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Apolipoprotein E Genotype-Dependent Nutrigenetic Effects To Prebiotic Inulin For Modulating Systemic Metabolism And Neuroprotection In Mice Via Gut-Brain Axis, Lucille M. Yanckello, Jared D. Hoffman, Ya-Hsuan Chang, Penghui Lin, Geetika Nehra, George Chlipala, Scott D. Mcculloch, Tyler C. Hammond, Andrew T. Yackzan, Andrew N. Lane, Stefan J. Green, Anika M. S. Hartz, Ai-Ling Lin

Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Faculty Publications

OBJECTIVE: The goal of the study was to identify the potential nutrigenetic effects to inulin, a prebiotic fiber, in mice with different human apolipoprotein E (APOE) genetic variants. Specifically, we compared responses to inulin for the potential modulation of the systemic metabolism and neuroprotection via gut-brain axis in mice with human APOE ϵ3 and ϵ4 alleles.

METHOD: We performed experiments with young mice expressing the human APOE3 (E3FAD mice and APOE4 gene (E4FAD mice). We fed mice with either inulin or control diet for 16 weeks starting from 3 months of age. We determined gut microbiome …

Gift Supports Business Students, Student-Athletes, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

UM alumnus supports budding entrepreneurs, athletics support programs

International Respiratory Infections Society Covid Research Conversations: Podcast 1 With Dr. Francesco Blasi, Julio A. Ramirez Md, Francesco Blasi Md, Phd

The University of Louisville Journal of Respiratory Infections

Section(s) Topics

1–2 Introductions

3 Foundations of best practice

4 COVID-19 as stimulus for innovation

5 Adapting and evolving therapeutic approach

6 Age and comorbidities as risk factors

7 Over-capacity ICU

8 Adapting the ER for COVID-19

9 Training personnel for COVID-19

10 Psychological support, healthcare heroes, and COVID fatigue

11 Increased oxygen requirement

12–13 Milan’s multi-disciplinary unit

14 Standardizing respiratory support measures

15 Nutrition, sedation, and life support

16 CPAP successes and failures

17 Prone and lateral positioning of patients on CPAP

18 Different COVID-19 phenotypes?

19 Thromboembolism risk score, age, and comorbidities

20 Cardiorespiratory considerations: hypertension, echocardiography

21 …

Journal Of Ethnopharmacology: A Bibliometric Study, Victoria P, Prakash M

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to measure the number of contributions and highlight the contributions made by the researchers in the field “Journal of Ethnopharmacology”. Journal of Ethnopharmacology is a peer reviewed medical journal covering the traditional medicinal use of plants and other substances., currently published by Elsevier. It publishes Eighteen issues in a year. The study examines the article published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology from 2016 to 2020. This paper aimed to assess growth pattern of research output, authorship pattern, degree of collaboration, ranking of authors, type of items produced, keyword wise distribution, most productive countries …

Options For Managing Thin Alfalfa Stands, Jimmy C. Henning

Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference

Alfalfa is the highest yielding, highest quality hay crop grown in Kentucky. Well cured alfalfa and alfalfa-grass hay is in high demand for dairy and in particular, horse owners. Alfalfa stands in Kentucky remain productive from four to as long as 8 years or more depending on several factors. Long stand life is favored by:

1. Using an improved variety with high resistance to the major diseases of Kentucky and that is proven to be high yielding in relevant trials such as conducted at the University of Kentucky.
2. Deep, well drained soils,
3. Soils that have been limed to pH 6.8 and …

2017 Henderson Research Symposium Event Program, Various Presenters

Annual Research Symposium

2017 Henderson Research Symposium Event Program and schedule of presentations and speakers.

Lifestyle Modification Interventions In Pregnancy To Reduce Recurrent Gestational Diabetes, Connie Van Baah

Omega Zeta Chapter of STTI Research Day

Lifestyle Modification Interventions in Pregnancy to Reduce Recurrent Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM).

Abstract

Background:In the epidemiologic context of explosion in maternal obesity, the incidence of GDM has significantly increased worldwide. Macrosomia is the most common complication in GDM and the main factor linked to other neonatal complications. Studies suggest that pregnant women with a history of GDM are at increased risk of recurrence.

Aim/Objectives: The primary aim is to determine if lifestyle modification interventions, from the start of pregnancy, will reduce GDM recurrence. Additional objectives include developing written guidelines for implementation of lifestyle modifications to reduce GDM recurrence at my …

Blueprint For Excellence And Equity In The Education Of Black Children And Youth, Phillip Smith, Bernard Gassaway, Karen Dunkley, Dia Bryant, Hope Lesane, Monique Darrisaw-Akil, Trina Lynn Yearwood

GSE Faculty Publications

The convergence of the health, racial, and economic crises resulting from COVID-19 has exposed long-standing inequities among New York State’s Black communities. The recent, brutal and senseless killings of Black men and women (e.g., George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, among an exceedingly long list of names) have ignited growing national public protests and increasing agreement about the existence of deep-seated racial injustice within systems and institutions and how it has been compounded over time. Taken together, the COVID-19 pandemic and the pandemic of senseless killings of Black people are providing a magnified reflection of the nation’s historic …

