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Exploring Ada Commons: Discover What's New Across The Tripartite, Alisun Dekock

Metro Denver Dental Society Articulator Magazine

The article details ADA Commons, a new open-access database that offers searchable access to a wide range of dental publications and archival materials from ADA State and Local Associations. ADA Commons allows member dentists to explore, search and contribute to a growing collection of dentistry-related content.

The Social Evaluation Of Accents And Perceived Social Influence In Singapore: A Comparison Of American And Singaporean English Accents, Matthew H. S. Ng, Chi-Ying Cheng

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Accents are an important differentiator between groups which influence social perception and interaction, especially in a diverse country like Singapore. Social identity theory suggests that individuals would exhibit favoritism towards their own accents. However, the accent prestige theory demonstrates instances whereby foreign accents are perceived as more prestigious than one's own accent and are associated with more positive characteristics. This paper sought to explore which of these two theories is more prevalent in Singapore by comparing the perceptions of American English accents and local Singaporean English accents along the competence-warmth paradigm of the Stereotype Content Model. Further, the current research …

The Link Between People's Social Perceptions Of Cultivated Meat Eaters And Their Acceptance Of Cultivated Meat, Xiaoyu Dai, Angela K. Y. Leung, Mark Chong

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Low consumer acceptance emerges as one important barrier to the introduction of cultivated meat, a novel food which offers an opportunity for more sustainable and ethical meat production. Due to the motives for impression management and self-esteem, one factor that could contribute to people's acceptance of cultivated meat is their perceptions of other individuals who consume cultivated meat. In the current research, two online survey studies with 393 Singaporean undergraduate students and 401 American adults were conducted to explore the perceptions of cultivated meat eaters. In both studies, participants were randomly assigned to read one of three profiles that described …

Do Pedestrian Safety Improvements Affect Older Adults' Health And Social Outcomes Equitably? A Quasi Experiment In Singapore, Shin Bin Tan, William Tov, Paulin Tay Straughan

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods are believed to encourage greater social participation, community engagement, and sense of social inclusion, which are important to older individuals at higher risk of being socially isolated. However, most studies on neighborhood walkability, social participation and social inclusion are cross-sectional, making it difficult to robustly establish causal links. Much research on neighborhood walkability is also based in North America and Europe, leaving a knowledge gap on the impact of walkability within other geographic contexts. Furthermore, there is a lack of empirical evidence about whether benefits from traffic calming schemes are distributed equitably. To reduce these empirical gaps, our …

Solving Fractional Differential Equations On A Quantum Computer: A Variational Approach, Fong Yew Leong, Dax Enshan Koh, Jian Feng Kong, Siong Thye Goh, Jun Yong Khoo, Wei Bin Ewe, Hongying Li, Jayne Thompson, Dario Poletti

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

We introduce an efficient variational hybrid quantum-classical algorithm designed for solving Caputo time-fractional partial differential equations. Our method employs an iterable cost function incorporating a linear combination of overlap history states. The proposed algorithm is not only efficient in terms of time complexity but also has lower memory costs compared to classical methods. Our results indicate that solution fidelity is insensitive to the fractional index and that gradient evaluation costs scale economically with the number of time steps. As a proof of concept, we apply our algorithm to solve a range of fractional partial differential equations commonly encountered in engineering …

Enhancing Multi-Agent System Testing With Diversity-Guided Exploration And Adaptive Critical State Exploitation, Xuyan Ma, Yawen Wang, Junjie Wang, Xiaofei Xie

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Multi-agent systems (MASs) have achieved remarkable success in multi-robot control, intelligent transportation, and multiplayer games, etc. Thorough testing for MAS is urgently needed to ensure its robustness in the face of constantly changing and unexpected scenarios. Existing methods mainly focus on single-agent system testing and cannot be directly applied to MAS testing due to the complexity of MAS. To our best knowledge, there are fewer studies on MAS testing. While several studies have focused on adversarial attacks on MASs, they primarily target failure detection from an attack perspective, i.e., discovering failure scenarios, while ignoring the diversity of scenarios. In this …

A Two-Stage Matheuristic For The Home Healthcare Routing And Scheduling Problem With Perishable Products, Aldy Gunawan, Nabila Yuraisyah Salsabila, Vincent F. Yu, Pham Kien Minh Nguyen

