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Covid Stress, Anonymous

Community Reflections

My COVID-19 experience was definitely something that I will never forget. At the time with me working in the healthcare field, being a CNA. It brought much stress and especially chaos. After coming home from long shifts helping with elderly patients who were sickened by covid, it definitely was hard to see and it took a toll on me.

Byproduct Of Covid, Anonymous

Community Reflections

No abstract provided.

Covid- 19 Reflection, Anonymous

Community Reflections

I wrote about what was going through my head and what I want people to know about how it affected me.

Covid Pandemic Reflection, Anonymous

Community Reflections

At first feelings of shock, confusion and disappointment started flooding my mind, but over'me as more and more media coverage on the virus surfaced this original two week shut down became a much more serious and scary reality. At first so called “zoom school” didn’t seem so bad, but then the crushing realiza'on of not being able to go out, see friends or even show our faces without a mask quickly came over me.

Hidden Benefit, Anonymous

Community Reflections

During the COVID-19 pandemic, everything that was normal for me was no longer normal.

My Covid Blessing, Anonymous

Community Reflections

If you asked the 7.8 billion people who were alive during covid about their experience during isolation, you would hear 7.8 billion different stories because every single person experienced something new . Everyone was subject to their own homes and had to deal with whatever their family situation was like. For me personally, my family was pretty fortunate to have no deaths due to covid, however, the rollercoaster of emotions that the time period had put us all on is indescribable.

Myostatin: A Skeletal Muscle Chalone., Se-Jin Lee

Faculty Research 2023

Myostatin (GDF-8) was discovered 25 years ago as a new transforming growth factor-β family member that acts as a master regulator of skeletal muscle mass. Myostatin is made by skeletal myofibers, circulates in the blood, and acts back on myofibers to limit growth. Myostatin appears to have all of the salient properties of a chalone, which is a term proposed over a half century ago to describe hypothetical circulating, tissue-specific growth inhibitors that control tissue size. The elucidation of the molecular, cellular, and physiological mechanisms underlying myostatin activity suggests that myostatin functions as a negative feedback regulator of muscle mass …

Hucopia: An Atlas Of Human Vs. Sars-Cov-2 Interactome And The Comparative Analysis With Other Coronaviridae Family Viruses, Naveen Duhan, Rakesh Kaundal

Plants, Soils, and Climate Faculty Publications

SARS-CoV-2, a novel betacoronavirus strain, has caused a pandemic that has claimed the lives of nearly 6.7M people worldwide. Vaccines and medicines are being developed around the world to reduce the disease spread, fatality rates, and control the new variants. Understanding the protein-protein interaction mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 in humans, and their comparison with the previous SARS-CoV and MERS strains, is crucial for these efforts. These interactions might be used to assess vaccination effectiveness, diagnose exposure, and produce effective biotherapeutics. Here, we present the HuCoPIA database, which contains approximately 100,000 protein-protein interactions between humans and three strains (SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS) …

Covid 19 And The Plague, Anonymous

Community Reflections

As time went on being so isolated started to take a toll mentally. Going into the summer the restrictions started to lighten up and I was able to see my friends outside for the first time in months. Many people were still very scared of getting covid, my parents included.

A New Way Of Living, Anonymous

Community Reflections

Life was very different for me as a high school student during the Covid-19 epidemic. It was a frightening moment when a virus that no one understood suddenly engulfed the whole planet. One of the significant adjustments was going to school.

Covid, Cancer And Chaos, Anonymous

Community Reflections

Right before COVID, my mother was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer, and needed to undergo chemotherapy while quarantining at home. During quarantine, people’s stories were that they stayed inside all day and did nothing, but for me, it was the complete opposite. My mom was very sick and weak, which meant that me and my sisters needed to step up.

Covid-19'S Impact On My Final Two Years Of High School, Robert Bevilacqua

Community Reflections

This document primarily concerns COVID-19's impact on my final two years of high school (NY) and its repercussions on my academic career.

