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Theoretical Discussions And Pathways Of Including Physical Education In The College Entrance Examination, Xiaoqiang Qian

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Under the background of the integration of sports and education, the study explored the feasibility and path of including physical education in the College Entrance Examination. Comprehensive literature and expert interviews and other methods were used to analyze the needs of including physical education in the College Entrance Examination. The specific theories are as follows: (a) “including physical education in the College Entrance Examination” can be an important entry point to promote the integration of sports and education and plays a key role of the test baton; (b) Policies that satisfy most stakeholders and conform to public interests at the …

Analysis And Prospect Of Research Progress Of Health Education Curriculum In China, Xue Wan, Haohui Liu, Zhihua Yin

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

The purpose of this study was twofold: 1) review research results of health education in China and help readers gain a better understanding of the current profiles of research in health education curriculum and 2) provide a theoretical basis for future research in health education curriculum. Using key words such as health education curriculum on Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), we searched and finally obtained 7287 articles. By using the visual analysis function of CNKI, we also analyzed the overall trend of research in Health Education Curriculum. Review of the articles found that the overall trend of research in health …

Exercise Prescription In Patient With Different Complications Of Leukemia: Recommendations For Clinical Practice, Yanzhong Chen

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Common treatment of leukemia will have side effects on nerve function, affecting the patient's physical function, which makes patients often accompanied by infection, bone and joint pain, fatigue and other symptoms. Exercise can improve the level of body function, enable patients to tolerate stronger chemotherapy during treatment, help improve the survival rate and recovery chances of patients, and has been used as an effective means to promote recovery. Recommendations for leukemia and exercise have been primarily based on the results of existing relevant studies. To provide more targeted recommendations for the leukemia, we gathered evidence for the efficacy of exercise …

Construction Of Evaluation System Of Effectiveness Of Supply Based On Spatial Perspective, Tienan Song, Haikuo Yu

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

The requirement of "building a higher-level National Fitness Public Service system centering on meeting the needs of the people" by the Chinese State Council is to guarantee and satisfy the demand of public through effective supply. However, despite of the clear purpose of the task, there is still a gap between the actual and the expected status of National Fitness Public Service supply. Based on the characteristics of the perspective of space, the purpose of this study is to examine how to measure and achieve the effectiveness of National Fitness Public Service’s supply. By reviewing the literature, relevant results of …

Effect Of Physical Exercise On Life Satisfaction Of Chinese Primary Students: The Chain Mediating Role Of Self-Confidence And Resilience, Huan-Yu Li, Bo Shen, Jun Yan, Ai-Guo Chen, Ting Zhang

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Life satisfaction is an overall cognitive evaluation of an individual's living condition for the most of time or over a certain period of time according to the standard of one’s own choice. It is an important psychological variable in the developmental stage of children and adolescents. Some studies had shown that life satisfaction was closely related to children's and adolescents' mental health levels, including their emotional and behavioral conditions. However, the Blue Book for Children: China Children's Development Report (2020) published by China Children's Center stated that Chinese students did not fare well in terms of life satisfaction. Previous studies …

United Methodist Children Center Drain Project, Andy Abdelnour

Construction Management

The United Methodist Children Center in San Luis Obispo is a preschool for young children in our community. Some of these students are the children of Cal Poly faculty and staff. The previous drain was not draining water properly and was uneven with bumps and dips that became a hazard for the children. Children would trip, fall, and hurt themselves on the drain. A team of two Cal Poly Construction Management students Ethan Lin and Andy Abdelnour worked together to estimate, design, coordinate, demolish, and construct a new section of the drain that would be safe for the students. The …

South Carolina Teacher Retention Rates For The 2020-2021 Academic Year: One-Year And Three-Year Averages, Angela Starrett, Steve Barth, Ruiqin Gao, Jin Liu, Christine Distefano

Reports

To better understand the state of teacher retention in South Carolina, we investigated school-level factors associated with the one-year and three-year average teacher retention rates at the start of the 2020-2021 academic year. Results are based on analysis of data collected from 1,178 public schools in 88 school districts across South Carolina.

Rationale And Design Of The Proactive-Hf Trial For Managing Patients With Nyha Class Iii Heart Failure By Using The Combined Cordella Pulmonary Artery Sensor And The Cordella Heart Failure System, Sandra Chaparro

All Publications

Background: Optimizing guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) and monitoring congestion in patients with heart failure (HF) are key to disease management and preventing hospitalizations. A pulmonary artery pressure (PAP)-guided HF management system providing access to body weight, blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, PAP, and symptoms, may provide new insights into the effects of patient engagement and comprehensive care for remote GDMT titration and congestion management.

