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Exercise Therapy Improves Quality Of Life In Patients With Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (Pots), Heya Batah, Scott L. Baughan

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

A clinical decision report using

George SA, Bivens TB, Howden EJ, et al. The international POTS registry: Evaluating the efficacy of an exercise training intervention in a community setting. Heart Rhythm. 2016;13(4):943-950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.12.012

for exercise efficacy in patients with POTS.

Florida Healthcare Workers Responses To Covid-19, Kristen K. Hicks-Roof

Showcase of Faculty Scholarly & Creative Activity

These two articles were published to describe the landscape of Florida healthcare professionals' responses to COVID-19. These data were collected in mid-2020 when times were unpredictable. These findings shed a lot of light on how we need to better train healthcare professionals on telehealth, interprofessional collaboration and communication among each other and patients.

Mapping Of Highly Cited Articles Published In The Journal Of Academic Librarianship, Zia Ahmed, Ikram Ul Haq, Mumtaz Hussain Satti, Fayaz Ul Haq

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The assessment of highly cited papers published in a single journal is an important parameter to appraise the research. The present study aims to analyze the attributes of 100 highly cited papers published in The Journal of Academic Librarianship (JAL). The data of targeted papers was obtained from the Web of Science database on the 2^nd Week of February 2022. The highly cited papers were published between 1983 to 2016 and these papers were cited 6,289 times with an average of 628.9 citations per paper. The highest number of cited papers were published in 2008 and the …

Increased Risk Of Mental Illness Due To Epigenetic Alteration Of The Nr3c1 Gene After Early Life Adversity., Erin Mccue

Thinking Matters Symposium

Early life adversity (ELA), such as malnutrition, abuse, and economic disparity, is an issue commonly seen in adolescents, a group already facing increased risk for stress-related disorders. This review of current literature reveals that gestational stress exposure, as well as variations in maternal care during postnatal development, cause latent effects on the epigenome, specifically impacting the glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) encoded by the NR3C1 gene. GRs bind to glucocorticoids to regulate the body’s neuroendocrine stress response. However, in those with a history of ELA, the number of GRs is reduced, generating dysregulation within the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Rodent studies are utilized …

Substance Use & Misuse Disorder Among Immigrant Youths, John Sebit, John O. Sebit

Thinking Matters Symposium

No abstract provided.

'There Is No Cause, There Is No Effect': Experiences At The Intersection Of Transgender And Neurodivergent Identities, Natalie Bornstein

Thinking Matters Symposium

A significant body of clinical research has demonstrated that neurodivergent individuals are more likely than neurotypical individuals to have transgender and/or gender expansive identities (Janssen et al., 2016; Strang et al., 2014). Within this body of research, neurodivergence and transgender identities are commonly mutually pathologized. Existent medico-psychiatric literature has been found to describe neurodivergence and transgender identities as “co-morbidities” and hypothesizes neurodivergence as a “cause” of transgender identity (Shapira & Granek, 2019, p. 506). A small but growing body of clinical, sociological, and theoretical scholarship has demonstrated the importance of non-pathologizing approaches to mental and physical healthcare for this population, …

Working With Interpreters In Refugee Mental Health, Kerstin Kirchner

Thinking Matters Symposium

For refugees, limited English proficiency hinders access to healthcare services. The language barrier significantly affects mental health and represents the most fundamental challenge preventing refugees from accessing mental health services. Previous research focused primarily on the role and impact of interpreters in mental healthcare. The existing literature unequivocally supports interpreters’ unique challenges and dynamics when working with refugees in mental health. We used a questionnaire-based survey to identify the need of interpreters in mental health. Questions were designed as closed-ended questions that would lead to a more appropriate response, are easy to understand and answer, and help obtain measurable data. …

Validity And Reliability Of The Spence And Robbins Workaholism Battery: A Study In Malaysian Employees, Ammar Almustafa, Guek Nee Ke

Psychological Research on Urban Society

This psychometric study aims to contribute to the evolving cross-cultural definition of workaholism by exploring the reliability and validity of using the Workaholism Battery (WorkBAT; Spence & Robbins, 1992) in a sample of 183 full-time white-collar workers in Malaysia. Using data from online surveys, collected from full-time white-collar workers in the private and public sectors, factor analysis was used to indicate factor solutions contributing to the definition of workaholism based on the Spence and Robbins (1992) model of high work involvement, high work drive, and low work enjoyment. The study identified three factors and reassigned the items between them into …

