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Open Opportunities, Katy Kelly, Maureen Schlangen, Tina Beis

University Libraries Blog Archive

University Libraries supports the open access publishing movement by providing opportunities and education for UD faculty and researchers.

Tbi Annual Report Fiscal Year 2021-2022, Tennessee. Bureau Of Investigation

Annual Report

No abstract provided.

Sb04-22/23: Resolution Regarding The Asum 2022-2023 Senate Core Values, Wyatt Balius, O'Shay Birdinground

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB04-22/23: Resolution Regarding the ASUM 2022-2023 Senate Core Values

This resolution passed 12Y-2N at the October 12, 2022 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

20221012_October Is Health Literacy Month, Deborah J. Rhue

HSLIC Blog Post

No abstract provided.

Ethical Hiv Research With Transgender And Non-Binary Communities In The United States, Augustus Klien, Sarit Golub

Publications and Research

Introduction: Because transgender individuals experience disproportionately high rates of HIV infection, this population is an increasing focus of epidemiological and implementation science research to combat the epidemic. However, study participants, providers and other advocates have become increasingly concerned about research practices that may alienate, objectify, exploit or even re-traumatize the communities they are designed to benefit. This commentary explores the common pitfalls of HIV research with transgender communities and provides a potential framework for ethical, community-engaged research practice.

Discussion: We review some of the critical challenges to HIV research with transgender and non-binary communities that limit the potential for such …

Documents From The October 12, 2022 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum, The University Of Montana--Missoula, Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

Agenda and minutes from the October 12, 2022 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM). The following resolution(s) was discussed at this meeting:

SB04-22/23: Resolution Regarding the ASUM 2022-2023 Senate Core Values

Predictors Of Preschool Language Environments And Their Relations To Children's Vocabulary, Robert Duncan, Kirsten L. Anderson, Yemimah A. King, Jennifer Finders, Sara A. Schmitt, David J. Purpura

Purdue Center for Early Learning Faculty and Staff Publications

Despite support for the importance of early language environments, little is known about the naturally occurring experiences children have in preschool settings. The current study sample included 91 children (Mage = 4.72 years; 56% male; 67% White) from 23 preschool classrooms and nearly 1500 h of language environment data from three waves throughout the preschool year. Of the sociodemographic characteristics, family income is most closely related to children's preschool language environments. A standard deviation increase in family income was related to children hearing approximately one million more adult words in their preschool classroom. However, conversational turns were the …

Feasibility Study For Statcom’S Capacitor Selection For Voltage Sag Mitigation, Elham M. Tantawy, Ebrahim A. Badran, Mansour H. Abdel-Rahman

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Voltage sags are the most common disturbances associated with power quality. They are caused by short circuits, starting large machines, or energizing a transformer. The main existing technologies for mitigating voltage sag are briefly illustrated. Static Compensators (STATCOM) and dynamic voltage resistors (DVR) are good economic solutions to mitigate voltage sags based on their capabilities. Mitigating devices affect the power flow and voltage profile conditions at both, utility equipment and customers. The impact is on the system voltage profile and on system losses. Using PASCAD/EMTDC, different ratings concerning the capacitor of STATCOM used have been considered and applied to the …

Sex Differences In Determinants Of Covid-19 Severe Outcomes – Findings From The National Covid Cohort Collaborative (N3c), Yilin Yoshida, San Chu, Sarah Fox, Yuanhao Zu, Dragana Lovre, Joshua L. Denson, Lucio Miele, Franck Mauvais-Jarvis

School of Medicine Faculty Publications

Objective: The impact of comorbidities and biomarkers on COVID-19 severity vary by sex but have not yet been verified in population-based studies. We examined the association of comorbidities, inflammatory biomarkers, and severe outcomes in men and women hospitalized for COVID-19. Design: This is a retrospective cohort analysis based on the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C). We included 574,391 adult patients admitted for COVID-19 at hospitals or emergency rooms between 01/01/2020 and 12/31/2021. Methods: We defined comorbidities at or before the first admission for COVID-19 by Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and CCI components. We used the averaged lab values taken within …

State Of Utah, Plaintiff/Appellee V. Steven Timothy Smith, Defendant/Appellant. : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2020 –)

Marian Decker, Attorneys for Plaintiff/Appellee

Nicolas D. Turner, Attorney for Defendant/Appellant

Mindfulness-Based Interventions For Survivors Of Lung Cancer And Their Partners: A Systematic Review, Karen Kane Mcdonnell, Otis L. Owens, Fattona Umari

Faculty Publications

Background

Survivors of lung cancer and their partners often have complex unresolved physical, psychosocial, and behavioral needs that can negatively affect the survivors’ and partners’ well-being. This systematic review aimed to (1) examine the content and delivery of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) and (2) summarize and synthesize the current evidence for effectiveness of MBIs targeting survivors of lung cancer and/or one selected partner (dyads).

