Knowledge And Attitude Regarding Cervical Cancer And Human Papillomavirus In Oman, Marwa Al Raisi, Tagharid Al Yahyai, Rahma Al Kindi

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the knowledge of and attitude toward cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) among Omani women aged 18 years and older. Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted between September 2019 and February 2020 in primary healthcare facilities throughout Oman. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to assess women’s knowledge and attitude regarding cervical cancer and HPV. Results: A total of 805 women participated in the study (response rate: 89%). Two-thirds of the participants had heard about cervical cancer (67.5%) while fewer were aware of HPV (15.8%). Approximately one-third of the women identified HPV as a risk …

Reverse Mentoring And Intergenerational Learning In Nursing, Girija Madhavanprabhakaran, Frincy Francis, Leodoro J. Labrague

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

This article aimed to discuss the scope of reverse mentoring and intergenerational learning in nursing. Accordingly, it discusses the characteristics, significance, benefits, conceptual framework, implementation strategy and application of reverse mentoring in nursing. Reverse mentoring occurs when a technically competent younger employee mentors a senior experienced employee and reciprocally exchanges the work culture and soft skills. Diverse intergenerational learning spurs innovation through the sharing of knowledge, skills, competencies, norms and values. Thus, reverse mentoring helps to enhance the quality of education, practice-outcomes and employee development. It should be adopted for a multigenerational workforce to promote diversity, keep employees technically competent …

The Impact Of Traffic Law Enforcement Regulations On The Incidence And Severity Of Maxillofacial Injuries, Abdullah Albakri, Ahmed Al-Hashmi, Abdulaziz Bakathir, Shikhan Al Hashmi, Said Al Rashdi, Khamis Al Hasani, Mohammed Al Ismaily

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the new traffic law enforcement regulations (TLERs) on the incidence and severity of maxillofacial injuries in Oman, as road traffic accidents (RTAs) are the main cause of facial injuries in Oman. Methods: A retrospective longitudinal analytic study was conducted at three tertiary care hospitals in Muscat, Oman. All patients with RTA-related maxillofacial injuries during a five-year period from January 2005 to December 2009 (before the new TLERs) and the five-year period from January 2015 to December 2019 (after the new TLERs) were included in the study. Results: A total of 1,127 …

Effectiveness Of An Interactive Educational Video On Knowledge, Skill And Satisfaction Of Nursing Students, Jansirani Natarajan, Mickael A. Joseph, Zainab S. Al Shibli, Safa S. Al Hajji, Diana K. Al Hanawi, Arwa N. Al Kharusi, Intisar M. Al Maqbali

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: This study aimed to compare the interactive educational video-based strategy with traditional general demonstration in regard to teaching a basic nursing skill. Nursing education requires innovative teaching strategies for teaching fundamental nursing skills to ensure proficient nurses for the future. However, nursing educators face challenges in teaching and retaining the skill competency and knowledge of the nursing students, given shortages of nursing faculty and scarcity of opportunities for clinical practice. Methods: This cross-sectional comparative study followed 55 nursing students enrolled in the Fundamentals of Nursing Laboratory course, College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, during the Spring 2020 …

Enabling Successful Human-Robot Interaction Through Human-Human Co-Manipulation Analysis, Soft Robot Modeling, And Reliable Model Evolutionary Gain-Based Predictive Control (Mega-Pc), Spencer W. Jensen

Theses and Dissertations

Soft robots are inherently safer than traditional robots due to their compliance and high power density ratio resulting in lower accidental impact forces. Thus they are a natural option for human-robot interaction. This thesis specifically looked at human-robot co-manipulation which is defined as a human and a robot working together to move an object too large or awkward to be safely maneuvered by a single agent. To better understand how humans communicate while co-manipulating an object, this work looked at haptic interaction of human-human dyadic co-manipulation trials and studied some of the trends found in that interaction. These trends point …

Simulation And Localization Of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Leveraging Lie Group Structure, Easton Robert Potokar

