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Poster 14, Nelson Espinosa

Drug Discovery and Development Colloquium

No abstract provided.

Promoting Population Health In Local Communities: Parental Perceptions Of An Embedded Movement And Physical Activity Program For A Preschool Population, Jennifer Hight, Shirley P. O'Brien, Colleen M. Schneck

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Background: Many children reach kindergarten lacking age-appropriate motor skills because of a lack of access to early intervention services or a lack of continued early intervention beyond 3 years of age. Research suggests sedentary children become sedentary adults, which contributes to a growing population of unhealthy Americans with chronic health conditions, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and psychosocial difficulties. Parents often are not aware of the benefits of engaging in physical activity or possess a lack of awareness of their local resources. A community based preschool movement program was created to foster physical activity and promote …

Observing And Promoting Normative Developmental Outcomes: Reciprocity Is Key, Nicki L. Aubuchon-Endsley, Bryan M. Gee, Heather L. Ramsdell, Nancy Devine, Hillary E. Swann-Thomsen, Nicholas Burgett, Leah R. Kollmeyer, Michele R. Brumley

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Background: Occupational therapists focus on caregiver-infant reciprocity, which is influenced by a host of biopsychosocial factors and is predictive of developmental outcomes across domains. It is important for early intervention professions to understand how different forms of reciprocity may predict infant development in salient domains (i.e., language, mobility, and co-occupation). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate associations among related measures of development in and across age, while also exploring how reciprocity influences the acquisition of developmental milestones.

Method: We examined these important areas of development in relation to novel caregiver-infant co-occupational constructs in addition to …

Unlocking The Potential Of Smallholder Livestock Production‐-Using Managed Forages As An Entry Point, W. W. Stür, J. Connell, P. Phengsavanh, T. T. Khanh

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Biodiversity Of Plants And Animals In Grassland Systems: Approaches To Conservation And Restoration In England, S. Peel, S. P. Chaplin

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Recent Initiatives In Biodiversity Conservation In Grazed Temperate Grasslands And Woodlands In Australia, Ian Lunt, John Morgan, Louise Gilfedder, Richard J. Williams, Simon Foster

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

The Minor Initiatives Program For Civil Society Organizations In North Africa, Case Study Of Sustainable Local Development In Algeria, Nadjia X Nadjia Mokadem, Meriem Mokhtari

Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للبحوث في التعليم العالي

This article examines the Minor Initiatives Program for Civil Society Organisations in North Africa ,which is part of the regional strategy for the Mediterranean basin to address the challenges facing the global environment, by enhancing the technical, estimated and financial capabilities of civil society organizations to be able to develop innovative initiatives that address environmental and sustainable development issues at the local level in the framework for implementing national strategies and plans of action for the conservation and restoration of biological diversity, the sustainable management of natural resources and the mitigation of the negative impacts of climate change. The study …

Degree Outcomes By Program 2020-21, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Student Outcomes

This is a Student Outcome and Retention Report produced by the SWOSU Office of Institutional Research.

Editorial: Amaranthus: Naturally Stress-Resistant Resources For Improved Agriculture And Human Health, Chance W. Riggins, Ana Paulina Barba De La Rosa, Matthew W. Blair, Eduardo Espitia-Rangel

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

No abstract provided.

Chronology Of The History Of Eastern Washington University, Charles V. Mutschler, Jay W. Rea, Steven Bingo

University History Resources

This chronology of the history of Eastern Washington University has been compiled by many persons, under the direction of the University Archivist. Intended for use by persons at the university, the chronology was originally created for use by the EWU Centennial Committee in 1981. The university was then planning activities to commemorate the centennial of the opening of the institutions’ predecessor, the Benjamin P. Cheney Academy.--from the Foreword.

