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Dentistry And The Law: Hiring A Crna To Work In Your Practice, Daniel Schulte Jd

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

This column addresses whether a dental practice can hire a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) to administer anesthesia. A CRNA can be hired if the requirements of Michigan's MCL 333.17210 and the Michigan Administrative Code are met. The CRNA must have sufficient experience or advanced degrees and work collaboratively in a patient-centered care team. The dental office must have policies for immediate clinical response, and all involved personnel must be certified in basic cardiac life support. Additional rules apply depending on the sedation level provided.

The New Professional: Tips For Dealing With Unpleasant Patients, Amrita Patel Dds

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

This article emphasizes the importance of managing unpleasant patients in dentistry through empathy, effective communication, and tailored care. Dentists should understand that patient anxiety often stems from fear or past trauma. Building trust through clear explanations, personalized comfort measures, and pain management is crucial. Techniques like guided imagery and gradual exposure can help reduce anxiety. Consistency in care and follow-up support strengthens patient relationships, making even the most challenging patients more comfortable and cooperative.

Mitigation Of Road Mortality Of Freshwater Turtles In New Hampshire With An Emphasis On Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea Blandingii), Lauren White

Master's Theses and Capstones

The Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) is a state-endangered species in New Hampshire that is particularly vulnerable to road mortality due to reproductive life history traits, habitat use, and migration patterns. Successful conservation techniques to mitigate wildlife road mortality include building fences and wildlife crossing structures (eco-passages) at roadkill hot spots. A collaborative research group designed a road mortality risk model to understand turtles' relative road mortality risk at existing wetland crossing sites in New Hampshire and to assess whether culverts at these sites may function as eco-passages. To ground-truth this model, roadkill surveys and wildlife camera monitoring techniques were used …

2024 September News Report, Morehead State University. Office Of Communications & Marketing.

Communications and Marketing Publications Archive

The September 2024 Morehead State University News Report.

A Criminal Résumé: Bc’S Unjust Disclosure Of Non-Conviction Information, Nermin Karim

UBC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Development Of Extruded Puffed Snack Utilizing Carrot Pomace, Bean Flour, And Rice Starch As Primary Ingredients, Julia Zoe

Master's Theses

Every year, the carrot industry worldwide wastes up to 50% of carrots as raw material due to processing (Šeregelj et al., 2020). When carrots are juiced, the remaining fibrous pulp is often discarded as carrot pomace. In order to redirect this food waste, the first objective of this research was to optimize formulations for an extruded puffed snack that is most similar to commercially available puffed snacks, utilizing baby lima bean flour and carrot pomace

Hardness (kg), cross-sectional expansion ratio, bulk density (g/cm³), moisture content (%), water activity, specific mechanical energy (kJ/kg), carotenoid concentration (ppm), and total dietary …

Survey Of Soilborne Pathogens Infecting Strawberry In Oxnard, California & Effect Of Planting Date And Chill Treatment On Yield Of Strawberry, Samantha Z. Simard

Master's Theses

Survey to quantify the frequency of the five main pathogens (Macrophomina phaseolina, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae races 1 and 2, Verticillium dahliae, and Phytophthora spp.) infecting strawberry in the Oxnard growing district of California. M. phaseolina was the most prevalent pathogen detected in diseased plants in the Oxnard growing district, present in 67.6% of samples positive for at least one pathogen. F. oxysporum f. sp. fragariae race 1 (35.3%), V. dahlia (8.8%), F. oxysporum f. sp. fragariae race 2 (5.9%) and Phytophthora spp. (2.9%) followed at lower prevalence. Associations were found between fewer drip irrigation lines …

Key Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction Among Academic Staff In The University, Victor Amadi Stephen

School of Rehabilitation Services & Counseling Faculty Publications

Job satisfaction (JS) undoubtedly impacts significantly on the productive capacity and general well-being of academic staff within universities. Poor JS affects not only individual performance but also broader institutional goals and may culminate in a decline in staff morale, disloyalty, constant labor migration and unending industrial actions by labor unions within the university. Enhancing job satisfaction can improve staff’s quality of service, staff retention, productivity, and the overall academic quality of the institutions. This study reviews factors associated with job satisfaction among academic staff in universities, and how these factors independently contribute to overall job satisfaction. This study draws on …

Survey Of Ohio Likely Voters 18+, September 2024 Toplines, Robert Alexander, Melissa K. Miller, David J. Jackson, Nicole Kalaf-Hughes, Joshua Boston

Democracy and Public Policy Network Polls

No abstract provided.

