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The Use Of Chewing Gum To Alleviate Thirst In Chf Patients Requiring Fluid Restrictions And Oral Diuretics, Madeline B. Simone

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

A clinical decision report using:

Allida SM, Shehab S, Inglis SC, Davidson PM, Hayward CS, Newton PJ. A RandomisEd ControLled TrIal of ChEwing Gum to RelieVE Thirst in Chronic Heart Failure (RELIEVE-CHF). Heart Lung Circ. 2021;30(4):516-524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.004

for a woman with heart failure and under fluid restriction.

Exploring Alternative Treatment Options For A Patient With Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (Adem) Suffering From Iatrogenic Cushing’S Symptoms, Alejandro Ponce Sepulveda

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

A clinical decision report using:

Ravaglia, S,MD, P., Piccolo G, MD, Ceroni M, MD, et al. Severe steroid-resistant post-infectious encephalomyelitis: General features and effects of IVIg. J Neurol. 2007;254(11):1518-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-007-0561-4

for a patient with ADEM and iatrogenic Cushing’s secondary to long-term high dose corticosteroid therapy.

Etanercept, Methotrexate, Or Combined Therapy For Improving Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms, Ajith Dupati

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

A clinical decision report using:

van der Heijde D, Klareskog L, Rodriguez-Valverde V, et al. Comparison of etanercept and methotrexate, alone and combined, in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: two-year clinical and radiographic results from the TEMPO study, a double-blind, randomized trial. Arthritis Rheum. 2006;54(4):1063-1074. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.21655

for a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.

Use Of Empagliflozin As An Adjuvant Treatment For Obstructive Sleep Apnea For A Patient Who Has Not Seen A Physician In Over 40 Years, Andrew Demko

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

A clinical decision report using:

Neeland IJ, Eliasson B, Kasai T, et al. The Impact of Empagliflozin on Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes: An Exploratory Analysis of the EMPA-REG OUTCOME Trial. Diabetes Care. 2020;43(12):3007-3015. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc20-1096

for a patient with obstructive sleep apnea who has not seen a physician in over 40 years.

Mirabegron Does Not Adversely Impact Cognitive Function In Older Adults With Overactive Bladder Compared To Placebo, Sanjna Ghanshani, Abbie R. Bauer

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

A clinical decision report using:

Griebling TL, Campbell NL, Mangel J, et al. Effect of mirabegron on cognitive function in elderly patients with overactive bladder: MoCA results from a phase 4, randomized, placebo-controlled study (PILLAR). BMC Geriatr. 2020;20(1):109. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-1474-7

for a patient with a history of lacunar infarctions who is experiencing urge incontinence.

Predictors And Diagnosis Of Adjustment Disorder In A Middle-Aged Patient With Cholangiocarcinoma, Zoya Gurm, Abbie R. Bauer

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

A clinical decision report using:

Hund B, Reuter K, Härter M, et al. Stressors, Symptom Profile, and Predictors of Adjustment Disorder in Cancer Patients. Results from an Epidemiological Study with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview, Adaptation for Oncology (CIDI-O). Depression and Anxiety. 2016;33(2):153. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22441

for a patient with recently diagnosed solid tumor malignancy.

Safety Of Ipsilateral Intravenous Access In Breast Cancer Surgery Patients, Austin J. Piontkowski, Abbie R. Bauer

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

A clinical decision report appraising

Naranjo J, Portner ER, Jakub JW, Cheville AL, Nuttall GA. Ipsilateral Intravenous Catheter Placement in Breast Cancer Surgery Patients. Anesth Analg. 2021 Sep 1;133(3):707-712. https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000005597

for a post-lumpectomy patient requiring ipsilateral peripherally inserted central catheter.

