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Physiological Stability During Oral Feeding In Preterm Infants: Associations With Feeding Behaviors And Cues, Cindy M. Lund

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between measures of physiological stability/instability during feeding. An additional aim was to determine if behaviors associated with physiological stability were also perceived as readiness or stress cues. Participants included 5 preterm infants (<37 weeks gestation) with no craniofacial anomalies. Infants were videotaped when they were taking at least 90% of prescribed volume. This study analyzed the common behaviors seen in preterm infants during bottle feeding to determine if there were associations with measures of physiological stability. Behaviors were also analyzed to determine which were perceived as indicating stress or readiness to feed by novice observers. Coding was conducted offline using Noldus Observer software.

Results revealed a statistically significant relationship between behaviors classified as stress cues and HR instability. There was not a significant association between stress cues and RR or SPO2. Binomial testing identified specific preterm infant feeding behaviors that were more often classified as stress cues, with significance noted in audible swallow and vocalization. Several of the specific preterm …

Neuroendocrine Response To Exogenous Ghrelin Administration, Combined With Alcohol, In Heavy-Drinking Individuals: Findings From A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Human Laboratory Study, Mehdi Farokhnia, Kelly M. Abshire, Aaron Hammer, Sara L. Deschaine, Anitha Saravanakumar, Enoch Cobbina, Zhi-Bing You, Carolina L. Haass-Koffler, Mary R. Lee, Fatemeh Akhlaghi, Lorenzo Leggio

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Background: Accumulating evidence has established a role for the orexigenic hormone ghrelin in alcohol-seeking behaviors. Accordingly, the ghrelin system may represent a potential pharmacotherapeutic target for alcohol use disorder. Ghrelin modulates several neuroendocrine pathways, such as appetitive, metabolic, and stress-related hormones, which are particularly relevant in the context of alcohol use. The goal of the present study was to provide a comprehensive assessment of neuroendocrine response to exogenous ghrelin administration, combined with alcohol, in heavy-drinking individuals.

Methods: This was a randomized, crossover, double-blind, placebo-controlled human laboratory study, which included 2 experimental alcohol administration paradigms: i.v. alcohol self-administration and i.v. alcohol …

Health- Or Environment-Focused Text Messages As A Potential Strategy To Increase Plant-Based Eating Among Young Adults: An Exploratory Study, Tze Joo Lim, Richard Nii Okine, Jonathan Kershaw

Public and Allied Health Faculty Publications

Previous plant-based diet (PBD) adoption strategies have primarily focused on health rather than environmental rationale and meat reduction rather than plant-based protein promotion. In this study, we explored the effect of a theory-informed text-message intervention on dietary intentions and behaviors in young adult omnivores and the potential explanatory role of PBD beliefs, subjective norm, self-efficacy, moral norm, and health and environmental values. Participants completed baseline questionnaires and reported dietary intake before being randomly assigned to receive 2√¢‚Ǩ‚Äú3 health- or environment-focused text messages per week for eight weeks and then repeated baseline assessments. Although we did not see significant changes in …

The Perfect Mix: Leveraging Library Collections And Bookstore Partnerships For Textbook Affordability, Jessica Kirschner, Hillary Miller

VCU Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

This recipe outlines a program designed to provide a low-barrier first step introducing faculty to textbook affordability using library collections. By comparing bookstore adoption information with library collections and notifying faculty of unlimited user ebooks, this program helps courses approach zero textbook costs without requiring much change from the faculty.

2021 Spring And Winter - Schedule Of Classes, Office Of The Registrar, East Tennessee State University

Registration Resources

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2021 - Etsu Fact Book, Institutional Research, East Tennessee State University

ETSU Fact Books

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“[The Pediatrician] Said That Maybe My Milk, Instead Of Doing Good, No Longer Helped”: The Ecology Of Infant Formula In Rural Communities In Central Mexico., Paulina Luna Martinez

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

The objective of this study was to determine the social and cultural factors that influence the use of formula in two rural and indigenous communities in Central Mexico. We used a qualitative methodology based on the socioecological framework and integrative model of behavior. Interviews and focus groups were carried out with mothers, fathers, and grandparents of children two years of age or younger and healthcare providers attending to mothers and infants. We found that breastfeeding was still favored in both communities, however, many mothers viewed formula as a complement for breastfeeding. Young and first-time mothers were more likely to prefer …

