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3d Printed Alginate-Based Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle Scaffolds For Wound Healing, Carol Cleetus

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Effective treatment of chronic wounds is essential for the prevention of infection and scar tissue formation, requiring a novel approach to address the limitations of existing options. This study utilizes Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) crosslinked alginate, a common biomaterial widely used in wound dressing, and UV activated Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) for their potential hydroxyl radical mediated antibacterial applications. ZnO NPs were synthesized by combustion method from Zinc Nitrate Hexahydrate and Sucrose. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) characterization were used to verify composition and NP size. Terephthalic Acid, used as a fluorescent probe, confirmed the generation of …

Juvenile Fluoxetine Treatment Mediates An Anxiogenic Phenotype That Is Ameliorated By Its Re-Exposure In Adulthood, Francisco Javier Flores Ramirez

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Accumulating preclinical evidence indicates that early-life exposure to psychotropic medications induce an anxiogenic-like behavioral profile in later life. However, these preclinical approaches have been conducted primarily using male subjects. This is problematic since clinical data indicates that women are more likely to be diagnosed with anxiety disorders than their male counterparts, and thus, women are prescribed with psychotropic medications like fluoxetine (FLX), a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), at significantly higher rates. Therefore, the goal of this Dissertation is to examine whether alterations in behavioral responses to anxiety-eliciting stimuli are exhibited in adulthood, as a result of early-life FLX exposure. …

Assessing Attitudes And Knowledge Regarding Voice Modification In Transgender People Among Practicing Speech Language Pathologists (Slps) In Texas, Iliana Renee Lopez

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this cross-sectional study is to examine the attitudes and knowledge of voice modification in TG persons among practicing SLPs in the state of Texas. Thirty-nine individuals completed the 10-minute survey with 38 questions. SLPs in Texas who responded are professionally and personally comfortable working with transgender individuals. Most respondents did not know what was targeted in voice modification services, however are willing to learn. Respondents' attitudes, knowledge and comfort were impacted most by personal values, graduate school education and personal relationships. The results from this study support the need for education and clinical training on cultural competence …

Examining The Role Of Perceptual Biases In Health Care Utilization Among Adults, Sandra L. Oviedo Ramirez

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

A large body of literature has identified significant racial and ethnic disparities in health care and health outcomes. In an effort to gain an understanding of how to achieve health equity, it is crucial that we broaden our search for factors beyond access factors that may explain these observed disparities. The present study examined how cultural differences related to attention (context vs. focal) and attribution (internal vs. external) influence individuals' propensity to identify symptoms as potential markers of poor health, and ultimately, report less utilization of professional health care services. Using a community sample of 252 (n = 134 Latinos …

Environmental Governance For Whom? Examining The Political, Institutional, Fiscal, And Legal Determinants Of State Environmental Agency Budget Policy In The Us, Andrew R. Duggan

Theses and Dissertations

Budgets are a prospective tool of governance, and appropriations are a planning vehicle reflecting: bureaucracies’ values, complex interactions, collective preferences, political influences, and available resources. Research spanning 30 years finds that environmental pollution is a key determinant of environmental budgets in the US, though myriad factors, actors, and subsystems are important to consider. Due to federalism and devolution of responsibilities and authorities, environmental governance falls largely to the states. While the dynamics that shape state environmental budget policy have received scholarly interest, theoretically-driven examinations of environmental appropriations remain limited within the public budgeting and environmental policy literature.

Using panel data …

Behavior Change Techniques To Promote Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy: A Theory-Based Meta-Analysis, Caroline A. Orr

Theses and Dissertations

Despite significant progress, smoking during pregnancy remains one of the leading preventable causes of adverse fetal and maternal health outcomes. Using the current best practice standard of psychosocial counseling, only about one out of every 20 pregnant women quits smoking, and relapse rates are very high. Developing more effective interventions to promote smoking cessation during pregnancy is a critical public health priority that requires a thorough understanding of behavior change and its complex pathways and determinants. As such, the purpose of this three-part study was to conduct the first systematic theory-based evidence synthesis of smoking cessation interventions during pregnancy, and …

Classification Models Of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients, Mohammed Alqawba, Luis R. Rodriguez, Norou Diawara, Rebecca T. Beuschel, Maryann Kaler, Amisha V. Barochia, Stewart J. Levine, Steven D. Nathan, Geraldine Grant

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Publications

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and fatal interstitial lung disease with no current cure. Progression of IPF is difficult to predict as the clinical course can be highly variable and range from a rapidly deteriorating state to a relatively stable state, or may be characterized by a slow progressive decline. Therefore, the need for an accurate diagnosis and improved tools for monitoring and managing IPF is of paramount importance, all for understanding the mitochondrial structure and the function played in the IPF. Mitochondrial DNA copy number (MtDCN) has been correlated with mortality in IPF patients and is a …

State Obligations Under Public International Law During Pandemics, Michaela S. Halpern

