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Irrigation Systems Management, Dean Eisenhauer, Derrel L. Martin, Derek M. Heeren, Glenn J. Hoffman

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Management of irrigation systems should be based on the desired objectives or outcomes consistent with economic, energy, environmental, labor, water, and resource constraints. Goals can vary from maximizing profit, producing a contracted yield, optimizing water resource use, maintaining the quality of produce, or assuring an attractive landscape. Managers cannot achieve these goals without considering the performance of the irrigation system. This chapter discusses the basic characteristics of various irrigation systems, defines terms that quantify performance, describes basic requirements all systems must provide, gives a range of attributes for systems, and discusses how water supply requirements are governed by ET and …

Bioaccumulation Of Pcbs, Ocps And Pbdes In Marine Mammals From West Antarctica, Mohammed Khairy, Emily Brault, Rebecca Dickhut, Karin C. Harding, Tero Harkonen, Olle Karlsson, Kristine Lehnert, Jonas Teilmann, Rainer Lohmann

Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications

To understand the bioaccumulation and food web dynamics of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) as a function of species, age and sex in Antarctic mammals, blubber samples of 3 killer whales (Type C) and 77 pinnipeds (Weddell, Ross and crabeater seals) were collected from the Southern Ocean, Antarctica. They were analyzed for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). ΣDDTs, Σ29PCBs and chlordanes (12 – 4,600, 13 – 1,600, and < 1.5 – 1,700 ng/g lipid, respectively) were the most abundant POPs. Killer whales typically displayed several times greater concentrations of POPs compared to seals, except for PBDEs. PCBs and PBDEs were consistently higher in adult crabeater and Weddell seal males, and in adult female Ross seals than in other sex and age groups reflecting an age accumulation and possible influence of segregated diet, foraging areas, and metabolic transformation rates. POPs concentrations significantly correlated with gene transcription of nuclear receptors involved in detoxification of contaminants and immune relevant cell mediators in the crabeater seals, indicating possible immunotoxic and deleterious health effects. This represents one of the largest studies on POPs in Antarctic marine predators and highlights the complexity of POPs bioaccumulation.

Domestic Terrorist Acts As Cultural Texts: A Pentadic Analysis, A. J. Grant, Guy Philbin

Journal of Hate Studies

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher once said that publicity is the oxygen of terrorism. It is our position that mass-mediated terrorism, white supremacy, and doctrines of racial superiority that justify discrimination, segregation, domination, and even extermination of persons of color should be deprived of the oxygen of publicity. At the same time, we believe that analysis, discussion, confrontation, and condemnation of terrorism and hateful ideologies is painful but necessary. The hate speech and radical ideologies of today’s web-based terrorists reach far beyond traditional means of communication. The purpose of this paper is to use Kenneth Burke’s pentad to analyze …

Canada’S Right-Wing Extremists: Mapping Their Ties, Location, And Ideas, Bessma Momani, Ryan Deschamps

Journal of Hate Studies

Canada has often been seen as a progressive country that is welcoming to immigrants, promotes multiculturalism, and generally as a kind and tolerant society. This study used a two-month close examination of Canada’s RWE online presence surrounding the 2019 federal election. Using social network analysis, this study fills a needed empirical gap in current understanding of this network that are known to produce and sustain domestic terrorism and extremist hate crimes in Canada. Then using both discourse and correspondence analysis, we find that Canada’s Right-Wing Extremists (RWEs) galvanize around the following key ideas: leftist-propensities towards violence, projecting especially views against …

Leading The Way For New Hampshire's Children, Debbie Kane

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Faculty Spotlight: Nick Mian, Psychology, Kassidy Taylor

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Extended Submission Deadline For Special Topic: Island Invaders, S. Nicole Frey

Human–Wildlife Interactions

This is an extended submission deadline for the call for papers for the special issue on island invaders.

Implementation Of An Oral Hygiene Protocol For Adults Patients On Acute Care Units, Sharon J. Boler

Student Scholarly Projects

Practice Problem: Patients diagnosed with non-mechanically ventilated aspiration pneumonia can result in increased levels of care, longer lengths of stay, and are 8.4 more likely to die while hospitalized. Oral hygiene protocols have led to promising outcomes, evidenced by fewer cases of aspiration pneumonia in adult patients on medical surgical units.