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

This study proposes a home healthcare routing and scheduling problem, where perishable products such as medicines, vaccines, or meals must be provided for some patients’ treatments. This problem is formulated as a mixed integer linear programming (MILP). A two-stage matheuristic is then developed as the solution approach. The first stage is a local search to solve the nurse routing problem, and the second stage is run as the relaxed MILP to solve the scheduling problem. The matheuristic is tested on newly generated instances and compared with the results of CPLEX. The proposed matheuristic is able to obtain CPLEX solutions within …

September 2024 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Isokinetic Strength And Jumping Abilities Of Teenage Soccer Players Playing In Different Field Positions, Michal Gorski, Adrian Wilk, Anna Pastuszak, Michal Starczewski, Bartlomiej Michalak, Michael Lane, Krzysztof Busko

EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Soccer is a sport being performed in a very dynamic manner. It requires soccer players to be able to develop high muscle force in a very short period of time. The aim of the study was to evaluate the strength and jumping abilities of young soccer players playing in different positions on the field. The study included 49 adolescent soccer players: 6 goalkeepers, 15 defenders, 17 midfielders and 11 strikers. We measured peak torques (PT), total work (TW), and average power (AP) developed by the knee flexors and extensors under isokinetic conditions at angular velocities of 60°⋅s-1, 180°⋅s-1 and 300°⋅s-1 …

Simple And Epididymal-Sparing Orchiectomy For Surgical Castration In Stage Iv Prostate Cancer, Harrison Travis, Michael Dubic, Joseph Bardot, Blane Edwards, Jessie R. Gills, Scott E. Delacroix, Stephen Lacour, Matthew Mutter, Donald Bell, Mary E. Westerman

School of Medicine Faculty Publications

Background: Androgen deprivation therapy, the mainstay of treatment for patients with advanced prostate cancer, can be either medical or surgical. Surgery has cost benefits compared to medical treatment. In this study, we evaluated the use of simple and epididymal-sparing orchiectomy in 2 different practice settings for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer. Methods: We reviewed patients who underwent surgical castration for metastatic prostate cancer between 2011 and 2022. The primary outcome was achieving castration-level total testosterone of /dL. We also compared the characteristics of patients who were seen at a public academic teaching hospital vs those who were seen at …

A Pilot Program To Improve Tb Care With Primary And Specialty Care Coordination In Tb Public Health Clinic, Priyanka Jadhav, Gabrielle Boudoin, R Miles, Shandrica Seymour, J Parham, Amy Wolfe, Juzar Ali

School of Medicine Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: The Wetmore Tuberculosis (TB) Clinic in New Orleans serves patients who often lack primary care (PC) or specialty care (SC), which is complicated by comorbidities. An initiative to provide on-site PC and coordinate care aims to enhance TB patient management. METHODS: Data collection involved categorizing patients based on their PC status: Group I (regular PC), Group II (intermittent PC), and Group III (no PC), with on-site Nurse Practitioner-based Bridge Care (NPBC) provided as needed. RESULTS: Over 12 months, 209 out of 354 patients required NPBC and PC/SC coordination, with a 20% shift from Group III to Group I, reducing …

Long-Term Trajectories Of Sleep Duration Are Associated With Incident Diabetes In Middle-To-Older-Aged Black And White Americans, Qian Xiao, Kelsie M Full, Martin K Rutter, Loren Lipworth

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Both short and long sleep durations have been linked to higher diabetes risk. However, sleep duration may vary over time, and there has been limited research focusing on individual sleep trajectories and diabetes risk. There are substantial racial disparities in both sleep health and diabetes risk in the USA. Thus, it is important to understand the role of suboptimal sleep patterns in diabetes risk in different racial groups.

METHODS: We assessed long-term trajectories of sleep duration and incident diabetes in 22,285 Black adults (mean age ± SD, 51.1 ± 8.2 years; 64.8% women) and 13,737 White adults (mean age …

Changes In The Perceptions Of The Neighborhood Environment And Physical Activity Patterns Among Mexican Americans On The Texas-Mexico Border, Natalia I Heredia, Soo Kyung Park, Minjae Lee, Lisa Mitchell-Bennett, Paul Yeh, Rose Gowen, Arturo Rodriguez, Miryoung Lee, Belinda M Reininger

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

INTRODUCTION: Little research on the association of neighborhood environment with physical activity in resource-poor communities has been done. This study assessed changes in perceptions of the neighborhood environment and the association between those perceptions and physical activity in Mexican Americans on the Texas-Mexico border in an area where there would be community efforts to enhance pedestrian and cycling infrastructure and programming.

