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Comparative Efficacies Of Calmare Therapy And Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation In Randomized Peripheral Neuropathy Subjects With Resting State Fmri Monitoring, Ty A. Bodily, Logan Edvalson, Jordan B. Peacock, Zack M. Bradshaw, Carson Hart, Cameron Ernst, Samuel Biggs, David D. Busath

Faculty Publications

Clinical reports of Calmare protocol efficacy suggest enhanced durability compared to TENS and the possibility changes in resting fMRI connectivity. The objective was to compare peripheral neuropathy pain relief and resting fMRI changes with Calmare and TENS treatments. Randomized double-blind trials performed in August 2015 and between August 2016 and November 2017, with 18 and 20 human peripheral neuropathy subjects, respectively. The initial trial examined effects of a single session while the latter trial examined the effects of a course of ten treatment sessions on consecutive weekdays. fMRI scans were examined for changes in blood flow correlations and connectivity. Subjective …

The Endangered California Condor (Gymnogyps Californianus) Population Is Exposed To Local Haemosporidian Parasites, M. Andreína Pacheco, Chris N. Parish, Timothy J. Hauck, Roberto F. Aguilar, Ananias A. Escalante

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Library Materials

The endangered California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) is the largest New World Vulture in North America. Despite recovery program success in saving the species from extinction, condors remain compromised by lead poisoning and limited genetic diversity. The latter makes this species especially vulnerable to infectious diseases. Thus, taking advantage of the program of blood lead testing in Arizona, condor blood samples from 2008 to 2018 were screened for haemosporidian parasites using a nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocol that targets the parasite mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Plasmodium homopolare (Family Plasmodiidae, Order Haemosporida, Phylum Apicomplexa), was detected in condors captured …

Rsif Weekly Vol.1 No.21, Regional Scholarship And Innovation Fund (Rsif)

Rsif Newsletters

No abstract provided.

The Prospector, October 21, 2020, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Jill Biden Visits El Paso

Horizon Scanning To Predict And Prioritize Invasive Alien Species With The Potential To Threaten Human Health And Economies On Cyprus, Jodey M. Peyton, Angeliki F. Martinou, Tim Adriaens, Niki Chartosia, Paraskevi K. Karachle, Wolfgang Rabitsch, Elena Tricarico, Margarita Arianoutsou, Sven Bacher, Ioannis Bazos, Giuseppe Brundu, Elizabeth Bruno-Mcclung, Iris Charalambidou, Monica Demetriou, Marika Galanidi, Bella Galil, Rhian Guillem, Kypros Hadjiafxentis, Louis Hadjioannou, Margarita Hadjistylli, Jason Michael Hall-Spencer, Carlos Jimenez, Graham Johnstone, Periklis Kleitou, Demetris Kletou, Despina Koukkoularidou, Stalo Leontiou, Norbert Maczey, Nikolas Michailidis, John Owen Mountford, Athina Papatheodoulou, Oliver L. Pescott, Constantinos Phanis, Cristina Preda, Steph Rorke, Richard Shaw, Wojciech Solarz, Chris D. Taylor, Saso Trajanovski, Iakovos Tziortzis, Elli Tzirkalli, Ahmet Uludag, Giovanni Vimercati, Konstantin Zdraveski, Argyro Zenetos, Helen E. Roy

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Montana Kaimin, October 21, 2020, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Hydroxychloroquine Prophylaxis For Covid-19, David D. Busath

Faculty Publications

It is common in medicine that simple, inexpensive remedies are held hostage to medical prejudice, financial or political interest, and legal precedent. The purpose of this review is to take the point of view of the victims of COVID-19 and address whether scientific information, including randomized-control trials, can answer whether the hydroxychloroquine should be dispensed for those testing positive and their immediate recent contacts at the point of testing. Although the FDA in the United States is yet to be convinced, the demonstration of positive effects in clinical trials cannot be ignored and there is a large amount of information …

Implementation Evaluation Of An Education Program In Pediatric Clinics, Yen H. Nong, Kimberly Kay Lopez, Dorothy Mandell

Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk

Background: A public health approach to child maltreatment prevention relies on programs that impact the underlying drivers of maltreatment and that can easily be implemented. Stress in the family, mental illness, unrealistic expectations, and lack of knowledge have all been shown to be preceding factors in maltreatment risk. To help address some of these risks, an education program consisting of the Period of PURPLE crying, a social and economic stressor questionnaire, and the Parenting Action Plan was designed for maternal caregivers of newborns at pediatric clinics. This paper explores implementation challenges and successes of the education program, and describes strategies …

