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Expecting Better When You’Re Expecting: Empowering Mothers Through Occupational Therapy, Ann K. Landreville

Occupational Therapy Capstones

The maternal health crisis of the United States presents an opportunity to improve the level of care provided to the maternal population. A new standard of care must be established, going beyond decreasing maternal mortality and morbidity rates, but instead working to promote the health and well-being of mothers. While many well-recognized health professionals currently play a role on the interdisciplinary care team for postpartum mothers, occupational therapists are emerging in this field, proving they have a vital role in providing services that addresses the current gap in care. Many professions largely address physical health; occupational therapists have a holistic …

Promoting Independence In An Existing Cancer Survivorship Program: Adaptive Equipment And Intimacy & Sexuality, Bailee Scheer

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Purpose: The purpose of this project was to create educational materials for cancer survivors and their caregivers/families on the topics of adaptive equipment and intimacy/sexuality. A person is considered a cancer survivor at any point after receiving a cancer diagnosis, regardless of what stage they are at in their course of treatment (American Cancer Society, 2024). The rate of cancer survivors within the United States has grown drastically over the past several years, due to advances in treatment and early detection (Cronin et al., 2022). Cancer survivors experience many changing side effects during and after treatment that influence the way …

An Interdisciplinary Approach To Fall Prevention In Rural Health, Casidi Pullar

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Background: Hospital-acquired falls can lead to severe injuries and complications, posing significant challenges for patient safety and the healthcare facility (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2023). Healthcare workers in rural, Critical Access Hospitals often handle a wide range of responsibilities due to the smaller staff size, limited resources, and difficulty retaining or recruiting staff due to the remote location, typically resulting in fall prevention being less prioritized (Abelsen et al., 2020; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2023). Addressing patient safety and fall prevention strategies is an organizational and systemic challenge that requires evidence-based education and an interdisciplinary team …

Exploring Postpartum Care: A Guide For Mothers, Amber Joy Matlock

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Title: Exploring Postpartum Care: A Guide for Mothers

Background: Thousands of babies are born in hospitals each year. Before being discharged home from the hospital, mothers receive education from interprofessional team members about their infant’s care, but there is a lack of information and education provided to mothers about their care and postpartum recovery. Without having adequate information on a mother’s recovery, there is an increased risk for poor maternal outcomes to occur during the postpartum journey. Maternal health is an emerging practice area for occupational therapy practitioners; the population is within the scope of practice for the profession. Currently, …

Primary Reflex Testing And Integration Guide For Parents And Providers, Abby Jessen

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Purpose: Parents are often unaware of the signs and characteristics of retained reflexes making it difficult to identify if there is a problem (Grigg et al., 2018). Once a problem is identified parents are frequently uninformed of the effects primary reflexes can have on a child’s development and how to foster integration (Grigg et al., 2018). Therefore, demonstrating a need for parent and provider education to support reflex integration amongst the pediatric population. The purpose of this project was to educate parents and providers on retained primary reflexes in children ages four to 11.

Methods: Prior to the start of …

Occupational Therapy Intervention To Promote Rest And Its Role In Inpatient Rehabilitation Recovery, Kjerstin Drugan

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Background: Insufficient sleep is a public health epidemic that affects 10-30% of the population, impacts brain functioning, mood, attention, memory, and healing (CDC, 2015) and increases the likelihood of serious medical conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease (Ho & Sui, 2018). The rate of sleep difficulties increases to 47-67% in the hospitalized population (Miller et al., 2019). According to Poole et al. (2022), 98% of occupational therapists reported believing that sleep assessment and intervention are important in rehabilitation, but less than 25% implemented any intervention. The physical effects and stress of illness and the inpatient rehabilitation …

Nature-Based Therapy Supporting Veterans With Mental Health Difficulties, Kaitlyne Dittberner

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Background: Using nature has been linked to improvements in well-being for individuals with depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (Bettmann et al., 2019). Combining nature with physical activity can increase feelings of revitalization, positive engagement, and energy with decreased feelings of tension, confusion, anger, and depression (Coon et al., 2011). Group-based activities for veterans can assist with the reintegration process back into the community as combat veterans value connections with like peers (Hawkins et al., 2016). Occupational therapy practitioners have the skills to analyze activities to make accommodations to allow veterans to be successful in the occupations in the nature-based …

