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Assessing Social Influencers Of Health And Education, The Center For Health And Health Care In Schools (Chhcs)

Health Policy and Management Issue Briefs

No abstract provided.

Covid-19 Aftermath And Population Science’S Research Agenda, Alberto Palloni

Essays: Covid-19 and the Global Demographic Research Agenda

This essay examines the potential impact of Covid-19 on maternal and child health, the elderly, and the “sandwich generation” of young adults.

Effect Of Personalized Incentives On Dietary Quality Of Groceries Purchased A Randomized Crossover Trial, Maya Vadiveloo, Xintong Guan, Haley W. Parker, Elie Perraud, Ashley L. Buchanan, Stephen A. Atlas, Anne N. Thorndike

Nutrition Faculty Publications

Importance Many factors are associated with food choice. Personalized interventions could help improve dietary intake by using individual purchasing preferences to promote healthier grocery purchases.

Objective To test whether a healthy food incentive intervention using an algorithm incorporating customer preferences, purchase history, and baseline diet quality improves grocery purchase dietary quality and spending on healthy foods.

Design, Setting, and Participants This was a 9-month randomized clinical crossover trial (AB–BA) with a 2- to 4-week washout period between 3-month intervention periods. Participants included 224 loyalty program members at an independent Rhode Island supermarket who completed baseline questionnaires and were randomized from …

Supplemental Ascorbate Diminishes Dna Damage Yet Depletes Glutathione And Increases Acute Liver Failure In A Mouse Model Of Hepatic Antioxidant System Disruption, Colin G. Miller, Jean A. Kundert, Justin R. Prigge, Julie A. Amato, Allison E. Perez, Lucia Coppo, Gabrielle N. Rizzo, Michael P. Kavanaugh, David J. Orlicky, Colin T. Shearn, Edward E. Schmidt

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Cellular oxidants are primarily managed by the thioredoxin reductase-1 (TrxR1)- and glutathione reductase (Gsr)-driven antioxidant systems. In mice having hepatocyte-specific codisruption of TrxR1 and Gsr (TrxR1/Gsr-null livers), methionine catabolism sustains hepatic levels of reduced glutathione (GSH). Although most mice with TrxR1/Gsr-null livers exhibit long-term survival, ~25% die from spontaneous liver failure between 4- and 7-weeks of age. Here we tested whether liver failure was ameliorated by ascorbate supplementation. Following ascorbate, dehydroascorbate, or mock treatment, we assessed survival, liver histology, or hepatic redox markers including GSH and GSSG, redox enzyme activities, and oxidative damage markers. Unexpectedly, rather than providing protection, ascorbate …

Abrasive Weeding As A Vehicle For Precision Fertilizer Management In Organic Vegetable Production, Tran Kim Ngan Luong, Frank Forcella, Sharon A. Clay, Michael S. Douglass, Sam E. Wortman

Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science Faculty Publications

Abrasive weeding is a nonchemical weed control tactic that uses small, gritty materials propelled with compressed air to destroy weed seedlings. Organic fertilizers have been used successfully as abrasive grits to control weeds, but the goal for this study was to explore the effects of fertilizer grit, application rates, and background soil fertility on weeds, plant available nitrogen (N) uptake, and crop yield. Field trials were conducted in organic ‘Carmen’ sweet red pepper (Capsicum annuum) and organic ‘Gypsy’ broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) and treatments included organic fertilizer grit (8N–0.9P–3.3K vs. 3N–3.1P–3.3K), grit application rates (low …

Assessing Food Quality And Regulations At Homeless Shelters In Philadelphia, Emily Casaletto, Rickie Brawer, Phd, Mph, Mches

Phase 1

Introduction: Nutritional diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and cholesterol disorders are particularly high among individuals experiencing homelessness in comparison to the general United States population, leading the propagation of chronic health conditions and overuse of expensive healthcare resources. In addition, the food served in homeless shelters is the main source of nutrition for those living in these shelters, most notably when there is no option for food storage available. Despite the disproportionate prevalence of nutrition-related diseases among the homeless population, there is limited research on the quality of the food provided in homeless shelters and there are few policies to …

Indigenous Science Network Bulletin February 2021

Indigenous Science Network

This issue includes two submissions from members looking at efficacious pedagogy for Indigenous students, one based in a Canadian university teaching chemistry remotely (Michelle Hogue), and the other in Australia considering the use of Kriol to enhance understandings in Yr 11 high school biology (Genevieve Firmer).

