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Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda December 7, 2023, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Program Proposals
• Semester Course Approval Reviews
• Other Business
• Adjourn

The Breastfeeding Relationship Between Employed Mother-Infant Dyads: A Mixed Methods Prospective Study, Natsuko K. Wood

Sigma Foundation for Nursing Research Grant Reports

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of maternal employment during the COVID-19 pandemic on the breastfeeding relationship between breastfeeding mother and infant dyads and its relationship to maternal emotions and to explore maternal breastfeeding experiences.

November 30, 2023, Caa

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Relationships Among Development, Growth, Body Size, Reproduction, Aging, And Longevity - Trade-Offs And Pace-Of-Life., Rong Yuan, Erin Hascup, Kevin Hascup, Andrzej Bartke

Articles

Relationships of growth, metabolism, reproduction, and body size to the biological process of aging and longevity have been studied for decades and various unifying "theories of aging" have been proposed to account for the observed associations. In general, fast development, early sexual maturation leading to early reproductive effort, as well as production of many offspring, have been linked to shorter lifespans. The relationship of adult body size to longevity includes a remarkable contrast between the positive correlation in comparisons between different species and the negative correlation seen in comparisons of individuals within the same species. We now propose that longevity …

Modulation Of Zebrafish (Danio Rerio) Intestinal Mucosal Barrier Function Fed Different Postbiotics And A Probiotic From Lactobacilli, Mark Rawling, Marion Schiavone, Amélie Mugnier, Eric Leclercq, Daniel Merrifield, Andrew Foey, Emmanuelle Apper

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

It is generally accepted that microbes play a critical role in maintaining gut barrier function, making them ideal to target in order to mitigate the effects of intestinal diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease with specialist supplementations such as probiotic or postbiotic preparations. In this study, specific strains of Lactobacillus helvictus both live and inactivated and Lactobacillus plantarum inactivated were fed to zebrafish at an inclusion level of 6 × 106 cells/g in order to assess the effects on gut barrier function and protection. Taken together, our results indicate that dietary administration of pro- or postbiotics strengthens the gut barrier …

Editorial: The Public Health Scholars As The Health Leaders, Al Asyary, Meita Veruswati, Putri Bungsu Machmud, Indri Hapsari Susilowati

Kesmas

1. Achmadi UF. Kesehatan Masyarakat: Teori dan Aplikasi. Jakarta: Rajawali Pers; 2014.

2. Asyary A. Editorial. Kesmas. 2023; 18 (Special Issue 1): 1-3. DOI: 10.21109/kesmas.v18isp1.7201

3. Badan Kebijakan Pembangunan Kesehatan. Pembangunan Kesehatan di Indonesia melalui Kesinambungan Finansial Jaminan Kesehatan serta Meningkatkan Kualitas Layanan dengan Integrasi Data. Jakarta: Kementerian Kesehatan Republik Indonesia; 2023.

The Effect Of Fluid Overload Control Program On Knowledge And Behavior Among Caregivers Of End-Stage Renal Disease Patients On Hemodialysis, Kanyanat Ummee, Kittipan Rerkkasem, Jukkrit Wungrath

Kesmas

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a pressing health issue, and patients on hemodialysis frequently grapple with fluid overload. In Chiang Mai, Thailand, from September to November 2022, this study was conducted to assess the impact of an educational program on the knowledge and behavior of caregivers managing fluid overload in ESRD patients. Using a quasi-intervention design, participants were categorized into two groups: the intervention group, which underwent the educational intervention, and the control group, which continued with standard care. The educational content was grounded in existing studiesand insights from healthcare professionals, caregivers, and patients. Post-intervention results revealed a significant enhancement …

Factors Associated With Depressive Symptoms Among Community-Dwelling Older People In East-Coast Malaysia, Siti Suhana Zakaria, Siti Nur Illiani Jaafar, Muhammad Kamil Che Hasan, Nik Noor Kaussar Nik Mohd Hatta, Wan Nor Aliza Wan Abdul Rahman