Generative Large Language Models Are All-Purpose Text Analytics Engines: Text-To-Text Learning Is All Your Need, Cheng Peng, Xi Yang, Aokun Chen, Zehao Yu, Kaleb E Smith, Anthony B Costa, Mona G Flores, Jiang Bian, Yonghui Wu

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Objective: To solve major clinical natural language processing (NLP) tasks using a unified text-to-text learning architecture based on a generative large language model (LLM) via prompt tuning.

Methods: We formulated 7 key clinical NLP tasks as text-to-text learning and solved them using one unified generative clinical LLM, GatorTronGPT, developed using GPT-3 architecture and trained with up to 20 billion parameters. We adopted soft prompts (ie, trainable vectors) with frozen LLM, where the LLM parameters were not updated (ie, frozen) and only the vectors of soft prompts were updated, known as prompt tuning. We added additional soft prompts as a prefix …

Large Language Models For Biomedicine: Foundations, Opportunities, Challenges, And Best Practices, Satya S Sahoo, Joseph M Plasek, Hua Xu, Özlem Uzuner, Trevor Cohen, Meliha Yetisgen, Hongfang Liu, Stéphane Meystre, Yanshan Wang

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Objectives: Generative large language models (LLMs) are a subset of transformers-based neural network architecture models. LLMs have successfully leveraged a combination of an increased number of parameters, improvements in computational efficiency, and large pre-training datasets to perform a wide spectrum of natural language processing (NLP) tasks. Using a few examples (few-shot) or no examples (zero-shot) for prompt-tuning has enabled LLMs to achieve state-of-the-art performance in a broad range of NLP applications. This article by the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) NLP Working Group characterizes the opportunities, challenges, and best practices for our community to leverage and advance the integration of …

Refai: A Gpt-Powered Retrieval-Augmented Generative Tool For Biomedical Literature Recommendation And Summarization, Yiming Li, Jeff Zhao, Manqi Li, Yifang Dang, Evan Yu, Jianfu Li, Zenan Sun, Usama Hussein, Jianguo Wen, Ahmed M Abdelhameed, Junhua Mai, Shenduo Li, Yue Yu, Xinyue Hu, Daowei Yang, Jingna Feng, Zehan Li, Jianping He, Wei Tao, Tiehang Duan, Yanyan Lou, Fang Li, Cui Tao

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Objectives: Precise literature recommendation and summarization are crucial for biomedical professionals. While the latest iteration of generative pretrained transformer (GPT) incorporates 2 distinct modes-real-time search and pretrained model utilization-it encounters challenges in dealing with these tasks. Specifically, the real-time search can pinpoint some relevant articles but occasionally provides fabricated papers, whereas the pretrained model excels in generating well-structured summaries but struggles to cite specific sources. In response, this study introduces RefAI, an innovative retrieval-augmented generative tool designed to synergize the strengths of large language models (LLMs) while overcoming their limitations.

Materials and methods: RefAI utilized PubMed for systematic literature retrieval, …

Pigments: The Bridge Of Disciplines, Candace Gwyther

Postgraduate

This practice-based research explores the intersection of oil painting and ceramics, highlighting the shared techniques and methods that bridge these two disciplines. By using common pigments and integrating cross-disciplinary approaches, this study demonstrates how each discipline can inform and enhance the other, leading to the creation of an innovative and adaptable medium that seamlessly functions within both ceramics and painting. This interdisciplinary approach challenges traditional boundaries, opening new pathways for creative expression where technical material manipulation intersects with the broader narrative of my artistic practice. Grounded in foundational theories such as path making, meshwork, play, and bricolage, the research culminates …

Depressive Symptoms And Sleep Quality Mediate The Relationship Between Race And Quality Of Life Among Patients With Heart Failure: A Serial Multiple Mediator Model, Jia-Rong Wu, Debra K. Moser, Chin-Yen Lin, Ambrose A. Chiang, Barbara Riegel

