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Investigating The Delivery Of Health And Nutrition Interventions For Women And Children In Conflict Settings: A Collection Of Case Studies From The Branch Consortium, Anushka Ataullahjan, Michelle F. Gaffey, Samira Sami, Neha S. Singh, Hannah Tappis, Robert E. Black, Karl Blanchet, Ties Boerma, Ana Langer, Paul B. Spiegel, Ronald J. Waldman, Paul H. Wise, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta

Woman and Child Health

Globally, the number of people affected by conflict is the highest in history, and continues to steadily increase. There is currently a pressing need to better understand how to deliver critical health interventions to women and children affected by conflict. The compendium of articles presented in this Conflict and Health Collection brings together a range of case studies recently undertaken by the BRANCH Consortium (Bridging Research & Action in Conflict Settings for the Health of Women and Children). These case studies describe how humanitarian actors navigate and negotiate the multiple obstacles and forces that challenge the delivery of health and …

Nanoparticle-Mediated Drug Delivery For The Treatment Of Cardiovascular Diseases, Rajasekharreddy Pala, Vt Anju, Madhu Dyavaiah, Siddhardha Busi, Surya M. Nauli

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are one of the foremost causes of high morbidity and mortality globally. Preventive, diagnostic, and treatment measures available for CVDs are not very useful, which demands promising alternative methods. Nanoscience and nanotechnology open a new window in the area of CVDs with an opportunity to achieve effective treatment, better prognosis, and less adverse effects on non-target tissues. The application of nanoparticles and nanocarriers in the area of cardiology has gathered much attention due to the properties such as passive and active targeting to the cardiac tissues, improved target specificity, and sensitivity. It has reported that more than …

Evaluation Of Repetitive Jumping Intensity On The Digi-Jump Machine, T. Scott Lyons, James W. Navalta, Whitley J. Stone, Scott W. Arnett, Mark A. Schafer, Laura Igaune

Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences Faculty Research

Cardiorespiratory endurance is an important element of aerobic fitness, particularly in weight management and reducing risk for cardiovascular disease. While there are numerous options for aerobic exercise, rope jumping is often overlooked. In addition to regular exercise and a healthy diet, the American Heart Association strongly recommends rope jumping. The first purpose of this study was to determine the steady state metabolic cost of repetitive jumping on the Digi-Jump machine to evaluate whether exercise on this device is more or less strenuous than similar exercise with a jump rope, as demonstrated in previous literature. A second purpose was to determine …

Shedding Light On The Role Of Extracellular Vesicles In Hiv Infection And Wound Healing., Aseel Alqatawni, Adhikarimayum Lakhikumar Sharma, Beatrice Attilus, Mudit Tyagi, Rene Daniel

Center for Translational Medicine Faculty Papers

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play an important role in intercellular communication. They are naturally released from cells into the extracellular environment. Based on their biogenesis, release pathways, size, content, and function, EVs are classified into exosomes, microvesicles (MVs), and apoptotic bodies (ApoBDs). Previous research has documented that EVs, specifically exosomes and MVs, play an important role in HIV infection, either by promoting HIV infection and pathogenesis or by inhibiting HIV-1 to a certain extent. We have also previously reported that EVs (particularly exosomes) from vaginal fluids inhibit HIV at the post-entry step (i.e., reverse transcription, integration). Besides the role that EVs …

The Journey From Farm To Fork, Jody Record

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Walmart Foundation Funding Fuels New Food Prescription Program, Shea Stewart

University of Mississippi News

UM professors develop initiative to address food insecurity, food desert issues for Mississippians

Telogen Effluvium: A Review Of The Literature, Fahham Asghar, Nazia Shamim, Umar Farooque, Haris Sheikh, Ramsha Aqeel

Department of Anaesthesia

Telogen effluvium is one of the most common causes of alopecia. It is a scalp disorder characterized by excessive shedding of hair. Several factors such as drugs, trauma, and emotional and physiological stress can lead to the development of telogen effluvium. Multiple alterations in the hair cycle have been proposed as the underlying mechanism. Telogen effluvium can present as acute or chronic hair fall with symptoms such as trichodynia. Diagnostic tests that can be used include hair wash test, trichogram, phototrichogram, and scalp biopsy. In the treatment of telogen effluvium, it is essential to identify and remove the causative factors …

