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Hypertension Education And Management To Hispanic Adults In The Primary Care Setting, Annelis Sanchez, Esperanza Maya Aguirre

DNP and Student Works

Education is essential for improving patient outcomes, particularly in managing hypertension among Hispanic populations, by tailoring interventions and assessing patients' readiness to learn. This DNP project guiding question is: What is the impact of a comprehensive education program for adult Hispanic hypertensive patients on their knowledge of hypertension management?

Unveiling The Shadows: The Influence Of Anonymity And Fake Accounts On Cyberbully Intention In Social Media, Muzdalini Malik, Hapini Awang, Nur Suhaili Mansor, Mohamad Fadli Zolkipli, Khuzairi Mohd Zaini, Abdulrazak F. Shahatha Al-Mashhadani

Iraqi Journal for Computer Science and Mathematics

Cyberbullying has arisen as a prevalent and worrying issue in the digital age, substantially influencing the well-being and mental health of social media users. Previous studies have identified several factors and theories of cyberbullying. Still more in-depth research is required to understand the key factors influencing cyberbullying intention in social media. This study aims to identify the factors influencing cyberbullying intention in social media and examine the moderating effect of fake accounts on cyberbullying intention. An extensive literature review has been conducted to examine the gaps in existing studies on cyberbullying intention. As a result, this study uses the Theory …

Navigating Workforce Utilization Metric In The Indian It Industry: A Multifaceted Study, Shipra Jha

Management Dynamics

The measurement of workforce utilization is a critical concern for organizations, especially within the dynamic landscape of the IT industry. This research explores the multifaceted nature of utilization metrics by devising Utilization Insight Elicitation Framework (UIEF), focusing on three major themes: defining utilization and understanding the significance, assessing its impact on employee well-being, and contemplating its future relevance. Examining utilization from cost and revenue perspectives reveals how organizations optimize costs while ensuring project profitability. The study scrutinizes the balance between cost-focused and headcount-centered approaches, considering employees' roles and project demands. Additionally, it discusses factors for inclusion/exclusion in utilization calculations and …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 100, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine edition of the College Heights Herald for the period November 11 - December 5, 2024.

• Wilborn, Price. Letter from the Editor – Homecoming
• Vickers, Abigail. Homecoming Royalty – Milie LeJeune, Sarah Burke, Katie Burch, Jennifer Smith, Alice Waddell
• A New Era for Social Sciences at WKU – Society, Culture, Crime & Justice
• Steps from WKU, Miles of Charm – Walk2Campus
• Wilborn, Price. Martha Sales Reflects on Life, Leadership & Growth
• Leasing Agents Lending a Friendly Face & Helping Hand – Columns
• Smith, Kane. How Local Businesses Prepare for Homecoming Crowds
• Downtown Bowling Green – Restaurants & Businesses
• Home Sweet …

Spartan Daily, December 5, 2024, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2024

Volume 163, Issue 42

Single-Molecule Studies Reveal The Off-Pathway Early Paused State Intermediates As A Target Of Streptolydigin Inhibition Of Rna Polymerase And Its Dramatic Enhancement By Gre Factors, Anatolii Arseniev, Mikhail Panfilov, Georgii Pobegalov, Alina Potyseva, Polina Pavlinova, Maria Yakunina, Jookyung Lee, Sergei Borukhov, Konstantin Severinov, Mikhail Khodorkovskii

Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine Departmental Research

Antibiotic streptolydigin (Stl) inhibits bacterial transcription by blocking the trigger loop folding in the active center of RNA polymerase (RNAP), which is essential for catalysis. We use acoustic force spectroscopy to characterize the dynamics of transcription elongation in ternary elongation complexes (ECs) of RNAP in the presence of Stl at a single-molecule level. We found that Stl induces long-lived stochastic pauses while the instantaneous velocity of transcription between the pauses is unaffected. Stl enhances the short-lived pauses associated with an off-pathway early paused state intermediates of the RNAP nucleotide addition cycle. Unexpectedly, we found that transcript cleavage factors GreA and …

Displaced And Distressed: Refugee Mental Health As A Public Health Priority, Iman Badr

Visions for Public Health Justice

This infographic examines the critical intersection of race, class, and gender in understanding the mental health challenges faced by Middle Eastern refugees in the United States. Drawing on Fundamental Cause Theory, Gender Role and Socialization Theory, and Stigma Theory, I demonstrate how structural barriers, socioeconomic inequalities, and cultural factors create significant obstacles to mental healthcare access for this vulnerable population. The analysis reveals alarming statistics: PTSD prevalence among Middle Eastern refugees ranges from 13% to 25%, with 48% of Arab refugees in the U.S. meeting criteria for depression and 58% experiencing anxiety. Additionally, the data highlights pronounced gender disparities, with …

Evaluation Of A Token Reinforcement System For Assignment Completion In Students With Educational Disabilities, Brandon O'Dell