Emory International Law Review Recent Developments

COVID-19 became an international pandemic affecting every country and threatening a global economic collapse. This Article examines countries' obligations under public international law to prevent and contain pandemics, and subsequent responsibilities to help other countries during pandemics. International Human Rights law recognizes a right to health and includes obligations. Nonetheless, it lacks a sufficient enforcement mechanism. Pandemics are analogous to war; therefore, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) can help as countries utilize R2P to protect against atrocities. This Article argues that R2P is not merely a responsibility to protect against the worst that humankind has to offer but against the …

Coming Out & Catching Up: An International Review Of Workplace Protections For The Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Communities, Clinton Ford

Emory International Law Review Recent Developments

The United States (U.S.) has codified protections against discrimination within the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. But, as history has proven, this is not enough. In the U.S., employment-related discrimination is one of the most commonly reported forms of discrimination across all ethnic groups. As a result, in recent years, minority groups have faced real consequences. This trend in the workplace extends across many countries. This Comment provides a comparative analysis of federal workplace discrimination protections for LGBT individuals across nations similar to the U.S. The focus will be on the U.S., the United Kingdom (U.K.), and Canada—all English-speaking, common law …

Faith: A Critical Review--What Is Left At The End Of The Day, Lawrence Kimmel

Philosophy Faculty Research

In what follows I will try to set out some of my own rethinking -- fundamental things I believe and believe in – – enduring terms of engagement about the universe, life, death, faith -- in a concern to sort out what we have left at the end of the day.

Inherency In The Patenting Of Biotechnology And Pharmaceutical Innovation, Christopher M. Holman

Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Living With Moral Schizophrenia, Rachel Hecke

Augustana Center for the Study of Ethics Essay Contest

A response to Michael Stocker's essay titled "The Schizophrenia of Modern Ethical Theories". When attempting to follow an ethical theory, a dilemma is created between one’s justifications for action according to their chosen moral theory such as duties and obligations, and the motivations or desires behind the action. Although this dilemma can lead to a divide in one's psyche, especially in regards to personal relationships, this schizophrenia isn't all that bad to endure.

Assessing Pepper Pungency By Using Rt-Qpcr To Measure Pun1 Expression, Sam Blechman

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Capsicum spp. evolved capsaicin as a chemical defense to deter consumption of its fruits by mammals, allowing birds to disperse the seeds throughout a greater range. The Pun1 locus codes for a capsaicin synthase (CS), the expression of which is a direct determinant of capsaicin accumulation. RT-qPCR was used to measure low-abundance mRNA transcripts. The aim of this study was to use RT-qPCR to measure Pun1 expression in cDNA synthesized from total RNA extracted from placental tissue of Capsicum annuum and chinense cultivars. A secondary aim was to troubleshoot the protocol designed for this experiment to verify the efficacy of …

Art In Medicine: A Powerful Aid To Modern Medical Education, Fenyu Wang

Student Works

Advances in modern technologies reform medical education in various aspects, and physicians undergo progressively more rigorous and specialized technical training to meet the needs of a modern society that demands cure and longer life-expectancy. However, as we celebrate these advances in modern medicine and medical education, we should not neglect the human aspect of this doctoring profession. Physicians and prevalent medical pedagogies are not impeccable. Many studies discovered mitigated physical exam and observational ability in contemporary physicians. Since 2001, medical schools and residency programs experimented with using art to teach physical examination and observational skills. Participants embraced such programs enthusiastically. …

Decomposition In Pasture Soil Receiving Excreta From Ruminants Fed Alfalfa Forage Diet Supplemented With Increasing Proportions Of Sericea Lespedeza Legume, Yang Kai Tang, Mary C. Savin, Dirk Philipp, Ken Coffey, Jiangchao Zhao

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

Healthy soil is fundamental to a productive pasture system as it will decompose labile organic matter and promote retention of carbon to build a stable, resistant pool of organic matter. An easy, standardized approach to measure decomposition and litter stabilization that is gaining popularity in both citizen science and research studies is the use of the Tea Bag Index. The Tea Bag Index is a relatively new method evaluating the loss of organic material in two different kinds of commercial tea bags (green tea and Rooibos tea) after burial in the soil for 90 days. The objective of this experiment …

The Role Of Social Entrepreneurship During Covid Pandemic – A Case Study Analysis On Select Social Entrepreneurial Initiatives From India And Hong Kong, Man Hin, Eve Chan

Department of Design and Architecture

Social entrepreneurship can be explained in simple terms as doing business for a social cause. Social entrepreneurs are perceived as creative innovators, who combine commerce and social issues in a way that improves the life of people connected to the issue. The COVID pandemic is having a very detrimental effect on the communities and the social entrepreneurs from various parts of the world have emerged as a support system for the government and the COVID warriors of their respective countries. The authors have selected different case studies from India and Hong Kong to explore the role of social entrepreneurs during …

Mathematics Teachers’ Preparedness To Teach In A Virtual Classroom: Focus On Covid-19 Impact On Education, Jemimah Wangui Ng'ang'a

Master of Education

Virtual classroom is a “web-based online environment that delivers course materials to learners and provides collaboration and interaction” (Subramaniam & Kandasamy, 2011, p.1) opportunity as well as support the learners’ independent study. Virtual classroom facilitates virtual learning in a virtual learning environment (VLE). In the recent times virtual learning has become inevitable especially considering the situation where learners are supposed to be home for a longer period than usual. This has been evident with the outbreak of corona virus COVID-19, by the beginning of the year 2020 the disease had spread to other parts of the world thus paralyzing a …

