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Hemorrhagic Cholecystitis: A Case Report, Tyler Arscott, Lawrence Narkiewicz

2024 Henry Ford Jackson Hospital Research Symposium

Hemorrhagic cholecystitis is a rare, and sometimes under considered, cause of acute cholecystitis. Hemorrhagic cholecystitis can be precipitated secondary to blunt abdominal trauma, malignancy, or various etiologies of bleeding or clotting disorder, including anticoagulation use, kidney failure, or liver failure. A combination of various imaging techniques and a high level of clinical suspicion is required to accurately diagnose hemorrhagic cholecystitis and prevent high-risk and possible complications that can result from delay in diagnosis and treatment. We present a case report involving spontaneous hemorrhagic cholecystitis, along with a review of imaging findings in various modalities. Our patient was a 69 y/o …

Predictive Performance Of The Hester Davis Scale For Fall Risk (Hds) At Henry Ford Jackson Hospital (Hfjh), Kathleen Walsh, Danielle Elswick, David Metcalf, Karen Gossman, Jennifer Rice, Jessica Schmidt, Emilee Losey, Vanessa Walker, Gregory D. Jordon

2024 Henry Ford Jackson Hospital Research Symposium

Henry Ford Health’s strategic plan includes the goal: “Zero Harm and 100 Reliability” using the Highly Reliable Organization (HRO) framework. Patient falls are a nurse sensitive indicator, and the most common adverse event in hospitals. One fall in three causes harm; from minor to severe. Most falls are anticipated physiological falls, which are preventable. Henry Ford Health, including HFJH, adopted the HDS Fall Risk Tool in August of 2018. Variable fall rates and challenges with HDS implementation sparked our team to replicate and expand upon the Kaiser (2020) study.

Investigation Of The Prevalence Of Ifitm3 Polymorphisms (Rs12252 And Rs34481144) In Turkish Population: A Pilot Study And Survey Conducted During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Dilek Pirim, Fatih Atilla Bağcı, Hasan Faruk Niş, Emin Halis Akalın

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

Interferon-induced Transmembrane Protein 3 (IFITM3) plays a substantial role in the immune system by repressing viral entry into host cells and restricting virus replication. Recent research suggests that IFITM3/rs34481144 and IFITM3/rs12252 contribute to susceptibility to viral infections across populations dependent on their population frequencies, which needs further clarification. Here, we conducted a population-based study to determine the prevalence of two regulator SNPs in the Turkish population and evaluated genotype and allele frequencies in individuals stratified into groups based on a pilot survey conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Tetra-Primer Arms PCR (TPA-PCR) assays and Sanger sequencing methods were used for …

Insulin Prescribing And Glycemic Control In Response To A Steroid-Induced Hyperglycemia Best Practice Alert, Nicole Bullock, Anna Eursiriwan, Kevin Szyskowski

2024 Henry Ford Jackson Hospital Research Symposium

Abstract: The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommends intermediate-acting insulin NPH or long-acting insulin glargine for steroid-induced hyperglycemia in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM).1 At Henry Ford Jackson Hospital (HFJH), methylprednisolone is associated with a high incidence of hyperglycemia. HFHS implemented a Steroid-Induced Hyperglycemia Best Practice Alert (BPA) to prompt insulin prescribing (NPH or glargine) in patients with recent hyperglycemia (BG >200 within 24 hours) and a new steroid order. This observational retrospective cohort study included adult patients admitted to HFJH who were initiated on a corticosteroid within 24 hours of having a documented episode of hyperglycemia (blood glucose (BG) > 200 …

Minutes, Faculty Affairs Committee Meeting, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, Faculty Affairs Committee

Faculty Affairs Committee Minutes

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Trajectories Of Self-Management And Independence In Youth With Spina Bifida: Family-Related Predictors Of Growth, Monique Ridosh, William Howard Adams, Colleen F. Bechtel Driscoll, Fabiola Magana, Kathleen J. Sawin, Grayson Holmbeck