Theses

Token reinforcement systems are an effective tool in applied behavior analysis. Studies as early as the 1960s and 70s have demonstrated the effectiveness of token economy from addressing the behaviors of psychiatric patients (e.g., Allyon & Azrin, 1965) to supporting the academic achievement of students in school settings (e.g., McLaughlin & Malaby, 1972) Most recently, Espinoza and Hackenberg (2024) discussed the history and effectiveness of token reinforcement, while providing practical recommendations for its application. The current study aimed to implement a token reinforcement system to increase assignment completion and accuracy in three eighth-grade students with various medical and educational diagnoses …

Front Matter And Table Of Contents

University of Miami Business Law Review

No abstract provided.

Rna Splicing As A Biomarker And Phenotypic Driver Of Meningioma Dna-Methylation Groups., Nathan Leclair, Abrar Choudury, William C Chen, Stephen T Magill, Kathleen Mccortney, Craig M Horbinski, Zhenhong Chen, Ezequiel Goldschmidt, Charlotte D Eaton, Ketan R Bulsara, Wenya Linda Bi, Akash J Patel, Felix Sahm, David Raleigh, Olga Anczuków

Faculty Research 2024

BACKGROUND: Advances in our understanding of the molecular biology of meningiomas have led to significant gains in the ability to predict patient prognosis and tumor recurrence and to identify novel targets for therapeutic design. Specifically, classification of meningiomas based on DNA methylation has greatly improved our ability to risk stratify patients, however new questions have arisen in terms of the underlying impact these DNA-methylation signatures have on meningioma biology.

METHODS: This study utilizes RNA-sequencing data from 486 meningioma samples corresponding to 3 meningioma DNA-methylation groups (merlin-intact, immune-enriched, and hypermitotic), followed by in vitro experiments utilizing human meningioma cell lines.

RESULTS: …

Why The Ostensible Agency Tort Doctrine Is Incoherent, Daniel Harris

University of Miami Business Law Review

One of the most perplexing areas of current tort law is the ostensible agency tort doctrine, which courts use to determine whether companies should be held liable for the negligence of their independent contractors. In most cases, liability under this doctrine requires proof the plaintiff detrimentally relied on a representation that the contractor was an employee of the defendant. However, in cases involving the negligence of independent contractor emergency room doctors, courts often hold hospitals liable under the ostensible agency tort doctrine without requiring such proof. Why does the doctrine take two inconsistent forms?

This Article argues that the law’s …

Exploring Hypertension Prevalence Through Perceived Health Beliefs, Sarah E. Wagman

Honors Capstones

Hypertension is a form of heart disease that is extremely prevalent, affecting many Americans. This disease manifests from countless risk factors often modifiable from an individual’s lifestyle behavior. Many health initiatives are understood by the public including healthy eating, exercise, and maintaining adequate health, but incidence continues to rise. To better understand this occurrence, a framework called the Health Belief Model is used to answer why individuals make the health decisions that they do in relation to hypertension. Participants in both individual, small group, and large group settings were invited to attend a Hypertension Awareness Event. Participants were asked to …

Social Media Vs. Our Brains, Angela Liu

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

The central research question I will be investigating is how social media affects our brains. We have witnessed a significant impact of social media on our youth. The rise of social media in this generation has also created one of the biggest generational gaps yet. Additionally, social media has an even bigger effect on kids who are exposed to it at very young ages. I will be studying how social media affects one’s moods, thoughts, and behaviors, as well as what social media physically does to one’s brain. For example, studies have shown that social media triggers brain activities that …

Dr. Kellie Griggs, A Gardner-Webb Nursing Alumna, Recognized With The Most Prestigious National Honor In Nursing, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Gardner-Webb alumna Dr. Kellie Griggs has received the most prestigious national recognition in nursing. Earlier in November, she was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) in a ceremony held in Washington, D.C. With more than 3,000 Fellows, the Academy represents nursing’s most accomplished leaders in policy, research, administration, practice, and academia.

Perceptions Of Clinicians Towards Offenders Who Utilize The Good Lives Model For Sex Offender Treatment, Janel Nicole Harper

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Understanding how clinicians perceive offenders who utilize the strength-based good lives model (GLM) in treatment may help facilitate more acceptance among clinicians to incorporate strength-based alternatives as well as provide better therapeutic outcomes in treatment. The purpose of this qualitative grounded theory study was to examine the perceptions of clinicians who utilize the GLM for sex offender treatment. Grounded theory was utilized to formulate a theory regarding clinician perceptions towards offenders and its social change implications. The sample comprised of 11 clinical health professionals from mental health agencies who currently work or have worked with sex offenders within the past …

English-Lueck, Jan A., San Jose State University

Emeritus and Retired Faculty Biographies

University of California, Santa Barbara, California, Anthropology, Ph.D. 1985

University of California, Santa Barbara, California, Anthropology, M.A. 1978

California State University, Fresno, California, Summa cum Laude in Anthropology, B.A. 1976

