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Tracking Acts Of Kindness Through Comics: An Experimental Study, Raven Serenity Glover, Yvette Shen

IASDR Conference Series

This study explores the effectiveness of using comics as a medium to track personal behavioral data, focusing on acts of kindness. Through a prototype-based examination of digitally assembled comics, the findings demonstrate that comics offer a unique communication method that enables the integration of narrative elements into the flow of behavioral data. This integration not only provides coherence and context to qualitative data but also allows for the visualization of spatial-temporal details, presenting data in a personal and meaningful manner. However, user evaluation results suggest that the prototype did not provide an ideal platform for sustainable interactive experiences. Future study …

Promoting Sustainable Practice Through Video-Based Social Media: An Exploration Of Food-Oriented R-Strategies For Domestic Consumption, Çağrı G. Varlı, F. Suhendan Eroglu

IASDR Conference Series

Sustainable food consumption is an increasingly urgent issue in academic and public discourse to explore novel approaches to reduce its impact. From planning to disposal, food consumption behaviors influence the amount of waste at the domestic level. The study aims to explore and demonstrate the use of video-based social media and a community leader in promoting sustainable practices, proposing R-strategies for food sustainability, and identifying discourses that can be integrated into everyday terminology. In this study, narratives of sustainable food consumption from chef Şemsa Denizsel’s "Artan Mutfağı” videos are investigated through directed content analysis to reveal food-related R-strategies. The study …

Living Entanglement: Toward An Entangled Design Nexus, Clee Zhuo Wang, Laurent Laurent Gutierrez

IASDR Conference Series

Human-nature encounters more and more take forms of conflict, struggle, resistance and denial. Beneath the surface question of “how to survive”, these encounters reveal “entanglement” as the fundamental condition of the world. This new world view, supported by systems thinking and posthumanism, radicalizes the anthropocentric reductionistic belief. The shift informs a reposition of design from a method to produce (techne) to an invitation to co-becoming (phronesis). This article starts with a cross-disciplinary literature review to elaborate the concept of “entanglement” in three levels: relationality, co-becoming and blurred subject / object division. Then, the field work of an ecoliteracy program (“The …

The Role Of Human-Centred Design In Promoting Understanding Of Local Contexts: A Study Of Japanese Students Addressing Social Issues In Bangladesh, Kenichiro Miyama, Shiro Inoue, Seiko Shirasaka

IASDR Conference Series

When implementing design projects aimed at solving social issues across borders, it is essential to deeply understand the local people and culture. In particular, when enterprises in developed countries deploy services to address social issues in developing countries, the lack of understanding of the local context and biases can become a barrier to sustainable business development. In such a context, a human-centred design approach plays an important role in the process of designing as it facilitates an in-depth understanding of local people and culture. In the context of education, when students in a developed country develop sustainable services and businesses …

Post-Pandemic Era: Evaluation Of Quality Of Life And Usability Testing For Elderly Rehabilitation App Design, Bo Liu, Yang-Cheng Lin, Wei-Ni Hsu, Cai-Ying Cheng, Yen-Chiech Kuo

IASDR Conference Series

Countries worldwide are experiencing shifts in their population structures. Aging has a significant impact on healthcare and elderly care provision. COVID-19 indirectly promoted the development of telemedicine and smart healthcare industries. Numerous intelligent software has been designed to enable elderly individuals to live independently. However, elderly individuals face physical challenges when using advanced technological products. Therefore, paying attention to their needs and user experiences during the design and development stages is essential. In this study, we designed and developed a game-based rehabilitation app (Formosa Explore). We integrated the concept of gamified rehabilitation into the lives of community-dwelling elderly individuals and …

Designing Therapeutic And Social Spaces For Older Adults Facing Mild Cognitive Impairment: Priorities In Spatial And Furniture Layout, Valentina Da Rosa, Machry Herminia, Leandro M. Tonetto

IASDR Conference Series

Mild Cognitive impairment (MCI) is the stage between healthy cognitive functioning and Dementia, in which individuals still live independently at home but develop difficulties related to memory, executive functioning, and decision-making. MCI is mainly managed with therapeutic activities such as physical exercise, cognitive training, nutrition, and occupational therapies. While individuals living with MCI tend to isolate themselves, social interactions are known for their potential to slow or interrupt cognitive decline, being an important therapeutic component for MCI. Previous studies show how the built environment affects social interactions for Dementia patients living in residential care facilities, specifically through the layout of …

