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Plasmon-Enhanced Quantitative Lateral Flow Assay For Detection Of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae, Jiaqi Wang

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

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Genotype Classification Of Moraxella Bovis Using Maldi-Tof Ms Profiles, Hannah G. Olson, John Dustin Loy, Michael L. Clawson, Emily L. Wynn, Matthew M. Hille

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

Moraxella bovis (M. bovis) is regarded as a causative agent of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK), the most common ocular disease of cattle. Recently, whole genome sequencing identified the presence of two distinct genotypes within M. bovis that differ in chromosome content, potential virulence factors, as well as prophage and plasmid profiles. It is unclear if the genotypes equally associate with IBK or if one is more likely to be isolated from IBK lesions. We utilized 39 strains of M. bovis that had previously undergone whole genome sequencing and genotype classification to determine the utility of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization …

Genotype Classification Of Moraxella Bovis Using Maldi-Tof Ms Profiles, Hannah G. Olson, John Dustin Loy, Michael L. Clawson, Emily L. Wynn, Matthew M. Hille

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

Moraxella bovis (M. bovis) is regarded as a causative agent of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK), the most common ocular disease of cattle. Recently, whole genome sequencing identified the presence of two distinct genotypes within M. bovis that differ in chromosome content, potential virulence factors, as well as prophage and plasmid profiles. It is unclear if the genotypes equally associate with IBK or if one is more likely to be isolated from IBK lesions. We utilized 39 strains of M. bovis that had previously undergone whole genome sequencing and genotype classification to determine the utility of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization …

Intestinal Gas Production By The Gut Microbiota: A Review, Erasme Mutuyemungu, Mukti Singh, Sean Liu, Devin J. Rose

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

In addition to causing embarrassment, intestinal gas can be associated with more serious symptoms. This review provides an overview of gas production by the human gut microbiome and outlines foods associated with intestinal gas. Bacteroides, Ruminococcus, Roseburia, Clostridium, Eubacterium, Desulfovibrio, and Methanobrevibacter are among the most abundant microbes responsible for intestinal gas. More than 99% of intestinal gas is composed of hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and methane, while less than 1% is composed of other odiferous compounds. Food groups associated with intestinal gas include pulses, vegetables, fruits, grains, and, for some individuals, dairy. These foods are …

Evidence-Based Study: The Effect Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Post-Secondary Enrollment And Chosen Fields Of Study, Hannah Fields '25

Student Research

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States in March of 2020 derailed educational systems at all levels. Specifically, at the post-secondary level, the pandemic sent many students online or forced them to take a fifth year to complete their degrees. As a result, post-secondary enrollment rates are likely to have dropped to reflect these changing post-COVID views surrounding education. Additionally, changing viewpoints about the essentiality of certain jobs and roles changed the chosen fields of study of these same students. Data for this study was collected by way of a short-scale meta-analysis, and enrollment rates were split …

Covid-19 Newsletter (Vol. 148), Center For Disaster Medicine, New York Medical College

COVID-19 Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of Library Websites Of Colleges Affiliated To University Of Delhi: A Content Analysis Study, Kajal Narula, Paramjeet Kaur Walia

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

Purpose- This paper aims to analyse the content of libraries’ websites of colleges affiliated to University of Delhi in India.

Design/methodology/approach-In the present study, observation method was used to analyse the content which was uploaded on the websites of selected ten colleges of University of Delhi. The data and content uploaded on the websites was collected and analysed with the help of checklist specifically designed for this purpose.

Findings- Most of the college libraries uploaded information about its collection on the website. It was found that few college libraries have been using web 2.0 tools. It has been …

December 7, 2022 Greenmail, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

GreenMail (student newsletter through 2024)

No abstract provided.

Prevalence Estimates Of Trafficking In Persons Using Statistical Definitions: A Cross-Sectional High-Risk Community Survey In Cape Town, South Africa, Rumi Kato Price, Annah K. Bender, Floriana H. Milazzo, Edna G. Rich, Nicolette V. Roman, Sheldon X. Zhang, Erica L. Koegler

Educator Preparation & Leadership Faculty Works

Objectives Current research on trafficking in persons (TIP) relies heavily on legal and prosecutorial definitions. A public health approach has called for population-level assessment; however, identification of TIP victims lacks a standardised operational definition. This study applied the Prevalence Reduction Innovation Forum (PRIF) statistical definitions, developed by the US Department of State, to a community survey in Cape Town, South Africa.

