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Influence Of The Peek Abutments On Mechanical Behavior Of The Internal Connections Single Implant, Jefferson David Melo De Matos, Guilherme Da Rocha Scalzer Lopes, Daher Antonio Queiroz, André Luiz Jesus Pereira, Mário Alexandre Coelho Sinhoreti, Nathália De Carvalho Ramos, Vinicius Lino, Flavio Rosa De Oliveira, Alexandre Luiz Souto Borges, Marco Antonio Bottino

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The present study aimed to evaluate the biomechanical behavior of PEEK abutments with different heights on single titanium implants. To investigate the implant surface, different tests (scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray, and X-ray diffraction) were adopted. Herein, 20 implants received the 4.5 × 4.0 mm PEEK short abutment (SA) and 20 received the 4.5 × 5.5 mm PEEK long abutment (LA). The abutments were installed using dual-cure resin cement. To determine the fatigue test, two specimens from each group were submitted to the single load fracture test. For this, the samples were submitted to a compressive load of (0.5 mm/min; …

Diet-Derived Metabolites And Mucus Link The Gut Microbiome To Fever After Cytotoxic Cancer Treatment, Zaker I Schwabkey, Diana H Wiesnoski, Chia-Chi Chang, Wen-Bin Tsai, Dung Pham, Saira S Ahmed, Tomo Hayase, Miriam R Ortega Turrubiates, Rawan K El-Himri, Christopher A Sanchez, Eiko Hayase, Annette C Frenk Oquendo, Takahiko Miyama, Taylor M Halsey, Brooke E Heckel, Alexandria N Brown, Yimei Jin, Mathilde Raybaud, Rishika Prasad, Ivonne Flores, Lauren Mcdaniel, Valerie Chapa, Philip L Lorenzi, Marc O Warmoes, Lin Tan, Alton G Swennes, Stephanie Fowler, Margaret Conner, Kevin Mchugh, Tyler Graf, Vanessa B Jensen, Christine B Peterson, Kim-Anh Do, Liangliang Zhang, Yushu Shi, Yinghong Wang, Jessica R Galloway-Pena, Pablo C Okhuysen, Carrie R Daniel-Macdougall, Yusuke Shono, Marina Burgos Da Silva, Jonathan U Peled, Marcel R M Van Den Brink, Nadim Ajami, Jennifer A Wargo, Pavan Reddy, Raphael H Valdivia, Lauren Davey, Gabriela Rondon, Samer A Srour, Rohtesh S Mehta, Amin M Alousi, Elizabeth J Shpall, Richard E Champlin, Samuel A Shelburne, Jeffrey J Molldrem, Mohamed A Jamal, Jennifer L Karmouch, Robert R Jenq

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Not all patients with cancer and severe neutropenia develop fever, and the fecal microbiome may play a role. In a single-center study of patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplant (n = 119), the fecal microbiome was characterized at onset of severe neutropenia. A total of 63 patients (53%) developed a subsequent fever, and their fecal microbiome displayed increased relative abundances of Akkermansia muciniphila, a species of mucin-degrading bacteria (P = 0.006, corrected for multiple comparisons). Two therapies that induce neutropenia, irradiation and melphalan, similarly expanded A. muciniphila and additionally thinned the colonic mucus layer in mice. Caloric restriction …

Impact Of Alcohol On Bone Health In People Living With Hiv: Integrating Clinical Data From Serum Bone Markers With Morphometric Analysis In A Non-Human Primate Model, Alexandra Denys, Allison Norman, Daniel S. Perrien, Larry J. Suva, Liz Simon, Lee S. Mcdaniel, Tekeda Ferguson, Kim Pedersen, David Welsh, Patricia E. Molina, Martin J.J. Ronis

School of Medicine Faculty Publications

People living with HIV (PLWH) represent a vulnerable population to adverse musculoskeletal outcomes due to HIV infection, antiretroviral therapy (ART), and at-risk alcohol use. Developing measures to prevent skeletal degeneration in this group requires a grasp of the relationship between alcohol use and low bone mass in both the PLWH population and its constituents as defined by sex, age, and race. We examined the association of alcohol use with serum biochemical markers of bone health in a diverse cohort of PLWH enrolled in the New Orleans Alcohol Use in HIV (NOAH) study. To explore the effects of alcohol on bone …