Convergence Research And Participatory Design Of A Study Furniture System For Small Living Environments, Tulio Maximo, Chi Hang Paul Lo, Wen Zhan

IASDR Conference Series

With limited space, lack of natural lighting and restrictive internal layout, children living in subdivided units and other similar small living spaces are often left with no choice but to study, play and sleep on the bed for a prolonged period. Such environmental conditions often damage children’s development, particularly their eyesight, muscles, and bones, and harm their concentration, self-worth, and, thus, academic attainment. Early interventions are of the utmost urgency. This project adopted continued convergence research collaboration and participatory design to understand critical issues and develop and test interventions to improve the studying environment of children living in subdivided units …

Domestic Infrastructure Of Food: Thoughts On Community Engagement Through Food, Furniture, And Architectural Exhibition, Leyuan Li

IASDR Conference Series

Over the past decades, the attention towards fresh food ingredients has promoted the emergence of growing vegetables in domestic spaces and sharing homemade ingredients with neighbors. The introduction of producing and exchanging food in domestic territories not only creates new forms of recreation, but also foregrounds inhabitants' anxieties concerning food security and community engagement, especially amidst global unrest during the pandemic. Within this imperative context, the pictorial essay intends to introduce food as a collective medium and a social act. By showing a series of representations and photographs of an installation project, the essay speculates on the performative and spatial …

Women’S Empowerment As A Determinant Of Child’S Nutrition: Evidence From A Cambodia Demographic And Health Survey, Vatana Chea, Socheata Sar

Journal of Demography

Does the empowerment of women improve a child’s long-term health outcome? Although the relationship seems intuitive in daily life, most studies done globally have found no association. This paper explicates the relationship between women’s empowerment and children’s malnutrition by taking Cambodia as a case study and adding new empirical evidence to the debate. Data were drawn from the Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) 2014, with a sample of 4,118 children nationwide. To measure children’s nutritional status, this study employed the WHO’s height-for-age (HFA) and weight-for-age (WFA) metrics, and at the same time, used the Survey-Based Women’s emPowERment Index (SWPER), …

Government Shutdowns, Caleb Clayton

Critical Questions

Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution of the United States reads, “All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.” Article I, Section 8 continues to name the powers of Congress, most essentially, “to lay and collect taxes… to borrow Money… and to coin Money.” In the United States, the power of the purse resolutely rests in the legislature’s hands, but this power does not come without restraint. The final clause of Article I, Section 9 states, “No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.” As such, Congress …

The Utah Statesman, October 9, 2023, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Uab Researchers First To Define Normal Natriuretic Peptide Level Range Across Lifespan Of Healthy Us Population, Anna Jones

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Exercise Habits For Veterans, Jean Davis

Sigma Foundation for Nursing Research Grant Reports

The purpose of the study was to pilot test the innovative VetPA4Life physical activity (PA) habit formation program for Veterans. The objectives of the study were to determine the feasibility for recruitment and retention and acceptability of the program for Veterans.

Focus, 2023, Summer, Andrews University

Focus

FOCUS (ISSN 1077-9345) is published quarterly, free of charge, for alumni and friends of Andrews University, an institution owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Znf683 Marks A Cd8+ T Cell Population Associated With Anti-Tumor Immunity Following Anti-Pd-1 Therapy For Richter Syndrome, Erin M Parry, Camilla K Lemvigh, Stephanie Deng, Nathan Dangle, Neil Ruthen, Binyamin A Knisbacher, Julien Broséus, Sébastien Hergalant, Romain Guièze, Shuqiang Li, Wandi Zhang, Connor Johnson, Jaclyn M Long, Shanye Yin, Lillian Werner, Annabelle Anandappa, Noelia Purroy, Satyen Gohil, Giacomo Oliveira, Pavan Bachireddy, Sachet A Shukla, Teddy Huang, Joseph D Khoury, Beenu Thakral, Michael Dickinson, Constantine Tam, Kenneth J Livak, Gad Getz, Donna Neuberg, Pierre Feugier, Peter Kharchenko, William Wierda, Lars Rønn Olsen, Nitin Jain, Catherine J Wu

