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Utilization Of Augmented Reality Head-Mounted Display For The Surgical Management Of Thoracolumbar Spinal Trauma, Michael Ryan Kann, Miguel A Ruiz-Cardozo, Samuel Brehm, Tim Bui, Karan Joseph, Karma Barot, Gabriel Trevino, Abigail Carey-Ewend, Som P Singh, Matthew De La Paz, Ahmed Hanafy, Michael Olufawo, Rujvee P Patel, Alexander T Yahanda, Alexander Perdomo-Pantoja, Magalie Cadieux, Brenton Pennicooke, Camilo A Molina, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

No abstract provided.

A Cre-Dependent Reporter Mouse For Quantitative Real-Time Imaging Of Protein Kinase A Activity Dynamics, Elizabeth I Tilden, Aditi Maduskar, Anna Oldenborg, Bernardo L Sabatini, Yao Chen

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Intracellular signaling dynamics play a crucial role in cell function. Protein kinase A (PKA) is a key signaling molecule that has diverse functions, from regulating metabolism and brain activity to guiding development and cancer progression. We previously developed an optical reporter, FLIM-AKAR, that allows for quantitative imaging of PKA activity via fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy and photometry. However, using viral infection or electroporation for the delivery of FLIM-AKAR is invasive and results in variable expression. Here, we developed a reporter mouse, FL-AK, which expresses FLIM-AKAR in a Cre-dependent manner from the ROSA26 locus. FL-AK provides robust and consistent expression of …

Developing Public Health Surveillance Dashboards: A Scoping Review On The Design Principles, Reza Rabiei, Peivand Bastani, Hossein Ahmadi, Shirin Dehghan, Sohrab Almasi

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Background: Public Health Dashboards (PHDs) facilitate the monitoring and prediction of disease outbreaks by continuously monitoring the health status of the community. This study aimed to identify design principles and determinants for developing public health surveillance dashboards. Methodology: This scoping review is based on Arksey and O'Malley's framework as included in JBI guidance. Four databases were used to review and present the proposed principles of designing PHDs: IEEE, PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus. We considered articles published between January 1, 2010 and November 30, 2022. The final search of articles was done on November 30, 2022. Only articles in …

2024 February 6, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes, 2024 February 6

SUNY Cortland Faculty Senate Committees Roster 2023-2024

International Engagement Newsletter, February 6, 2024, University Of Northern Iowa. Office Of International Engagement.

Office of International Engagement newsletter

In this issue:

--- Announcements
--- Lunar New Year
--- Coffee Hour Spring '24
--- INSPIRE Conference
--- Extended Orientation Sessions
--- Finding Jobs on Campus, Resume Workshop, and International Internships
--- General Question Session with the Global Panther Success Team
--- Lunar New Year Celebrations
--- Black History Month
--- Join OIE on a trip to St. Louis
--- From the desk of Edyta Cichon (Immigration Advisor)
--- Tips from Our Director

Impacts Of Harvest Date And Concurrent Alkali Pretreatment And Ensiling On Anaerobic Digestion Of Pennycress Biomass, Liangcheng Yang, Tuba Yasmin Lubna, Michael A. Moklak, Barsanti Gautum, Nicholas J. Heller, Robert L. Rhykerd, David E. Kopsell, John C. Sedbrook

Faculty Publications – Biological Sciences

Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) is an annual cover crop known for its exceptional cold tolerance and high oil and protein yields. Pennycress can be integrated into a corn–soybean rotation in the U.S. However, the utilization of pennycress biomass remains largely unexplored, including assessing compositional changes through its growth and organic matter digestibility. This study harvested pennycress at three growth stages, characterized the biomass for anaerobic digestion (AD), and tested the effects of concurrent alkali pretreatment and ensiling on the biomass methane yield. Results showed that the biomass harvested when the plants were undergoing senescence (“third-harvest”) had higher contents of …

Tiktok V. Montana - State Tiktok Ban Blocked By Court Based On Foreign Affairs Preemption, Anna C. Conley

Faculty Journal Articles & Other Writings

This article examines the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana's decision to preliminarily enjoin enforcement of Montana’s state law banning TikTok, citing foreign affairs preemption. The court found that the law conflicted with federal authority under the Defense Production Act (DPA), intruded upon the federal domain of foreign affairs, and violated the dormant foreign commerce clause. The case, now on appeal to the Ninth Circuit, highlights the tension between state-level regulation and federal control over foreign relations, particularly in the context of national security concerns surrounding Chinese-owned technology platforms. The article explores the legal arguments presented by TikTok …

