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Support Services And State Standardized Assessments For Homeless And High Mobility Youth: A Mixed Methods Case Study, Veronika Cummings

Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

For the past decade, the number of homeless youth in the United States has drastically increased, with public schools now consistently serving over one million homeless students each year. Research spanning three decades has linked youth homelessness and poorer academic achievement. In addition to decreased academic achievement, homeless and highly mobile (HHM) youth are more likely to suffer from mental health issues, have a behavioral diagnosis, engage in high-risk behavior, be truant, abuse drugs and alcohol, and even face premature death. Because homelessness is also frequently misidentified as solely an urban problem, it often results in HHM youth being left …

Survey Of Nutrition Education Among Medical Students, Michael P. Duggan, Anahita T. Kodali, Zach A. Panton, Shannon M. Smith, Grant J. Riew, Jack F. Donaghue, Gregory A. Leya, Logan G. Briggs

Journal of Wellness

Introduction: The current literature regarding both specific interventions and the current level of nutrition education in the United States is scarce. The purpose of this paper is to provide medical student perspectives on both the degree and necessity of nutrition education during medical school.

Methods: Medicine in Motion (MM) is a non-profit student-run organization founded in 2018 that aims to address burnout in medicine through physical activity, community service, and philanthropy. MM issued a survey to nine of its chapters in January 2021 to assess a range of topics including burnout, physical activity, and nutrition education.

Results: Of 5500 invited …

Disentangling Sexual Selection On A Complex, Multicomponent Trait: Song Of The Northern House Wren, Rachael A. Disciullo

Theses and Dissertations

Beautiful and abundant, bird song has long captured the attention of evolutionary biologists interested in sexual selection. Although most studies have examined single facets of song in relation to male-male competition (intrasexual selection) and female mate choice (intersexual selection), selection typically acts on multiple components that collectively influence an individual’s mating success. By studying how multiple components of song simultaneously play a role in male-male competition and female mate choice, we can better understand how sexual selection has directly and indirectly shaped this elaborate trait. I explored the role of male song in the context of sexual selection in northern …

Insights Of Precision Medicine Initiative’S All Of Us Research Program In Mississippi, Gouri Mahajan, Kristi Cofer, Richard Summers

Journal of Public Health in the Deep South

While a key component of eliminating health disparities in rural areas is successfully conducting participatory research, many barriers prevent implementation of research projects due to lack of trust in minority communities. Adverse experiences and historical prejudices have left an indelible mark of skepticism and misinformation among these populations and established a breach of communication between researchers and potential participants.The All of Us Research Program led by the National Institute of Health (NIH) at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) in Jackson, Mississippi seeks to both improve communication regarding population research studies among rural Mississippi populations and build trust in …

Racial Differences In Perception And Experiences Of Adverse Treatment By Healthcare Providers: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Of The All Of Us Data, Tanya Funchess, Traci Hayes, Yang Ge, Felix Twum

Journal of Public Health in the Deep South

Health disparities among racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. are well documented. Among the non-medical issues, including discrimination, language barriers, and low health literacy, the patient-provider relationship has been identified as a factor that drives health disparities. Negative interactions with healthcare providers and the healthcare system produce poor health outcomes, exacerbating health inequalities and reducing the likelihood of patients adhering to recommended treatments and therapies. The purpose of this study was to examine racial differences in perceptions and experiences of adverse treatment by healthcare providers. A cross-sectional analysis of select variables from the All of Us research program basic …

2023-04-19 Racial Equity Summit: A Plateau From Which To Build, George Burquest

The Spectator Online

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 50, Issue 10, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: The State of Gun Control in America -- Trump Brings in “A+” Defense Lawyers for Indictment -- Spend Less and Study More at the Library: “SHU Reads for Free” textbook program -- Need a Doctor? They’re Right Down the Street! -- Students Banding Together with Green Bandana Project -- Remembering Audrey Niblo -- A Healthy Spin on Cycling Classes -- Art From Inside the Cell -- Women’s Lacrosse Undefeated in Conference Play.