Changing Land Use And Population Density Are Degrading Water Quality In The Lower Mekong Basin, Flavia Tromboni, Thomas E. Dilts, Sarah E. Null, Sapana Lohani, Peng Bun Ngor, Savoeurn Soum, Zeb Hogan, Sudeep Chandra

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

Establishing reference conditions in rivers is important to understand environmental change and protect ecosystem integrity. Ranked third globally for fish biodiversity, the Mekong River has the world’s largest inland fishery providing livelihoods, food security, and protein to the local population. It is therefore of paramount importance to maintain the water quality and biotic integrity of this ecosystem. We analyzed land use impacts on water quality constituents (TSS, TN, TP, DO, NO3−, NH4+, PO43−) in the Lower Mekong Basin. We then used a best‐model regression approach with anthropogenic land‐use as independent variables and water quality parameters as the dependent variables, to …

Stereocontrolled Mannosylation By Hydrogen-Bond-Mediated Aglycone Delivery, Catherine Alex

Dissertations

Stereocontrolled Mannosylation by Hydrogen-Bond-Mediated Aglycone Delivery

Carbohydrates are the essential bio-molecules of life as they form the forefront of interactions with receptors, proteins, pathogens, or neighboring cells. On cell-surfaces, carbohydrates are mostly found as linear or branched glycoconjugates, and a majority of them are linked via either 1,2-cis or 1,2-trans O-glycosidic linkages. There is no template-driven pathway for achieving the synthesis of glycans unlike other biomolecules like proteins and nucleic acids. The synthesis of 1,2-trans glycosides can be reliably achieved via the neighboring group assistance. The synthesis of 1,2-cis glycosides is difficult because, beyond weak anomeric effects, there are …

Retention By Program Fall 2021, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Student Outcomes

This is a Student Outcome and Retention Report produced by the SWOSU Office of Institutional Research.

Notch Signaling Represses Cone Photoreceptor Formation Through The Regulation Of Retinal Progenitor Cell States, Xueqing Chen, Mark M. Emerson

Publications and Research

Notch signaling is required to repress the formation of vertebrate cone photoreceptors and to maintain the proliferative potential of multipotent retinal progenitor cells. However, the mechanism by which Notch signaling controls these processes is unknown. Recently, restricted retinal progenitor cells with limited proliferation capacity and that preferentially generate cone photoreceptors have been identified. Thus, there are several potential steps during cone genesis that Notch signaling could act. Here we use cell type specific cis-regulatory elements to localize the primary role of Notch signaling in cone genesis to the formation of restricted retinal progenitor cells from multipotent retinal progenitor cells. Localized …

Directional Integrity And Landmark Anchoring Of The Head Direction Cell System In The Tgf344-Ad Rat Model Of Alzheimer’S Disease, Laura E. Berkowitz

Psychology ETDs

Spatial navigation and memory are impaired in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and are prominent behavioral markers of preclinical AD. The TgF344-AD rat model of AD exhibits similar behavioral and pathological features to humans and thus serves as an excellent model to investigate the mechanisms underlying spatial impairment in AD. Brain regions in the parahippocampal cortex contain spatially responsive pyramidal cells that support spatial navigation and memory including place cells, grid cells, and head direction cells. Furthermore, GABAergic interneurons in these regions support precise temporal organization of spike dynamics and may play a critical role in maintaining reliable …

General Public Perception Of Social Media, Impact Of Covid-19 Pandemic, And Related Misconceptions, Rabiya Ali, Shireen Jawed, Mukhtiar Baig, Ahmed Azam Malik, Fatima Syed, Rehana Rehman

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Objectives: To investigate the general public perception of social media (SM), impact of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, and related misconceptions among Pakistani population.
Methodology: Cross-sectional study conducted during the peak of COVID-19 in Pakistan between May-June 2020 comprised of 2307 Pakistani male and female participants. Subjects under 18 years of age and nationality other than Pakistani were excluded. An online questionnaire was administered via the Internet using various kinds of social media.
Results: The study comprised of 2307 male and female participants; 2074(89.90%) were using SM for seeking COVID-19 information, 450 (20%) were using both Facebook (FB) and WhatsApp (WA) and …

The Human Right To Science And Disability, Anne M. Bryden Phd

Societies Without Borders

No abstract provided.