Midlife Health Crisis Of Former Competitive Athletes: Dissecting Their Experiences Via Qualitative Study, Jacob J. Capin, Taylor Wolf, Jena Heck Street, Carolyn S. Smith, Shannon L. Lennon, William B. Farquhar, Sandra K. Hunter, Linda B. Piacentine

Physical Therapy Faculty Research and Publications

Sports participation confers many health benefits yet greatly increases injury risk. Long-term health outcomes in former athletes and transition to life after competitive sports are understudied. Ending a sport may pose physical and psychosocial challenges. The purpose was to determine the lived experiences of former competitive athletes and how their sports participation impacted their long-term health and well-being. Former college varsity athletes participated in semistructured interviews focusing on their experiences, including past and current health, the impact of injuries, activity, exercise, diet and transition to life after competitive sport. Thematic analysis was completed using a collaborative, iterative process. Thirty-one (16 …

Supporting Clients And Caregivers Of Full-Time Wheelchair Users At Risk For Pressure Injuries, Jessica Lynn Wetzel

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Title: Supporting Clients and Caregivers of Full-Time Wheelchair Users at Risk for Pressure Injuries

Purpose: Wheelchair users are classified as a population at a great risk for developing pressure injuries due to their decreased sensation and extensive time seated on bony prominences (Mervis & Phillips, 2023). Affecting around three million adults each year in the United States alone, the number of pressure injuries is a cause for concern (Mervis & Phillips, 2023). More severe pressure injuries can cause sedentary lifestyles, further leading to occupational deprivation of the individual experiencing them. Although there are many strategies to prevent pressure injury formation, …

An Occupational Therapy Approach To Chronic Condition Self-Management, Makayla Marie Tucker

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Background Chronic health conditions often lead to decreased engagement in valued occupations, habits, roles, and routines secondary to the effects of the diagnosis (Lorig et al., 2020). This community project aims to explore occupation-based intervention approaches to assist adults in self-managing their chronic conditions. Additionally, the project aims to fill the gap in healthcare to improve healthcare professionals’ collaboration to improve clients’ health outcomes. Occupational therapy’s role in health management may include developing habits and management strategies for nutrition, physical activity, medications, stress and coping, and improving social skills for problem solving and communication. A literature review and informal interviews …

Enhancing The Service Delivery For Adolescents Using The Mental Health Continuum Through Occupational Therapy, Jadalyn Lane Wagner

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Purpose: The purpose of this scholarly project was to understand how occupational therapy services can enhance the quality of mental health services for adolescents and across the life span. The materials developed provide occupational therapy practitioners resources to demonstrate their unique value and role within the interdisciplinary teams and settings within the mental health continuum of care.

Methodology: The Model of Human Occupation was utilized to organize the literature review that led to the creation of the materials (O’Brien, 2017). Reviewing the literature with the model allowed for a thorough understanding of the needs of adolescents with mental illness, the …

Improving Occupational Performance For Survivors Of Sex Trafficking: An Executive Functioning Program, Riley P. Thomas

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Purpose: In 2021, the U.S. reported 10,360 human trafficking cases, of which 7,499 or 72% were explicitly identified as instances of sex trafficking (National Human Trafficking Hotline, 2021). Sex trafficking is “a form of modern-day slavery in which individuals perform commercial sex through the use of force, fraud, or coercion” (National Human Trafficking Hotline, n.d., para. 1). Due to survivors of sex trafficking being exposed to dehumanizing and traumatic events, this may impact the ability to participate and engage in daily activities related to an individual's executive functioning and life skills. The purpose of this scholarly project was to analyze …

A First Amendment Failure: Surrendering To Science Misinformation For Bioengineered Foods, Casey J. Nelson