Examining Race In America: Health Care, Office Of Marketing And Communications

Newsroom

Community Health expert Tonya S. Roberson was working as a nutritionist in 1995, when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Blood Myo-Inositol Concentrations In Preterm And Term Infants, Luc P Brion, Dale L Phelps, Robert M Ward, Tracy L Nolen, N Mikko K Hallman, Abhik Das, Daniel J Zaccaro, M Bethany Ball, Kristi L Watterberg, Ivan D Frantz, C Michael Cotten, Brenda B Poindexter, William Oh, Ralph A Lugo, Krisa P Van Meurs, T Michael O'Shea, Kristin M Zaterka-Baxter, Rosemary D Higgins

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

OBJECTIVE: To describe relationship between cord blood (representing fetal) myo-inositol concentrations and gestational age (GA) and to determine trends of blood concentrations in enterally and parenterally fed infants from birth to 70 days of age.

DESIGN/METHODS: Samples were collected in 281 fed or unfed infants born in 2005 and 2006. Myo-inositol concentrations were displayed in scatter plots and analyzed with linear regression models of natural log-transformed values.

RESULTS: In 441 samples obtained from 281 infants, myo-inositol concentrations varied from nondetectable to 1494 μmol/L. Cord myo-inositol concentrations decreased an estimated 11.9% per week increase in GA. Postnatal myo-inositol concentrations decreased an …

Dynamic Expansion: An Exploration Of Hospitality And Its Application To Foster Children And Families In Crisis, Sean Dean

Doctor of Ministry

The concept of hospitality has many applications. This dissertation is an exploration of hospitality using the American foster system as an example of how hospitality can be applied to an at-risk group.

Chapter 1 looks at the state foster care. There is an exploration of the two main reasons children enter foster care: neglect and drug offenses. Lastly, there is a look at the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study and how its results are contributing factors to the current state of foster care in the United States. Chapters 2 and 3 delve into the concept of hospitality, what it is …

Transepithelial Anti-Neuroblastoma Response To Kale Among Four Vegetable Juices Using In Vitro Model Co-Culture System, John Piletz, Yuhan Mao, Debarshi Roy, Bilal Qizilbash, Eurielle Nkamssi, Enleyona Weir, Jessica Graham, Mary Emmanuel, Suwaira Iqbal, Kellie Brue, Bidisha Roy Sengupta

Faculty Publications

Juicing vegetables is thought to be an anticancer treatment. Support exists for a rank order of anticancer greens (kale > dandelion > lettuce > spinach) based on degrees of bioavailability of different phytochemicals, also offset by some noxious molecules (i.e., calcium-oxalate). We developed a new in vitro transepithelial anti-neuroblastoma model system. The juices were diluted as predicted once in the small intestine. They were applied to apical Caco-2Bbe1 cells atop dividing SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells, and changes in transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER) and cell growth were considered with juice spectroscopies. Studied first in monoculture, kale and dandelion were the most cytostatic juices on SH-SY5Ys, …

The Economics Of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review. (Abridged Version)

General - Environmental Sustainability

The report presents a comprehensive economic review of biodiversity and calls for an urgent and transformative change in how we think about and act towards the natural world and its economic value. The framework presented by the review is grounded in a a deep understanding of ecosystem processes and how they are affected by human economic activity. The report argues that nature is our most precious asset but that rapid declines in biodiversity are undermining the resiliency and adaptability of nature. This, in turn, places human economies, livelihoods and well-being at risk.

