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Bee Campus Unh, Anna Madden

Sustainability Institute Blog

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Involvement Of Trpm7 In Alcohol-Induced Damage Of The Blood-Brain Barrier In The Presence Of Hiv Viral Proteins, Michelle L. Mack

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

Ethanol (EtOH) exerts its effects through various protein targets, including transient receptor potential melastatin 7 (TRPM7) channels, which play an essential role in cellular homeostasis. We demonstrated that TRPM7 was expressed in rat brain microvascular endothelial cells (rBMVECs), the major cellular component of the blood–brain barrier (BBB). Heavy alcohol drinking is often associated with HIV infection, however mechanisms underlying alcohol-induced BBB damage and HIV proteins, are not fully understood. We utilized the HIV-1 transgenic (HIV-1Tg) rat to mimic HIV-1 patients on combination anti-retroviral therapy (cART) and demonstrated TRPM7 expression in rBMVECs was lower in adolescent HIV-1Tg rats compared to control …

Perspectives On Non-Prescription Antibiotic Use Among Hispanic Patients In The Houston Metroplex, Lindsey Laytner, Patricia Chen, Susan Nash, Michael K Paasche-Orlow, Richard Street, Roger Zoorob, Barbara Trautner, Larissa Grigoryan

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

BACKGROUND: Non-prescription antibiotic use includes taking an antibiotic without medical guidance (e.g., leftovers, from friends/relatives, or purchased without a prescription). Non-prescription use contributes to antimicrobial resistance, adverse drug reactions, interactions, superinfection, and microbiome imbalance. Qualitative studies exploring perspectives regarding non-prescription use among Hispanic patients are lacking. We used the Kilbourne Framework for Advancing Health Disparities Research to identify factors influencing patients' non-prescription use and organize our findings.

METHODS: Our study includes Hispanic primary care clinic patients with different types of health insurance coverage in the Houston metroplex who endorsed non-prescription use in a previous survey. Semistructured interviews explored the factors …

Optical Phased Array For Lidar Systems At Blue Wavelengths, Long H. Nguyen

Theses

Optical Phased Array has become a popular solution for light detection and rang- ing (lidar) due to its compact size, steering ability without physical moving parts, and integration with conventional CMOS manufacturing processes. With the rising demand in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and surveying in agriculture and oceanography industries, there is a need for a durable, high performing, and integrable lidar module. For that, a suitable integrated OPA is required to carry sufficient power and have large steering angle at a particular wavelength range. This thesis is specifically focused on blue wavelengths for use in applications such as aug- …

Microclimate Enhancement In Arid Climate, Paras Bharat Nandu

Theses

In summary, the four primary variables for human comfort - air temperature, wind speed, humidity, and mean radiant temperature - can be analyzed using solar analysis and computational fluid dynamics on computer-aided software. This allows for quick calculations and the ability to measure the effects of sun and wind on building design. Historically, designers relied on judgment for passive design decisions, but now with the help of software, sustainable architectural design solutions can be achieved. This includes utilizing proven passive techniques that have existed since ancient times but are often overlooked in favor of energy-consuming mechanical systems. This thesis challenges …

An Analysis Of The Homicide Response Team In Rochester, New York, Nicole Pratt

Theses

The focus of this capstone project is on the Homicide Response Team in Rochester, New York, which is a collaborative effort among various government and local agencies to provide outreach services to the family members of homicide victims. This capstone seeks to examine community-based responses to violence, their impact on the community, and related literature, including community organizations and crisis intervention teams.

