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Relation Of Prenatal And Postnatal Pm25 Exposure With Cognitive And Motor Function Among Preschool-Aged Children, Kristina W Whitworth, Alison M Rector-Houze, Wei-Jen Chen, Jesus Ibarluzea, Michael Swartz, Elaine Symanski, Carmen Iniguez, Aitana Lertxundi, Antonia Valentin, Llucia González-Safont, Martine Vrijheid, Monica Guxens

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The literature informing susceptible periods of exposure on children’s neurodevelopment is limited. We evaluated the impacts of pre- and postnatal fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure on children’s cognitive and motor function among 1303 mother-child pairs in the Spanish INMA (Environment and Childhood) Study. Random forest models with temporal back extrapolation were used to estimate daily residential PM2.5 exposures that we averaged across 1-week lags during the prenatal period and 4-week lags during the postnatal period. The McCarthy Scales of Children’s Abilities (MSCA) were administered around 5 years to assess general cognitive index (GCI) and several subscales (verbal, perceptual-performance, memory, fine …

Measurement Bias In Caregiver-Report Of Early Childhood Behavior Problems Across Demographic Factors In An Echo-Wide Diverse Sample, Shuting Zheng, Maxwell Mansolf, Monica Mcgrath, Marie L Churchill, Traci A Bekelman, Patricia A Brennan, Amy E Margolis, Sara S Nozadi, Theresa M Bastain, Amy J Elliott, Kaja Z Lewinn, Julie A Hofheimer, Leslie D Leve, Brandon Rennie, Emily Zimmerman, Carmen A Marable, Cindy T Mcevoy, Chang Liu, Alexis Sullivan, Tracey J Woodruff, Samiran Ghosh, Bennett Leventhal, Assiamira Ferrara, Johnnye Lewis, Somer Bishop

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

BACKGROUND: Research and clinical practice rely heavily on caregiver-report measures, such as the Child Behavior Checklist 1.5-5 (CBCL/1.5-5), to gather information about early childhood behavior problems and to screen for child psychopathology. While studies have shown that demographic variables influence caregiver ratings of behavior problems, the extent to which the CBCL/1.5-5 functions equivalently at the item level across diverse samples is unknown.

METHODS: Item-level data of CBCL/1.5-5 from a large sample of young children (

RESULTS: Items with the most impactful DIF across child and caregiver groupings were identified for Internalizing, Externalizing, and total Problems. The robust item sets, excluding …

New Laws In The New Year, Lance Plunkett Jd, Llm

The New York State Dental Journal

Dentists impacted by changes to child abuse and beneficial ownership reporting laws.

Emotional, Behavioral, And Cognitive Symptom Associations With Community Participation In Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury, Shannon B Juengst, Brittany Wright, Leia Vos, Robert Perna, Michael Williams, Emily Dudek, Annalyn Demello, Zinat Taiwo, Luis Leon Novelo

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

OBJECTIVES: To determine the association between self-reported emotional and cognitive symptoms and participation outcomes in chronic traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to explore the relative contribution of self-reported versus performance-based cognition to participation outcomes.

SETTING: Community.

PARTICIPANTS: Community-dwelling adults ( n = 135) with a lifetime history of mild to severe TBI.

DESIGN: Secondary analysis of a cross-sectional study on neurobehavioral symptoms in chronic TBI.

MAIN MEASURES: Behavioral Assessment Screening Tool (BAST) (Negative Affect, Fatigue, Executive Dysfunction, Impulsivity, Substance Abuse subscales) measured self-reported neurobehavioral symptoms; Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools (Productivity, Social Relations, and Out and About) measured self-reported participation …

The Relationship Of Health Literacy To Health Outcomes Among Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study, Monique R Pappadis, Angelle M Sander, Shannon B Juengst, Luis Leon-Novelo, Esther Ngan, Kathleen R Bell, John D Corrigan, Simon Driver, Laura E Dreer, Anthony H Lequerica

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between health literacy and health outcomes among individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) at least a year post-injury.

