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State Of Utah V. Omar Jesus Cortez-Izarraraz, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2020 –)

Brief of Appellee
Appeal from convictions for felony discharge of a firearm,
first-degree and third-degree felonies; and obstructing justice,
a second-degree felony; in the Third Judicial District, Salt Lake
County, the Honorable Richard McKelvie presiding

State Of Utah V. Omar Jesus Cortez-Izarraraz, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2020 –)

State’s Opposition to Defendant’s
Motion for 23B Remand

Changes In Multimorbidity Among Hospitalized Adults In The Us, Christine Loyd, Lauren Picken, Richelle Sanders, Yue Zhang, Richard E. Kennedy, Cynthia J. Brown

School of Medicine Faculty Publications

OBJECTIVE: This investigation examines burden of comorbidity measured by the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and Elixhauser Comorbidity Index (ECI) among inpatients based on age, sex, and race. METHODS: Cross-sectional analysis of 2012-2018 US NIS datasets. Participants were inpatients 55y+. ICD-9/10 codes for admitting diagnoses were used to calculate disease burden using the CCI and ECI. Unweighted mean CCI and ECI scores were compared across demographic variables. RESULTS: An increase in mean CCI and ECI scores across age, sex, and races (p < .001) was identified. Compared to the youngest age group (55-59y), all age groups had higher mean CCI and ECI adjusting for time (p < .001). Increases were greatest in older age groups until age 80-84 for CCI and 85-89 for ECI. The female group had lower CCI adjusting for time (p < .001) compared to males. There was no difference between sex groups in mean ECI (p=.409). Compared with the White group, all other race groups had higher mean CCI adjusting for time (p < .001). Black inpatients had the highest CCI followed by Native American inpatients. Findings were similar for ECI, but with no difference between Hispanic and White groups (p=.434). CONCLUSIONS: Growing multimorbidity burden among adult inpatients across age, sex, and race supports the continued need for programs for preventing and reducing multimorbidity, especially among communities that experience health inequity including older, Black, and Native American patients.

Supporting Students’ Physical Activity Self-Efficacy Within High School Physical Education, Ken Murfay, Aaron Beighle, Heather Erwin, Erin Aiello, Sarah Pyszczynski

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Research examining physical activity (PA) is significant because of the known benefits of PA. Studying high school (HS) students is particularly important due to the consistent decline in PA as students age. One strategy to increase PA is to increase someone’s self-efficacy (confidence) to be physically active which is commonly positively associated with PA. Most of the research on how to support physical activity self-efficacy (PASE) comes from outside-of-school interventions with minimal literature on how to support students’ PASE within HS physical education (PE). This study attempted to identify and share practices that current HS PE teachers were implementing to …

Association Between Obesity And Risk Of Total And Obesity-Related Cancer In People With Incident Cardiovascular Disease., Sarah Malik, Avirup Guha, Xiaoling Wang, Neal L. Weintraub, Ryan Harris, Biplab Datta, Justin Moore, Priyanshu Nain, Sagar A. Patel, Steven Coughlin, Elizabeth Polter, Anna Prizment, Anne Blaes, Roberta Florido, Shelby Kutty, Alvaro Alonso, Corinne E. Joshu, Elizabeth A. Platz

Markey Cancer Center Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer frequently co-occur due to shared risk factors such as obesity, which is linked to CVD and 14 cancer types. This study explores whether CVD pathophysiologies, combined with obesity, increase cancer risk, impacting clinical management.

METHODS AND RESULTS: Data from the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) study, spanning 28 years, were analyzed. The cohort included 5127 participants with incident CVD (myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure, coronary heart disease), of whom 1511 developed a first primary cancer. Follow-up began at CVD diagnosis after Visit 1. Obesity was assessed using body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-to-hip …

New Initiatives Aimed At Creating Experiential Opportunities For All Unh Students, Keith Testa

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Going Pro, Keith Testa

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Assessing The Impact Of A College Service-Learning Course Focused On The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Anna L. Krift, Antonella Regueiro, Patrick J. Cooper, Alanna L. Lecher

Faculty and Staff Publications & Presentations

Liberal arts education in the United States seeks not only to prepare students for a specific career but also to develop well-rounded citizens. As part of the core liberal arts curriculum at Lynn University, all students must complete a service-learning course known as the Citizenship Project. A core component of the course is a student-designed service-learning project executed each year. In 2019, the Citizenship Project was revised to align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ensuring that each project would seek to contribute to one of these goals. The purpose of this study is to examine which SDGs …

The Link September 3, 2024, Access To Justice Institute

The Link Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents Vol 9(1), September 2024

The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE)

No abstract provided.

