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Burden Of Care Among Caregivers Of Patients With Schizophrenia In Baghdad City: Burden Of Care Among Caregivers Of Patients With Schizophrenia In Baghdad City, Jamal Muzil, Numan Ali, Aqeel Alsabbagh, Zainab Kammad

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Background: The family members of schizophrenic patients frequently report that caring for the patient imposes a great burden on them and hampers the typical structure and functioning of the family to the detriment of its members.Objectives: To assess the level of the burden of care (objective and subjective) shouldered by the primary caregivers of schizophrenic patients and to determine the relationship between the objective and subjective level of such burdens.Method: A descriptive analytical study was conducted on a purposive sample of 50 primary caregivers of schizophrenic patients who were hospitalized in Ibn-Rushd Psychiatric Teaching Hospital in Baghdad. The data were …

A Pharmacoeconomic Comparison Of Cost Variation Among Hypolipidemic Drugs Available In Indian Market, Meghna Shinde, Anjali Kushwah

Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy Research

Hyperlipidemia is a major cause of atherosclerotic coronary and cerebrovascular disorders affecting a large Indian population. The cost of various hypolipidemic drugs that are used for the prevention and treatment of these afflictions largely varies in the Indian pharmaceutical market. Our study aimed to evaluate the cost variation of different brands of hypolipidemic drugs and to compare the branded prices with their corresponding generic and ceiling prices. The costs of various drugs were procured from the latest issue of the “Drug Today” from October to November 2020 edition which is a directory of all the drugs available in India published …

Irrigation Systems Management, Dean E. Eisenhauer, Derrel L. Martin, Derek M. Heeren, Glenn J. Hoffman

Open Educational Resources: Textbooks

Like most textbooks, this book grew out of our desire to have written material that matches the educational needs of both the students and the instructor of a college course, in this case a course entitled Irrigation Systems Management. The book is the culmination of course notes which have been in development and use for nearly 30 years.

The emphasis of this book is on the management of irrigation systems that are used for agricultural crop production. There are two distinct components of the book, starting with the soil-water-plant-atmosphere system and how soil water should be managed to achieve the …

Final Project Report Nsf Award 1744490: Nsf Includes Ddlp: Leadership And Isteam For Females In Elementary School (Life): An Integrated Approach To Increase The Number Of Women Pursuing Careers In Stem, Bruce G. Bukiet, James Lipuma, Nancy Steffen-Fluhr

STEM for Success Resources

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This Project Outcomes Report for the General Public is displayed verbatim as submitted by the Principal Investigator (PI) for this award. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this Report are those of the PI and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation; NSF has not approved or endorsed its content.

The LiFE project created and studied a comprehensive program bringing together iSTEAM, holistic student growth, modern technologies, and other supports to engage girls in STEM experiences through a collective impact approach.

LiFE supported STEAM clubs with role models and utilized research-based best …

Increasing Affordability, Energy Efficiency, And Ridership Of Transit Bus Systems Through Large-Scale Electrification, Ziqi Song

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Usu Fasl Hands In The Garden Program, Deborah Ivie

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Improving The Economic And Environmental Sustainability Of Tart Cherry Production Through Precision Management, Brent Black

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Artificial Intelligence-Based Power System Stabilizers For Frequency Stability Enhancement In Multi-Machine Power Systems, Aliyu Sabo, Noor Izzri Abdul Wahab, Mohammad Lutfi Othman, Mai Zurwatul Ahlam Mohd Jaffar, Hakan Acikgoz, Hamed Nafisi, Hossein Shahinzadeh

Articles

Low frequency oscillations (LFOs) occur in a system of interconnected generators connected by weak interconnection. A power system stabilizer (PSS) is commonly used to improve the capacity of the power system dampening. Under a variety of operating conditions, traditional PSSs fail to deliver superior damping. To address this issue, a Farmland Fertility Algorithm (FFA-PSSs controller) was used to solve an optimization problem for optimal design of PSSs system parameters, and its performance efficiency was compared to GA and PSO-based PSSs controllers. In addition to PSS, flexible current transmission (FACTS) devices are widely used. PSSs controllers and FACTS devices are frequently …