SETTING: Community following discharge from inpatient rehabilitation.

PARTICIPANTS: A total of 205 individuals with complicated mild to severe TBI who completed a TBI Model Systems National Database follow-up interview and a web-based health literacy measure.

DESIGN: A multicenter, cross-sectional, observational study.

MAIN MEASURES: The Health Literacy Assessment Using Talking Touchscreen Technology (Health LiTT), number of comorbid conditions (Medical and Mental Health Comorbidities Interview [MMHCI]), perceived physical and mental health (PROMIS Global Physical and Mental Health subscales), Patient …

Robust Inference On Correlation Under General Heterogeneity, Liudas Giraitis, Yuefei Li, Peter C. B. Phillips

Research Collection School Of Economics

Considerable evidence in past research shows size distortion in standard tests for zero autocorrelation or zero cross-correlation when time series are not independent identically distributed random variables, pointing to the need for more robust procedures. Recent tests for serial correlation and cross-correlation in Dalla, Giraitis, and Phillips (2022) provide a more robust approach, allowing for heteroskedasticity and dependence in uncorrelated data under restrictions that require a smooth, slowly-evolving deterministic heteroskedasticity process. The present work removes those restrictions and validates the robust testing methodology for a wider class of innovations and regression residuals allowing for heteroscedastic uncorrelated and non-stationary data settings. …

Determinants Influencing The Adoption Of Mobile Banking By Women In Bangladesh, Soma Dey, Sacchidanand Majumder

Journal of Global Business Insights

Women’s mobile banking adoption is linked to several advantages, including empowering women, enhancing investment in women-owned businesses, and decreasing extreme poverty.This study explores the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics that affect women’s mobile banking adoption in Bangladesh using Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS; 2020) data. In this study, 12,147 ever-married women aged 15-49 are included in the analysis. The chi-square test is used to examine the effect of socioeconomic and demographic factors on women’s mobile banking adoption. Then, the enter method of a binary logistic regression model is applied to identify the factors most strongly affiliated with it. The result …

Large Monochromatic Components In Hypergraphs With Large Minimum Codegree, Deepak Bal, Louis Debiasio

Department of Mathematics Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

A result of Gyárfás says that for every 3-coloring of the edges of the complete graph (Formula presented.), there is a monochromatic component of order at least (Formula presented.), and this is best possible when 4 divides (Formula presented.). Furthermore, for all (Formula presented.) and every (Formula presented.) -coloring of the edges of the complete (Formula presented.) -uniform hypergraph (Formula presented.), there is a monochromatic component of order at least (Formula presented.) and this is best possible for all (Formula presented.). Recently, Guggiari and Scott and independently Rahimi proved a strengthening of the graph case in the result above which …

Testing A Reflection Education Intervention On Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Level Of Reflection During Online Clinical Post Conference, Jaime Hannans

Dissertations

The majority of faculty-student interactions are at low cognitive levels during nursing clinical post conference (CPC), a time often utilized for reflective thinking. Strategies have been implemented to promote or even teach reflection, but the level of reflection or impact of the intervention in nursing, such as the relationship to student attributes or clinical reasoning, is often not evaluated.

The specific aims of this study are to (a) test the effect of a reflection education intervention on the baccalaureate students' level of reflection during online CPC, (b) examine the relationship between student attributes and level of reflection, and (c) examine …

Association Between Medication Adherence And Asthma Among Latinos In The United States, Denisse Silva

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Prior research has shown that Latinos in the United States face disproportionate challenges in managing their asthma symptoms. Therefore, this study aimed to identify factors that may influence medication adherence and asthma episodes among Latinos in the United States and was guided by Andersen’s health behavior theory. Data from 2020 Latinos who participated in the National Health Interview System in 2020 were analyzed. Findings indicated that nearly 23% of respondents reported an asthma episode. Approximately 25% of the sample reported an asthma episode during the last 12 months. A total of 43.6% of the sample reported not taking medication every …

