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Analysing The Trend Of Illicit Tobacco In The Philippines From 1998 To 2018, Monica Paula Lavares, Hana Ross, Ariza Francisco, Nadia Doytch

Ateneo School of Government Publications

Tobacco taxation is the most effective measure to reduce cigarette consumption and consequently improve public health outcomes. It is also an important source of government revenue. The presence of an illicit tobacco market diminishes the public health and fiscal gains of cigarette levies by making cheaper non-taxed cigarettes available. To date, the research on the extent of illicit tobacco trade in the Philippines, despite its potential to inform policies for controlling the supply of illicit cigarettes, has been limited. This study provides an estimate of the size of the illicit tobacco market in the Philippines from 1998 to 2018. It …

Fargesin Inhibits Egf-Induced Cell Transformation And Colon Cancer Cell Growth By Suppression Of Cdk2/Cyclin E Signaling Pathway, Ga-Eun Lee, Cheol-Jung Lee, Hyun-Jung An, Han Chang Kang, Hye Suk Lee, Joo Young Lee, Sei-Ryang Oh, Sung-Jun Cho, Dae Joon Kim, Yong-Yeon Cho

School of Medicine Publications

Although the lignan compound fargesin is a major ingredient in Shin-Yi, the roles of fargesin in carcinogenesis and cancer cell growth have not been elucidated. In this study, we observed that fargesin inhibited cell proliferation and transformation by suppression of epidermal growth factor (EGF)-stimulated G₁/S-phase cell cycle transition in premalignant JB6 Cl41 and HaCaT cells. Unexpectedly, we found that signaling pathway analyses showed different regulation patterns in which fargesin inhibited phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT signaling without an alteration of or increase in mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) in JB6 Cl41 and HaCaT cells, while both signaling pathways were abrogated by …

Identification, Evaluation And Molecular Characterization Of Stylosanthes Seabrana--A Potential And Nutritious Range Legume Having Wider Applicability In India, A. Chandra, R. K. Bhatt, A. B. Majumdar, S. Kumar, D. Nagaich, K. Kumar

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Assessing Quantitative And Qualitative Approaches To Measure Program Outcomes In Human Service Organizations, Katrina Miller-Stevens, Zach Benevento-Zahner, Gabrielle L'Esperance, Jennifer Taylor, Mia Solberg

#LEADCC: Leading Change Conference

Leadership and organizational performance are interconnected, and in many cases the two go hand in hand. In nonprofit organizations, leaders are expected to guide and produce positive program outcomes that reflect the mission of the organization. One problem nonprofit leaders face, however, is how to measure program outcomes. What metrics, including impact measurement and performance measurement, of outcomes are available for nonprofit leaders to use? How does a leader know if his or her nonprofit is performing well? Are there any new frameworks or models to consider that may help with this problem? This paper addresses these questions by exploring …

From The Bench To Practice – Field Integration Of Community-Based Services For Older Citizens With Different Levels Of Functional Limitation Across European Regions, Regina Roller-Wirnsberger

Translational Medicine @ UniSa

The meeting of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIPonAHA) action group A3 together with members of the Reference site collaborative network (RSCN) in December 2019 in Rome focused on integration of evidence-based approaches on health and care delivery for older citizens at different levels of needs with expertise coming from stakeholder across Europe. It was the final aim of the group to co-create culturally sensitive pathways and facilitate co-ownership for further implementation of the pathways in different care systems across Europe.

The study design is a mixed method approach. Based on data analysis from a cohort …

17. Increase In Social Media Use To Support Increased Meal Preparation By College Students During The Covid-19 Experience, Katie Johnson, Madelyn Sesser, Molly Parks, Cate Feazell, Simone P. Camel

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in higher education institutions transitioning to online course delivery and limiting on-campus activities. With decreasing access to campus food service and restaurants, college students with limited cooking experience are now reliant on home-prepared meals.

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to explore cooking skills and social media use for meal preparation in college students during the COVID-19 experience.