METHODS: We analyzed data from a population-based cohort of Mexican American individuals on the Texas-Mexico border. From 2008 to 2018, interviewer-administered questionnaires were used to collect perceptions of neighborhood environment and physical activity at baseline, 5- and 10-year follow-ups, …

Proteomic Profile Of The Icam1 Pk56m Hfpef Risk Variant, Pedro Giro, Mallory Filipp, Michael J Zhang, Ethan D Moser, Edward B Thorp, Prarthana J Dalal, Ravi V Shah, Patrick T Ellinor, Jonathan W Cunningham, Sean J Jurgens, Arjun Sinha, Laura Rasmussen-Torvik, Jorge Kizer, Kent D Taylor, Philip Greenland, Bruce M Psaty, Russell P Tracy, Lin Yee Chen, Amil M Shah, Bing Yu, Sanjiv J Shah, Ravi B Patel

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

A common missense variant in ICAM1 among African American individuals (rs5491; pK56M) has been associated with risk of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), but the pathways that lead to HFpEF among those with this variant are not clear. In this analysis of 92 circulating proteins and their associated networks, we identified 7 circulating inflammatory proteins associated with rs5491 among >600 African American individuals. Using weighted coexpression network analysis, 3 protein networks were identified, one of which was associated with rs5491. This protein network was most highly represented by members of the tumor necrosis receptor superfamily. The rs5491 variant …

Serum And Urine Metabolites And Kidney Function, Wan-Jin Yeo, Aditya L Surapaneni, Denise C Hasson, Insa M Schmidt, Peggy Sekula, Anna Köttgen, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Casey M Rebholz, Bing Yu, Sushrut S Waikar, Eugene P Rhee, Sarah J Schrauben, Harold I Feldman, Ramachandran S Vasan, Paul L Kimmel, Josef Coresh, Morgan E Grams, Pascal Schlosser

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Key Points:

1. We provide an atlas of cross-sectional and longitudinal serum and urine metabolite associations with eGFR and urine albumin-creatinine ratio in an older community-based cohort.

2. Metabolic profiling in serum and urine provides distinct and complementary insights into disease.

Background: Metabolites represent a read-out of cellular processes underlying states of health and disease.

Methods: We evaluated cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between 1255 serum and 1398 urine known and unknown (denoted with “X” in name) metabolites (Metabolon HD4, 721 detected in both biofluids) and kidney function in 1612 participants of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. All analyses were adjusted for …

Characterizing Common And Rare Variations In Nontraditional Glycemic Biomarkers Using Multivariate Approaches On Multiancestry Aric Study, Debashree Ray, Stephanie J Loomis, Sowmya Venkataraghavan, Jiachen Zhang, Adrienne Tin, Bing Yu, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Elizabeth Selvin, Priya Duggal

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Genetic studies of nontraditional glycemic biomarkers, glycated albumin and fructosamine, can shed light on unknown aspects of type 2 diabetes genetics and biology. We performed a multiphenotype genome-wide association study of glycated albumin and fructosamine from 7,395 White and 2,016 Black participants in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study on common variants from genotyped/imputed data. We discovered two genome-wide significant loci, one mapping to a known type 2 diabetes gene (ARAP1/STARD10) and another mapping to a novel region (UGT1A complex of genes), using multiomics gene-mapping strategies in diabetes-relevant tissues. We identified additional loci that were ancestry- and sex-specific (e.g., …

Viscusi Circular A-4 Peer Review Comments, W. Kip Viscusi

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

This working paper provides commentary on my 2023 peer review panel comments on the 2023 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-4. The Prologue section introduces my official peer review comments and indicates how the structure of my comments was tailored to the guidelines established by the OMB. The main section consists of my 2023 peer review comments as they were submitted to OMB. I recommended changes in the draft Circular A-4 to increase the discount rate from the 1.7% rate that OMB proposed, to report domestic benefits whenever global benefits are reported, to adopt a behavioral transfer test …

The Discover In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (Discover Ihca) Study: An Investigation Of Hospital Practices After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Luke Andrea, Nathaniel S Herman, Jacob Vine, Katherine M Berg, Saiara Choudhury, Mariana Vaena, Jordan E Nogle, Saleem M Halablab, Aarthi Kaviyarasu, Jonathan Elmer, Gabriel Wardi, Alex K Pearce, Conor Crowley, Micah T Long, J Taylor Herbert, Kipp Shipley, Brittany D Bissell Turpin, Michael J Lanspa, Adam Green, Shekhar A Ghamande, Akram Khan, Siddharth Dugar, Aaron M Joffe, Michael Baram, Cooper March, Nicholas J Johnson, Alexander Reyes, Krassimir Denchev, Michael Loewe, Ari Moskowitz

Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Faculty Papers

IMPORTANCE: In-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) is a significant public health burden. Rates of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) have been improving, but the best way to care for patients after the initial resuscitation remains poorly understood, and improvements in survival to discharge are stagnant. Existing North American cardiac arrest databases lack comprehensive data on the post-resuscitation period, and we do not know current post-IHCA practice patterns. To address this gap, we developed the Discover In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (Discover IHCA) study, which will thoroughly evaluate current post-IHCA care practices across a diverse cohort.

OBJECTIVES: Our study collects granular data on post-IHCA …

A Time-Stratified, Case–Crossover Study Of Heat Exposure And Perinatal Mortality From 16 Hospitals In Sub-Saharan Africa, Claudia Hanson, Jeroen De Bont, Kristi Sidney Annerstedt, Maria Del Rosario Alsina, Federica Nobile, Nathalie Roos, Peter Waiswa, Andrea Pembe, Jean-Paul Dossou, Hussein Kidanto

Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health

Growing evidence suggests that extreme heat events affect both pregnant women and their infants, but few studies are available from sub-Saharan Africa. Using data from 138,015 singleton births in 16 hospitals in Benin, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda, we investigated the association between extreme heat and early perinatal deaths, including antepartum and intrapartum stillbirths, and deaths within 24 h after birth using a time-stratified case–crossover design. We observed an association between an increase from the 75th to the 99th percentile in mean temperature 1 week (lag 0–6 d) before childbirth and perinatal mortality (odds ratio (OR) = 1.34 (95% confidence interval …

Exploring Situational And Task-Specific Interaction Experiences Of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Among Healthcare Professionals, Chia-Lun Lee, Yu-Chih Lin, Ling-Chun Ou, Shu-Yuan Lin

Journal of Medical Education

Background: Interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) is integral to enhancing healthcare delivery and outcomes, built upon core competencies including communication, teamwork, and professional identity. However, situational factors and task-specific demands significantly influence IPCP implementation, particularly in diverse clinical settings. This descriptive qualitative study explored the interaction experiences and situational professional identity of healthcare professionals (HCPs) engaged in IPCP. Methods: Purposive sampling identified 31 HCPs from 11 disciplines, who participated in four focus group interviews. A semi-structured guide facilitated discussions, and thematic analysis was conducted to identify key themes and subthemes. Results: Three major themes emerged: (1) professional identity embedded in team …

Grmn 311.01: Introduction To German Literature, Marton M. Marko

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Soci 591.01: Special Topics - Sociology Graduate Proseminar, Mark Heirigs

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Coun 550.01: Introduction To Family Counseling, Kimberly K. Parrow

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Edld 552.50: Supervision And Evaluation Of Public School Educators, William P. Mccaw

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Edu 340.01: Classroom Management, Scott R. Hohnstein

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Ahat 325.01: Assessment Of The Extremities Laboratory, Melanie L. Mcgrath

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Crwr 212.01: Introduction To Nonfiction Workshop, Sklar L. Tibbetts

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Son Preference In India, Susan May Watts

Ballard Brief

Son preference, based on the belief that sons are more valuable than daughters, creates environments where girls are neglected and discriminated against all over the world. India has one of the strongest cultures of son preference, as evidenced by its abnormal sex ratio at birth (SRB) of 110 boys born for every 100 girls. Son preference in India is caused by cultural norms placing sons in positions of importance, as sons are tasked with performing funeral rites for parents, supporting parents financially, and taking care of their parents in their old age. Additionally, having daughters is a financial burden on …

New Interlibrary Loan Platform, Jesse Gonzalez

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The TMC Library will have a new Interlibrary Loan platform on October 1. New requests will not be accepted in the current system ILLiad after September 23. Download your history and filled ILL requests before September 30. This information will not be migrating to the new platform.

Woman Abuse In Sports-Related Contexts: Social Scientific Knowledge, Walter Dekeseredy

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

There was a vibrant surge in the 1980s and 1990s of social scientific work on men’s abuse of women in sports-related contexts, but this wave receded over the past two decades and eventually disappeared. Recently, however, an international cadre of scholars has revisited the off- and online victimization of women in these settings. The main objective of this paper is to examine what the extant scholarly literature tells and does not tell us about this social problem.