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Group Therapy For Externalizing Behavior Problems In Youth: A Meta-Analysis, Rachel Anne Arnold

Theses and Dissertations

Externalizing behavior problems are a common concern among youth and can be associated with significant problems. As such, the need for effective treatment is evident. While research on psychosocial interventions has been promising, the specific efficacy of youth group therapy has not been assessed in a meta-analysis. Objectives: to assess group therapy's efficacy for youth with behavioral issues and whether treatment effects are moderated by study, patient, leader, or group characteristics. Method: major databases were used to identify and screen potential articles based on inclusion criteria. Included studied were analyzed in a random effects meta-analysis, and potential moderators were assessed. …

Investigating The Use Of Translational Methods To Characterize Therapeutic Interventions In Models Of Pulmonary Disease, Ashley Rae Chang

Theses and Dissertations

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is an interstitial lung disease with no known cause or cure. IPF has an incidence of 75/1,000,000 of the population, predominately in men over the age of 60. This relatively rare disease develops in a chronic and progressive way, ultimately leading to death within two to five years of diagnosis. Our use of translatable methodologies in the bleomycin mouse model of IPF led to the novel identification of the similarities between the average percent loss of lung function in previous human clinical trials to that of our mouse model data. There is no treatment for IPF …

Short-Term Fasting Lowers Glucagon Levels Under Euglycemic And Hypoglycemic Conditions In Healthy Humans, Shana O. Warner, Yufei Dai, Nicole Sheanon, Michael V. Yao, Rebecca L. Cason, Shahriar Arbabi, Shailendra B. Patel, Diana Lindquist, Jason J. Winnick

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

Fasting is associated with increased susceptibility to hypoglycemia in people with type 1 diabetes, thereby making it a significant health risk. To date, the relationship between fasting and insulin-induced hypoglycemia has not been well characterized, so our objective was to determine whether insulin-independent factors, such as counterregulatory hormone responses, are adversely impacted by fasting in healthy control individuals. Counterregulatory responses to insulin-induced hypoglycemia were measured in 12 healthy people during 2 metabolic studies. During one study, participants ate breakfast and lunch, after which they underwent a 2-hour bout of insulin-induced hypoglycemia (FED). During the other study, participants remained fasted prior …

Book Review: Kumar, Ashwani. (Ed.). (2022). Engaging With Meditative Inquiry In Teaching, Learning, And Research: Realizing Transformative Potentials In Diverse Contexts. New York, Ny: Routledge., Giovanni Rossini Phd

Journal of Contemplative and Holistic Education

Book Review of following text:

Kumar, Ashwani. (Ed.). (2022). Engaging with Meditative Inquiry in Teaching, Learning, and Research: Realizing Transformative Potentials in Diverse Contexts. New York, NY: Routledge.

Soft Contact Lens Tear Film Proteomics For Clinical Diagnostic Biomarker Discovery, Robert Kimball Roden

Theses and Dissertations

Human tear film is an accessible biospecimen rich with useful biological information. As tear protein biomarkers for both ocular and systemic diseases have been identified in tears, efforts are being made to create point-of-care tests useful for clinical diagnoses. However, there are significant obstacles to tear diagnostics, including inadequate sampling methods and biomarkers with insufficient sensitivity and specificity. Furthermore, tear film diagnostics are particularly challenging for dry eye disease (DED) patients, where low tear volume makes sampling more difficult and the multifactorial nature of DED makes identifying the exact pathological subtype very complex. As soft contact lenses (SCLs) are designed …

Rickettsia Africae And Other Unclassified Rickettsia Species Of The Spotted Fever Group In Ticks Of The Western Ghats, India, N. Naren Babu, Anup Jayaram, Amogh Milind Auti, Yuvraj Bhandari, Ujwal Shetty, Govindakarnavar Arunkumar

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Library Materials

The spotted fever group (SFG) of Rickettsia are zoonotic disease-causing pathogens, commonly transmitted by hard ticks to a wide range of hosts, including humans. Rickettsia conorii is the common SFG recognised in India, whereas most of the infections due to other group species go undifferentiated at the species level. Hence, this study was conducted to screen host-seeking ticks in the Western Ghats region, India, for the DNA of SFG Rickettsia. The ticks were collected from Kerala, Goa, and Maharashtra states of India during a survey conducted between November 2017 and January 2018. In total, 288 tick pools were screened …

The Performative History Of Tomboys In Anglophone Literature Prior To Little Women, Kimber Palmer