University of Colorado Law Review

Government-compelled commercial disclosures are not unfamiliar to consumers. Common labels include nutrition facts and ingredient information. The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard, which took full force at the start of 2022, is of a different nature. The new law requires all manufacturers, all importers, and certain retailers of bioengineered foods to disclose on the food’s packaging that it has been produced with bioengineering technology. Even so, a large swath of the public is ignorant of “bioengineering’s” true meaning and bioengineering technology’s true quality. The politically charged and fact-lacking debate on bioengineered foods renders this standard an impermissible coercion of speech …

Lexisnexis’S Contract With Ice As Unjust Enrichment, Lizzie Bird

University of Colorado Law Review

For $22.1 million, LexisNexis is currently helping Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surveil, detain, and deport noncitizens. Like other data brokers, LexisNexis’s role in the collection and sale of personal information has largely been ignored by regulators, judges, and the public. A recent lawsuit against LexisNexis in Illinois includes, among other claims, a claim of unjust enrichment. This often misunderstood and unpopular claim has a complex history which presents both a barrier to relief and an opportunity for advocates to push courts to clarify the doctrine. This Note examines the history of the theory of unjust enrichment, surveys its recent …

Preserving Oral Health, Khrystyna Vyprynyuk, Renata Budny

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

The Prevalence And Characteristic Of Latent Tb In Patients On Immunosuppressant Agents And Biological Treatment, Tuqa Deia Khadhim, Basil Fawzi Jassar

Muthanna Medical Journal

LTTB is a common condition occurring in one fourth of those who were exposed to mycobacterial bacilli with Medically induced immunosuppression stands as a significant risk factor for having LTTB. Aim of the study: To assess the prevalence and characteristics of LTTB in patients on immunosuppressive agents and biological treatment. A cross-sectional research of 150 patients on immunosuppressants and biological therapy for diverse diseases at Baghdad teaching hospital outpatient rheumatology, dermatology, and TB clinics between 2023 and 2024 was done. All patients were examined with a detailed clinical history, physical exam, and chest x-ray or CT scan. IGRA testing was …

Letter From The Faculty Editor, Beth Kegley

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Water Scarcity On Gender Dynamics In Egypt, Zahwa Kortam

The Undergraduate Research Journal

This article investigates the complex relationship between Egypt's agriculture, water scarcity, and gender dynamics. It highlights the challenges facing the agricultural sector due to water shortages in a country highly dependent on the Nile River for food security and agricultural development. Women, who have been traditionally integral to agriculture, have to deal with multiple challenges posed by water scarcity. For men, their roles are changing, and with that, the power dynamics and social norms. This article attempts to reveal opportunities for gender equality and sustainable use of water resources through the examination differences in experiences between men and women in …

Energy Content Of Acorns Of Shinnery Oak (Quercus Havardii) In The Diet Of Scaled Quail (Callipepla Squamata) In Southeastern New Mexico, J.L. Hunt, M.E. Grilliot, T.L. Best, D. Lozano-Lopez, E.R. Neilson, I.C. Castillo

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Shinnery oak (Quercus havardii) is a deciduous, low-growing shrubby tree that is a dominant plant in large areas of grassland in western Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle, and eastern New Mexico. Acorns of the plant are important food items for many wildlife species, including scaled quail (Callipepla squamata), mourning doves (Zenaida macroura), and endangered lesser prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus). We analyzed the energy content of acorns of shinnery oak obtained from the crops of scaled quail collected from plains-mesa sand-scrub in Lea and Eddy counties, New Mexico. Acorns were removed from crops and dried for 48 hours at 60°C to remove moisture …

Gains And Challenges Of The Barangay Health Worker (Bhw) Program During Covid-19 In Selected Cities In The Philippines, Mikhaela Y.T. Baliola, Margaret R. Golpe, Leslie V. Advincula-Lopez

Development Studies Faculty Publications

Background: The Philippine Barangay Health Worker (BHW) program extends the accessibility of health care services at the community level. BHWs are trained volunteers who perform various health-promoting and health-educating tasks and provide primary health care (PHC) services within their communities. However, the weak implementation of policies meant to protect their welfare, like the BHW Benefits and Incentives Act (Republic Act No. 7883), translates to challenges that impact the sustainability of the BHW program. This qualitative study aimed to explore the BHWs' experiences with RA 7883 and how its implementation shaped their overall role as frontline health workers during the pandemic. …