Jurnal Keperawatan Indonesia

Older people are increasing in number globally, and they are likely to have mental health problems, including de- pression. In this population, the risk of having depressive symptoms is very high due to multidimensional factors, but these symptoms are often undertreated. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of de- pressive symptoms among community-dwelling older people living on the East Coast of Malaysia. A cross-sectional study was conducted in several areas of the state of Terengganu based on multilayered stratified sampling. A total of 240 participants were randomly selected. Several instruments were employed, such as the Geriatric …

Sleep Quality And Stress Levels Among Nurses: A Single Center Study, Siti Zuhaidah Shahadan, Mohamad Firdaus Mohamad Ismail, Khalidah Nadhirah Kamaruzaman

Jurnal Keperawatan Indonesia

The issue of nurses' sleep quality, which has a significant impact on their mental health, has not received enough attention. Nurses’ stress and mental health can affect patient care, so poor sleep quality in nurses can lead to stress and patient harm. Thus, this study examines the relationship between sleep quality and stress in nurses at a university hospital in Kuantan, Malaysia. This cross-sectional study used convenience sampling. A total of 101 nurses in the hospital were recruited to complete a series of questionnaires, including the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) and the depression anxiety stress scale 21 (DASS21). SPSS …

Composite Index Of Anthropometric Failure And Early Childhood Cognitive Development Based On The 2018 Indonesian Basic Health Research Data, Safira Zamrudiani, Abdul Wahab, Rosalia Kurniawati Harisaputra

Kesmas

Delays in early childhood cognitive development may have profound long-term implications on health and life expectancy. Optimal nutrition supports early life development, including a child's cognitive development. This study aimed to determine the association between the Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure and early childhood cognitive development among children aged 36-59 months in Indonesia. This cross-sectional study utilized data from the 2018 Indonesian Basic Health Research that involved 18,027 participants aged 36-59 months. This study outcome demonstrated that children who were stunted-underweight were potentially susceptible to delayed cognitive development compared to those with normal nutritional status (aOR = 1.30; 95% CI …

2023-November-30-How To Manage Finals Week Stress.Pdf, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Ever had that dream where you walk into class the day of the final exam, and in the very moment when you panic, realizing you’ve not been to class the entire semester, haven’t taken one note and haven’t cracked open the textbook, you wake up with a jolt?

Hopefully no East Tennessee State University students find themselves in the predicament of that common dream in reality, but the feelings of stress and anxiety surrounding end-of-semester projects and studying for final exams are all too real for many.

Finals Week as well as the week before – commonly called “Dead Week,” …

Comparison Of Factors Responsible For The High Prevalence Of Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension, Maternal Death, And Preterm Birth Among Black Women In Washington, Dc And Massachusetts, Caroline Ohakwe

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

The Social Determinants Of Health And Genocide: Towards A Public Health Integrated Framework Of Genocide And Mass Violence, Sian Persad, Cheng Xu

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

This paper makes a normative argument about transformations of public health as a necessary condition required in any transitional justice process. We seek to bridge the gap between the fields of genocide and public health to understand the recursive relationship between genocide and the social determinants of health. We show that structures and institutions established during genocide create enduring impacts on the public health outcomes of victim and survivor groups even after the ousting of the original perpetrators. Our comparative analysis of the Rwandan Genocide and the colonial genocide of Indigenous communities in Canada surveys the available public health literature …

Predictors Of Quality Of Life Among Omani Family Caregivers Of Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury, Devakirubai Jacob, Joshua K. Muliira, Eilean R. Lazarus, Hema Roslin

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: This study aimed to explore the quality of life (QoL) of Omani family caregivers (FCs) of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). After acute care, the burden of caring for patients with TBI is mainly shouldered by FCs. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman. Patient data were collected at the time of discharge and 8 weeks post-discharge between April 2019 and December 2021. The SF-12 General Health Survey and Preparedness for Caregiving scale were used to measure the caregivers’ QoL and preparedness, respectively. The Disability Rating and TBI Symptom scales were used to measure …

The Association Of Maternal Education, Income, And Race On Reduction Childhood Obesity, Ronell Michel

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

November 30, 2023, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2020-

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Caregiving Preparedness And Caregiver Burden In Omani Family Caregivers For Patients With Acquired Brain Injury, Hema Roslin, Joshua K. Muliira, Eilean R. Lazarus, Devakirubai Jacob, Warda Al-Habsi, Fatma Al-Musallami