Silverlon: A Weapon Against Driveline Infections In Lvad Patients, Kelsey Barrett Msn, Mba, Rn, Ccrn, Barbara A. Ebert Crnp, Martina Oswald-Remaly Msn, Rn, Ccrn, Csc

Department of Medicine

No abstract provided.

Uab Reaccredited For Metabolic, Bariatric Surgery Accreditation And Quality Improvement Program, Staff

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

How Cadmium-Induced Inflammation Increases The Severity And Mortality Of Lung Infections, Public Relations

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Rescue Of Glutaric Aciduria Type I In Mice By Liver-Directed Therapies, Mercedes Barzi, Collin G Johnson, Tong Chen, Ramona M Rodriguiz, Madeline Hemmingsen, Trevor J Gonzalez, Alan Rosales, James Beasley, Cheryl K Peck, Yunhan Ma, Ashlee R Stiles, Timothy C Wood, Raquel Maeso-Diaz, Anna Mae Diehl, Sarah P Young, Jeffrey I Everitt, William C Wetsel, William R Lagor, Beatrice Bissig-Choisat, Aravind Asokan, Areeg El-Gharbawy, Karl-Dimiter Bissig

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Glutaric aciduria type I (GA-1) is an inborn error of metabolism with a severe neurological phenotype caused by the deficiency of glutaryl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase (GCDH), the last enzyme of lysine catabolism. Current literature suggests that toxic catabolites in the brain are produced locally and do not cross the blood-brain barrier. In a series of experiments using knockout mice of the lysine catabolic pathway and liver cell transplantation, we uncovered that toxic GA-1 catabolites in the brain originated from the liver. Moreover, the characteristic brain and lethal phenotype of the GA-1 mouse model was rescued by two different liver-directed gene therapy …

Sptssa Variants Alter Sphingolipid Synthesis And Cause A Complex Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, Siddharth Srivastava, Hagar Mor Shaked, Kenneth Gable, Sita D Gupta, Xueyang Pan, Niranjanakumari Somashekarappa, Gongshe Han, Payam Mohassel, Marc Gotkine, Elizabeth Doney, Paula Goldenberg, Queenie K G Tan, Yi Gong, Benjamin Kleinstiver, Brian Wishart, Heidi Cope, Claudia Brito Pires, Hannah Stutzman, Rebecca C Spillmann, Undiagnosed Disease Network, Reza Sadjadi, Orly Elpeleg, Chia-Hsueh Lee, Hugo J Bellen, Simon Edvardson, Florian Eichler, Teresa M Dunn

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Sphingolipids are a diverse family of lipids with critical structural and signalling functions in the mammalian nervous system, where they are abundant in myelin membranes. Serine palmitoyltransferase, the enzyme that catalyses the rate-limiting reaction of sphingolipid synthesis, is composed of multiple subunits including an activating subunit, SPTSSA. Sphingolipids are both essential and cytotoxic and their synthesis must therefore be tightly regulated. Key to the homeostatic regulation are the ORMDL proteins that are bound to serine palmitoyltransferase and mediate feedback inhibition of enzymatic activity when sphingolipid levels become excessive. Exome sequencing identified potential disease-causing variants in SPTSSA in three children presenting …

Grab A Mic: Making Intergenerational Connections Through Music Therapy Intervention, Alayna Bollinger

Honors Projects

This Honors Project looks into creating a hypothetical intervention program incorporating BGSU Students and residents from Wood Haven Healthcare in Bowling Green, Ohio. The program, which is called Grab a MIC: Making Intergenerational Connections, seeks to answer if intergenerational music therapy intervention will help alleviate negative perceptions of aging and geriatric depression, and promote intergenerational understanding. This program will include 5 BGSU students from the College of Musical Arts and 5 residents from Wood Haven Healthcare and persist over 7 weeks total. The students selected will be volunteers and will preferably all specialize in different instruments within the string family …

Social Deprivation Induces Astrocytic Trpa1-Gaba Suppression Of Hippocampal Circuits, Yi-Ting Cheng, Junsung Woo, Estefania Luna-Figueroa, Ehson Maleki, Akdes Serin Harmanci, Benjamin Deneen