Methods: The PROACTIVE-HF study was originally approved in 2018 as a prospective, randomized, controlled, single-blind, multicenter trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Cordella PAP Sensor in patients with HF and with …

Practical Led-Based Spectral Imaging For Cultural Heritage Studio Photography, Olivia R. Kuzio

Theses

"Wouldn't it be better if 99% of institutions were working toward 99% accuracy, rather than 1% of institutions working toward 100% accuracy?" — John Barrett (Senior Photographer, Bodleian Libraries) during the AHFAP panel discussion "The Practical Implementation of Imaging Standards" in February 2022. In an increasingly virtual world, cultural heritage collections are more frequently experienced on a screen than in person. For especially precious or ephemeral works, reproductions may serve as the primary means of interacting with them. Often, series of works or related pieces are held in different collections, and it may be logistically complicated to exhibit them together …

Road Traffic Management Using Vehicle-To- Everything (V2x) Communication, Azzeddine Ben Khadra

Theses

Traffic congestion is the primary concern in dense cities; while the increased number of automobiles is becoming uncontrollable in some cities, it is more challenging to manage or change how people use cars. To contribute to solving traffic congestion in cities, this project examines the study of transferring vehicles to be competent in a way that can help the government entities analyze the received vehicles’ data and for better decisions on reducing traffic congestion as well as the real-time monitoring of traffic wherever it is located using the Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication methodology. This study proposes a hardware “system” that can …

Empirical Investigations And Dataset Collection For American Sign Language-Aware Personal Assistants, Abraham Trout Glasser

Theses

Proliferation of voice-controlled personal-assistant devices poses accessibility barriers for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) users. It is estimated that 128 million people use a voice assistant in the United States, and 4.2 billion digital voice assistants being used around the world, e.g. through over 60,000 different smart home devices that support Amazon's Alexa, which is one instance of virtual assistants [97,134]. The ongoing (at the time of this dissertation) coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the uptake of home-based, voice-controlled devices. As artificial intelligence researchers and developers are working on American Sign Language (ASL) recognition technologies, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research is …

Smart Hvac System For A Residential House In Kerala, India And Study Of Green Building Regulations In Thrissur, Kerala, India And Dubai, Uae, Sariga Sunilkumar

Theses

The objective is to analyze the green building regulations in Dubai, UAE and Thrissur, Kerala. By comparing these regulations. An understanding of the factors that impact the residents of the building built using these green building regulations and what can be learned from each regulation, and if there is a common factor connecting these two cities with different climates. The rising temperatures in fact have reduced similarities between the two, as Thrissur is a tropical wet climate and Dubai is hot however the temperatures and humidity levels during the summer are similar. The comparative analysis will allow for the determination …

Glass-Based Biodegradable Pressure Sensor Toward Biomechanical Monitoring With A Controllable Lifetime, Devdatt Chattopadhyay, Jonghyun Park, Chang-Soo Kim

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A New Class of Potentially Implantable Solid-State Sensors is Demonstrated Utilizing Biodegradable Glass as the Main Structural Material. the Device Behavior is Manipulated Via Chemical Decomposition, and Then Physically Disintegrated in a Controlled Manner. It is based on the Capacitive Sensing Mechanism, Comprising an Elastic Insulator between Two Borate-Rich Glass Substrates. This Mesoscale Pressure Sensor is Characterized by a Range of Pressure of Up to 14 MPa in a Phosphate Buffer Solution Environment. the Sensor Exhibits Good Sensitivity and Reversibility Responding to Compressive Pressures and Remains Fully Functional Before a Desired, Sudden Failure Caused by Dissolution. the Operational Lifetime Can …

House Price Prediction Using Machine Learning Model, Abdulla Alfalasi

Theses

Data Analytics and Machine Learning play an important role in extracting insights and patterns from datasets. The primary objective of using the above techniques for real world problems is to understand the intricacies of the problem, which is impossible with the help of manual human effort. The below chart shows the price trend (per sq. ft) over the past 10 years in Dubai, with a steady rise during the years from 2014. The 2020 pandemic plummeted the global prices due to the lack of demand and travel restrictions, which is clearly depicted in the chart. But at the very end …

Understanding And Advancing The Preservation Trades (2-Page View)), Jada Lindblom Ph.D., Scott Slattery, Molly Donovan