Faculty Senate Agenda, February 1, 2021, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC Monthly Report – January 7, 2021
• PRPC Subcommittee 400 Code Rewrite
• Title IX Policy and Procedure
• Office of Research Annual Report
• School of Graduate Studies Annual Report
• 404.3.6 Code Changes Full Code/Track Changes (Second reading)
• Promotion and Tenure Survey

Invitational Vulnerability: Practices That Increase Communal Resiliency By Nurturing Belonging Across Difference, Jenn Rombeek Burnett

Doctor of Ministry

The mental health crisis, rising individualism, polarization and conflict aversion are key factors preventing Canadians from building the bonds necessary for individual and communal flourishing. Communal Christian resilience will be characterized by love across differences. Drawing on psychology and neuro-theology, this paper suggests communal practices of eating, play, service and prayer will contribute to reducing anxiety, moving responses from the sympathetic to the parasympathetic region of the brain. By activating neurogenesis and utilizing storytelling to encourage neuro-coupling, collaborative meaning-making can effectively build resilient communities.

The table facilitates exchange that encourages personal histories and cultural expressions to be shared. It provides …

Adverse Events Associated With Nifurtimox Treatment For Chagas Disease In Children And Adults, A. J. Berenstein, N. Falk, G. Moscatelli, S. Moroni, N. González, F. Garcia-Bournissen, G. Ballering, H. Freilij, J. Altcheh

Paediatrics Publications

Nifurtimox (NF) is one of the only two drugs currently available for Chagas disease (ChD) treatment. However, data on NF safety are scarce, and many physicians defer or refuse NF treatment because of concerns about drug tolerance. In a retrospective study of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) associated with NF treatment of ChD, children received NF doses of 10 to 15 mg/kg/day for 60 to 90 days, and adults received 8 to 10 mg/kg/day for 30 days. A total of 215 children (median age, 2.6 years; range, 0 to 17 years) and 105 adults (median age, 34 years; range, 18 to …

Assessment Of Alternative Models For Genetic Analysis Of Worm And Tick Infestation In Nellore Cattle, T. L. Passafaro, F. B. Lopes, Thomas W. Murphy, B. D. Valente, R. C. Leite, G. J.M. Rosa, F. L.B. Toral

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center: Reports

Worms and ticks are important parasites in beef cattle, especially in tropical areas, causing significant economic and production losses. Understanding animal-to-animal variation on infestation for these parasites might guide genetic selection and improvement of management practices to attenuate its detrimental effects. Statistical models used to analyze such traits usually assume a Gaussian distribution for the observed data. However, this assumption is quite often inappropriate for counting data. Therefore, the objectives of this study were: 1) Estimate genetic parameters for worms and tick infestations in Nellore cattle, and 2) To compare the overall performance of six data analysis approaches for worm …

The Utah Statesman, February 1, 2021, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Ipulse: February 2021, Lynn University

Student Newspapers

Issues:

• February 2021 [Spring Week 1]: Bio Edition [Spring 2021]; Fighting Knights Fight Through COVID-19; Getting Creative with Lynn Creative Services; The Power of Showing Up: Lynn Volleyball Player Inspires Struggling Refugees with Sports; Meet the Staff
• February 2021 [Spring Week 2]: A Resident Assistant Speaks Up About Hiring Process; Social Media: A Tool to Enhance Your Personal and Professional Life; An Update on Spring Sports 2021; Work Smarter, Not Harder

The Wic Program: Background, Trends And Factors Associated With Participation Among Wic Eligible Families, Peace Nosa-Omorogiuwa, Cheryl Bettigole

Phase 1

Introduction

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides access to supplemental foods, nutrition education etc. to low-income pregnant women, infants and children under 5. Despite being a safety net for nutritionally at-risk individuals, the coverage rates for WIC eligible individuals are far lower than the eligibility rates. This study seeks to understand the history of the WIC program, analyze current trends and discuss factors affecting participation in the WIC program.

Methods

The target population are populations that are eligible for the WIC program. A narrative review of journal articles was conducted. Databases searched were EBSCO …

Forage News [2021-02], Department Of Plant And Soil Sciences, University Of Kentucky

Forage News

No abstract provided.

