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The Role Of Socioeconomic Status, Race, And Gender In Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Total Hip Arthroplasty, Allyn M. Bove, James Porter, Aatif Sayeed, Clair Smith, Brian A. Klatt

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

Background

Disparities in total joint arthroplasty are well-documented. However, much of the research regarding disparities in vulnerable populations receiving total hip arthroplasty (THA) have focused on short-term outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of race, gender, and socioeconomic status (SES) on patient-reported outcomes six months following THA.

Methods

Electronic health record data were retrospectively analyzed for 269 individuals who underwent THA at a large urban hospital from 2013-16. Data retrieved included patient demographics, baseline health information, data regarding hospital length of stay when undergoing THA, post-operative complications, and patient-reported function, measured by the Harris Hip …

Civic Engagement As A Pathway To Meaningful Medical Student Engagement On The Social Determinants Of Health, Alexander Reardon, Jennie Deblanc, Alister Martin

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

The social determinants of health have gained increasing prominence in medical education, but medical students and professionals alike are under-prepared to address those determinants. There is a growing body of evidence that voting and other forms of civic engagement affect the health of patients and communities. Registering patients in healthcare settings offers students and professionals an opportunity to impact their patients’ health beyond the clinical encounter. Medical students are particularly well suited to this work for a variety of reasons, including increasingly positive attitudes toward this kind of advocacy, increasing diversity in the medical student body, and lighter clinical and …

What’S Next For Tobacco Control Efforts? Health Equity Related Lessons Learned From A National Qualitative Study On Tobacco Control And Prevention, Courtney A. Parks, Hollyanne E. Fricke, Alethea Chiappone, Jennie L. Hill, Amy L. Yaroch

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

Context: Despite gains in the tobacco prevention and control movement, tobacco products remain a threat, with specific populations at greater risk.

Objective: The purpose of this paper is to examine the role that leaders in the tobacco prevention and control movement have played in progress achieved to date and identify recommendations for the future using a health equity framework. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role that leading organizations in the tobacco prevention and control movement have played in progress achieved to date, identify future recommendations within the context of current public health priorities (e.g., obesity prevention), …

Midwest Consumers’ Beliefs And Attitudes Regarding Agricultural Biotechnology: An Executive Summary, Ronald G. Stover, Donna A. Hess, Gary Goreham, George A. Youngs, Stephen G. Sapp

Great Plains Sociologist

As part of a project investigating the social, economic, and ethical issues related to the application of biotechnology to food production and to the adoption or rejection of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), we conducted a survey using a questionnaire mailed to a randomly selected sample of consumers in five Midwestern states—Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. This report highlights the responses of the 458 respondents to that completed and returned questionnaire.

Agricultural Producers’ Use Of Genetically Modified Organisms, Michael E. Lawson, Donna A. Hess, Satoko Hirai

Great Plains Sociologist

A random sample of agricultural producers from North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin is used to examine producers’ decisions to use or not use genetically modified organisms. Using the rational choice theoretical framework to guide analyses, the associations between proportion of genetically modified corn acres grown by agricultural producers and perceived cost, perceived risk, and perceived benefit. Results indicated that 1) perceived cost was significantly, negatively associated with proportion of GM corn acres planted; 2) perceived risk was significantly, negatively associated with proportion of GM corn acres planted; and 3) perceived benefit was significantly, positively associated with proportion …

Multicultural Education: Work Yet To Be Done, A. Olu Oyinlade

Great Plains Sociologist

This paper brings to the surface for review, discussion, and debate, some critical issues for which multicultural education specialists need to provide useful theoretical frameworks that may guide our explanations to these issues. With the embracing of the ideology of multicultural education in the United States, practically every institution of formal learning, from the grade school to the university, is rapidly subscribing or has already subscribed to multicultural curricula. By embracing the multicultural agenda, educational institutions are demonstrating a commitment to broadening students' views of American subcultures (and world cultures). By exposing students to these subcultures, their histories, experiences and …

Challenges Of Good Governance In Post-Conflict Liberia, Kebba Darboe

Great Plains Sociologist

Drawing on Max Weber’s theory of bureaucracy, this paper employs a conceptual framework to examine the challenges of good governance in post-conflict Liberia. Good governance is the sound exercise of administrative authority to manage a country’s resources for development (Astillero and Mangahas, 2002). Government, a pre-condition to governance, is the dominant decision-making arm of a given state. From 1989 to 1996, and 1999 to 2003, Liberia, a West African country, was involved in two civil wars which destroyed most of its’ social institutions. Study reveals that the challenges to good governance are political, administrative, and economic.