PICOT: The PICOT question that guided this project was in adult non-mechanically ventilated hospital patients, does an Oral Hygiene Protocol (OHP) compared to current practice affect hospital acquired aspiration pneumonia during hospitalization.

Evidence: Fourteen studies met inclusion criteria that support the implementation of an evidence – based oral hygiene …

The Relationship Between Perceived Academic Self-Efficacy, Remediation, And Academic Performance In Pre-Licensure Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Debra Jean Wilson

Dissertations

Nurse educators are faced with the daunting task of preparing students for professional practice as registered nurses. Students who are academically underprepared are often at risk for nursing course failure. There is a lack of consensus in the literature about predictors of success in nursing education. Most nursing education research has focused on the nursing licensure examination as the outcome measure. This focus occurs late in the curriculum and fails to address at-risk students who don't make it to graduation.

Micrornas: New Non-Invasive Diagnostic Biomarkers And Therapeutic Method For Cancer Treatment: Micrornas: New Non-Invasive Diagnostic Biomarkers And Therapeutic Method For Cancer Treatment, Tamadir Aledani, Kassim Abdulkareem

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Background: Cancer is a global health problem and the main cause of mortality. Most cancer-associated cases of mortality are the consequences of lack of effective treatment and biomarkers for early diagnosis. New hopes for the improvement of the early diagnosis and treatment of cancer synchronize with the emergence of microRNAs (miRNAs). MicroRNAs are small, noncoding, single-stranded RNAs, the length of which is approximately 18–25 nucleotides and which bind to 3’ untranslated region (3’UTR) of the target messenger RNAs (mRNAs), leading to mRNA degradation or translational inhibition; thereby regulating gene expression post-transcriptionally._x000D_ Aim: Using microRNAs as promising and potential biomarkers for …

Seminal Fluid Analysis Changes After Testicular Varicocelectomy In A Sample Of Iraqi Patients: Seminal Fluid Analysis Changes After Testicular Varicocelectomy In A Sample Of Iraqi Patients, Anwar Majed, Manal Rasheed, Mohammed Jasim

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Background:_x000D_ Semen analysis measures ejaculate volume, pH, sperm count, motility, forward progression, and morphology. Although semen analysis is not a test for infertility, it is considered the most important laboratory test in the evaluation of male fertility. There are many factors affecting the seminal fluid parameters and testicular varicocele is one of them. Varicoceles are the most commonly seen and correctable male infertility factor. Varicocelectomy is a common operation performed for infertile males with clinical varicocele. The aim of study:_x000D_ to evaluate the seminal fluid parameters changes after testicular varicocelectomy.Patients and Method: A prospective cohort study was done at the …

Role Of Videolaryngostroboscopy In The Diagnosis Of Dysphonic Patients With Normal Fiberoptic Laryngoscopy: Role Of Videolaryngostroboscopy In The Diagnosis Of Dysphonic Patients With Normal Fiberoptic Laryngoscopy, Sajad Al-Helo, Ahmed Al-Safi, Rahma Aljanabi

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Background: Dysphonia is altered voice quality, pitch, loudness, or vocal effort that impairs people’s quality of life. It is a very common complaint affecting nearly one-third of a population at some point in their life and could be caused by infection, tumor, trauma, vocal cord paralysis, etc._x000D_ Indirect mirror or endoscopic laryngoscopy is used to assess the laryngeal condition in dysphonic patients seeking mainly for the cause, but frequently the findings were normal or unremarkable._x000D_ Videolaryngoscopy (VLS) is very useful in dysphonic patients who have an otherwise normal indirect or flexible laryngoscopic examination. In addition to providing information regarding vocal …

Evaluation Of Vegf-A In Relation To Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (In Basrah, Iraq): Evaluation Of Vegf-A In Relation To Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (In Basrah, Iraq), Zainab Badr, Wijdan Al-Moosawi, Sadiq Ali

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Background: Cancer angiogenesis demonstrates an important role in the progression and pathogenesis of blood malignant disorders including acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A is one of the most effective elements of endothelial cell growth; it promotes vascular permeability of endothelial cells and provides the new vasculature with oxygen and nutrients. Higher VEGF-A levels in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is associated with poorer patient outcomes._x000D_ Aim of the study: to assess the level of VEGF-A in plasma of children with ALL._x000D_ Subject and method: Forty children with ALL and 40 healthy children as control were enrolled in …