Stronger Transition: Coping With Natural Disasters, And Health-Economic Investment For Adolescents In Developing Countries, Mengqi Liu

Economics ETDs

This dissertation investigates the period of adolescence as another important window for human capital development. The first chapter provides the introduction of my three research papers, highlighting the research motivation, goals, and contributions. The final chapter summarizes the conclusions and discusses the future research trajectory. The first paper examines the long-term health and socioeconomic implications of exposure to natural disasters during adolescence and childhood. In the second paper, I survey the current awareness of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccine in Nepal and test the different indicators for HPV vaccination, precisely the mother’s intention to vaccinate their adolescent girls against …

(Wp 2021-06) A Contextualist Approach To Health Economics, John B. Davis, Robert Mcmaster

Economics Working Papers

This paper departs from the standard abstract economics approach to health economics to develop a specifically contextualist approach to the subject emphasizing social and historical circumstances affecting health provision. Following Polanyi, it sees the economy as socially embedded and economic relationships as social relationships. The paper critically examines Grossman’s natural science utility maximization explanation of people’s demand for health and health care, and advances an alternative social science account using a two-way analysis between micro level social relationships and the macro level organization of health in society. Three significant trends affecting the future of health systems are discussed. The paper …

Dosimetry And Acute Toxicity Profile Of Patients With Esophageal Cancer Treated With Proton Beam Radiation Therapy: Outcomes From The Proton Collaborative Group Reg001-09 Trial, Michael Chuong

All Publications

Purpose

Concurrent chemoradiation plays an integral role in the treatment of esophageal cancer. Proton beam radiation therapy has the potential to spare adjacent critical organs, improving toxicity profiles and potentially improving clinical outcomes.

Methods and Materials

We evaluated the REG001-09 registry for patients undergoing proton radiation therapy for esophageal cancer. Demographic, clinicopathologic, toxicity, and dosimetry information were compiled.

Results

We identified 155 patients treated at 10 institutions between 2010 and 2019. One hundred twenty (77%) had adenocarcinoma and 34 (22%) had squamous cell carcinoma. One hundred thirty-seven (88%) received concurrent chemotherapy. The median delivered dose was 50.51 Gy-equivalent (GyE; range, …

Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis In The United States: Opportunities To Improve Access, Coordination, And Delivery, Gavin T. Howington, Huy-Binh Nguyen, P. Brandon Bookstaver, Peter Akpunonu, Joshua T. Swan

Pharmacy Practice and Science Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Adaptive Mobile Eeg Noise Cancellation Using 2d Convolutional Autoencoders For Bci Authentication, Tyree Lewis

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Electroencephalography (EEG) signals can be used for many purposes and has the potential to be adapted to various systems. When EEG is recorded from users, these studies are performed primarily in an indoor environment, while the user is stationary. This is due to the levels of noise that are experienced when recording EEG data, to minimize errors in the data. This thesis aims to adapt tasks that are performed indoors to an external environment by removing both noise and artefacts in EEG, using a 2D Convolutional Autoencoder (CAE). The data is recorded from subjects is passed into the 2D CAE …

A Novel Behavioral Model In Initiation And Sustenance Of Toothbrushing Behavior Among Dental And Medical Students In India: An Exploratory Analysis, Dhiraj Panjwani, Mithun Pai, Shweta Yellapurkar, Aayush Poddar, Gururaghavendran Rajesh, Manoj Sharma

Environmental & Global Health Faculty Research

Purpose: Toothbrushing holds key importance in practical, competent, and efficacious design to limit the formation of dental plaque on the dental tissues, in turn, leading to a decrease in dental diseases. The recent addition to this growing knowledge in health behavior research is the multi-Theory model (MTM) which addresses two crucial modules of health behavior: initiation and sustenance. In spite of reinforcing the habit of brushing twice daily, a lack of sustenance is found among young adults; hence, the objectives were to explore the substratal structure of MTM and to test the fit of MTM questionnaire in dental and medical …

Spring/Summer 2021: A Deep Dive Into Freshwater Fish Parasitology, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2019-2023

Logan Elkin ’23 is a biology major and religious studies minor spending the early part of summer before his junior year knee-deep in the scenic waterways of Oregon – all in pursuit of a particular “problem” parasite.