Are We Accurately Counting The Disabled Population In The United States?, Nastassia Vaitsiakhovich, Scott D. Landes, Bonnielin K. Swenor

Population Health Research Brief Series

Over 1 in 4 Americans are disabled (26.8%), yet health disparities for this subpopulation remain under-addressed. Tackling health disparities for people with disabilities requires effective public health and disability policies that cannot be developed without standardized and accurate disability data. The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) annually collects data on health outcomes for the non-institutionalized U.S. population, including those with disabilities. The questions to measure disability in the NHIS have changed over time, raising concerns about how these changes affect the accuracy of the count of people with disabilities in the U.S. This brief summarizes findings from a recent study …

The George-Anne Daily, Georgia Southern University

George-Anne Media Group: Newsletters & Magazines

No abstract provided.

Unh Helping Temo Dadiani ’24g Turn Obstacles Into Opportunity, Keith Testa

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Closing The Gap, Gwendolyn Goguelet

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

2024 February 6, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes, 2024 February 6

SUNY Cortland Faculty Senate Committees Roster 2023-2024

U.S. – China Strategic Rivalry: Decoupling From China Won’T Be Easy, Nader H. Shooshtari, Timothy A. Manuel, Shawn F. Clouse

AMTP Proceedings 2024

Given the increased rivalry between the two countries and growing hostilities over many issues the countries cannot reconcile. U.S. and China will continue the path of reducing their dependence on each other in critical industries though this would involve higher costs to both sides. Economic decoupling has the potential to significantly impact both counties. The scale of

investment by U.S. and other international firms in Chinese supply chain and distribution are so extensive, a wholesale relocation is not feasible. Many U.S. and Western companies are in China to compete for a share of the huge Chinese market. Divesting from China …

Health Disparities: The Influence Of Black Celebrity Endorsers And Social Media Influencers On Consumption Habits Among African American Consumers, Dale A. Cake, Wooyang Kim

AMTP Proceedings 2024

This study examines the impact of celebrity and social media influencer endorsements on the dietary choices of African Americans, a group disproportionately affected by obesity and diabetes. It focuses on the role of limited access to healthy foods in impoverished communities and cultural influences. Using the source credibility model, the research assesses endorsements based on the endorser's attractiveness, expertise, and trustworthiness. The methodology involves a two-step approach: conducting semi-structured interviews with African American students to understand perceptions of food-related celebrity endorsements, followed by an experimental design using eye-tracking and galvanic skin response (GSR) technology. This design will evaluate reactions to …

Tumor-Associated Antigen Targets For Novel Immune-Based Strategies In Prostate Cancer, Amman Bhasin, Patrick Mille, Aditya Eturi, Andrew Iskander, William Tester, Kevin Zarrabi

Kimmel Cancer Center Faculty Papers

Prostate cancer remains the most common malignancy among men in the United States. Advancements in androgen receptor signaling blockade have led to landmark approvals for its use in patients with locally advanced and metastatic disease. However, additional novel therapeutic strategies for both hormone-sensitive and castration-resistant diseases remain ongoing areas of study. Thus, we turn to the growth of immuno-oncology, which has led to improved treatment outcomes for a variety of hematologic and solid tumor malignancies. Prostate cancers have shown only modest results with immune checkpoint inhibition in published trials, and innovative strategies are now looking into enhancing cytotoxic T-cell activity …

Unearthing Green Potential: Assessing The State Of Managed Urban Landscape Curricula In Minnesota’S Higher Education Institutions, Michael R. Barnes, Heana A. Campagna, Becky Haddad, Eric Watkins

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

As urbanization increases, managed urban landscapes are frequently the mode through which people experience nature and where careers in natural resources are increasing. There is a lack of knowledge related to curricula and programs where students are exposed to managed urban landscapes and careers related to them. We aimed to evaluate the current status of managed urban landscape curricula (MULC) in undergraduate programs in Minnesota through a systematic investigation of programs and courses at higher education institutions. All undergraduate courses offered by included higher education institutions were reviewed to determine the presence, absence, or possibility of MULC based on the …

Most Deprived Louisiana Census Tracts Have Higher Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incidence And Worse Survival, Kendra L. Ratnapradipa, Tingting Li, Mei Chin Hsieh, Laura Tenner, Edward S. Peters