Designs A high-risk sampling strategy was used. TIP screening questions from two instruments were matched with PRIF domain indicators to generate prevalence estimates. Sensitivity, specificity and receiver operating characteristics analyses were conducted to assess the performance of the two …

Evaluation Of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis In Spine Surgery Within An Enhanced Recovery Program At A Large Community Teaching Hospital, Sabrina Dipietro, Klea Noskey, Richard Zoltowski, Tania Saeed, Sapna Shah

Posters

The risk of surgical site infections post spine surgery is 0% to 18%.1

• American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society guidelines recommend using an agent with activity against the most common surgical site pathogens including Staphylococcus aureus. 2,3

• The preferred agent is cefazolin 2 grams intravenous (IV) (3 grams if patient weighs ≥120 kilograms [kg]) administered 30 minutes prior to skin incision and re-dosed every four hours intraoperatively.2,3

• In the case of a cephalosporin allergy, clindamycin 900 milligrams (mg) IV or vancomycin 15 mg/kg IV are recommended alternatives.2,3

• Due …

Evaluation Of Antibiotic Selection And Duration In Patients With Non-Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia, Emily Reich, Sandra Hartnagle, Jennifer Pilotto, Heidi Klotz, Ryan Herc

Posters

No abstract provided.

Cpg Site-Based Signature Predicts Survival Of Colorectal Cancer, Jiande Wu, Lu Zhang, Aditi Kuchi, David Otohinoyi, Chindo Hicks

School of Medicine Faculty Publications

Background: A critical unmet medical need in clinical management of colorectal cancer (CRC) pivots around lack of noninvasive and or minimally invasive techniques for early diagnosis and prognostic prediction of clinical outcomes. Because DNA methylation can capture the regulatory landscape of tumors and can be measured in body fluids, it provides unparalleled opportunities for the discovery of early diagnostic and prognostics markers predictive of clinical outcomes. Here we investigated use of DNA methylation for the discovery of potential clinically actionable diagnostic and prognostic markers for predicting survival in CRC. Methods: We analyzed DNA methylation patterns between tumor and control samples …

A Gbd 2019 Study Of Health And Sustainable Development Goal Gains And Forecasts To 2030 In Spain, Jeffrey V Lazarus, Alberto Ortiz, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Esteve Fernández, Danielle Guy, Trenton M White, Rui Ma, Simon I Hay, Mohsen Naghavi, Joan B Soriano, Gbd 2019 Spain Collaborators

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

This study aimed to report mortality, risk factors, and burden of diseases in Spain. The Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2019 estimates the burden due to 369 diseases, injuries, and impairments and 87 risk factors and risk factor combinations. Here, we detail the updated Spain 1990-2019 burden of disease estimates and project certain metrics up to 2030. In 2019, leading causes of death were ischaemic heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Alzheimer's disease, and lung cancer. Main causes of disability adjusted life years (DALYs) were ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, lung cancer, low back pain, and stroke. …

Screening Anti-Pd-L2 Peptides As Antitumor Ligands Using Phage Display, Chien Tran Phuoc

Honors Projects

Cancer still remains one of the top leading causes of death in America. Recently, programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) blockades have been demonstrated to be highly effective against various types of cancer. By blocking PD-1 from binding with their ligands (PD-L1 and PD-L2), the “off” signal to the immune system is inhibited, hence reinvigorating the immune cells to kill tumor cells. To date, despite PD-L1 and PD-L2 both interacting with PD-1, research efforts have only been focused on developing anti-PD-L1 inhibitors. Therefore, the work of this honor project has focused on finding anti-PD-L2 peptides by phage display, with the …

Covid-19 Alcoholic Cirrhosis And Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis Cirrhosis Outcomes Among Hospitalized Patients In The United States: Insight From National Inpatient Sample Database, Devika Kapuria, Karthik Gangu, Prabal Chourasia, Aniesh Boba, Anthony Nguyen, Moon Ryu, Mark Peicher, Mario Flores, Harleen Kaur Chela, Ebubekir S Daglilar, Abu Baker Sheikh, Rahul Shekhar

