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Wofford Today Spring 2023, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Wofford Today

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Child Abuse In Residential Homes Of Ghana, Alyssa Minor

Ballard Brief

Children placed in residential homes in Ghana suffer from physical violence and physical neglect more often than children in family-based homes. In overcrowded residential homes, many basic needs are often not being met, and the use of physical violence is common due to inadequate funding, lack of training, lack of clear policies, and years of normalizing violent disciplinary actions. This problem of child abuse within residential homes of Ghana creates financial burdens on the country and negative psychosocial effects for children suffering from neglect or physical violence, hindering their ability to reach their full earnings potential. Very few interventions have …

Hutch Diverticulum: A Rare Congenital Urinary Bladder Diverticulum In An Elderly Male Patient., Dr Rudresh Hiremath, Dr Shwetha Poojari

Radiology Teaching Files

54 year old male patient presented with burning micturition and increased frequency of urination for the last two months. He also gives history of intermittent episodes of high grade fever with chills and rigors.

Predicting Mobility Using Limited Data During Early Stages Of A Pandemic, Michael T. Lash, S. Sajeesh, Özgür M. Araz

Department of Marketing: Faculty Publications

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed consumer behavior substantially. In this study, we explore the drivers of consumer mobility in several metropolitan areas in the United States under the perceived risks of COVID-19. We capture multiple dimensions of perceived risk using local and national cases and death counts of COVID-19, along with real-time Google Trends data for personal protective equipment (PPE). While Google Trends data are popular inputs in many studies, the risk of multicollinearity escalates with the addition of more relevant terms. Therefore, multicollinearity-alleviating methods are needed to appropriately leverage information provided by Google Trends data. We develop and utilize …

Virtual Training In Child Welfare, Penny Putnam Collins

QIC-Takes

Child welfare offices and training centers had to transition their classroom instructor-led training to virtual platforms when the pandemic hit. Some training systems were already using virtual platforms or asynchronous learning tools to deliver training content, but no agency was 100% virtual pre-pandemic. The transition was sudden and there was a steep learning curve for some trainers. Changes made when the pandemic hit may now be the new normal. This QICTake highlights what our QIC-WD sites and team members experienced as child welfare agencies shifted to, and are now embracing, virtual training. What We’re Seeing Finding the Right Tools for …

#Blackatuark: Digital Counterpublic Memories Of Anti-Black Racism On Campus, T. Jake Dionne, Joe Hatfield, Gabrielle Willingham

Communication Faculty Publications and Presentations

After #BlackLivesMatter protests in summer 2020, many leaders in the US South reevaluated monuments dedicated to the confederate and segregation eras. Black affiliates of the University of Arkansas used the Twitter hashtag #BlackatUARK to demand the removal of memorials commemorating a segregationist senator and share their experiences of anti-Black racism on campus. We argue that #BlackatUARK provides a counterpublic memorial of campus life that opposes and transforms dominant public memories, geographies, and subjectivities. Our analysis of the hashtag expands the conceptual boundaries of the kairos/metanoia partnership to show how digital counterpublic memories gain momentum and produce tangible rhetorical effects across …

Systematic Review Of Ct Angiography In Guiding Management In Pediatric Oropharyngeal Trauma., Steven D Curry, Dallin N Christensen, Pooja M Varman, Kimberly A Harp, Dwight T Jones

Journal Articles: Leon S. McGoogan Health Sciences Library

OBJECTIVES: Pediatric oropharyngeal trauma is common. Although most cases resolve uneventfully, there have been reports of internal carotid artery injury leading to devastating neurovascular sequelae. There is significant controversy regarding the utility of CT angiography (CTA) in children with seemingly minor oropharyngeal trauma. The goal of this study was to appraise changes in diagnosis and treatment based on CTA results.

METHODS: A comprehensive search of PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Scopus, the Cochrane Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders Group Trials Register, and the ClinicalTrials.gov database was performed following PRISMA guidelines.

