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Update On The Use Of Transcranial Electrical Brain Stimulation To Manage Acute And Chronic Covid-19 Symptoms, Giuseppina Pilloni, Marom Bikson, Bashar W. Badran, Mark S. George, Steven A. Kautz, Alexandre Hideki Okano, Abrahão Fontes Baptista, Leigh E. Charvet

Publications and Research

The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in the urgent need to develop and deploy treatment approaches that can minimize mortality and morbidity. As infection, resulting illness, and the often prolonged recovery period continue to be characterized, therapeutic roles for transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) have emerged as promising non-pharmacological interventions. tES techniques have established therapeutic potential for managing a range of conditions relevant to COVID-19 illness and recovery, and may further be relevant for the general management of increased mental health problems during this time. Furthermore, these tES techniques can be inexpensive, portable, and allow for trained self-administration. Here, …

Incorporation Of Lignin In Natural And Synthetic Biomaterials To Alter Mechanical And Biochemical Properties For Enhanced Wound Healing, Jorge Alfonso Belgodere

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

It is estimated that chronic, non-healing wounds affect more than 6.5 million Americans annually, with an estimated healthcare cost beyond $14 billion. Here, we attempted to create composites of natural (collagen type I or gelatin-methacrylate) or synthetic (poly(ethylene glycol) polymers incorporating a natural plant component, lignin, to combat the costs and limitations current wound healing methods face. Three-dimensional matrices of collagen type I (Col I) are widely used in tissue engineering applications for its abundance in many tissues, bioactivity with many cell types, and excellent biocompatibility. Inspired by the structural role of lignin in plant tissue, we found that sodium …

Coronavirus Research Output During 2001-2020: A Scientometrics Analysis, Lambodara Parabhoi, Dr. Manoj Kumar Verma

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

COVID-19 virus originated from Wuhan city of China in December 2019. The emergence of COVID-19 the whole world and severely affected by The United States, China, Brazil, and India etc.. World Health Organization (WHO) declared it as a pandemic in March 2020. Due to COVID-19, a large number of literature published in early 2020. However, very few studies address the impact of published related to literature Coronavirus. In response to the current study conducted and reviewed 20 years' period from 2001- May 2020. A total of 14439 documents were found in the Scopus database, which was published during the study …

Exploring Peer Mentoring In Pediatric Transition: Perspectives Of Different Stakeholders About Accompanying Patients In Gastroenterology, Guillaume Dumais-Lévesque, Marie-Pascale Pomey

Patient Experience Journal

The literature identifies several issues in the pediatric transition, such as the lack of coordination between pediatric and adult settings and young patients who are not exercising independence in the self-management of their disease. The objective of this study is to explore the potential for a pediatric transition program in gastroenterology, introducing an accompanying patient program to support the transition. A qualitative case study was conducted, including semi-structured focus groups and individual interviews with each group involved in the pediatric transition between two centres in Quebec. A thematic analysis of the collected data was performed using QDA Miner v5.1. In …

Ethics In Journal Publishing, Michele Gibney

Pacific Libraries Workshops

Whose voices are heard in journal publishing? Are you interested in learning more about the one sided publishing industry of the predominantly white, male, Global North? Come explore the topic with Pacific’s Head of Publishing and Scholarship Support where she’ll discuss the Global North/South divide, sexism and racism in publishing, predatory journals, data falsification and replication problems, pitfalls of promotion and tenure, and more.

Effect Of Seasons And Scorpion Size On The Foraging And Diet Of The Striped Bark Scorpion, Centruroides Vittatus (Buthidae: Scorpiones) In Blackbrush Habitat Of South Texas, C. Neal Mcreynolds

Euscorpius

Diet and foraging success of the striped bark scorpion, Centruroides vittatus, in South Texas are influenced by both scorpion size and season of the year. In the ten-year study of the striped bark scorpions in the blackbrush habitat of south Texas, the diet was variable with caterpillars (Lepidoptera) as the main prey for all seasons and all size classes of scorpions. The proportion of caterpillars did vary significantly with size class of scorpion and months of the year with intermediate size scorpions capturing more caterpillars during January–April than other size classes or months of the year. The proportion of …

