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Impact Of Body Mass Index On Outcomes Of Multiple Myeloma Patients Undergoing Upfront Autologous Stem Cell Transplant, Curtis Marcoux, Sarah Pasyar, Denái R Milton, Hina N Khan, Mark R Tanner, Qaiser Bashir, Samer Srour, Neeraj Saini, Paul Lin, Jeremy Ramdial, Yago Nieto, Niraj Neupane, Hans C Lee, Krina K Patel, Guilin Tang, Yosra Aljawai, Partow Kebriaei, Sheeba K Thomas, Robert Z Orlowski, Elizabeth J Shpall, Richard Champlin, Muzaffar H Qazilbash, Oren Pasvolsky

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

No abstract provided.

Regulation Of Artificial Intelligence In Healthcare: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (Clia) As A Model, Brian R Jackson, Mark P Sendak, Anthony Solomonides, Suresh Balu, Dean F Sittig

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Objectives: To assess the potential to adapt an existing technology regulatory model, namely the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), for clinical artificial intelligence (AI).

Materials and methods: We identify overlap in the quality management requirements for laboratory testing and clinical AI.

Results: We propose modifications to the CLIA model that could make it suitable for oversight of clinical AI.

Discussion: In national discussions of clinical AI, there has been surprisingly little consideration of this longstanding model for local technology oversight. While CLIA was specifically designed for laboratory testing, most of its principles are applicable to other technologies in patient care. …

Optimizing Care And Maintenance Of Enteric Tubes: Insights Into Percutaneous Radiologically Placed Gastrointestinal Luminal Tubes, Mohammad Mahdi Khavandi, Nariman Nezami, Steven Y Huang, Alda L Tam, Bruno C Odisio, Armeen Mahvash, Mohamed E Abdelsalam, Joshua D Kuban, Rahul A Sheth, Peiman Habibollahi

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Percutaneous enteric tubes, including gastrostomy, gastrojejunostomy, and percutaneous transesophageal gastrostomy, are essential for patients who cannot maintain adequate oral nutrition or require gastric decompression due to conditions like malignant bowel obstruction. Proper care and maintenance are crucial to prevent complications and maintain function. Enteric tubes are inserted using various techniques at different locations based on patient needs and anatomical considerations. Enteric tubes play a vital role in patient care, and continued research and innovation are necessary to improve outcomes and reduce complications. Routine care involves regular flushing and site maintenance to prevent occlusion and infection. While complications are common, they …

Recurrence-Free Survival Prediction For Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma After Chemoradiotherapy Using Planning Ct-Based Radiomics Model, Shanshan Tang, Kai Wang, David Hein, Gloria Lin, Nina N Sanford, Jing Wang

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Objectives: Approximately 30% of non-metastatic anal squamous cell carcinoma (ASCC) patients will experience recurrence after chemoradiotherapy (CRT), and currently available clinical variables are poor predictors of treatment response. We aimed to develop a model leveraging information extracted from radiation pretreatment planning CT to predict recurrence-free survival (RFS) in ASCC patients after CRT.

Methods: Radiomics features were extracted from planning CT images of 96 ASCC patients. Following pre-feature selection, the optimal feature set was selected via step-forward feature selection with a multivariate Cox proportional hazard model. The RFS prediction was generated from a radiomics-clinical combined model based on an optimal feature …

Identification Of Activating Hotspot Mutations In Acrochordons Through Next-Generation Sequencing, Justin L Jia, Jennifer Y Wang, Warren H Chan, Julien Lanoue, Hanh Do, Kerri E Rieger, S Tyler Hollmig, Kavita Y Sarin

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

No abstract provided.

