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Objective Structured Clinical Examination For Intraoperative Hypotension And Hypertension Management, Andrew Mcginity, James David Ingram

Doctoral Projects

Managing intraoperative hypotension and hypertension is a non-technical skill anesthesia providers need to maintain patient safety. Upon transitioning from didactic training to clinical training, SRNAs may find it difficult to manage a patient’s blood pressure intraoperatively. The ultimate consequence of the delayed or improper treatment of intraoperative blood pressure perturbations is end-organ damage at the patient’s expense. Unintentionally causing a patient harm will lead to an SRNA losing confidence in their abilities. This OSCE is intended to increase SRNA confidence and competence regarding intraoperative hypotension and hypertension management before entering the clinical arena.

The hypotension and hypertension management tools and …

Assessing Social Media Habits For Worsening Symptoms Of Depression, Daniel Peters

Doctoral Projects

This project was created to assist providers working in the mental health field in treating patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) by assessing for problematic social media use (PSMU), which may exacerbate symptoms of depression. A Likert scale style questionnaire, which was accessible online for clinicians, was developed and used to assess psychiatric patients between the ages of 18-35 with a diagnosis of depression using specific questions about the patient’s social media use, which research regards as having the potential to worsen depressive symptoms. This survey helped determine if PSMU may be considered as an area for assessment in patients …

Does The Use Of Mental Health Screenings And Targeted Stress Interventions Improve Mental Health Outcomes In Outpatient Clinic Staff?, Mary Benson

Doctoral Projects

The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) has been used as a classic stress assessment instrument to evaluate perceived stress across many settings. As stress is the primary phenomenon in this review due to varying stressors, including infectious diseases among healthcare workers, the PSS is the most appropriate scale for evaluating the degree to which a health worker feels stressed. In addition, the PSS is valuable as it encompasses ten items that researchers use to explore how respondents react to stress due to unpredictable events. Thus, this DNP project is based on the postulation that screening with the PSS and applying stress …

Reducing Anxiety Symptoms In African Americans Using Informal Mental Health Coping Strategies, Maleitha Nard, Kourtnei Jones-Dumas

Doctoral Projects

Research shows that the adult Black community is 20% more likely to experience serious mental health problems such as anxiety disorder (Anxiety and Depression Association of America [AADA], 2018). While this sobering statistic suggests the need for mental health resources in the African American community, findings indicate significant factors that depict how individuals view the mental health medical system, its health disparities, and noted inequities. Past experiences with trust and discrimination, minimal accessibility to adequate insurance, and lack of culturally aware mental health providers have all been supportive reasons for the African American community to turn to other coping mechanisms …

An Evidenced-Based Project: Decreasing Fasting Glucose Levels Within Mississippi African Americans Through Accountability Groups, Whitley Linson

Doctoral Projects

African Americans have the highest population with prediabetes diagnoses (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2020). In order to effectively address the lack of assistance needed to break health disparities related to prediabetes, it is crucial to understand why those barriers exist. Experts project that more than 470 million people will have prediabetes by 2030 (Tabak et al., 2012). Educating African Americans who have been previously diagnosed with prediabetes is vital in decreasing the stigma that surrounds communities in rural Central Mississippi. By maintaining accountability groups, fasting blood glucose can decrease and participants can increase their knowledge by understanding how to …

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, December 12, 2022, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Call to Order: Approval of Minutes- Nov 14, 2022
• University Business
• Information: Educational Policies Committee
• Reports: Council on Teacher Education; Scholarship Advisory Board
• Old Business: Athletic Spending
• New Business: Divestment Proposal
• Adjourn

In Re: David Hatchigian

2022 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Occupational Therapy Students’ Time-Use After Transitioning To In-Person Learning, Jhannell Hannah Ocampo, Susan Macdermott

Fall 2022 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium

The COVID-19 pandemic had an emotional and physical impact on occupational therapy (OT) and occupational therapy assistant (OTA) students. Students lost access to campus services, social circles, and “safe zones," which may have consequently become traumatic stressors (U.S. Department of Education, 2021; Bridgland et al., 2021). As students transition back to campus, they struggle to navigate and adapt to in-person occupations and how they use their time. Occupational therapists understand the need for meaningful occupations and the symbiotic relationship between their well-being and health (American Occupational Therapy Association, 2020). OTs have an emerging role in the post-secondary education setting, which …

Assessing Asian American And Pacific Islander (Aapi) Teachers’ Workplace Wellness, Fiona Tang, Karen Park, Susan Macdermott, Deja Anderson

Fall 2022 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium

Teachers have many instructional, behavioral and classroom management, and administrative responsibilities (Cormier et al., 2021; Hilger et al., 2021; Roeser et al., 2022). There is limited research on occupational therapy's role in teacher wellness. This study aimed to assess the challenges and barriers that Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) teachers face, the causes of burnout, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on AAPI teachers' wellness. This study used a mixed methods research design, including an online survey and semi-structured interviews, focused on the challenges, barriers, strengths, and needs that AAPI teachers face in public, middle, and high schools …

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

COVID-19 Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Bison, December 8, 2022

The Bison Newspapers

No abstract provided.