RESULTS: The search yielded 5,078 unique abstracts, of which 8 articles were …

An Evidence-Based Approach To Provide Essential And Desirable Components To Develop Surveys On Sudden Unexpected Death In Epilepsy (Sudep) For Doctors: A Focused Review, L. V. Watkins, S. Ashby, J. Hanna, W. Henley, R. Laugharne, R. Shankar

More Faculty of Health Research

Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) is a major concern for people with epilepsy, their families, their care givers, and medical professionals. There is inconsistency in the SUDEP counselling doctors provide, compared to what is recommended in clinical guidelines. Numerous national and international surveys have highlighted how epilepsy professionals, usually doctors, deliver SUDEP risk counselling, particularly, when they deliver it and to whom. These surveys help understand the unmet need, develop suitable strategies, and raise awareness among clinicians with the eventual goal to reduce SUDEPs. However, there is no standardised survey or essential set of questions identified that can be …

Online Education And Managing Service Quality With The Challenges Of Covid 19: The Case Of University Of Business And Technology (Ubt) Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Kanan, Ayman Zerban, Salah Abunar, Ameen El Harbi, Gamal Weheba, Ramiz Assaf

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

With the pandemic of COVID 19 hitting global economy and forcing social distance, all sectors were exposed to the wave. The educational sector is not exceptional, most universities were forced to adopt online education with the lack of experience necessary needed. This step was like walking blind in a foggy road without realizing the suitability of this service or how to satisfy students. The pandemic spread of Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) has created stress, anxiety, and several concerns among people around the world. It is disrupting every aspect of human life including education. Since customer satisfaction has always been linked …

Nonmagnetic Negative Refractive Index Media Based On Chalcogenide Glasses, N. Boutabba

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

We report in this work the study of the permittivity and the losses in non-linear nonmagnetic negative refractive index media. We analyze the permittivity and the losses dependence on the inclusion number of the particles used in the suggested media that is made by interlacing plasmonic metallic particles and a dielectric. We show that the exhibition of a negative permittivity in these strongly anisotropic media depends not only on the inclusion number of the particles and the frequency range but also on the oscillation frequency of free electrons in the metal which plays the major role. We finally suggest the …

A Preliminary Volterra Lotka Model Analysing Cancer, Intracellular Parasite, And Immune Cells Interaction, Nadia Boutabba, Gehan Abuelenain

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

In this paper, we investigate the dynamics of immune and tumor cell densities in the presence of a parasite using the prey- predator Volterra-Lotka model in a biological system, assuming that the parasite is either a down or up-regulator of the induced immune cells. Thus, we analysed the model for equal and non equal initial conditions and report their impact on the populations growth.

Ola Distribution: A New One Parameter Model With Applications To Engineering And Covid-19 Data, Ola Al-Ta’Ani, Mohammed M. Gharaibeh

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

We employed the notion of mixture distributions to suggest a new one parameter continuous distribution for modeling real lifetime data called Ola Distribution. Its properties are explored including moments and related measures, moment generating function, reliability analysis functions, order statistics, Bonferroni and Lorenz curves, stochastic ordering, Re ́nyi entropy and mean deviations. The maximum likelihood method is adapted to estimate the parameter of the distribution. Applications to engineering and COVID- 19 data sets are presented to illustrate the usefulness of the suggested distribution. The applications showed that Ola distribution outperforms some competitive distributions and can be considered as a useful …

Predictive Analysis Of Misuse Of Alcohol And Drugs Using Machine Learning Algorithms: The Case Of Using An Imbalanced Dataset From South Africa, Alexander Boateng, Christopher Odoom, Eric Teye Mensah, Sarah Mensah Fobi, Daniel Maposa

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

Drug and alcohol misuse has become a significant global distraction to the development of the youths and future leaders, especially in South Africa. The ideal solution to these unhealthy practices is for institutions, governments, and individuals to put preventive measures such as counselling, sanctions, and fines to help control drug and alcohol misuse. However, it is challenging to know the group of people or individuals engaged in such deteriorating activities by merely monitoring individuals physically. It makes it difficult even to plan the measures to control the issue. Therefore this paper has applied and compared six supervised machine learning algorithms …

On The Robustness Of Right Truncated Esscher Transformed Laplace Distribution, K. Krishnakumari, D. George