Design And Development Of A Movable Multi-Functional Display, Junjie Zhou

Theses

COVID-19 has altered lives and work. Travel restrictions and social distance requirements compel remote communication. My design will help the youth group communicate remotely in various situations. I identified two primary forms of remote communication for people separated by interviews and questionnaires: direct communication based on video calls and interactive entertainment based on online games and streaming media. I summarized long-distance communication issues and user needs in further research. Video calling is the most popular method for those who need to interact directly. Video calling does have certain drawbacks, though, like the inability to actively choose one's point of view …

Walling Off Privacy: Apple's Neuralhash Controversy, The Ecpa, The Fourth Amendment, And Encryption, Gabriel J. Rudin

Colorado Technology Law Journal

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An Analysis Of All-Cause Mortality On Patients With Sickle Cell Disease And Kidney Disease Using Propensity Score Matching, Adam Garrison

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In this work, we provide an overview of the Cox proportional hazards model for time to event or survival analysis and the notion of propensity score matching to deal with confounding factors. A full analysis is reported in Chapter 2 concerning mortality for in-center dialysis patients with sickle cell disease to demonstrate the application of a general analysis strategy that has some logistical benefits over more traditional approaches to accounting for confounding variables. We also provide some insight and discussions on the challenges and future research questions that will emerge when trying to implement this strategy as a monitoring tool …

Board Of Directors Meeting Minutes (May 8, 2023), Dmacc

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

This file contains the minutes from the Des Moines Area Community College Board meeting held on May 8, 2023.

Medical-Legal Partnership Effects On Mental Health, Health Care Use, And Quality Of Life In Primary Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial, Winston Liaw, Thomas F Northrup, Angela L Stotts, Christine Bakos-Block, Robert Suchting, Alvin Chen, Abigail Hernandez, Lisandra Finzetto, Charles Green, Thomas Murphy

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Purpose: To determine whether an immediate referral to a medical-legal partnership (MLP), compared with a 6-month waitlist control, improved mental health, health care use, and quality of life.

Methods: This trial randomly assigned individuals to an immediate referral or a wait-list control. The MLP involved a collaboration between the primary care clinic and a legal services organization. The primary outcome was stress (6 months) as measured by the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Secondary measures included the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7); Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS); and emergency department (ED), urgent care, and …

An Online Adaptive Machine Learning Framework For Autonomous Fault Detection, Nolan Coulter

Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses

The increasing complexity and autonomy of modern systems, particularly in the aerospace industry, demand robust and adaptive fault detection and health management solutions. The development of a data-driven fault detection system that can adapt to varying conditions and system changes is critical to the performance, safety, and reliability of these systems. This dissertation presents a novel fault detection approach based on the integration of the artificial immune system (AIS) paradigm and Online Support Vector Machines (OSVM). Together, these algorithms create the Artificial Immune System augemented Online Support Vector Machine (AISOSVM).

The AISOSVM framework combines the strengths of the AIS and …

The Experience Of Pediatric Intensive Care Nurses Caring For Dying Children, Rebecca L. Meyer

Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to explore the experience of pediatric nurses caring for dying children. An estimated 55,000 children die every year in the United States and another 400,000 live with life-threatening or life-limiting conditions requiring them to be admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Nurses who work in this area may have unexplored information and knowledge about the experience itself which could contribute to a better understanding of caring to the nursing profession. Watson's Theory of Human Caring was selected as the framework for the study.

The Impact Of Digital Transformation On Human Resources During The Pandemic Covid-19, Hind Rashid Alessa

Theses

Technological advancement in human resources and the adoption of artificial intelligence, analytics, and machine learning help HR leaders become strategic leaders. Automation helps in engaging employees and improving their work experience. Human resource is an important part of an organization and before covid epidemic the human resource department works manually and in an office environment completely. However, due to covid-19 pandemic has raised the demand for working online and implementing digital transformation ways. There is a high demand for working virtually or what is called hybrid working, simple-to-use technology that can be accessible at anytime from anywhere. Human resource employees …

The Psychological Safety Of Healthcare Professional Students In An Online Learning Environment, Janna Knickerbocker

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Psychological safety describes the perception of the consequence of interpersonal risk when interacting. Psychological safety is associated with improved engagement in learning behaviors in work groups and classrooms. However, little is known about the influence of psychological safety in the context of learner-learner interactions during health professional online learning. This qualitative single case study explored the influence of psychological safety on the learner-learner interactions of a cohort of occupational therapy students in an online class. Ten occupational therapy students and the instructor were interviewed about their experience of psychological safety when interacting with peers in an online class, and documents …