معوقات دمج التلاميذ ذوي الإعاقة في المدارس الدامجة في مدينة دمشق من وجهة نظر معلميهم. Obstacles Of Integrating Students With Disabilities Into The Inclusive Schools In Damascus From Of Their Teachers' Point Of View., عالية الرفاعي

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Education and Psychology

هَدَفَ البحثُ الحالي إلى تحديد معوقات دمج التلاميذ ذوي الإعاقة في المدارس الدامجة في مدينة دمشق من وجهة نظر معلميهم.

تألف مجتمع البحث من (105) معلمين من المعّينين في المدارس الدّامجة في مدينة دمشق في العام الدراسي 2016/2017، وشملت عينة البحث (80) معلماً، وقد صّممت الباحثة لتحقيق هدف البحث، مقياساً مؤلفاً من (79) فقرة ذا تدّرج خماسّي، وأظهرت النتائجُ المعوقات مرتبةً وفقاً لأهميتها كالآتي: 1. المعوقات المتعلّقة بالمناهج والمقررات الدراسية، 2. المعوقات التي تتعلق بالتلاميذ، 3. المعوقات التي تتعلق بطرائق التدريس وتقنيات التعليم والبيئة الصفية، 4. المعوقات التي تتعلق بمعلم الصف في المدارس الدامجة، 5. المعوقات التي تتعلق بالمجتمع، 6. …

أساليب المعاملة الوالدية وعلاقتها بالسلوك التوكيدي لدى عينة من طلبة جامعة دمشق. The Relationship Between Parental Treatment Styles And Assertive Behavior On A Sample Of Damascus University Students., أمل الأحمد

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Education and Psychology

يهدف البحث إلى تعرف طبيعة العلاقة الارتباطية بين أساليب المعاملة الوالدية والسلوك التوكيدي، بالإضافة إلى تعرف الفروق وفقاً لمتغيري الاختصاص والجنس. ولتحقيق هذه الأهداف استخدم مقياس أساليب المعاملة الوالدية ومقياس السلوك التوكيدي من إعداد الباحثة، تألفت العينة من (104) طلاب وطالبات سنة ثانية، و(43) طالباً وطالبةً من قسم التربية الخاصة/كلية التربية، و(61) طالباً وطالبةً من قسم الفيزياء/كلية العلوم في جامعة دمشق. وكان من أهم نتائج البحث:

1. انتشار أساليب المعاملة الوالدية: المتذبذب والديمقراطي والسلطوي من وجهة نظر أفراد عينة البحث بدرجة متوسطة.

2. كان مستوى السلوك التوكيدي لدى أفراد عينة البحث بدرجة متوسطة.

3. وجود علاقة ارتباطية إيجابية بين أسلوب …

ميكانيزمات الدفاع وعلاقتها بالتفكير عالي الرتبة دراسة ميدانية على عينة من طلبة قسمي علم النفس والإرشاد النفسي في كلية التربية بجامعة دمشق. Defense Mechanisms And Its Relationship With High Order Thinking, غسان منصور

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Education and Psychology

يهدف هذا البحث إلى الكشف عن العلاقة المحتملة بين ميكانيزمات الدفاع والتفكير عالي الرتبة لدى عينة من طلبة قسمي علم النفس والإرشاد النفسي في كلية التربية بجامعة دمشق (بلغ عدد أفرادها 283 طالباً وطالبة من طلبة السنة الثالثة) وهي عينة طبقية مقصودة متوافرة، باستخدام المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، حيث يستند البحث إلى فرضية مفادها أن الأداء على ميكانيزمات الدفاع يرتبط إيجابياً بالأداء بالتفكير عالي الرتبة، كما أن البحث حاول الإجابة عن السؤال التالي: هل هناك فروق في ميكانيزمات الدفاع والتفكير عالي الرتبة تبعاً لمتغيرات الجنس والشهادة الثانوية والاختصاص الدراسي؟

وبعد اختبار الفرضيات تم التوصل إلى النتائج التالية:

1- وجود علاقة ارتباط …

دور تطابق أو سوء تطابق الأسنان في التكيف الاجتماعي لدى طلبة الجامعة في الأردن. The Effect Of Occlusion And Malocclusion On Social Adaptation For Student's University In Jordan, قحطان أحمد الظاهر

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Education and Psychology

هدف البحث إلى معرفة تأثير تطابق أو سوء تطابق الأسنان في التكيف الاجتماعي. تكونت عينة البحث من (234) طالباً وطالبة من جامعة عمان الأهلية، (95) طالباً و(139) طالبة. اتصف (132) منهم بتطابق الأسنان و(102) منهم بسوء تطابق الأسنان.

