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Pulsating Subdwarf B Stars In The Oldest Open Cluster Ngc 6791, S. Sanjayan, A. S. Baran, J. Ostrowski, P. Németh, I. Pelisoli, R. Østensen, J. W. Kern, M. D. Reed, S. K. Sahoo

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

We report results of our analysis of the Kepler superaperture LC data of the open cluster NGC 6791 to search for pulsating sdB stars. We checked all pixels and we found only three sdB stars to be pulsating, KIC 2569576 (B3), KIC 2438324 (B4), and KIC 2437937 (B5). These stars were known to be pulsators before, though we extended data coverage detecting more frequencies and features in their amplitude spectra, i.e. new ltiplets and more complete period spacing sequences that we used for identifying geometry of the pulsation modes. The ltiplet splittings were also used to derive rotation periods. The …

Lynn - 2022 Annual Edition: 60th Anniversary Edition, Lynn University

Lynn Magazine / LYNN

60th Anniversary Edition of Lynn Magazine. 60 years and counting...

Read the digitally archived version of the 2022 LYNN magazine here.

Data, Knowledge Practices, And Naturecultural Worlds: Vehicle Emissions In The Anthropocene, Lindsay Poirier

Statistical and Data Sciences: Faculty Books

This chapter details the various techno-cultural assemblages giving rise to data collected to model and measure anthropogenic worlds, arguing that data-based technologies both represent and co-produce the Anthropocene. It begins with a review of scholarship emerging at the intersection of science and technology studies and information studies that advances understanding of data infrastructure and knowledge practices, and their role within the anthropogenic assemblages that shape history. Drawing on a case study describing how vehicle emissions are measured and regulated in the US, I examine the materialities and mutability of technologies designed to produce data about air quality, along with the …

H. M. Naqvi’S Home Boy As A Response To Post-9/11 Islamophobia And As Implicit Critique Of Mohsin Hamid’S The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Ambreen Hai

English Language and Literature: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Hope, Sound, And The Materiality Of Print In Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's Periodical Poems, Magdalena Zapędowska

English Language and Literature: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Rapid Implementation Of Telemedicine In Neurology During The Covid-19 Pandemic: Challenges In King Abdulaziz Medical City-Jeddah, Hussein A. Algahtani, Bader H. Shirah

Neurosciences

Telemedicine is defined as the remote medical practice of delivering healthcare services to the underserved using information and communication technology. It encompasses a wide range of medical activities, including diagnosis, treatment, disease prevention, and education. The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused significant social dislocation, negative economic impact, and a major change in medical practice in Saudi Arabia. Telemedicine has rapidly moved to the frontline of healthcare practice due to the demand for prevention and mitigation strategies. It has been encouraged and facilitated with huge government support. Herein, we describe the virtual clinical practice of the neurology department …

Is Children’S Reading Ability Affected By Their Sleep?

Neurosciences

No abstract provided.

World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day: Who Calls For Equitable Health Services For All

Neurosciences

No abstract provided.

Prevalence Of Depressive Symptoms And Its Correlates In Primary Headache Patients With A History Of Head-Neck Trauma, Khalid W. Al Quliti

Neurosciences

Objectives: To explore depression and its associated factors in a sample of primary headache patients with a history of head-neck trauma (Ph-nT). Methods: A cross-sectional study of 120 conveniently sampled patients at Al Madinah Al Munawarah hospitals, Saudi Arabia during the period of June 2019 to December 2019 with Primary headache and history of head-neck trauma completed the depression subscale of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), and a structured tool for demographics and clinical characteristics. Results: Prevalence of moderate to extremely severe levels of depression was 15.8%. The majority of Ph-nT were female (64.2%), had migraine (with/without aura) …

Monkeypox: Experts Give Virus Variants New Names

Neurosciences

No abstract provided.

Comtval158met Polymorphism Is Associated With Ecstasy (Mdma)-Induced Psychotic Symptoms In The Turkish Population, Hasan Mervan Aytac, Yasemin Oyaci, Pinar Cetinay Aydin, Mustafa Pehlivan, Sacide Pehlivan

Neurosciences

Objectives: To investigate catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Val158Met gene polymorphism in MDMA use disorder (MUD) by comparing genotype distributions between MUD patients and healthy controls considering clinical parameters. Methods: Eighty-two MUD patients’ were consecutively admitted to the outpatient psychiatry clinic in May 2019-January 2020, and 95 healthy volunteers were included in the case-control study. We used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) to determine COMT Val158Met polymorphism. Results: The COMT Val158Met genotype distribution and allele frequencies of the MUD patient group were significantly different from the healthy control group. The Met/Met genotype (OR: 2.692; 95% Cl: 1.272-5.698; …

Who Publishes New Global Data On The Use Of Clean And Polluting Fuels For Cooking By Fuel Type

Neurosciences

No abstract provided.