Book Review: The Evolved Nest: Nature’S Way Of Raising Children And Creating Connected Communities

The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE)

No abstract provided.

An Ecopsychological Reading Of Susan Fennimore Cooper’S “Rural Hours”

The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE)

Ecopsychology explores the relationships between the mind (psyche) and the surrounding environment. As Andy Fisher puts it in Radical Ecopsychology (2013), ecopsychology, “would approach the psyche in relation to its earthly or natural home, its native abode” as well as the “the basic shifts in our patterns of identity and relationship that occur when we include our connection to the web of life around us as essential to human well-being.” Fisher considers ecopsychology as a project that paves the ground for changing the role of humans from exploiters to members in the biotic community. If eco or ‘oikos’ refers to …

Humanitarian Natural Disaster Response And Recovery: A Proposed Ecopsychological Framework, Megan Scott

The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE)

This paper explores humanitarian natural disaster response and recovery through an ecopsychological lens. The author proposes an ecopsychological approach to humanitarian natural disaster response and recovery to (that?) addresses structural and personnel challenges typical of mainstream humanitarian disaster response. Three main threads inform this proposed ecopsychological natural disaster framework. First, exploreing the roots of colonization in disaster contexts and offering different ways of knowing through Indigenous perspectives and traditional ecological knowledge. Second, examineing grief experienced by humanitarian workers. Third, offering ecopsychological tools and healing modalities to support healing and resiliency for humanitarian workers and communities on the frontlines of natural …

Artist Interview: Viken Peltekian

The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE)

No abstract provided.

Vol 9(1) Editorial: Dr. Matthew Jamnik, Matthew Jamnik

The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE)

No abstract provided.

Ecopoetry As Mind Into Matter: Some Educational Possibilities

The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE)

In part, this work draws on the revisioning of curriculum in the context of the climate crisis that occupies Chapter 8 of the author’s book on Sense of Place, Identity, and the Revisioning of Curriculum (2023: Springer Nature). The focus here is the “genre” of ecopoetry, described by Walton (2018) as “contributing to the task of repairing divisions between humanity and the ecosystems that constitute and support us” (p. 393). As a response to the Anthropocene, ecopoetry is potentially polemical and activist. However, as it is argued, it can also operate in more covert means by modelling ways in which …

Americanitis

The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE)

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between The Physical Activity Environment, Nature Relatedness, Anxiety, And The Psychological Well-Being Benefits Of Regular Exercisers

The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE)

Research from a variety of scientific fields suggests that physical activity in nature and feelings of connection to nature enhance psychological health and well-being. This study investigated the psychological health and well-being impact of the physical activity environment for those already undertaking the recommended weekly amount of physical activity. This topic is important for the design of health and well-being environments and interventions involving physical activity. Participants (N = 262) aged 18–71 years (M = 34.5, SD = 13.1) who met the UK physical activity guidelines completed the Nature Relatedness Scale, the trait section of the State Trait Inventory for …

Good Newsletter September 03, 2024, Seattle University School Of Law Dean

GOOD NEWSletter

No abstract provided.

~Common Sounds~ By Adam Wither

The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE)

"[...] The pond-bowl yearns, afterwards, in gentle dying ripples mist swirling the morning sun heavy barely rising. [...]"

American Letters: Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945), Editorial Board

The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE)

“Life seems to prove but one thing to me, and that is that the various statements concerning right, truth, justice, mercy are palaver merely, an earnest and necessitous attempt, perhaps, at balance and equation where all things are so very much unbalanced, paradoxical and contradictory—the small-change names for a thing or things of which we have not yet caught the meaning. History teaches me little save that nothing is really dependable or assured, but all inexplicable and all shot through with a great desire on the part of many to do or say something by which they may escape the …

11th Circuit Will Likely Let States Ban Gender-Affirming Care For Minors, Arthur S. Leonard

Other Publications

No abstract provided.