Somatic Copy Number Deletion Of Chromosome 22q In Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma, Olivia W Lee, Danielle M Karyadi, Stephen W Hartley, Weyin Zhou, Mitchell J Machiela, Shahriar A Zamani, Liudmyla Yu Zurnadzhy, John N Weinstein, Young Joo Park, Jeong-Sun Seo, Gerry A Thomas, Tetiana I Bogdanova, Mykola D Tronko, Lindsay M Morton, Stephen J Chanock

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Deletion of the long q arm of chromosome 22 (22qDEL) is the most frequently identified recurrent somatic copy number alteration observed in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Since its role in PTC is not fully understood, we conducted a pooled analysis of genomic characteristics and clinical correlates in 1094 primary tumors from four published PTC genomic studies. The majority of PTC cases with 22qDEL exhibited arm-level loss of heterozygosity (86%); nearly all PTC cases with 22qDEL had losses in 22q12 and 13, which together constitute 70% of the q arm. Our analysis confirmed that 22qDEL occurs more frequently with RAS point …

Angiotensin-(1-9) Improves The Cardioprotective Effects Of Del Nido Cardioplegia Against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury, Evelyn Mendoza-Torres, Gina Sanchez, Wendy Rosales, María Clara Ospino, Luis Antonio Díaz-Ariza, Yuliet Montoya, John Bustamante, Jaime A Riquelme, Mario Chiong, Sergio Lavandero

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Del Nido cardioplegia (DNC), a blood-and-crystalloid solution containing high and low concentrations of potassium and calcium, respectively, is used as a single-dose antegrade infusion to induce immediate cardiac arrest in the surgery of patients with cardiovascular diseases requiring extracorporeal circulation. Adding cardioprotective molecules may further reduce the damage-triggered ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Angiotensin-(1-9) (Ang-(1-9)) and angiotensin-(1-7) (Ang-(1-7)), members of the counter-regulatory renin-angiotensin system, have shown cardioprotective effects in cardiac hypertrophy and I/R models. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of Ang-(1-9) and Ang-(1-7), as adjuvants of the DNC, on cardioprotection and ventricular function in isolated rat hearts subjected to I/R …

Obesity Predisposes Anthracycline-Treated Survivors Of Childhood And Adolescent Cancers To Subclinical Cardiac Dysfunction, Ian A George, Brianna Souder, Amy Berkman, David H Noyd, M Jay Campbell, Piers C A Barker, Michael Roth, Michelle A T Hildebrandt, Kevin C Oeffinger, Andrew W Mccrary, Andrew P Landstrom

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Anthracyclines are effective chemotherapeutics used in approximately 60% of pediatric cancer cases but have a well-documented risk of cardiotoxicity. Existing cardiotoxicity risk calculators do not include cardiovascular risk factors present at the time of diagnosis. The goal of this study is to leverage the advanced sensitivity of strain echocardiography to identify pre-existing risk factors for early subclinical cardiac dysfunction among anthracycline-exposed pediatric patients. We identified 115 pediatric patients with cancer who were treated with an anthracycline between 2013 and 2019. Peak longitudinal left ventricular strain was retroactively calculated on 495 surveillance echocardiograms via the TOMTEC AutoSTRAIN software. Cox proportional hazards …

Rezilient3: Randomized Phase Iii Study Of First-Line Zipalertinib Plus Chemotherapy In Patients With Egfr Exon 20 Insertion-Mutated Nsclc, John V Heymach, Helena A Yu, Benjamin Besse, Ying Cheng, Daniel Sw Tan, Li Wei, Volker Wacheck, Makoto Nishio

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

There remains a significant unmet need for effective and tolerable treatments for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring epidermal growth factor receptor (

Best Practices For Delivering Neoadjuvant Therapy In Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Jordan M Cloyd, Angela Sarna, Matthew J Arango, Susan E Bates, Manoop S Bhutani, Mark Bloomston, Vincent Chung, Efrat Dotan, Cristina R Ferrone, Patricia F Gambino, Ajit H Goenka, Karyn A Goodman, William A Hall, Jin He, Melissa E Hogg, Shiva Jayaraman, Avinash Kambadakone, Matthew H G Katz, Alok A Khorana, Andrew H Ko, Eugene J Koay, David A Kooby, Somashekar G Krishna, Liliana K Larsson, Richard T Lee, Anirban Maitra, Nader N Massarweh, Sameh Mikhail, Mahvish Muzaffar, Eileen M O'Reilly, Manisha Palta, Maria Q B Petzel, Philip A Philip, Marsha Reyngold, Daniel Santa Mina, Davendra P S Sohal, Tilak K Sundaresan, Susan Tsai, Kea L Turner, Timothy J Vreeland, Steve Walston, M Kay Washington, Terence M Williams, Jennifer Y Wo, Rebecca A Snyder

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Importance: Neoadjuvant therapy (NT) is an increasingly used treatment strategy for patients with localized pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Little research has been conducted on cancer care delivery during NT, and the standards for optimal delivery of NT have not been defined.