Paradigm Shift In Migraine Management Impacted By Covid-19 Pandemic And The Role Of Confounding Factors Inflicting The Change, Yasir M. Malik, Salama M. Karmastaji, Khulood K. Aljarman, Yasmin A. Abdelmajid, Muna H. Lootah, Javeed A Dar, Abubaker A. Almadani

Neurosciences

Objectives: To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migraineur’s quality of life and confounding factors. Methods: This is an observational cohort study conducted in Rashid hospital, Dubai Health Authority, UAE. Study was plotted to assess migraine indices in pre-COVID period, pre-pandemic and pandemic periods and to evaluate the pandemic induced paradigm shift in migraine management. Results: Out of 840 migraineurs 201 patients were selected, with an obvious female predominance (78%). Migraine without Aura was found in 70% and Migraine with Aura in 29.9%. Mean MIDAS score during period I, II and II was 22.78, 18.58 and 17.92 respectively …

Review Of Electroencephalography Signals Approaches For Mental Stress Assessment, Eyad T. Attar

Neurosciences

The innovation of electroencephalography (EEG) more than a century ago supports the technique to assess brain structure and function in clinical health and research applications. The EEG signals were identified on their frequency ranges as delta (from 0.5 to 4 Hz), theta (from 4 to 7 Hz), alpha (from 8 to 12 Hz), beta (from 16 to 31 Hz), and gamma (from 36 to 90 Hz). Stress is a sense of emotional tension caused by several life events. For example, worrying about something, being under pressure, and facing significant challenges are causes of stress. The human body is affected by …

Editorial Message, Khalid Hundallah, Waleed Khoja

Neurosciences

No abstract provided.

New Who Report Maps Barriers To Insulin Availability And Suggests Actions To Promote Universal Access

Neurosciences

No abstract provided.

Telepsychiatry: Knowledge, Effectiveness, And Willingness; Assessments Of Psychiatrists In Saudi Arabia, Saleh A. Alghamdi, Osamah M. Alshahrani, Abdulmajeed K. Alharbi, Omar A. Alghamdi, Reem A. Almohaini, Jouf Y. Alsayat

Neurosciences

Objectives: To assess psychiatrists’ knowledge and perception regarding telepsychiatry and evaluate their willingness to adopt telepsychiatry clinical practice in Saudi Arabia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among psychiatrists working in Saudi Arabia from November 2020 through May 2021. A self-administered questionnaire comprising socio-demographic data, factors related to knowledge, perception, willingness, barriers, and the effectiveness of telepsychiatry, was distributed via. online platform. Data were tabulated and cleaned in MS Excel, and all statistical analyses were performed using SPSS v26. Results: There were 328 psychiatrists enrolled in the group with an average age of 25–35 years (48.8%). The group comprised mainly …

Prevalence And Biopsychosocial Factors Associated With Treatment Adherence Among People With Epilepsy In A Tertiary Care Hospital In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Amani S. Almwled, Abdulkarim O. Almuhaydili, Saqr M. Altamimi, Muhannad A. Alzahrani, Rodhan K. Alnahdi, Saad B. Almotairi, Bandar N. Aljafen, Fahad D. Alosaimi

Neurosciences

Objectives: To identify the magnitude of treatment adherence among people with epilepsy (PWE) and the impact of sociodemographic, medical and psychosocial factors on treatment adherence. Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional observational study was performed based on data collected from adult patients attending the epilepsy clinic, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Patients completed paper-based questionnaires including a sociodemographic, cultural, psychiatric history and medical history sections. In addition to that we evaluated treatment adherence by visual-analogue scale (VAS), depressive symptoms by PHQ-9, anxiety symptoms by GAD7, physical symptoms by PHQ-15, attachment style by ECR16 and cognitive impairment by MOCA. Results: …

Kearns-Sayre Syndrome With Rare Imaging Finding Of Slc25a4 Mutation, Huan Zhao, Min Shi, Fang Yang, Xuhong Yang