North Carolina's Dueling Property Rights Interests: Water And Hydraulic Fracturing, Rupa Russe

NCCU Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

Saving Our Wilderness (And Ourselves) Starts At Home: Local Conservation With An Emphasis On Watershed Protection, Brandon Mayes

NCCU Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, Number 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

ENGINEERS vs FLORIDA’S GREEN MENACE George E. Buker
PLANTATION SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN LEON COUNTY, FLORIDA: 1824-1860 Margaret T. Ordoñez
SOUTH FLORIDA IN 1860 Rodney E. Dillon, Jr.
THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT AND THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE Joan S. Carver
NOTES AND DOCUMENTS: FLORIDA MANUSCRIPT ACQUISITIONS AND ACCESSIONS
BOOK REVIEWS
BOOK NOTES
HISTORY NEWS
DIRECTORS’ MEETING

Meningoencephalitis Associated With Sars-Cov-2, Giorgio Iaconetta

Translational Medicine @ UniSa

The aim of this work is to clarify the incidence of meningitis/encephalitis in SARS-CoV-2 patients. We conducted an initial search in PubMed using the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms “meningitis,” and “encephalitis,”, and “COVID-19” to affirm the need for a review on the topic of the relationship between meningitis/encephalitis and SARS-CoV-2 infection. We included case series, case reports and review articles of COVID-19 patients with these neurological symptoms. Through PubMed database we identified 110 records. After removal of duplicates , we screened 70 record, and 43 were excluded because they focused on different SARS-CoV-2 neurological complications. For eligibility, we assessed …

Advent Of Computer Assisted Surgery And Its Application In Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery, Lobna Abdrlaziz, Ahmed Abozekry

Future Dental Journal

Computer-assisted surgery (CAS) represents a surgical concept and set of methods, that use computer technology for surgical planning, and for guiding or performing surgical interventions.

Advances in imaging techniques can greatly improve the treatment outcome and enhance the success rate of surgical procedures. This review article updates the information on surgical navigation system and its application in maxillofacial surgery.

Effect Of Nylon And Acetal Denture Base Material On Candida Ablicans Count For Partial Denture Cases, Mohamed Ali El Hariri, Mohamed Ezzat El Sayed

Future Dental Journal

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of The Efficacy Of Mouth Rinses Camellia Sinensis Extract, Guava Leaves Extract And Sodium Fluoride Solution, On Streptococcus Mutans And Lactobacillus In Children (An In Vivo Study), Sara Abdelkhalek Hassana, Nadia Ezz Eldin Metwalli, Gehan Gaber Ibrahim, Moustafa Abdelnasser Aly

Future Dental Journal

Aim: The aim of the present study is to assess and compare intraorally the ef- fectiveness of 0.5% Camellia sinensis extract, 0.5% guava leafs extract, 0.2% sodium fluoride solution on the number of Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacilli spp. in the oral cavity. Materials and methods: Forty four healthy children of age group 7–12 years was carried out. The subjects were randomly assigned to four groups: (A) 0.5% C. sinensis extract, (B) 0.5% guava leafs extract, (C) 0.2% sodium fluoride, and (D) Saline mouth wash, with 11 subjects per group. Plaque samples were taken and streptococcus mutans bacterial count was assessed …

Land Application Of Biosolids To Restore Disturbed Western Rangelands, L. K. Greenhalgh, M. J. Mcfarland, I. R. Vasquez, M. Vutran, M. Schmitz, R. Brobst

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Impact Of Wildfire And Seeding On The Range Plant Community In The Dry Forests Of Southern British Columbia, W. Gardner, J. Karakatsoulis, P. Youwe

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Covid-19 Newsletter (Vol. 42), Center For Disaster Medicine, New York Medical College

COVID-19 Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Hubungan Higiene Sanitasi Makanan Jajanan Dengan Kontaminasi Escherichia Coli Pada Makanan Jajanan Anak Sekolah Dasar Di Kecamatan Medan Satria Dan Kecamatan Jati Asih, Kota Bekasi Tahun 2018, Alifah Syafriyani, I Made Djaja

Jurnal Nasional Kesehatan Lingkungan Global

Background. Snack is a source of nutrition for children in school. However, special snack foods sold in elementary schools are not always safe, and are also susceptible to contamination with Escherichia coli. Methods. Therefore, this study was conducted to understand the relationship of primary school children's snacks sanitation in Medan Satria and Jati Asih Subdistricts, Bekasi City with E.coli contamination in snacks using Cross Sectional design. Results. The results showed that 16.4% (10 samples) snack were contaminated with E. coli. Based on the chi square test, there was significant association between hygiene sanitation of raw materials (OR = 6,150), hygiene …