Parasocial Relationships In Children And Teens, Bradley J. Bond, Karen E. Dill-Shackleford, Jayson L. Dibble, Tracy R. Gleason, Nancy Jennings, Sara Rosaen, Rebecca Tukachinsky Forster

Communication Faculty Books and Book Chapters

"Young people have easy access to an array of fictional characters and celebrities, many of whom exist across platforms (e.g., protagonists from the graphic novel Heartstopper now appear in live-action on Netflix) and are manifested in toys and other merchandise. Children and adolescents often create powerful, socioemotional connections with fictional characters and celebrities called parasocial relationships (PSRs). Preschoolers clutching Elmo dolls, tweens fantasizing about interactions with TikTok influencers, and queer teens finding affirmation in a gay couple on Schitt’s Creek all hint at possible PSRs. These one-sided, imagined social ties might raise concerns for parents and other stakeholders; however, PSRs …

Bile Duct Ligation-Induced Cirrhosis Does Not Alter The Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability To Sucrose In Rats, Mohammad K. Miah, Ulrich Bickel, Reza Mehvar

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Contradictory results have been reported about the effects of liver diseases on the blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability to markers. For instance, both an increase and no change in the BBB permeability to BBB markers sodium fluorescein and Evans blue have been reported in experimental cholestasis induced by bile duct ligation (BDL) in rats. These contradictory effects might be due to inherent limitations of these markers and/or methodological issues. Here, we investigated the time course of the impact of BDL in rats on BBB permeability using a recently developed stable isotope labeled marker [¹³C]sucrose, which is expected to be …

Misinformed Depositors, Raj Ashar

University of Miami Business Law Review

Social media enables information to travel faster and wider than ever before, creating endless new possibilities. However, it also has opened the door to misinformation or disinformation, which has already wreaked havoc in many industries, including the financial sector. Given the importance of accurate information in banking stability, false information poses a real risk of causing bank runs that lead to bank failures.

This Article documents the risks that false information poses to the banking industry. It then turns its attention to the regulation of false information in securities markets, which has grappled with the issue for many years. Drawing …

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - December 5, 2024, Lindsay Hughes

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the Thursday, December 5, 2024 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's newsletter -- Watercooler.

Contents include:

• Students, faculty present research at international meeting on tropical medicine
• Medical students present research on peer-to-peer learning at national conference
• USA Health Pediatrics expands with addition of Weidow
• Pierce elected chair of APQI Steering Committee
• Creg named director of Office of Continuing Medical Education
• Dasgupta receives 2024 Mayer Mitchell Award for Excellence in Cancer Research
• Pathology resident presents research on melanoma at national dermapathology conference
• USA Health welcomes Benjamin to infectious disease division

The Comment, December 5, 2024, Bridgewater State University

The Comment

No abstract provided.

Wear Your Heart On Your Sleeve, Whether You Like It Or Not: How Federal Regulation Can Address Advances In Biometric Technology, Greg Marcus

University of Miami Business Law Review

The use of biometric data for identification and authentication has become a common practice for people and businesses across the world. While these technologies offer a promising means of enhanced security, the emergence of artificial intelligence and machine learning has enabled the analysis of biometric data to reveal some of our most intimate personal information from simple physical characteristics. The rapid advancement of this technology has brought the issue of regulation to the forefront of discussions in both Congress and state legislatures. Accordingly, many states have proposed, and in several instances passed legislation specifically regulating the collection of biometric data. …

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda December 05, 2024, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Approval of Minutes
• Program Proposals
• Semester Course Approval Reviews
• Other Business
• Adjourn: 3:00pm

Spectator 2024-12-05, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

Christine Dimter V. Commissioner Social Security

2024 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Zenith Insurance Company V. Martin Newell, Jr.

2024 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Westminster American Insurance Co V. Security National Insurance Co

2024 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Tibbs V. Electrocore,Inc

2024 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

December 5, 2024, Caa

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Screen Media, Obesity, And Nutrition, Amanda E. Staiano, Alyssa M. Button, Gary S. Goldfield, Thomas N. Robinson, Jorge Mota, Susan J. Woolford, Peter T. Katzmarzyk

Population and Public Health Science Faculty Publications

This chapter provides an update on and the synthesis of the most current evidence on screen use, nutritional intake, and obesity in youth. The strongest evidence of a mechanism linking screen media use to obesity is through repeated exposures to unhealthy food marketing and excess eating while viewing screens. Evidence of the neurocognitive effects on dietary consumption via the effects of executive function, satiety, and memory is emerging. Interventions to reduce children's screen time or to incorporate screen media into improving nutrition and obesity outcomes have had mixed results. The evidence base is also limited by imprecise measurements of screen …