Dramaturgical History: The Roman Triumph, Gabe Kilzer

Great Plains Sociologist

This paper examines an ancient Roman ceremony, the Triumph, and explains the effect this ritual had on Roman civilization during the Empire and the effects it still has on our historical interpretation of that society. Using Erving Goffman’s theory of dramaturgy, I compare the leaders of Rome to actors on a stage playing to an audience. In this paper, I argue that the Triumph, which was a ceremony dedicated to the creation of a “God amongst men” in a conquering general, fueled a reciprocal relationship between the actions of society and the way in which we remember the Empire. Achieving …

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Meeting Minutes, Wku Staff Council

Staff Council

Minutes of March 2022 meeting.

Effective Dose Fractionation Schemes Of Radiotherapy For Prostate Cancer, Jose Alvarez, Kathleen M. Storey, Pavitra Kannan, Heyrim Cho

Spora: A Journal of Biomathematics

Radiation therapy remains as one of the main cancer treatment modalities. Typical regimens for radiotherapy comprise a constant dose administered on weekdays, and no radiation on weekends. In this paper, we examine adaptive dosages of radiation treatment strategies for heterogeneous tumors using a dynamical system model that consist of radiation-resistant and parental populations with unique interactive properties, namely, PC3 and DU145 prostate cancer cell lines. We show that stronger doses of radiation given in longer time intervals, while keeping the overall dosage the same, are effective in PC3 cell lines, but not in DU145 cell lines. In addition, we tested …

Pairwise Union Overlap Model For Estimating Reach Surfaces, Matthew Clegg

Defensive Publications Series

A reach curve estimates the number of unique people that see an advertisement as a function of the number of advertising impressions that are purchased on an advertising network. A pairwise union overlap model can be used to compute a reach surface based on the reach curves of individual publishers. Such a reach surface can then be used to estimate the total number of unique people that can be reached for any arbitrary allocation of spend across multiple publishers.

Generalized Mixture Overlap Model For Estimating Reach Surfaces, Matthew Clegg, Jiayu Peng

Defensive Publications Series

A reach curve estimates the number of unique people that see an advertisement as a function of the number of advertising impressions that are purchased on an advertising network. A generalized mixture overlap model can be used to compute a reach surface based on the reach curves of individual publishers. Such a reach surface can then be used to estimate the total number of unique people that can be reached for any arbitrary allocation of spend across multiple publishers.

Has Academic Freedom Failed? Can Liberalism Defend It?, Dan Becker

Compass: An Undergraduate Journal of American Political Ideas

Patrick Deneen has argued that both the philosophy of liberalism and the principle of academic freedom are fundamentally flawed. In this piece I argue that the liberal philosopher John Stuart Mill provides a convincing counterargument to Deneen’s criticisms.

Author information: Dan Becker graduated from Ursinus College in May of 2019 with degrees in philosophy and psychology.

Student-Librarians Awareness And Utilization Of Scholarly Electronic Resources, Emmanuel Chidiadi Onwubiko

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The use of e-resources especially the scholarly type offers quality academic resources which contribute greatly to teaching, research and innovation This study therefore, investigated student-librarians’ level of awareness of the existence of electronic resources as well as the extent at which they utilize these resources. The study employed a descriptive survey design with a sampled population of 100 student-librarians derived from four universities in Southeast, Nigeria offering Library and Information Science while it was guided by four research questions formulated in line with the research objectives. The main instrument used to gather data for this study is a 4-point Likert …

How To Hiit While Pregnant? The Protocol Characteristics And Effects Of High Intensity Interval Training Implemented During Pregnancy – A Systematic Review, Anna Szumilewicz, Rita Santos-Rocha, Aneta Worska, Magdalena Piernicka, Hongli Yu, Simona Pajaujiene, Najmeh-Alsadat Shojaeian, Miguel Angel Oviedo-Caro