Deciphering A Non-Meal: Pantawid-Gutom And The Everyday Negotiation Of Hunger In The Philippines, Gideon Lasco, Jhaki Mendoza

Development Studies Faculty Publications

Pantawid-gutom literally means “to bridge hunger” and refers to a range of food and non-food products and practices in the Philippines that allow people to survive in between “serious meals.” What does its existence as a liminal category between food/non-food or serious/non-serious meal signify, particularly for millions of Filipino families who regularly experience hunger? Drawing on fieldwork in low-income urban communities on Luzon Island, and from a review of the scholarly and popular literature, we use local conceptions of pantawid-gutom—hitherto overlooked in the scholarship—as a starting point for exploring the lived reality of food insecurity in the country. The efficacy …

Synthesis And Evaluation Of 1,3-Disubstituted Imidazolidine-2,4,5-Triones As Inhibitors Of Pyruvate Carboxylase, Nicholas O. Schneider, Keandra Gilreath, Niel M. Henriksen, William A. Donaldson, Subhabrata Chaudhury, Martin St. Maurice

Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

Substituted imidazolidinetriones (IZTs) have been identified as potent inhibitors of pyruvate carboxylase (PC) through an in silico screening approach. Alkyl 2-(2,4,5-trioxo-3-substituted imidazolidin-1-yl)acetates (6i–6r) are the most potent of the series, with IC50 values between 3 and 12 μM, and several IZTs demonstrate high passive permeability across an artificial membrane. IZTs are mixed-type inhibitors with respect to pyruvate and noncompetitive with respect to ATP. This class of inhibitors appears to be selective for PC. Inhibitors in the IZT series do not inhibit the metalloenzymes human carbonic anhydrase II and matrix metalloprotease-12, and they do not inhibit the related biotin-dependent enzyme, guanidine …

Advancing Explainability In Multi-Label Classification For Tomato Disease Detection Using Machine Learning Interpretability Techniques, Md. Nurullah

Theses and Dissertations

Plant diseases pose a significant threat to global food security, affecting crop yield, quality, and overall agricultural productivity. Traditionally, diagnosing plant diseases has relied on timeconsuming visual inspections by experts, which can often lead to errors. With the rapid growth of technology, machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) have opened new possibilities for automating this process. One of the most promising technologies for plant disease diagnosis is Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), which have proven effective in image classification tasks. Plant leaves, often exhibiting symptoms such as discoloration and irregular textures, serve as key indicators for disease detection. By processing …

Social Engagement Gaps Between Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics (Stem) F-1 Visa International Students And American Students In Us Universities, Sairagul Matikeeva-Kinney

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative exploratory descriptive study was to explore the perceptions of F1 visa STEM international students at a four-year private university about their social engagement experiences with their American peers, and how the absence of such engagement practices frames the international students’ sense of mattering and marginality and overall college experience. The study focused only on F-1 visa international students’ perceptions and utilized the marginality and mattering theory (MMT) (Schlossberg, 1989) as a theoretical framework. The social constructivism paradigm was utilized to explain how international students construct their knowledge and perceptions of social engagement with American peers, …

Machine Learning Applications In Spine Biomechanics, Farshid Ghezelbash, Amir Hossein Eskandari, Xavier Robert-Lachaine, Shufan Cao, Mehran Pesteie, Zhuohua Qiao, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, Christian Larivière

Études primaires

Spine biomechanics is at a transformation with the advent and integration of machine learning and computer vision technologies. These novel techniques facilitate the estimation of 3D body shapes, anthropometrics, and kinematics from as simple as a single-camera image, making them more accessible and practical for a diverse range of applications. This study introduces a framework that merges these methodologies with traditional musculoskeletal modeling, enabling comprehensive analysis of spinal biomechanics during complex activities from a single camera. The real-world applications explored in this study include assessment in workplace lifting, evaluation of whiplash injuries in car accidents, and biomechanical analysis in professional …