Aacp Basic Resources For Pharmacy Education, Jason Guy, Ivan Portillo, Robert D. Beckett, Kayce Gill, Kimberly Mitchell, Jill Nissen, Priya Shenoy

Library Association/Organization Work

"The AACP Basic Resources for Pharmacy Education is produced as a guide for those developing or maintaining the library collections that serve colleges and schools of pharmacy. The goal of the Basic Resources list is to make recommendations of books and other works to be included in pharmacy libraries, but not all titles are required to be purchased. Each pharmacy college has its own mission and its own program(s), and so each college’s library collection must reflect that mission and support the college’s program(s). Excellent library collections are built by knowledgeable librarians and drug information specialists using their professional judgment …

Family Demography In The Post-Covid Era, Clémentine Rossier

Essays: Covid-19 and the Global Demographic Research Agenda

The author writes that Covid-19 is like other adverse life events—illness, divorce, job loss—in its differing impact on those with more versus fewer resources, and its potential for lasting socioeconomic effects.

Kujdesi Infermieror Te Pacientët Me Skizofreni-Ndikimi I Covid-19, Afërdita Kajdomqaj

Theses and Dissertations

Hyrje: Ka pasur punime të shumta që kanë parashikuar se njerëzit me sëmundje të rënda mendore do të jenë në rrezik të lartë gjatë kësaj periudhe.

Qëllimi: Të kuptojë gjendjen psikike të të sëmurëve me çrregullime psikotike kronike si rezultat i situatës së krijuar nga COVID-19.

Metoda: Është një studim kros-sektorial. Pacientët me Skizofreni dhe çrregullime të tjera psikotike ose kujdestarët e tyre kryesorë (91 pacientë dhe 47 kujdestarë) u intervistuan përmes telefonatave ose drejtpërdrejt gjatë periudhës së pandemisë, në lidhje me gjendjen e tyre psikike.

Rezultatet: Pas shfaqjes së pandemisë 99 ose 71.70 % e …

Rekomandimet E Inferimerit Në Permirësimin E Faktorëve Të Riskut Për Sëmundje Të Arterieve Koronare, Blerinë Zejnullahu

Theses and Dissertations

Sëmundjet kardiovaskulare janë shkaku kryesor i aftësisë së kufizuar globalisht dhe pavarësisht përparimeve në kujdesin klinik dhe mjekësinë, vazhdojnë të jenë shkaku kryesor i sëmundshmërisë dhe vdekshmërisë. Më shumë se gjysma e të rriturve kanë të paktën 1 faktor rreziku të sëmundjes koronare të zemrës (SAK) dhe gati një e katërta kanë lezione të përparuara aterosklerotike. Shkalla e aterosklerozës është e lidhur drejtpërdrejt me numrin e faktorëve të rrezikut. Zbulimi i hershëm është thelbësor për të identifikuar individët në rrezik dhe për të promovuar ndryshimet e stilit të jetës përpara se të ndodhë përparimi i sëmundjes. Pavarësisht nga prania e …

Kujdesi Infermieror Tek Pacientët Me Pneumoni, Florentina Durmishi

Theses and Dissertations

Për ne si infermier shëndeti i çdo pacienti është gjëja primare që duhet ta kemi parasysh dhe të tregojmë një kujdes të veçantë për ta.

Pneumonia është infeksion i mushkërive që mund të shkaktohet nga bakteret, viruset ose këpurdhat. Pneumonia është infeksion i rrugëve të vogla respiratore dhe alveoleve. Qëllimi i këtij studimi është që ta kuptojmë se cilat janë faktorët që ndikojnë në shfaqjen e sëmundjes së pneumonisë, cilat janë simptomat, dhe si ofrohet kujdesi infermieror pacientëve me pneumoni. Unë si studente e degës së infermierisë jam munduar që përmes këtij punimi dhe studimi të ofrojë material sa më …

Ndikimi I Proceseve Termike Nё Produktin Pёrfudimtar Tё Lёngut Tё Mollёs, Arlinda Kqiku

Theses and Dissertations

Cilësia e produktit dhe shqetësimi i sigurisë së ushqimit ka promovuar zhvillimin e metodave të ndryshme të përpunimit termik ku aktivitetet biologjike dhe kimike duhet të vihen nën kontroll dhe kjo zakonisht sigurohet nga përpunimi tradicional termik për të prodhuar lëng perfudimtar të mollës. Sidoqoftë, lartësia e temperaturës së aplikuar ka një ndikim negativ në parametrat e rëndësishëm të cilat janë: ngjyra e ushqimit, vlera ushqyese, karakteristikat ndijore dhe aroma. Prandaj, ky studim ka për qëllim, angazhimin në përpjekjen për të marrë parametrat e cilësisë dhe vlerat ushqyese të produktit të lëngut të mollës me më pak devijim. Për këtë …