Remembering Covid, Anonymous

Community Reflections

My content expresses how I felt during the time of the Covid lockdown. I reflect back on my emotions during March 2020, and what life was like during that time. I also reflected on the fact that life was different in different parts of America. New York vs. Florida during peak Covid time was like living in two completely different worlds, which is explained in more detail in the document.

Impact Of Quarantine, Anonymous

Community Reflections

Quarantine was quite the defining moment in my life and when I reflect back on almost 3 years ago now I can recognize that their were negative and positive moments as well.

Lvhn Weekly, Lehigh Valley Health Network

LVHN Weekly

No abstract provided.

Good Governance: The Path To Development, Eduardo Landaeta

Graduate Research Conference (GSIS)

This paper aims to understand to what extent good governance and effective public policies are aligned in the economic growth of a country. International assistance relies on political-economic analysis to evaluate the donations they can provide to a country. In this regard, good governance of domestic institutions is essential for the efficiency of a country, especially in affiliation with foreign aid. Therefore, a relationship avoiding dependency should be the focus in the short or medium-term.

The Superpowers’ Competition In The Global South: A Historical Perspective, Guljannat Huseynli

Graduate Research Conference (GSIS)

Abstract The history of superpowers' competition in the Global South is a complex and multifaceted topic involving the economic, political, and military interests of powerful nations in the developing world. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive overview of how superpowers have competed for influence in the Global South from the colonial era to the present day. The paper begins by examining the economic, cultural, and political aspects of different types of colonialism in the example of the US, USSR, and China. This focus shows how their motives have evolved over time. It then looks at the ways in which …

What Sevier County Leaders And Residents Can Do To Strengthen The Impact Of Girls And Women In Their Area, Angie Kleven, Susan R. Madsen

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

This idea sheet is based on a 2022 gathering of 20 leaders in Sevier County. Girls and women face challenges unique to the area in which they live, and the goal of this gathering was to identify those barriers and determine strategies and initiatives that local leaders and residents can implement to address them. This document includes recommendations in the following areas: education, home and family, health and wellbeing, business and economics, and culture and community engagement.

20230210_Hslic Participates In Unm Big Give, Brandon Carroll

HSLIC Blog Post

No abstract provided.

When It Comes To Well Water In The Summer, All Is Not Well, Robbin Ray

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Never Tell Me The Odds: How To Avoid Infringement When Alluding To Copyrighted Works In Branding, Paul M. Matenaer

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property

Alluding to copyrighted works in branding is common, especially among small businesses that tend to fly under the radar of the large corporations which own those copyrights. The craft beer industry, for example, is fond of such allusions, incorporating references to movies, comic books, and video games in product names and beer labels. Whether to pay homage to the creative genius found in those copyrighted works or to cash in on popular enthusiasm for them, brand allusions to copyrighted works are common. However, such homages to copyrighted works can be as dangerous as flying into an asteroid field because they …

Photoprotection For People With Skin Of Colour: Needs And Strategies, Jean Krutmann, Jaime Piquero-Casals, Daniel Morgado-Carrasco, Corinne Granger, Carles Trullàs, Thierry Passeron, Henry W. Lim

Dermatology Articles

Skin of colour or pigmented skin has unique characteristics: it has a higher eumelanin-to-pheomelanin ratio, more mature melanosomes, an increased amount of melanin distributed in the upper layers of the epidermis, and more efficient DNA repair compared with lighter skin. However, individuals with skin of colour are at a significant risk of skin damage caused by ultraviolet radiation, including the development of photodermatoses and photoageing changes such as uneven skin tone, and are predisposed to pigmentary disorders. In fact, one of the most common conditions leading to dermatology consultations by patients with skin of colour is photoexacerbated pigmentary disorders. Unfortunately, …

Digital Citizenship: A Journey To Internet Safety, Lynn Brown

Theses and Dissertations

Students need academic tools and digital skills for proper social interactions in a digital society. Researchers Ribble and Park (2019) designed the S3 Framework which stresses the importance of developing safe, savvy, and social digital citizens. Using this framework, a series of interventions were developed for students and staff to increase the demonstration of appropriate digital literacy skills and digital citizenship. This mixed-methods study provided the opportunity for 6th-grade students to receive an additional intervention for internet safety, along with students and teachers sharing their knowledge and understanding of being safe, savvy, and social digital citizens. The goals of the …

