The Relationship Between Eating Disorders, Weight Control Methods, And Body Satisfaction In Elite Female Runners Competing At The 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, Sophia Charitou, Kelly Pritchett, Dana Ogan, Abigail Larson

International Journal of Exercise Science

International Journal of Exercise Science 15(2): 721-732, 2022. Athletes participating in endurance sports report frequent attempts to lose weight and greater training volumes in attempt to gain a competitive advantage. Increased exercise energy expenditure through training, weight periodization, and prevalence of eating disorder (ED) may affect energy availability. Low energy availability (LEA) is associated with negative physiological effects and an increased risk of bone fractures and illness in athletes. This study investigated the relationship between self-reported history of an ED with training, body satisfaction, and weight-control methods among female Olympic marathon trials participants. Female runners (n = 146; 30.8 …

Modeling Empirical Stock Market Behavior Using A Hybrid Agent-Based Dynamical Systems Model, Daniel A. Cline, Grant T. Aguinaldo, Christian Lemp

Northeast Journal of Complex Systems (NEJCS)

We describe the development and calibration of a hybrid agent-based dynamical systems model of the stock market that is capable of reproducing empirical market behavior. The model consists of two types of trader agents, fundamentalists and noise traders, as well as an opinion dynamic for the latter (optimistic vs. pessimistic). The trader agents switch types stochastically over time based on simple behavioral rules. A system of ordinary differential equations is used to model the stock price as a function of the states of the trader agents. We show that the model can reproduce key stylized facts (e.g., volatility clustering and …

System And Method For Telephonic Payment Credential Collection, Patrick Flanagan, Vanessa Maren

Defensive Publications Series

Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods and systems for telephonic payment credential collection. A user, via a communication device 101, can establish a telephonic connection to a client device (e.g., associated with a resource provider) to initiate a transaction. The client device can join an automated payment collection assistant (APCA) application 102 to prompt the user for fields relating to a payment device, translate the fields into text, and authenticate the speech of the user (e.g., by comparing the voice of the user with a stored biometric voice print previously provided by the user). Data relating to the …

Early Detection Of Mental Health Problems, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

A portion of psychiatric patients relapse when the treatment runs its course, or sometimes before. The psychiatric or psychological evaluation of patients is complicated by patients’ frequent refusal to cooperate with medical specialists. Such clinical evaluations may also be unable to detect subtle changes in the patients’ conditions or may not be timely enough. This disclosure describes techniques, implemented with appropriate permissions, for automatic monitoring of patients to detect changes in the patient behavior that predict a relapse or worsening of their mental health. Various sensors in user devices such as smartphones, smartwatches, or other wearables, as well as other …

2022 Commencement Program, Whittier College

Commencement Programs

Class of 2022 Commencement Program Ceremony, May 24th, 2022

Commencement Address: Jan Gustafson-Corea, CEO of California Association for Bilingual Education

Arkansas High School Freshmen Course Failures, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Josh B. Mcgee, Charlene A. Reid, Sarah R. Morris

Policy Briefs

In this brief, we examine course failures among Arkansas high school freshmen by different student demographic and programmatic characteristics. We find economically disadvantaged students most likely to fail a course their freshman year. We suggest policies to benefit all student demographic and programmatic characteristics

Dryland River Restoration Via Carnivore Reintroduction: Nonnative Fauna Dominate Diets Of River Otters Reintroduced To The Upper Rio Grande, Gabriela A. Wolf-Gonzalez, Sean M. Murphy, Matthew T. Springer, John T. Cox

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

Dryland rivers often harbor abundant populations of nonnative species that threaten native fauna and negatively alter ecosystem structure and function. Native semiaquatic carnivores, such as river otters (Lontra canadensis), that could predate nonnative fauna have been extirpated from many dryland rivers. During 2008–2010, river otters were reintroduced to the Upper Rio Grande (URG), a principal dryland river in the arid southwestern USA that has been colonized by dozens of nonnative fish and invertebrates. We conducted a scat-based food habits study and investigated whether otter reintroduction could be useful for managing nonnative aquatic fauna via predation. Across seasons, nonnative …

Mid And Long Term Follow Up Of 50 Pediatric Cardiac Chadians Operated In France From 2003 To 2012, Neguemadji N. Ngaba, Jean Philippe Lesbre, Namrata Hange, Maria Kezia Lourdes Ligsay Pormento, Molly Sanjay Jain, Manoj Kumar Reddy Somagutta, Vikash Jaiswal, Uzoego Nwakaku Chibuzo, Imteyaz A. Khan, Sana Irfan Khan

Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health Publications

Introduction

Cardiac valvular diseases (CVDs) are the major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality globally, with predominance of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in developing countries. Congenital heart defects (CHD) diagnoses are delayed due to socioeconomic factors. This study aims to evaluate the post-operative surgical outcomes of CHD and valvular RHD.

Methods

This study is conducted with 50 patients from Chad, operated on between 2003 and 2012. Post-operative outcomes are evaluated from 2010 to 2012.