Are Plankton Nets A Thing Of The Past? An Assessment Of In Situ Imaging Of Zooplankton For Large-Scale Ecosystem Assessment And Policy Decision-Making, Sarah L.C. Giering, Phil F. Culverhouse, David G. Johns, Abigail Mcquatters-Gollop, Sophie G. Pitois

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Zooplankton are fundamental to aquatic ecosystem services such as carbon and nutrient cycling. Therefore, a robust evidence base of how zooplankton respond to changes in anthropogenic pressures, such as climate change and nutrient loading, is key to implementing effective policy-making and management measures. Currently, the data on which to base this evidence, such as long time-series and large-scale datasets of zooplankton distribution and community composition, are too sparse owing to practical limitations in traditional collection and analysis methods. The advance of in situ imaging technologies that can be deployed at large scales on autonomous platforms, coupled with artificial intelligence and …

Christ In The Covenant Curses? Deuteronomy 28 And The Gospel, A. Rahel Wells

Faculty Publications

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Visualisation Of Exhaled Breath Metabolites Reveals Distinct Diagnostic Signatures For Acute Cardiorespiratory Breathlessness, Michael J. Wilde, Wadah Ibrahim, Rebecca L. Cordell, Matthew Richardson, Robert C. Free, Bo Zhao, Amisha Singapuri, Beverley Hargadon, Erol A. Gaillard, Toru Suzuki, Leong L. Ng, Tim Coats, Paul Thomas, Paul S. Monks, Christopher E. Brightling, Neil J. Greening, Salman Siddiqui

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Acute cardiorespiratory breathlessness accounts for one in eight of all emergency hospitalizations. Early, noninvasive diagnostic testing is a clinical priority that allows rapid triage and treatment. Here, we sought to find and replicate diagnostic breath volatile organic compound (VOC) biomarkers of acute cardiorespiratory disease and understand breath metabolite network enrichment in acute disease, with a view to gaining mechanistic insight of breath biochemical derangements. We collected and analyzed exhaled breath samples from 277 participants presenting acute cardiorespiratory exacerbations and aged-matched healthy volunteers. Topological data analysis phenotypes differentiated acute disease from health and acute cardiorespiratory exacerbation subtypes (acute heart failure, acute …

Sixty Years Of Oceanography And Marine Biology: An Annual Review (Ombar) – A Brief Retrospective And Prospective, Sj Hawkins, A Oven, Ip Smith, Aj Lemasson

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Aeroponic System Optimization For Future Sustainability, Taylor J. Johnson

Student Research Symposium (SRS)

The global population is approaching 8 billion people. Agriculture accounts for 70% of global fresh water usage. Agricultural technologies must be developed to accommodate for the increase to meet the demand of the growing global population and the resultant increase of water used in agriculture. Aeroponic systems, which reduce water usage by over 90%, can supply an increasing quantity of crops while demanding less water.

The objective of this study is to determine the optimal droplet size for absorption of the nutrient solution to the roots of lettuce in an aeroponic system and how effectively the optimal conditions for one …

Space Microbial Ecology, Mitchell K. Villafania, Collin Topolski, Janelle Hicks, Ella Rowe, Hugo Castillo

Student Research Symposium (SRS)

With the expansion of human space exploration, there is a growing demand to better understand the impacts of space stressors. These stressors include microgravity (µG), space radiation, extreme temperatures, and extreme isolation.

Ongoing research has demonstrated that the space environment alters the physiology of bacteria. The changes observed have included increases in biofilm formation, antibiotic resistance, and growth rate. Understanding the effects on bacteria in these conditions is vital as they can affect astronaut health, spacecraft life support systems, and space crops used for food.