Objective: To develop consensus best practices for delivering NT to patients with localized PDAC.

Design, setting, and participants: This study used a modified Delphi approach consisting of 2 rounds of voting, and a series of virtual conferences (from October to December 2023) to reach expert consensus on candidate best practice statements generated from a systematic review of the literature …

Molecular Classification Of Endometrial Cancers (Ec) And Association With Relapse-Free Survival (Rfs) And Overall Survival (Os) Outcomes: Ancillary Analysis Of Gog-0258, Aine Clements, Danielle Enserro, Kyle C Strickland, Rebecca Previs, Daniela Matei, David Mutch, Matthew Powell, Ann Klopp, David Scott Miller, William Small, Paul Disilvestro, Nick Spirtos, Casey Cosgrove, Greg Sfakianos, J Rebecca Liu, Roberto Vargas, Mark Shahin, Bradley Corr, Kimberly Dessources, Frederick Ueland, David Warshal, Jessica Gillen, Angeles Alvarez Secord

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Purpose: Determine if molecular classification using mismatch repair (MMR) and p53 protein expression predicts recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) in endometrial cancer (EC) patients treated with chemotherapy and radiation (CRT) versus chemotherapy (CT).

Methods: GOG-0258, a phase III randomized trial (NCT00942357), compared CRT to CT. Immunohistochemistry assessed MMR and p53 status. Kaplan-Meier curves and adjusted Cox models analyzed survival outcomes by molecular subtype.

Results: ECs classified as deficient MMR (dMMR) (27 %), p53 abnormal (p53abn) (24 %), and p53 wild type (p53wt) (49 %). p53abn were more frequent in patients that were older, Black, and had …

Undervaluing Nondrug Rewards Or Overvaluing Cocaine? Cocaine Demand Relates To Cocaine Use Severity More Strongly Than Anhedonia In Individuals With Cocaine Use Disorder, Cecilia Nunez, Jin H Yoon, Constanza De Dios, Vincent Dang, Scott D Lane, Jessica N Vincent, Joy M Schmitz, Margaret C Wardle

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Cocaine use disorder (CUD) is a major public health issue, and greater cocaine use severity has been associated with worse treatment retention and outcomes. Therefore, greater understanding of processes that influence cocaine use is needed. Both anhedonia (i.e., undervaluation of non-drug rewards) and cocaine demand (i.e., cocaine valuation) are related to cocaine use severity and thematically related to each other at face value, but no studies have directly compared these outcomes to our knowledge. The current study represents a secondary analysis from a two-phase sequential, multiple assignment, randomized trial (SMART) aimed at developing adaptive interventions for CUD. We examined the …

Chemoresistance-Motility Signature Of Molecular Evolution To Chemotherapy In Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer And Its Clinical Implications, Mi-So Jeong, Seung-Woo Baek, Gi-Eun Yang, Jeong-Yeon Mun, Jeong Ah Kim, Tae-Nam Kim, Jong-Kil Nam, Yung-Hyun Choi, Ju-Seog Lee, In-Sun Chu, Sun-Hee Leem

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Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) often recurs and can progress to MIBC due to resistance to treatments like intravesical chemotherapy or Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). Therefore, we established the Gemcitabine-Resistant Cells (GRCs) to study the molecular evolution under external pressure. A 63-gene Chemoresistance-Motility (CrM) signature was created to identify stage-specific traits of GRCs. This signature was tested on 1846 samples using log-rank tests and Cox regression to evaluate clinical utility. Early and intermediate resistance stages showed increased cell motility and metastatic potential. FAK, PI3K-AKT, and TGFβ pathways were activated first, followed by MAPK signaling. Single-cell analysis and experiments utilizing the CrM signature …

Decoding Cancer Etiology With Cellular Reprogramming, Mo-Fan Huang, Megan E Fisher, Trinh T T Phan, Ruiying Zhao, Dung-Fang Lee