Lanthorn, Vol. 56, No. 16, December 6, 2021, Grand Valley State University

Volume 56, August 2, 2021 - April 18, 2022

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Hospital Effluents And Wastewaters Treatment Plants: A Source Of Oxytetracycline And Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria In Seafood, Bozena Mccarthy, Samuel Obeng Apori, Michelle Giltrap, Abhijnan Bhat, James Curtin, Furong Tian

Articles

The present study employs a data review on the presence and aggregation of oxytetracycline (OTC) and resistance (AMR) bacteria in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), and distribution of the contaminated effluent with the aid of shallow and deep ocean currents. The study aims to determine the fate of OTC, AMR bacteria in seafood, and demonstrate a relationship between AMR levels and human health. This review includes (1) OTC, (2) AMR bacteria, (3) heavy metals in aquatic environments, and their relationship. Few publications describe OCT in surface waters. Although, OTC and other tetracyclines were found in 10 countries in relatively low concentrations, …

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Princess, Hoss Wheeler

Theses

Princess takes place in a world where eyeballs stretch out of people’s heads like prehensile limbs. The film follows a father, Franklin, who is seen in his home wearing a dress. He covers himself in a long trench coat before leaving the house. As he gets into a cab, Franklin ushers the driver to move quickly, but before too long the cab gets stuck in traffic. This leaves Franklin no choice but to get out and walk. When he exits the cab, his coat gets stuck in the door and rips as he tries to pull it free. The dress …

Journo: Organize And Share The Memory Of Travel Experience, Ziyi Tao

Theses

With the improvement of living standards and the construction of public transportation, many people travel more frequently. They want to record those experiences and get more enlightenment when they look back upon the memory. Additionally, many people have eagerly requested to share their travel experiences due to the development of social media and the information explosion era. Less than a decade ago, people would travel without a smart device. They tended to take photos along the way with a film camera, and stick them on a physical photo album to share with friends and family. The other traditional method of …

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Effects Of Anharmonicity In A Dual-Sagnac Interferometer, Stephen Thomas

Honors College Theses

A recent experiment implemented a dual Sagnac atom interferometer (AI) for rotation sensing using a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) confined in a TOP-trap potential. The BEC is split twice by laser light to create two pairs of counter-orbiting clouds in a lowest-order harmonic potential with each pair acting as a separate Sagnac interferometer. After one orbit the two overlapping cloud pairs are split again and the interference patterns are inferred from the population of atoms in the zero-momentum state. We have simulated the impact of the presence of anharmonic terms in the potential on the performance of the AI as measured …

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Evaluation Of The Equivalence Of Different Intakes Of Fruitflow In Affecting Platelet Aggregation And Thrombin Generation Capacity In A Randomized, Double-Blinded Pilot Study In Male Subjects, Ranjit Kumar Das, Tanushree Datta, Dipankar Biswas, Ruedi Duss, Niamh O’Kennedy, Asim K. Duttaroy

Health & Biomedical Sciences Faculty Publications

Background

The water-soluble tomato extract, Fruitflow® is a dietary antiplatelet which can be used to lower platelet aggregability in primary preventative settings. We carried out a pilot study to investigate the range of intakes linked to efficacy and to make an initial assessment of variability in response to Fruitflow®.

Methods

Platelet response to adenosine diphosphate (ADP) agonist and thrombin generation capacity were monitored at baseline and 24 h after consuming 0, 30, 75, 150 or 300 mg of Fruitflow® in a randomized, double-blinded crossover study in male subjects 30–65 years of age (N = 12). Results were evaluated for …

Evaluation Of The Equivalence Of Different Intakes Of Fruitflow In Affecting Platelet Aggregation And Thrombin Generation Capacity In A Randomized, Double-Blinded Pilot Study In Male Subjects, Ranjit Kumar Das, Tanushree Datta, Dipankar Biswas, Ruedi Duss, Niamh O’Kennedy, Asim K. Duttaroy

Health & Biomedical Sciences Faculty Publications

Background: The water-soluble tomato extract, Fruitflow® is a dietary antiplatelet which can be used to lower platelet aggregability in primary preventative settings. We carried out a pilot study to investigate the range of intakes linked to efficacy and to make an initial assessment of variability in response to Fruitflow®.