UNH Cooperative Extension

Showing a collective interest in the preservation and restoration trades workforce, four statewide preservation nonprofits (representing NY, VT, NH, and ME) joined forces in 2021 to create the Northeast Regional Initiative for the Preservation Trades. The initiative’s aim is to better understand this issue and develop courses of action to foster a more robust and sustainable preservation trades workforce. In 2022, specialists from UNH Cooperative Extension’s Community and Economic Development team partnered with this initiative to lead a multi-methods research project consisting of a survey, interviews, and focus groups with trades professionals, preservation specialists, workforce development professionals, educators, and other …

Dairy Knowledge Bowl Packet, Extension

UNH Cooperative Extension

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The Present And Future Status Of Heavy Neutral Leptons, Asli M. Abdullahi, Pablo Barham Alzás, Brian Batell, James Beacham, Alexey Boyarsky, Saneli Carbajal, Animesh Chatterjee, José I. Crespo-Anadón, Frank F. Deppisch, Albert De Roeck, Marco Drewes, Alberto Martin Gago, Rebeca Gonzalez Suarez, Evgueni Goudzovski, Athanasios Hatzikoutelis, Josu Hernandez-Garcia, Matheus Hostert, Marco Hufnagel, Philip Ilten

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The existence of nonzero neutrino masses points to the likely existence of multiple Standard Model neutral fermions. When such states are heavy enough that they cannot be produced in oscillations, they are referred to as heavy neutral leptons (HNLs). In this white paper, we discuss the present experimental status of HNLs including colliders, beta decay, accelerators, as well as astrophysical and cosmological impacts. We discuss the importance of continuing to search for HNLs, and its potential impact on our understanding of key fundamental questions, and additionally we outline the future prospects for next-generation future experiments or upcoming accelerator run scenarios.

Clic And Membrane Wound Repair Pathways Enable Pandemic Norovirus Entry And Infection, B. Vijayalakshmi Ayyar, Khalil Ettayebi, Wilhelm Salmen, Umesh C. Karandikar, Frederick H. Neill, Victoria R. Tenge, Sue E. Crawford, Erhard Bieberich, B. V. Venkataram Prasad, Robert L. Atmar, Mary K. Estes

Markey Cancer Center Faculty Publications

Globally, most cases of gastroenteritis are caused by pandemic GII.4 human norovirus (HuNoV) strains with no approved therapies or vaccines available. The cellular pathways that these strains exploit for cell entry and internalization are unknown. Here, using nontransformed human jejunal enteroids (HIEs) that recapitulate the physiology of the gastrointestinal tract, we show that infectious GII.4 virions and virus-like particles are endocytosed using a unique combination of endosomal acidification-dependent clathrin-independent carriers (CLIC), acid sphingomyelinase (ASM)-mediated lysosomal exocytosis, and membrane wound repair pathways. We found that besides the known interaction of the viral capsid Protruding (P) domain with host glycans, the Shell …

Contouring Quality Assurance Methodology Based On Multiple Geometric Features Against Deep Learning Auto-Segmentation, Jingwei Duan, Mark E. Bernard, James Castle, Xue Feng, Chi Wang, Mark C. Kenamond, Quan Chen

Markey Cancer Center Faculty Publications

Background: Contouring error is one of the top failure modes in radiation treatment. Multiple efforts have been made to develop tools to automatically detect segmentation errors.Deep learning-based auto-segmentation (DLAS) has been used as a baseline for flagging manual segmentation errors, but those efforts are limited to using only one or two contour comparison metrics.

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to develop an improved contouring quality assurance system to identify and flag manual contouring errors.

Methods and materials: DLAS contours were used as a reference to compare with manually segmented contours. A total of 27 geometric agreement metrics were …

Lignin Derived Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvents As Sustainable Extractants, Yuxuan Zhang, Qi Qiao, Usman Lame Abbas, Jun Liu, Yi Zheng, Christopher Jones, Qing Shao, Jian Shi

Markey Cancer Center Faculty Publications

Solvent innovation has become a central task for improving the sustainability of chemical processes1. Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) emerge as environmentally friendly alternatives to toxic and volatile organic solvents. One appealing aspect for DESs is that they can be synthesized using naturally occurring compounds from biomass. Herein, we prepared novel hydrophobic DESs based on lignin derivatives and characterized their physicochemical properties including density, viscosity, and thermal behavior. The results showed that five lignin-derived hydrophobic DESs made from menthol, thymol, and 2,6-dimethoxyphenol were promising as green solvents due to their low viscosities and environmentally friendly constituents. To evaluate the potential application …