Nursing: School of Nursing Faculty Publications and Other Works

The purpose of this study was to assess family-related predictors of self-management trajectories in youth with spina bifida (SB). Participants with SB completed the Adolescent/Young Adult Self-Management and Independence Scale (AMIS II) interview across four time points. Family functioning, family-related stress, and perceived family support were assessed by multiple reporters and multiple methods. Growth in AMIS II total self-management and the AMIS II subscales (Condition and Independent Living) were estimated using linear mixed effect models as a function of family factors, after controlling for socio-demographic, condition-related, and neuropsychological variables that had been found to be significant predictors of self-management in …

Gender, Sexuality,Social Norms On Occupation, Alison Mula, Karen Mccarthy, Jaime Leite Jr.

Occupational Therapy | Faculty Conference Presentations

No abstract provided.

The Prospector, April 16, 2024, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

No abstract provided.

Wetland Restoration Falls Short Of Fixing Gulf Of Mexico Dead Zone, Robbin Ray

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

To Decipher Genomic Evolution Of Dengue Virus And To Probe The Activation Mechanism Of A Her2 Directed Chimeric Antigen Receptor Toward Computer Aided Drug Design (Cadd), Mariya Hryb

Theses and Dissertations

This study encompasses three significant chapters focusing on diverse yet interconnected aspects of pharmaceutical research. Chapter 1 delves into the complexities of drug development, emphasizing the challenges and the pressing need for advanced technologies to streamline the process. Computational methods like Computer-Aided Drug Design (CADD) extend their scope beyond small molecules, aiding in the design of intricate biomolecules vital for biomedical advancements, especially in immunotherapy. Chapter 2 introduces the Near-Neutral Balanced Selectionist Theory (NNBST) validated through analysis of Dengue virus evolution. The unique features observed align with NNBST, surpassing existing theories. This approach offers a deeper understanding of viral evolution …

Icc Agenda 4-16-24, Angela Brock

Individual Course Committee (ICC)

No abstract provided.

Researchers Crowdsource Public Videos To Identify Distinct Moose Sounds In Natural Environments, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Earth Day 2024: Experts Comment On Climate Change, Plastics And Environmental Challenges, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Freshwater Fishhook Injuries And Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns: A Retrospective Analysis, Jacob Sinkoff, Alan A. Lazzara, Jonathan Baptiste, Khader Zahdan, Robert J. Thompson

2024 Henry Ford Jackson Hospital Research Symposium

Background: Fishing remains a popular leisure and sporting activity in the United States. One common injury while fishing is an embedded hook in the fisherman/women or a bystander. Hooks, often barbed, are designed to not easily be removed to ensure the angler completes the catch. Studies vary on indications for antibiotic use from recommending antibiotics in all fishhook injuries, to location of injury, and/or immunocompromised status of patients.

Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of patient seen in the Emergency Department at Henry Ford Jackson Hospital after sustaining a fishhook injury. Patient characteristics, location of embedment, antibiotic usage data was …

Adherence With American Academy Of Pediatrics Guidelines For Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia, Vivien Phung, Kimberly Aiken

2024 Henry Ford Jackson Hospital Research Symposium

Background: Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia may require phototherapy. In August 2022, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) updated the recommendations for management of hyperbilirubinemia which included: Increasing the total bilirubin threshold to initiate phototherapy; Obtaining laboratory evaluation for hemolysis in neonates born to mothers with O+ blood type; Decreasing IV fluid therapy in stable neonates; Waiting 12-24 hours before obtaining a bilirubin level after phototherapy in low-risk neonates.

Objectives: To investigate the impact of the AAP guidelines on the management of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in our medical unit.

Our goals include: Decrease the proportion of neonates who receive unnecessary phototherapy to ≤10%; Keep …

Ucc Minutes 4-16-24, Angela Brock

UCC Agendas/Minutes

No abstract provided.