Georgetown County Parks And Recreation: Goal 3, Kyle Bailey, Aaliyah Thomas

Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being

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Impact Of Heavy Metals In Ambient Air In Insulin Resistance Of Shipyard Welders In Northern Taiwan, Ting-Yao Su, Hueiwang Anna Jeng, Yuan-Ting Hsu, Ching-Huang Lai, Chih-Hong Pan

Community & Environmental Health Faculty Publications

Exposure to metals poses potential health risks, including insulin resistance (IR), to those exposed to them in excess. Limited studies have examined such risks in occupational workers, including welders, and these have yielded inconsistent results. Thus, we examined the associations between exposure to welding metals and IR in welders. We recruited 78 welders and 75 administrative staff from a shipyard located in northern Taiwan. Personal exposure to heavy metals, including chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and cadmium (Cd), was monitored through particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 μm (PM …

The Role Of Occupational Therapy Within Primary Care: A Multidisciplinary Weight Management Program, Amanda Rivas

OT Student Capstones

Primary care is essential in the United States, especially as more Americans are diagnosed with a chronic condition and the aging population increases. For many Americans, primary care providers are their only access to the health care system due to financial burden, limited access, and several other barriers. For these reasons, primary care clinics need to develop multidisciplinary teams where patients can receive whole-person health care. Occupational therapists have the knowledge and skills to provide client-center care and work within primary care. However, multiple barriers prohibit occupational therapists from entering the primary care field. The most significant barrier is reimbursement. …

Summer - Fall 2021, Nova Southeastern University

KPCOM SGA Rounds

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Emergency Preparedness In Dietetics During A Pandemic: Lessons Learned From An Icu Dietitian During Covid-19, Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia, Michelle D. Mena

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Purpose: The incidence, prevalence, and chaos of the Covid-19 disease sequelae is an adverse event akin to a natural disaster or wartime creating a high degree of uncertainty and vulnerability for health care providers. This is an account of a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist’s (RDN) experience on the frontlines during an epidemic providing care to patients with Covid-19. The purpose of the series of discussions was to create a live account of a frontline RDN’s experience during the pandemic to develop recommendations for emergency preparedness in dietetics during Covid-19. Methods: Since the Covid-19 pandemic is causing significant hardship, loss of life, …

Children’S Health And Maternal Work Activities, Termeh Tavangar

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

I estimate the effect of poor child health on maternal labor force participation. Mothers of health-impaired children may decide not to work and stay at home to take care of their children. Alternatively, mothers may choose to enter the labor force to pay for these children’s additional resources. Which action dominates is the empirical question I answer in this paper. I control for the potential endogeneity of a child’s health status by using an instrumental variables approach. I find that if mothers have a child in poor health, the probability that the mother works is decreased by thirteen percentage points, …

Breastfeeding, Race And Mutual Aid, Tonya L. Brito, Sofia Jonas

California Western Law Review

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Author Response: Skimmed Revisited, Andrea Freeman

California Western Law Review

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Memorialization Of Children In War In Serbia, Bosnia And Herzegovina, And Kosovo, Ana Gvozdic

International Studies Honors Projects

Can remembering the tragic fate of children in war help overcome the divisive narratives of the past in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo? This paper addresses this question by examining efforts to commemorate children in war in these countries through monuments, exhibitions, and other creative formats, including a video and a theatrical performance. Based on in-depth, qualitative interviews with civil society representatives behind these initiatives, and those familiar with them, I argue that efforts to commemorate children in war can both consolidate and challenge divisive victimization narratives. When memorialization efforts go beyond victimization, their emphasis on children in war …

The Glass Is Half Full But Contaminated: An Analysis Of The United States’ Financial Investment In The Drinking Water Infrastructure System, Maya Marshall

Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law

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Nebraska Risk And Protective Factor Student Survey Results For 2021. Profile Report: State Of Nebraska, Bureau Of Sociological Research

Nebraska Student Health and Risk Prevention Surveillance System (SHARP)

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Magnetic Resonance And Ct Imaging Biomarkers For Prediction Of Acute And Chronic Radiation-Induced Xerostomia, Anastasia Katsavochristou, Dimitrios Koumoulis