Sepsis-Associated Cholestasis: The Impact Of Mitochondrial Dysfunction (A Case Report): Sepsis-Associated Cholestasis: The Impact Of Mitochondrial Dysfunction (A Case Report), Behzad Noroozi, Ali Had, Bita Shahrami, Ayda Ardabili, Fatemeh Yoonesi

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Introduction: Hyperbilirubinemia – a condition of elevated serum bilirubin above the reference range, is common in hospitalized patients. The reasons for the increase in the bilirubin level can be pre-hepatic, hepatic, and post-hepatic. Sepsis is one of the most important causes of hyperbilirubinemia in critically ill patients._x000D_ Case report: We present a 30-year-old woman with no past medical and drug history who was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) due to multiple trauma and fractures due to a fall from height. During the ICU stay, the patient developed jaundice with a high increase in the bilirubin level. A diagnosis …

Antisocial Behavior Etiologies: Antisocial Behavior Etiologies, Sundus Hantoosh, Rasha Ameen, Seenaa Amin

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Antisocial behavior is a broad term that encompasses many facets of destructive behavior, most of which bring harm to another person or involve the violation of rights of others. Main antisocial behavior victims are young individuals, women and children. Numerous factors interact together for the development of aggression and antisocial behavior; these factors are social, environmental, physiological, neurological, and genetic. Consequently, this paper addresses the principal etiologic factors that participate in the development of antisocial behaviors for children, adolescents, and adult individuals._x000D_  _x000D_

The Challenges, Risks, And Concerns Perceived By Iraqi Medical Doctors: A Cross Sectional Study: The Challenges, Risks, And Concerns Perceived By Iraqi Medical Doctors: A Cross Sectional Study, Alaa Abed, Basim Abdul-Hassan, Dhurgham Abdulwahid

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Background: The current situation of the health system in Iraq, under the difficult conditions the country has been experiencing, generates great pressures on doctors because they are in the field of confrontation between the growing needs of patients day after day and the dilapidated capabilities and government neglect of the health sector with the absence of security and stability and weak law enforcement.The imposition of state authority has led to an increase in violence in the country in general and against doctors in particular. Moreover, there are other pressures that doctors are subjected to, such as security, economic, professional, social, …

Doppler-Guided Hemorrhoid Artery Ligation With Recto-Anal Repair Outcome On Female Patients In Basra: Assessment Study: Doppler-Guided Hemorrhoid Artery Ligation With Recto-Anal Repair Outcome On Female Patients In Basra: Assessment Study, Ohood Leabi, Alaa Abed, Wafa Al-Maliki

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Background: Hemorrhoidal disease is a common morbidity seen by general surgery clinics. Transanal Doppler guided (DG) hemorrhoidal artery ligation (HAL) with rectoanal repair (RAR) has been invented as a new treatment option. HAL-RAR was associated with mild to moderate postoperative complications in the literatures; and considered easy, safe, mostly painless procedure with very good results in treating hemorrhoids._x000D_ Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the outcome of using DG-HAL-RAR procedure through documenting postoperative complications during a median follow-up period of 18 months._x000D_ Method: The study included 151 women presented with hemorrhoids in Basra, operated upon using the DG-HAL-RAR and …

Acceptance Of Covid-19 Vaccine Among General Population In Iraq: Acceptance Of Covid-19 Vaccine Among General Population In Iraq, Hasanain Ghazi, Taqi Taher, Shaymaa Alfadhul, Sumayah Al-Mahmood, Shaimaa Hassan

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

COVID19 emerged as one of the biggest global public health crises in recent history. Many pharmaceutical companies have raced against time to develop a vaccine, so that the pandemic can be brought under control.  The aim of the current study was to assess the acceptance of the COVID19 vaccine among the general population in Iraq. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1069 respondents from different states of Iraq using questionnaires administered online. Though a total of 77.6% of the respondents agreed to take the COVID19 vaccine when available, a majority (64.3%) said they would wait for some time before taking …

Clinical Course And Outcome Of Eleven Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients With Covid-19 In Iraq: Clinical Course And Outcome Of Eleven Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients With Covid-19 In Iraq, Hayder Aledan, Safa Mezban, Mohammed Albadran, Jawad Rasheed, Muhammed Al Atbee