Efficacy Of An Online Mindfulness Training To Improve Well-Being In K-12 Teachers: A Randomized Waitlist Controlled Trial, Katelyn Naomi Jackman

Theses and Dissertations

Concerns about the mental health and well-being of K-12 schoolteachers have never been more urgent, with stress levels, burnout, and rates of attrition reaching historically high levels. Mindfulness-based interventions may be a professional development option for teachers to better meet the demands of their career with skills such as mental flexibility, emotion regulation, resilience, empathy, compassion, and interpersonal skills. This study examines the efficacy of the Mindfulness for Humans (MfH) course, an online, self-directed mindfulness curriculum that is grounded in evidence-based practices, is easily accessible and scalable, relatively brief, and requires little or no work on the part of the …

Auditory Feedback Decreases Timing Variability For Discontinuous And Continuous Motor Tasks In Autistic Adults, Nicole M. Richard Williams, Luc Tremblay, Corene Hurt-Thaut, Jessica Brian, Julia Kowaleski, Kathrin Mertel, Sebastian Schlüter, Michael Thaut

Faculty Scholarship

Introduction: Autistic individuals demonstrate greater variability and timing error in their motor performance than neurotypical individuals, likely due at least in part to atypical cerebellar characteristics and connectivity. These motor difficulties may differentially affect discrete as opposed to continuous movements in autistic individuals. Augmented auditory feedback has the potential to aid motor timing and variability due to intact auditory-motor pathways in autism and high sensitivity in autistic individuals to auditory stimuli. Methods: This experiment investigated whether there were differences in timing accuracy and variability in autistic adults as a function of task (discontinuous vs. continuous movements) and condition (augmented auditory …

Brain Mechanisms Underlying The Emotion Processing Bias In Treatment-Resistant Depression, X. Fan, M. Mocchi, B. Pascuzzi, J. Xiao, Brian A. Metzger, R. K. Mathura, C. Hacker, J. A. Adkinson, E. Bartoli, S. Elhassa, A. J. Watrous, Y. Zhang, A. Allawala, V. Pirtle, S. J. Mathew, W. Goodman, N. Pouratian, K. R. Bijanki

Psychology Faculty Works

Depression is associated with a cognitive bias towards negative information and away from positive information. This biased emotion processing may underlie core depression symptoms, including persistent feelings of sadness and a reduced capacity to experience pleasure. The neural mechanisms responsible for this biased emotion processing remain unknown. Here we had a unique opportunity to record stereotactic electroencephalography signals in the amygdala and prefrontal cortex (PFC) from 5 patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) and 12 patients with epilepsy (as control) while they participated in an affective bias task in which happy and sad faces were evaluated. First, compared with the control …

Quality Of Life And Well-Being Of Breast Cancer Patients While Following A Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema Surveillance Protocol, Madisen L. Prasek

Occupational Therapy Capstone Presentations

With breast cancer being one of the most common cancers in women globally and treatments being one of the greatest risk factors for secondary lymphedema (Eaton et al., 2020; He et al., 2023; Jørgensen et al., 2021), it is essential to understand how a breast cancer diagnosis and treatments affect an individual’s quality of life (QoL) and well-being. This capstone project aimed to gain in-depth clinical skills in lymphedema care, specifically in breast-care related lymphedema (BCRL), and educate on the psychosocial needs of the breast cancer population, with an emphasis on how being at risk for or diagnosed with BCRL …

The Dark Triad, Creativity And Morality, Erin Beers

Honors Theses

The Dark Triad of personality is the combination of narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. The associative theory of creativity involves the default mode network of the brain, which is responsible for memory tasks, imagination, and thoughts of self. Since the Dark Triad traits involve inhibitory control and imagination, there is a high likelihood that observed alterations in these processes may be used to predict dark creativity patterns. Malevolent creativity involves using new ideas to complete tasks that will harm others. With creativity not being limited to positive outcomes, aspects of morality are also part of the creative decision-making processes. Morality is …

Mypov: Promoting Self-Efficacy And Empowerment Amongst Foster Youth, Hanah Friel

Senior Capstone Papers

Trauma is a key player in the lives of young people within the child welfare system. Adverse childhood experiences define the course of life for many foster youths prior to entering the system, and for many, exemplify their time during and after foster care. The results of this trauma are often overwhelming and far-reaching, as traumatic behaviors often take the form of distrust and dysregulation. Moreover, trauma can disrupt one’s sense of safety and contribute to feelings of disempowerment. For many, it is rare that our lives are representative of a complete lack of opportunity for self-efficacy and empowerment; however, …