An Astrological Look Into H.P. Lovecraft’S “The Call Of Cthulhu:”A Celestial Telescope For Literary Analysis, Arianna C. Mayorga

Honors Program Theses and Research Projects

University students often acquire a knowledge of a slew of literary criticisms for deeper exploration of compositions. Few, if any, literary criticisms can be applied with room for speculative scientific philosophical ways of thought. This brings the creative nature of analysis to a screeching halt– for what is more creative than a speculative-science? In this thesis I will give an introduction to key astrological ideologies. This paper will also work through how those ideologies could be applied analytically, academically, and professionally to literature. My aim will be to use one of H.P. Lovecraft’s main mystically- connotative works, “The Call of …

Keep Calm And Carry On: The Relationships Between Cognitive Flexibility, Social Support & Anxiety In Students Transitioning To College, Max Buck, Rebecca Thornley, Mara Smuin

Fall Student Research Symposium 2022

The current study sought to understand the correlations between cognitive flexibility, social support, and anxiety. A hypothesized model, developed using the Social Skills Deficiency Vulnerability Framework, was tested and verified using bivariate analysis. The findings of this research indicate that increased cognitive flexibility is correlated with decreased symptoms of anxiety and increased perceived social support. Additionally, increased social support is found to correlate with decreased symptoms of anxiety. Keywords: cognitive flexibility, social support, anxiety

Social Media's Effect On Youth, Joshua Gardner

Fall Student Research Symposium 2022

This paper goes in depth about social media and the effect it has had on the mental health of youth in todays society. Compiling research from several peer reviewed journals and personal experiences, the conclusion reached seems to point that there is a correlation between social media and less emotional stability, toxic and harmful body image comparisons, as well as higher rates of depression depending on the amount of time spent on social media platforms. Although there are consistent studies demonstrating that social media has a negative impact, there are also studies showing that social media provides healthy outlets, more …

Appropriation Vs Appreciation Of Latinix Culture: Where Do We Draw The Line?, Aleja Longoria

Fall Student Research Symposium 2022

In a modern society, Latinx culture is widely appreciated, respected, and celebrated. Though the line between appropriation and appreciation is constantly blurred by the growing commercialization, popularization, and expansion of the culture. Alongside the rapid spread of this beautiful culture, is the onset evolution of cultural appropriation. This can be seen in the celebration of Latinx holidays such as Dia de los Muertos, Cinco De Mayo, and even Beauty trends. The mass popularization of these holidays and practices has often taken away the meaning of each, leaving a feeling of our own culture being preempted before our own eyes. When …

The Effects Of True Crime Media, Zoe Patton

Fall Student Research Symposium 2022

True crime is a media genre of growing popularity, and also of growing controversy. Recent media production has sparked debate over how the genre affects the public's perception on crime, as well as how it affects the victims family. I wanted to discover how true crime media can be a genre that helps the public more than it hurts, and offers information and education rather than romanticization of terrible people and events, and discover all the ways that it can cause harm, so we can learn how to stop and understand the parts that can be harmful. Research was conducted …

Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine: Implications For The Central Region, Arman Mahmoudian, Tad Schnaufer Ii

GNSI Conference Reports

6th Great Power Competition Conference

December 8, 2022

University of South Florida

Or, (2022), Liz Duffy Adams

Season 2022-2023

No abstract provided.

2022 December 8 - Academic Council Agenda And Minutes, Academic Council, East Tennessee State University

Academic Council Agenda and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (Gama): The Dependence Of Star Formation On Surface Brightness In Low-Redshift Galaxies, S Phillipps, S Bellstedt, M N. Bremer, R De Propris, P A. James, S Casura, J Liske, B W. Holwerda

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

The star-formation rate in galaxies is well known to correlate with stellar mass (the ‘star-forming main sequence’). Here, we extend this further to explore any additional dependence on galaxy surface brightness, a proxy for stellar mass surface density. We use a large sample of low-redshift (z ≤ 0.08) galaxies from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly survey which have both spectral energy distribution (SED) derived star-formation rates and photometric bulge-disc decompositions, the latter providing measures of disc surface brightness and disc masses. Using two samples, one of galaxies fitted by a single component with Sérsic index below 2 and one …