An Investigation Into The Perceptions Of Female Employees In The Abu Dhabi Government Sector On The Relationship Between Work And Family Life And Its Effect On Their Well-Being, Mouza Mohamed Alqubaisi

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

Due to a radical shift in the employee’s workforce interests, work-life balance (WLB) with its several policies and theoretical implications, has gained importance over the years. This study examines the interaction between family responsibilities and work duties, how it influences women's well-being and the impact this has on work performance, personal well-being and private life. The study applies a theoretical framework that combines elements of Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory and Resource Conservation Theory (COR) to highlight how these women deal with and relate to significant work-family imbalances reflected in their personal well-being. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 20 senior female …

Influence Of Acute High-Intensity Resistance Exercise On Cognitive Performance And Prefrontal Cortex Oxygenation In Recreational Weightlifters, Samuel M. Camacho, Terence Moriarty, Mick G. Mack, Jacob P. Reed, Hyeyoung Cho

Topics in Exercise Science and Kinesiology

Acute exercise has been shown to be effective in improving post-exercise cognitive performance, including executive function. In addition, changes in prefrontal cortex (PFC) activation have been linked to any such improvements. Since resistance and higher intensity exercise is much less studied, the aim of this study was to examine the effect of high-intensity resistance exercise on cognitive performance and to determine if PFC activation was related to this cognitive performance in recreationally trained weightlifters. Ten (M = 5, F = 5) college aged (22 ± 2 years) recreationally trained weightlifters completed the Stroop task prior to and 15- and 30-min …

A Journey To Zambia…A Journey Into Myself, Alison Greenwood

MAGIS: Student Development Journal

After returning from a service trip to Zambia, Africa during the summer of 2009, Alison was inspired to take time for herself and to reflect on her experiences abroad. She enrolled in an independent study with Jake Diaz, Vice President for Student Development at Seattle University, which afforded her the opportunity to look at her own development in graduate school and begin a journey of self-discovery. As part of her independent study, Alison created a lengthy Scholarly Personal Narrative and she has taken pieces from that narrative to create this publication for Magis. The following paper draws on experiences from …

Student Of, Britany Cashatt

MAGIS: Student Development Journal

This poem is in reflection to the work done by all professionals in higher education. It is a calling for us to acknowledge the needs and potentials of the students we are working with. To remember in the slow changing systems of higher education we have as much to learn, if not more, as we have to teach.

Development Of Novel Nanobiocatalysts For Enhancing Carbon Dioxide Capture, Merna Tarek Farag

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

The emissions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere cause a climate change that has devastating impacts. Therefore, reaching the net zero goal, which is the balance between the amount of greenhouse gas emitted to the atmosphere and that removed from it, is critical for the future of our planet unless the net-zero goal is achieved soon, the impacts of climate change will continue to worsen, with severe consequences for ecosystems, human health, and global security. Achieving this goal requires a fundamental shift in the way we produce and consume energy, including the rapid transition to renewable energy sources with improvements …

Comparison Of Toxic Element Cadmium Levels In Female Patients With ‎Benign And ‎‎‎Malignant Uterine Tumors‎ By Flame Atomic Absorption ‎Spectrometry ., Hiba Ghmeedh Adhab, Liwaa Hussein Mahdi, Eman M. Al-Hilo

Maaen Journal for Medical Sciences

Cadmium is a toxic heavy metal known to be associated with various health issues, including cancer. Elevated blood cadmium levels can be a concern and may require medical evaluation and intervention. Some studies describing the etiology of cancer have focused on heavy metals, however, there is little information available for uterine cancer. This study assessed the levels of cadmium in the serum of 60 women with benign and malignant uterine tumors. Blood samples were obtained and analyzed using FAAS spectrometry in Najaf City, Iraq. Serum cadmium levels exhibited higher concentration in patients with malignant uterine tumors than those with benign …

Exploring The Lived Experience Of Former Special Educators In The Greater Toronto Area And Their Perceptions Of Work Conditions In The Special Education Classroom, Michael J. Daniels

Doctor of Education Program Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative interpretive phenomenological analysis was (a) to explore the lived experiences of public Kindergarten–Grade 8 (K–8) special educators in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) who left the field of special education and (b) to understand challenges caused by their work conditions. The research questions were (a) “How do former public K–8 special educators in the GTA describe their lived experience within their special education classroom and the role of work their conditions in their decision to leave the field?” (b) “How do former public K–8 special educators in the GTA in the field of special education …