UK CARES Faculty Publications

Background: Black patients with heart failure (HF) report worse quality of life (QoL) than White patients. Few investigators have examined mediators of the association between race and QoL, but depressive symptoms and sleep quality are associated with QoL.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether depressive symptoms and sleep quality are mediators of the relationship between race and QoL among patients with HF.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. We included 271 outpatients with HF. Self-reported race (White/Black), depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire), sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index), and QoL (Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire) were collected …

Patient Denial Of Myocardial Infarction In The Prehospital Phase: Prevalence And Correlates, Mona A. Abed, Amani A. Khalil, Debra K. Moser

UK CARES Faculty Publications

Background: Limited knowledge exists regarding patients' denial of myocardial infarction (MI) before hospitalization for an MI. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and correlates of denial of MI in the prehospital phase of a confirmed MI. Methods: This secondary analysis included 166 hospitalized patients (mean [SD] age, 54.1 [10.5] years) who developed MI outside a healthcare facility and had high congruence between their experienced and expected symptoms. Measurements included the Denial subscale of the Brief COPE Inventory, the modified Response to Symptoms Questionnaire, and a Likert scale measuring perceived risk for MI. Patients who arrived …

2024 Directory Of Bargaining Agents And Contracts In Institutions Of Higher Education, William A. Herbert, Jacob Apkarian, Joseph Van Der Naald

Publications and Research

The 2024 Directory of Bargaining Agents and Contracts in Institutions of Higher Education includes data and analysis regarding 902 collective bargaining relationships in higher education through January 1, 2024 involving tenured and tenure eligible faculty, non-tenure track faculty, department chairs, administrators, postdoctoral scholars, and academic researchers and graduate and undergraduate student employees at public and private non-profit institutions.

From The Guest Editors: The Human Side Of The Future Of Work: Understanding The Role People Play In Shaping A Changing World, Jochen I. Menges, Lauren C. Howe, Erika Hall, Jon M. Jachimowicz, Sharon K. Parker, Riki Takeuchi, Abhijeet K. Vadera, Ashley Whillans, Susan K. Cohen

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

For as long as there has been work, there has been a “future of work,” through humans’ ingenuity and drive to get things done easier, faster, and better. With the industrial revolution, efforts to shape a better future of work were dominated by improvements in machinery that soon led to fears that these machines might take away jobs from workers, enriching the rich and leaving the poor poorer (Allen, 2017). Later, John Maynard Keynes (1930) optimistically predicted technological unemployment (a net loss of jobs due to shifts in the nature of work outpacing the economy’s ability to redeploy talent) would …

Network Resilience Of Plant-Bee Interactions In The Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot, Fairo F. Dzekashu, Abdullahi A. Yusuf, Kazuhiro Takemoto, Marcell K. Peters, H. Michael G. Lattorff, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Christian W.W. Pirk

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Interaction network resilience can be defined as the ability of interacting organisms to maintain their functions, processes or populations after experiencing a disturbance. Studies on mutualistic interactions between plants and pollinators along environmental gradients are essential to understand the provision of ecosystem services and the mechanisms challenging their network resilience. However, it remains unknown to what level ecological changes along climatic gradients constrain the network resilience of mutualistic organisms, especially along elevation gradients. We surveyed bee species and recorded their interactions with plants throughout the four major seasons (i.e. long and short rainy, and long and short dry) on 50 …

Mechanical Thrombectomy Versus Intravenous Thrombolysis In Distal Medium Vessel Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Multinational Multicenter Propensity Score-Matched Study, Hamza Adel Salim, Vivek Yedavalli, Basel Musmar, Nimer Adeeb, Muhammed Amir Essibayi, Kareem El Naamani, Nils Henninger, Sri Hari Sundararajan, Anna Luisa Kühn, Jane Khalife, Sherief Ghozy, Luca Scarcia, Benjamin Y Q Tan, Benjamin Pulli, Jeremy J Heit, Robert W Regenhardt, Nicole M Cancelliere, Joshua D Bernstock, Aymeric Rouchaud, Jens Fiehler, Sunil Sheth, Ajit S Puri, Christian Dyzmann, Marco Colasurdo, Xavier Barreau, Leonardo Renieri, João Pedro Filipe, Pablo Harker, Razvan Alexandru Radu, Thomas R Marotta, Julian Spears, Takahiro Ota, Ashkan Mowla, Pascal Jabbour, Arundhati Biswas, Frédéric Clarençon, James E Siegler, Thanh N Nguyen, Ricardo Varela, Amanda Baker, David Altschul, Nestor R Gonzalez, Markus A Möhlenbruch, Vincent Costalat, Benjamin Gory, Christian Paul Stracke, Mohammad Ali Aziz-Sultan, Constantin Hecker, Hamza Shaikh, David S Liebeskind, Alessandro Pedicelli, Andrea M Alexandre, Illario Tancredi, Tobias D Faizy, Erwah Kalsoum, Boris Lubicz, Aman B Patel, Vitor Mendes Pereira, Adrien Guenego, Adam A Dmytriw, Mad Mt Investigators