Revitalization Through Food: Bringing Back Smalltown, Usa, Alyssa Chavez

Honors Projects

What makes a small town in the middle of nowhere USA unique, and what does food have to do with it? The following paper will discuss the impact of food on the revitalization process of small towns in the United States. This paper will attempt to answer questions concerning the revitalization process, how to measure the success of revitalization, and how food turns a town into a destination. Sidney Alive, a non-profit downtown revitalization group located in Sidney, Ohio, will be presented as a case study to discuss what could be a real-life success story. This case study will evaluate …

Effects Of Microbial Transglutaminase On Gluten-Free Sourdough Bread Structure And Loaf Characteristics, Anna J. Redd

Theses and Dissertations

In an effort to mimic the continuous protein matrix found in gluten-containing breads, the effects of the enzyme microbial transglutaminase were tested in gluten-free (GF) sourdough breads containing five different GF flours: chickpea, brown rice, white rice, oat, and quinoa. The utilization of transglutaminase in GF sourdough bread applications was shown to improve some of the final bread characteristics of GF breads. White and brown rice GF sourdough loaves at 24 hours showed a 28% and 13% decrease in crumb firmness with the addition of 2 U/g dough, respectively. Quinoa-GF sourdough breads at 24 hours showed a 6% increase in …

Methods Of Treatment With Cd8 T Cell-Mediated Immune Therapy, Kristina H Young, Andrew J Gunderson

Technology Transfer - Patents

No abstract provided.

Mental Health And Resilience For The Healthcare Professional: A Global Health Advocacy Plan, Mechelle J. Plasse, Aimãƒâ©E Horcasitas

Global Advocacy

The pandemic highlighted the systems inadequate response in protecting the mental health and wellbeing of healthcare professionals; climate instability will further exploit these weaknesses. Investment in proactive measures to ensure psychological readiness in the healthcare workforce remain nonexistent.

Metaphors Of Spanish Culture In Flamenco, Gender Roles And Gender Issues: Modern Metaphors To Understand Some Traditional Female Flamenco Movements And Steps, Chita Espino-Bravo Ph.D.

Modern Languages Faculty Publications

The art of Flamenco dance teaches Spanish culture through the dance steps and the metaphors they communicate. Some metaphors from the past are hard to understand, especially when referring to women’s role and social status, as women of the 21st century in Spain have democratic rights women from past centuries did not have. Expressing some of those metaphors through the movements of flamenco is very hard, unless you understand the patriarchal society of then. I will analyze some metaphors flamenco teachers use to explain concepts and gender roles from the past that are hard to understand by younger generations who …

Deep-Brain Shape Features Differentially Relate To Social Outcomes In Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury, Braydon Lee

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a global issue with major health consequences. The integrity of brain structures and their social functional correlates are at risk in children with TBI. In this study, magnetic resonance images of the thalamus, caudate, putamen, and globus pallidus were examined in a pediatric TBI group from the Social Outcomes of Brain Injury in Kids (SOBIK). Shape deformations of these structures were compared to an orthopedically injured (OI) control. Additionally, the correlation between shape deformation and theory of mind (ToM) measures were mapped and compared. This study found inward deformations in the ventral thalamic nuclei …

Kylie Conaway Art 399 Portfolio, Kylie Conaway

Professional Practices (ART 399)

Through my work I strive to create a sense of completeness and contentment. I make my art for others so that they can have something meaningful in this chaotic world. Ceramics is one of my main focuses because I enjoy the amount of control I feel when I throw something on a wheel. The tranquility and peacefulness I feel from it can't match anything else. In day to day life I am a very unorganized, scattered brain student; but as soon as I start working on ceramics or photography I can become the most serious person you have ever met. …

Integrative Revision Of Five Genera Type Species For Zoanthidea To Bridge The Parataxonomy Gap, Jacob Colbert

All HCAS Student Capstones, Theses, and Dissertations

Cnidarian order Zoanthidea is a relatively understudied group of invertebrates inhabiting a diverse range of marine habitats. Over/During the last two decades, species descriptions within this order have largely been based on a novel molecular parataxonomic system that relies almost exclusively on DNA barcodes to detect and describe new species. DNA barcodes are short, conserved sequences that are readily compared across taxa and used to detect previously described species. The existing taxonomic system, based on anatomical analysis and the identification of evolutionarily informative characters for phylogenetic inference, has been recently replaced by molecular parataxonomy by some scientists/researchers. While molecular sequence …

The Comment, December 8, 2022, Bridgewater State University

The Comment

No abstract provided.

Christine Yolanda Rush, Jamila Jones, Kelli Johnson

Oral Histories – NPS AACR Civil Rights In Appalachia Grant

Jamilla Jones and Dr. Kelli Johnson conducting an oral history interview with Christina Yolanda Rush.

This oral history is part of the National Park Service African Americans Civil Rights History and Appalachia Grant Program.