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Unlike many other hematologic malignancies, Richter syndrome (RS), an aggressive B cell lymphoma originating from indolent chronic lymphocytic leukemia, is responsive to PD-1 blockade. To discover the determinants of response, we analyze single-cell transcriptome data generated from 17 bone marrow samples longitudinally collected from 6 patients with RS. Response is associated with intermediate exhausted CD8 effector/effector memory T cells marked by high expression of the transcription factor ZNF683, determined to be evolving from stem-like memory cells and divergent from terminally exhausted cells. This signature overlaps with that of tumor-infiltrating populations from anti-PD-1 responsive solid tumors. ZNF683 is found to directly …

Social Determinants Of Health And Disparate Disability Accumulation In A Cohort Of Black, Hispanic, And White Patients With Multiple Sclerosis, Michael C Robertson, Brian Downer, Paul E Schulz, Rafael Samper-Ternent, Elizabeth J Lyons, Sadaf Arefi Milani

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

OBJECTIVES: Mexico has a rapidly aging population at risk for cognitive impairment. Social and leisure activities may protect against cognitive decline in older adults. The benefits of these behaviors may vary by patterns of cognitive impairment. The objectives of this study were to identify latent states of cognitive functioning, model the incidence of transitions between these states, and investigate how social and leisure activities were associated with state transitions over a 6-year period in Mexican adults aged 60 and older.

METHODS: We performed latent transition analyses to identify distinct cognitive statuses in the 2012 and 2018 waves of the Mexican …

Homogenization And Thermal Processing Reduce The Concentration Of Extracellular Vesicles In Bovine Milk, Anna P. Colella, Anuradha Prakash, John Miklavcic

Food Science Faculty Articles and Research

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) in bovine milk confer beneficial physiologic effects to consumers. Industrial processing treatments may affect the amount or bioactivity of EVs intrinsic to bovine milk. We investigated how the content and concentration of EVs were affected by homogenization and thermal processing of raw bovine milk. Raw milk was processed by homogenization, low-temperature (LT) heat, or pasteurization [high-temperature short-time (HTST) and ultra-high-temperature (UHT)] in a pilot processing facility. EVs were isolated from the raw and processed bovine milk using differential ultracentrifugation and quantified using a nanoparticle tracking analyzer. Bovine milk EVs were assessed for total miRNA and protein concentrations …

Irrigation Increases On-Farm Soybean Yields In Water-Limited Environments Without A Trade-Off In Seed Protein Concentration, Walter D. Carciochi, Patricio Grassini, Seth Naeve, James E. Specht, Mitiku Mamo, Ron Seymour, Aaron Nygren, Nathan Mueller, Sarah Sivits, Christopher A. Proctor, Jenny Rees, Todd Whitney, N. Cafaro La Menza

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Context or problem: A trade-off between seed protein concentration (SPC) and yield has been reported for soybean. Therefore, assessing management practices that can nullify this trade-off is relevant to avoid further declines in SPC in the future as yield continues to increase. While the positive effect of irrigation on yield is well documented, only a few studies have assessed the impact of irrigation on SPC, showing conflicting results.

Objective or research question: The objective was to determine if the trade-off between seed yield and SPC persists when irrigation is applied and how management, soil, and weather factors influence the trade-off. …

The Impact Of Modern Dietary Practices On Cancer Risk And Progression: A Systematic Review, Stephanie Nagy, Stephanie N. Petrosky, Michelle Demory Beckler, Marc M. Kesselman

HPD Articles

Cancer is a leading cause of mortality around the world, despite continued advancements in the management of cancer. Recent research efforts have shifted to evaluating the role that modifiable risk factors play in cancer risk and development, as diet and nutrition have been found to play a significant role in the onset and progression of cancer. As a result, there has been an increasing focus on the impact of dietary modifications on preventing the onset, progression, and reoccurrence of cancer. In this systematic review, data were collected on three common diets, the Mediterranean diet (MD), ketogenic diet (KD), and plant-based …

Enhancing Exploration-Exploitation In Harmony Search For Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging Band Selection (E3hs), Mohammed Abdulmajeed Moharram, Divya Meena Sundaram

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Hyperspectral imaging has emerged as a prominent area of research in the field of remote sensing science. However, hyperspectral images (HSIs) pose a notable challenge due to the presence of numerous irrelevant and redundant spectral bands exhibiting high correlation. Therefore, it is necessary to enhance the classification performance for HSI processing by selecting the most relevant discriminative spectral bands. To this end, this paper introduces a metaheuristic search method called enhancing exploration-exploitation in harmony search (E3HS). The standard harmony search suffers from many weaknesses, such as premature convergence and falling easily into the local optimum. Consequently, E3HS was proposed to …