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background and purpose: The management of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) due to distal medium vessel occlusion (DMVO) remains uncertain, particularly in comparing the effectiveness of intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) plus mechanical thrombectomy (MT) versus IVT alone. This study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy in DMVO patients treated with either MT-IVT or IVT alone.

Methods: This multinational study analyzed data from 37 centers across North America, Asia, and Europe. Patients with AIS due to DMVO were included, with data collected from September 2017 to July 2023. The primary outcome was functional independence, with secondary outcomes including mortality and safety measures …

Lysophospholipid Remodeling Mediated By The Lplt And Aas Protein Complex In The Bacterial Envelope, Wei Niu, Trung Vu, Guangwei Du, Mikhail Bogdanov, Lei Zheng

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Lysophospholipid transporter LplT and acyltransferase Aas consist of a lysophospholipid-remodeling system ubiquitously found in gram-negative microorganisms. LplT flips lysophospholipid across the inner membrane which is subsequently acylated by Aas on the cytoplasmic membrane surface. Our previous study showed that the proper functioning of this system is important to protecting Escherichia coli from phospholipase-mediated host attack by maintaining the integrity of the bacterial cell envelope. However, the working mechanism of this system is still unclear. Herein, we report that LplT and Aas form a membrane protein complex in E. coli which allows these two enzymes to cooperate efficiently to move lysophospholipids …

Adrenal Hemangioma, Ahmed K Elsayes, Steven G Waguespack, Eduardo J Matta, Mindy X Wang

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

No abstract provided.

A Word From The Writing Team (September 2024), Pam Walter, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Publication Spotlight
• Mark Your Calendars: First Friday Writing Retreats Are Back!
• Jefferson has funding agreements with specific publishers
• For FY24-25, the Open Access Publishing Fund process has changed
• The OPWPC Canvas Page offers helpful tools

Advancements In Legged Walking Robots: Review, Zaineb Wared Matteb, Sadeq Hussein, Nabil Hassan Hadi

Iraqi Journal of Computers, Communications, Control and Systems Engineering

The purpose of this review is to contribute to the body ofknowledge surrounding legged walking robots, specifically those utilizingfour legs. It aims to inform researchers, engineers, and enthusiasts about theadvancements, potential applications, and future prospects of these robots,ultimately driving further research and development in this exciting field.The review covered the most recent research articles in the field of designingand manufacturing robots, as well as how to choose the mechanism ofactuator between hydraulic or electric systems and their impact on theweight increase and energy consumption, or potential noise generationduring the operation like Bigdog robot. The payload was also assessed, witha comparison …

Machine Learning Techniques For Monitoring Water Quality In Water Resources, Hussam Hashim Hussein, Salam Muhsin, Wissam Shaya Abbas

Iraqi Journal of Computers, Communications, Control and Systems Engineering

More than 66% of the Earth's total surface area is covered by water. Cleanwater is one of the basic needs of everyday life. Consistent pollution of water bodies canhave far-reaching effects on the lives of living organisms. The World Health Organizationhas reported that the provision of safe drinking water for human consumption is achallenge that has reached alarming levels. This is because nearly 70% of the total waterwithdrawals worldwide are used in agriculture. To determine the water's suitability forhuman consumption, Tests are typically conducted by examining the properties of water interms of physical, biological, and chemical conditions. There are various …

Survey Of Uav Security Authentication And Cryptography Protocols, Manar H. Abed, Shatha H, Soukaena H. Hashiem

Iraqi Journal of Computers, Communications, Control and Systems Engineering

Unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, are gaining significant attention becauseof the strategic and financial information and value inVolved in aerial applications, as wellas the sensitive data collected through embedded sensors. UAVs are rapidly developing invarious fields and find widespread utility in military applications for effective targettracking, battlefield surveillance, radiation monitoring, and sports. UAVs are useful andadvantageous, but they can also be attacked by a variety of techniques, including jamming,fuzzing, false data injection, and zero attacks. Researchers were looking on robust securitymechanisms to protect UAVs from attackers in order to combat such security risks.However, there is a large number of vulnerabilities …