The Refractive Thinker® Vol. Xxiv Mental Health: Chapter 9: Triage For Mental Health: Faculty’S Role And Assessment, Cheryl Lentz, Dr. Karen Balcanoff, Dr. Cherri Brown

Publications

The public knows about the importance of triage in the hospital emergency setting, but few are aware of this term in institutions of higher learning. Triage is simply matching students with priority order of resources most needed (Merriam Webster, 2023). Faculty can be the first line of defense or first responders in the classroom to provide students the help they need before escalation ensues. The focus of this article was to review the need for additional faculty training to ensure professors are part of students’ “network of care” (Sarraf, 2021). Disruptive student behavior is easy to detect in the classroom …

Acceptable Forms Of State Aid To Airlines During The Covid-19 Pandemic (Part I), Jadwiga Urban-Kozłowska

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

The goal of this paper is to analyze the application of two types of State aid, namely exceptional aid (Article 107(2)(b) TFEU) and anti-crisis aid (Article 107(3)(b) TFEU), which played a key role in the process of supporting air carriers during the COVID-19 pandemic. This will allow us to compare these types of aid, and to answer the question of their significance and usefulness in the context of supporting air carriers, and more broadly other undertakings, during exceptional occurrences such as COVID-19. The criteria for each of these exemptions will be discussed separately, and theoretical considerations will be accompanied by …

Blue Bahay: More Than A Place To Play, Damien Roiland

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

How can we enable disadvantaged youth, whose past and present are unstructured, to (re)build themselves and start thinking about their future? The incredibly effective solution developed by the Delépine Foundation is to let them play! Playing is most often downgraded to a mere form of entertainment. However, it has proven to be essential for education. With a limited budget, the Delépine Foundation (through Aurore Prudent-Roiland) created Blue Bahay, a play center for street and slum children in the Philippines. Through play, young people heal their psychological wounds and increase their resilience. They discover the joy of learning with results that …

Becoming Useless As A Measure Of Success, Rainier A. Ibana

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

Becoming Useless as a Measure of Success

Google Earth: A Discussion On Colonial Inscriptions And The Role Of Digital Technology Experts In Development, Veronica Marie M. Araneta

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

Google Earth: A Discussion on Colonial Inscriptions and the Role of Digital Technology Experts in Development

Healing Historic Memories, Thomas Menamparampil

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

The history and reality of violence ceaselessly plagues communities all over the world. There is no history book and news agency that lacks a piece on violence. Retaliations and reactions as a result of fear and anger quickly turn to violence whether it is protecting one’s boundaries from invaders, fighting for one’s rights, or even the simple prioritizing of the self over the other. Narratives of protection from violence through violence have been (dangerously) immortalized through the collective memory of these injuries that are relived through both myth and history, promoting the conqueror/conquered and hero(ine)/victim narrative and cultivating prejudice. Despite …

Philippine Communities: Indigenous Peoples 2019, Zenaida Hamada-Pawid

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

Philippine Communities: Indigenous Peoples 2019

Interpreting Rizal, Caroline S. Hau, Michael Charlseton "Xiao" Chua

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

Interpreting Rizal, Caroline S. Hau

Sanut, Wayawaya, And The Naimbag A Biag In Ilokano Philosophy, Aurelio S. Agcaoili

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

The essay articulates the fundamental connection of some of the basic concepts in Ilokano ethos as lived in the everyday in order to understand the basic contradictions of the Ilokano way of being in the world (Ilokano ontology), of being in a society marked by good intentions but evil practices. The notion of the good life as a political concept is explored, and its connection to knowledge (Ilokano epistemology) and freedom is established.