Appeals Court Rejects Challenge To Provision Exempting Religious Schools From Title Ix, Arthur S. Leonard

Other Publications

No abstract provided.

Editor's Introduction, Michael D. Pante

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Committee Meeting Minutes 9-3-24, Unk Student Government

Committee Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Social Vulnerability And Sickle Cell Disease Mortality In The Us, Jia Yi Tan, Boon Jian San, Yong-Hao Yeo, Kok Hoe Chan, Hamid S Shaaban, Daniel E Ezekwudo, Modupe Idowu

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Importance: Social determinants of health (SDOH) influence health outcomes, including those of sickle cell disease (SCD), despite advancements in treatments like disease-modifying therapies.

Objective: To investigate the association of SDOH with SCD mortality rates from 2016 to 2020.

Design, setting, and participants: This cross-sectional study combined county-level data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) with SCD mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research database from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2020. US counties were divided into …

Concurrent Ependymal And Ganglionic Differentiation In A Subset Of Supratentorial Neuroepithelial Tumors With Ewsr1-Plagl1 Rearrangement, Julieann C Lee, Sonika Dahiya, Kaleigh Roberts, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Neuroepithelial tumors with fusion of PLAGL1 or amplification of PLAGL1/PLAGL2 have recently been described often with ependymoma-like or embryonal histology respectively. To further evaluate emerging entities with PLAG-family genetic alterations, the histologic, molecular, clinical, and imaging features are described for 8 clinical cases encountered at St. Jude (EWSR1-PLAGL1 fusion n = 6; PLAGL1 amplification n = 1; PLAGL2 amplification n = 1). A histologic feature observed on initial resection in a subset (4/6) of supratentorial neuroepithelial tumors with EWSR1-PLAGL1 rearrangement was the presence of concurrent ependymal and ganglionic differentiation. This ranged from prominent clusters of ganglion cells within ependymoma/subependymoma-like areas, …

Hierarchical Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle Regulation By Hepatocyte Arginase 2 Links The Urea Cycle To Oxidative Metabolism, Yiming Zhang, Cassandra B Higgins, Stefani Tica, Joshua A Adams, Jiameng Sun, Shannon C Kelly, Xiaoyu Zong, Dennis J Dietzen, Terri Pietka, Samuel J Ballentine, Leah P Shriver, Gary J Patti, Yin Cao, Brian J Debosch

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Urea cycle impairment and its relationship to obesity and inflammation remained elusive, partly due to the dramatic clinical presentation of classical urea cycle defects. We generated mice with hepatocyte-specific arginase 2 deletion (Arg2

A Study Of Inhibition Development In Young Children, Ai Thi Thanh Hoang

Theses and Dissertations from DePaul University

Child inhibition can be learned consciously and unconsciously, and it is highly dependent on the quality of interaction with adults (i.e., parents and teachers). However, little is known about the impact of teachers’ emotional management and sensitivity on the development of inhibition skills among students in early childhood classrooms. This dissertation takes an integrative approach to explore whether teacher-child relationship and teacher self-efficacy have a bidirectional connection and how they work to impact child inhibition, directly and indirectly. The present research utilizes the large nationally represented Early Childhood Longitudinal Study 2010-2011, sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics in …

Understanding The Educator-Coach And Student-Athlete Relationship: A Descriptive-Interpretative Study, Thomas J. Saleh

Theses and Dissertations from DePaul University

A changing landscape in youth sports and educational institutions has resulted in a growing number of high school student-athletes being coached by adults who do not work in the schools they attend. This study provides a foundational understanding of the relationship between in-building coaches, hereafter referred to as educator-coaches, and their student-athletes. Using a generic descriptive-interpretive qualitative research (GDI-QR) approach, this study examines the unique relationship within schools and what benefits and challenges this model may provide for the mentors and mentees involved. Framed around the concepts of natural mentorship and social-emotional learning (SEL), this study highlights how the educator-coaches …