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: This study aimed to explore the caregiving preparedness and caregiver burden among Omani family caregivers (FCs) of patients with acquired brain injury (ABI). Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted at the neurology clinic at Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman, from April 2019 to December 2021. Data were collected from 119 FCs and their patients at the time of discharge from the hospital and 16 weeks post-discharge during follow-up care. The questionnaire comprised the Zarit Burden Index, the Preparedness for Caregiving Scale, the Short-Form-12 Health Survey, and a patient symptom scale. Results: The FCs were predominantly female (53.8%), and the …

The Effect Of Group Prenatal Care On The Empowerment Of Pregnant Adolescents: Randomised Controlled Trial, Fatemeh Malchi, Parvin Abedi, Mina Iravani, Elham Maraghi, Eesa Mohammadi, Najmieh Saadati

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of group prenatal care (GPNC) on the empowerment of pregnant adolescents. Methods: In this trial, 294 pregnant adolescents (aged 15–19 years) were randomly assigned into the GPNC (n = 147) and individual prenatal care (IPNC; n = 147) groups, where they received 5 sessions of GPNC (90–120 min) and IPNC, respectively, between the 16th and 40th weeks of pregnancy. The empowerment of participants in the two groups was measured using the Empowerment Scale for Pregnant Women. Data were analysed using various tests. Results: The mean total score of pregnant women’s empowerment in …

Standardized Total Fitness Scores And Phase Angle In Cancer Survivors, Paulette Yamada, Trevor Short

Topics in Exercise Science and Kinesiology

Topics in Exercise Science and Kinesiology Volume 4: Issue 1, Article 20, 2023. Cancer treatment can lead to decrement in all components of fitness. Exercise can attenuate these effects and build fitness. Exercise program design for this population continues to evolve with high-intensity interval training at the forefront. Phase angle (PhA) is an indirect measure of cellular health and function and is associated with fitness, health, and reduced disease severity. Continued exploration spurs an emerging question: What type of training should be used to maximize improvements in PhA? We provide a visualization of a cancer rehabilitation fitness profile and present …

Evangelical Health Systems Annual Report, 1986, Advocate Aurora Health

Historical Documents - Combined

Evangelical Health Systems, Oak Brook, IL: Annual report of the Evangelical Health Systems. Includes data from legacy hospitals: Christ Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Good Shepherd Hospital, and Bethany Hospital. Christ Hospital became Christ Hospital and Medical Center. Woodlawn Hospital closed and merged with Bethany Hospital. Evangelical School of Nursing no longer admitted new students, planning a final graduating class for 1988.

Learn X Design 2023 Editorial, Derek Jones, Violeta Clemente, James Corazzo, Nicole Lotz, Liv Merete Nielsen, Noel Lesley-Ann, Naz A.G.Z. Börekçi

Learn X Design Conference Series

The 7th International Conference for Design Education Researchers, Learn X Design 2023, was convened as a call for papers and publication of proceedings. This allowed an extended review and development period for authors to develop submissions. The process ran from January to December 2023. A 135-member international scientific panel undertook double-blind peer reviews, and the Academic Committee, comprising the seven members of the Design Research Society EdSIG Convening Group, monitored reviews and carried out additional reviews where needed. 236 authors affiliated to institutions in 31 countries, contributed 106 submissions. Submission types included research papers, case studies, conversations, and visual papers. …

An Education Model For Creating Engagement In Sdg Action, Yanfang Zhang, Melanie Sarantou, Christian Cruz

Learn X Design Conference Series

No abstract provided.

The Decision, Victor Udoewa

Learn X Design Conference Series

No abstract provided.

Unfolding The Self: Storytelling Through Interactive Packaging With Augmented Reality, Linh Dao

Learn X Design Conference Series

No abstract provided.