Neurosciences

Kearns-Sayre Syndrome (KSS) is a subtype of chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO). In this case, A 21-year-old man diagnosed with KSS, and presented with chronic progressive blepharoptosis (ptosis) and external ophthalmoplegia, diffuse depigmentation of the retinal pigment epithelium, and cerebellar ataxia, with a cerebrospinal fluid protein of 254 mg/dL, was reported. Genetic screening revealed a novel mutated gene in SLC25A4 in the patient as well as in his mother: NM_001151:c.170G>C in exon 2. Its imaging finding is a characteristic progressive atrophy of the right cerebellar hemisphere. In conclusion, we found a case of KSS with a novel mutated gene …

Positron Emission Tomography And Perfusion Weighted Imaging In The Detection Of Brain Tumors Recurrence: A Meta-Analysis, Tareef S. Daqqaq, Ayman S. Alhasan

Neurosciences

Objectives: To assess and compare the diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of perfusion-weighted imaging (PWI) and positron emission tomography (PET) in distinguishing between treatment-related changes and tumor recurrence. Methods: We carried out a systematic review of PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, and CINAHL databases from database inception until August 2021 for pertinent articles. Particular inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied to select the eligible studies. The Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy tool was used to assess the risk of bias and methodological quality of the eligible studies. From the included studies, the rate ratio (RR) of pooled …

Effect Of Covid-19 Pandemic On Hospital Admission Rates Of Patients With Malnutrition And/Or Neuromuscular Complications After Bariatric Surgery, Sama Abdulrazzaq, Walid El Ansari, Turki F. Al-Ahbabi

Neurosciences

Objectives: To assess and compare the admission rates of medical complications (MC) after Bariatric and metabolic surgery (BMS) over a period of 6 years prior to and during the pandemic. Bariatric and metabolic surgery could be associated with MC, including malnutrition and neuromuscular complications (NC). Methods: Retrospective study of all patients admitted to Hamad General Hospital, Qatar, with post-BMS MC before (n=12, January 2014-December 2019) and during the pandemic (n=36, January 2020-31 May 2021). We assessed 17 nutrients, nerve conduction/electromyography diagnosed NC, and we explored whether patients had clustering of gastrointestinal symptoms, barium meal findings, excess weight loss percentage (EWL%), …

15q11.2 Bp1-Bp2 Microdeletion Presenting As Progressive Spastic Paraplegia And Brain Images Of Small Vessel Disease, Qianqian Sha, Yu Xia, Xiya Shen, Ailian Du

Neurosciences

15q11.2 BP1-BP2 microdeletion is related to clinical abnormalities including general developmental delay, speech and neuropsychiatric disorders, which is known as Angelman syndrome. However, the clinical penetrance and phenotype of 15q11.2 BP1-BP2 deletion is varied and confusing. Herein, we retrospectively described a 50-year-old male patient who manifested with progressive spastic paraplegia of lower limbs and episodic exacerbation. While brain MRI showed white matter hyperintensities, lacunes, cerebral microbleeds, enlarged perivascular spaces, and brain atrophy, mimicking small vessel disease. Next-generation sequencing combining multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification identified a 253 kb 15q11.2 BP1-BP2 microdeletion, encompassing 4 conserved imprinted genes ( NIPA1 , NIPA2 , …

Pattern And Etiology Of Early Childhood Epilepsy: An Experience At A Tertiary Care University Center, Amal Y. Kentab, Shumukh Al Bulayhi, Muddathir H. Hamad, Ali Al Wadei, Fahad A. Bashiri

Neurosciences

Objectives: To investigate seizure characteristics, types, and define the etiology of epilepsy in children aged ≤2 years using the 2017 ILAE classification. Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted at King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for children below 2 years of age diagnosed with epilepsy, and on anti-seizure medications from January 2017 – December 2018. The collected data involved detailed information on the patients’ seizure, electroclinical, neuroimaging, laboratory evaluations, and underlying etiology. Results: One- hundred and fifty patients were included in the study and classified according to etiology into: genetic (43, …

Prevalence And Associated Factors Of Alexithymia Among Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study From Saudi Arabia, Mohammed A. Aljaffer, Ahmad H. Almadani, Saleh A. Alghamdi, Ibrahim M. Alabdulkarim, Mohammed A. Albabtain, Rayed M. Altameem, Abdulrahman A. Almugren, Abdulaziz F. Alomairy, Abdulaziz A. Alghofaily