2024 Canadian Surgery Forum: Sept. 25-28, 2024., Christine Li, Michael Guo, Ahmer Karimuddin, Michael Guo, Christine Li, Ahmer Karimuddin, Jason Sutherland, Bright Huo, Tyler Mckechnie, Monica Ortenzi, Yung Lee, Stavros Antoniou, Julio Mayol, Hassaan Ahmed, Vanessa Boudreau, Karim Ramji, Cagla Eskicioglu, Pieter De Jager, David Urbach, Meredith Poole, Aghiles Abbad, Hussain Al-Shamali, Zainab Al-Faraj, Chuck Wen, Radu Pescarus, Robert Bechara, Dennis Hong, Lily J Park, Maura Marcucci, Sandra Ofori, Jessica Bogach, Pablo E Serrano, Marko Simunovic, Ilun Yang, Margherita Cadeddu, Michael J Marcaccio, Flavia K Borges, Rahima Nenshi, P J Devereaux, Peter Urbanellis, Joanne Douglas, Evan Nemeth, James Ellsmere, Richard Spence, Joshua Cunningham, Ryan Falk, Tom Skinner, Nicole Ebert, Lauren Galbraith, Mark Prins, Shahrzad Joharifard, Emilie Joos, Adele Orovec, Lynn Lethbridge, Richard Spence, Marius Hoogerboord, Heather Stuart, Anne-Marie Bergeron, Ilun Yang, Jessica Bogach, Laura Nguyen, Clare Reade, Lua Eiriksson, Michelle Morais, Gillian Hanley, Sarah Mah, Karanbir Brar, Keri A Seymour, Shaina R Eckhouse, Ranjan Sudan, Jacob A Greenberg, Dana Portenier, James J Jung, Anne Light, Brittany Dingley, Megan Delisle, Sameer Apte, Ranjeeta Mallick, Trevor Hamilton, Heather Stuart, Martha Talbot, Gregory Mckinnon, Evan Jost, Eve Thiboutot, Carolyn Nessim, Neha Katote, Ashley Drohan, Richard Spence, Katerina Neumann, Ge Shi, Regina Leung, Christina Lim, Matthew Van Oirschot, Aaron Grant, Sarah Knowles, Julie Ann Van Koughnett, Karine Brousseau, Leah Monette, Daniel Mcisaac, Christopher Wherrett, Ranjeeta Mallick, Aklile Workneh, Tim Ramsay, Alan Tinmouth, Julie Shaw, François Martin Carrier, Dean Fergusson, Guillaume Martel, Matthew Cornacchia, Victoria Ivankovic, Shahad Abdulkhaleq Mamalchi, Dexter Choi, Peter Glen, Maher Matar, Fady Balaa, Natasha Caminsky, Sarah Mashal, Nathalie Boulanger, Larry Watt, Jonathon Campbell, Jeremy Grushka, Paola Fata, Evan Wong, Michael Guo, Ahmer Karimuddin, Jason Sutherland, Christine Li, Wenjie Lin, Ahmer Karimuddin, Bright Huo, Elisa Calabrese, Sunjay Kumar, Bethany Slater, Danielle S Walsh, Wesley Vosburg, Uzair Jogiat, Simon Turner, Vickie Baracos, Dean Eurich, Heather Filafilo, Eric Bedard, Sam Khan, Tom Waddell, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Andrew Pierre, Shaf Keshavjee, Elliot Wakeam, Laura Donahoe, Marcelo Cypel, Najib Safieddine, Michael Ko, Natasha Leighl, Jamie Feng, Jonathan Yeung, Marc De Perrot, Alexandra Salvarrey, Negar Ahmadi, Carmine Simone, Gazala Sayf, David Parente, Victoria Cheung, Mary R Rabey, Michael Cabanero, Lisa W Le, Christodoulos Pipinikas, Amber Chevalier, Richard Chaulk, David Sahai, Richard Malthaner, Mehdi Qiabi, Dalilah Fortin, Richard Inculet, Rahul Nayak, John Campbell, Peter White, Adam Bograd, Alexander Farivar, Brian Louie, Geraint Berger, Daniel French, Simon Houston, Flyn Gallardo, Bryce Macek, Richard Liu, Biniam Kidane, Nader M Hanna, Yogita S Patel, Ikennah Browne, Esther Provost, Forough Farrokhyar, Ehsan Haider, Waël C Hanna, Garrett Johnson, George Okoli, Nicole