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, March 4, 2021, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Subcommittee Reports

• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Other Business

The New Hampshire, Vol. 110 [111], No. 51 (Mar. 4, 2021), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 110, but it is the 111th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

Associations Between Dietary Patterns And Inflammatory Markers During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review, Kuan-Lin Yeh, Amber Kautz, Barbara A. Lohse, Susan W. Groth

Articles

Elevated inflammation in pregnancy has been associated with multiple adverse pregnancy outcomes and potentially an increased susceptibility to future chronic disease. How maternal dietary patterns influence systemic inflammation during pregnancy requires further investigation. The purpose of this review was to comprehensively evaluate studies that assessed dietary patterns and inflammatory markers during pregnancy. This review was guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses. Included studies were sourced from EMBASE, PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus and evaluated using The Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies. Inclusion criteria consisted of human studies published in English between January 2007 …

The Weekly Challenger, March 4, 2021, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The March 4, 2021, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Nurturing Care Indicators For The Brazilian Early Childhood Friendly Municipal Index (Imapi), Gabriela Buccini, Jéssica Pedroso, Stefanie Coelho, Gabriel Ferreira De Castro, Juracy Bertoldo, Alberto Sironi, Joao Gondim, Sonia Isoyama Venancio, Rafael Perez-Escamilla, Marcos Ennes Barreto, Muriel Bauermann Gubert

Social and Behavioral Health Faculty Research

The Nurturing Care Framework (NCF) calls for establishing a global monitoring and accountability systems for early childhood development (ECD). Major gaps to build low-cost and large-scale ECD monitoring systems at the local level remain. In this manuscript, we describe the process of selecting nurturing care indicators at the municipal level from existing routine information systems to develop the Brazilian Early Childhood Friendly Index (IMAPI). Three methodological steps developed through a participatory decision-making process were followed. First, a literature review identified potential indicators to translate the NCF domains. Four technical panels composed of stakeholders from federal, state and municipal levels were …

Faculty Senate Chronicle March 4, 2021, Heather M. Loughney

The University of Akron Faculty Senate Chronicle

No abstract provided.

Impact Of Pediatric Obesity On Diurnal Blood Pressure Assessment And Cardiovascular Risk Markers, Margaret O. Murphy, Hong Huang, John A. Bauer, Aric Schadler, Majd Makhoul, Jody L. Clasey, Aftab S. Chishti, Stefan G. Kiessling

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

Background: The prevalence of hypertension is increasing particularly among obese children and adolescents. Obese children and adolescents with hypertension are likely to remain hypertensive as they reach adulthood and hypertension is linked to an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. Twenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) has become one of the most important tools in diagnosing hypertension in children and adolescents and circadian patterns of blood pressure may be important disease-risk predictors.

Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted in patients aged 6–21 years who underwent 24-h ABPM at Kentucky Children's Hospital (KCH) from August 2012 through June 2017. Exclusion criteria …

Doctoral Student Studies Effects Of Covid-19 On School Meal Programs, Meaghan Flores

University of Mississippi News

Kritika Gutpa to present TEDx talk at March 9 event

Effects Of Foliar Fungicide On Yield, Micronutrients, And Cadmium In Grains From Historical And Modern Hard Winter Wheat Genotypes, Hollman Motta-Romero, Ferdinand Niyongira, Jeffrey D. Boehm Jr, Devin J. Rose

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Plant breeding and disease management practices have increased the grain yield of hard winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) adapted to the Great Plains of the United States during the last century. However, the effect of genetic gains for seed yield and the application of fungicide on the micronutrient and cadmium (Cd) concentration in wheat grains is still unclear. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effects of fungicide application on the productivity and nutritional quality of wheat cultivars representing 80 years of plant breeding efforts. Field experiments were conducted over two crop years (2017 and 2018) with eighteen …

The Opioid Crisis Or Climate Change: Which Is More Likely To Succeed Under The Tobacco Litigation Model?, Elizabeth W. De Leon

Texas A&M Law Review

Societal problems can occasionally have legal solutions, and several tools exist to implement change, including litigation and regulation. However, what elements make a societal problem more suitable for litigation or regulation? This Article examines four different societal issues (tobacco use, obesity, opioid addiction, and climate change) to determine whether litigation or regulation is the more appropriate route for success. The tobacco litigation serves as a successful example, while the fast food litigation serves as an unsuccessful example. Six signs of success are derived from the tobacco litigation: a large settlement agreement, evidence of corporate wrongdoing, change in public opinion, the …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, March 4, 2021, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Approval of 4 February 2021 Minutes

Program Proposals

• Offer a Nail Technician Certificate of Proficiency.
• Change the name of the Institute for Social Science Research on Natural Resources to Community and Natural Resources Institute.