تطلب البحث تطوير استبيان للتكيف الاجتماعي. طبق الاستبيان على العينة المذكورة بعد التحقق من صدقه وثباته. توصلت النتائج إلى وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية في التكيف الاجتماعي ولصالح فئة تطابق الأسنان بينما لم تكن هناك فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية بين الذكور والإناث. كما أظهرت النتائج أن جميع أفراد العينة كانت متكيفة اجتماعية بدرجات مختلفة.

The study aimed at investigating the effect of …

Developing & Proposing An Esports Undergraduate Academic Program, Chloe Kiser

Graduate Academic Symposium

The purpose of the creative work is to support the sport administration program advisor/faculty member in an effort to develop an Esports Management undergraduate academic program proposal that will be reviewed by the Provost’s Council and the General Education Committee prior to being approved for implementation. A global rise in interest in the topic of Esports supports our research, to date, that the University would widely benefit from offering an undergraduate (if not also a graduate) academic program that is dedicated to the topic. With Valparaiso University’s addition of a successful Esports competitive team in the fall of 2019, Dr. …

A Netlogo Covid-19 Virus Simulation Model For Determining Better Strategies At Handling A Virus Outbreak, Nate Izewski

Graduate Academic Symposium

The recent outbreak of COVID-19 generated a significant amount of illness and infection for many individuals worldwide. The pandemic also produced many opposing opinions on how to handle the spread of the virus. While some advocated for strict lockdowns, others criticized this method for its potentially severe consequences and proposed a more relaxed approach. My research project involves a NetLogo model that simulates the transmission of COVID-19 to provide insight into optimal strategies at effectively controlling a virus outbreak. I examine the rate of infection based on movement patterns, health status, vaccination status, and mask-wearing status. Using my results, I …

Are The Criteria For The Diagnosis Of Premature Ejaculation Applicable To Gay Men Or Sexual Activities Other Than Penile-Vaginal Intercourse?, Claire Weseman, Candace Roberson B.S.

Graduate Academic Symposium

The criteria for premature ejaculation (PE) have generally been limited to the diagnosis of heterosexual men engaging in penile-vaginal intercourse and therefore the applicability of PE diagnostic criteria to gay men and to activities beyond penile-vaginal intercourse has yet to be explored in depth. Our aim is to compare the prevalence of PE in gay and straight men and to assess whether PE-related diagnostic measures (ejaculatory control, ejaculation latency [EL], and bother/distress) can be applied with confidence to gay men or to men engaging in sexual activities other than penile-vaginal intercourse. Gay and straight participants (n = 3878) were recruited …

Parkersburg Area Economic Outlook: 2022-2026, Connor Kelly, Lauren Moore, Glenn Whited, John Deskins, Brian Lego

Bureau of Business & Economic Research

The Parkersburg Area economy experienced a substantial loss in jobs during COVID-19 recession, as the combination of public health measures and massive negative shock to economic activity globally caused employment in the area to plunge by nearly 8,000 jobs in early-2020. By some measures, the area’s recession was not demonstrably worse than what occurred at the state and national level yet was still unprecedented in terms of how fast these losses happened when compared to previous economic downturns. At the same time, the area has recovered nearly 6,000 jobs over the last six quarters, putting its overall recovery on par …

Vermont: A Health-Focused Landscape Analysis, Katherine Ahrens Phd, Amanda Burgess Mppm, Mph, Carly Milkowski Mph, Louisa Munk Mph, Yvonne Jonk Phd, Erika C. Ziller Phd