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Social experience is essential for the development and maintenance of higher order brain function. Social deprivation results in a host of cognitive deficits and cellular studies have largely focused on associated neuronal dysregulation; how astrocyte function is impacted by social deprivation is unknown. Here we show that hippocampal astrocytes from juvenile mice subjected to social isolation exhibit increased Ca2+ activity and global changes in gene expression. We found that the Ca2+ channel TRPA1 is upregulated in astrocytes after social deprivation and astrocyte-specific deletion of TRPA1 reverses the physiological and cognitive deficits associated with social deprivation. Mechanistically, TRPA1 inhibition of hippocampal …

Framework Of The Centralized Interactive Phenomics Resource (Cipher) Standard For Electronic Health Data-Based Phenomics Knowledgebase, Jacqueline Honerlaw, Yuk-Lam Ho, Francesca Fontin, Jeffrey Gosian, Monika Maripuri, Michael Murray, Rahul Sangar, Ashley Galloway, Andrew J Zimolzak, Stacey B Whitbourne, Juan P Casas, Rachel B Ramoni, David R Gagnon, Tianxi Cai, Katherine P Liao, J Michael Gaziano, Sumitra Muralidhar, Kelly Cho

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

The development of phenotypes using electronic health records is a resource-intensive process. Therefore, the cataloging of phenotype algorithm metadata for reuse is critical to accelerate clinical research. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has developed a standard for phenotype metadata collection which is currently used in the VA phenomics knowledgebase library, CIPHER (Centralized Interactive Phenomics Resource), to capture over 5000 phenotypes. The CIPHER standard improves upon existing phenotype library metadata collection by capturing the context of algorithm development, phenotyping method used, and approach to validation. While the standard was iteratively developed with VA phenomics experts, it is applicable to the …

Children's And Caregivers' Review Of A Guided Imagery Therapy Mobile App Designed To Treat Children With Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders: Leveraging A Mixed Methods Approach With User-Centered Design, John M Hollier, Tiantá A Strickland, C Michael Fordis, Miranda Al Van Tilburg, Robert J Shulman, Debbe Thompson

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

BACKGROUND: Functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPDs) are highly prevalent and associated with substantial morbidity. Guided imagery therapy (GIT) is efficacious; however, barriers often impede patient access. Therefore, we developed a GIT mobile app as a novel delivery platform.

OBJECTIVE: Guided by user-centered design, this study captured the critiques of our GIT app from children with FAPDs and their caregivers.

METHODS: Children aged 7 to 12 years with Rome IV-defined FAPDs and their caregivers were enrolled. The participants completed a software evaluation, which assessed how well they executed specific app tasks: opening the app, logging in, initiating a session, setting the …

The Bg News April 19, 2023, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. April 19, 2023. Volume 102-Issue 26.

Counterventions: A Reparative Reflection On Interventionist Hci, Rua Mae Williams, Louanne E. Boyd, Juan E. Gilbert

Engineering Faculty Articles and Research

Research in HCI applied to clinical interventions relies on normative assumptions about which bodies and minds are healthy, valuable, and desirable. To disrupt this normalizing drive in HCI, we define a “counterventional approach” to intervention technology design informed by critical scholarship and community perspectives. This approach is meant to unsettle normative assumptions of intervention as urgent, necessary, and curative. We begin with a historical overview of intervention in HCI and its critics. Then, through reparative readings of past HCI projects in autism intervention, we illustrate the emergent principles of a counterventional approach and how it may manifest research outcomes that …

Reversing Dysdynamism To Interrupt Mitochondrial Degeneration In Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Gerald W Dorn Ii

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is one of several chronic neurodegenerative conditions in which mitochondrial abnormalities are posited to contribute to disease progression. Therapeutic options targeting mitochondria include enhancing metabolism, suppressing reactive oxygen production and disrupting mitochondria-mediated programmed cell death pathways. Herein is reviewed mechanistic evidence supporting a meaningful pathophysiological role for the constellation of abnormal mitochondrial fusion, fission and transport, collectively designated mitochondrial dysdynamism, in ALS. Following this is a discussion on preclinical studies in ALS mice that seemingly validate the idea that normalizing mitochondrial dynamism can delay ALS by interrupting a vicious cycle of mitochondrial degeneration, leading to neuronal die-back …