Results

With the follow-up of 19 RHD patients who underwent plasty, 8 (42.1%) had no complications, 4 (21%) presented with mild regurgitation, 7 (36.8%) required re-operation …

John Anderson V. Commissioner Social Security

2022 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Franciszek Bystron V. Attorney General United States

2022 Decisions

Agency

The Current Place Of Corporate Identity Due To Changing Demographics And Corporate Communication Structures, Jordan Exline

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Our business environment is in a period of significant change. We have a new generation beginning to enter the workforce that requires different levels of communication and the phase-out and incorporation of remote/hybrid work resulting from the pandemic. Corporate identity could be at stake as a result, and how will that affect employees at a company? This study analyzes how corporate identity applies to the business of the future, what makes an impact on its connectivity, and the links between identity and work environment and communication. The goal is to understand what can be adjusted to increase the relevance of …

Fentanyl In The Global Market: Examining The New Opioid Epidemic At An International Level, Katherine Rejer

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Drug use and subsequent addiction is a major global health concern that transcends culture, borders, and generations. The production of synthetic opioids, particularly fentanyl, has exacerbated the worldwide opioid epidemic that is endangering public health, economic output, and national security. The ease of manufacture of synthetic opioids facilitates clandestine production and trafficking, while their higher potency leads to higher rates of overdose. This research seeks to analyze the dramatic increase in opioid overdoses around the world and explain the transnational variation of the epidemic. In particular, this study aims to compare the epidemic in the U.S and Estonia in contrast …

Trauma-Informed Care For Homeless Older Adults In Long-Term Care Facilities In San Francisco, Brian Paul Reyes

Doctor of Nursing Practice Final Manuscripts

Background: At present, nearly half (48%) of homeless individuals in California are 50 to 89 years old (Espinosa et al., 2024). Among the cities most affected is San Francisco where this has been growing public health concern. At an advanced age, this group faces a wide range of problems including chronic illnesses, mental health disorders, and trauma from past experiences added to the current situation of being homeless. Long-term care facilities are where they are usually sent after acute conditions and for permanent housing when they can’t be independent. However, the lack of trauma-informed care practices may lead to re-traumatization …

Perceived Readiness For Practice Of Senior Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Janet Kay Reagor

Dissertations

Nursing education is designed to assist students to become beginning practitioners and clinical experiences are essential to this process. As competition for clinical sites increases, educators need to establish best practices of clinical experiences. This mixed method study examined the psychometric properties of a readiness for practice tool, and explored the effects of a clinical internship experience on the perception of readiness for practice of 483 senior baccalaureate nursing students in Kansas and Missouri. Matched results from data collected twice during the semester confirmed that the clinical internship experience increased perception of readiness for practice, with the most benefit coming …

Bedside Nurses' Perceptions Of Effective Nurse-Physician Communication In General Medical Units: A Qualitative Study, Hirotaka Kato, Jessica M. Clouser, Preetham Talari, Nikita Vundi, Akosua Adu, Kishore Karri, Kathy B Isaacs, Mark V Williams, Romil Chadha, Jing Li

Center for Health Services Research Faculty Publications

Background

There is a dearth of research on successful interventions to improve nurse-physician communication (NPC). An important step is identifying what matters to bedside nurses and their perceptions of effective NPC communications and actions.

Methods

We conducted three focus groups with a total of 19 medical unit nurses across two hospitals in one academic medical center in the United States. Using a convenience sampling strategy, five to eight nurses voluntarily participated in each focus group. The recording was transcribed verbatim and two independent coders performed coding and resolved any discrepancies in codes. Qualitative content analysis was pursued to identify themes …

Strategies To Improve The Use Of Live Synchronous Meetings In Blended, Remote, And Online Courses, Patrick R. Lowenthal, Mickinzie Johnson

Educational Technology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Distance education over the years has been defined by the ability of students to learn at any time, from anywhere. Thus, it is not surprising that most online courses rely solely on asynchronous text-based online communication, such as email and discussion forums. However, the COVID- 19 pandemic and the rise of emergency remote teaching have sparked an increased interest in using web conferencing software (e.g., Zoom, WebEx, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams) to hold live synchronous meetings, often on a set day and time each week, instead of asynchronous discussions. But as convenient as it can be to move classroom instruction …

Chapter 28: Quantum Phase Estimation, Hiu Yung Wong

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

Chapter 27: Bloch Sphere And Single-Qubit Arbitrary Unitary Gate, Hiu Yung Wong

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

Climatic Backdrop For Pueblo Cultural Development In The Southwestern United States, Victor J. Polyak, Yemane Asmerom, Matthew S. Lachniet

Geoscience Faculty Research

While climatic triggers for collapse and population migrations of ancestral Pueblo communities have been proposed, little is known about the overall climatic backdrop for the entire pre-Hispanic Pueblo period (ca. 1300 to 460 B2K). Here, we report data from stalagmite HC-1, from Hidden Cave, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, covering the past 3400 years, showing an interval of increased frequency of droughts from 1260 to 370 yr B2K that is coeval with the entire pre-Hispanic Pueblo period. Our record suggests that this puebloan Late Holocene climatic interval was the most arid and highly variable climatic period of the last 3400 years. …