Askin, Ahmed Abou-Setta, Harminder Singh, Alexandra Coxon-Meggy, Julie Cornish, Lars Icat Study Management Group, Sahil Sharma, Jigish Khamar, Jo-Anne Petropolous, Amandeep Ghuman, Wenjie Lin, Christine Li, Carl Brown, Terry Phang, Manoj Raval, Amandeep Ghuman, Elizabeth Clement, Ahmer Karimuddin, Tyler Mckechnie, Jigish Khamar, Christopher Chu, Amin Hatamnejad, Ghazal Jessani, Yung Lee, Aristithes Doumouras, Dennis Hong, Cagla Eskicioglu, Giancarlo Sticca, Madeleine Poirier, Jean-François Tremblay, Jean-François Latulippe, Yves Bendavid, Jean-Sébastien Trépanier, Ariane Lacaille-Ranger, Margaret Henri, Tyler Mckechnie, Tania Kazi, Victoria Shi, Shan Grewal, Ahmed Aldarraji, Kelly Brennan, Sunil Patel, Nalin Amin, Aristithes Doumouras, Sameer Parpia, Cagla Eskicioglu, Mohit Bhandari, Gaurav Talwar, Tyler Mckechnie, Jigish Khamar, Luke Heimann, Swati Anant, Cagla Eskicioglu, Victoria Shi, Tyler Mckechnie, Swati Anant, Moeiz Ahmed, Sahil Sharma, Gaurav Talwar, Dennis Hong, Cagla Eskicioglu, Tania Kazi, Tyler Mckechnie, Yung Lee, Rehab Alsayari, Gaurav Talwar, Aristithes Doumouras, Dennis Hong, Cagla Eskicioglu, Lily J Park, Husein Moloo, Tim Ramsay, Kednapa Thavorn, Justin Presseau, Terry Zwiep, Guillaume Martel, P J Devereaux, Robert Talarico, Daniel I Mcisaac, Madeline Lemke, Wenjie Lin, Carl Brown, Elizabeth Clement, Anu Ghuman, Terry Phang, Manoj Raval, Ahmer Karimuddin, Christine Li, Wenjie Lin, Elizabeth Clement, Amandeep Ghuman, Cameron Hague, Ahmer Karimuddin, P Terry Phang, Manoj Raval, Pari Tiwari, Patrick Vos, Carl Brown, Alessandro Ricci, Ameer Farooq, Sunil Patel, Kelly Brennan, Vanessa Wiseman, Tyler Mckechnie, Allison Keeping, Paul Johnson, Heidi Bentley, Karim Messak, Jessica Bogach, Gregory Pond, Shawn Forbes, Vanja Grubac, Scott Tsai, Christian Van Der Pol, Marko Simunovic, Adom Bondzi-Simpson, Ramy Behman, Tiago Ribeiro, Sheron Perera, Aisha Lofters, Rinku Sutradhar, Rebecca Snyder, Callisia Clarke, Natalie Coburn, Julie Hallet, Natasha Caminsky, Alex Chen, Jeongyoon Moon, Paul Brassard, Daniel Marinescu, Teodora Dumitra, Ebram Salama, Carol-Ann Vasilevsky, Marylise Boutros, Kelly Brennan, Tyler Mckechnie, Vanessa Wiseman, Alessandro Ricci, Ameer Farooq, Sunil Patel, Tania Kazi, Tyler Mckechnie, Ghazal Jessani, Victoria Shi, Niv Sne, Aristithes Doumouras, Dennis Hong, Cagla Eskicioglu, Manisha Jogendran, Jennifer Flemming, Maya Djerboua, Martin Korzeniowski, Brooke Wilson, Shaila Merchant, Sean Bennett, Kala Hickey, Stephanie Gill, Zoë Breen, Kaitlyn Harding, Hannah Yaremko, Patti Power, Alex Mathieson, David Pace, Joannie Neveu, Sean Bennett, Brooke Wilson, Nan Chen, Weidong Kong, Sunil Patel, Christopher Booth, Shaila Merchant, Sean Bennett, Georgia Nelson, Nouf Almarzooqi, Manisha Jogendran, Maya Djerboua, Brooke Wilson, Jennifer Flemming, Shaila Merchant, Lily J Park, Carol Wang, Vicki Archer, Tyler Mckechnie, Dan Cohen, Jessica Bogach, Marko Simunovic, Pablo E Serrano, Rodney H Breau, Paul Karanicolas, P J Devereaux, Georgia Nelson, Nouf Almarzooqi, Shaila Merchant, Sean Bennett, Janyssa Charbonneau, Mai-Kim Gervais, Alexandre