Method

This cross-sectional descriptive study utilized an online survey with U.S. college students early in the Covid-19 pandemic. The subset of questionnaire items used for this study included demographic, social media use, and cooking and …

19. College Students Reduce Meal Size And/Or Skip Meals Due To Finances, Abigail Hennington, Christopher Harden, Emily Whiteman, Kerra Howard, Madison Horne, Simone P. Camel

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread economic disruption , affecting the supply and demand for food. University students became financially stressed causing food security issues. Meal size reduction or meal skipping during this time may impact academic performance as GPA declines with food insecurity in university students.

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to observe the changes in meals consumed by U.S. university students that had occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method

An anonymous, cross sectional online survey of university students was conducted. The questionnaire consisted of 89 items, of which a subset was used for this analysis. Sampling …

16. Relationship Among Sleep, Food Security Status, Financial Factors During The Early Covid-19 Experience, Nicole Leavitt, Martha Pennywell, Dajana Abrams, Hannah Albritton, Simone P. Camel

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Background Many factors affect college students’ health and wellness, including sleep habits, nutrition and financial stress. The COVID-19 experience can be considered an unprecedented experience influencing these factors. Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship among length of sleep, food security status, financial factors and risk of negative health outcomes during the early COVID-19 experience. Method Network sampling was used to conduct a cross-sectional online survey of college students as part of a research course experience. A subset of items related to food security status, sleep changes, family financial support and employment were analyzed for this …

15. The Impact Of Teacher Fidelity On The Effectiveness Of Wise And Early Childhood Health Outcomes, Megan Gremillion, Tonya Vandenbrink, Peyton Percle, Julie Rutledge

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Food-related behaviors and attitudes of Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) have the potential to create a significant impact on students’ health outcomes. The We Inspire Smart Eating (WISE) intervention program trains ECEs in promoting fruit and vegetable consumption, encouraging preschoolers to adopt healthy eating habits. This study explores the impact of ECE fidelity and WISE effectiveness on preschoolers’ health. We hypothesize better post-intervention health outcomes for preschoolers with ECEs whose fidelity scores improved after WISE training and program implementation. Fidelity was measured monthly across an academic year by data collectors (DCs) during mealtime and food experiences at two Louisiana pre-schools. During, …

12. College Students’ Grocery Shopping Food Safety Practices During The Covid-19 Experience, Connie Yan, Hannah Koenig, Simone Camel

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Background

Grocery shopping behaviors that support food safety among college students is not well documented. COVID-19 pandemic efforts related to hygiene practices may have improved these by increasing hand sanitizing, grocery cart cleansing, and altering food packaging and storage. Differences in practices have been identified among urban, suburban, and rural consumers, but not specifically in college-age students.

Purpose

To assess grocery shopping behaviors of college students during the COVID-19 experience.

Method

A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in Spring 2020 using network sampling of university students ≥ 18 years of age. A subset of the 89 questions was used for …

11. An Examination Of The Species-Area-Energy Relationship Driving Decomposer Diversity Within “Sponge” Habitats In An Estuarine Bay, Nicholas Benedetto, Craig Mcclain, Stephanie Archer, Granger Hanks, Natalie Clay

Undergraduate Research Symposium

The species-area relationship is a well-known pattern in ecology detailing a strong positive relationship between habitat area and species richness. Alternatively, the species-energy hypothesis suggests that total energy availability drives species richness, with higher richness in systems with more energy input. While these two hypotheses are difficult to separate as they are positively related, they can be mutually exclusive. Species richness may increase with both area and energy availability independently. Here we test the relative importance of habitat area vs energy availability by placing two artificial substrates, polypropylene and cellulose sponges, with four different surface areas in two estuarine habitats. …

Ionized Or Total Magnesium Levels, What Should We Measure In Critical Ill Patients?, Giuliana Scarpati, Daniela Baldassarre, Filomena Oliva, Gabriele Pascale, Ornella Piazza

Translational Medicine @ UniSa

Monitoring and measuring magnesium (Mg) values are essential to prevent the development of numerous complications in perioperative medicine and critically ill patients. Although previous studies suggest that measuring free ionized magnesium (iMg) is more useful for estimating Mg status, clinicians currently rely on measurement of total serum magnesium to determine if supplemental magnesium is needed. In this review, we analyzed the recent literature to decide whether it is better to measure ionized serum Mg or total serum Mg when assessing magnesium status, whether iMg predicts clinical outcome, and what are the difficulties in measuring serum iMg levels in intensive care …