Covid-19 Newsletter (Vol. 18), Center For Disaster Medicine, New York Medical College

COVID-19 Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Is Diet Partly Responsible For Differences In Covid-19 Death Rates Between And Within Countries?, The Aria Group, Jean Bousquet, Josep M. Anto, Guido Iaccarino, Wienczyslawa Czarlewski, Tari Haahtela, Aram Anto, Cezmi A. Akdis, Hubert Blain, G. Walter Canonica, Victoria Cardona, Alvaro A. Cruz, Maddalena Illario, Juan Carlos Ivancevich, Marek Jutel, Ludger Klimek, Piotr Kuna, Daniel Laune, Désirée Larenas-Linnemann, Joaquim Mullol, Nikos G. Papadopoulos, Oliver Pfaar, Boleslaw Samolinski, Arunas Valiulis, Arzu Yorgancioglu, Torsten Zuberbier, Amir Hamzah Abdul Latiff, Baharudin Abdullah, Werner Aberer

School of Psychology

Reported COVID-19 deaths in Germany are relatively low as compared to many European countries. Among the several explanations proposed, an early and large testing of the population was put forward. Most current debates on COVID-19 focus on the differences among countries, but little attention has been given to regional differences and diet. The low-death rate European countries (e.g. Austria, Baltic States, Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, Poland, Slovakia) have used different quarantine and/or confinement times and methods and none have performed as many early tests as Germany. Among other factors that may be significant are the dietary habits. It seems that …

Unravelling The Mechanisms Behind The Invasion Of An Introduced And Now Undesirable Grass Species, Jennifer Firn, Yvonne Buckley

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Ripples From The Columbian Exchange?, Igor Cusack

Dublin Gastronomy Symposium

There is little doubt that the Columbian exchange was one of the greatest disruptions of food production and consumption across the world. The exchange resulted, amongst many other things, in the extensive growing of sugar-cane in the Americas. This encouraged the slave trade, with millions of Africans transported across the Atlantic, while the consumption of the resulting sugar led to the deaths of millions of people. Vast numbers of native Americans died as a result of diseases introduced by the domestic animalowning Europeans. Wheat from the Old World colonised the North American prairies displacing most of the roaming herds of …

What Shall We Cook Tomorrow? Ireland On The Kitchen Front, Marzena Keating

Dublin Gastronomy Symposium

In February 1941, the Cookery Editor of Model Housekeeping in the article published in Irish Grocer stressed: ‘It is no longer with us womenfolk a question of what we shall have for breakfast, dinner or tea, but what can we get and what can we afford’ (6). Although not directly involved in the Second World War, at the time known in Ireland as the Emergency (1939–1946), the Irish economy was strongly affected. As Ireland was dependent on outside suppliers for certain commodities, including fuel, machinery, fertilisers, ‘the possibility of expending agricultural output was severely constrained’ (Kennedy, Giblin and McHugh, 1989, …

Treating Poverty: Legal Tools For Health-Harming Needs, Alice Setrini

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Health In All Policies For Government: Promise, Progress, And Pitfalls To Achieving Health Equity, Raj C. Shah, Sarah R. Kamensky

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

What Shall We Have Today?: Culinary Adaptation In World War I Paris, Kyri W. Claflin

Dublin Gastronomy Symposium

During the First World War, many foods vanished from the markets and shops of Paris. Disruptions along rail lines meant that food shipments from the provinces were often delayed. The continually rising cost of food was a significant hardship. This study of wartime cookbooks examines the kinds of practical knowledge food writers offered Frenchwomen to enable them to shift to a war footing and guide them as they shopped and cooked under these extraordinary conditions. I end the paper with a look at how wartime cooking trends influenced French cuisine in the post-war decade.

Guess Who? Reducing The Role Of Juries In Determining Libel Plaintiffs' Identities, Nat Stern

St. John's Law Review

(Excerpt)

During the nomination hearings for now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh, considerable attention was drawn to a high school friend’s memoir featuring a fellow student named “Bart O’Kavanaugh.” By the memoir’s account, “O’Kavanaugh” in one episode blacked out—apparently from alcohol—on his return from a party. For any number of possible reasons, Justice Kavanaugh did not bring a libel suit against the book’s author. If he had, however, a crucial threshold issue—preceding questions of falsity and intent—would have been whether the memoir’s portrayal of “O’Kavanaugh” amounted to a false depiction of Kavanaugh himself. In the parlance of defamation doctrine, Justice Kavanaugh would have …