The ERAU Space Microbiology Lab (SML) is working to identify how microbial communities are impacted …

Investigating The Magnetic Actuation Of Dynamic Cell Culture, Ashlyn Thorpe, Aeson Coen

Student Research Symposium (SRS)

Currently there are various ways to model cell behavior in a lab setting for testing and simulation. As more methods are developed, more is discovered about how dynamic cell culture reacts to different stimuli and environments. This proposal discusses the prospects of magnetic actuation as a method of dynamic cell culture manipulation and simulation. This proposal seeks to use a biocompatible, tunable magnetic-poly lactic-co-glycolic acid (magnetic PLGA) porous composite scaffold that is interfaced with a magnetic actuation system. This new system would act as an easier method of observing cell culture in various magnetically developed environments. In all, magnetic actuation …

Gene-Poor Y-Chromosomes Substantially Impact Male Trait Heritabilities And May Help Shape Sexually Dimorphic Evolution, Ken Fedorka

Research Data and Datasets

How natural selection facilitates sexually dimorphic evolution despite a shared genome is unclear. The patrilineal inheritance of Y-chromosomes makes them an appealing solution. However, they have largely been dismissed due to their gene-poor, heterochromatic nature and because the additive genetic variation necessary for adaptive evolution is theoretically difficult to maintain. Further, previous empirical work has revealed only Y-linked sign epistatic variance segregating within populations, which can often impede adaptive evolution. To assess the evolutionary impact of Y-linked variation, we established replicate populations in Drosophila simulans containing multiple Y-chromosomes (YN populations) or a single Y-chromosome variant (Y1 populations) drawn from a …

Sexism And Racism In"The Bluest Eyes " By Toni Morrison, Dr. Nibras Ahmed Abdullah Al-Khazraji Al-Iraqia

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

Toni Morrison is a famous Afro-American woman novelist who wins a Nobel prize of Literature for the novel beloved. This study explores issues related to sexism and racism which are manifested in her life and work. The novel examined by this study are Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, The texts recreate an ideology of African-American womanhood which privileges self-definition. Morrison creates remarkable black women characters in the novel. The characters attempt to establish their own identity amidst the multilayered and interconnected oppressions of sexism and racism. Thereafter, these women managed to retain their identities throughout the novels. The research adopts to …

يعد التنوع الاحيائي واستدامته وتحقيق السلامة الاحيائية من المواضيع التي تخضع الى ضغوط بيئية متزايدة وتدهور مستمر رغم انها بموقع الصدارة في الاهتمام البيئي, ويشكل هور الدلمج بيئة طبيعية جغرافية بما تحتويه من موارد نباتية وحيوانية مختلفة, اذ يقع بين محافظة واسط والقادسية ويتغذى من مياه المصب العام عن طريق قناة التغذية, وتتفاوت معدلات التصريف ونوعية المياه تبعا لاختلاف الايرادات المائية, ويعد فقدان التنوع الاحيائي واحدة من المشاكل التي لها تأثير كبير على قدرة الانظمة البيئية في تحقيق التوازن البيئي, بسبب الجفاف والانخفاض المستمر في الايرادات المائية مع ارتفاع درجات الحرارة ومعدلات التبخر وهذا انعكس سلبا على مساحتها وخصائصها, لذا استهدف البحث, بيان اثر العوامل الطبيعية على التنوع الاحيائي في هور الدلمج, وخلص البحث الى مجموعة من التوصيات منها اتخاذ التدابير اللا زمة للتكيف مع تغير المناخ والجفاف والحد من اثاره السلبية., أ.م.د . عباس عبد الحسين خضير, م.م ميادة فهد محمد

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

يعد التنوع الاحيائي واستدامته وتحقيق السلامة الاحيائية من المواضيع التي تخضع الى ضغوط بيئية متزايدة وتدهور مستمر رغم انها بموقع الصدارة في الاهتمام البيئي, ويشكل هور الدلمج بيئة طبيعية جغرافية بما تحتويه من موارد نباتية وحيوانية مختلفة, اذ يقع بين محافظة واسط والقادسية ويتغذى من مياه المصب العام عن طريق قناة التغذية, وتتفاوت معدلات التصريف ونوعية المياه تبعا لاختلاف الايرادات المائية, ويعد فقدان التنوع الاحيائي واحدة من المشاكل التي لها تأثير كبير على قدرة الانظمة البيئية في تحقيق التوازن البيئي, بسبب الجفاف والانخفاض المستمر في الايرادات المائية مع ارتفاع درجات الحرارة ومعدلات التبخر وهذا انعكس سلبا على مساحتها وخصائصها, لذا …