Recombinant Protein Vaccines Formulated With Enantio-Specific Cationic Lipid R-Dotap Induce Protective Cellular And Antibody-Mediated Immune Responses In Mice, Siva Gandhapudi, Hua Shi, Martin Ward, John Peyton Bush, Margarita G. Avdiushko, Karuna Sundarapandiyan, Lauren V. Wood, Mania Dorrani, Afsheen Fatima, Joe Dervan, Frank Bedu-Addo, Greg Conn, Ted M. Ross, Jerold Woodward

Markey Cancer Center Faculty Publications

Adjuvants are essential components of subunit vaccines added to enhance immune responses to antigens through immunomodulation. Very few adjuvants have been approved for human use by regulatory agencies due to safety concerns. Current subunit vaccine adjuvants approved for human use are very effective in promoting humoral immune responses but are less effective at promoting T-cell immunity. In this study, we evaluated a novel pure enantio-specific cationic lipid 1,2-dioleoyl-3-trimethylammonium-propane (R-DOTAP) as an immunomodulator for subunit vaccines capable of inducing both humoral- and cellular-mediated immunity. Using recombinant protein antigens derived from SARS-CoV2 spike or novel computationally optimized broadly reactive influenza antigen (COBRA) …

Continued Conflation Confusion In Louisiana Negligence Cases: Duty And Breach, Thomas C. Galligan Jr.

Journal Articles

Negligence has five elements: duty, breach, cause-in-fact, scope of risk, and damages. Logic dictates that courts, lawyers, scholars, and law students should keep them separate. But they consistently fail to do so. Courts continue to conflate or collapse elements; they combine duty and scope of risk and they combine duty and breach. In combining duty and breach courts purport to determine duty based on the facts of the particular case but, in fact, they are really deciding a question of breach-whether the defendant exercised the care of a reasonable person under the circumstances. In conflating duty and breach courts are …

Prevalence Of Pelvic Floor Disorders In The Eastern Mediterranean Region: A Meta-Analysis, Hassan M. Elbiss, Wardah Rafaqat, Khalid S. Khan

Saudi Medical Journal

Objectives: High prevalence of risk factors for pelvic floor disorders (PFD) in the Eastern Mediterranean may result in higher rates of prevalence of PFD in comparison to other regions. Despite individual studies, there are no clear statistics on the cumulative prevalence of PFDs in the East Mediterranean region. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of PFDs in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Methods: A literature search without language restriction was conducted in PubMed, Cochrane database and Web of Science from 2016 to 01 June 2022. Cross-sectional and cohort studies that reported prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI), constipation, …

A Prospective Double-Blinded Randomized Control Trial Comparing Erector Spinae Plane Block To Thoracic Epidural Analgesia For Postoperative Pain In Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, Jeong-Min Hong, Eunsoo Kim, Soeun Jeon, Dowon Lee, Jiseok Baik, Ah-Reum Cho, Jeong Su Cho, Hyo Yeong Ahn

Saudi Medical Journal

Objectives: To compare the analgesic efficacies of erector spinae plane (ESP) block and thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) in video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). Methods: Sixty patients undergoing VATS received patient-controlled TEA with a basal rate of 3 ml/hour (h), a bolus of 3 ml (Group E), or ESP block with programmed intermittent bolus infusions of 15 mL/3 h and a bolus of 5 ml (Group ES) for 2 postoperative days. The primary outcome was to compare pain scores at rest 24 h postoperatively between the 2 groups. Secondary outcomes included NRS score for 48 h, procedural time, dermatomal spread, use of …

The Clinical Results Of Lower Trapezius Tendon Transfer With The Peroneus Longus Allograft Augmentation Combined With Interpositional Repair With Fascia Lata In Massive Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears, Muhammet Bozoğlan, Murat Danışman, Tuğcan Demir, Halil Karaca, Cem Zeki Esenyel

Saudi Medical Journal

Objectives: To investigate the clinical results of lower trapezius (LT) tendon transfer and interpositional repair that were performed simultaneously in patients with massive irreparable rotator cuff tears. Methods: Between 2018 and 2020 years, 16 patients with massive irreparable rotator cuff tears that were treated with LT tendon transfer and interpositional repair at the same time were included in this study. The mean follow-up period was 29±3 months (24-39 months) and the mean age of patients was 62±9 years (42-73 years). The acromio-humeral distance, active range of motions, Visual Analog Scale (VAS) scores, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) scores and Constant-Murley …