Governmental Affairs Update, Neema Katibai Jd

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

The article presents the American Dental Association's federal advocacy achievements during the first half of the 118th Congress. The ADA has made significant strides in influencing policy and regulations across various categories, including workforce issues, dental insurance reform, access to care, student loan debt, Medicaid, practice management, veterans' affairs, health information technology, and public health. Their efforts span from urging legislative action to collaborating with federal agencies and Congress members. These accomplishments showcase the ADA's commitment to advancing dental profession interests nationally.

Mda Foundation: Mission Of Mercy Volunteer Registration Is Open!, Anne Berquist

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

The MDA Foundation announces the reopening of volunteer registration for the Mission of Mercy free dental clinic in Flint, Michigan, from June 13-17. The clinic seeks dental professionals and laypeople alike to provide essential dental care to around 2,000 needy individuals. Volunteers can contribute clinical or non-clinical assistance, with opportunities for short-term or extended commitments. COVID-19 precautions are in place, and volunteers receive continuing education credits while profoundly impacting patients' lives.

Market Realities For Rural And Small-Town Practices, W. E. Rupprecht Dds

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

This article explores the challenges rural dental practitioners face in Michigan, highlighting the struggle to find successors for practice continuity and the impact on patient care. Examining sales data and demographic trends reveals disparities in successful practice transitions, emphasizing the difficulty in attracting buyers to rural areas. The reluctance of potential buyers, influenced by family and professional considerations, underscores the need for strategic solutions. Initiatives by the Michigan Dental Association and innovative approaches such as mentorship and financial incentives aim to address these challenges. The article concludes by urging practitioners to act as stewards and plan for successful transitions in …

Dentistry And The Law: Charges For Missed Appointments And Interest On Past-Due Accounts, Dan Schulte Jd

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

This month’s Dentistry and the Law column explores the legal considerations surrounding charges for missed appointments and interest on past-due accounts in dental practices. Dan Schulte, JD, provides insights on implementing policies for collecting patient deposits for missed appointments and the legality of charging interest on overdue accounts. The article emphasizes the importance of complying with participation agreements, obtaining patient consent, and setting reasonable terms. Practical guidelines for policy implementation are provided, ensuring dental practitioners navigate legal complexities while managing practice finances effectively.

Special Insert: Guideline For Delegation Of Duties For Allied Dental Personnel In Michigan, David Foe Ma

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

Dental assistants, registered dental assistants, and registered dental hygienists have specific duties they can perform for patients as outlined by the Michigan Public Health Code and the Michigan Board of Dentistry General Rules. Permitted delegated services vary based on a team member’s level of training, licensure, and available supervision by a licensed dentist.

The Journal of Michigan Dental Association provides this pullout insert to guide the dental team. This easy-to-read chart quickly identifies recent changes to the duties each dental auxiliary can legally perform.

March 2024 Program Planning Committee Update, Jennifer Zuccaro, Michelle Turvey-Welch

NASIG Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Diondre Also Has Bad Days: Cannabis Use And The Criminalization Of Black Youth, Rommel Johnson

School of Rehabilitation Services & Counseling Faculty Publications

Black, school-aged youth may experience socioeconomic, psychological, and emotional difficulties that affect their mental health, leading to maladaptive ways of coping, such as cannabis use. Instead of getting treatment and support to help them manage their stressors in positive ways, Black youth often receive punitive school practices, including referrals to the juvenile justice system. Counselors who work with school-aged youth are likely to encounter many Black youth and can thus either be instrumental to their psychological development or inadvertently impede their well-being with over-pathologization and criminalization of their cannabis use. In this article, the author reflects on a particular experience …

[Whm] Writers & Poets: Women Of The Rio Grande Valley & Their Works, Shannon Pensa, Special Collections & Archives

Library Display Posters

Each March UTRGV Special Collections & Archives recognizes the historical contributions and achievements of women to the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. This year we focus on women writers and poets and highlight their works.

Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Measures For Identifying Patients Requiring High-Intensity Care, Daniel C. To, Tessa L. Steel, Kyle A. Carey, Cara Joyce, Elizabeth M. Salisbury-Afshar, Dana P. Edelson, Anoop Mayampurath, Matthew M. Churpek, Majid Afshar

Biostatistics Collaborative Core: Faculty Publications and Other Works

OBJECTIVES: Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) may progress to require high-intensity care. Approaches to identify hospitalized patients with AWS who received higher level of care have not been previously examined. This study aimed to examine the utility of Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment Alcohol Revised (CIWA-Ar) for alcohol scale scores and medication doses for alcohol withdrawal management in identifying patients who received high-intensity care.

DESIGN: A multicenter observational cohort study of hospitalized adults with alcohol withdrawal.

SETTING: University of Chicago Medical Center and University of Wisconsin Hospital.

PATIENTS: Inpatient encounters between November 2008 and February 2022 with a CIWA-Ar score greater than …

Special Considerations For The Adolescent With Obesity: An Obesity Medicine Association (Oma) Clinical Practice Statement (Cps) 2024., Suzanne Cuda, Valerie O'Hara, Marisa Censani, Rushika Conroy, Brooke Sweeney, Jennifer Paisley, Cristina Fernandez Md, Meredith Dreyer, Allen Browne, Nancy T. Browne

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

BACKGROUND: This Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) Clinical Practice Statement (CPS) details special considerations for the management of the adolescent with obesity. The information in this CPS is based on scientific evidence, supported by medical literature, and derived from the clinical experiences of members of the OMA.

METHODS: The scientific information and clinical guidance in this CPS are based on scientific evidence, supported by the medical literature, and derived from the clinical perspectives of the authors.

RESULTS: This OMA Clinical Practice Statement addresses special considerations in the management and treatment of adolescents with overweight and obesity.

CONCLUSIONS: This OMA Clinical Practice …

Invited Commentary On Andersen S, Et Al Developmental Windows Of Environmental Vulnerability For Inflammatory Bowel Disease, David A Simon, Richard Kellermayer

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

No abstract provided.

Foxp1 Haploinsufficiency Contributes To The Development Of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Katherine E Pendleton, Andres Hernandez-Garcia, Jennifer M Lyu, Ian M Campbell, Chad A Shaw, Julie Vogt, Frances A High, Patricia K Donahoe, Wendy K Chung, Daryl A Scott

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

FOXP1 encodes a transcription factor involved in tissue regulation and cell-type-specific functions. Haploinsufficiency of FOXP1 is associated with a neurodevelopmental disorder: autosomal dominant mental retardation with language impairment with or without autistic features. More recently, heterozygous FOXP1 variants have also been shown to cause a variety of structural birth defects including central nervous system (CNS) anomalies, congenital heart defects, congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract, cryptorchidism, and hypospadias. In this report, we present a previously unpublished case of an individual with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) who carries an approximately 3.8 Mb deletion. Based on this deletion, and deletions …

Diabetes Study Of Children Of Diverse Ethnicity And Race: Study Design, Maria J Redondo, Kylie K Harrall, Deborah H Glueck, Mustafa Tosur, Serife Uysal, Andrew Muir, Elizabeth G Atkinson, Melanie R Shapiro, Liping Yu, William E Winter, Michael Weedon, Todd M Brusko, Richard Oram, Kendra Vehik, William Hagopian, Mark A Atkinson, Dana Dabelea, Discover Study Group