Theses and Dissertations

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have the potential to dramatically improve safety, quality of life and general scientific knowledge. Our coasts, lakes and rivers are filled with various forms of marine infrastructure including dams, bridges, ship hulls, communication lines, and oil rigs. Each of these structures requires regular inspection, and current methods utilize divers, which is dangerous, expensive, and time consuming. AUVs have the potential to alleviate these difficulties and enable more regular inspection of these structures. Furthermore, there are significant scientific discoveries in the fields of geology, marine biology and medicine that AUV exploration of our oceans will enable. Since …

Transition Needs, Challenges, Satisfaction, And Support Strategies Of Newly Hired Nurses In The Clinical Setting, Ric-An Artemio S. Gadin

Dissertations

With a looming shortage of nurses in the global scenario, there is a deep concern to address the transitioning of newly hired nurses to become skilled nurses who can deliver essential health services without compromising the safety and effectiveness of patient care. There is an urgent need to effectively prepare these new nurses for the transition to bedside clinical practice. This prompted the researcher to identify the transition needs, challenges, satisfaction, and support strategies of newly hired nurses in the clinical setting. This study utilized a descriptive method of research using a validated self-constructed survey questionnaire to elicit responses from …

Metabolic Requirement For Got2 In Pancreatic Cancer Depends On Environmental Context, Samuel A Kerk, Lin Lin, Amy L Myers, Damien J Sutton, Anthony Andren, Peter Sajjakulnukit, Li Zhang, Yaqing Zhang, Jennifer A Jiménez, Barbara S Nelson, Brandon Chen, Anthony Robinson, Galloway Thurston, Samantha B Kemp, Nina G Steele, Megan T Hoffman, Hui-Ju Wen, Daniel Long, Sarah E Ackenhusen, Johanna Ramos, Xiaohua Gao, Zeribe C Nwosu, Stefanie Galban, Christopher J Halbrook, David B Lombard, David R Piwnica-Worms, Haoqiang Ying, Marina Pasca Di Magliano, Howard C Crawford, Yatrik M Shah, Costas A Lyssiotis

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Mitochondrial glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase 2 (GOT2) is part of the malate-aspartate shuttle, a mechanism by which cells transfer reducing equivalents from the cytosol to the mitochondria. GOT2 is a key component of mutant KRAS (KRAS*)-mediated rewiring of glutamine metabolism in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA). Here, we demonstrate that the loss of GOT2 disturbs redox homeostasis and halts proliferation of PDA cells in vitro. GOT2 knockdown (KD) in PDA cell lines in vitro induced NADH accumulation, decreased Asp and α-ketoglutarate (αKG) production, stalled glycolysis, disrupted the TCA cycle, and impaired proliferation. Oxidizing NADH through chemical or genetic means resolved the redox imbalance …

Introduction: Linguistic Identities In The Arab Gulf States: Waves Of Change, Sarah Hopkyns, Wafa Zoghbor

All Works

No abstract provided.

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 07.11.22, Notre Dame Law School

NDLS Communicator

The Latest News

• ND Law to hold second annual Religious Liberty Summit in Rome, Italy
• Mary Ellen O’Connell was interviewed by Time in the article, "As Russia Threatens Captured American Vets, U.S. Invokes Laws of War."
• Bruce Huber was interviewed by the New York Times in the article, "Gridlock in Congress Has Amplified the Power of the Supreme Court."
• Sam Bray wrote about the new Notre Dame Law Review federal courts issue in, “Ground-Breaking Articles on Equity in the Federal Courts."
• Jimmy Gurulé was quoted by AP News in "1/6 hearings fuel the question: Did Trump commit a crime?"
• Lloyd …

Adaptation Of Diabetes Prevention Program For Chinese Americans – A Qualitative Study, Ming-Chin Yeh, Wincy Lau, Siqian Chen, Ada Wong, Grace X. Ma, Judith Wylie-Rosett

Health Policy & Community Health: Faculty Publications

Background: Studies have demonstrated that a culturally and linguistically tailored Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) can be effective in reducing diabetes risk in Chinese Americans. The purpose of this study was to explore the cultural and linguistic acceptability of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Prevent T2 curriculum in an online format in the Chinese American community in New York City (NYC). Methods: Three focus groups among a total of 24 Chinese Americans with prediabetes and one community advisory board (CAB) meeting with 10 key stakeholders with expertise in diabetes care and lifestyle interventions were conducted. Each focus group lasted …