Exploring Caregivers Of Individuals With Dementia’S Self-Efficacy: A Qualitative Study, Julia Seymour Otd, Kristin Domville Drot, Mot, Otr/L, Cody Cox Otd, Med, Otr/L, Plcc

Spring 2024 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium

A qualitative research study was done by conducting in-person and virtual interviews with past and current caregivers of individuals with dementia. This study was done to get a better understanding of caregiver self-efficacy, and how Occupational Therapy can be a solution and an advocate for caregivers.

Research Finds Existing Wetland Conservation Falls Short Fixing Gulf Of Mexico Dead Zone, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Energy-Absorbing Helmet For Safer Football, Aidan Laudeman

Honors Theses

Football-related injuries are a common occurrence and are often detrimental to the player’s health. Force impacts frequently occur at the front, back, and sides of a player’s helmet, resulting in head injuries like concussions. The goal of this project is to reduce recurrent head injuries by designing a solution involving the use of energy-absorbing metallic materials that are inserted into a football helmet. These energy-absorbing materials are configured in target zones inside the helmet to reduce the acceleration of the head based on impact locations. The chosen materials are nitinol and spring steel, which display energy-absorbing properties. Various energy-absorbing material …

How Social Movements Have Influenced Child Custody Standards Over Time, Victoria Miller

Honors Theses

Child custody standards have evolved over time due to societal attitude shifts regarding gender roles. The stereotypes present within the decision-making process of child custody laws have been challenged repeatedly in order to attack sexism within the laws. Child custody decisions are important for the child and family in question, because whichever parental guardian has custody over the child has the legal authority to make life changing choices for the child. These choices can include education, religion, and the environment the child grows and develops in. Parental choices can affect a child's mental and physical well-being, which makes it crucial …

Electric Ducted Fan Lander, Maggie Waechter

Honors Theses

This report, and corresponding project, addresses the fact that there are not many student experiments with controlling real spacecrafts due to the scarceness of the craft, cost, risk, and finite fuel supply. This project demonstrates the possibility of a classroom substitute for students to understand how landers would operate on planetary bodies. In order to achieve flight from the drone, there were two separate designs produced, the electrical and structural system, that were integrated together to form a full prototype. The performance of the electric ducted fans (EDFs) as well as the batteries were tested to ensure that the components …

Common Questions And Misconceptions About Protein Supplementation: What Does The Scientific Evidence Really Show?, Jose Antonio, Cassandra Evans, Arny A. Ferrando, Jeffrey R. Stout, Brandi Antonio, Harry P. Cintineo, Patrick Harty, Shwn M. Arent, Darren G. Candow, Scott C. Forbes, Chad M. Kerksick, Flavia Pereira, Drew Gonzalez, Richard B. Kreider

Faculty Scholarship

Protein supplementation often refers to increasing the intake of this particular macronutrient through dietary supplements in the form of powders, ready-to-drink shakes, and bars. The primary purpose of protein supplementation is to augment dietary protein intake, aiding individuals in meeting their protein requirements, especially when it may be challenging to do so through regular food (i.e. chicken, beef, fish, pork, etc.) sources alone. A large body of evidence shows that protein has an important role in exercising and sedentary individuals. A PubMed search of “protein and exercise performance” reveals thousands of publications. Despite the considerable volume of evidence, it is …

The Full Cycle, Gwendolyn Goguelet

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Personalization And Privacy Choice, Andrew Rhodes, Jidong Zhou

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

This paper studies consumers’ privacy choices when firms can use their data to make personalized offers. We first introduce a general framework of personalization and privacy choice, and then apply it to personalized recommendations, personalized prices, and personalized product design. We argue that due to firms’ reaction in the product market, consumers who share their data often impose a negative externality on other consumers. Due to this privacy-choice externality, too many consumers share their data relative to the consumer optimum; moreover, more competition, or improvements in data security, can lower consumer surplus by encouraging more data sharing.