Spring/Summer 2021: Major Academic Conference Brings Midwest Parasitologists To St. Norbert, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2019-2023

St. Norbert plays host to a major scientific convention later this month with the arrival on campus of the 72nd Annual Midwestern Conference of Parasitologists (AMCOP), a regional affiliate of the American Society of Parasitologists.

Gut Integrity And Duodenal Enteropathogen Burden In Undernourished Children With Environmental Enteric Dysfunction, Zehra Jamil, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Romana Idress, Zubair Ahmad, Kamran Sadiq, Junaid Iqbal, Sana Syed, Aneeta Hotwani, Furqan Kabir, Kumail Ahmed, Sheraz Ahmed, Fayyaz Umrani, Fatima Aziz, Adil Kalam, Syed Asad Ali

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) is a subclinical condition of intestinal inflammation, barrier dysfunction and malabsorption associated with growth faltering in children living in poverty. This study explores association of altered duodenal permeability (lactulose, rhamnose and their ratio) with higher burden of enteropathogen in the duodenal aspirate, altered histopathological findings and higher morbidity (diarrhea) that is collectively associated with linear growth faltering in children living in EED endemic setting. In a longitudinal birth cohort, 51 controls (WHZ > 0, HAZ > -1.0) and 63 cases (WHZ< -2.0, refractory to nutritional intervention) were recruited. Anthropometry and morbidity were recorded on monthly bases up to 24 months of age. Dual sugar assay of urine collected after oral administration of lactulose and rhamnose was assessed in 96 children from both the groups. Duodenal histopathology (n = 63) and enteropathogen analysis of aspirate via Taqman array card (n = 60) was assessed in only cases. Giardia was the most frequent pathogen and was associated with raised L:R ratio (p = 0.068). Gastric microscopy was more sensitive than duodenal aspirate in H. pylori detection. Microscopically confirmed H. pylori negatively correlated with HAZ at 24 months (r = -0.313, p = 0.013). Regarding histopathological parameters, goblet cell reduction significantly correlated with decline in dual sugar excretion (p< 0.05). Between cases and controls, there were no significant differences in the median (25th, 75th percentile) of urinary concentrations (μg/ml) of lactulose [27.0 (11.50, 59.50) for cases vs. 38.0 (12.0, 61.0) for controls], rhamnose [66.0 (28.0, 178.0) vs. 86.5 (29.5, 190.5)] and L:R ratio [0.47 (0.24, 0.90) vs. 0.51 (0.31, 0.71)] respectively. In multivariable regression model, 31% of variability in HAZ at 24 months of age among cases and controls was explained by final model including dual sugars. In conclusion, enteropathogen burden is associated with altered histopathological features and intestinal permeability. In cases and controls living in settings of endemic enteropathy, intestinal permeability test may predict linear growth. However, for adoption as a screening tool for EED, further validation is required due to its complex intestinal pathophysiology.

Collaborative Co-Design For Community Change, James Lipuma, Cristo Leon

STEM for Success Resources

This presentation will discuss several large-scale collaborative concepts like partnership alignment, collective impact, and collaborative infrastructure as they relate to collaborative change initiatives. These actions can be applied on a small scale at the individual level across an entire organization or at the system level involving multiple organizations.

Research Snapshot: Nature’S Antifreeze, Beth Potier

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Militarized Picnics: A Comparative Analysis Of Peace Parks At The U.S.-Mexico And U.S.-Canadian Borders, Barbara Zaragoza

California Western International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

A Correctional Study Of Nursing Instructor Use Of Best Practice With Multiple Choice Questions, Diane Droutman

Dissertations

Multiple choice questions are used as evaluations in nursing schools. Nursing instructors and nursing book publishers develop exam questions. The specific problem addressed by the study was how best practice in multiple choice test items, item analysis, and revision of choice test items used by nursing instructors. Using a survey method, this correlational design research looked at the relationship of faculty use of best practice in test item construction, analysis, and revision of multiple choice test item in nursing programs in the United States. Even though a relationship was noted, the statistical effect level was minimal. There was no correlation …