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Patients with co-morbidities like cirrhosis are at risk of worse outcome from COVID-19 infection. Given limited prior studies, we evaluated outcomes associated with COVID-19 infection in alcoholic and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhotic (CC+) versus cirrhotic without COVID-19 (CC-). We performed retrospective analysis of 822,604 patients including 28,610 COVID-19 patients from the National Inpatient Sample database with alcoholic and NASH cirrhosis enrolled between 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020, with univariate and multivariate regression analyses. Primary outcome was mortality and secondary outcomes was mechanical ventilation, vasopressor use, length of stay, hospitalization expense and predictors of mortality. In-hospital mortality was three time …

Prevalence Estimates Of Trafficking In Persons Using Statistical Definitions: A Cross-Sectional High-Risk Community Survey In Cape Town, South Africa, Rumi Kato Price, Annah K Bender, Floriana H Milazzo, Edna G Rich, Nicolette V Roman, Sheldon X Zhang, Erica L Koegler

2020-Current year OA Pubs

OBJECTIVES: Current research on trafficking in persons (TIP) relies heavily on legal and prosecutorial definitions. A public health approach has called for population-level assessment; however, identification of TIP victims lacks a standardised operational definition. This study applied the Prevalence Reduction Innovation Forum (PRIF) statistical definitions, developed by the US Department of State, to a community survey in Cape Town, South Africa.

DESIGNS: A high-risk sampling strategy was used. TIP screening questions from two instruments were matched with PRIF domain indicators to generate prevalence estimates. Sensitivity, specificity and receiver operating characteristics analyses were conducted to assess the performance of the two …

Alternative Precautionary Measures Yielding Lower C. Diff Infection Rates In Healthcare Facilities, Matthew Kramer

Symposium of Student Scholars

Background: An international healthcare concern is the persistent spread of Clostridium difficile, a Gram-positive spore forming bacterium that is responsible for the most common hospital-acquired infection, amongst patients.

Objective: A systematic review was performed to summarize evidence that the interventions utilized in healthcare facilities which indicate a patient’s precautionary status are insufficient, outdated, and commonly lead to infection in neighboring patient rooms. Databases such as PubMed, NCBI, Google Scholar, and APHA’s Medical Care were searched, covering the period from 2017-2022. Studies were included if their focus concentrated on C. diff and the precautionary measures taken by employees at healthcare …

The Efficacy Of Self-Management Of Type 1 Diabetes In The Inpatient Setting., Bryan Chappell

Symposium of Student Scholars

Type one diabetes is a chronic illness that affects millions of adults in the United States alone. It is a disease that requires constant self-management and monitoring. Through the recent inventions and refinements of diabetes technology, diabetes care has never been easier or more accessible. While self-management and care in the outpatient setting has been shown to have positive social, and sometimes other positive healthcare outcomes, such research in the inpatient setting is lacking. Despite general treatment guidelines for diabetes informing inpatient caregivers and providers to allow self-management of diabetes in the inpatient setting where clinically appropriate, few institutions seem …

Evaluation Of The Impact Of Antibiotic Stewardship Program On Antibiotics Utilization As Surgical Prophylaxis At A Secondary Hospital In United Arab Emirates, Maryam Salem Alkaabi, Sabariah Noor Harun, Abubakar Sha’Aban

The First Scientific Conference on Health and Medical Research in the UAE 5-6 December 2022

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Sars-Cov-2 Infection On D-Dimer Among Thumbay Hospital Patients With And Without Comorbidities, N. S. Khan,, I. A. Almatrooshi

The First Scientific Conference on Health and Medical Research in the UAE 5-6 December 2022

No abstract provided.

Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Barriers And Enablers Of Implementation In Primary Health Care In Emirates Health Services, United Arab Emirates, Hiba Rabie, Hanan Soliman, Shaza Zackaria

The First Scientific Conference on Health and Medical Research in the UAE 5-6 December 2022

No abstract provided.

Molecular Characterisation Of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Isolates From The United Arab Emirates: An Updated View Post Pandemic, Syrine Boucherabine, Rania Nassar, Mahmood Hachim, Nelson Alexandre Da Cruz Soares, Handan Celiloglu, Nishi Ali, Salman Tausif, Maya Habou, Hamda Hassan Khansaheb, Mubarak Hussain Raja, Mubarak Alfaresi, Ritika Coelho, Seema Oommen, Mouza Al Sharhan, Anju Nabi, Riyaz Amirali Husain, Danesh Moradigaravand, Dean Everett, Stefan Monecke, Ralf Ehricht, Abiola Senok

The First Scientific Conference on Health and Medical Research in the UAE 5-6 December 2022

No abstract provided.