Population Health

The Northern Border Regional Commission State and Region Chartbooks compile county- and state-level data related to health and health care access for the Northern Border Region and the individual states of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont. Topics covered in the chartbooks include demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, access to care, health outcomes, mortality rates, Health Professional Shortage Areas, and the location of Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, hospitals, and substance use treatment facilities. When data allow, we highlight the counties with the worse performance on a measure, compared with the rest of the counties in the Northern …

The Value Of Education: School Policy Decisions During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Elika W. Somani

Individually Designed Interdepartmental Major Honors Project

During the COVID-19 pandemic, lacking national U.S. policies, wide variation and conflict over chosen public school policy decisions emerged. What factors and guidelines informed the decision-making process in K-12 public schools during the COVID-19 pandemic and who were the key stakeholders? This study examines three school district types – a large city, medium city, and small-town – across Minnesota as case studies to unpack how policy decisions were made during the pandemic. Stakeholder interviews uncovered that the school decision-making process was a) connected to a district's political opinions, b) made by the superintendent and school board, c) primarily influenced by …

New Hampshire: A Health-Focused Landscape Analysis, Katherine Ahrens Phd, Amanda Burgess Mppm, Mph, Carly Milkowski Mph, Louisa Munk Mph, Yvonne Jonk Phd, Erika C. Ziller Phd

Population Health

The Northern Border Regional Commission State and Region Chartbooks compile county- and state-level data related to health and health care access for the Northern Border Region and the individual states of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont. Topics covered in the chartbooks include demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, access to care, health outcomes, mortality rates, Health Professional Shortage Areas, and the location of Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, hospitals, and substance use treatment facilities. When data allow, we highlight the counties with the worse performance on a measure, compared with the rest of the counties in the …

Spartan Daily, April 28, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 158, Issue 37

Vol.49 N.40 April 28th 2022, Voice Media Ventures

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

Maine: A Health-Focused Landscape Analysis, Katherine Ahrens Phd, Amanda Burgess Mppm, Mph, Carly Milkowski Mph, Yvonne Jonk Phd, Louisa Munk Mph, Erika Ziller Phd

Population Health

The Northern Border Regional Commission State and Region Chartbooks compile county- and state-level data related to health and health care access for the Northern Border Region and the individual states of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont. Topics covered in the chartbooks include demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, access to care, health outcomes, mortality rates, Health Professional Shortage Areas, and the location of Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, hospitals, and substance use treatment facilities. When data allow, we highlight the counties with the worse performance on a measure, compared with the rest of the counties in the …

The Northern Border Region: A Health-Focused Landscape Analysis, Katherine Ahrens Phd, Amanda Burgess Mppm, Mph, Carly Milkowski Mph, Louisa Munk Mph, Yvonne Jonk Phd, Erika Ziller Phd

Population Health

The Northern Border Regional Commission State and Region Chartbooks compile county- and state-level data related to health and health care access for the Northern Border Region and the individual states of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont. Topics covered in the chartbooks include demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, access to care, health outcomes, mortality rates, Health Professional Shortage Areas, and the location of Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, hospitals, and substance use treatment facilities. When data allow, we highlight the counties with the worse performance on a measure, compared with the rest of the counties in the Northern …

New York: A Health-Focused Landscape Analysis, Katherine Ahrens Phd, Amanda Burgess Mppm, Mph, Carly Milkowski Mph, Louisa Munk Mph, Yvonne Jonk Phd, Erika Ziller Phd

Population Health

The Northern Border Regional Commission State and Region Chartbooks compile county- and state-level data related to health and health care access for the Northern Border Region and the individual states of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont. Topics covered in the chartbooks include demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, access to care, health outcomes, mortality rates, Health Professional Shortage Areas, and the location of Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, hospitals, and substance use treatment facilities. When data allow, we highlight the counties with the worse performance on a measure, compared with the rest of the counties in the Northern …

The Musical Rhetoric Of Aretha Franklin And Nina Simone And The Civil Rights Movement, Hannah Hawk