Country-Level Gender Inequality Is Associated With Structural Differences In The Brains Of Women And Men, André Zugman, Luz María Alliende, Vicente Medel, Richard A.I. Bethlehem, Jakob Seidlitz, Grace Ringlein, Celso Arango, Aurina Arnatkevičiūtė, Laila Asmal, Anderson M. Winkler

School of Medicine Publications

Significance

Gender inequality is associated with worse mental health and academic achievement in women. Using a dataset of 7,876 MRI scans from healthy adults living in 29 different countries, we here show that gender inequality is associated with differences between the brains of men and women: cortical thickness of the right hemisphere, especially in limbic regions such as the right caudal anterior cingulate and right medial orbitofrontal, as well as the left lateral occipital, present thinner cortices in women compared to men only in gender-unequal countries. These results suggest a potential neural mechanism underlying the worse outcome of women in …

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 05.08.23, Notre Dame Law School

NDLS Communicator

The Latest News

• ND London Law students learn constitutional law from two Supreme Court justices
• These law schools sent the most grads to federal clerkships
• Roger Alford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee last Wednesday on the topic of competition in digital advertising.
• David Pruitt was appointed to the Indiana Coalition for Court Access. The Coalition for Court Access coordinates all Indiana Supreme Court related programs designed to provide civil legal aid to those with limited financial resources. The Coalition includes judges, law school representatives, civil legal aid and pro bono providers, and Indiana State Bar Association and Foundation members. …

Young To Give Student Address At Umn Morris Commencement, Communications And Marketing

Campus News Archive

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Cmm Stylus Cleaning Solution, Andrew Cretella, Nicholas Gosselin, Evan Vazquez, Nicholas Yau

Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Projects

CMM machines are an integral part of quality assurance within the industry of manufacturing. The work throughout this report supports the most essential aspects of solving the main dilemma in the CMM world: cleaning the styli. This is done using an electric motor design to create a whirlpool of IPA solution to clean any styli.

In order to fulfill the needs of Hexagon, the cleaning apparatus must either proactively and/or reactively clean the stylus. The apparatus must clean 95 percent of all styli, fit in the CMM workspace, and cost less than $2000. These design requirements, along with customer requirements …

Methodology Of Deployment For A Uav From A Uuv, Drew Lacouture, Mason Houle, Leonardo Garafolo, Jeb Saqib

Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Projects

With the advancements of technology in modern times, the use of remote or unmanned expeditions and surveillance systems has risen in prevalence in the military industry. The ability to accomplish objectives without jeopardizing human lives has become paramount to military operations. To accomplish this, the military has used unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, and unmanned underwater vehicles, or UUVs. These vehicles take the form of drones, equipped with cameras and/or sensors, that are controlled remotely to obtain information without directly involving human lives. It has recently become of interest to combine the two drones, to be able to allow for …

Design Of Positioning Device For Measurement Of Gamma Radiation Damage, Matthew Alsante, Jonathan Riley, Sean Ward, Anthony Serluca

Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Projects

Materials must be hoisted and lowered into a 30 foot hollow test tube at Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center (RINSC) nuclear reactor. The materials will be experiencing high levels of gamma radiation. The task at hand is to design and redesign from last year's design concept a hoisting mechanism for test materials that will be experiencing high levels of gamma radiation.

To suit the needs of General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), this hoisting and lowering system must be able to withstand ½ lb to 5 lbs of test materials in a bucket that will be lowered 30 feet down in …

Electro-Mechanical Joints For An Ocean Sensor Payload, Connor Mancini, Samuel Hayden, Alberto Intieri, Jamie Davis, Joseph De Luca

Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Projects

Mikel Undersea Warfare Systems is a NAVY defense contractor who has presented the group with a need for an underwater joint. This joint is to provide a waterproof seal for electrical connections within the payload. This joint is to allow for easy assembly, shipping and handling of a submarine navigation system as well as withstand pressure and drag forces at the bottom of the ocean. A final spring actuated button system was to be the final design for this problem. After many redesigns of the geometry of the button, a 1 cm in diameter circular button was the final design. …

Test Chamber For Dust-Blanketed Surface Temperature Testing, Jack Lacombe, Anthony Skillings, John Simes, Peter Coughlin

Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Projects

Team 8, or Dust X8 was tasked by FM Approvals with the challenge of designing a test system with the capabilities to cover test samples ranging in size from 75-320 mm in 200 mm of dust (diatomaceous earth) on all sides of the specimen. This system was to be designed to support “dust blanketed surface temperature” testing and installed in the FM Approvals Testing facility in Norwood, MA where tests relevant to the certification of equipment for use in class II explosive atmospheres is conducted. Ideally, this test system needed to provide ease of loading and unloading, a simple pluggable …

Polarized Localization Of Phosphatidylserine In The Endothelium Regulates Kir2.1, Claire A. Ruddiman, Richard Peckham, Melissa A. Luse, Yen-Lin Chen, Maniselvan Kuppusamy, Bruce A. Corliss, P. Jordan Hall, Chien-Jung Lin, Shayn M. Peirce, Swapnil K. Sonkusare, Robert P. Mecham, Jessica E. Wagenseil, Brant E. Isakson

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Lipid regulation of ion channels is largely explored using in silico modeling with minimal experimentation in intact tissue; thus, the functional consequences of these predicted lipid-channel interactions within native cellular environments remain elusive. The goal of this study is to investigate how lipid regulation of endothelial Kir2.1 - an inwardly rectifying potassium channel that regulates membrane hyperpolarization - contributes to vasodilation in resistance arteries. First, we show that phosphatidylserine (PS) localizes to a specific subpopulation of myoendothelial junctions (MEJs), crucial signaling microdomains that regulate vasodilation in resistance arteries, and in silico data have implied that PS may compete with phosphatidylinositol …

The Changing Perceptions Of Public Libraries, Aleisha A. Stout

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In 2018, OCLC and the American Library Association revisited a 2008 survey on the perception of public libraries. Questions looked at how participants believed libraries are funded, used, and perceived. Public libraries are valued by the public, even as perceptions move away from core aspects of library services. In-person library visits and visits to library websites have declined in recent years. Strong libraries are perceived to raise property values within a community. Libraries increasingly manage social problems, such as homelessness and substance abuse. Some libraries have social workers on staff to meet patrons at the point of need. Public libraries …

Grant Hoffman Professional Practices Art399, Grant Hoffman

Professional Practices (ART 399)

As an artist, my design is heavily inspired by a lifelong passion for creativity and desire to effectively communicate with an audience. My work tends to lean into the realm of swiss design, characterized by simplistic layout and bold san-serif typography. The use of neutral tones and bold hierarchy contribute in building an effective but unique way of communication to the viewer. Oftentimes, my work conveys complex ideas that provoke the viewer to deeper understanding behind a seemingly superficial piece of work. I enjoy exploring the concepts of reliance on technology, false imitation and abstraction within a composition.

I find …

Highly Flexible Cni-Agnostic Server Agent With Support For Dual-Tor Ecmp And Control Plane High Availability, Gautam Venkataramanan, Mandeep Singh Dhami

Defensive Publications Series

Techniques are presented herein that support a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) daemon that may advertise routes and attract any traffic towards a server. Aspects of the presented techniques support dual-top of rack (ToR) equal cost multipath (ECMP) routing and Kubernetes (K8s) control plane application programming interface (API) server high availability (HA) without being tied to any particular Container Network Interface (CNI) implementation.

The Smell Of Cigarettes Reminds Me Of You, Nichole Drungo

Calliope

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Calliope

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Introducing Motivational Interviewing Skills To Community Health Workers, Stella Antony

DNP Qualifying Manuscripts

Abstract

Background: Rural population accounts for 15% of the population in the United States of America. Rural residents have a higher risk of health disparities than urban populations. The significant health inequities in the underprivileged population include a higher incidence of chronic diseases, lack of access to healthy foods, unhealthy eating habits, lack of access to health care, poor socioeconomic status, lack of health insurance, cultural and language barriers, and lack of health literacy. Local Problem: The population in Fresno and Tulare Counties in Central Valley, California is underprivileged, lacks access to proper health care and has higher rates of …