Washington University Magazine, November 2020

Washington University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Brian Friel’S Translations, A Play On Power, Space, And History/ Archaeology, Maryam Beyad, Mohammad Bagher Shabanpour

Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Geography has received great attention since the 19th century. Kant established it as a discipline which resulted in the development of geographical equipment. Consequently, surveying projects were launched in England. This paper argues that Friel’s Translations depicts the extinction of the Irish culture, done by the Army’s implementation of Ireland Ordnance Survey in 1830, in which Irish/Gaelic toponyms, carrying a great volume of a people’s History/ Archaeology, were anglicised. The English Empire strengthened its domination over Ireland through creating new maps of the Northern territories. The paper does a Foucauldian reading of geography, as a contemporary knowledge, which aided the …

Review Of Recreational Fishing Surveys In Western Australia, Alissa Tate, K. L. Ryan, Claire B. Smallwood, Cameron J. Desfosses, S.M Taylor, E.K. Lai, Stuart Blight

Fisheries Research Reports

Recreational fishing has been a popular activity in Western Australia for many years, with an estimated 25% of the population participating in this activity in 2017/18. Recreational fishing surveys have been implemented by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (formally Department of Fisheries) since 1976.

Workshop And Side Events Report : Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction: Towards The Development Of A Balanced, Effective And Universal International Agreement, World Maritime University

Reports

No abstract provided.

Federal Detention And “Wild Facts” During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Gabriel A. Fuentes

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Family Separation Under The Trump Administration: Applying An International Criminal Law Framework, Reilly Frye

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

In April 2018, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the “Zero Tolerance Policy.” The policy significantly increased criminal prosecution of immigrants entering the United States without inspection. Increased adult prosecution directly led to family separation. Parents were sent to federal jail and their children went to the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Neither institution communicated with the other, and the United States government lost track of parents and children. The government separated nearly 3,000 children from their parents, going as far as deporting over 400 parents to their countries of origin while their children remained in the United States. Many of …

Tobacco Use Disparities By Sexual And Gender Minority Status Among Ucf Students., Parth N. Patel

Digital Repository: Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence

No abstract provided.

Probing The Secondary Structure Of Intrinsically Disordered Squid Reflectin Protein Through Ssnmr, Harriet Austin

Digital Repository: Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence

No abstract provided.

Tissue-Specific Regulation Of Pnmt By Intron Retention During Neural Development, Meeti Mehta

Digital Repository: Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence

No abstract provided.

Optimization Of Dapoxyl Aptamer For Label-Free Bioanalysis, Jack E. Mordeson, Ryan P. Connelly, Pedro F. Madalozzo, Yulia Gerasimova

Digital Repository: Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence

No abstract provided.

Synthesis Of Guanidines From Thioureas Using Photocatalyst, Trin Sae-Tan

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

In this study, a photo catalytic guanylation is investigated using Ru(bpy)3Cl2 as a photocatalyst under visible light irradiation. The reaction can be performed in green solvent such as ethanol and water and non-toxic K2CO3 base using 1-5% of Ru(bpy)3Cl2 under 19W white LED irradiation. Under optimized condition, this method can be applied for guanylation of various thioureas carrying a variety of functional groups with morpholine. Moreover, the amine scope includes primary and secondary amine carrying various functional groups. As the result, more than twenty examples of guanidine products can be produced in fair to excellent yields. Moreover, the reaction can …

Do Patients Judge Success Of Treatment And Patient Acceptable Symptom State Based On Current Self-Reported Health Status?, Ryan Jacobson, Daniel Kang, Jeff Houck

Faculty Publications - College of Physical Therapy

Background: Value-based care models call for better interpretation of patient-reported outcomes. Patients may reference health status differently when appraising if an intervention was successful versus if their current state is acceptable. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between success of treatment (SOT), patient acceptable symptom state (PASS), and PROMIS measure T-scores, following a single primary care physical therapy encounter.

Methods: Cross-sectional study. Ninety-two patients with musculoskeletal complaints were administered standard SOT and PASS questions, and PROMIS Physical Function, Pain Interference, and Self-Efficacy for Managing Symptoms measures. Association of PASS and SOT was determined using rank biserial …

Can Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System® (Promis) Measures Accurately Enhance Understanding Of Acceptable Symptoms And Functioning In Primary Care?, Ryan Jacobson, Daniel Kang, Jeff Houck

Faculty Publications - College of Physical Therapy

Background: Value-based healthcare models will require prioritization of the patient’s voice in their own care toward better outcomes. The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System® (PROMIS) gives patients a voice and leads providers to actionable treatments across a broad range of diagnoses. However, better interpretation of PROMIS measures is needed. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of PROMIS Physical Function (PF), Self-Efficacy for Managing Symptoms (SE), Pain Interference (PI), Fatigue, and Depression measures to discriminate patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) in primary care, determining if that accuracy is stable over time and/or retained when PROMIS score thresholds …