“Menaxhimi I Diabetit Tip 2 Te Personat Mbi Moshen 65 Vjecare”, Xhyle Qeriqi

Theses and Dissertations

Diabeti melitus është sëmundje metabolike që shkaktohet për shkak të mungesës relative apo absolute të insulinës në pankreas. Është sëmundje kronike e përhapur në tërë botën. Glukoza është lëndë djegëse energjetike për të cilën ka nevojë çdo qelizë e trupit, si e tillë është me rëndësi të veçantë të depërtojë pa problem përmes membranës qelizore. Te D.M kjo gjë nuk ndodhë. Nëse nuk merren menjëherë hapat e nevojshëm, fillojnë dhe shfaqen ndërlikimet e para të diabetit, si dëmtime të enëve të gjakut dhe sistemit nervor. Diabeti Mellitus është një sindrom metabolik me etiologji të shumëfishtë që karakterizohet nga hiperglicemia kronike, …

“Menaxhimi I Hipertensioni Aterial Te Personat Mbi Moshen 65 Vjeç”, Arjeta Kadriu

Theses and Dissertations

Hipertensioni arterial është një problem shendetësor serioz me ndikime të rëndësishme për individët,familjet,komunitetet,shoqërine dhe shërbimet shëndetësore.Ajo është një nga sëmundjet më të shpeshta kronike,qe haset në shërbimin shëndetesor parësor.HTA primar ka prejardhje të panjohur por mund te varioj nga crregullimet hemodinamike dhe patofiziologjike dhe shkaktarë të tjerë.Trashëgimnia është një faktorë që hap rrugët dhe sëmundjet por mekanizmi qe e ve ne lëvizje ngelet i paqartë. Ekzistojne disa faktorë te mundshëm për zhvillimin e hipertensionin. Kjo shkaktohet nga disa shkaqe dhe për këtë arsye ndahet në dy grupe të mëdha: a) hipertension arterial esencial, i cili edhe pse bëhen një sërë …

Roli I Infermieres Në Edukimin Dhe Promovimin E Të Jetuarit Shëndetshëm Te Pacientet Me Sëmundje Kronike Jo Ngjitëse (Diabet Dhe Hipertension), Elvira Hasani

Theses and Dissertations

Kjo temë do të diskutojë për të ushqyerit e të sëmurëve me hypertension dhe me diabet, në thelb është një problem serioz shëndetësor dhe është e rëndësishme për tu vlerësuar se si pacientët pas pranimit në institucionet e kujdesit shëndetësor trajtohen nga stafi mjeksorë, si e përdorin terapin dhe sa kanë ndikuar këshillat për ushqyerje tek këta pacientë. Në këtë temë do të shqyrtohet përgjegjësia e detyrës së kujdesit të pacientëve dhe përdorimi i mjeteve të vlerësimit të rrezikut, reduktimi i faktorëve të rrezikut (të brendshëm dhe të jashtëm), klasifikimi sipas stadeve, kujdesi infermieror, diagnostifikimi, komplikacionet e mundshme, parandalimi dhe …

Kujdesi Infermieror Tek Fëmijët Me Sindromën Down, Majlinda Saqipi

Theses and Dissertations

Sindroma Down është një çrregullim kromozomal, që shoqërohet me vonesë në zhvillimin fizik, intelektual dhe gjuhësor.

Shkaktohet si rezultat i ndarjes jonormale të qelizave, që rezulton në një kopje shtesë të plotë ose të pjesshme të kromozomit 21. Ky material shtesë gjenetik shkakton ndryshimet e zhvillimit dhe tiparet fizike të sindromës Down.

Individët me sindromën Down ndajnë një mori karakteristikash të njohura të fytyrës dhe fizikës. Këto janë të dukshme që në lindje dhe mund të bëhen më të theksuara me kalimin e kohës.

Përveç aftësive të kufizuara intelektuale dhe zhvillimore, fëmijët me sindromën Down janë në një rrezik në …