Prevalence Of Microvascular Complications Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Who Visited Diabetes Clinics In Saudi Arabia, Mounther M. Alnaim, Abdullah Alrasheed, Abdullah A. Alkhateeb, Mohammed M. Aljaafari, Abdulrahman Alismail

Saudi Medical Journal

Objectives: To determine the microvascular complications prevalence in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in the eastern province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: The participants in this retrospective, cross-sectional study included patients with type 2 DM who visited the diabetes clinics of primary health care centers of 2 National Guard Hospitals, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. Results: This study included 935 patients with type 2 diabetes (54.1% women versus 45.9% men). Oral hypoglycemic medication was the most common treatment (90.3%). Overall, 55.1% of patients visited the ophthalmology clinic for retinopathy screening. The last glycated hemoglobin A1c result (mean: …

Development Of A Porous Layer-By-Layer Microsphere With Branched Aliphatic Hydrocarbon Porogens, Farah Shahjin, Milankumar Patel, Mahmudul Hasan, Jacob D. Cohen, Farhana Islam, Md Ashaduzzaman, Mohammad Ullah Nayan, Mahadevan Subramaniam, You Zhou, Irene Andreu, Howard E. Gendelman, Bhavesh D. Kevadiya

Nebraska Center for Biotechnology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Porous polymer microspheres are employed in biotherapeutics, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine. Porosity dictates cargo carriage and release that are aligned with the polymer physicochemical properties. These include material tuning, biodegradation, and cargo encapsulation. How uniformity of pore size affects therapeutic delivery remains an area of active investigation. Herein, we characterize six branched aliphatic hydrocarbon-based porogen(s) produced to create pores in single and multilayered microspheres. The porogens are composed of biocompatible polycaprolactone, poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid), and polylactic acid polymers within porous multilayered microspheres. These serve as controlled effective drug and vaccine delivery platforms.

Cost-Effectiveness Of 10-Khz Spinal Cord Stimulation Therapy Compared With Conventional Medical Management Over The First 12 Months Of Therapy For Patients With Nonsurgical Back Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial, Naresh P Patel, Chengyuan Wu, Shivanand P Lad, Jessica Jameson, Peter Kosek, Dawood Sayed, Erik I Waldorff, Laura C Shum, Rose Province-Azalde, Leonardo Kapural

Department of Radiology Faculty Papers

Objective: This analysis evaluated if spinal cord stimulation (SCS) at 10 kHz plus conventional medical management (CMM) is cost-effective compared with CMM alone for the treatment of nonsurgical refractory back pain (NSRBP).

Methods: NSRBP subjects were randomized 1:1 into the 10-kHz SCS (n = 83) or CMM (n = 76) group. Outcomes assessed at 6 months included EQ-5D 5-level (EQ-5D-5L), medication usage, and healthcare utilization (HCU). There was an optional crossover at 6 months and follow-up to 12 months. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) was calculated with cost including all HCU and medications except for the initial device and implant …

H-Conise2/Nc Dodecahedral Hollow Structures For High-Performance Supercapacitors, P. Salehan, Ali A. Ensafi, Z. Andikaey, B. Rezaei

Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations

The synergistic effect between metal ions and increasing the surface area leads to the fabrication of supercapacitor materials with high capacities. It is predicted that transition metal selenide compounds will be ideal electrode materials for supercapacitors. However, the defects of poor conductivity and volume expansion of the compounds are fundamental problems that must be solved. In this work, we successfully synthesized the cobalt–nickel selenide nitrogen-doped carbon (H-CoNiSe₂/NC) hollow polyhedral composite structure using ZIF-67 as a precursor. The CoSe₂ and NiSe₂ nanoparticles embedded in the NC polyhedral framework offer a wealth of active sites for the whole …

Patient Perceptions Of Trauma-Focused Telemental Health Services Using The Telehealth Satisfaction Questionnaire (Tsq), Bianca T. Villalobos, Aubrey R. Dueweke, Rosaura Orengo-Aguayo, Regan W. Stewart

Psychological Science Faculty Publications

Telehealth services can address many barriers to traditional office-based mental health services. Few studies have assessed youth and caregiver perceptions of and satisfaction with trauma-focused interventions delivered via telemental health. The current study presents data collected using the Telehealth Satisfaction Questionnaire (TSQ), which was developed to measure child and caregiver satisfaction with services, comfort with the telehealth equipment, and barriers to traditional office-based services. Thirteen clinicians delivered home- and school-based Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) via videoconferencing on tablets and computers to 60 child patients (71.7% Latinx, 18.3% Black, and 10.0% non-Hispanic White). Patients and caregivers completed the TSQ at …