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

There is strong scientific evidence that prenatal physical activity of moderate-to-high in-tensity is a prerequisite of the proper course of pregnancy, childbirth and fetus development. How-ever, to date little data have been available on high intensity interval training (HIIT) performed during pregnancy. Following the PRISMA guidelines, this systematic review aimed at: first, to characterize HIIT protocols used or planned to be implemented during pregnancy; second, to determine their training effects on participant’s health and obstetric outcomes. We included nine original works and three clinical trials in the analysis. The HIIT protocols substantially differed in terms of the training components (type, …

Nurse-Patient Communications In Emergency Departments At Hebron Governorate, Palestine, Inad Nawajah, Hussien Jabbarien

Hebron University Research Journal-A (Natural Sciences) - (مجلة جامعة الخليل للبحوث- أ (العلوم الطبيعيه

Background: Nurse-patient communication is a process in which the nurse consciously influences the patients or helps them in better understanding through verbal and nonverbal communication, while encouraging patients to express their feelings and ideas. However, knowing barriers of communications between the nurse and the patient may help to develop appropriate strategies for adjusting and further training that can be carried out to educate nurses on communication obstacle, and equip them with strong communication skills.

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess nurse–patient communications by nurses working in the emergency departments.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the …

A Novel Expert System To Assist High School Students In Selecting Their Appropriate University Program: A Case Study Of Hebron University, Aseel Alnajjar, Nabil Hasasneh, Mario Macido

Hebron University Research Journal-A (Natural Sciences) - (مجلة جامعة الخليل للبحوث- أ (العلوم الطبيعيه

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) became a measure of the level of progress of an organization and shows its ability to compete. There is no doubt that the applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) have contributed to a technological progress in various fields among which is expert systems, which is defined simply as the system that replaces or assists a human expert in a complex task that requires specialized knowledge. The fundamental purpose of the present study is to propose and develop an expert system to guide high school students in choosing the appropriate university major at Hebron University as a …

Mitigating The Effects Of Eventual Consistency Of Dns Records On The Dns Provider Discovery Mechanism In The Domain Connect Specification, Aditya Gopalakrishnan, Navneet Goel

Defensive Publications Series

Domain Connect is a publicly available standard that enables domain name service (DNS) providers to provide a mechanism for other entities to place or update DNS records on the domain. In the terminology of the CAP theorem, DNS retains availability and partition-tolerance (AP) while dropping consistency. In particular, DNS drops strong consistency for eventual consistency. This disclosure describes techniques to enable the Domain Connect specification to mitigate the effects of eventual consistency of DNS records. The techniques function under various scenarios, e.g., if the _domainconnect TXT record for a new or transferred domain hasn’t been propagated or is malformed.

We Are ... Marshall, March 2, 2022, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

No abstract provided.

What Does The Jan. 6 Committee Hope To Learn From Sen. Doug Mastriano?, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.

الآثار الاقتصادية لدفع القيمة بدل العين في الزكاة "زكاة الفطر نموذجاً" The Economic Effects Of Paying The Cash Value Instead Of The Goods In The Zakat: Zakat Al-Fiter As A Model, Shadi Al-Ahmad, Zakariya Shatanawi, Adnan Rabaa'a

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

ملخص

هدفت الدراسة إلى بيان آراء الفقهاء في دفع القيمة بدل العين في الزكاة، حيث تمثلت مشكلة الدراسة في بيان مدى إمكانية إخراج قيمة العين الواجب إخراجها في زكاة المال بدلاً عنها، وما الآثار الاقتصادية المترتبة على ذلك، وعرضت الدراسة الزكاة كأداة من أدوات السياسة الاقتصادية؛ نظرا لما يترتب عليها من حجب أو ضخ كمية هائلة من النقود في السوق، ثم بينت الدراسة الآثار الاقتصادية المترتبة على التحول من العين إلى القيمة في دفع الزكاة لمستحقيها، وعرضت زكاة الفطر أنموذجاً، وخلصت هذه الدراسة إلى: أن المصلحة العامة تقتضي القول بمرونة إخراج الزكاة بين النقدية والعينية، ففي الأمر سعة تقررها السياسة …

تسعير الخدمات الصحية للمصابين بفيروس كورونا المستجد (Covid-19): دراسة فقهية تطبيقية Pricing Of Health Services To Covid-19 Infected Persons: An Applied Juristic Study, Hamoud Bin Mohsen Al-Dajani

