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Uh-03 A Case Report Of Saint’S Triad And The Diagnostic Implications For Clinicians, Catalina S. Molina, Nnenna Igwe, Hannah Young

SC Upstate Research Symposium

Abstract

Study Design- Case Report

Background- In the process of dissecting a 78-year-old male cadaver, the body was found to have an enlarged heart, an aortic aneurysm, a hiatal hernia, the stomach protruding through the thoracic cavity. The discovery led to the suspicion of a disease known as Saint’s Triad. Saint’s Triad is a manifestation of a general connective tissue disorder, resulting in the formation of hernias, diverticula, aneurysms, or COPD. The objective is to raise awareness of the Saint’s Triad as a disease and demonstrate its relationship with connective tissue disorders. This study also aims to encourage medical professionals …

Up-03 Identifying The Determinants Of Pediatric Vaccine Uptake During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Colleen Phan, Brandon Mercardo, Justin Travis Ph.D., Ginny Webb Ph.D.

SC Upstate Research Symposium

COVID-19 has caused over a million deaths in the United States. Preventative measures such as masks, social distancing, and vaccination have been implemented to fight against the disease. Unfortunately, a large subset of Americans opposed these efforts.

SC DHEC reports that as of January 2023, only 53.9 % of eligible South Carolinians have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Previous studies have shown vaccine hesitancy is influenced largely by personal concerns about vaccine development, peer vaccination status, and general skepticism of immunization.

Hesitancy towards pediatric vaccination is particularly concerning because unvaccinated children can act as vessels to exponentially accelerate COVID-19 transmission. …

Up-02 Pharmacological And Non-Pharmacological Interventions For The Treatment Of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Taylor Meetze, Reagan Bradley, Peyton Smith, Emily Sisk, Ryan Crawford

SC Upstate Research Symposium

Background: Newborns diagnosed with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) often experience extreme symptoms as their body’s withdrawals from substances. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions are provided that aim to treat NAS. However, nurses should be aware of what treatment leads to better outcomes and shorter hospitalization.

Aim: The aim of the project was to compare the length of hospitalization of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for newborns with mild NAS.

Methods: The team of researchers devised a research question to guide a search in the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) to identify relevant literature focused on pharmacological …

What's Going On In This Picture? Teaching Clinical Observation Skills With Visual Thinking Strategies, Susan Noyes Phd, Otr/L

USM Research and Scholarship Symposium

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Continuous And Interval Exercise On Cognition In Young Adults, Emily C. Tagesen, Lawrence W. Judge, David M. Bellar

International Journal of Exercise Science

International Journal of Exercise Science 16(5): 458-468, 2023. Exercise stimulates the production and secretion of testosterone, cortisol, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and affects cognitive performance. However, the interaction of these variables is unknown. To investigate these interactions, 21 college-aged men completed two work-matched exercise protocols: continuous (CONT) exercise and an interval protocol (INT). Blood and saliva samples were collected before and after exercise to quantify BDNF, cortisol, and testosterone. Participants completed a battery of cognitive assessments after exercise. A MANOVA analysis of condition demonstrated that no domains were significantly different after CONT and INT (p > 0.05). A repeated …

Exploring The Issue Of Microplastics In Maine Stormwater Runoff, Brenda Zollitsch Phd

USM Research and Scholarship Symposium

No abstract provided.

Exhaust Noise Elimination Using Silencers Fortified With Perforated Tubes, Extended Tubes, Penetrable Resin Inlet And Orifice Plate, Min-Chie Chiu, Ho-Chih Cheng

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

Pneumatic equipment in marine diesel engine and associated piping system often emit extremely high level of noises when releasing pressure. Concerning the crew’s hearing health, discovering an efficient noise silencing device becomes essential. A silencer fortified with extended tubes, perforated tubes, orifice plate, and penetrable resin inlet is presented in order to competently dampen the blown-up noises. A simplified objective function by means of FEM, Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), and a Genetic Algorithm (GA) is established to enable the numerical calculation when using a finite element method. Three silencer designs, silencer A (with element A, a penetrable resin inlet), B …

Combustion Of Scrap Waste Tires Of A Cogeneration Plant, Chin-Ko Yeh, Rong-Hua Yeh