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern Graduate Student is Using Oysters to Dig for Lowcountry History

Framing The Green New Deal And Climate Change: A Content Analysis Of The New York Times And The Wall Street Journal, Danielle Elizabeth Duffy

Dissertations and Theses

The importance of climate change recognition and need for action cannot be overstated. Climate change has historically been a partisan issue with an almost hyper focus on the (un)certainty of science, the need for action within a particular timeframe, and the cost of tackling the issue. With the contemporary relevance and salience of climate change, this content analysis explores emerging framing patterns in coverage of the Green New Deal and subsequent climate change references within news articles from the New York Times and Wall Street Journal in 2019. Frame typology from O'Neill et al. (2015) is used to explore the …

High School Persisters And Alternative Schools, Hyuny Clark-Shim

Dissertations and Theses

In response to a "dropout crisis," over the past decade much effort was made to retain high school students. Recent years' trends indicated an overall increased level of graduation rates; however, there has been a largely overlooked student population, persisters, who did not earn a high school diploma by the expected graduation date but remain engaged and continue to work towards graduation into their fifth or even sixth year of high school.

Using exploratory CART analysis, this study examined what individual-level and school-level factors were most effective in distinguishing students who were persisters versus on-time graduates. Given that persisters …

The Best Self For Whom: Agency, Action, And Capacity In Ted Talk Motivational Speeches, Bilal A. Amodu

All HCAS Student Capstones, Theses, and Dissertations

The contemporary United States is characterized by rising standards of productivity in pursuit of success, which James Daniel suggests has caused significant physical and mental strain for many. Self-help materials, such as motivational video lectures, often exploit this discomfort to present specific ideologies as “solutions” to an audience’s anxiety, sense of insufficiency and perceived failure. This project evaluates motivational video lectures from TED to determine how their rhetoric constructs success. This project uses Burkean cluster criticism and queer influenced methodologies to illuminate an understanding of success characterized by perceived action and sustained by stigma. The project finds that the speakers …

Novel Implementation Strategy To Electronically Screen And Signpost Patients To Health Behavior Apps: Mixed Methods Implementation Study (Optimine Study), Zarnie Khadjesari, Tracey J Brown, Alex T Ramsey, Henry Goodfellow, Sherine El-Toukhy, Lorien C Abroms, Helena Jopling, Arden Dierker Viik, Michael S Amato

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: Behavior change apps have the potential to provide individual support on a population scale at low cost, but they face numerous barriers to implementation. Electronic health records (EHRs) in acute care hospitals provide a valuable resource for identifying patients at risk, who may benefit from behavior change apps. A novel, emerging implementation strategy is to use digital technologies not only for providing support to help-seeking individuals but also for signposting patients at risk to support services (also called proactive referral in the United States).

OBJECTIVE: The OptiMine study aimed to increase the reach of behavior change apps by implementing …

Development And Validation Of A Measure For Social Support: Perceived Social Support Inventory, Lindsay Marie Clark

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Abstract

The literature consistently acknowledges the protective function of social support against various negative psychological and physiological outcomes (Cohen & Wills, 1985; Dunst et al., 1986; Taylor, 2011; Uchino, 2009). Further, social support can emerge from different members that comprise an individual’s social network, such as friends, family, teachers, colleagues, and members of common interest groups. Given the important role that social support plays in health outcomes, the importance of psychometrically sound measures for assessing the construct is essential for use in research and clinical settings. However, many of the current measures of social support are outdated, are limited in …

Toybox: A New Approach For Auxiliary Percussion Instruments At The Beginning Level, Spencer Craig Jones

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Currently, there exist little materials to introduce elementary students to auxiliary percussion instruments. There is a need for the creation of more instructional material for this age group that provides pedagogy descriptions for the instruments as well as playing examples. The purpose of this project is to create a method book that provides pedagogy examples for auxiliary percussion instruments while also providing playing examples to use.