Master of Arts in Media and Communication Plan II Graduate Projects

Acclaimed artists such as Aretha Franklin and Nina Simone were able to use their music as a way to communicate change during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Through their public platforms they became powerful influencers who were able to spread awareness for social justice and create an image of strong Black womanhood for listeners. By using the Illusion of Life theory, this project examines how the listener is brought into a rhetorical moment that the artist creates through song. Black Feminist Thought allows inclusion of the artists’ life experiences to the analysis of the rhetorical power …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Medical Research Production From Saudi Arabia, Amr A. Jamal, Samar Binkheder, Raniah N. Aldekhyyel, Jwaher Almulhem, Shabana Tharkar, Afaf Ali Batis, Layal Hneiny

Faculty Publications

In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and as an attempt to fill the knowledge gap related to this topic, extensive research in this area has been published. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as one of the countries affected by the pandemic, has contributed to the growing body of scientific literature related to COVID-19. To measure research contribution produced by Saudi Arabian affiliated researchers, we conducted a bibliometric analysis of COVID-19 research across two databases: the Web of Science and Scopus. Analysis was conducted on February 2, 2021 and included all relevant COVID-19-related publications (n = 1510). …

Voice For The Voiceless: Responding To The Racial Pandemic Through Art, Yichien Cooper, Kevin Hsieh, Lilly Lu

Art and Art History Faculty Publications

Presently, East Asians and Asian Americans are facing waves of discrimination and challenges over increased incidents of hatred and prejudice due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its origination from China (Balvaneda et al., 2020). The New York Police Department recorded hate crimes against Asians at a rate of 8 times higher in 2020 than in 2019 (Asian American Bar Association of New York & Paul, Weiss, 2021).1 A nonprofit organization, Stop AAPI Hate, reported in May 2021 a total of 6,603 hate incidents targeting Asian Americans nationwide since March 2020 (Jeung et al., 2021).2 The …

A Case Of Blue Toes: Dic As The Initial Presentation Of Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Bipul Gnyawali, Christina E. Borchers, Sarah Doell, Katherine House

Dermatology Faculty Publications

Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) is the widespread deposition of thrombin and fibrin in microvascular circulation. It is a condition in which clots form throughout the body leading to blockage of small blood vessels. The pathologic clotting in DIC is due to the consumption of coagulation factors and platelets. Patients can present with complications of bleeding or vascular thrombi. Most common causes of DIC include sepsis, malignancy, pregnancy complications, major trauma, and surgery.

Post-Stroke Administration Of L-4f Promotes Neurovascular And White Matter Remodeling In Type-2 Diabetic Stroke Mice, Min Zhou, Rongwen Li, Poornima Venkat, Yu Qian, Michael Chopp, Alex Zacharek, Julie Landschoot-Ward, Brianna Powell, Quan Jiang, Xu Cui

Neurology Articles

Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) exhibit a distinct and high risk of ischemic stroke with worse post-stroke neurovascular and white matter (WM) prognosis than the non-diabetic population. In the central nervous system, the ATP-binding cassette transporter member A 1 (ABCA1), a reverse cholesterol transporter that efflux cellular cholesterol, plays an important role in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) biogenesis and in maintaining neurovascular stability and WM integrity. Our previous study shows that L-4F, an economical apolipoprotein A member I (ApoA-I) mimetic peptide, has neuroprotective effects via alleviating neurovascular and WM impairments in the brain of db/db-T2DM stroke mice. To further …

Svanna: Efficient And Accurate Pathogenicity Prediction Of Coding And Regulatory Structural Variants In Long-Read Genome Sequencing., Daniel Danis, Julius O B Jacobsen, Parithi Balachandran, Qihui Zhu, Feyza Yilmaz, Justin Reese, Matthias Haimel, Gholson J Lyon, Ingo Helbig, Christopher J Mungall, Christine R Beck, Charles Lee, Damian Smedley, Peter N Robinson

Faculty Research 2022

Structural variants (SVs) are implicated in the etiology of Mendelian diseases but have been systematically underascertained owing to sequencing technology limitations. Long-read sequencing enables comprehensive detection of SVs, but approaches for prioritization of candidate SVs are needed. Structural variant Annotation and analysis (SvAnna) assesses all classes of SVs and their intersection with transcripts and regulatory sequences, relating predicted effects on gene function with clinical phenotype data. SvAnna places 87% of deleterious SVs in the top ten ranks. The interpretable prioritizations offered by SvAnna will facilitate the widespread adoption of long-read sequencing in diagnostic genomics. SvAnna is available at https://github.com/TheJacksonLaboratory/SvAnn a …