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Background and objectives: SARS-CoV-2 may affect the hemodialysis population as well as be possibly associated with their higher mortality rate. The objectives of the study were to describe the clinical presentations, assess laboratory markers, and risk factors for mortality._x000D_ Methods: This was an observational single-center retrospective study of two hemodialysis units in Basra from May 1, 2020 to June 1, 2020._x000D_ Results: Among the 11 patients, four (36.4%) died. Compared to the survivors, non-survivors had significantly longer dialysis vintage (16 ± 14.7 vs 9 ± 5.2; P = 0.048) and lower day 10 lymphocyte count (3.75 ± 0.96 vs 9.4 …

A Study On Diabetic Foot Disorders In Basrah, Southern Iraq: A Study On Diabetic Foot Disorders In Basrah, Southern Iraq, Majid Alabbood, Abdulhussein Marzoq

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Background: Diabetic foot disorders (DFD) involve several pathologies affecting the foot of patients suffering with diabetes, such as diabetic peripheral neuropathy, peripheral arterial disease, foot deformity, diabetic foot ulcer and amputation._x000D_ Objectives: To measure the prevalence and associated risk factors of DFD in a cohort of patients in Basrah, Iraq._x000D_ Methods: This is a cross sectional study that was performed in Basrah Province, Iraq, from 1/1/2019 to 1/8/2019. Patients with diabetes attending Faiha Specialized Diabetes Endocrine and Metabolism Center were screened for DFD. The participants were divided into four groups according to the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot …

Comparison Of Rectus Muscle Resection And Rectus Muscle Plication For Ocular Horizontal Strabismus: Comparison Of Rectus Muscle Resection And Rectus Muscle Plication For Ocular Horizontal Strabismus, Mohammed Al Ashoor

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Objectives: This study aimed to compare the surgical outcomes of rectus muscle plication with those of standard rectus muscle resection in combination with recession in patients with horizontal ocular deviations._x000D_ Methods: This comparative prospective case-control study was conducted in the Department of Ophthalmology of Basra Teaching Hospital in Iraq from March 2017 to August 2019. Fifty-eight patients (25 male, 33 female; mean age = 3.86 years), including 32 with esotropia and 26 with exotropia, were divided randomly into two treatment groups after a comprehensive preoperative assessment and selection process. They underwent the indicated rectus muscle tightening procedures. During a postoperative …

Assessment Of Serum Urea, Creatinine And Uric Acid In Sudanese Hypertensive Patients: Assessment Of Serum Urea, Creatinine And Uric Acid In Sudanese Hypertensive Patients, Ashwag Abdallah, Shereen Abdelrahman, Suhair Ahmed, Abdelmula Abdalla, Abuagla Dafalla

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Background: Hypertension It is one of major public health problems in developing counties like Sudan, and increases the risk of mortality. Biochemical renal parameters are necessarily routinely tested to check for renal efficiency of patients when hypertension is a chronic disease and has many complications for long time such as renal failure._x000D_ Objective: The aim of present study was to assess serum urea, creatinine and uric acid in Sudanese patients with hypertension._x000D_ Patients and Methods: This study was analytical case control hospital based study, carried out in Wad Madani city, Gezira state from December 2019 to February 2020. Hundred subjects …

Barriers To Accessing Antenatal Care Services In Primary Health Care Centers In Rural Areas Of Basrah : Barriers To Accessing Antenatal Care Services In Primary Health Care Centers In Rural Areas Of Basrah, Jhood Molan

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Introduction: Antenatal care (ANC) includes preventive and curative care services delivered during pregnancy. The World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that pregnant women should receive at least four ANC visits. ANC is provided in Iraq in the public sector mainly in primary health care (PHC) centers with referral to higher care if required. Private sector contributes to ANC, both private clinics and private hospitals have outpatient services as well._x000D_ Objectives: This study aims to describe the ANC use among women attending PHC centers in Basrah, determine associations of ANC utilization rate with sociodemographic characteristics, and ascertain barriers to the utilization of …

The Efficacy Of Monomeric Acrylic In Cranioplasty Surgery Five-Year Follow-Up: The Efficacy Of Monomeric Acrylic In Cranioplasty Surgery Five-Year Follow-Up, Ghassan Abd Al Ratha, Yasir Hamandi