Gis&Rs النمذجة الكارتوغرافية للمظاهر الجيولوجية لمحافظات العراق اعتمادا على التحاليل الكيميائية باستخدام, ا.م.د. نبراس عباس ياس, د. رغد سلمان محمد, نصير عبد الجبار الساعدي

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

Soil is a world in itself and can be understood and deepened and its various characteristics only through the breadth of the horizon of human knowledge and soil is the product of multiple geographically and interrelated elements such as (air, water, rocks, biology, climate, terrain and time) The importance of this study to use an applied analytical methodology in Detecting, monitoring, analyzing and producing maps of the spatial variation of the geological manifestations represented by the physical and chemical properties of many mineral elements within the soil and their impact on the nature of the soil within the study area …

(( اقتراح معيار لتحديد التأثير الصحي للتلوث الضوئي( ( دارسة تجريبية: مدينة النجف نموذجا, أ.م.د. شكري ابراهيم الحسن, م.د. زينب عبدالرزاق التغلبي

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

This study aims to propose a standard for determining the health effects of light pollution as a growing type of other environmental pollution. In view of the potential risks posed by continuous exposure to various sources of light pollution, the proposed standard is necessary. A laboratory experiment was conducted on a sample of volunteers in Najaf City. Volunteers of both sexes and different ages were subjected to varying optical stresses. Volunteers demonstrated different health responses to each light intensity, and on this basis a standard was established to diagnose the health impact of light pollution for each case. The standard …

كشف التدهور البيئي حسب المؤشرات الطيفية لبيانات القمر الصناعي لاندسات ٨ للساحل العراقي, ا.م.د.هالة محمد سعيد مجيد, م.م.علاء مهدي صالح الزهيري

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, November 15, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 159, Issue 36

25 Year Club: 41st Annual Gala, Western Michigan University

25 Year Club

25 Year Club: 41st Annual Gala

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

• Reception
• Welcome
• Dinner Buffet
• Remarks
• 1997 in Review
• Recognition - New Club Members from 2020 & 2021
• Induction - New Club Members 2022

A Genomically And Clinically Annotated Patient-Derived Xenograft Resource For Preclinical Research In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer., Xing Yi Woo, Anuj Srivastava, Philip C Mack, Joel H. Graber, Brian J Sanderson, Michael W Lloyd, Mandy Chen, Sergii Domanskyi, Regina Gandour-Edwards, Rebekah A Tsai, James G. Keck, Mingshan Cheng, Margaret Bundy, Emily L Jocoy, Jonathan W Riess, William Holland, Stephen C. Grubb, James G Peterson, Grace Stafford, Carolyn Paisie, Steven Neuhauser, Radha Krishna Murthy Karuturi, Joshy George, Allen K. Simons, Margaret Chavaree, Clifford G Tepper, Neal Goodwin, Susan Airhart, Primo N Lara, Thomas H Openshaw, Edison Liu, David R Gandara, Carol J Bult

Faculty Research 2022

UNLABELLED: Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models are an effective preclinical in vivo platform for testing the efficacy of novel drugs and drug combinations for cancer therapeutics. Here we describe a repository of 79 genomically and clinically annotated lung cancer PDXs available from The Jackson Laboratory that have been extensively characterized for histopathologic features, mutational profiles, gene expression, and copy-number aberrations. Most of the PDXs are models of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including 37 lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and 33 lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC) models. Other lung cancer models in the repository include four small cell carcinomas, two large cell neuroendocrine …

Computer Engineering Education, Marilyn Wolf

School of Computing: Conference and Workshop Papers

Computer engineering is a rapidly evolving discipline. How should we teach it to our students?

This virtual roundtable on computer engineering education was conducted in summer 2022 over a combination of email and virtual meetings. The panel considered what topics are of importance to the computer engineering curriculum, what distinguishes computer engineering from related disciplines, and how computer engineering concepts should be taught.

Screening For Social Determinants Of Health To Improve Care In Pediatric Patients With Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections: A Scoping Review, Emily Gray Msn, Fnp-C, Michelle Rickard Dnp, Cpnp-Ac

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Purpose: To describe what is known about how SDoH screening impacts adherence to treatment in pediatric patients with recurrent UTIs.

