professional societies did not include Cushing's syndrome as being part of systemic diseases associated with loss of periodontal supporting tissues. The comorbidities of Cushing's syndrome such as obesity, osteoporosis, and diabetes are conditions that influence periodontal attachment apparatus. In patients with adrenal primary insufficiency, the most specific sign is the melanic pigmentation of the skin and mucosal surfaces due to increments of corticotropin and pro-opiomelanocortin peptide levels that occur as a result …

Cymbopogon Nardus, A Grass Weed In The Rangelands Of Uganda: Impact On Plant Species Biodiversity And Livestock Performance, S. G. Byenkya, C. Ebong, C. Sudhe, J. Kigongo

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Detecting Symptoms Of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease And Congestive Heart Failure Via Cough And Wheezing Sounds Using Smart-Phones And Machine Learning, Anthony Windmon

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) are progressive disorders, and major health concerns among today’s aging population. COPD causes a large mucus buildup in the lungs, leading to chronic cough and difficulty to breathe. CHF causes fluid buildup in the lower lungs due to the failing heart, causing cough and difficulty to breath. People who are clinically diagnosed with COPD or CHF are expected to regularly monitor their symptoms and follow complex medical recommendations in an effort to prevent exacerbation. In this dissertation, we elaborate upon three different machine learning based techniques that we developed for …

Ontogeny Related Changes In The Pediatric Liver Metabolome., Christopher M. Wilson, Qian Li, R Gaedigk, Chengpeng Bi, Saskia N. De Wildt, J Steven Leeder, Brooke L. Fridley

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Background: A major challenge in implementing personalized medicine in pediatrics is identifying appropriate drug dosages for children. The majority of drug dosing studies have been based on adult populations, often with modification of the dosing for children based on size and weight. However, the growth and development experienced by children between birth and adulthood represents a dynamically changing biological system, with implications for effective drug dosing, efficacy as well as potential drug toxicity. The purpose of this study was to apply a metabolomics approach to gain preliminary insights into the ontogeny of liver function from newborn to adolescent.

Methods: Metabolites …

Evaluation Of Hematological And Biochemical Changes In Dromedary Camel During The Different Stages Of Lactation, Ahmed El-Sayed

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

Objective: To assess the potential hematobiochemical alterations in healthy dromedary camel during the different stages of lactation. Design: Randomized controlled study. Animals: Fifteen healthy female dromedary camels, with mean body weight of 499.6 kg and mean age of 20 years. Procedures: Camels were categorized into 3 groups' according to their stage of lactation: group 1, early lactation (1-3 months), group 2, mid-lactation (four-6 months) and group3, late lactation (≥ 7 months). Blood samples were collected from every animals for hematological and biochemical evaluation. Results: Total erythrocyte count (TEC), hemoglobin (Hb), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), total leukocytes …