School of Public Health Faculty Publications

Background: Liver cancer incidence increased in the US from 1975 through 2015 with heterogeneous rates across subpopulations. Upstream or distal area-level factors impact liver cancer risks. Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the association between area-level deprivation and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) incidence and survival. We also explored the association between area deprivation and treatment modalities. Methods: Louisiana Tumor Registry identified 4,151 adult patients diagnosed with malignant HCC from 2011 to 2020 and linked residential address to census tract (CT)-level Area Deprivation Index (ADI) categorized into quartiles (Q1 = least deprived). ANOVA examined the association between ADI quartile …

A Comparative Study Of Responses To Retina Questions From Either Experts, Expert-Edited Large Language Models, Or Expert-Edited Large Language Models Alone, Prashant D. Tailor, Lauren A. Dalvin, John J. Chen, Raymond Iezzi, Timothy W. Olsen, Brittni A. Scruggs, Andrew J. Barkmeier, Sophie J. Bakri, Edwin H. Ryan, Peter H. Tang, D. Wilkin Parke, Peter Belin, Jayanth Sridhar, David Xu, Ajay E. Kuriyan, Yoshihiro Yonekawa, Matthew R. Starr

Wills Eye Hospital Papers

OBJECTIVE: To assess the quality, empathy, and safety of expert edited large language model (LLM), human expert created, and LLM responses to common retina patient questions.

DESIGN: Randomized, masked multicenter study.

PARTICIPANTS: Twenty-one common retina patient questions were randomly assigned among 13 retina specialists.

METHODS: Each expert created a response (Expert) and then edited a LLM (ChatGPT-4)-generated response to that question (Expert + artificial intelligence [AI]), timing themselves for both tasks. Five LLMs (ChatGPT-3.5, ChatGPT-4, Claude 2, Bing, and Bard) also generated responses to each question. The original question along with anonymized and randomized Expert + AI, Expert, and LLM …

Fall In Love With Relationship Research This Valentine’S Day, Keith Testa

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Unsatisfactory Fecal Immunochemical Tests For Colorectal Cancer Screening: Prevalence, Reasons, And Subsequent Testing, Po-Hong Liu, Rasmi G Nair, Celette Sugg Skinner, Caitlin C Murphy, Eric J Kim, Cynthia Ortiz, Lei Wang, Ellen Hu, Jacquelyn M Lykken, Theodore R Levin, Beverly B Green, Erin E Hahn, Noel Santini, Ethan A Halm

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

BACKGROUND: Fecal immunochemical test (FIT) is an effective colorectal cancer screening modality. Little is known about prevalence, reasons, and testing after unsatisfactory FIT, or a FIT that cannot be processed by the laboratory due to inadequate stool specimen or incomplete labeling.

METHODS: Our retrospective cohort study examined unsatisfactory FIT among average-risk individuals aged 50-74 years in a large, integrated, safety-net health system who completed an index FIT from 2010 to 2019. We determined prevalence of unsatisfactory FIT and categorized reasons hierarchically. We used multivariable logistic regression models to identify factors associated with: (i) unsatisfactory FIT; and (ii) subsequent testing within …

Off-Label Drug Use In Acute Respiration Infection Patient At Pangandaran Hospital, Pangandaran District, West Java - Indonesia, Nur Rahayuningsih, Muharam Priatna, Dewi A. Sulistiani

Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy Research

Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are infectious diseases of the upper or lower respiratory tract that cause a spectrum of illnesses from mild to severe infections. ARI is one of the leading causes of death in children in developing countries. The high incidence of ARI in children results in the use of off-label drugs. Off-label medicine is the use of drugs outside the provisions of the license relating to dose, age, route of administration, contraindications. This study aims to determine the use of off-label drugs in children with a diagnosis of ARI at Pandega Pangandaran Hospital, Pangandaran District, West Java - …

Oral Microbiome Associated With Differential Ratios Of Porphyromonas Gingivalis And Streptococcus Cristatus, Qingguo Wang, Bing-Yan Wang, Siddharth Pratap, Hua Xie

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Periodontitis has recently been defined as a dysbiotic disease caused by an imbalanced oral microbiota. The transition from commensal microbial communities to periodontitis-associated ones requires colonization by specific pathogens, including Porphyromonas gingivalis. We previously reported an antagonistic relationship between Streptococcus cristatus and P. gingivalis. To determine the role of S. cristatus in altering the interactions of P. gingivalis with other oral bacteria in a complex context, we collected dental plaque samples from patients with periodontitis and assigned them to two groups based on the ratios of S. cristatus and P. gingivalis. We then characterized the microbial profiles …

The Relationship Between Nurse Staffing Ratio Of Hospitals And Patient Satisfaction In Emergency Units, Ebele Okonkwo Onuigbo