Theses and Dissertations

This paper examines the expansive history of literary tomboys in the century preceding Louisa May Alcott's Little Women (1868). Applying concepts from gender performativity theory, it explores earlier and previously overlooked portrayals of tomboys (or, alternatively, "hoydens" or "romps"), especially in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's A Trip to Scarborough (1777), Isaac Bickerstaffe's The Romp; A Comic Opera in Two Acts (1786), Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey (1817), and E.D.E.N. Southworth's The Hidden Hand (1859). Because the tomboy phenomenon emphasizes that gender roles must be learned and can be resisted, tomboy characters are …

Characteristics And Hydraulic Behavior Of Adsorptive Media For Use In Permeable Reactive Barriers, Shelby Rocha

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Cargill ditch is located on the property of Se7en Wetlands, a 1600-ac treatment wetland system in Lakeland, Polk County, Florida. The Se7en Wetlands property was previously utilized for phosphate mining prior to the construction of the system. Nonpoint nutrient sources derived from remnants of abandoned phosphate mines – known as “legacy phosphorus” – become mobilized by stormwater runoff and impair surface water bodies by promoting harmful algal blooms (HABs). Thus, the Cargill ditch likely conveys nutrient rich flow resulting from legacy phosphorus and is thought to be one contributing factor in the occurrence of HABs within the treatment wetland …

Integration Of Electrophysiological And Behavioral Economic Models Of Reward Among Heavy Drinking Emerging Adults, Samuel Fisher Acuff

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

According to behavioral economics, alcohol consumption is most likely when alcohol is overvalued relative to alternatives and when the individual steeply discounts delayed rewards. Recent studies exploring electrophysiological models of reward suggest there may be specific event-related potentials (ERPs) associated with behavioral economic constructs, namely, the P3 (a proposed marker of incentive salience) and RewP (a marker of the amplitude of response to reward). Although some studies suggest the P3 may be associated with alcohol use, none have disaggregated social influences in the context of alcohol cue reactivity. Further, no study has explored the effect of delay to reward receipt …

Nanoparticle-Enhanced Proton Beam Immunoradiotherapy Drives Immune Activation And Durable Tumor Rejection, Yun Hu, Sébastien Paris, Narayan Sahoo, Genevieve Bertolet, Qi Wang, Qianxia Wang, Hampartsoum B Barsoumian, Jordan Da Silva, Ailing Huang, Denaha J Doss, David P Pollock, Ethan Hsu, Nanez Selene, Claudia S Kettlun Leyton, Tiffany A Voss, Fatemeh Masrorpour, Shonik Ganjoo, Carola Leuschner, Jordan T Pietz, Nahum Puebla-Osorio, Saumil Gandhi, Quynh-Nhu Nguyen, Jing Wang, Maria Angelica Cortez, James W Welsh

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The combination of radiation therapy (RT) and immunotherapy has emerged as a promising treatment option in oncology. Historically, x-ray radiation (XRT) has been the most commonly used form of RT. However, proton beam therapy (PBT) is gaining recognition as a viable alternative, as it has been shown to produce similar outcomes to XRT while minimizing off-target effects. The effects of PBT on the antitumor immune response have only just begun to be described, and to our knowledge no studies to date have examined the effect of PBT as part of a combinatorial immunoradiotherapeutic strategy. Here, using a 2-tumor model of …

Normal Saline Remodels The Omentum And Stimulates Its Receptivity For Transcoelomic Metastasis, Hironari Akasaka, Wonjae Lee, Song Yi Ko, Ernst Lengyel, Honami Naora

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The omentum contains immune cell structures called milky spots that are niches for transcoelomic metastasis. It is difficult to remove the omentum completely, and there are no effective strategies to minimize the risk of colonization of preserved omental tissues by cancer cells that circulate in the peritoneal fluid. Normal saline is commonly administered into the peritoneal cavity for diagnostic and intraoperative lavage. Here we show that normal saline, when administered into the peritoneal cavity of mice, is prominently absorbed by the omentum, exfoliates its mesothelium, and induces expression of CX3CL1, the ligand for CX3CR1, within and surrounding the omental vasculature. …

The Complete Mitochondrial Genome Of Eulaelaps Huzhuensis (Mesostigmata: Haemogamasidae), Hui-Juan Yang, Zhi-Hua Yang, Tian-Guang Ren, Wen-Ge Dong