Brind'amour, Narcisse Singbo, Mikaël Lefebvre Soucisse, Lucas Sidéris, Guy Leblanc, Jean-François Tremblay, Pierre Dubé, Ekaterina Kouzmina, Matthew Castelo, Nicole Look Hong, Julie Hallet, Natalie Coburn, Frances Write, Lena Nguyen, Sonal Gandhi, Katarzyna Jerzak, Andrea Eisen, Amanda Roberts, Dejan Vidovic, Brianne Cruickshank, Lucy Helyer, Carman Giacomantonio, Zuhaib Mir, Matheus Faleiro, Stephanie Hiebert, Scott Livingstone, Mark Walsh, Boris Gala-Lopez, Sukhdeep Jatana, Daniel Krys, Uzair Jogiat, Janice Kung, Kevin Verhoeff, Tori Lenet, François Martin Carrier, Karine Brousseau, Franck Vandenbroucke-Menu, Yves Collin, Richard W D Gilbert, Maja Segedi, Jad Abou Khalil, Kimberly A Bertens, Fady Balaa, Dean A Fergusson, Guillaume Martel, Christopher Wherrett, Katlin Mallette, Leah Monette, Aklile Workneh, Monique Ruel, Elham Sabri, Heather Maddison, Melanie Tokessym, Patrick B Y Wong, Luc Massicotte, Michaël Chassé, Michel-Antoine Perrault, Élodie Hamel-Perreault, Jeieung Park, Shirley Lim, Véronique Maltais, Philemon Leung, Timothy Ramsay, Alan Tinmouth, Zofia Czarnecka, Nidheesh Dadheeech, Rena Pawlick, Haide Razavy, James Shapiro, Panthea Pouramin, Susan Allen, Boris Gala-Lopez, Nawal Amhis, Rachel Liu Hennessey, Yuwei Yang, Rochelle Guan, Yolanda Zhang, Adam Meneghetti, Chieh Chiu, Dhuvaraha Srikrishnaraj, Jeffrey Hawel, Christopher Schlachta, Ahmad Elnahas, Ayse Yilbas, Marguerite Mainprize, Anton Svendrovski, Christoph Paasch, Fernando Spencer Netto, Jigish Khamar, Tyler Mckechnie, Amin Hatamnejad, Yung Lee, Bright Huo, Edward Passos, Niv Sne, Cagla Eskicioglu, Dennis Hong, Sean Bennett, Jennifer Flemming, Maya Djerboua, Vanessa Wiseman, Jonah Moore, Peter Szasz, Sulaiman Nanji, Jonah Moore, Vanessa Wiseman, Peter Szasz, Isis Lunsky, Sulaiman Nanji, Jennifer A Flemming, Sean Bennett, Sandra Mckeown, Omar Mouhammed, Colton Gibb, Kevin Verhoeff, Michael Kim, Matt Strickland, Ram Anantha, Ilinca Georgescu, Yung Lee, Thomas Shin, Lea Tessier, Arshia Javidan, James Jung, Dennis Hong, Tyler Mckechnie, Andrew Strong, Matthew Kroh, Jerry Dang, Muhammad Faran, Tyler Mckechnie, Emma O'Callaghan, Sama Anvari, Taylor Hughes, Mark Crowther, Mehran Anvari, Aristithes Doumouras, Amin Andalib, Ali Safar, Philippe Bouchard, Sebastian Demyttenaere, Olivier Court, Simran Parmar, Brianna Brand, Noah Switzer, Richdeep Gil, Sunawer Aujla, Morgan Schellenberg, Natthida Owattanapanich, Brent Emigh, Jan-Michael Van Gent, Tanya Egodage, Patrick B Murphy, Chad Ball, Audrey L Spencer, Kelly N Vogt, Jessica A Keeley, Stephanie Doris, Kenji Inaba, Jordan Nantais, Nancy Baxter, Refik Saskin, Andrew Calzavara, David Gomez, Alex Le, Philip Dawe, Morad Hameed, Amir Hassanpour, Eran Shlomovitz, David Gomez, Eisar Al-Sukhni, Vanessa Wiseman, Sunil Patel, Sean Bennett, Zuhaib Mir, Stephanie Roberts, Harvey Hawes, Khalil Merali, Rachel Morris, Marc De Moya, Todd Neideen, Andrew Kastenmeier, Lewis Somberg, Dan Holena, Patrick Murphy, Jordan Nantais, Nancy Baxter, Refik Saskin, Andrew Calzavara, David Gomez, Asad Naveed, Umang Deshpande, David Gomez, Joao Rezende-Neto, Najma Ahmed, Andrew Beckett