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

ملخص

يتناول الباحث مسألة تسعير الخدمات الصحية للمصابين بفيروس كورونا المستجد (COVID-19) كأحد مستتبعات جائحة انتشار فيروس كورونا (COVID-19) ويهدف إلى تقديم الحلول الشرعية، والمعالجات المناسبة لإشكالية ارتفاع أسعار الخدمات الصحية المقدمة للمصابين بفيروس كورونا المستجد (COVID-19) من قبل المستشفيات الخاصة، والقضاء على استغلال أوقات الأزمات والأوبئة، مبرزاً سعة الفقه الإسلامي، وشموله، واستيعابه لكافة الظروف والنوازل.

وخلص الباحث: إلى جواز التسعير من قبل ولي الأمر أو من ينيبه جمعاً بين الأدلة، وسداً للحاجة، وإقامة للعدل، وتحقيقاً للمصلحة العامة، وتطبيقاً للقاعدة الشرعية (تصرف الإمام على الرعية منوط بالمصلحة)، ويوصي الباحث بأن يكون تسعير الخدمات الصحية تسعير عدل، لا وكس فيه، ولا …

The Position Of King Abdullah Ii Towards Extremism And Terrorism: A Study Of His Discourse To The World موقف الملك عبدالله الثاني من التطرف والإرهاب - دراسة في خطابه إلى العالم-, Bassam Al Btoush

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

Abstract

The main aim of This study is to present and analyze the intellectual vision offered by King Abdullah II, the king of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the domain of fighting extremism and terrorism, which both represent a danger threatening the security of countries and societies at both an Arab and global level, which disfigure and distort the image of Islam, while also harming the interests of Muslims. Actually, this study is devoted to the crystallization and elucidation of the intellectual approaches of King Abdallah II, insofar as their diagnosis of the causes of the spread of extremist …

03-02-2022 Swosu Panorama Series Celebrating 30 Years, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2022

No abstract provided.

Effective Differentiation Utilizing Technology In The Elementary Mathematics Classroom, Sara Wiertzema

Graduate Teacher Education

The achievement gap between high-achieving and low-performing students has long been documented in the United States. Little, if any, efforts have proven effective in narrowing this gap. The goal of this research analysis was to identify whether technology can be used to effectively differentiate math content for students and increase achievement, thereby closing the achievement gap in American schools. The results of the studies investigated were clear that technology can be an effective method for math differentiation and can help lower-performing students accelerate their learning, in some cases even surpassing their higher-achieving peers. Technology, when used correctly to differentiate in …

A Rulebook For Peptide Control Of Legume–Microbe Endosymbioses, Sonali Roy, Lena Maria Müller

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

Plants engage in mutually beneficial relationships with microbes, such as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi or nitrogen-fixing rhizobia, for optimized nutrient acquisition. In return, the microbial symbionts receive photosynthetic carbon from the plant. Both symbioses are regulated by the plant nutrient status, indicating the existence of signaling pathways that allow the host to fine-tune its interactions with the beneficial microbes depending on its nutrient requirements. Peptide hormones coordinate a plethora of developmental and physiological processes and, recently, various peptide families have gained special attention as systemic and local regulators of plant–microbe interactions and nutrient homeostasis. In this review, we identify five 'rules' …

Cwu Faculty Senate Minutes 3/02/22, Janet Shields

Faculty Senate Minutes

These are the official Central Washington University Faculty Senate minutes for the March 2, 2022, regular meeting.

Hawks' Herald -- Mar. 3, 2022, Roger Williams University

Hawk's Herald

No abstract provided.

Religious Soft Power In Russian Foreign Policy: Constitutional Change And The Russian Orthodox Church, Robert C. Blitt

Scholarly Works

In this policy brief, Robert C. Blitt explores how the Kremlin continues to deepen its reliance on the Russian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (ROC) as a lever of soft power in Russian foreign policy. Constitutional amendments ratified in July 2020 suggest that this church-state partnership is poised to grow stronger in the coming years. Recognizing that the ROC’s international undertakings function to echo Kremlin objectives, policymakers should consider scrutinizing church activities and interactions with civil society and government interlocutors, with an eye toward identifying and minimizing opportunities for Kremlin influence and interference.

This policy brief was written as part of the …