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

AIMS: Determining diabetes type in children has become increasingly difficult due to an overlap in typical characteristics between type 1 diabetes (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). The Diabetes Study in Children of Diverse Ethnicity and Race (DISCOVER) programme is a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported multicenter, prospective, observational study that enrols children and adolescents with non-secondary diabetes. The primary aim of the study was to develop improved models to differentiate between T1D and T2D in diverse youth.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The proposed models will evaluate the utility of three existing T1D genetic risk scores in combination with data on …

Discontinuation Of Contact Precautions In Patients With Hospital-Acquired Mrsa And Vre Infections During The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Multi-Center Experience, Gillean Kelly, Marisa Hudson, Bridget Apple, Debora Bundage, Bradley Lembcke, Todd Lasco, Mayar Al Mohajer

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Variations in the literature support the benefit of contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) infections in the hospital setting. During personal protective equipment shortages throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, contact precautions were discontinued for MRSA and VRE-infected patients. Rates of hospital-acquired MRSA and VRE infections were compared before and after this intervention, along with hand hygiene proportions. Contact precaution discontinuation did not lead to an increase in hospital-acquired MRSA or VRE infections.

Basecol2023 Scientific Content, Dmitri Babikov

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

Context. The global context of making numerous data produced by researchers available requires collecting and organising the data, assigning meaningful metadata, and presenting the data in a meaningful and homogeneous way. The BASECOL database, which collects inelastic rate coefficients for application to the interstellar medium and to circumstellar and cometary atmospheres, meets those requirements.

Aims. We aim to present the scientific content of the BASECOL2023 edition.

Methods. While the previous versions relied on finding rate coefficients in the literature, the current version is populated with published results sent by the producers of data. The paper presents the …

What The Future Looks Like: Heralding The Unique Missions Of Translational Issues In Psychological Science, Jacklynn M. Fitzgerald

Psychology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Volume Cxliii, Number 16, March 1, 2024, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

Second Addenda To The Special Issue: The Science And Practice Of Managing Forests In Cities, Sam W. Lawson, Sophie Plitt

Cities and the Environment (CATE)

In this second set of addenda to our first special issue, The Science and Practice of Managing Forests in Cities, we present seven new case studies documenting approaches to evaluating, managing, and protecting forested natural areas in cities across the U.S. These case studies were presented at the fourth gathering of the Forests in Cities network which took place in Miami-Dade County, Florida in February, 2024.

Ensuring Intervention Fidelity Of An Attention Control Arm In A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial, Amy R. Newman, Karen M. Moody, Kerri Becktell, Erin Connelly, Cynthia Holladay, Katie Parisio, Jonathan L. Powell, Verna L. Hendricks-Ferguson

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Background

Intervention fidelity is a critical element of randomized controlled trials, yet reporting of intervention fidelity among attention control arms is limited. Lack of fidelity to attention control procedures can affect study outcomes by either overestimating or underestimating the efficacy of the intervention under examination.

Objectives

This brief report describes the approach researchers took to promote fidelity to the attention control arm of a pediatric palliative care randomized controlled trial funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Methods

The Informational Meetings for Planning and Coordinating Treatment trial aims to determine the efficacy of a communication intervention that uses care team …

The Fatigue-Inducing Effects Of Cancer And Its Therapy Are Characterized By Decreased Physical Activity In The Absence Of Any Motivational Deficit, Thien T Phan, Kiersten S Scott, Brandon Chelette, A Phillip West, Robert Dantzer

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Although cancer and its therapy are well known to be associated with fatigue, the exact nature of cancer-related fatigue remains ill-defined. We previously reported that fatigue-like behavior induced independently by tumor growth and by the chemotherapeutic agent cisplatin is characterized by reduced voluntary wheel running and an intact motivation to expand effort for food rewards. The present set of experiments was initiated to characterize the functional consequences of fatigue induced by chemoradiotherapy in tumor-bearing mice and relate them to changes in the expression of genes coding for inflammation, mitochondria dynamics and metabolism. Two syngeneic murine models of cancer were selected …