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Cancer research remains clinically unmet in many areas due to limited access to patient samples and the lack of reliable model systems that truly reflect human cancer biology. The emergence of patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells and engineered human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) has helped overcome these challenges, offering a versatile alternative platform for advancing cancer research. These hPSCs are already proving to be valuable models for studying specific cancer driver mutations, offering insights into cancer origins, pathogenesis, tumor heterogeneity, clonal evolution, and facilitating drug discovery and testing. This article reviews recent progress in utilizing hPSCs for clinically relevant cancer …

Is Carbon Risk Priced In The Cross Section Of Corporate Bond Returns?, Tinghua Duan, Frank Weikai Li, Quan Wen

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This article examines the pricing of a firm’s carbon risk in the corporate bond market. Contrary to the “carbon risk premium” hypothesis, bonds of more carbon-intensive firms earn significantly lower returns. This effect cannot be explained by a comprehensive list of bond characteristics and exposure to known risk factors. Investigating sources of the low carbon alpha, we find the underperformance of bonds issued by carbon-intensive firms cannot be fully explained by divestment from institutional investors. Instead, our evidence is most consistent with investor underreaction to the predictability of carbon intensity for firm cash-flow news, creditworthiness, and environmental incidents.

Empowering Multilingual Learners Through Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy And Arts-Based Learning In Burkina Faso, Inoussa Malgoubri

Dissertations and Doctoral Documents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023–

This dissertation explores how culturally sustaining pedagogy and arts-based learning can engage multilingual learners of English as an Additional Language (EAL) in Burkina Faso. The research emphasizes the incorporation of local cultural elements and learners' linguistic backgrounds into the EAL curriculum to address challenges such as limited classroom interactions (Somé-Guiebré, 2020) and monolingual instructional strategies with inadequate cultural representation (Ndlangamandla, 2024). This qualitative study integrates culturally relevant materials, including Forum Theater, slam poetry, and griot-style storytelling, to create an engaging and inclusive learning environment. Data consisted of observation, images from arts-based workshops and pre- and post-workshop interviews with selected teachers …

Using Institutional Habitus To Position Colleges And Universities As Social Actors, Derria Byrd

College of Education Faculty Research and Publications

In this article, derria byrd contends that more robust interrogation of the organizational contribution to inequity in higher education would be aided by understanding higher education organizations as social actors. Organizational social actor theory demonstrates that colleges and universities are more than inert contexts in which marginalized students' experiences and outcomes play out. They are entities that possess unique dispositional orientations, motives, and inclinations toward action. This conceptual article argues that engagement with institutional habitus, grounded in Pierre Bourdieu's theory of practice, situates colleges and universities as social actors whose structural positions generate interests, beliefs, and behaviors that tend …

Industry Peer Information And The Equity Valuation Accuracy Of Firms Emerging From Chapter 11, Bingxu Fang, Sasan Saiy, Dushyantkumar Vyas

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

Valuation plays a central role in determining Chapter 11 reorganization outcomes. However, obtaining accurate valuation estimates of reorganized firms is challenging because of limited firm-specific market-based information and the oft-conflicting incentives of claimholders. We examine the role of industry peer information in reducing misvaluations and its implications for unintended interclaimant wealth transfers and postreorganization performance. First, we find that the availability of relevant industry peer information is negatively associated with equity valuation errors for firms emerging from Chapter 11. Cross-sectional results suggest that the relation between industry peer information and valuation errors varies substantially with debtors’ information environment and case …

Green Innovation And Firms’ Financial And Environmental Performance: The Roles Of Pollution Prevention Versus Control, Qiang Cheng, An-Ping Lin, Mengjie Yang

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This study examines the effects of firms' green innovation on their future financial and environmental performance. If pollution is primarily a manifestation of wasted resources, then investments in pollution prevention technologies can both reduce the environmental impact of production and improve financial performance. In contrast, investments in pollution control technologies likely reduce the environmental impact of production without improving financial performance. Using green patents to capture firms' investments in these two types of technologies, we find that the value of a firm's pollution prevention patents is positively associated with its future financial and environmental performance, and that the positive impact …