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Library Materials

Some mites of the family Haemogamasidae can transmit a variety of zoonotic diseases and have important public health and safety implications. Currently, however, little attention has been paid to molecular data of Haemogamasidae species, limiting our understanding of their evolutionary and phylogenetic relationships. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of Eulaelaps huzhuensis was determined for the first time, and its genomic information was analyzed in detail. The mitochondrial genome of E. huzhuensis is 14,872 bp in length with 37 genes and two control regions. The base composition showed a distinct AT preference. Twelve protein-coding genes have a typical ATN …

Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors To Decrease The Uric Acid Concentration-A Novel Mechanism Of Action, Anna Kochanowska, Przemysław Rusztyn, Karolina Szczerkowska, Stanisław Surma, Aleksandra Gąsecka, Miłosz J Jaguszewski, Łukasz Szarpak, Krzysztof J Filipiak

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) are glucose-lowering agents whose positive impact on cardiovascular risk has been described extensively. Not only do they influence lipid profile, blood pressure, atherosclerosis risk, hemoglobin level, and insulin resistance, but they also reduce cardiovascular events, all-cause mortality, and hospitalization rates. Some of these effects may be due to their impact on serum uric acid (SUA) concentration. Findings from nine meta-analyses showed that, indeed, SGLT2is significantly reduce SUA. The data on the drug- and dose-dependency of this effect were inconclusive. Several factors alternating the beneficial effects of SGLT2is on SUA, such as glycated hemoglobin concentration (HbA1c), …

Identify The Most Productive Crop To Encourage Sustainable Farming Methods In Smart Farming Using Neutrosophic Environment, Ahmed Abdelhafeez, Hadeer Mahmoud, Alber S. Aziz

Neutrosophic Systems with Applications

Only with careful management can the data provided by crops be used to make smart, profitable choices. Data has become the central ingredient in contemporary agriculture, and the recent advancements in handling it are contributing greatly to the meteoric rise of smart farming. Gains in efficiency and longevity may be realized to a significant degree by using the objective data collected by sensors. These data-driven farms can maximize output while minimizing waste and environmental impact thanks to the information they collect and analyze. Various criteria and factors in smart farming can aid in productivity. Sensors, drones, Global Positioning System (GPS) …

Structural Specializations Of The Sperm Tail, Miguel Ricardo Leung, Jianwei Zeng, Xiangli Wang, Marc C Roelofs, Wei Huang, Riccardo Zenezini Chiozzi, Johannes F Hevler, Albert J R Heck, Susan K Dutcher, Alan Brown, Rui Zhang, Tzviya Zeev-Ben-Mordehai

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Sperm motility is crucial to reproductive success in sexually reproducing organisms. Impaired sperm movement causes male infertility, which is increasing globally. Sperm are powered by a microtubule-based molecular machine-the axoneme-but it is unclear how axonemal microtubules are ornamented to support motility in diverse fertilization environments. Here, we present high-resolution structures of native axonemal doublet microtubules (DMTs) from sea urchin and bovine sperm, representing external and internal fertilizers. We identify >60 proteins decorating sperm DMTs; at least 15 are sperm associated and 16 are linked to infertility. By comparing DMTs across species and cell types, we define core microtubule inner proteins …

Evaluating The Penetrance Of Pathogenic Genetic Variants Associated With Premature Ovarian Insufficiency, Jdc Pereira Baptista

Peninsula Medical School

Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) affects 1% of women and is a leading cause of infertility. It is often considered to be a monogenic disorder, with pathogenic variants in ~100 genes described in the literature. We sought to systematically evaluate the penetrance of variants in these genes using exome sequence data in 104,733 women from the UK Biobank, 2,231 (1.14%) of whom reported at natural menopause under the age of 40 years. We found limited evidence to support any previously reported autosomal dominant effect. For nearly all heterozygous effects on previously reported POI genes, we ruled out even modest penetrance, with …

Defining Diurnal Fluctuations In Mouse Choroid Plexus And Csf At High Molecular, Spatial, And Temporal Resolution, Ryann M Fame, Yong Zhang, Michael J Holtzman, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Transmission and secretion of signals via the choroid plexus (ChP) brain barrier can modulate brain states via regulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) composition. Here, we developed a platform to analyze diurnal variations in male mouse ChP and CSF. Ribosome profiling of ChP epithelial cells revealed diurnal translatome differences in metabolic machinery, secreted proteins, and barrier components. Using ChP and CSF metabolomics and blood-CSF barrier analyses, we observed diurnal changes in metabolites and cellular junctions. We then focused on transthyretin (TTR), a diurnally regulated thyroid hormone chaperone secreted by the ChP. Diurnal variation in ChP TTR depended on Bmal1 clock gene …

Milwaukee Hospital School Of Nursing Yearbook, 1930, Advocate Aurora Health

Historical Documents - Combined

Milwaukee Hospital, Milwaukee, WI: 1930 yearbook for the Milwaukee Hospital School of Nursing entitled "Gleanings".