Surface-Wave Coupling In Double Floquet Sheets Supporting Phased Temporal Wood Anomalies, Ya-Wen Tsai, Yao-Ting Wang, Emanuele Galiffi, Andrea Alù, Ta-Jen Yen

Advanced Science Research Center

We investigate symmetry-selective surface-mode excitation in a general periodically time-modulated double-layer system, where the modulation of the two layers has a constant phase difference. By deriving a semi-analytic transfer matrix formalism of a Drude-dispersive double-layer structure with periodic time-modulation, we calculate the scattering amplitudes and the corresponding transmission coefficient. Our results show that the phase-difference between the modulation of the two sheets plays an essential role in significantly enhancing and selectively exciting either the even or odd surface mode with high efficiency. We verify our calculations with full-wave time-domain simulations, showing that efficient switching between the surface-wave excitation of the …

Coloniality And Paradoxes Of Migrancy: Experiences Of Nicaraguan Migrants In Costa Rica, Darcey Rydl

Communication ETDs

Vernacular (personal) discourses surrounding Nicaraguan immigration to Costa Rica were investigated through the lens of coloniality – a theoretical and conceptual process of understanding how the Eurocentered matrix of power and knowledge produces the subjectivity of peoples through exploitation (Mignolo & Walsh, 2019). Compared to national discourses, this study asked how vernacular discourses may challenge colonial social structures of power as well as support those same structures of power. To elicit these discourses, oral histories were conducted with nine Nicaraguans who have fled their country because of political violence. Oral histories allow for a complete account of the past by …

Tinjauan Hukum Peran Direktorat Jenderal Administrasi Hukum Umum Terhadap Beneficial Owner Pada Perseroan Terbatas Dalam Tindak Pidana Pencucian Uang, Mochamad Lutfi Suryana

"Dharmasisya” Jurnal Program Magister Hukum FHUI

Abstract

Money laundering is an attempt to disguise or obscure dirty money, the perpetrator of the crime of money laundering continues to try to disguise and hide assets and financial transactions by utilizing publicly listed companies as a means of committing the crime of money laundering. The state in particular through several agencies such as the Ministry of Finance, the Directorate General of Taxes, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, the Directorate General of General Legal Administration, the Financial Services Authority (OJK), the Financial Transaction Analysis Reporting Center (PPATK), the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) are increasingly encourage openness to …

Perkembangan Politik Hukum Islam Pasca Reformasi Dalam Perspektif Negara Hukum Hans Kelsen, Marsono Wibowo

"Dharmasisya” Jurnal Program Magister Hukum FHUI

Abstract

As a country with the largest Muslim population in the world, it will directly or indirectly affect the development of the living order of the Indonesian people. The regimes change from time to time with policies that different from one to another, provide a variety of colors in the life of the nation and state. As a legal expert, Hans Kelsen explains the connection between law, morality and religion. How do each other influence each other, and what is the connection of that thing in the life of the nation and state in Indonesia.

Keywords: Politics, Reform, Islamic Law, …

Pergeseran Perubahan Filosofi Program Jaminan Hari Tua Bpjs Ketenagakerjaan, Marshall Josua Charles Hutabarat

"Dharmasisya” Jurnal Program Magister Hukum FHUI

Abstrack

This paper discusses the issue regarding philosophy shifting towards the provident fund benefit program conducted by BPJS Ketenagakerjaan. A paradigm shift regarding the philosophy of provident fund benefit occurred due to the legalized of laws such as PP 46 of 2015, PP 60 of 2015 and Permenaker No. 19 of 2015. The issuance of PP 60 of 2015 was caused by force pressure from the labor when a massive wave of layoffs occurred in Indonesia in early 2015. After the regulation was published, as per 1 September 2015 there was a phenomenon of massive submission the provident fund benefits. …

Penyerahan Pengurusan Piutang Macet Lembaga Pembiayaan Ekspor Indonesia Kepada Panitia Urusan Piutang Negara, Hermanus Matondang