The Relationship Between Depression And Cardiovascular Disease, Jomaries O. Gomez

The Pegasus Review: UCF Undergraduate Research Journal

While there has been extensive research on the link between depression and cardiovascular disease, few reviews have summarized the array of findings. In this literature review, we examined approximately 50 clinical papers and research studies to determine if reducing depression could reduce the risk of having a cardiovascular incident and if reducing the severity of cardiovascular disease could reduce depression. We identified two major mechanisms through which depression affects the cardiovascular system. We present evidence that depression and cardiovascular disease may have a reciprocal relationship. For instance, depression is as much of a risk factor for heart disease as smoking …

Striving For Consistency Among Change And Uncertainty: A Year Of Interprofessional Student Hotspotting, Tracey Earland, Phd, Otr/L, Megan Hershman, Ms, Samantha Burke, Otd

Collaborative Healthcare: Interprofessional Practice, Education and Evaluation (JCIPE)

In Student Hotspotting, interprofessional teams provide hands-on, individualized interventions to patients with high healthcare utilization to address underlying social determinants of health (such as education, economic stability, or neighborhood safety), promote interprofessional collaboration, and reduce unnecessary hospital admissions for patients with complex health and social needs.

Collaborative Healthcare: Interprofessional Practice, Education And Evaluation (Jcipe), Volume 11, Number 2, Fall 2020/Winter 2021

Collaborative Healthcare: Interprofessional Practice, Education and Evaluation (JCIPE)

In this Issue

1 - From the Editors

2 - JCIPE Update

2 - Interprofessional Practice and Education During the Pandemic

4 - PEOPLE Building a Better World Together

6 - Collaborative Interprofessional Work as Means to Prepare Better Healthcare Professionals

7 - Meet an IPE Student Champion from Thomas Jefferson University

8 - Striving for Consistency Among Change and Uncertainty: A Year of Interprofessional Student Hotspotting

11 - Infusing Interprofessional Education Core Competencies and Collaborative Practice Into Standards-Driven Curricula

14 - Meet an IPE Faculty Champion from Thomas Jefferson University

February 2021 Academic Affairs Minutes, University Of Nebraska At Kearney Academic Affairs Committee

Academic Affairs Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: February 18, 2021, Eastern Illinois University

February

No abstract provided.

Combating Police Officer Suicide With Department Wellness Programs, Ryan Prail

Master of Arts in Criminal Justice Leadership

The purpose of this paper is to explore the rising rates of law enforcement suicides and how departments are trying to curtail those numbers with department wellness programs. The research will explore the emotional survival of those who work in law enforcement. It is a topic that is at the forefront in the profession. This will be an overview of how organizations are trying to help their employees with their mental and physical health. It is known in the corporate world that having healthy and happy employees leads to a better working environment and more productivity. The information in this …

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes February 18, 2021, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

February 18, 2021, Caa

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Gc Minutes Feb 18, 2021, Graduate Council

Graduate Council Minutes

No abstract provided.

Racial Disparities In Necrotizing Enterocolitis., Alain Cuna, Venkatesh Sampath, Minesh Khashu

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious disease of the intestinal tract affecting 5-10% of pre-term infants with up to 50% mortality in those that require surgery. There is wide variation in the rates and outcomes of NEC by race and ethnicity, and the reasons for this disparity are poorly understood. In this article, we review the epidemiology and discuss possible explanations for racial and ethnic differences in NEC. Most of the current evidence investigating the role of race in NEC comes from North America and suggests that Hispanic ethnicity and non-Hispanic Black race are associated with higher risk of NEC …

Tips To Safely Ferment Food At Home, Kelsie Maw, Brian Nummer, Callahan K. Ward, Melanie Jewkes