Oral Health Practice Faculty Publications

Xerostomia is a common adverse effect of radiation therapy at the head and neck area. Radiation-induced xerostomia can be severe and detrimental for the quality of life. Clinicians and radiologists have focused on the prevention of xerostomia as feasible, which has been significantly improved in the recent decades with the use of the contemporary radiation technology. However, radiation-induced xerostomia still remains one of the most devastating side effects of radiation therapy. Clinical risk factors have been identified, but the variation of its incidence and presentation has turned the focus on the investigation of parameters that would be able to predict …

Toward A Feminist Political Ecology Of Household Food And Water Security During Drought In Northern Nicaragua, Christopher M. Bacon, Lisa C. Kelley, Iris Stewart-Frey

Environmental Studies and Sciences

Few studies assess the relationship between food and water access, despite global concerns about people’s inability to maintain access to both food and water. We conducted a mixed-methods comparative case study in northern Nicaragua, with smallholders from two neighboring communities that differed in water availability and institutional strength, using a feminist political ecology framework and food and water security definitions that focus on access, availability, use, and stability. We adopted a participatory approach that included: a sex-disaggregated survey in 2016; interviews, participant observation, and community-based water quality testing from 2014 to 2019; and analysis of a severe drought that occurred …

Food Insecurity Within Broome County And Its Effect On Academic Performance In Children, Aidan Gajewski

Student-Created Sustainability Resources

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Assessing The Effectiveness Of The Chow Mobile Grocery Store In Broome County In Increasing Fruit And Vegetable Consumption, Allison Zimmerman

Student-Created Sustainability Resources

Access to healthy food is known to be important to maintaining good health. With obesity on the rise in America, this is even more important. Recently mobile market stores have been used to increase access to healthy foods in many underserved communities that are considered food deserts. The purpose of this study is to research and evaluate if there is a significant increase in the consumption of fruits and vegetables in Broome County communities where access to mobile markets is available. To address this, I conducted interviews with volunteers who worked on the mobile market in order to gauge if …

Icipe Annual Report 2021, International Centre Of Insect Physiology And Ecology (Icipe)

icipe Annual Reports

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South Korea: A Technological Powerhouse Strengthening Its Research And Innovation Footprint, Basak Candemir Phd, Weiwei Cheng, Jörg Hellwig Phd, Erin Hill-Parks, Dana Jang, Anders Karlsson Phd, Donghyun Kim, Sohyeong Kim, Sumeet Rohatgi, Lu Zhao

Public Reports

Systematic investment in research and development has moved South Korea from an innovation follower to an innovation leader.

This report from Elsevier in collaboration with the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) presents some key indicators around the South Korean research and innovation ecosystem, with comparator countries being the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, and China. The main study period of the report is 2015–2019.

Our focus in the report is on academic research, its volume and scholarly impact, as well as on focus topic areas and collaboration networks, both national and international. With three quarters of R&D …

Money Makes The World Go Around, Madisyn Granoski

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

The United Nations set forth 17 sustainable goals aimed at changing out world for the better. Goal 1 is No Poverty. This poster shows the significance of poverty along with ways we can end poverty, and advocate for those less fortunate.

Sustainable Developmental Goal Two, Phillip Henry

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

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Is Street Medicine Effective In Improving Access To Healthcare?, Kaitlyn Meehan

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

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Good Health And Well-Being, Brianna Hischak

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

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The Rise Of Anxiety And Depression Among Young Adults In The United States, Emma Kauana Osorio, Emily Hyde

Ballard Brief

Anxiety and depression are both severe mental health disorders that have had a serious impact not only on the mental health but on the educational. professional. and other life outcomes of many individuals in the United States. The prevalence of both of these disorders within the US has Increased significantly since the mid-twentieth century. One of the most at-risk age populations is young adults. who are typically defined as individuals between 18-30 years of age. While this increase in both anxiety and depression among young adults is a complicated issue with many causes, major contributing factors include greater levels of …

Level 8 Module Food Sector Sustainability, Julie Dunne, Cormac Mcmahon, Catherine Barry-Ryan, Graham O'Neill, Fintan Moran

Reusable Resources

Optional Module (Level 8) in Food Sector Sustainabiliyt.

In response to SDG 4.7, this module contributes to the National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development’s objective of “equipping learners with relevant knowledge, skills and values for becoming informed active citizens who take action for a more sustainable future”.

For food-sector students committed to embedding sustainability in their professional learning and practice, this module explores how we can transform our food systems to be more resilient, ensuring the safe and nutritious food for everyone. It aims to provide authentic and transformative living-lab experiences of sustainable food systems through a community of …