Learn How Climate Change Impacts Inequity In Maternal And Child Health, Hannah Echols

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

The “Newest ‘Yellow Peril’”: How American Legal History Shaped The Rise In Asian American Hate Crimes In The Covid-19 Pandemic, Adam Minoru Yasui Estacio

Denver Law Review

The perpetual foreigner stereotype is the misconception that people of Asian descent are inescapably foreign and never truly “American.” This stereotype has plagued Asian Americans since the first Asian immigrants arrived in America and it continues to negatively impact Asian Americans today, regardless of the years, or even generations, that they have lived in the United States. This Comment first breaks down the perpetual foreigner stereotype into three “pillars”: First, Asian Americans, despite their best efforts to assimilate, are irreducibly foreign and therefore are unentitled to the rights and protections guaranteed to American citizens. Second, because they are unentitled to …

Cardozo Law News Brief: February 10, 2023, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2023

Featured Faculty:

• Kate Shaw
• Matthew Wansley
• Dmytro Vovk

Campus News:

• Director of Student Life Francesca Acocella ’16 Publishes “Understanding Mental Health Needs of Law Students Post-Pandemic” in AALS Magazine

Events:

• The 2023 Cardozo-Columbia Colloquium on Sovereignty, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights in an Era of National and International Turmoil
• Benin Bronzes: Restitution and Reparation
• Gloria Steinem To Receive 22nd International Advocate for Peace Award

2023-February-10-Etsu Student Pharmacist Hosts Scouts Day, Bill Gatton College Of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 10, 2023)—ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy’s American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists Patient Care Operations committee hosted local Girl Scout troops and facilitated learning activities for the scouts to participate in related to first aid and each operations mission. 

Operation Heart & Diabetes explained how to handle urgent first aid issues, like an epi-pen for allergic reaction). The scouts participated in an interactive science experiment to show how blood flows and how it can be stopped in the case of an emergency. The girls made their very own portable first aid kit to take home.

Operation …

2023-02-10_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.

Comparative Pharmacology Of A Bis-Pivaloyloxymethyl Phosphonate Prodrug Inhibitor Of Enolase After Oral And Parenteral Administration, Victoria C Yan, Yasaman Barekatain, Yu-Hsi Lin, Nikunj Satani, Naima Hammoudi, Kenisha Arthur, Dimitra K Georgiou, Yongying Jiang, Yuting Sun, Joseph R Marszalek, Steven W Millward, Florian L Muller

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Metabolically labile prodrugs can experience stark differences in catabolism incurred by the chosen route of administration. This is especially true for phosph(on)ate prodrugs, in which successive promoiety removal transforms a lipophilic molecule into increasingly polar compounds. We previously described a phosphonate inhibitor of enolase (HEX) and its bis-pivaloyloxymethyl ester prodrug (POMHEX) capable of eliciting strong tumor regression in a murine model of enolase 1 (ENO1)-deleted glioblastoma following parenteral administration. Here, we characterize the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of these enolase inhibitors in vitro and in vivo after oral and parenteral administration. In support of the historical function of lipophilic …

Digital Flourishing: Conceptualizing And Assessing Positive Perceptions Of Mediated Social Interactions, Sophie H. Janicke-Bowles, Tess M. Buckley, Rikishi T. Rey, Tayah Renea Wozniak, Adrian Meier, Anna Lomanowska

Communication Faculty Articles and Research

Recent research started to apply concepts of well-being to the context of computer mediated communication (e.g., social media, instant messaging). While much research investigates negative perceptions of mediated social interactions (e.g., “problematic” or “addictive” social media use), a multi-dimensional measure that taps into users? positive perceptions is sorely lacking. The present research therefore develops the first comprehensive measure of digital flourishing, defined as positive perceptions of mediated social interactions. Building on a qualitative pre-study that aided the construction of the Digital Flourishing Scale (DFS), Study 1 (N = 474) employed exploratory factor analysis to reveal five subdimensions of …