All Current Publications

Fermenting foods is perhaps the oldest food preservation method and has grown in popularity in recent years due to their touted “gut,” probiotic, and other additional health benefits. Fermenting at home is an inexpensive way to control what goes inside your food. Fermentation is the process of “good” microorganisms fermenting sugars and nutrients in food to produce byproducts (acids) that usually preserve the food in some manner. For example, milk is fermented to produce acids that create cheese, yogurt, and other products. In most cases, fermentation alone cannot produce a shelf-stable (room temperature) food product. Nearly all fermented foods require …

Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis: Has Conservative Management Replaced Surgery? Perspective From A Tertiary Care Centre In Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Study, Fatima Mannan, Roger Christopher Gill, Abdul Ahad Sohail, Abdul Rehman Alvi, Khabir Ahmad

Department of Surgery Docs

Background: The main purpose of this study was to review the trends in management of patients presenting with acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP) over the last seven years and its effect on morbidity and mortality.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on all patients presenting with the diagnosis of acute necrotizing pancreatitis to the Aga Khan University Hospital in between the year 2008-2015. The study population was broadly categorized in to two groups based on the way these were managed. The first group consisted of patient who underwent surgery for acute necrotizing pancreatitis while the second group was composed of those …

Relationship Among Seed Parameters And Flowering Cycles On Three Gamba Grass (Andropogon Gayanus Kunth) Segregating Populations, R. Usberti, J. A. Usberti Jr., P. B. Alcantara, V. B. G. Alcantara, Waldssimiler T. Mattos, R. A. Possenti, Luciana Gerdes, M. A. C. Lucena, A. T. Tsuhako

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Selection For Low Oxalic Acid Content On Three Setarias Phacelata Segregating Populations, J. A. Usberti Jr., R. Usberti, P. B. Alcantara, W. B. G. Alcantara, R. A. Possenti, Waldssimiler T. Mattos, M. A. C. Lucena, Luciana Gerdes, A. T. Tsuhako

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Bark- And Wood-Infesting Coleoptera And Associated Parasitoids Reared From Shagbark Hickory (Carya Ovata) And Slippery Elm (Ulmus Rubra) In Ingham County, Michigan, Robert A. Haack

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Ten species of bark- and wood-infesting Coleoptera (borers) and five parasitoid species (Hymenoptera) were reared from shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) branches 1-2 years after tree death, and similarly, seven borers and eight parasitoids were reared from slippery elm (Ulmus rubra) branches one year after tree death in Ingham County, Michigan, in 1986-87. The borers were species of bostrichids, buprestids, cerambycids, and curculionids (including Scolytinae). The parasitoids were braconids, chalcidids, eurytomids, ichneumonids, and pteromalids. One new larval host record was recorded: the cerambycid Urgleptes querci (Fitch), being reared from U. rubra. This paper presents new Michigan …

Sirex Nigricornis (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) Larval Development Correlated With Tree Characteristics And Ophiostomoid Fungal Infection, Jess Hartshorn, Larry D. Galligan, Fred Stephen

The Great Lakes Entomologist

The native North American wood wasp, Sirex nigricornis F., has received significant attention over the last several years due to the introduction and successful establishment of the European wood wasp, S. noctilio L. in eastern North America. Larval size and development of S. nigricornis are important variables that can help to compare demography of the two species and predict future interactions. We measured head capsule width, body length, and weight of S. nigricornis larvae removed from 14 pine trees, felled across the Ozark and Ouachita National Forests of Arkansas in 2012. We also recorded the height at which larvae were …

Coronavirus "Cures" And The Courts, Chad G. Marzen, Michael Conklin

William & Mary Business Law Review

The coronavirus pandemic has drastically affected nearly every aspect of American life. Unfortunately, it has also created an opportunity for those willing to exploit vulnerable citizens by selling fake “cures.” This Article analyzes a lawsuit against televangelist Jim Bakker for doing just that. This Article also calls for increased protection for individuals when a global health pandemic and national emergency have been declared. This Article advocates a novel proposal—the enacting of a federal statute making it a felony for an individual to knowingly sell a fraudulent cure for any disease that has been designated a pandemic by the World Health …

Learning To Use Reciprocal Teaching: One Teacher's Journey, Ann Hager

Michigan Reading Journal

No abstract provided.