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From The Editors: Mobilizing New Sources Of Data: Opportunities And Recommendations, Denis A. Gregoire, Anne L. J. Ter Wal, Laura M. Little, Sekou Bermiss, Reddi Kotha, Marc Gruber

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

In June 2008, the U.S.-based website Glassdoor.com began posting anonymous company reviews and salary data from current and former employees of various organizations. Doing so not only brought to the world information that had hitherto been restricted to private circles, it spontaneously prompted some organizations to alter their workplace practices (Dineen & Allen, 2016; Dube & Zhu, 2021). At the same time, Glassdoor’s very activities gave rise to a completely new source of data for exploring a wealth of management and organizational phenomena (e.g., Bermiss & McDonald, 2018; Rhee, 2024). As this example illustrates, new data sources can not only …

Risk Factors For In-Hospital Seizure And New-Onset Epilepsy In Coiling And Clipping Treatment Of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Viet-Thang Le, Anh Minh Nguyen, Phuc Long Nguyen

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

OBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors associated with in-hospital seizures and new-onset epilepsy in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) who underwent coiling embolization or clipping surgery.

METHODS: This retrospective descriptive study included 195 patients diagnosed with aneurysmal SAH and treated with coiling embolization or clipping surgery between January 2018 and June 2022.

RESULTS: Among the 195 patients meeting inclusion criteria, 9 experienced an onset seizure at the time of SAH. In-hospital seizures were observed in 33 patients, of which 24 were electrographic seizures detected in 24 patients with suspected subclinical seizures. After 12 months of follow-up, 11 patients met criteria …

Abatacept Pharmacokinetics And Exposure Response In Patients Hospitalized With Covid-19, Stephen J Balevic, Daniel K Benjamin, William G Powderly, P Brian Smith, Daniel Gonzalez, Matthew W Mccarthy, Linda K Shaw, Christopher J Lindsell, Sam Bozzette, Daphne Williams, Benjamin P Linas, John Blamoun, Heta Javeri, Christoph P Hornik

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

IMPORTANCE: The pharmacokinetics of abatacept and the association between abatacept exposure and outcomes in patients with severe COVID-19 are unknown.

OBJECTIVE: To characterize abatacept pharmacokinetics, relate drug exposure with clinical outcomes, and evaluate the need for dosage adjustments.

DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This study is a secondary analysis of data from the ACTIV-1 (Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines) Immune Modulator (IM) randomized clinical trial conducted between October 16, 2020, and December 31, 2021. The trial included hospitalized adults who received abatacept in addition to standard of care for treatment of COVID-19 pneumonia. Data analysis was performed between September 2022 …

Mitigating Ai’S Harmful Effects In Developing Economies Through Contracting, A.B. Steinberg

The International Law Review Association Student Forum

The global economic community must establish a new organization that helps to create contracting parameters to ensure that AI does not crash economies, namely those in the developing world that are most at risk.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) will revolutionize the global economy. While many debate the ramifications for developed economies, such as the United States, these effects will likely be increased productivity and the loss of jobs across the workforce. This comment argues that these effects will be even more profound in developing nations due to both AI in their direct economies and the downstream effects of automation. The possible …

Raining Hellfire: An Analysis On The Use Of White Phosphorus And Its International Regulation, Shaun Quirk

The International Law Review Association Student Forum

Chemical weapons, biological weapons, nuclear weapons, and substance-infused munitions are not new in the art of war. In fact, accounts of toxins and venoms date back to ancient times when bows and arrows were cutting-edge technology. But the existing frameworks regulating these weapons require immediate and more exacting scrutiny. In late 2023, Hamas reignited a generations-old conflict with Israel through a surprise attack. Shortly thereafter, global headlines reported Israel was deploying white phosphorus—a highly volatile substance—into Gaza. The potential devastation of white phosphorus is shocking, yet the existing legal frameworks governing its use are both ambiguous and overly lenient. This …

Russia And China’S Complicity In North Korea’S Human Rights Violations: Measures The U.S. Should Take To Intervene And Mitigate The Abuse, Cameron Kenyon

The International Law Review Association Student Forum

The complicity of Russia and China in North Korea’s (DPRK) human rights issues is incredibly concerning not only for the safety and well-being of North Korean citizens, but for world-wide security. Both China and Russia facilitate the DPRK human rights abuses by trading with North Korea irrespective of international sanctions, enabling human trafficking of North Koreans who have fled to China, and involuntarily repatriating refugees from the DPRK. Awareness of the DPRK human rights issues and Russia and China’s complicity, as well as active intervention, should be at the forefront of the U.S. human rights policy in order for the …