Unreliable Findings Due To Miscalculations And Errors Comment On Nally Et Al The Effectiveness Of School-Based Interventions On Obesity-Related Behaviours In Primary School Children: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis Of Randomised Controlled Trials Children 2021, 8, 489, Keara Ginell, Beate Henschel, Lilian Golzarri-Arroyo, Yasaman Jamshidi-Naeini, Andrew W Brown, David B Allison

Children’s Nutrition Research Center Staff Publications

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Contact With Caregivers Is Associated With Composition Of The Infant Gastrointestinal Microbiome In The First 6 Months Of Life, Kyle S. Wiley, Andrew M. Gregg, Molly M. Fox, Venu Lagishetty, Curt A. Sandman, Jonathan P. Jacobs, Laura M. Glynn

Psychology Faculty Articles and Research

Objectives

Little is known about how physical contact at birth and early caregiving environments influence the colonization of the infant gastrointestinal microbiome. We investigated how infant contact with caregivers at birth and within the first 2 weeks of life relates to the composition of the gastrointestinal microbiome in a sample of U.S. infants (n = 60).

Methods

Skin-to-skin and physical contact with caregivers at birth and early caregiving environments were surveyed at 2 weeks postpartum. Stool samples were collected from infants at 2 weeks, 2, 6, and 12 months of age and underwent 16S rRNA sequencing as a proxy …

Metabolomic Phenotype Of Hepatic Steatosis And Fibrosis In Mexican Children Living With Obesity, Nayely Garibay-Nieto, Karen Pedraza-Escudero, Isabel Omaña-Guzmán, María José Garcés-Hernández, Eréndira Villanueva-Ortega, Mariana Flores-Torres, José Luis Pérez-Hernández, Mireya León-Hernández, Estibalitz Laresgoiti-Servitje, Berenice Palacios-González, Juan Carlos López-Alvarenga, Mauricio Lisker-Melman, Felipe Vadillo-Ortega

2020-Current year OA Pubs

No abstract provided.

Metabolomic Phenotype Of Hepatic Steatosis And Fibrosis In Mexican Children Living With Obesity, Nayely Garibay-Nieto, Karen Pedraza-Escudero, Isabel Omaña-Guzmán, María José Garcés-Hernández, Eréndira Villanueva-Ortega, Mariana Flores-Torres, José Luis Pérez-Hernández, Mireya León-Hernández, Estibalitz Laresgoiti-Servitje, Juan Carlos Lopez-Alvarenga

School of Medicine Publications

Background and Objectives: Metabolic-dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease or MASLD is the main cause of chronic liver diseases in children, and it is estimated to affect 35% of children living with obesity. This study aimed to identify metabolic phenotypes associated with two advanced stages of MASLD (hepatic steatosis and hepatic steatosis plus fibrosis) in Mexican children with obesity.

Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional analysis derived from a randomized clinical trial conducted in children and adolescents with obesity aged 8 to 16 years. Anthropometric and biochemical data were measured, and targeted metabolomic analyses were carried out using mass spectrometry. …

Gene By Environment Interaction And Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease In Mexican American Patients With Depression, Khalid Sheikh, Vincent P. Diego, Sandra L. Laston, Eron G. Manusov, Sarah Williams-Blangero, John Blangero

Research Colloquium

Knowledge of genetic and environmental (G x E) interaction effects on metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is limited. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of G x E interaction effects on MAFLD in Mexican Americans in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV). The environment examined was depression as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). We examined potential G x E interaction in the phenotypic expression of MAFLD, including hepatic steatosis and hepatic fibrosis, using variance component models and likelihood-based statistical inference. Significant G x E interactions were identified for hepatic fibrosis x BDI-II. These findings provide …

The Student Movement Volume 108 Issue 4: Heritage And Harvest: No Leaf Unturned In Our History, Savannah Tyler, Nehemiah Sitler, Nick Bishop, Amelia Stefanescu, Madison Vath, Katrina Johnson, Andrew Francis, Erin Beers, Ruben Colón, Sumin Lee, Rodney Bell Ii, Katherine Pierre, Anna Rybachek, Chris Ngugi

The Student Movement v. 108 (2023-2024)