"Dharmasisya” Jurnal Program Magister Hukum FHUI

Abstract

The Indonesian Export Financing Agency (LPEI) is an independent state institution as a government agent to provides finance, guarantee, insurance, and other services in the export-import sector based on the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 2 Year 2009. LPEI faces problems related to the bad debt management. This research uses normative legal research. This study purpose to analyse the settlement and handover of LPEI bad debt to PUPN. The results of this study show that LPEI can hand over the collection management to PUPN. Meanwhile, the provisions for write-offs (write-off and bill-off) are based on the prevailing …

Hak Dan Kewajiban Negara Pemiliki Instalasi Lepas Pantai Terhadap Navigasi Internasional Menurut Hukum Internasional, Hanna Adistyana Hefni

"Dharmasisya” Jurnal Program Magister Hukum FHUI

Abstract

Along with the times, the types and methods of exploration and exploitation of the sea are also experiencing developments, such as oil and gas drilling offshore and the construction of offshore installations to smooth the process of oil and gas exploitation and production. The emergence of other objects besides ships in the waters certainly becomes a problem for international navigation activities which have long been the activities of nations since ancient times. Therefore this paper discusses the rights and obligations of the countries that have offshore installations to international navigation according to international law. The method used in this …

Penyalahgunaan Wewenang Pejabat Pemerintah Yang Telah Mengembalikan Kerugian Keuangan Negara: Sebuah Analisis, Gunawan Simangunsong

"Dharmasisya” Jurnal Program Magister Hukum FHUI

Abstract

Loss of State Finances is one of the elements of corruption which is regulated in Article 2 and Article 3 of Law 20 of 2001. After the issuance of Law Number 30 of 2014 there is a stipulation that officials who abuse authority that causes state financial losses can return financial losses country no later than 10 days after the publication of the results of the supervision of the government's internal supervisory apparatus. This study examines the status of abuse of authority after government officials return state losses. This study uses a normative juridical method by taking a statutory …

Kedudukan Hukum Penggunaan Checkbox Sebagai Bentuk Persetujuan Pengguna Layanan Pinjam Meminjam Uang Berbasis Teknologi Informasi Kepada Penyelenggara Untuk Memperoleh Dan Menggunakan Data Pribadi Pengguna, Gracia Mareta

"Dharmasisya” Jurnal Program Magister Hukum FHUI

Abstract

The rapid development of financial technology (“Fintech”), especially peer to peer lending in Indonesia, has recently raised the issue of personal data protection for Fintech users. Personal data protection issues that are rife in Indonesia include selling personal data of Fintech users to embezzlement of user accounts, and other frauds that use personal data. When there is a transfer of personal data held by them to other parties with certain aims and objectives, a clear responsibility is needed for the use of the personal data. Consent to the use of personal data that has been agreed upon by the …

Perbandingan Bentuk Hukum Perusahaan Perseroan Negara Indonesia Dan Brunei Darussalam, Gilang Prabowo

"Dharmasisya” Jurnal Program Magister Hukum FHUI

Abstract

Limited Liability Company is a legal entity established under an agreement, carrying out business activities with authorized capital which is entirely divided into shares and fulfills the requirements stipulated in the law of limited liability companies and their implementing regulations. Research with a normative juridical approach that is descriptive begins with the regulation of limited liability companies, establishment, and organs contained in limited liability companies in Indonesia and comparison with the state of Brunei Darussalam. The purpose of this paper is to make Comparative Regulations governing the Indonesian state-owned companies with Brunei Darussalam.

Keywords: company; limited company; regulation; Indonesia; …

Black Educology Mixtape Vol. 1, Black Educology Producers

Black Educology Mixtape "Journal"

No abstract provided.

Metaphor For A Post-White Horizon, Dwayne K. Wright, Tyler Derreth

Black Educology Mixtape "Journal"

This project is a counternarrative, in the tradition of Richard Delgado’s The Rodrigo Chronicles, using critical race theory’s storytelling methodology. We present a discussion between a Black scholar and white scholar sharing their experiences as they explore the relationship between Blackness/whiteness and anti-Blackness/white supremacy. The crux of this counternarrative lies in the intersection between the hopelessness one Black scholar feels toward racial progress in America and the desperation of a white scholar as they process the possibilities for a post-white ontological future within the Western academy in the wake of the January 6th Insurrection. The counter-story integrates Afropessimistic thought with …