U.S. International Adoption Subsidies: Shining Light On The Dark History Of The Baby "Black Market", Rachel Briner

The International Law Review Association Student Forum

While international adoption is a beautiful concept in theory, it often leads to dark consequences. From its inception, human trafficking has enabled international adoptions. While the United States alone cannot dismantle the entire baby “black market” and the likely black market for children’s organs intertwined with it, the U.S. can remove its large contribution. By limiting the federal adoption subsidy to only domestic adoptions, the United States can ensure it only aids systems within its control and address the needs of its own children without homes more effectively. Many other authors have also noted various human trafficking and potential organ …

Protection From Warlords & Celebrities: How Anti-Slapp Legislation Is Making International Headway To Protect Free Speech, Olivia Augustat

The International Law Review Association Student Forum

Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) are increasingly being used by powerful individuals and entities to silence dissent and criticism, posing a significant threat to free speech globally. This misuse of legal systems undermines democratic principles by intimidating those who speak out on matters of public interest. My paper argues for the urgent need for effective Anti-SLAPP legislation, focusing on a comparative analysis of the U.S. and European Union (EU) approaches. While the U.S. has a fragmented but largely pro-defendant framework, the EU is moving toward an arguably vaguer but more unified, cross-border solution. This paper takes a unique approach …

It's About Time! Timing In Epilepsy Evaluation And Treatment, Heather Ravvin Mckee, Jorge Vidaurre, Dave Clarke, Janelle Wagner, Jeffrey W Britton, Linda Laux, Eugen Trinka, Clio Rubinos, Tanya J W Mcdonald, Fred A Lado, Martina Bebin, Christos Papadelis, Aaron F Struck, Carolina B Maciel, Ana L Velasco, Arjun Chandran, Sandipan Pati, Nitin Tandon, Guadalupe Fernandez-Baca Vaca, Madison M Berl, Ahsan N Moosa

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The 2023 American Epilepsy Society Annual Course "It's About Time" addressed timing in epilepsy evaluation and treatment with respect to health disparity and vulnerable populations and diagnostic, clinical, and epilepsy surgery evaluation. This comprehensive course included topics on gaps in epilepsy care and optimization of behavioral health for patients with epilepsy. The summary details current knowledge in areas of seizure forecasting and epileptogenesis. Intricacies and controversies over timing were discussed for treatment of nonconvulsive seizures and ictal-interictal patterns, acute symptomatic seizures, neuromodulation versus surgery, and epilepsy surgery in status epilepticus. Timing regarding clinical care in autoimmune-associated epilepsy, developmental and epileptic …

Effect Of Perioperative Stroke On Survival After Carotid Intervention, Tommaso Cambiaghi, Alexander Mills, Samuel Leonard, Regina Husman, Syed T Zaidi, Ezra Y Koh, Kourosh Keyhani, S Keisin Wang

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

OBJECTIVES: Perioperative stroke is the most dreaded complication of carotid artery interventions and can severely affect patients' quality of life. This study evaluated the impact of this event on mortality for patients undergoing interventional treatment of carotid artery stenosis with three different modalities.

METHODS: Patients undergoing carotid revascularization at participating Memorial Hermann Health System facilities were captured from 2003-2022. These patients were treated with either carotid endarterectomy (CEA), transfemoral carotid stenting (TF-CAS), or transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR). Perioperative outcomes, including stroke and mortality, as well as follow-up survival data at 6-month intervals, were analyzed and stratified per treatment modality.

RESULTS: …

Transcatheter Electrosurgical Septotomy Technique For Chronic Postdissection Aortic Aneurysms, Aidin Baghbani-Oskouei, Safa Savadi, Thomas Mesnard, Titia Sulzer, Aleem K Mirza, Shadman Baig, Carlos H Timaran, Gustavo S Oderich

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Aortic dissection often results in chronic aneurysmal degeneration due to progressive false lumen expansion. Thoracic endovascular aortic repair and other techniques of vessel incorporation such as fenestrated-branched or parallel grafts have been increasingly used to treat chronic postdissection aneurysms. True lumen compression or a vessel origin from the false lumen can present considerable technical challenges. In these cases, the limited true lumen space can result in inadequate stent graft expansion or restrict the ability to reposition the device or manipulate catheters. Reentrance techniques can be used selectively to assist with target vessel catheterization. Transcatheter electrosurgical septotomy is a novel technique …