Smart Biomaterials For Enhancing Cancer Therapy By Overcoming Tumor Hypoxia: A Review, Samar A. Salim, Taher A. Salaheldin, Mohamed M. Elmazar, A F. Abdel-Aziz, Elbadawy A. Kamoun

Nanotechnology Research Centre

No abstract provided.

An In Silico Study Of The Delta Opioid Receptor Using Small Molecules, Emily Dean

Theses and Dissertations

The DOR is the least studied out of the three opioid receptors (Mu, Kappa, and Delta). The most is known of the Mu Opioid receptor (MOR) and the drugs that target it have led to the global opioid epidemic due to their adverse effects of tolerance and addiction. The DOR is not known for the same adverse effects and therefore, is a promising pharmacological target for the development of new opioid ligands. In this thesis, molecular modeling, simulations and other computational methods are introduced in Chapter 1 where these methods are used to study the activation mechanism of DOR (Chapter …

The World At 8 Billion, Raya Muttarak, Joshua Wilde

Essays: The World at 8 Billion

No abstract provided.

Theoretical Studies Of Molecule-Surface Interactions And Dynamics, Yingqi Wang

Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs

Gas-surface scattering involves the conversion of energy in different forms in the impinging molecule, possible bond breaking and forming, and the energy transfer across gas-solid interface. Possible energy dissipation channels include adiabatic energy transfer to the motion of surface phonons and non-adiabatic interactions with surface electron-hole pairs. A complete understanding of the interplay of energy dissipation and physical/chemical changes in the molecule is vital for many important applications such as materials fabrication and heterogenous catalysis.

Gas-surface encounters may occur where non-adiabatic effects are negligible. Two such systems were investigated, both with ample experimental data. One is concerned with the scattering …

The Data We Need For The Future We Want, Kathryn Grace, Emily Klancher Merchant

Essays: The World at 8 Billion

No abstract provided.

Emma Terry Wins 2023 Miss Uab Scholarship Competition, Shannon Thomason

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Combining Isotopic And Genetic Analyses To Quantify Microbial Facilitation Of Recalcitrant Resource Use By Terrestrial And Aquatic Consumers, Alexi Christina Besser

Biology ETDs

Quantifying the flow of energy and nutrients through food webs is foundational to understanding the structure and function of ecosystems. Here, I utilize the stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of individual amino acids to trace the movement of essential amino acids through terrestrial and freshwater food webs in New Mexico, USA. I first explore isotopic patterns among co-occurring terrestrial plants and aquatic algae. I then combine this molecular isotopic approach with 16S and 18S rRNA sequencing to demonstrate the importance of gut microbiota as sources of essential amino acids to wild mammalian hosts. Next, I explore the roles of …

Keeping An Eye On Circadian Time In Clinical Research And Medicine, Elizabeth B. Klerman, Allison Brager, Mary A. Carskadon, Christopher M. Depner, Russell Foster, Namni Goel, Mary Harrington, Et Al

Psychology: Faculty Publications

Background: Daily rhythms are observed in humans and almost all other organisms. Most of these observed rhythms reflect both underlying endogenous circadian rhythms and evoked responses from behaviours such as sleep/wake, eating/fasting, rest/activity, posture changes and exercise. For many research and clinical purposes, it is important to understand the contribution of the endogenous circadian component to these observed rhythms. Content: The goal of this manuscript is to provide guidance on best practices in measuring metrics of endogenous circadian rhythms in humans and promote the inclusion of circadian rhythms assessments in studies of health and disease. Circadian rhythms affect all aspects …

The Effects Of Tillage And Cover Crops On Crop Yield And Soil Properties In Wheat Double-Cropping Systems, Peters E. Egbedi

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This three-year study was conducted on a commerce silt loam soil at the Northeast Research and Experiment Station near St. Joseph, Louisiana to evaluate the following objectives: 1) evaluate crop yield response to tillage, winter, and summer cover crops in wheat double-cropping systems. 2) evaluate the effects of tillage, winter and summer cover crops on soil properties under different cropping systems. 3) quantify the economic benefits of double-cropping, cover cropping and monoculture systems under conventional and no tillage practices. A winter cover crop (WCC) mix (winter wheat (Triticum aestivum and Austrian winter pea (Pisum sativum) and summer …