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

Truncation arises in many practical situations such as Epidemiology, Material science, Psychology, Social Sciences and Statistics where one wants to study about data which lie above or below a certain threshold or within a specified range. Right truncation often happens when an event/source is detected if its measurement is less than a truncation variable. The present study aims to introduce a right truncated version of an asymmetric and heavy tailed distribution namely, Esscher transformed Laplace distribution beyond the interval (−∞,b). Various distributional and reliability properties of the proposed distribution are investigated. The performance of η, the parameter, is estimated using …

Fractional Order Glucose Insulin Model With Generalized Mittag-Leffler Kernel, Ali Akgül, Muhammad Farman, Aqeel Ahmad, Adnan Khan, Siraj Zahran, Wasan Shakir Awad

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

In this paper, We formulate a fractional-order mathematical model for the populations of diabetic patients consist three- compartment G, X, and I. Diabetes Model is investigated with fractal-fractional operator for normal and type-1 diabetes. Also, the deterministic mathematical model for diabetes mellitus is investigated with the effect of the fractional parameters. Solutions are derived to investigate the influence of fractional operator which shows the impact of the disease for type-1 diabetes. The existence and uniqueness results of the fractional-order model are derived using fixed point theory. Simulation has been made for developed solutions of fractional order diabetes model to check …

Developing A Primary Healthcare Diagnosis System Based On Natural Language Processing, Ahmad A. Alzahrani

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

A machine learning (ML) algorithm is a complex algorithm that automates based on experience. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a subfield of machine learning (ML) that builds computer networks that can execute activities that would normally need cognitive functions. Artificial intelligence and chatbots are two revolutionary technologies that have altered the way patients and clinicians view healthcare. A diagnostic is needed to kind the system of healthcare is more participatory. Chabot was created utilizing the most up-to- date machine learning methods, including the decision tree algorithm, to assist users in making a diagnosis of their disease based on their symptoms. The …

Concerns Over The Cost Of Living Among Older Adults In Singapore, Rachel Ngu, Micah Tan, Paulin T. Straughan, Seonghoon Kim, William Tov, Grace Cheong, Xiaoyan Zhang

ROSA Research Briefs

A post-National Day Rally survey conducted in August 2022 found that the rising cost of living and health-related issues were ranked among the top concerns of Singaporeans (Baharudin, 2022). This comes as no surprise as global crises such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, has resulted in global and domestic inflation (Gov.sg, 2022). In May 2022, Singapore reported a 13-year high core inflation of 3.6% (Channel News Asia, 2022), while in September 2022, Singapore’s core inflation had risen to 5.3% (Ang, 2022). Additionally, the government announced that Singapore residents will see a goods and services tax (GST) …

A Case Of High Risk Ciliary Bidy Melanoma Arising In An Eye After Resectioning Of An Iridociliary Melanocytoma, Terry Lee, Ekaterina Semenova, A D. Proia, Miguel A. Materin

Osteopathic Medicine, Jerry M. Wallace School of

PURPOSE: To report a case of a benign iridociliary melanocytoma recurring as malignant melanoma after excision. METHODS: Observational case report with clinical data, slit-lamp examination findings, ultrasound biomicroscopy results, and histopathological and genetic analyses. RESULTS: A 40-year-old African American woman initially presented with a superonasal iridociliary mass with a maximal thickness of 2.5 mm. Visual acuity of the involved eye was 20/25, intraocular pressure was 52 mmHg on maximal pressure-lowering medications, and Humphrey visual field testing revealed an inferior altitudinal defect. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy and incisional biopsy followed by tumor excision confirmed a benign melanocytoma. After 5 years of stability, …

Computational Comparative Analysis Identifies Potential Stemness-Related Markers For Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells, Myret Ghabriel, Ahmed El Hosseiny, Ahmed Moustafa, Asma Amleh

Faculty Journal Articles

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Minutes, March 2023, University Of Dayton. College Of Arts And Sciences

Documents of the College of Arts and Sciences Academic Affairs Committee

Minutes from organizational meeting for Academic Affairs Committee

The Role Of A Mutated Receptor, Ccrl2 And Its Correlation With A Risk Factor For Alzheimer’S Disease, Colby J. Hendrix, Christopher J. Haynie, Hunter G. Lindsay, Josue D. Gonzalez, Scott Weber