Civil Procedure And Economic Inequality, Maureen Carroll

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Platelet-Rich Fibrin Vs. Connective Tissue Graft, Stephanie Tu

Excellence Day

Periodontitis, the disease of the gums surrounding the teeth in the oral cavity, may lead to serious consequences if not treated appropriately. It has also been linked to a variety of systemic diseases as well, including Type II diabetes, osteoporosis, obesity, and many other conditions (Amar, 2006). The American Academy of Periodontology classifies the severity of periodontitis through a variety of factors, one of which is clinical attachment loss (CAL). Maintaining CAL may reduce the risk of gum and bone recession, which are both possible indicators of periodontitis. When a patient has multiple gum defects or severe gum recession, one …

Senior Smiles And Wellness Program: Continuation Of A Hybrid Interprofessional Education [Ipe] Model For Assessing Community Health, Jeffrey Stoker, Mandy Chen, Jordan Barnett, Christine E. Miller Rdh, Mhs, Ma, Kim Benton Dds, Mph

Excellence Day

SCOPE (Student Community Outreach for Public Education) at University of the Pacific (UOP), Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry sponsored the 26th Annual Senior Smiles Health & Wellness Fair in its clinic, located in San Francisco on April 27th, 2019. 125 San Francisco’s senior citizens with limited access to health care attended this event. As a continuation of last year’s Senior Smiles & Wellness which continued hybrid Interprofessional education (IPE) activities, SCOPE provided various health screenings to the senior attendees in partnership with Dugoni’s sister schools UOP Audiology, Pharmacy and Physical Therapy program, as well as Touro College of Pharmacy. …

Serving The Underserved At Todco - Outreach Results And Research, Rutu Shah, Nicole Shinkawa

Excellence Day

Access to healthcare is a problem that many demographics face around the world. Often times, dental care is neglected altogether, and people do not start to seek care until they have a toothache that can no longer be ignored. As students here at Dugoni, we have found ourselves reaching out to help the global community by volunteering around the world and going on mission trips to places like Jamaica, Fiji, Mexico, and Guatemala. However, through our courses here at school, we saw the importance of providing care to those who are underserved right here at home in the United States …

Prevention Of Early Childhood Caries With Prenatal Oral Health Care, Sara Ahmad, B. Alkhen, Marie M. Tolarová

Excellence Day

Dental caries is perhaps the most common bacterial infection in humans. Mutans streptococci are the principal bacteria responsible for dental caries. Infants are thought to acquire these organisms by vertical transmission from an infected individual, primarily the mother within a discrete period called the “window of infectivity”. Recent investigations showed that colonization of S. mutans can occur in pre-dentate infants. If an infant acquires MS from the mother before or after the emergence of the primary teeth, preventive interventions aimed at reducing the mother’s burden of MS could prevent or reduce the vertical transmission of these organism to infants and …

The Significance Of Bridging The Health Literacy Gap, Ella Bermudez

DNP Qualifying Manuscripts

Objective: In the veteran population, almost one in every five patients has inadequate or marginal health literacy (Haun, Patel, French, Campbell, & Lapcevic, 2015). Having low health literacy predisposes patients to high emergency room (ER) utilization and hospital readmission (Mitchell, Sadikova, Jack, & Paasche-Orlow, 2012) and low treatment adherence (Miller, 2016). This manuscript aims to review the literature about health literacy and to encourage effective, standardized health education delivery to increase health literacy.

Method: An integrated review of the literature from Cochrane, Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI), Scopus, CINAHL, and PubMed databases showed the importance of bridging the health literacy gap. …

The Trait Repertoire Enabling Cyanobacteria To Bloom Assessed Through Comparative Genomic Complexity And Metatranscriptomics, Huansheng Cao, Yohei Shimura, Morgan M. Steffen, Zhou Yang, Jingrang Lu, Allen Joel, Landon Jenkins, Masanobu Kawachi, Yanbin Yin, Ferran Garcia-Pichel

Food for Health: Publications

Water bloom development due to eutrophication constitutes a case of niche specialization among planktonic cyanobacteria, but the genomic repertoire allowing bloom formation in only some species has not been fully characterized. We posited that the habitat relevance of a trait begets its underlying genomic complexity, so that traits within the repertoire would be differentially more complex in species successfully thriving in that habitat than in close species that cannot. To test this for the case of bloom-forming cyanobacteria, we curated 17 potentially relevant query metabolic pathways and five core pathways selected according to existing ecophysiological literature. The available 113 genomes …