Preliminary Analysis Of The Effects Of Non-Target Supplemental Feeding On Camera Trap Captures Of Small Mammals In Central Georgia, Raena Mccown, Travis Cunningham, Alfred J. Mead

Georgia Journal of Science

Supplemental bird feeding is a widespread hobby throughout western culture. Although it brings joy to many people, bird feeding has been shown to have potentially negative effects on local bird populations and small mammalian species. To study the differences in local occurrence of native small mammalian species around bird feeders and in more distant settings, six camera traps were placed in a rural residential area in Putnam County, Georgia. Three cameras were placed facing bird feeders and three placed a minimum of 60 m away from the feeders. Species presence was recorded three days a week from 12:00 am Monday …

Self-Administered Opat (S-Opat) Is A Potential Cost-Effective Equivalent Option For Uninsured Patients Requiring Opat, Joshua Brady

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

A clinical decision report using:

Bhavan KP, Brown LS, Haley RW. Self-Administered Outpatient Antimicrobial Infusion by Uninsured Patients Discharged from a Safety-Net Hospital: A Propensity-Score-Balanced Retrospective Cohort Study. PLoS Med. 2015;12(12): e1001922. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001922

for a patient with fungal peritonitis requiring OPAT.

Partial Outpatient Oral Antibiotic Treatment Of Infective Endocarditis Is Non-Inferior To Inpatient Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy, Nicholas J. Murphy

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

A clinical decision report using:

Iversen K, Ihlemann N, Gill SU, et al. Partial Oral versus Intravenous Antibiotic Treatment of Endocarditis. N Engl J Med. 2019; 380:415-424. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1808312

for a patient with infective endocarditis and intravenous drug use with desire to leave the hospital.

Prevalence And Effect Of Cannabis Use In Acute Pancreatitis Of Unknown Etiology, Hanna Tran

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

A clinical decision report using:

Simons-Linares CR, Barkin JA, Wang Y, et al. Is There an Effect of Cannabis Consumption on Acute Pancreatitis?. Dig Dis Sci. 2018;63(10):2786-2791. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-018-5169-2

for a patient with cannabis-associated acute pancreatitis.

The Importance Of Stigma Theory For Clinical Decisions Related To Diabetic Foot Amputations, Rachael Garcia, Callie Bartkowiak, Alison Nesbitt Do

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

The authors examine the unconsidered impact of social stigma theory on the shared clinical decision-making process for a patient with foot osteomyelitis and MRSA bacteremia facing the prospect of an amputation.

Justice And Autonomy In Islamic Bioethics, Sarah Khaleefah

Acta Cogitata: An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy

Islamic bioethics acts as a normative guide to issues in the medical and scientific fields based on the religious perspective of Islam. In this paper, I will discuss one of the principles of Western biomedical ethics using this perspective. In particular, I will demonstrate how this principle should be reformulated, by Islamic understanding, into the principle of respect for justice. The principle of respect for justice can be viewed in the same way as the principle of respect for autonomy, composed of the negative obligation to refrain from actions that destabilize justice (such as causing harm to others), and the …

Mentoring Infection Preventionists: An Infection Prevention Practice Fellowship Program, Sejal Naik

DNP Qualifying Manuscripts

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic created enormous demands on infection preventionists (IPs). It seriously taxed IPs and required hiring new IPs to support these demands. It is highly competitive to hire experienced IPs, and it can take up to two years for new IPs to demonstrate proficiency before pursuing their certification. A gap analysis revealed that current infection prevention (IP) programs did not provide formal training or mentoring.

Methods: The fellowship program will use the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) competency model to train and build IP competency. The APIC accelerated training program will provide training to …

2022-12-06_Michiganoverview_Covidsymptoms, Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services

Michigan COVID-19 Syndromic Surveillance System Data

The Syndromic Surveillance System Data report was obtained from Michigan's COVID-19 dashboard, from under the link "​Coronavirus Symptoms": https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/stats/coronavirus-symptoms. Data was compiled by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The information was updated twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays.

Syndromic Surveillance System data is obtained from approximately 216 facilities participating in syndromic surveillance (139 Emergency Departments (ED), 77 Urgent Cares) across the State of Michigan. The reporting is based on individuals who present at EDs and may not be representative of the overall population. The coronavirus-like symptoms query searches visit free-text (chief complaint, triage notes, …