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

Various fuels can be used in circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boilers. In this study, the thermal and economic performance was investigated for three CFB fuels—heavy fuel oil, coal, and waste tire scraps—used in a cogeneration plant. The plant comprised a CFB boiler, a single-cylinder steam-extraction turbine, and a generator. Tire scrap combustion generated the most power per ton during peak hours: approximately 27.5% more than that generated using heavy oil and 42.3% more than when coal was employed; it also resulted in higher boiler efficiency during peak operation than coal (1.2% higher) or heavy oil (12.6% higher). The net plant …

Inquiry-Based Learning And Sensor-Based Environmental Health Monitoring In The Us Midwest, Madeline L. Jones

USM Research and Scholarship Symposium

No abstract provided.

The Dark Side Of Leadership: Mid-Level Managers And Their Experience With Hubristic Behaviors Of Executives, Leili Sadaghiani

Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to identify the emotional reactions of mid-level managers to executives’ hubris behaviors in a corporate setting.

Methodology: This leadership study uses qualitative phenomenological methodology was executed to explore the lived experiences of mid-level managers with past executives who practiced hubristic behavior.

Findings: The findings of this research on the lived experiences of mid-level managers with hubristic behaviors of executives suggest that the lack of support lessens the mid-level manager’s confidence; with little support; the mid-level manager was either afraid to fight the executive or gave up trying; the mid-level manager faced stress even …

Exploration Of C9or72c9-500 Sk2, Sk3 Channel Expression, Teresa L. Garrett

Festival of Research

ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease) is a neurodegenerative disease that weakens muscles and impacts physical function. The C9 Gene is responsible for creating proteins that help neurons send and receive signals across the synapse. Small Conductance calcium activated potassium channels (SK channels) affect the hyperpolarization phase of an action potential. Hypothesis: SK2 and SK3 clusters of C9 positive cells should decrease in size and intensity when exposed to a disease state compared to C9 negative controls.

Arsenic Exposure And Children In Maine- What’S Going On Inside Their Heads?, Douglas Currie Phd

USM Research and Scholarship Symposium

No abstract provided.

Examination Of Self-Determination Theory-Based Motivations For Using Cannabis Responsibly And Cannabis Use Motives As Predictors Of Cannabis-Related Outcomes Among College Students, Ricardo A. Rubio, Jakub D. Gren, Joey C. Mok, Haydee Andujo, Dylan K. Richards, Matthew R. Pearson, Addictions Research Team

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Cannabis use motives, or reasons people choose to use cannabis, are well-established risk factors for cannabis use and related negative consequences and include (in order of most to least risky) using cannabis to reduce negative affect (coping motives), increase positive affect (enhancement motives), to avoid negative social experiences (conformity motives), to enhance social experiences (social motives), and to expand one’s experiences (expansion motives). Our current research also examines motivations to use cannabis responsibly based on self-determination theory (SDT), which includes (in order of most to least protective) consciously valuing responsible use (autonomous motivation), seeking/avoiding internal rewards/punishments (introjected regulation), seeking/avoiding external …

Global Health Governance Performance During Covid-19, What Needs To Be Changed? A Delphi Survey Study, Wafa Abu El Kheir-Mataria, Hassan El-Fawal, Sungsoo Chun

Faculty Journal Articles

No abstract provided.

Observed Differences In Goal-Directed Actions Among Individuals Affected By Covid-19, Jude Chavez, Kevin Wilson, Karen Luo, Sarah Ward, John Romero, Ethan Campbell, Darbi Gill, Richard Campbell, Jeremy Hogeveen, Jessica Richardson, Davin Quinn

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

The neurological complications of COVID-19 are fearsome and not understood Ischemic strokes, meningo-encephalitis, peripheral nerve damage, agitated delirium, dysosmia, and psychiatric disturbances have all been extensively documented. SARS-CoV-2 appears to directly invade neural tissue and triggers states of hypercoagulability, immune system activation, and hypoxemia, all of which contribute to severe brain dysfunction and possible damage in the acute phase. The motivation to initiate action is central to adaptive functioning but is impaired in a variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders. In particular, a significant number of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) demonstrate clinically-significant apathy - i.e., a negative change …