Dedication reads: In recognition of the high ideals she set forth and the beautiful example her life has been for us do we dedicate this annual to The Spirit of Florence Nightingale.

A Novel Autonomous Vehicle-Based Storage And Retrieval System With Movable Lifts, Banu Yetkin Ekren, Tone Lerher, Boris Jerman

International Material Handling Research Colloquium

No abstract provided.

Second Opinion: Health, Faith, And Ethics, 1995, V20 N3, January, Advocate Aurora Health

Historical Documents - Combined

Park Ridge Center, Park Ridge, IL: The January 1995 issue of "Second Opinion" (ISSN 0890-1570) includes:

• Initial Comments: The Powers That Be (Martin E. Marty) p. 8
• Power-Over and Power-To: Homan Reproductions and Insights from Taoism (Laura Shanner) p. 11
• AIDS, Judaism, and the Limits of the Secular Society (Andrew F. Shorr), p. 23
• The Case: Dawn Runner (Lois M. Verbrugge) p. 33
• Commentary: Running to the Sun (Ellen Flookes) p. 39
• Can a Healer Be Too Wounded to Heal? (Maxine Glas) p. 45
• Population, Ecology, and Women (Christine E. Gudorf) p. 59
• Reflection: Moonlighting in May (Michael P. Honan) …

Second Opinion: Health, Faith, And Ethics, 1994, V20 N1, July, Advocate Aurora Health

Historical Documents - Combined

Park Ridge Center, Park Ridge, IL: The July 1994 issue of "Second Opinion" (ISSN 0890-1570) includes:

• Initial Comment: Eittingness (Martin E. Marty) p. 8
• Interrupted Stories, Interrupted Lives (Arthur W. Frank) p. 11
• Making Room for Alternatives: An Interview wirth David Edelberg (p. 20)
• The Case: Bad Care, Good Care, and Spiritual Preservation (John Carmody) p. 35
• Commentary: The Terrible Adventure of Rehabilitation (Cherly Mattingly) p. 40
• Commentary: Listening Carefully (William F. May) p. 47
• Together (Robert D. Orr) p. 51
• Joy and Gravity: A Meditation on the Will to Live (Jerome Miller) p. 57
• Reflection: Three Perspectives from the …

Second Opinion: Health, Faith, And Ethics, 1994, V19 N3, January, Advocate Aurora Health

Historical Documents - Combined

Park Ridge Center, Park Ridge, IL: The January 1994 issue of "Second Opinion" (ISSN 0890-1570) includes:

• Initial Comment: Hearing Voices (Martin E. Marty) p. 8
• A Calling (Frederick J. Frese III) p. 11
• Mandatory HIV Testing and the Character of Medicine (Keith Berndtson) p. 27
• Does "No" Mean "Yes"? The Continuing Problem of Jehovah's Witnesses and Refusal of Blood Products (Dena S. Davis) p. 35
• Editor's Introduction: Case Stories and the Ethics of Voice (Arthur W. Frank) p. 44
• The Case: An Eloquent Region (James Fitchette) p. 49
• Commentary: When Music is Last to Be Lost - A Neurologist's Perspective …

Second Opinion: Health, Faith, And Ethics, 1994, V19 N4, April, Advocate Aurora Health

Historical Documents - Combined

Park Ridge Center, Park Ridge, IL: The April 1994 issue of "Second Opinion" (ISSN 0890-1570) includes:

• Initial Comment: Throwing Light on the Darkness (Martin E. Marty) p. 8
• Long Night's Journey into Light (Gerald L. Sittser) p. 11
• Human Equality and Assistance in Suicide (Gilbert Meilaender) p. 17
• The Case: Another Side of Cancer (Carole E. Andersen) p. 27
• Commentary: Dilemmas of Caregiving (Ross E. Gray) p. 33
• Commentary: When Caring Seems Impossible (Henderikus J. Stam) p. 36
• Mimesis: Healing through Mythic Play (Evelyn Laeuchli and Samuel Laeuchli) p. 41
• The Masks of Medicine: Medical Relationships in Epidemics (Stanley Joel …

Opening Keynote: "Towards A Digital Continuum", Michael Ten Hompel

International Material Handling Research Colloquium

No abstract provided.