Methods: Platelet response to adenosine diphosphate (ADP) agonist and thrombin generation capacity were monitored at baseline and 24 h after consuming 0, 30, 75, 150 or 300 mg of Fruitflow® in a randomized, double-blinded crossover study in male subjects 30-65 years of age (N = 12). Results were evaluated for equivalence …

Becoming An Information Architect: The Evolving Librarian’S Skillset, Mindset, And Professional Identity, Virginia M. Tucker

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Learning the essential concepts and skills of information architecture (IA) has the potential to not only significantly extend the abilities of practicing library and information science (LIS) professionals, but also to evolve their professional identities and envisioned career opportunities. An online course on IA was designed around: the principles of threshold concepts, practical knowledge for the workplace, and professional ‘soft’ skills, such as collaboration and basic project management. The primary objective for the course was creating experiences for students in which they could discover and engage with critical concepts in IA and to collaborate with their peers to design content-rich …

Clean Fields, Lindsey E. Creel

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Clean Fields is an exhibition consisting of 3 anthotypes and 11 drawings on paper mounted to panels. The work is part homage and part documentation of the emotionally restorative properties found in gardening. It is a contemporary view of a timeless activity. While the work references realistic content, the artistic outcomes are non-objective. Modifications in composition and scale provide variation throughout the series. The large-scale of the works and the use of economy and movement in the composition move the viewer into a meditative state.

Digital Transformation Of Issuing Final Clearance Certificate For Infrastructure Projects In Dubai, Anmar Mohammed Alobaidi

Theses

This paper investigates the essential practices to digitally transform the process of issuing final clearance certificates. In Dubai, a final clearance system enhancement was introduced recently to combine all stakeholders as it is part of eNOC portal (electronic no objection certificate) to issue the certificate. The eNOC platform acts as a centralized hub, bringing together multiple service entities from both government and private organizations to issue unified No-Objection-Certificates (NOCs) for infrastructure projects within the Right-Of-Way (ROW). In this chapter, we employ the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control) approach to engineering management, facilitating a systematic evaluation of various project aspects. …

Strategies Used By Academic Libraries To Manage Information Crisis In The Pandemic: The Study Of The Fiji National University Library, Udya Chandra Shukla, Sandhya Deo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the entire world, affecting the economy, businesses, jobs, education, health, and many other things among it. Many businesses and organizations went virtual to survive the disease and reduce the losses. The crisis encountered during the pandemic enabled people to reinvent plans and convert threats into opportunity to overcome the challenges. The study aims to analyze Fiji National University Library’s response during the COVID-19 pandemic and measures enforced to tackle the pandemic and lockdown situation for smooth operation of the online services provided to the undergraduate and postgraduate students, teaching-learning faculties, higher degree researcher’s (HDRs) and …

The Impact Of Mentoring On Competency, Career Growth And Leadership Development Of Library And Information Professionals In Academic Libraries In Osun And Ondo States Nigeria, Samson Akinola

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Mentoring is one of the approaches of training and developing people, where a more experienced persons (mentors) share their vast accumulated understanding and experience with the less experienced persons (mentees, protégés). Mentoring is crucial to the success, competency, leadership development and accomplishment of a career in librarianship in contemporary era. This paper aims to investigate the impact of mentoring on skill competency, career growth and leadership development of library and information science professionals and the challenges besetting mentoring in librarianship with specific focus on acaademic libraries in Osun and Ondo States, Nigeria. This study affirms that through mentoring librarians …

Overexpression Screen Of Interferon-Stimulated Genes Identifies Rarres3 As A Restrictor Of Toxoplasma Gondii Infection, Nicholas Rinkenberger, Michael E Abrams, Sumit K Matta, John W Schoggins, Neal M Alto, L David Sibley

2020-Current year OA Pubs

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Case Study Of A Cyber-Physical Attack Affecting Port And Ship Operational Safety, K Tam, R Hopcraft, K Moara-Nkwe, Jp Misas, W Andrews, Avanthika Vineetha Harish, P Giménez, T Crichton, K Jones