Case Of Human Orthohantavirus Infection, Michigan, Usa, 2021, Samuel M Goodfellow, Robert A Nofchissey, Dustin Arsnoe, Chunyan Ye, Seonghyeon Lee, Jieun Park, Won-Keun Kim, Kartik Chandran, Shannon L M Whitmer, John D Klena, Jonathan W Dyal, Trevor Shoemaker, Diana Riner, Mary Grace Stobierski, Kimberly Signs, Steven B Bradfute

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Orthohantaviruses cause hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome; most cases occur in the southwest region of the United States. We discuss a clinical case of orthohantavirus infection in a 65-year-old woman in Michigan and the phylogeographic link of partial viral fragments from the patient and rodents captured near the presumed site of infection.

Effectiveness Of A Training Program For The Management Of Risky Alcohol Use In Primary Care Professionals Based On Motivational Interviewing, Celia Pérula-Jiménez, Esperanza Romero-Rodríguez, Juan Manuel Parras-Rejano, Ana González De La Rubia, Juan Baleato Gómez, Luis Angel Pérula De Torres

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effectiveness of a training program for Primary Care (PC) professionals developed to increase knowledge, attitudes, and skills for managing patients with risky alcohol use and in the motivational interview.

DESIGN: Multicenter, two-arm parallel, randomized, open-label controlled clinical trial.

SETTING: PC of the Andalusian Health Service.

PARTICIPANTS: The study was completed by 80 healthcare professionals from 31 PC centers.

INTERVENTIONS: In both experimental and control groups, a workshop on managing patients with risky alcohol consumption and the resolution of two videotaped clinical cases with standardized patients were conducted. The experimental group attended a workshop on motivational interviewing. …

Artificial Intelligence: Where Are We Now?, Chad Metz

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Check the TMC Library Artificial Intelligence LibGuide for AI information. The section on Resources and Tools includes additional links to AI Tools for Research, Citation Guide for ChatGPT and Generative AI and AI in Medicine and Health Care. Visit the Library Blog for additional Information.

Digitizing Medical Illustrations From The Heart Bulletin + The Role Of Art In The Medical Field, Johana Canales

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The Houston-based Medical Arts Publishing Foundation produced illustrated medical publications like the Cancer Bulletin, Heart Bulletin, and Psychiatric Bulletin. The Foundation’s records began arriving at the McGovern Historical Center in 1992. Since then, some of the collection’s medical illustrations had already been digitized, including several complete issues of the Psychiatric Bulletin from 1950-1960 and the Heart Bulletin’s medical illustrations series from 1951 and 1964.

Read the complete story about the fascinating field of medical illustrations written by Johana Canales, Archives Intern in the McGovern Historical Center Blog.

Clinical Epidemiological Characteristics And Risk Factors For Severity Of Sars-Cov-2 Pneumonia In Pediatric Patients: A Hospital-Based Study In Vietnam, Sang N Nguyen, Lam T Vu, Ha T Nguyen, Giang H Dao, Anh Ngoc T Nguyen

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Introduction Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, which can cause organ failure in several organs, cardiac problems, or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Identifying clinical epidemiological characteristics and risk factors for complications of COVID-19 allows clinicians to diagnose and treat promptly. Objectives This study aims to describe the clinical epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 and assess risk factors for the severity of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia in children treated at Haiphong Children's Hospital. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Haiphong Children's Hospital, Haiphong, Vietnam, for one year, from January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022. Results In …

Machine Learning-Enabled Maternal Risk Assessment For Women With Pre-Eclampsia (The Piers-Ml Model): A Modelling Study, Tünde Montgomery-Csobán, Kimberley Kavanagh, Paul Murray, Chris Robertson, Sarah J E Barry, U Vivian Ukah, Beth A Payne, Kypros H Nicolaides, Argyro Syngelaki, Olivia Ionescu, Ranjit Akolekar, Jennifer A Hutcheon, Laura A Magee, Peter Von Dadelszen, Piers Consortium

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

BACKGROUND: Affecting 2-4% of pregnancies, pre-eclampsia is a leading cause of maternal death and morbidity worldwide. Using routinely available data, we aimed to develop and validate a novel machine learning-based and clinical setting-responsive time-of-disease model to rule out and rule in adverse maternal outcomes in women presenting with pre-eclampsia.