Neurosciences

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of alexithymia and its associated factors among medical students at King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at KSU, including 420 medical students from all years of medical college (i.e., first to the fifth year), by using an electronic questionnaire distributed during August 2021. The questionnaire consisted of sociodemographic-related questions and the 20-item Toronto alexithymia scale (a validated scale in the literature). Results: The prevalence of alexithymia among the participants was found to be 26.9%. A statistically significant association between alexithymia and gender ( p =0.013) was …

Ischemic Stroke In A Patient With Fahr’S Disease Carrying Biallelic Mutations In The Myorg Gene, Yan Li, Wei Fang, Wenying Long, Guohua Zhao

Neurosciences

Fahr’s disease (FD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by symmetric calcifications in the bilateral basal ganglia and dentate nuclei. Mutations in six genes are known to cause FD. In the present case, a 44-year-old woman was admitted because of bradykinesia that had started developing 3 years ago. Brain CT and MRI revealed severe calcification in the bilateral basal ganglia, thalamus, dentate nuclei, and subcortical white matter. Whole-exome sequencing revealed two previously described compound heterozygous mutations within the MYORG gene. About one year later, the patient developed sudden-onset left-sided hemiparesis. The MRI revealed a small infarction in the right internal capsule. …

Scamle Journal 2022 Full Volume

South Carolina Association for Middle Level Education Journal

No abstract provided.

Prevalence Of Mutations In The Pfdhfr, Pfdhps, And Pfmdr1 Genes Of Malarial Parasites Isolated From Symptomatic Patients In Dogondoutchi, Niger, Ibrahima Issa, Mahaman Moustapha Lamine, Veronique Hubert, Amadou Ilagouma, Eric Adehossi, Aboubacar Mahamadou, Neil F. Lobo, Demba Sarr, Lisa M. Shollenberger, Houze Sandrine, Ronan Jambou, Ibrahim Maman Laminou

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

The effectiveness of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) depends not only on that of artemisinin but also on that of partner molecules. This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of mutations in the Pfdhfr, Pfdhps, and Pfmdr1 genes from isolates collected during a clinical study. Plasmodium genomic DNA samples extracted from symptomatic malaria patients from Dogondoutchi, Niger, were sequenced by the Sanger method to determine mutations in the Pfdhfr (codons 51, 59, 108, and 164), Pfdhps (codons 436, 437, 540, 581, and 613), and Pfmdr1 (codons 86, 184, 1034, and 1246) genes. One hundred fifty-five (155) pre-treatment samples were …

Climate Change And Environmental Sustainability Module: Activity Booklet, Fozia Parveen, Sara Hassan, Subhan Khan

Books

Dear readers (teachers, parents, and students), Thank you for accessing our activity booklet. The information booklet introduced concepts relating to climate change and environmental sustainability. In this booklet several cross cutting activities on various themes have been presented. The booklet contains ready-made activities containing but not limited to comic strips, experiments, conversations, writing, simple tag, cut and paste as well as research activities. We hope you enjoy, adapt and implement these activities in your community.

A Retrospective Study Comparing The Effects Of Dynamic Tape In Addition To Treatment On Adults With Upper Extremity Tendinopathy Versus Treatment Alone: A Focus On Elbow Tendinopathy, Lindsey Heaton

OTD DEx Reports - College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

"Tendinopathy is a common overuse injury in the athletic and working population that is commonly treated with therapeutic tapes. Dynamic Tape (DT) is a biomechanical tape that works mechanically and alters movement patterns to absorb load and re-inject that energy back into the body without limiting range of motion. There is minimal research on the efficacy of DT for elbow tendinopathy. In addition to this, there was not yet a protocol on how to use DT for upper extremity tendinopathies. The researchers used these limitations to design a project with the intent to prove the efficacy of DT as a …

The Role Of Occupational Therapy: Evaluation Of The Needs Of Adolescents In Intensive Emergency Residential Homes, Caroline Phillips

OTD DEx Reports - College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

"Adolescents are placed in intensive emergency residences (IER) due to behavior that has come to the attention of the MA Department of Children and Families. Prior research has shown that exposure to trauma at a young age causes “pathophysiological changes in the brain, and these changes can be manifested as behavioral, cognitive, and mood disorders” (Yaribeygi, et al., 2017). These changes may also be a response to unproductive coping transmitted from caregivers (Dreter, 2018). A descriptive research study was conducted that involved creating novel reports titled: “What are the needs of adolescents who are referred to LUK residences that Occupational …