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

Electronically Available Patient Claims Data Improve Models For Comparing Antibiotic Use Across Hospitals: Results From 576 Us Facilities, Katherine E Goodman, Lisa Pineles, Laurence S Magder, Deverick J Anderson, Elizabeth Dodds Ashley, Ronald E Polk, Hude Quan, William E Trick, Keith F Woeltje, Surbhi Leekha, Sara E Cosgrove, Anthony D Harris

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses standardized antimicrobial administration ratios (SAARs)-that is, observed-to-predicted ratios-to compare antibiotic use across facilities. CDC models adjust for facility characteristics when predicting antibiotic use but do not include patient diagnoses and comorbidities that may also affect utilization. This study aimed to identify comorbidities causally related to appropriate antibiotic use and to compare models that include these comorbidities and other patient-level claims variables to a facility model for risk-adjusting inpatient antibiotic utilization.

METHODS: The study included adults discharged from Premier Database hospitals in 2016-2017. For each admission, we extracted facility, claims, and …

The Efficacy Of The Health At Every Size (Haes) Approach In The Treatment Of Eating Disorders And Disordered Eating Patterns, Margaret Corrine Herin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This study aimed to review primary research to assess the measured physical and psychological benefits of implementing the Health at Every Size (HAES) approach in treating adults with disordered eating. A scoping review was conducted between September 2020 and August 2021. Participants included those 18 years or older who were diagnosed with a DSM-5 recognized eating disorder or showing disordered eating pathology. We hypothesized that HAES would be a successful treatment approach for patients recovering from eating disorders, and that a focus on body size and weight would exacerbate and even cause eating disorder pathology. A weight-neutral approach to eating …

Lipocalin-2 Variants And Their Relationship With Cardio-Renal Risk Factors, Dahui Li, Haoyun Li, Carlie Bauer, Yue Hu, Joshua R. Lewis, Aimin Xu, Itamar Levinger, Yu Wang

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Objectives:

To investigate the serum, plasma and urine levels of lipocalin-2 (LCN2) variants in healthy humans and their associations with risk factors for cardiometabolic (CMD) and chronic kidney (CKD) diseases.

Methods:

Fifty-nine males and 41 females participated in the study. Blood and urine were collected following an overnight fasting. LCN2 variants were analyzed using validated in-house ELISA kits. Heart rate, blood pressure, lipids profile, glucose, adiponectin, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), creatinine, cystatin C, and biomarkers for kidney function were assessed.

Results:

The levels of hLcn2, C87A and R81E in serum and urine, but not plasma, were significantly higher in men …

Productivity Of Intensive Grazing Systems Based Upon Irrigated Pangola Pastures In The French West Indies, G. Alexandre, M. Mahieu, G. Aumont, M. Naves

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

This work deals with the comparison of the productivity of intensive grazing systems (IGS) in the French West Indies, used for meat production with cattle, goat and sheep. IGS are based upon the use of irrigated, fertilized, and high stocked (1.8 to 1.4 t live weight/ha/year) and rotational grazing Digitaria decumbens pastures. They lie upon good performance levels of local breeds, Creole cattle and Creole goats of Guadeloupe and Martinik ewes, and upon improved general husbandry. Both sheep and goat in IGS exhibit high levels of productivity. They reached up to 1000 kg LW of weaned offsprings and 1400 kg …

Potential Of Crop Rotation Using Forages In The Tropics, P. L. Mafongoya

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Soil fertility is a fundamental biophysical root cause of food insecurity sub-Saharan Africa. Low quality crop residues and grasses during the dry season also limit animal productivity. Forage legumes (herbaceous and tree legumes) have great potential to increase crop animal productivity. Technologies have been developed over the past 3 decades to fully integrate forage legumes into farming. Most of these technologies are still on shelves with low adoption by farmers. Rhe role of forage legumes in nutrient cycling is reviewed in this paper. The factor limiting adoption will also be discussed. Innovative dissemination pathways to increase adoption will be suggested.