METHODS: We used health system, demographic, and clinical data from the day of first assessment with pre-eclampsia to predict a Delphi-derived composite outcome of maternal mortality or severe morbidity within 2 days. Machine learning methods, multiple imputation, and ten-fold cross-validation were used to fit models on a development dataset (75% of …

A Word From The Writing Team (April 2024), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Join Us for Our Virtual Writing Retreat on April 5th
• Attend a Packback Workshop
• Check Out the Spring 2024 Research Support Newsletter
• Learn about the Ethics of AI at Jefferson's Research Compliance Symposium
• Attend a Reception for the Drs. Theresa and Charles Yeo Writing Prize Winners on April 25th
• Publication Spotlight
• Jefferson's AI Library Guide is Available on the Library Website
• The OPWPC Canvas Page Offers Helpful Tools
• Scott Memorial Library Archive Renovations are Almost Done!
• Wiley Open Access Fees Waived for Jefferson Authors

Impact Of Temperature On The Bionomics And Geographical Range Margins Of The Two-Spotted Field Cricket Gryllus Bimaculatus In The World: Implications For Its Mass Farming, Henlay J.O. Magara, Chrysantus M. Tanga, Brian L. Fisher, Abdelmutalab G.A. Azrag, Saliou Niassy, James P. Egonyu, Sylvain Hugel, Nana Roos, Monica A. Ayieko, Subramanian Sevgan, Sunday Ekesi

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Gryllus bimaculatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) is widely considered an excellent nutrient source for food and feed. Despite its economic importance, there is limited information on the impact of temperature on the bionomics of this cricket to guide its effective and sustainable mass production in its geographical range. The biological parameters of G. bimaculatus were investigated at eight different temperatures ranging from 20–40∘C. The Insect Life-Cycle Modelling (ILCYM) program was used to fit linear and non-linear functions to the data to describe the influence of temperature on life history parameters and its farmability under the current and projected climate for 2050. Our …

Enhancing Pre-Vocational Programs For High School Students With Disabilities: The Impact Of Occupational Therapy And Support Staff Education, Maria Calzada

Capstone Projects

Pre-vocational programs in high school serve as a crucial platform for supporting students in the transition from education to the workplace. These programs provide classroom instruction, hands-on training, and practical experiences to maximize students’ vocational skills post-high school. Pre-vocational programs provide a crucial platform for the development of IADL skills, task analysis, and the promotion of occupational engagement among diverse populations. The purpose of this DCE was program development within the pre-vocational program and provide additional education for the support staff at the high school setting. The goal was to improve vocational skills, including problem solving, self-advocacy, sequencing, and sustained …

Holistic Education To Empower And Enhance Women's Health Throughout Pregnancy, Birth, And The Postpartum Period, Hannah Wilson

Capstone Projects

Making informed healthcare decisions on behalf of oneself for optimal outcomes first begins with comprehending basic health education about one’s own body, typical bodily functioning and bodily processes and ends with empowered decision making. Health literacy is the ability of an individual to understand and apply basic healthcare information to their personal healthcare decision making and is integral for any and all healthcare providers to comprehend when educating patients in practice. Occupational therapists (OTs) are healthcare professionals that work with any demographic of people to improve satisfaction with performance of everyday living activities and quality of life. OTs’ scope of …

The Pacifican April 2024, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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A Selective Nh3 Gas Sensor Based On (Ag2o)1-X(Sno2)X Nanocomposites Thin Films At Various Operating Temperatures, Nada Mohammed Abas, Anwar Ali Baqer

Baghdad Science Journal

The pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique was used to prepare the (Ag2O)1-x(SnO2)x nanocomposite thin films with different ratios of x=0, 0.2 and 0.4wt and deposited on glass substrates. The films were subsequently annealed in the air for two hours at 300 °C. The (Ag2O)1-x(SnO2)x nanocomposite was confirmed to have formed by the x-ray diffraction (XRD) investigation. According to field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), the created (Ag2O)1-x(SnO2)x particles were spherical in shape. Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analysis (EDX) is used to confirm the elements in composite films. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) analysis shows that the produced films had grains size between …

Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Steve Mendoza, Theresa Pohl

COPS/Metro

Steve Mendoza spoke about the impact that COPS has had on the city of San Antonio and the surrounding neighborhood. The topics included; Project QUEST, youth involvement, disagreements, community impact, and more.