Hubungan Pengetahuan, Sikap, Dan Perilaku Penggunaan Pestisida Dan Nilai Risiko (Rq) Pada Petani Cabai, Kubis, Dan Kentang Di Kecamatan Cikajang, Rizqy Fauzi, Suyud Warno Utomo

Jurnal Nasional Kesehatan Lingkungan Global

Background. Pesticides used by farmers to protect crops from pests. The use of pesticides is influenced by the knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of farmers. Residues of pesticide active ingredient can survive on objects plant and agricultural environments. Exposure to pesticides to farmers and consumers raises the risk of health problems. Forecast risk of health problems can be detected by RQ value. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of pesticide use and risk of health problems in farmers. The research was conducted in the Cikajang, Garut. Field sampling and interviews conducted pesticide use in gardens …

The Role Of Mentoring In Tenuring And Promoting Women At The University Of Dayton, Laura Vorachek, Sarah Critchfield

Reports from the Gender Equity Research Fellowship

Report from Gender Equity Research Fellowship, 2019-20:

Retention of women and underrepresented minority faculty is an important consideration for the University of Dayton. This study critically examines current practices for supporting women faculty through the tenure and promotion process at UD, focusing in particular on the mentoring of pre-tenure faculty. A survey and interviews with early career faculty found gender discrepancies in mentoring experiences. Despite lower retention of female faculty, women report more receiving more mentoring and more satisfaction with mentoring than men. The study also found that the type of mentoring received (formal or informal) had a significant impact …

On Correctness, Precision, And Performance In Quantitative Verification: Qcomp 2020 Competition Report, Carlos E. Budde, Arnd Hartmanns, Michaela Klauck, Jan Křetínský, David Parker, Tim Quatmann, Andrea Turrini, Zhen Zhang

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Quantitative verification tools compute probabilities, expected rewards, or steady-state values for formal models of stochastic and timed systems. Exact results often cannot be obtained efficiently, so most tools use floating-point arithmetic in iterative algorithms that approximate the quantity of interest. Correctness is thus defined by the desired precision and determines performance. In this paper, we report on the experimental evaluation of these trade-offs performed in QComp 2020: the second friendly competition of tools for the analysis of quantitative formal models. We survey the precision guarantees - ranging from exact rational results to statistical confidence statements - offered by the nine …

The Role Of Sediment-Induced Light Attenuation On Primary Production During Hurricane Gustav (2008), Zhengchen Zang, Z. George Xue, Kehui Xu, Samuel J. Bentley, Qin Chen, Eurico J. D'Sa, Le Zhang, Yanda Ou

Faculty Publications

We introduced a sediment-induced light attenuation algorithm into a biogeochemical model of the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment Transport (COAWST) modeling system. A fully coupled ocean-atmospheric-sediment-biogeochemical simulation was carried out to assess the impact of sediment-induced light attenuation on primary production in the northern Gulf of Mexico during the passage of Hurricane Gustav in 2008. When compared with model results without sediment-induced light attenuation, our new model showed a better agreement with satellite data on both the magnitude of nearshore chlorophyll concentration and the spatial distribution of offshore bloom. When Hurricane Gustav approached, resuspended sediment shifted the inner shelf ecosystem from a nutrient-limited …

Sex-Based Brain Differences And Emotional Harm, Betsy J. Grey

Duke Law Journal Online

Technological advances have allowed neuroscientists to identify brain differences between women and men, which may lead to explanations for sex-biased population differences in behavior and brain-based disorders. Although the research is at its early stages, this is an appropriate time to examine some of the potential legal implications of these findings. This Article examines that question in the context of tort law, especially how scientific findings may affect the use of the reasonable person standard in emotional injury claims. Specifically, studies suggest that there may be distinct sex-based mechanisms involved in reactions to extreme stress, raising the question of whether …