Identifying Profiles Of Cannabis Users Based On Their Motivations To Use Cannabis Responsibly: An Application Of Self-Determination Theory, Joey C. Mok, Jakub D. Gren, Haydee Andujo, Ricardo A. Rubio, Dylan K. Richards, Matthew R. Pearson, Addictions Research Team

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Based on self-determination theory (SDT), motivation can be understood as existing on a continuum from the most to the least self-determined (autonomous motivation, introjected regulation, external regulation, amotivation) with more self-determined motivations associated with positive health outcomes, and less self-determined motivations associated with negative health outcomes. Using a newly developed measure of motivations to use cannabis responsibly (TRSQ), we sought to identify unique subpopulations of cannabis users based on their motivations to use (or not use) cannabis use responsibly, positing that those with more self-determined motivations would report higher use of cannabis protective behavioral strategies (PBS) and lower cannabis use/problems. …

A Bacteriophage Virus-Like Particle Vaccine Against Heroin Generates Protective Antibody Responses, Isabella G. Romano, Brandi Johnson-Weaver, Herman Staats, Bryce Chackerian, Kathryn M. Frietze

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Opioid use disorder (OUD) and opioid overdose are urgent public health crises, with opioid overdose rates tripling within the last decade in the United States. Current treatments have limited efficacy, and challenges associated with implementation. Vaccines against opioids have recently been proposed as novel treatments, with some vaccine strategies showing promising pre-clinical data. Here, we report our efforts to engineer a vaccine against heroin that elicits high-titer and long-lasting antibodies with protective functionality. We utilized bacteriophage Qβ virus-like particles (VLPs) to display drug targets in a highly immunogenic and multivalent format. The active metabolites of heroin, morphine and 6-aceyl-morphine, were …

Syllable Diadochokinesis In Professional Boxers And Mixed Martial Artists, Amy Neel, Ninel Hernandez, Jessica Richardson, Lauren Bennett, Sarah Banks, Aaron Ritter, Charles Bernick

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Background: Recent studies in our laboratory have documented slower speech rates in passage readings for boxers and mixed martial artists (MMAs) compared to healthy controls. Diadochokinetic rate tasks (DDK), where syllables are repeated as quickly as possible, more directly measure speech motor abilities than reading or spontaneous speech tasks (e.g., less cognitive/linguistic confounds). We investigated DDK rates for professional boxers, MMAs, and controls with no history of RHI.

Methods: Participants were 27 professional boxers, 37 professional MMA fighters, and 30 controls ranging in age from 20 to 77 years of age from the Professional Athletes Brain Health Study. They were …

Continuous Cerebral Autoregulation Measurement And Outcomes In Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Masoom Desai, Ali Alsarah, Thomas Jones, Bert Davis, Chad Cole, Andrew P. Carlson

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Background:

Impaired cerebral autoregulation has been associated with worse outcomes in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). Recent data demonstrated that oxygen reactivity measured by either parenchymal probes or near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) may be associated with worse clinical outcomes and occurrence of spreading depolarization events.

Methods:

We prospectively collected continuous multimodality monitoring recordings in patients with aneurysmal treated at our institution between 2011 and 2021. Physiologic data were linked using the Moberg Component Neuromonitoring system (CNS) and clinical data were obtained by chart review. Continuous autoregulation indices were calculated using the CNS Envision software retrospectively for all available data …

An Alarming Interloper: A Case Report Of Capgras Syndrome As Presentation Of C9orf72-Associated Frontotemporal Dementia, Christine Meadows, Monika Manchanda, Jonathan Cauchi

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Introduction: Mutations in the hexanucleotide repeat expansion in the C9orf72 gene are associated with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Diagnosis is challenging due to highly variable penetrance. This case report describes a rare manifestation of C9orf72 associated-FTD that presented as Capgras delusion.

Case: This is a case of a 77-year-old male with no diagnosed medical history who was admitted to an inpatient psychiatric facility due to delusions that his wife had been replaced by an imposter. MRI of the brain revealed symmetric mild to moderate cortical atrophy. Patient had an extensive family history of FTD and ALS …

Self-Compassion And Self-Care Of Usm Social Work Students During The Covid-19 Pandemic - Findings And Recommendations For All University Educators., Donna Wampole Dsw, Lcsw, Hermeet Kohli Phd, Msw

USM Research and Scholarship Symposium

No abstract provided.