HUMANS

Autumn Has Awakened, Interviewed by Savannah Tyler

Do You Even Ball? Who is Pastor Shane Anderson, really, Nehemiah Sitler

Genesis Fellowship: Nurturing Faith and Diversity on Campus, Nick Bishop

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Musical Gift at the Alumni Weekend, Amelia Stefanescu

Artist Highlight: Hispanic Heritage Month Edition, Madison Vath

AU Architecture Program Part II, Katrina Johnson

"She and Her Cat": A Sea of Words, Amelia Stefanescu

NEWS

Cardinals Basketball Crash Lands on Alumni Weekend, Andrew Francis

Sparks Fly for Student Missionaries in Bolivia, Nehemiah Sitler

IDEAS

Are Adventists Forfeiting Their Future?, Erin Beers

Honduras: Discovery of America Day, Ruben …

Dissecting The Daily Feeding Pattern: Peripheral Clock/Cycle Generate The Feeding/Fasting Episodes And Neuronal Molecular Clocks Synchronize Them, Akiko Maruko, Koichi M Iijima, Kanae Ando

Department of Neuroscience Faculty Papers

A 24-h rhythm of feeding behavior, or synchronized feeding/fasting episodes during the day, is crucial for survival. Internal clocks and light input regulate rhythmic behaviors, but how they generate feeding rhythms is not fully understood. Here we aimed to dissect the molecular pathways that generate daily feeding patterns. By measuring the semidiurnal amount of food ingested by single flies, we demonstrate that the generation of feeding rhythms under light:dark conditions requires quasimodo (qsm) but not molecular clocks. Under constant darkness, rhythmic feeding patterns consist of two components: CLOCK (CLK) in digestive/metabolic tissues generating feeding/fasting episodes, and the …

International Society Of Sports Nutrition Position Stand: Effects Of Essential Amino Acid Supplementation On Exercise And Performance., Arny A. Ferrando, Robert R. Wolfe, Katie R. Hirsch, David D. Church, Shiloah A. Kviatkovsky, Michael D. Roberts, Jeffrey R. Stout, Drew E. Gonzalez, Ryan J. Sowinski, Richard B. Kreider, Chad M. Kerksick, Nicholas A. Burd, Stefan M. Pasiakos, Michael J. Ormsbee, Shawn M. Arent, Paul J. Arciero, Bill I. Campbell, Trisha A. Vandusseldorp, Ralf Jager, Darryn S. Willoughby, Douglas S. Kalman, Jose Antonio

HPD Articles

Position Statement: The International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN) presents this position based on a critical examination of literature surrounding the effects of essential amino acid (EAA) supplementation on skeletal muscle maintenance and performance. This position stand is intended to provide a scientific foundation to athletes, dietitians, trainers, and other practitioners as to the benefits of supplemental EAA in both healthy and resistant (aging/clinical) populations. EAAs are crucial components of protein intake in humans, as the body cannot synthesize them. The daily recommended intake (DRI) for protein was established to prevent deficiencies due to inadequate EAA consumption. The following conclusions …

International Society Of Sports Nutrition Position Stand: Effects Of Essential Amino Acid Supplementation On Exercise And Performance, Arny A. Ferrnado, Robert R. Wolfe, Katie R. Hirsch, David D. Church, Shiloah A. Kviatkovsky, Michael D. Roberts, Jeffrey R. Stout, Drew E. Gonzalez, Ryan J. Sowinski, Richard B. Kreider, Chad Kerksick, Nicholas A. Burd, Stefan M. Pasiakos, Michael J. Ormsbee, Shawn M. Arent, Paul J. Arciero, Bill I. Campbell, Trisha A. Van Dusseldorp, Ralf Jager, Darryn S. Willoughby, Douglas S. Kalman, Jose Antonio

Faculty Scholarship

Position Statement: The International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN) presents this position based on a critical examination of literature surrounding the effects of essential amino acid (EAA) supplementation on skeletal muscle maintenance and performance. This position stand is intended to provide a scientific foundation to athletes, dietitians, trainers, and other practitioners as to the benefits of supplemental EAA in both healthy and resistant (aging/clinical) populations. EAAs are crucial components of protein intake in humans, as the body cannot synthesize them. The daily recommended intake (DRI) for protein was established to prevent deficiencies due to inadequate EAA consumption. The following conclusions …

Editorial: Weight-Related Behaviors And Outcomes In Children And Youth With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities, Aviva Must, Carol Curtin, April Bowling, Sarabeth Broder-Fingert, Linda G. Bandini

Health Sciences Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.