The Current - Volume 31 Issue 11, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Enhancer Reprogramming Confers Dependence On Glycolysis And Igf Signaling In Kmt2d Mutant Melanoma., Mayinuer Maitituoheti, Emily Z Keung, Ming Tang, Liang Yan, Hunain Alam, Guangchun Han, Anand K Singh, Ayush T Raman, Christopher Terranova, Sharmistha Sarkar, Elias Orouji, Samir B Amin, Sneha Sharma, Maura Williams, Neha S Samant, Mayura Dhamdhere, Norman Zheng, Tara Shah, Amiksha Shah, Jacob B Axelrad, Nazanin E Anvar, Yu-Hsi Lin, Shan Jiang, Edward Q Chang, Davis R Ingram, Wei-Lien Wang, Alexander Lazar, Min Gyu Lee, Florian Muller, Linghua Wang, Haoqiang Ying, Kunal Rai

Faculty Research 2020

Histone methyltransferase KMT2D harbors frequent loss-of-function somatic point mutations in several tumor types, including melanoma. Here, we identify KMT2D as a potent tumor suppressor in melanoma through an in vivo epigenome-focused pooled RNAi screen and confirm the finding by using a genetically engineered mouse model (GEMM) based on conditional and melanocyte-specific deletion of KMT2D. KMT2D-deficient tumors show substantial reprogramming of key metabolic pathways, including glycolysis. KMT2D deficiency aberrantly upregulates glycolysis enzymes, intermediate metabolites, and glucose consumption rates. Mechanistically, KMT2D loss causes genome-wide reduction of H3K4me1-marked active enhancer chromatin states. Enhancer loss and subsequent repression of IGFBP5 activates IGF1R-AKT to increase …

Association Of Visceral Adipose Tissue And Subclinical Atherosclerosis In Us-Born Mexican Americans But Not First Generation Immigrants, Clarence Gill, Miryoung Lee, Kristina P Vatcheva, Nahid Rianon, Beverly Smulevitz, David D Mcpherson, Joseph B Mccormick, Susan P Fisher-Hoch, Susan T Laing

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background Excess visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is a primary driver for the cardiometabolic complications of obesity; VAT-associated cardiovascular disease risk varies by race, but most studies have been done on Non-Hispanics. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical and metabolic correlates of VAT, its association with subclinical atherosclerosis, and the factors affecting this association in Mexican Americans. Methods and Results Participants (n=527) were drawn from the Cameron County Hispanic Cohort (CCHC), on whom a carotid ultrasound to assess carotid intima media thickness and a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scan to assess for VAT were obtained. Those in the highest quartiles of …

Daily Eastern News: October 20, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

October

No abstract provided.

Peak Grain Forecasts For The Us High Plains Amid Withering Waters, Assaad Mrad, Gabriel G. Katul, Delphis F. Levia, Andrew J. Guswa, Elizabeth W. Boyer, Michael Bruen, Darryl E. Carlyle-Moses, Rachel Coyte, Irena F. Creed, Nick Van De Giesen, Domenico Grasso, David M. Hannah, Janice E. Hudson, Vincent Humphrey, Shin'ichi Iida, Robert B. Jackson, Tomo'omi Kumagai, Pilar Llorens, Beate Michalzik, Kazuki Nanko, Catherine A. Peters, John S. Selker, Doerthe Tetzlaff, Maciej Zalewski, Bridget R. Scanlon

Engineering: Faculty Publications

Irrigated agriculture contributes 40% of total global food production. In the US High Plains, which produces more than 50 million tons per year of grain, as much as 90% of irrigation originates from groundwater resources, including the Ogallala aquifer. In parts of the High Plains, groundwater resources are being depleted so rapidly that they are considered nonrenewable, compromising food security. When groundwater becomes scarce, groundwater withdrawals peak, causing a subsequent peak in crop production. Previous descriptions of finite natural resource depletion have utilized the Hubbert curve. By coupling the dynamics of groundwater pumping, recharge, and crop production, Hubbert-like curves emerge, …

The Role Of Sediment-Induced Light Attenuation On Primary Production During Hurricane Gustav (2008), Zhengchen Zang, Z. George Xue, Kehui Xu, Samuel J. Bentley, Qin Chen, Eurico J. D'Sa, Le Zhang, Yanda Ou

Faculty Publications

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. We introduced a sediment-induced light attenuation algorithm into a biogeochemical model of the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment Transport (COAWST) modeling system. A fully coupled ocean-atmospheric- sediment-biogeochemical simulation was carried out to assess the impact of sediment-induced light attenuation on primary production in the northern Gulf of Mexico during the passage of Hurricane Gustav in 2008. When compared with model results without sediment-induced light attenuation, our new model showed a better agreement with satellite data on both the magnitude of nearshore chlorophyll concentration and the spatial distribution of offshore …