Semester Course Approval Reviews

Other Business

• Curriculog was shut down on March 3 and will be reopened the first week of July.
• Unanimous approval of the updated course descriptions.
• Look at updating the Curriculum/EPC handbook.
• A Curriculum Committee chair will be voted on in the April 2021 meeting.

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, March 4, 2021, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Subcommittee Reports

• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Other Business

• Curriculog has been shutdown and will reopen the first week of July.
• A small working group has been put together to look at updating the Curriculum/EPC handbook.

March 2021 Faculty Senate Packet, University Of Nebraska At Kearney Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Packets

No abstract provided.

The Grizzly, March 4, 2021, Simra Mariam, Ava Compagnoni, Caitlin Vinsonhaler, Jenni Berrios, Amelia Kunko, Madison Handwerger

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Important Health and Wellness Survey Launches on Campus • Freshman 101: People to Get to Know on Campus • Alpha Phi Epsilon • The Life of Campus Safety Officer Will McCoy • Opinion: Is the Movie Ever Better Than the Book? • Coach Check-in: Janelle Benner • Men's Tennis Rebuilds

The George-Anne Inkwell Edition, Georgia Southern University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

From Camp Meetings To Crusades: African American Religious Songs In Context, Konner B. Smith

Honors College Theses

The images found throughout African American religious songs are timeless, yet they reflect the realities of their particular historical and cultural contexts, explaining those circumstances from the view of the African American community. Despite the differences in sound, there is a strong sense of continuity between each era, as compositions from slave songs to rap use certain passages from scripture to emphasize the themes of freedom, hope, and perseverance. From the spiritual to the gospel to contemporary religious rap, both history and hope have been lifted up and transformed in the voices of oppressed and enduring African Americans.

Development And Validation Of The Asian American Women’S Shifting Scale (Asawss)., Glenn Gamst, Christine Ma-Kellams, Leticia Arellano-Morales, Lawrence S. Meyers, Jessica Balla, Kelly Mccafferty, Kaitlyn Verbarendse, Dylan Serpas, Adam Rojas, Noelle Huffman, Carolina Menendez

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The present research developed and validated an instrument to measure shifting or self-altering presentation strategies among Asian American women. A 12-item instrument was developed to measure components of shifting phenomena based in part on literature review, focus group feedback, and an assessment from cultural experts. The initial validation study, using principal axis factor analysis with a promax rotation, was conducted with a national sample of 474 Asian American women. A second independent national sample of 247 Asian American women provided data for a confirmatory factor analysis. Results indicated that the new instrument was composed of the following three factors: White …

Histopathologic Basis For The Improvement Of Broiler Production Performance Supplemented With Plant Derivatives, B.R. G. Marte

Professorial Chair Lecture

No abstract provided.

Does The Andersen Behavioral Model For Health Services Use Predict How Health Impacts College Students’ Academic Performance?, Emily Vernet

The Pegasus Review: UCF Undergraduate Research Journal

College is a critical time in a person’s life. Young adults experience transitional changes in their independence, physical and mental health, and utilization of health care. The purpose of this research study is to examine the use of the Andersen Behavioral Model of Health Services Use in predicting how health impacts the academic performance of college students through predisposing, enabling, and need factors. Data was collected from 438 college students attending a large university in the Southeast. Students answered questions about their demographic characteristics, health, healthcare use, and academics using a survey adapted from the 2018 National College Health Assessment …

Seeds And Agro-Industrial Wastes As A Medium For Growing Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotus Ostreatus) In The Nursery, Widiiwurjani

Journal Article

No abstract provided.

Healthy Trees – Healthy People: A Model For Engaging Citizen Scientists In Exotic Pest Detection In Urban Parks, Heather Norman-Burgdolf, Lynne K. Rieske

Dietetics and Human Nutrition Faculty Publications

Healthy Trees – Healthy People (HT-HP) is an outreach and education program created to enlist and train participants in exotic pest detection while providing them with structured opportunities to connect with urban nature and increase their physical and emotional health. HT- HP creates infrastructure to increase engagement by the urban populace in the urban tree canopy. The program solicits participants to engage in an 8-week intervention designed to expand capacity to detect non-native insect pests and pathogens, while increasing physical activity, raising awareness of healthy lifestyle choices, and improving the health of participants. Program participants were trained in tree and …

Assessing Seaweed Extract As A Biostimulant On The Yield Of Organic Leafy Greens In Tennessee, Ravneet K. Sandhu, Dilip Nandwani, Sochinwechi Nwosisi

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

Biostimulants are a better alternative to expensive organic fertilizers used in certified organic crop production. Seaweed extracts (Stimplex®), derived from brown algae (Ascophyllum nodosum) present in marine water, can be used as a “biostimulant” in agriculture to enhance plant yield and improve plant growth. The aim of this study was to elucidate the effect of Stimplex® on the yield of leafy green vegetables produced in an organic farming system. A Stimplex® greenhouse trial was conducted in fall 2015 and spring 2016 at the Tennessee State University organic research farm. Six leafy greens –lettuce, mustard, kale, Swiss chard, amaranths and collards– …