School Of Education And Social Sciences, Savonna Greer

Annual Faculty Research Symposium

Marcial Serna: First Hispanic Seventh-Day Adventist Pastor in North America

Shutting The Stable Door After The Horse Has Bolted? Risk Assessment And Regulation For Transgenic Forages, Chris J. Pollock

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

The regulation of GM agriculture in Europe is a matter of considerable public interest. The development of a regulatory framework has imposed significant additional costs without generating broad public acceptance. However, the current risk assessment and management framework does provide a basis for considering how the broader issues surrounding the introduction of any novel agricultural technology might be approached.

An Assessment Of Access To Services: Early Childhood Brain Development In Angelina County, Maria Caldera, Loran Ashley Rhodes, Kristel Maguy Sio, Lenola Wyatt

Graduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.

The Experiences Of Elementary General Education Teaching Students With Mental Health Deficits: A Phenomenological Study, Jordan Swineford-Johnson

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Applied

Combating Long-Term Care Isolation Through Healing Touch, Veronica J. Butts

ONU Student Research Colloquium

Loneliness is defined as feelings of disconnectedness, lack of belonging, and perceived isolation that can manifest as a physical or psychological state. In long-term care facilities, this sentiment can develop into social isolation in which residents are disconnected from family, removed from familiar environments, and suffer from various cognitive conditions that cause them to socially withdraw. Various clinical studies seek to identify the connection between isolation, loneliness, and lack of human touch with worsening health conditions and outcomes, determining that there is a correlation between this feeling of discontent. To combat this, healing touch has been a rising topic of …

Specific Impairment Of High School And College Students With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Kayla Boaz

ONU Student Research Colloquium

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is a common neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. For decades, ADHD was regarded as a disorder that primarily impacted children in academic settings; we now know that ADHD often lasts into adulthood and causes not only academic impairment, but social, emotional, and executive functioning impairment as well.

The transition from high school to college is characterized by increased expectations for emotional regulation abilities, social skill functioning, academic achievement, and personal responsibility. Furthermore, emerging adults are frequently exposed to new experiences with substance use and sexual activity. For emerging adults with ADHD, …

Utilizing Evidence-Based Resources For Collaborative Falls Prevention, Kristyn Elise Catrine

ONU Student Research Colloquium

More than 25% of seniors will fall each year due to modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors. The result is three million emergency department visits and 50 billion dollars in annual healthcare costs.1 Effective falls prevention is complex and needs collaboration from all members of the healthcare team. The best national, state and local strategies individualize patient safety from all sources of harm.2 Multifactorial interventions use health and mobility reviews to reduce the rate of falls and educate older adults.3 The CDC’s Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths and Injuries (STEADI) and ASCP/NCOA’s Falls Risk Reduction Toolkit are examples of national programs that …

Returning To School After Covid-19: Relationships Between Parental Stress And Resilience With Children's Mental Health Behaviors, Christa Stanley

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Theoretical Proposal

Of Sacrament And Safety: How Two 1970s Home Birth Services Magnified The Power And The Limits Of Women's Voices, Kristen Burgess

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Textual or Investigative

An Exploration Into The Experiences Of Women Student Veterans And Their Campus Support Utilization: A Phenomenological Study, Alyssa Baldwin

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Applied

Entrepreneurial Resilience, A Key Soft Skill To Develop In A Crisis Situation: Proposal For A Measurement Scale, Hajer Najeh, Salim Morched

Journal of Business & Entrepreneurship

Any resilient development that enables an entrepreneur to overcome a crisis is seen as an essential feature of the entrepreneur's profile. In order to acquire this quality, we must first understand how entrepreneurs perceive and assess their level of resilience. This involves defining the concept by identifying its underlying dimensions to conceptualize and measure it. Thus, this article presents the different stages of building a scale to assess the level of resilience of Tunisian entrepreneurs. These measures are based on a survey of 152 entrepreneurs following the paradigm of Churchill (1979). This paradigm allows the rigorous construction of questionnaire-type measurement …