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This completed quantitative research study explores the intricate relationship between nurse staffing ratios in emergency units and patient satisfaction, grounded in Donabedian's conceptual model. The primary objective was to examine the correlation between nursing staff?to-patient ratios and patient satisfaction, utilizing the Davis Consumer Emergency Care Satisfaction Scale. Employing a correlational analysis research design, the study utilized descriptive and inferential statistics, including analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), to control for factors such as nursing hours per patient day, nursing staff mix, and education/experience levels. The study's significance lies in informing healthcare managers about the pivotal role of nurse staffing in enhancing healthcare …

Education, Occupation, And Healthcare Accessibility As Predictors Of Self-Reporting Memory Rating, Ana Maria Gonzales

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The increasing number of dementia cases in the United States, particularly among women, is a significant concern. This progressively deteriorating cognitive disease may profoundly affect talking, decision-making, and problem-solving abilities, interfere with their daily lives, and decrease their life expectancy. Although education, occupation, and healthcare access are individually associated with positive health outcomes, it was essential to explore whether their combination impacts self-reporting memory loss, an indicator of dementia. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of education, occupation, and access to health care as predictors of dementia among women in the United States. This study used …

Factors Impacting Leading Hybrid And Remote Teams In Higher Education In A Post Covid-19 Environment, Juana L. Parillon

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The Coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) pandemic had a significant impact on post-secondary education in the United States with much of the focus during the height of the pandemic being on students and their instruction. Little attention has been paid to the experiences of supervisors in higher education, specifically, the lived experiences of supervisors and the factors that impacted supervisors leading hybrid and remote teams. With a phenomenological framework in the periphery, the purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences that supervisors of staff within higher education had after transitioning to either a hybrid or fully remote work model. …

The Effect Of Ashitaba (Angelica Keiskei (Miq.) Koidz.)) Sap On The Total Cholesterol Levels Of Cisplatin-Induced Wistar Rats, Ika Wahyuni, Diah L. Aulifa, Aziiz M. Rosdianto, Jutti Levita

Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy Research

Cisplatin is a platinum-based anticancer drug that, in long-term use, causes nephrotoxicity due to oxidative stress and increases total cholesterol and triglycerides in animal models. Angelica keiskei (Miq.) Koidz., (A. keiskei) or Japanese celery ashitaba, has been reported for its antioxidant and nephroprotective activity. This study aims to determine the activity of A. keiskei sap on total cholesterol levels of cisplatin-induced Wistar rats. The sap of A. keiskeiwas freeze-dried until a yield of 3.62% w/v was obtained. The fat content in A. keiskei sap powder was obtained at 7.36%. A total of 60 g of A. keiskei sap powder was …

Managing Supply Chains Through The Covid-19 Pandemic: Lessons From The Field, Scott B. Keller Ph.D., Stephen A. Lemay Dba, Nicole Ann E. Dela Rosa

AMTP Proceedings 2024

As the Coronavirus shifted into a worldwide pandemic supply chains everywhere began experiencing comprehensive breakdowns. From continent to continent, suppliers, producers, distributors, and all services facilitating the movement and storage of products scrambled to alter plans in effort to secure enough product to meet customer demand. At one time or another during the pandemic most all failed to keep product flowing. During this time, supply chain faculty at a southeastern U.S. comprehensive regional university began weekly Zoom sessions to learn first-hand what business alumni were doing to help their firms survive. These are their stories and the lessons they learned …

Ai-Assisted Stakeholder Management And Organizational Learning: Evidence From The U.S. Intelligent Service Community, Jiyoon An

AMTP Proceedings 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) has changed business practices, including stakeholder management and organizational learning. Scant research attention has been dedicated to examining methodology to implement for workflow-aware and skillset-savvy, AI-assisted stakeholder management. This paper has conducted natural language processing (bigram) and network analysis to understand AI-assisted stakeholder management practices in the U.S. intelligent service community. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.

Abortion And The Extremism Of Bright Line Rules, Teneille R. Brown

NULR Online

No abstract provided.

A Study On The Incentives And Barriers For The Adoption Of Electric Vehicles In South Alabama, Marianne Loes, Daniela Wolter Ferreira Touma, Jennifer C. Zoghby

AMTP Proceedings 2024

ABSTRACT

Through a series of public policy incentives and consumer demand, more electric vehicles are being sold nationwide than ever before. Although electric vehicles (EVs) are being adopted nationwide by many consumers in recent years, car-buyers across South Alabama have not followed the trend. This research considers different stakeholders in the complex consumer buying process of car purchases, and it uses the extant technology adoption models to assess the public policy incentives, as well as statewide roadblocks, to EV adoption.