Mental Health Professionals' Perspectives On The Third Party When Treating Married Heterosexual Couples For Infidelity: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis, Suzanne M. Freid

Dissertations

No research seems to exist that focuses on how the nonexclusive spouse and the exclusive spouse discuss the third party in couple therapy for infidelity. Similarly, we know almost nothing about mental health professionals' perceptions of what the couple says and does, how the therapist responds to them, and what they perceive about the third party and their work with married, heterosexual couples. Eight licensed and experienced mental health professionals from the Austin, Texas community participated in this study grounded in Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Findings suggest that training programs fail to provide information and evidenced-based techniques for working with couples …

The Role Of The Ape1 Asp148glu Polymorphism On The Risk Of Acute Myeloid Leukemia In Iraqi Patients, Thamer Mouhi Jasiem, Rand Muhammed Abdul-Hussein Al-Husseini

Baghdad Science Journal

Acute myeloid leukemia is the most common hematological malignancy in adults. The uncontrolled proliferation of non-differentiating myeloid progenitors is a hallmark of this illness. Mutant cells form when DNA damage cannot be repaired by the cell's repair mechanisms. One of the DNA repair mechanisms, the base excision repair pathway. The study involved 70 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (37 females and 33 males) as well as 30 apparently healthy individuals as a control group. The gSYNCTM DNA Extraction Kit from Geneaid/Taiwan was used to extract DNA from entire blood samples from the study groups. The Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism-PCR method …

Efficient Approach For The Localization Of Copy-Move Forgeries Using Pointrend With Regnetx, Mahmoud H. Farhan, Khalid Shaker, Sufyan Al-Janabi

Baghdad Science Journal

Digital images are one of the modern era's dominant sources of information and communication. However, an image can simply be altered with the existence of several tools for image editing. These altered images can transmit across platforms of social media to influence some people in society and may have both positive and negative effects. Therefore, the development of technology becomes a necessary issue to detect and localize a forgery in an image. Copy-move forgery (CMF) is one of the most popular forgeries. In CMF, the new forgery image is created by copying a part presented in an image and placing …

Conducting Polyanethole /Metals Oxides Nanocomposites For Corrosion Protection And Bioactivity, Ayat Monther Alqudsi, Khulood Abid Saleh

Baghdad Science Journal

Corrosion is critical to a researcher since it has a substantial impact on both people's safety and the economy. A new approach based on a unique material has been employed to prevent rusting. Conducting polymer-composites are material types that show promise for anticorrosion by electrochemical synthesis of polyanethole(PA)/metals oxide nanocomposite (ZnO,TiO2) on Stainless Steel 304L (SS-304L) which plays as working electrode by using electropolymerization technique. The synthesized coating polymer was characterized by Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) checkups. The findings demonstrated that when compared to the blank SS- 304L, PA/Nano composite and PA provide the strongest …

The Importance Of Anthropogenic Influence In Assessing The Ecological Condition Of Cities In Uzbekistan (In The Case Of Navoi), Normurod Faxriddin O’G’Li Latipov, Nilufar Karshiboevna Komilova

Baghdad Science Journal

Creating a series of maps, grouping ecological indicators, and assessing cities' environmental status are considered very relevant research tasks. A growing population in cities, the establishment of various industrial and production enterprises, and the use of vehicles all contribute to the degradation of the environment. Navoi region is a young administrative unit located in central Uzbekistan. Regarding industrial development, it ranks first among administrative units in the republic. Production in its cities, especially the high productivity of heavy industrial enterprises, ecological problems in various forms due to human pressure on the natural environment, and the health of the population - …

Association Between Direct Access Laws And Physical Therapy Use And The Effect Of Change In Physical Therapy Use On Subsequent Healthcare Spending, Utilization, And Opioid Use, Dakshu Jindal

Theses and Dissertations

Background

Physical therapy (PT) has been recommended as the first-line treatment for patients with incident musculoskeletal conditions without severe trauma. Initial or early use of PT may help address some of the nation’s most pressing health policy challenges, including escalating healthcare spending and an ongoing opioid epidemic, by encouraging the use of physical therapy as a substitute for expensive surgeries and the use of opioids. Yet, state scope of practice laws have historically restricted the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions to physicians. Traditionally, patients seeking care from a physical therapist had to obtain a referral from a physician first. …