Technology-Enhanced Personalized Learning: Lessons From Online Teaching At Three South-East Asian Universities, Kiran Kaur, Rohaida Mohd Saat, Lieven Demeester, Magdeleine Lew, Wei Leng Neo, Nopphol Pausawasdi, Thasaneeya Ratanaroutai Nopparatjamjomras

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic compelled many instructors to seek efficient and effective ways to stay connected with their students and improve the learning experience by using a wide range of available technologies. This multiple-case study, in three South-East Asian universities, investigated whether the use of technology in university teaching and learning during that period influenced personalized learning, and if so, how. The study also explored the kinds of institutional support for teachers and learners that led to increased technology-enhanced personalized learning (TEPL). Using a qualitative approach, the study analyzed 23 individual interviews and 3 document analyses (circulars, announcements, …

Star Inventors, Knowledge Complexity And Collaborative Ties: What Drives Deference In Invention Teams?, Metin Onal Vural, Simon J.D. Schillebeeckx

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This paper provides an empirical investigation of factors that drive deference in an invention team setting. Drawing on innovation literature, we hypothesise and test the distinct factors that determine the extent of deference an inventor receives in an invention team. Using patent data from U.S. semiconductor industry, we show that star inventors command deference among their peers and that this effect is moderated by stars’ embeddedness in knowledge, social and geographical context. Deference is amplified when stars have complex knowledge, but not necessarily when they have strong ties. When the stars are geographically distant from their peers, the amount of …

Does Felt Obligation Or Gratitude Better Explain The Relationship Between Perceived Organizational Support And Outcomes?, Robert Eisenberger, Xueqi Wen, Dianhan Zheng, Jia Yu, Zihan Liu, Jing Zhang, Lei Wang, Tae-Yeol Kim, Sara Krivacek, Thomas J. Zagenczyk, Min-Kyu Joo, Salar Mesdaghinia, Deog-Ro Lee, Tae-Hyun Kim

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The employee-organization relationship (EOR) is a key component of organizational behavior. Researchers have consistently shown that employees who perceive that they are supported by their organizations (favorable EORs) tend to have positive attitudes and behave in a manner that helps the organization to reach its goals. For many years, the reciprocity norm (e.g. felt obligation) has been a widely accepted explanation for the EOR. Yet, despite calls to explore additional pathways, little work has examined other mediating mechanisms between favorable EORs and outcomes. We draw on the affect theory of social exchange to argue for the mediating effects of gratitude, …

Exploring The Dynamics Of Volitional Personality Change: A Psychoeducational Intervention Study With Young Adults Transitioning To The Workforce, Erica Baranski, Ramona L. Martinez, Zihan Liu, Kevin Hoff

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

College graduates transitioning to the workforce completed a 13-week, light, psychoeducation intervention designed to increase volitional personality change motivation via weekly email newsletters. Contrary to expectations, the intervention did not significantly enhance overall change motivation or consistently inspire desired trait change goals following the study period or after 6 or 10 months. However, participants in the intervention group did report increased desire to change emotional stability at specific points during the study. These findings underscore the limitations of this particular psychoeducational intervention approach and help to fill in the boundary conditions of when and how personality change is possible. Additionally, …

Incidence Of Heterotopic Ossification Without Additional Long-Term Nsaid Prophylaxis After Periacetabular Osteotomy And Concomitant Hip Arthroscopy, J Matthew Helm, Omar Stocks, Brian Crowley, Alexis Aboulafia, Jacob Siahaan, Alfred A Mansour

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: Periacetabular osteotomy (PAO) is an established treatment for hip dysplasia and has been increasingly combined with concomitant hip arthroscopy to address additional intra-articular hip pathology. Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a complication of arthroscopic and open hip procedures. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have become an established form of HO prophylaxis, but their use may delay bone healing.

Purpose: To examine the incidence of HO without NSAID prophylaxis in patients after PAO with concomitant hip arthroscopy and to evaluate the impact of other variables on the development of HO in these patients.

Study design: Case series; Level of evidence, 4.