Average Household Income In Relation To Individual Dietary Consumption Of Fruits And Vegetables, Liz Burchfield, Bella Spencer

Symposium of Student Scholars

The purpose of this analysis is to review data from the USDA Economic Research Survey in a data collection regarding FoodAPS National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey. Our data include a sample size of 4,826 participating households with 279 variables describing each household. Several variables were utilized which include average collective income for households, perceptions of fruit and vegetable prices and quality, self-reporting items about perceived fruit and vegetable consumption, and financial survey responses. With these chosen variables we made initial inferences that there would be a relationship between income and fruit consumption. We predict that throughout the duration …

Exploring Food Bank Deserts And Child Hunger In The Socioeconomic Contexts Of K-12 Schools, Cathy Thompson Pope

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Food insecurity is of great concern in this country as more and more children, seniors, and families experience inadequate nutritious food to live healthy, productive lives. A case study of Mid-South Food Bank examines the concept of food bank deserts and looks at how children and families in low-income neighborhoods might have access to food. Previous definitions of food bank deserts have neglected to include two criteria present in food deserts, that is low-income and low accessibility to food resources. Utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS), this paper will define, create, and analyze spatial connections between bus stops, food bank partner …

Loss Of The Methylarginine Reader Function Of Snd1 Confers Resistance To Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Tanner Wright, Yalong Wang, Sabrina A Stratton, Manu Sebastian, Bin Liu, David G Johnson, Mark T Bedford

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Staphylococcal nuclease Tudor domain containing 1 (SND1) protein is an oncogene that 'reads' methylarginine marks through its Tudor domain. Specifically, it recognizes methylation marks deposited by protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5), which is also known to promote tumorigenesis. Although SND1 can drive hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), it is unclear whether the SND1 Tudor domain is needed to promote HCC. We sought to identify the biological role of the SND1 Tudor domain in normal and tumorigenic settings by developing two genetically engineered SND1 mouse models, an Snd1 knockout (Snd1 KO) and an Snd1 Tudor domain-mutated (Snd1 KI) mouse, whose mutant SND1 can …

Assessing Germinating Seeds Of Legume And Cereal Crops To Enhance Oxygen Depletion: A Novel Approach In Hermetic Storage, Gunakeshari Lamsal, Jeffrey Volenec, Kingsly Ambrose, Dieudonne Baributsa

Purdue University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund

Hermetic storage systems are used around the world to reduce stored product losses. Scavenging residual oxygen in hermetic containers can further enhance their effectiveness in minimizing stored commodity losses. Our objective was to assess the effectiveness of germinating seeds of soybeans, rice, cowpeas, and corn in scavenging oxygen. There were six germination stages: seeds soaked for 24 h and allowed to grow for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 days (T1 to T6). Oxygen consumption was monitored for 30 h. Root length, the weight of mobilized seed reserve, and visual fungal growth were also assessed. The results showed that …

Affirming And Supporting Black Women’S Lactation Agency As Redress, Dorothy Couchman

San Diego Law Review

This Article opens with Truth baring her breasts for four reasons. First, for many women like Truth who survived enslavement, lactation was a specifically gendered and racialized site of atrocity. Under chattel slavery in the United States, enslaved women were prevented from breastfeeding their infants as needed, compelled to wean their children far too early at the demands of their enslavers, or made to wet-nurse their enslavers’ White children in place of their own. This lactational coercion was part of a larger atrocity of reproductive abuse perpetuated against enslaved women.

Second, as Truth notes, enslaved women’s children were harmed when …

Efficacy And Safety Of Ciltacabtagene Autoleucel And Idecabtagene Vicleucel In Multiple Myeloma Patients, Buthainah Ghanem, Marc L. Fleming, Lawrence M. Brown, Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio, Enrique Seoane-Vazquez

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

Background: Ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel) and idecabtagene vicleucel (ide-cel) are chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies used to treat adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (rrMM) after at least four lines of therapy. However, no head-to-head clinical trials to compare them have been conducted.

Objective: To compare between CARTITUDE-1 and KarMMa clinical trials in terms of efficacy, safety, and patient characteristics.

Method: Overall response rate (ORR) and safety signals were compared using reporting odds ratios (RORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) at p < 0.05. Overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were compared using the Kaplan–Meier method with a log-rank test. Patient characteristics were compared using the chi-square test. Statistical analyses were conducted using Microsoft Excel and R version 4.0.5.

Results: Statistically significant differences were observed between cilta-cel and ide-cel in terms of ORR, complete response …