Sustaining Temporal Peace: A Worldview For Sustainable Living Inspired By Saint Augustine's Philosophy, Joseph Emmanuel D. Sta. Maria

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

My paper aims to use the philosophical resources of Saint Augustine’s thought, particularly as found in the City of God, in order to sketch a basic worldview which can educate and lead people towards living lives that promote sustainable development. Specifically, I wish to show how Saint Augustine’s concepts of order, rightly ordered love, and temporal peace can serve as material to create a rough metaphysical framework in which human beings are understood to be an integrated part of a greater whole which is the earth. The ethical corollary of this framework is that human beings should act in such …

Nakaparsuaan, Kadagaan, And Panaglunit Ti Daga: Climate Justice And Environmental Ethics In Ilokano Life, Aurelio S. Agcaoili

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

The work offers an interpretation of the world as understood and being lived until today by Ilokanos. Such a reading involves the plumbing into linguistic and cultural data as proofs of an inchoate philosophy that has been preserved in the minds of the Ilokano people and which continues to guide their conduct. The world, understood as the physical environment, peoples, and communities, is linked back to the problem of social justice and stewardship of living and nonliving things, to the issue of who calls the shots in the unethical exploitation of these resources, and to the lessons that can be …

Education Outcomes And Impact Of An Advanced Clinical Ultrasound Track In An Emergency Medicine Residency, Charles W Kropf, David A Haidar, Ryan V Tucker, William Peterson, Neil Khanna, Rob D Huang, Christopher M Fung, Nik Theyyunni

Emergency Medicine Articles

No abstract provided.

Benchmarking Pretrained Models For Speech Emotion Recognition: A Focus On Xception, Ahmed Hassan, Tehroom Masood, Hassan A. Ahmed, H. M. Shahzad, Hafiz Muhammad T. Khushi

Business Faculty Publications

Speech emotion recognition (SER) is an emerging technology that utilizes speech sounds to identify a speaker’s emotional state. Computational intelligence is receiving increasing attention from academics, health, and social media applications. This research was conducted to identify emotional states in verbal communication. We applied a publicly available dataset called RAVDEES. The data augmentation process involved adding noise, applying time stretching, shifting, and pitch, and extracting the features zero cross rate (ZCR), chroma shift, Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC), and a spectrogram. In addition, we used many pretrained deep learning models, such as VGG16, ResNet50, Xception, InceptionV3, and DenseNet121. Out of all …

Current State Of Frailty In Revision Arthroplasty., Brendan Kelly, Nicholas Stratigakis, Arsalaan Sayyed, Tyler K Williamson, Cameron Atkison, Taylor Manes, Nithin Gupta, Morgan Turnow, Frank A Buttacavoli

Surgery Articles

No abstract provided.

Reconsidering The Need For Intraoperative Frozen Section In Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy For Early Breast Cancer In Bahrain, Ahmed Z. Salman, Noora F. Ali, Ali H. Abdulla, Sarah J. Alaraibi, Fatema A. Alkhabbaz, Maryam Hammad, Hussain A. Abdulla

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: Frozen section is performed in sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for early breast cancer to prevent a second surgery, but it has certain disadvantages. Several trials have demonstrated the oncological safety of avoiding axillary dissection in patients with 1–2 positive nodes. This study aimed to assess the need for frozen section during SLNB in early breast cancer. Methods: This retrospective study included patients with early-stage clinically node-negative breast cancer who underwent SLNB with frozen section at Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama, Bahrain, between October 2021 and September 2023. Patients who had neoadjuvant chemotherapy, cT3-4 tumours, ductal carcinoma in situ, …

Inclusion Body Myositis: A Case Report On Navigating Diagnostic Challenges, Marwa Al Sharji, Salim Al Busaidi, Suad Al Jahdhami, Zabah Jawa, Hatem Farhan, Abdullah M. Al Alawi

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a rare progressive myopathy affecting individuals older than 50 years. It is associated with significant morbidity by restricting the patient's mobility and it has a relatively low mortality risk with respiratory muscles involvement. Muscle biopsy is the gold standard method for diagnosis. We report a 72-year-old female patient who was admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Muscat, Oman, in 2023 with progressive weakness of lower limbs. Various diagnostic tests were performed and the patient was subsequently diagnosed with IBM. The patient was treated with methylprednisolone, immunoglobulins, rituximab and prednisolone; this resulted in moderate clinical …