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Background: Cranioplasty refers to the surgical repair of a defect or deformity of skull that may result from trauma, growing skull fracture, congenital encephalocele, neoplasm._x000D_ Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of monomeric acrylic implant material in cranioplasty_x000D_ Patients and methods: Retrospective analyses of (64) patients undergoing cranioplasty over five years from January 2010 to December 2015 were performed in AL- Kadhimiya teaching hospital Baghdad, Iraq. Monomeric Acrylic was used in all patients and cranioplasty were performed under general anesthesia. 26 RTA, 19 bullet injuries, 7 FFH, 5 fan injuries, 4 congenital encephalocele, 3 brain tumors._x000D_ Results: A total of 64 …

Comparison Of The Outcome Of Combined Ultrasonic And Fluoroscopic Versus Fluoroscopic Guidance Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Comparison Of The Outcome Of Combined Ultrasonic And Fluoroscopic Versus Fluoroscopic Guidance Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy, Majed Mohammed, Firas Attar, Hakeem Mohammed

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Background: Renal stone is one of the most common renal diseases worldwide. There are several modalities for treatment of renal stone disease, one of these modalities is the use of percutaneous nephrolithatomy (PCNL) surgery which can be done either under fluoroscopic or ultrasonic or even combined fluoroscopic and ultrasonic gaudiness. The purpose of this study is to compare the outcome of combined ultrasonic and fluoroscopic versus fluoroscopic guided PCNL.Materials and Method: This is a prospective study done in AL Basrah teaching hospital from May 2015 to December 2019, 200 patients with the diagnosis of renal stone indicated for PCNL surgery …

Knowledge, Attitude, And Practice Regarding Mammography Among Women In Baghdad City, Iraq: Knowledge, Attitude, And Practice Regarding Mammography Among Women In Baghdad City, Iraq, Taqi Taher, Thamer Hilfi, Hasanain Ghazi

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Background: A low-dose X-ray mammogram is considered the most useful tool for detecting early-stage breast cancer among women. Both mortality and morbidity prove to be reduced when cancer is detected early, before any signs and symptoms appear. This study aims to determine the knowledge level, attitude, and practice of women at general hospitals/consulting clinics in Baghdad city in 2017.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 657 women in general hospitals/consulting clinics in Baghdad. The women were selected as an improbability sample. Their average age was between 20 and 59 years. Data collection extended from 1st April to …

Burden Of Care Among Caregivers Of Patients With Schizophrenia In Baghdad City: Burden Of Care Among Caregivers Of Patients With Schizophrenia In Baghdad City, Jamal Muzil, Numan Ali, Aqeel Alsabbagh, Zainab Kammad

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Background: The family members of schizophrenic patients frequently report that caring for the patient imposes a great burden on them and hampers the typical structure and functioning of the family to the detriment of its members.Objectives: To assess the level of the burden of care (objective and subjective) shouldered by the primary caregivers of schizophrenic patients and to determine the relationship between the objective and subjective level of such burdens.Method: A descriptive analytical study was conducted on a purposive sample of 50 primary caregivers of schizophrenic patients who were hospitalized in Ibn-Rushd Psychiatric Teaching Hospital in Baghdad. The data were …

A Pharmacoeconomic Comparison Of Cost Variation Among Hypolipidemic Drugs Available In Indian Market, Meghna Shinde, Anjali Kushwah

Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy Research

Hyperlipidemia is a major cause of atherosclerotic coronary and cerebrovascular disorders affecting a large Indian population. The cost of various hypolipidemic drugs that are used for the prevention and treatment of these afflictions largely varies in the Indian pharmaceutical market. Our study aimed to evaluate the cost variation of different brands of hypolipidemic drugs and to compare the branded prices with their corresponding generic and ceiling prices. The costs of various drugs were procured from the latest issue of the “Drug Today” from October to November 2020 edition which is a directory of all the drugs available in India published …

Usu Fasl Hands In The Garden Program, Deborah Ivie

Funded Research Records

No abstract provided.

Lanthorn, Vol. 56, No. 16, December 6, 2021, Grand Valley State University

Volume 56, August 2, 2021 - April 18, 2022

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.