Dna Self-Assembly Design For Gear Graphs, Chiara Mattamira

Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal

Application of graph theory to the well-known complementary properties of DNA strands has resulted in new insights about more efficient ways to form DNA nanostructures, which have been discovered as useful tools for drug delivery, biomolecular computing, and biosensors. The key concept underlying DNA nanotechnology is the formation of complete DNA complexes out of a given collection of branched junction molecules. These molecules can be modeled in the abstract as portions of graphs made up of vertices and half-edges, where complete edges are representations of double-stranded DNA pieces that have joined together. For efficiency, one aim is to minimize the …

Effect Of Increased Autumn Temperature And Co2 Concentration On Frost Hardening And Winter Survival In Lolium Perenne, Mats Höglind, M. Jørgensen, Liv Østrem, L. Mortensen

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Climate Change And Human Activity Impacts On The Net Primary Production Of Alpine Grassland In Northern Tibet, China, Qingzhu Gao, Yue Li, Yunfan Wan, Wangzha Jiangcun, Baoshan Wang, Wenfu Li

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

The Challenge Of Managing Key Supporting Ecosystem Services In Complex Land Tenure/Land Use Systems--The C Cycle In Mexican Semiarid Grasslands, Elisabeth Huber‐Sannwald, Tulio Arredondo Moreno, Josué Delgado Balbuena, Monica Ribeiro Palacios

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Carbon Dynamics And Mitigation Of Methane And Nitrous Oxide Emissions In Agroecosystems With Pinus Ponderosa (Dougl. Ex Laws) And Native Pastures Established On Degraded Volcanic Soils In The Chilean Patagonia, Francis Dube, Neal B. Stolpe, Erick Zagal Venegas, Miguel Espinosa Bancalari

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Guided Pathway Elements From The California Community College Counselor Perspective, Tiffany Welter

Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative multicase study was to describe what California community college counselors consider important elements of guided pathways that increase student success. Additionally, this study will explore how counselors describe the challenges of guided pathways. Lastly, this study identified counselor recommendations for improving guided pathways to increase student success.

Methodology: This qualitative study used a multiple-case study to explore what important guided pathway features California community colleges offer students from the counselor’s perspective. Semi-structured interviews were held with 12 counselors from six California community colleges that have implemented guided pathways on their campuses to capture rich …

Identifying Industrial Clusters For Targeted Economic Development In West Virginia, Eric Bowen, John Deskins

Bureau of Business & Economic Research

In this report, we identify the industry clusters that are present in West Virginia’s metropolitan regions and provide tools to assess the most promising clusters for economic development targeting. This type of cluster analysis has become an important way for regions to understand their local economic structure and more effectively develop strategies to promote economic growth.

Impact Of Porcine Arterivirus, Influenza B, And Their Coinfection On Antiviral Response In The Porcine Lung, Damarius S. Fleming, Laura C. Miller, Yun Tian, Yonghai Li, Wenjun Ma, Yongming Sang

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

Interferon (IFN) cytokines induce an autonomous antiviral state in cells of the infected site to restrict virus spreading and critically regulate overall antiviral response. The antiviral state leads to host protection through expression of hundreds of IFN-stimulated genes that restrict viral infection through multiple mechanisms, for example, directly in viral genome degradation and indirectly through cellular metabolic inhibition. Young pigs were split into four treatment groups: control, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV, also known as porcine arterivirus) infected, influenza B virus (IBV) infected, and IBV/PRRSV coinfection. Lung tissue was collected at 3, 5, and 7 days post infection …

Utilizing Teaching Technologies For Higher Education In A Post-Covid-19 Environment, Jason P. De Koff

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

Higher education can use technology in the classroom to meet students where they are and reduce the digital divide. Recent events with the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to rely on multiple forms of technology and underlined the priority for its adoption and effective use. Therefore, understanding the options and role that easily accessible applications can play in the on-ground or online classroom is an important research need. This study assessed graduate students’ perceptions of five different types of technology that were incorporated in the classroom across six different semesters. These technologies included classroom response systems, a mobile communication app, and …

November 10, 2020, University Of Mississippi. Faculty Senate

Meeting Minutes

Minutes for the November 2020 meeting of the University of Mississippi Faculty Senate.