Type I Interferon Underlies Severe Disease Associated With Junín Virus Infection In Mice, Brady T. Hickerson, Eric J. Sefing, Kevin W. Bailey, Arnaud J. Van Wettere, Manuel L. Penichet, Brian B. Gowen

Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Science Student Research

Junín virus (JUNV) is one of five New World mammarenaviruses (NWMs) that causes fatal hemorrhagic disease in humans and is the etiological agent of Argentine hemorrhagic fever (AHF). The pathogenesis underlying AHF is poorly understood; however, a prolonged, elevated interferon-α (IFN-α) response is associated with a negative disease outcome. A feature of all NWMs that cause viral hemorrhagic fever is the use of human transferrin receptor 1 (hTfR1) for cellular entry. Here, we show that mice expressing hTfR1 develop a lethal disease course marked by an increase in serum IFN-α concentration when challenged with JUNV. Further, we provide evidence that …

Flowering Plant Composition Shapes Pathogen Infection Intensity And Reproduction In Bumble Bee Colonies., Lynn S. Adler, Nicholas A. Barber, Olivia M. Biller, Rebecca E. Irwin

Department of Occupational Therapy Faculty Papers

Pathogens pose significant threats to pollinator health and food security. Pollinators can transmit diseases during foraging, but the consequences of plant species composition for infection is unknown. In agroecosystems, flowering strips or hedgerows are often used to augment pollinator habitat. We used canola as a focal crop in tents and manipulated flowering strip composition using plant species we had previously shown to result in higher or lower bee infection in short-term trials. We also manipulated initial colony infection to assess impacts on foraging behavior. Flowering strips using high-infection plant species nearly doubled bumble bee colony infection intensity compared to low-infection …

Meals For Heroes Raised $76,000, Served 16,000 Meals To Frontline Health Care Workers Fighting Coronavirus, Staff

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Menu Labeling Policies On Transnational Restaurant Chains To Promote A Healthy Diet: A Scoping Review To Inform Policy And Research, Sofía Rincón-Gallardo Patiño, Mi Zhou, Fabio Da Silva Gomes, Robin Lemaire, Valisa Hedrick, Elena Serrano, Vivica I. Kraak

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Kenya: Covid-19 Perceptions, Prevention Practices, And Impact—Responses From Third Round Of Data Collection In Five Nairobi Informal Settlements (Kibera, Huruma, Kariobangi, Dandora, And Mathare), Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This brief presents findings from Round 3 of data collection in five Nairobi informal settlements (Kibera, Huruma, Kariobangi, Dandora, and Mathare). On May 10–11, 2020, phone interviews were completed with 1,750 adults, representing 87% of the original COVID-19 KAPstudy cohort. The average age of respondents was 36 years, and 63 percent were female. Almost all resided in the same location as in the previous interview three weeks prior. Overall, most participants are impacted economically and socially by the COVID-19 pandemic and associated social distancing and lockdown policies. Many report losing their source of income while also reporting increased costs of …

Veteran Specific Risk Factors For Delirium, Allison Perkins

Dissertations

Purpose/Aims: This study explored the relationships between military characteristics such as combat experience, mental health issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), depression, anxiety and substance use disorder (SUD), physical comorbidities such as coronary artery disease (CAD), other risk factors, and delirium diagnosis among hospitalized veterans.

Background: Delirium is a common disorder experienced by 25% of all hospitalized adults 65 years and older. No published studies to date have examined whether combat, TBI and PTSD are associated with the incidence of delirium in the hospitalized veteran.

Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional cohort design with a sample size …

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words: Social Media's Approach To Comfort Food, Isabella Paul

Honors Theses - Providence Campus

My thesis essentially explores the ways social media reveals subconscious connections to food. Research indicates that there is an existing connection between food consumption and nostalgia, which transports a person back to their childhood and its association with comfort. This concept of nostalgia helps us understand how people in their everyday lives share their personal comforts with the general public, and how the general public responds. To explore this phenomenon I conduct primary research in the form of collecting and analyzing Instagram posts relating to comfort food, using the hashtags #comfortfood, #nostalgia, and #foodnostalgia. I use this research to identify …