2023-03-31_Michiganoverview_Covidbedppe, Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services

Michigan COVID-19 Hospital Data

Contains the tables Statewide Hospital Capacity Report for COVID-19, COVID-19 Metrics, Statewide Hospital Available PPE Tracking for COVID-19, as well as the tables PPE Days On Hand and Patient Census.

Influence Of Poverty Simulation On Educators' Social Empathy And Education Practices, Rebecca K. Davison

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A capstone submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the Ernst and Sara Lane Volgenau College of Education at Morehead State University by Rebecca K. Davison on March 31, 2023.

Physician Workforce In The Mountain West, Hira Ahmed, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr.

Health

Using data from the Association of American Medical College’s State Physician Workforce Data Report, this fact sheet synthesizes Mountain West data on the numbers of active physicians and active physician demographics in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. This fact sheet focuses on active physicians in the Mountain West region by gender, race and ethnicity, as well as the number of students pursuing medical and premedical education.

Research Trends In Cybercrime And Cybersecurity: A Review Based On Web Of Science Core Collection Database, Ling Wu, Qiong Peng, Michael Lembke

International Journal of Cybersecurity Intelligence & Cybercrime

Studies on cybercrime and cybersecurity have expanded in both scope and breadth in recent years. This study offers a bibliometric review of research trends in cybercrime and cybersecurity over the past 26 years (1995-2021) based on Web of Science core collection database. Specifically, we examine the growth of scholarship and the expanded scope of subject categories and relevant journals. We also analyze the research collaboration network based on authors’ affiliated institutions and countries. Finally, we identify major topics within the fields, how each topic relates to – and diverges from – one another, and their evolution over time. Overall, we …

Rna Sequencing In Hypoxia-Adapted T98g Glioblastoma Cells Provides Supportive Evidence For Ire1 As A Potential Therapeutic Target., Brian E White, Yichuan Liu, Hakon Hakonarson, Russell Buono

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Departmental Research

Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive brain cancer with a median survival time of 14.6 months after diagnosis. GBM cells have altered metabolism and exhibit the Warburg effect, preferentially producing lactate under aerobic conditions. After standard-of-care treatment for GBM, there is an almost 100% recurrence rate. Hypoxia-adapted, treatment-resistant GBM stem-like cells are thought to drive this high recurrence rate. We used human T98G GBM cells as a model to identify differential gene expression induced by hypoxia and to search for potential therapeutic targets of hypoxia adapted GBM cells. RNA sequencing (RNAseq) and bioinformatics were used to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) …

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, April 6, 2023, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Approval of Minutes – March 2, 2023
• Program Proposals
• Semester Course Approval Reviews:
• Other Business
• Adjourn: 2:29 pm

In Re: Ltl Management Llc

2023 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Are Deficit Perspectives Thriving In Trauma-Informed Schools? A Historical And Anti-Racist Reflection, Cora Palma, Annmary S. Abdou, Scot Danforth, Amy Jane Griffiths

Education Faculty Articles and Research

Mental health research concerning adverse childhood experiences and neurocognitive trauma has prompted many school districts to pursue the development of trauma-informed schools that attend specifically to the emotional and instructional needs of affected students. Researchers and practitioners are fast proliferating trauma-informed professional practices. Given research findings indicating disproportionate impacts of trauma on students of color and those living in poverty, in this article, we examine the risks of trauma-informed educational programs reanimating cultural deficit theories from the 1960s about marginalized students and families. Educators are challenged to thoughtfully fortify trauma-informed schooling by increasing awareness of deficit perspectives and incorporating critical …

Manual Therapy And Exercise For The Management Of Chronic Neck Pain With Multiple Neurovascular Comorbidities: A Case Report, Zach Mayo, Christopher Keating

Department of Physical Therapy Faculty Papers

This case describes the clinical decision-making behind the conservative clinical management of an individual presenting with chronic neck pain with myriad neuromuscular comorbidities. The focus of this case report is to support the safe utilization of manual therapy and describe the tolerable prescription of strength and endurance exercise in a patient with numerous complications to improve self-efficacy. A 22-year-old female college student presented with a chief complaint of chronic, non-specific neck pain with comorbid Chiari malformation, migraines, upper cervical spinal fusion, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) to an outpatient physical therapy clinic for evaluation and treatment. …