Redox-Responsive Nanoplatform For Codelivery Of Mir-519c And Gemcitabine For Pancreatic Cancer Therapy, Xiaofei Xin, Virender Kumar, Feng Lin, Vinod Kumar, Rajan Bhattarai, Vijaya R. Bhatt, Chalet Tan, Ram I. Mahato

Faculty and Student Publications

Copyright © 2020 The Authors, some rights reserved. Desmoplastic and hypoxic pancreatic cancer microenvironment induces aberrant expression of miRNAs and hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) responsible for gemcitabine (GEM) resistance. We demonstrated that miR-519c was down-regulated in pancreatic cancer and transfection of miR-519c in GEM-resistant pancreatic cancer cells inhibited HIF-1α level under hypoxia. We synthesized redox-sensitive mPEG-co-P(Asp)-g-DC-g-S-S-GEM polymer, with GEM payload of 14% (w/w) and 90% GEM release upon incubation with l-glutathione. We synthesized mPEGco- P(Asp)-g-TEPA-g-DC for complex formation with miRNA. Chemical modification of miR-519c with 2'-O-methyl phosphorothioate (OMe-PS) at 3' end enhanced its stability and activity without being immunogenic. Epidermal growth …

Commonwealth Times 2020-11-11

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

Complement Peptide C3a Receptor 1 Promotes Optic Nerve Degeneration In Dba/2j Mice., Jeffrey M. Harder, Pete A. Williams, Catherine E. Braine, Hongyuan Yang, Jocelyn M Thomas, Nicole E Foxworth, Simon W M John, Gareth R Howell

Faculty Research 2020

BACKGROUND: The risk of glaucoma increases significantly with age and exposure to elevated intraocular pressure, two factors linked with neuroinflammation. The complement cascade is a complex immune process with many bioactive end-products, including mediators of inflammation. Complement cascade activation has been shown in glaucoma patients and models of glaucoma. However, the function of complement-mediated inflammation in glaucoma is largely untested. Here, the complement peptide C3a receptor 1 was genetically disrupted in DBA/2J mice, an ocular hypertensive model of glaucoma, to test its contribution to neurodegeneration.

METHODS: A null allele of C3ar1 was backcrossed into DBA/2J mice. Development of iris disease, …

Rapid Evolution Of Aerosol Particles And Their Optical Properties Downwind Of Wildfires In The Western Us, Lawrence I. Kleinman, Arthur J. Sedlacek, Kouji Adachi, Peter R. Buseck, Sonya Collier, Manvendra K. Dubey, Anna L. Hodshire, Ernie Lewis, Timothy B. Onasch, Jeffery R. Pierce, John Shilling, Stephen R. Springston, Jian Wang, Qi Zhang, Shan Zhou, Robert J. Yokelson

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

During the first phase of the Biomass Burn Operational Project (BBOP) field campaign, conducted in the Pacific Northwest, the DOE G-1 aircraft was used to follow the time evolution of wildfire smoke from near the point of emission to locations 2-3.5 h downwind. In nine flights we made repeated transects of wildfire plumes at varying downwind distances and could thereby follow the plume's time evolution. On average there was little change in dilution-normalized aerosol mass concentration as a function of downwind distance. This consistency hides a dynamic system in which primary aerosol particles are evaporating and secondary ones condensing. Organic …

Understanding The Neuroprotective Effect Of Tranexamic Acid: An Exploratory Analysis Of The Crash-3 Randomised Trial, Amy Brenner, Antonio Belli, Rizwana Chaudhri, Timothy Coats, Lauren Frimley, Sabariah Faizah Jamaluddin, Rashid Jooma, Raoul Mansukhani, Peter Sandercock, Haleema Shakur-Still