Methods: …

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial Of Daxibotulinumtoxina For Injection For The Treatment Of Upper Limb Spasticity In Adults After Stroke Or Traumatic Brain Injury, Atul T Patel, Michael C Munin, Ziyad Ayyoub, Gerard E Francisco, Rashid Kazerooni, Todd M Gross

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: Intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin type A is a first-line pharmacotherapy for adults with upper limb spasticity (ULS). However, reemergence of symptoms within 12 weeks of treatment is common and longer-lasting treatments are needed.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of three doses of DaxibotulinumtoxinA for Injection (DAXI) for treatment of ULS in adults with stroke or traumatic brain injury.

Intervention: Intramuscular injections of placebo (N = 24), DAXI 250 U (N = 22), DAXI 375 U (N = 19), or DAXI 500 U (N = 18) to the suprahypertonic muscle (SMG) and other muscle groups.

Design: Randomized, …

American Society For Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Guideline On The Diagnosis And Management Of Gerd: Methodology And Review Of Evidence, Asge Standards Of Practice Committee, Madhav Desai, Wenly Ruan, Nirav C Thosani, Manuel Amaris, J Stephen Scott, Ahmed Saeed, Barham Abu Dayyeh, Marcia Irene Canto, Wasif Abidi, Omeed Alipour, Stuart K Amateau, Natalie Cosgrove, Sherif E Elhanafi, Nauzer Forbes, Divyanshoo R Kohli, Richard S Kwon, Larissa L Fujii-Lau, Jorge D Machicado, Neil B Marya, Saowanee Ngamruengphong, Swati Pawa, Sunil G Sheth, Nikhil R Thiruvengadam, Bashar J Qumseya

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

This clinical practice guideline from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) provides an evidence-based approach for strategies to diagnose and manage GERD. This document was developed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) framework and serves as an update to the prior ASGE guideline on the role of endoscopy in the management of GERD (2014). The updated guideline addresses the indications for endoscopy in patients with GERD, including patients who have undergone sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM). It also discusses endoscopic evaluation of gastroesophageal junctional integrity comprehensively and uniformly. Important, this guideline discusses …

Developing A High-Performing Network Computation Of Big Bipartite Network Data Toward Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment Referrals, Muhammad Tuan Amith, Sharon Andrews, Angela Heads, Bruno Kluwe-Schiavon, Atchyutha Choday, Ramya Poonam, Sai Venkat Ballem, Cui Tao, Jane Hamilton

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Electronic health care records offer big data to mine and analyze towards improving public health outcomes. The information extracted, specifically social network data, could help us understand the primary care referrals for patients experiencing alcohol use disorder and wield that knowledge to better inform the engagement of this patient population. Network exposure and affiliation exposure models are two metrics that can be utilized to analyze the influence of social networks. We developed a core software library that address the scalability issue of our previous work. Our library computed high volume, randomly generated network graphs that range from 500–10,000 nodes (~126,000–40 …

What Are The Indications For The Use Of A Dual Mobility Bearing Surface For Patients Undergoing Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty?, Alisina Shahi, Ayman Ebied, Hakan Kocaoğlu, Ruben Limas Telles, Rosa Silva Martínez, Mahmood Shahab Wahhab, Marco Teloken

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

No abstract provided.

Survey Of Vitamin D Supplementation Practices In Extremely Preterm Infants, Mar Romero-Lopez, Mamta Naik, Lindsay F Holzapfel, Ariel A Salas, Kaashif A Ahmad, Matthew A Rysavy, Waldemar A Carlo, Yuxin Zhang, Covi Tibe, Jon E Tyson

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: Most extremely preterm (EP) infants are vitamin D deficient (serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels below 20 ng/mL), and optimal supplementation practices for EP infants remain unknown. Our objective is to assess current vitamin D supplementation practices in U.S. neonatal intensive care units (NICU) for EP infants to provide baseline information for the design of future clinical trials.

Methods: We conducted an online survey to study vitamin D intake and supplementation practices in U.S. NICUs caring for EP infants. Descriptive statistics compared responses by affiliation and level of care.

Results: We analyzed responses from 253 NICUs, representing the majority of academic …

Russian Culture: War Saturated And War Sanctified; Reflections On Russia, The Story Of War, Mark R. Elliott

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

A review of Gregory Carleton, Russia, The Story of War, (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017)

ISBN: ‎ 978-0674972483