Surgery Articles

No abstract provided.

Differential Photosynthetic Yield And Accumulated Degree Day Estimation For Parrotfeather (Myriophyllum Aquaticum) To Determine Invasive Potential In The Midwest, United States, Alyssa Anderson

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Thank you to the Aquatic Plant Management Society (APMS) and affiliated chapters for funding this project. I would like to thank Mississippi State University for sending my source parrotfeather for propagation throughout the course of this project. Thank you to Jenna Eklund, Allison Squires, Thomas Zellmer, Justin Kjorness, and others in the Weed Science lab for their assistance. Finally, I would like to extend my thanks and gratitude to my committee members: Ryan Wersal, PhD, Christopher Ruhland, PhD, and Gray Turnage, PhD for their everlasting support and guidance throughout this project.

Health-Related Social Needs Before And After Critical Illness Among Medicare Beneficiaries, Tamar A. Kaminski

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Health-Related Social Needs (HRSNs), such as financial strain, food insecurity, social isolation, and transportation disadvantage, are unmet social needs associated with poor health outcomes and increased healthcare utilization. In qualitative work, survivors of the intensive care unit (ICU) report financial strain; however, little is known about food insecurity, social isolation, and transportation disadvantage after critical illness. The objectives of this study were twofold: (1) to ascertain changes in three HRSNs—food insecurity, social isolation, and transportation disadvantage—from the year before critical illness to the year following discharge among older adult survivors of critical illness, and (2) to evaluate demographic, pre-admission, and …

Prevalence Of Metabolic Comorbidities And Viral Infections In Monoclonal Gammopathy, Mansen Yu

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Monoclonal gammopathy (MG) encompasses a spectrum of related diseases, with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) being the most prevalent, serving as a precursor of smoldering and clinical multiple myeloma. While the association between gammopathies, metabolic conditions and antigenic stimulation has long been recognized, the precise mechanism remains unclear. Prior research has shown that a subset of MGUS and MM is driven by chronic antigenic stimulation of B cells by endogenous lipids and exogenous microbial antigens. The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of metabolic comorbidities and viral infections in a large population with monoclonal gammopathy, providing …

Preoperative Psychosocial Risk Burden Among Patients Undergoing Major Thoracic And Abdominal Surgery, Emily Park

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Objective: Patient-related, biological risk factors such as age, diabetes, and smoking are associated with worse outcomes and increased postoperative complications rates in patients. However, not much is known about the effects of psychosocial risk factors on surgical outcomes. This study aimed to characterize the psychosocial risk burden in patients undergoing major surgery for malignant and benign conditions. Methods: A prospective, comprehensive psychosocial risk assessment of adult patients undergoing major thoracic or abdominal surgery within the Yale New Haven Health system was conducted from July 2023 to December 2023. The study was delivered over telephone, and was comprised of validated survey …