Section of Neurosurgery

Background: The CRASH-3 trial hypothesised that timely tranexamic acid (TXA) treatment might reduce deaths from intracranial bleeding after traumatic brain injury (TBI). To explore the mechanism of action of TXA in TBI, we examined the timing of its effect on death.
Methods: The CRASH-3 trial randomised 9202 patients within 3 h of injury with a GCS score ≤ 12 or intracranial bleeding on CT scan and no significant extracranial bleeding to receive TXA or placebo. We conducted an exploratory analysis of the effects of TXA on all-cause mortality within 24 h of injury and within 28 days, excluding patients with …

Kennesaw State University Philharmonic Orchestra, Nancy Conley

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

The KSU Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Nancy Conley, presents a concert featuring the works of Mendelssohn, del Borgo, and more. Presented virtually from Morgan Concert Hall of the Bailey Performance Center.

The Lumberjack, November 11, 2020

Cal Poly Humboldt's Student Newspaper

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University.

Daily Eastern News: November 11, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

November

No abstract provided.

Relationships Between Religiosity, Spirituality, Gender, Psychological Distress, And Treatment Preference, Reid Wollett

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Projects

The underutilization of mental health services by college students is an enduring problem, highlighted by increasing popularity of mental health awareness efforts. One strategy used to understand this problem is examining college students’ attitudes toward seeking psychological help. The present study sought to examine college students’ attitudes toward seeking both psychological and religious forms of help, and the roles of religiosity/spirituality, psychological distress, and gender in predicting treatment preference. Understanding what kind of treatment students prefer and the important predictors of this preference may help us to address more effectively the problem of mental health service underutilization. In a large …

Benefits Of Therapy Dogs Among College-Aged Communication Sciences And Disorders Students, Allison Szramek

Graduate Independent Studies - Communication Sciences and Disorders

There are many current strategies and techniques proven to help college age students reduce their stress. However, there is limited research about the use of therapy dogs to help reduce stress among this population. This literature review investigates the relationship between therapy dogs and the power to reduce stress among college students, especially those majoring in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD). The analysis shows a strong correlation between utilizing a therapy dog and the reduction of stress for college students. Further research and implementation should be done to determine the effectiveness of therapy dog interactions with college student and the …

Resolving Issues At Host Level Using Variable Reduction Methods: Case Of Cornudiscoides Spp.(Platyhelminthes: Monogenoidea), A. Nirupama, V. Jyoti, G. A. Girdhar, Ashok K. Singh

Hospitality Faculty Research

Taxonomy deals with delineating and classifying organisms, and traditionally relies on morphological characters only. We have used morphological characters, and molecular biology to distinguish monogenoids at generic and specific levels. Principal Component Analysis provided a magnifying glass to resolve the taxonomic issues as well as their host levels.

Milkfish (Chanos Chanos) Neurocranium, Golda Stewart, David Kerstetter

All Scans: Kerstetter Fisheries and Avian Ecology 3D Scan Series

Neurocranium from Milkfish (Chanos chanos), collected from Foodtown on 08/09/2020 by Golda Stewart.

Interobserver Reliability Of The Renal Nephrometry Scoring System: Experience From A Developing Nation, Kumail Khandwala, Dawar Khan, Zainab Hussain, Nida Sajjad, Muhammad Ismail Alvi

Department of Radiology

Introduction: The RENAL (radius, exophytic/endophytic properties, nearness of tumor to the collecting system or sinus in millimeters, anterior/posterior, location relative to polar lines) nephrometry score (RENAL-NS) has been described as a structured and quantifiable method to describe a renal tumor’s relevant anatomic features as they relate to the complexity of the lesion. We aim to evaluate a tumor’s RENAL-NS and to assess the reproducibility of the score among different observers.
Methods: This retrospective study included 49 patients diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who had complete computed tomography (CT) data, RENAL-NS, and histopathology results. All patients underwent renal surgery/intervention at …

Let Louisiana’S Bastards Beat The Clock: It’S Time To Amend Article 197, Emily M. Gauthier

Louisiana Law Review

The article suggests that the Louisiana Legislature can bring clarity to the state's law and provide equity for children born out of wedlock by amending Louisiana Civil Code article 197.