Inheritance, Katherin Machalek

Theses and Dissertations

Inheritance is a feature documentary that investigates the concept of spiritual inheritance, that which is passed from parent to child. More precisely, it examines how the experiences and struggles of an individual may be transferred and reprocessed by their children. Life experience is studied not as personal, but rather a continuous process that transcends the parent and projects onto the children. The film is a hybrid composed of experimental sequences and false starts, which all bring attention to the nuances of a not-so-straightforward story. The film begins as an essay focusing on an investigation into my parents’ divorce with the …

May 24, 2022 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Draft Final 2021 Unreclaimed Sites Sampling Ur-01 Site Evaluation Summary Report, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Draft Final 2021 Unreclaimed Sites Sampling Ur-05 Site Evaluation Summary Report, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Plant-Centered Diets Among Older Adults: The Need For Improved Nutritional Health Messaging, Margaret Rose

Population Health Research Brief Series

By the year 2030, it is expected that 12% of the world’s population will be aged 65 years or older compared to 8.5% in 2015. This demographic shift will be accompanied by increased healthcare costs and greater demand on health care. One way aging adults may mitigate disease onset and progression is through increased consumption of plant-based foods. This issue brief examines the impact plant-based foods have on disease prevention and acceleration and calls for developing appropriate health messaging to encourage the acceptance and adoption of plant-centered diets among older adults.

Nanoparticle Delivery System For Diseases Associated With Major Basement Membrane Components Of Blood Vessels Accessible From Blood Stream, Ruisheng Liu, Samuel A. Wickline, Jin Wei, Hua Pan, Jie Zhang

USF Patents

A targeting nanoparticle composition and method of treatment for diseases associated with major basement membrane components of blood vessels accessible from blood stream is presented. The composition includes pegylated perfluorocarbon nanoparticles having a targeting ligand attached that targets the basement membrane components, specifically collagen IV. The targeted nanoparticles may contain at least one pharmaceutically active agent capable of treating a glomerular disease such as lupus nephritis.

Chat Services And Covid-19: Trends In Ask A Librarian, Judith L. Kuhns, Sarah Dockray

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Our nation has been reeling since March 2020 when the stay-at-home orders were put into effect due to the spread of Covid-19. As a result, both public and academic libraries were closed to the public. There was a need for libraries to respond to their communities' calls for access to the internet, e-books, laptops, e-readers, e-textbooks, and more. The libraries' responses were remarkable. Wi-fi hotspots were set up, technology lending was put in place, mail to home and curbside services were expanded, craft kits were mailed, Zoom sessions of story hours and information literacy sessions were presented. In order to …

Digital Communication Channel Selection For Organizational Leadership: Best Practices For Interacting With Dispersed Stakeholders, Sarah M. Diefenbach

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

As organizations embrace hybrid and remote work models, there is a growing need for organizational leaders to use digital communication channels to maintain active communication with dispersed stakeholders. The purpose of this study was to analyze what digital communication channels have been implemented by organizational leadership and why they were selected. LinkedIn, Twitter, and corporate posts from six CEOs within the New York Metropolitan area were analyzed over a four-year period. Results revealed that personal social media channels were the most frequent forms of communication. Additionally, multimedia and multichannel strategies enhanced the communication messages and led to a best practices …

Chapter 3: Basis, Basis Vectors, And Inner Product, Hiu Yung Wong

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

The Associations Between Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease And Occupational Hearing Loss In A Cross-Sectional Analysis Of Department Of Energy Nuclear Workers, With A Mendelian Randomization Of Publicly Available Data To Enhance Observational Findings, Jonathan Corbin

Dissertations and Theses

Title: The Associations between Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Occupational Hearing Loss in a Cross-sectional analysis of Department of Energy Nuclear Workers, with a Mendelian Randomization of Publicly Available Data to Enhance Observational Findings

Author: Jonathan Corbin

Advisor: Ghada Soliman, MD, PhD, R.D., CDN

Introduction: Occupational Hearing Loss (OHL) is the most common workplace health condition, and the overall impact of hearing loss (HL) on health is underappreciated. Diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are two of the most common causes of death and are largely preventable and treatable. Previous research has evaluated associations between OHL and …

Aerosol Capture And Coronavirus Spike Protein Deactivation By Enzyme Functionalized Antiviral Membranes, Rollie Mills, Ronald J. Vogler, Matthew Bernard, Jacob Concolino, Louis B. Hersh, Yinan Wei, Jeffrey Todd Hastings, Thomas D. Dziubla, Kevin C. Baldridge, Dibakar Bhattacharyya

Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

The airborne nature of coronavirus transmission makes it critical to develop new barrier technologies that can simultaneously reduce aerosol and viral spread. Here, we report nanostructured membranes with tunable thickness and porosity for filtering coronavirus-sized aerosols, combined with antiviral enzyme functionalization that can denature spike glycoproteins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in low-hydration environments. Thin, asymmetric membranes with subtilisin enzyme and methacrylic functionalization show more than 98.90% filtration efficiency for 100-nm unfunctionalized and protein-functionalized polystyrene latex aerosol particles. Unfunctionalized membranes provided a protection factor of 540 ± 380 for coronavirus-sized particle, above the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s standard of 10 …