Second Opinion: Health, Faith, And Ethics, 1993, V18 N4, April, Advocate Aurora Health

Historical Documents - Combined

Park Ridge Center, Park Ridge, IL: The April 1993 issue of "Second Opinion" ISSN (0890-1570) includes:

• Initial Comment: On Their Own Terms (Martin E. Marty) p. 9
• Communicating with Children: One Neighbor's View (Fred M. Rogers) p. 13
• Many Losses (Rebecca Heatherington and Colleen Heatherington) p. 22
• Care of the Dying Child: The Demands of Ethics (William G. Bartholome) p. 25
• A Gift So Free: The Healing Arts for Our Nation's Children (Nancy B. Barcus) p. 43
• Struggling toward Childhood: An Interview with Robert Coles (p.58)
• Pastoral Care in Candyland: Maintaining Power and Life in a World of Illness (Donald …

Dog Guardians’ Subjective Well-Being During Times Of Stress And Crisis: A Diary Study Of Affect During Covid-19, Lori S. Hoy, Brigitte Stangl, Nigel Morgan

People and Animals: The International Journal of Research and Practice

The impacts of companion animals on human well-being have been receiving increased media and research attention, especially in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, there have been calls for research to consider the major components of subjective well-being separately and for research designs to include assessments over time. In line with this suggestion, the purpose of this study was to gain a more comprehensive understanding of how being a dog guardian can impact affect and contribute to the overall assessment of subjective well-being. This study used a seven-day diary design to capture 31 dog guardians’ day-to- day feelings and thoughts …

Complex Relationships Between Climate And Reproduction In A Resident Montane Bird, Lauren E. Whitenack, Joseph F. Welklin, Carrie L. Branch, Benjamin R. Sonnenberg, Angela M. Pitera, Dovid Y. Kozlovsky, Lauren M. Benedict, Virginia K. Heinen, Vladimir V. Pravosudov

Faculty Articles

Animals use climate-related environmental cues to fine-tune breeding timing and investment to match peak food availability. In birds, spring temperature is a commonly documented cue used to initiate breeding, but with global climate change, organisms are experiencing both directional changes in ambient temperatures and extreme year-to-year precipitation fluctuations. Montane environments exhibit complex climate patterns where temperatures and precipitation change along elevational gradients, and where exacerbated annual variation in precipitation has resulted in extreme swings between heavy snow and drought. We used 10 years of data to investigate how annual variation in climatic conditions is associated with differences in breeding phenology …

Stonecutter Science Academy At Gardner-Webb Introduces Students To Careers In Science, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

The 2023 Science Academy hosted by Gardner-Webb University and sponsored by Stonecutter Foundation in Spindale, N.C., introduced students to real-world applications of science, such as crime scene investigation and forensic anthropology. The 12 students also learned about the Department of Natural Sciences, the Human Performance Lab in the Department of Exercise Science and the Department of Physician Assistant Studies at Gardner-Webb.

5g Opportunities In Warehousing, Roshan George, Natalie S. Cherbaka, Kimberly Ellis

16th IMHRC Proceedings (Dresden, Germany- 2023)

As capabilities of fifth generation wireless technology (5G) improve, adoption will go beyond current urban cellular networks into industrial settings enabling the IoT landscape. 5G primarily delivers value by enhancing mobile broadband through ultra-reliable, low-latency signals and massive machine-type communications. With the concurrent development of 5G and industrial automation, replacing Wi-Fi and LTE services with 5G networks offers an opportunity to enhance scheduling, latency, jitters, and redundancy in demanding applications. Additionally, the equipment redesigns and upgrades to operate in 5G will pave the way for innovation in operational strategies previously constrained by network capabilities. In this paper, we consider the …

A Novel Autonomous Vehicle-Based Storage And Retrieval System With Movable Lifts, Banu Yetkin Ekren, Tone Lerher, Boris Jerman

16th IMHRC Proceedings (Dresden, Germany- 2023)

This paper presents a novel autonomous vehicle-based storage and retrieval system with movable lifts (AVS/RS/ML) as an alternative automated warehousing technology to tier-captive shuttle-based storage and retrieval systems (SBS/RS). The proposed system aims to provide a cost-effective, highly efficient, and adaptable solution for warehouse operations utilizing automated guided vehicles (AGVs) capable of travelling both inside and outside the warehouse. We simulate and analyse the system's performance based on its initial investment cost, throughput capacity, and average utilization of AGVs and movable lifts (MLs) under different warehouse designs.