Multi Graded Brain Tumor Classification Using Yolov7, Sarmad Fouad Yaseen, Amjad Jaleel, Ahmed Sabah Al-Araji, Hamed S. Al-Raweshidy

Iraqi Journal of Computers, Communications, Control and Systems Engineering

In recent years, significant progress has been made in the field ofdiagnosis and classification of brain tumors, mainly attributed toadvancements in artificial intelligence and medical imaging. The mainobjective of this study is to improve the detection and classification of braintumors by applying and utilizing of artificial intelligence (AI) and recentadvancements in medical imaging techniques. Automation of the process oftumor identification and then classification, in addition to tumor grading, willdefinitely improve all procedures of brain tumor treatment and enhancepatient care. The proposed system combines conVolutional neural networks(CNNs), which act as extract features, and the You Only Look Once Algorithm(YOLOv7) for effective …

The Importance Of Sampling Frequency For Estimates Of Well-Being Dynamics, Stephen James Hoskins, David W. Johnston, Johannes S. Kunz, Michael A. Shields, Kevin E. Staub

ROSA Journal Articles and Publications

Using a high-frequency panel survey, we examine the sensitivity of estimated self-reported well-being (SWB) dynamics to using monthly, quarterly, and yearly data. This is an important issue if SWB is to be used to evaluate policy. Results from autoregressive models that account for individual-level heterogeneity indicate that the estimated persistence using yearly data is near zero. However, estimated persistence from monthly and quarterly data is substantial. We estimate that persistence to shocks typically lasts around six months and has a net present value of 75–80 per cent of the contemporaneous effect. Estimates are similar for different domains of SWB.

Accelerating Growth Of Human Coastal Populations At The Global And Continent Levels: 2000–2018, A. G. Cosby, V. Lebakula, David Swanson, K. Bergene, D. E. Bloom, Multiple Additional Authors

Publications, Reports and Presentations

Current human population growth along Earth’s coasts is on a collision path with anticipated consequences of increasing natural and anthropogenic induced coastal hazards. Using recently-available ambient, dasymetric data, we developed methods to estimate annual continental and global coastal populations from (2000–2018) measured horizontally from the shoreline inward. We found: (1) large concentrations of population in relatively small bands and regions along the coast (~ 2 billion within 50 km and ~ 1 billion within 10 km); (2) higher growth rates of coastal population than inland population (an addition of 463 million within 50 km and 233 million within 10 km); …

Removal Of Some Heavy Metals From Polluted Water Using New Schiff Base For Polyacrylamide With Zeolite Nanocomposites, Zainab Sabeer Abdulsada, Sahar S. Hassan, Sanaa Hitur Awad

Baghdad Science Journal

This work involved the preparation of a new Schiff base ligand derived from poly acrylamide and glutaraldehyde [(2S, 2'S) – N, N' - (pentane-1, 5-diylidene) bis (2- methylbutan amide)] (PAAG) with some heavy metals (Cr +3, Mn + 3, Fe + 3, Co + 2, Ni + 2, Cu + 2, Zn + 2, Cd + 2) to produce corresponding complexes. Schiff bases and their metal complexes are characterized using FTIR spectral, Uv-Vis spectroscopy, conductivity, magnetic moments, Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope (SEM) and atomic force microscope (AFM). The prepared polymer was used with zeolite to …

Investigation Of Fractional Order Tumor Cell Concentration Equation Using Finite Difference Method, Kalyanrao Takale, Uttam Kharde, Shrikisan Gaikwad

Baghdad Science Journal

The fractional differential equation provides a powerful mathematical framework for modeling and understanding a wide range of complex, non-local and memory-dependent phenomena in various scientific, engineering and real-world applications. Liver metastasis is a secondary cancerous tumor that develops in the liver due to the spread of cancer cells from a primary cancer originating in another part of the human body. The primary focus of this study is to understand tumor growth in the human liver, both in the presence and absence of medication therapy. To achieve this, a temporal fractional-order parabolic partial differential equation is utilized, and its analysis is …