Library/Life Sciences Undergraduate Poster Competition 2023

Alzheimer’s Disease ( is the most common cause of dementia, which is the 5 th leading cause of death While the exact cause of AD is unknown, many suggest that inflammation could be a culprit 1 Inflammation is driven by our immune system A key component of inflammation is chemokine signaling These signaling molecules help guide immune cells to areas of infection and damage Cells use chemokine receptors to interact with secreted chemokines (Fig 1 Left) Some chemokine receptors are identified as atypical chemokine receptors ( because they have different functions than conventional chemokine receptors in the immune system (Fig …

Strengths And Opportunities For Sustainability, Ab Currie

Canadian Forum on Civil Justice

At the mid-point of this three-year pilot project, the evidence suggests that the Mobile Rural Law Van is accomplishing its primary objective of better meeting the needs of people in rural Wellington County and North Halton. Is the success after two summers and one winter of operation sustainable? Sustainability is about more than just money, more than cost and about cost per person served. Sustainability depends on how the project operates and how it is connected with the community being served. This paper identifies the non-monetary factors that make the Law Van project sustainable, suggesting adjustments that might be made …

Mucocele Of The Appendix With Perforation., Sudha Kiran Das Dr., Vikram Patil Dr

Radiology Teaching Files

45 year old gentleman, presented to the Emergency Department with right iliac fossa pain & fever.

2022 Annual Campus Safety And Fire Report, Department Of Public Safety, University Of Nebraska At Omaha And Unmc

Public Safety Reports

The 2022 Annual Campus Safety and Fire Report (ASR) includes safety and fire information for the University of Nebraska Omaha and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, including crime & fire statistics for the 2021 calendar year, and the information required by the Drug‐Free Schools and Communities Act of 1989. All data is submitted to the U.S. Department of Education according to law. The University of Nebraska Department of Public Safety’s (UNDPS) provides services to the University campus community 24‐hours a day. Please call 402.554.2648 for information regarding any service offered by the UNDPS. The University of Nebraska shall not …

Commonwealth Times 2023-03-01

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

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It's Time To (Again) Recognize The Considerable Clinical And Public Health Significance Of Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Leonard A. Kaminsky, Mary T. Imboden, Cemal Ozemek

Faculty Publications - Department of Kinesiology

In this issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Kokkinos et al5 studied the relationship of both a single CRF value, and change in CRF, with all-cause mortality in a large (n 1⁄4 93,060) sample from the ETHOS (Exercise Testing and Health Outcomes Study) cohort. In this cohort, CRF was estimated as the peak metabolic equivalents (METs) derived from the peak speed and grade obtained on a treadmill exercise test. The findings from the single measure of CRF showed, compared with the low-CRF group (w5 METs), reductions in mortality rate across each higher-CRF group in both those …

2023-03-01_Michiganoverview_Covidvaccinestats, Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services

Michigan COVID-19 Vaccine Data

The COVID Vaccine Dashboard page was obtained from Michigan's main COVID-19 page: https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/resources/covid-19-vaccine/covid-19-dashboard.

First-dose tracker above is for entire Michigan Population. Coverage maps below are for age 5+.

Previously reported numbers of administered vaccine doses may change as new data are received. A possible lag in reporting vaccine doses will result in increases in numbers previously reported.

This report is created by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Division of Immunization from data reported to the Michigan Care Improvement Registry (MCIR).

The dashboard contained the tabs Primary Series Doses Administered, Primary Series Doses by Vaccine, …

Effect Of Xylitol Versus Sugar On Caries Risk, Alyssa Birmingham, Kailey Hart, Raissa Igihozo, Amanda Osmolski

Dental Hygiene Student Research Posters

The effect of xylitol versus sugar on caries risk is a rising trend in caries prevention. The dominant explanation for this trend is explained by xylitol’s ability to significantly decrease caries rates in recent studies. To answer the question, in adult patients, what is the effect of xylitol versus sugar on caries risk, we compared previous studies in a literature review. The limitations of these findings include the many intrinsic and extrinsic factors that influence plaque accumulation that were not considered. Further research is needed to determine if xylitol alone has caries-prevention qualities.

Monarch Science Observer, Volume 16, College Of Sciences, Old Dominion University

College of Sciences Newsletter

Spring 2023, issue of Monarch Science Observer, ODU Colleges of Sciences Newsletter.

We Are ... Marshall, March 1, 2023, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

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