Method

Six databases were searched for interventional studies published in English between 1980 and June 2020 using three terms (lung neoplasms, mindfulness, caregivers). For outcome measures, the interventions focused on behavioral change (meditation, yoga, stretching, breathing), symptom …

Automatic Multi-Anatomical Skull Structure Segmentation Of Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Scans Using 3d Unetr, Maxime Gillot, Baptiste Baquero, Celia Le, Romain Deleat-Besson, Jonas Bianchi, Antonio Ruellas, Marcela Gurgel, Marilia Yatabe, Najla Al Turkestani, Kayvan Najarian, Reza Soroushmehr, Steve Pieper, Ron Kikinis, Beatriz Paniagua, Jonathan Gryak, Marcos Ioshida, Camila Massaro, Liliane Gomes, Heesoo Oh, Karine Evangelista, Cauby Maia Chaves Junior, Daniela Garib

Pacific Faculty Work

The segmentation of medical and dental images is a fundamental step in automated clinical decision support systems. It supports the entire clinical workflow from diagnosis, therapy planning, intervention, and follow-up. In this paper, we propose a novel tool to accurately process a full-face segmentation in about 5 minutes that would otherwise require an average of 7h of manual work by experienced clinicians. This work focuses on the integration of the state-of-the-art UNEt TRansformers (UNETR) of the Medical Open Network for Artificial Intelligence (MONAI) framework. We trained and tested our models using 618 de-identified Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) volumetric images of …

Excellence In Science Communication, Beth Potier

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Sports Coaches’ Depression Literacy, And Engagement In Prevention And Early Intervention Behaviors: A Moderated Mediation Analysis, Cliona O’Leary, Brendan Rooney, Bradley Donohue, James Matthews

Psychology Faculty Research

Coaches’ mental health literacy is associated with increased engagement in prevention and early intervention behaviors. However, few studies have explored the factors that may influence these relationships. The purpose of this study was to explore whether role breadth and role efficacy mediate the relationship between coach depression literacy and prevention and early intervention, and to assess whether gender or stigma moderates any mediation effects. One thousand and forty five coaches (M ¼ 42.71 years old; SD¼ 11.52; 30% female) completed an online survey exploring depression literacy, personal stigma, role breadth and efficacy and engagement in prevention and early intervention. Path …

Transient Nonlinear Vibration Characterization Of Building Materials In Sequential Impact Scale Experiments, James Bittner, John S. Popovics

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

Characterizing standard building materials such as concrete is challenging primarily because of the broad range of constituent component sizes within the material itself. Concrete, the most ubiquitous building material, contains critical components that span at least three orders of magnitude of physical size. This work introduces a nondestructive sequential impact test to extract transient nonlinear vibration behaviors that provide statistically significant holistic characterization of a heterogeneous building material, neat cement paste, on a centimeter scale sample. The sensitivity of the single impact vibration combined with the repeatability of the new sequential apparatus enables the extraction of statistically distinct transient nonlinear …

Collaborative Constructions: Designing High School History Curriculum With The Lost & Found Game Series, Owen Gottlieb, Shawn Clybor

Articles

This chapter addresses design research and iterative curriculum design for the Lost & Found games series. The Lost & Found card-to-mobile series is set in Fustat (Old Cairo) in the twelfth century and focuses on religious laws of the period. The first two games focus on Moses Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, a key Jewish law code. A new expansion module which was in development at the time of the fieldwork described in this article that introduces Islamic laws of the period, and a mobile prototype of the initial strategy game has been developed with support National Endowment for the Humanities. The …

Lindenwood Digest, October 12, 2022, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been a digital employee newsletter since 2009.

Understanding Self-Compassion Within Narrative Identity: The Struggles Of Japanese Students With Measuring Up, Anton Sevilla-Liu

The Qualitative Report

The psychology of self-compassion is growing in importance for understanding well-being and helping people in therapeutic and educational settings. However, present research may be limited by a narrow focus on nomothetic self-reports like the Self-Compassion Scale. This article supplements that qualitatively, looking at self-compassion in life stories. It is guided by the questions, “How do students experience the struggle between self-compassion and its deficit? And how is this experience manifest in their narrative identity?” This study examined three Japanese university students who submitted their narrative self-reflections, including stories of the high point, low point, turning point, and recurring pattern in …

Measurement Of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Antigens In Plasma Of Pediatric Patients With Acute Coronavirus Disease 2019 Or Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome In Children Using An Ultrasensitive And Quantitative Immunoassay, George B Sigal, Tanya Novak, Anu Mathew, Janet Chou, Yubo Zhang, Navaratnam Manjula, Pradeepthi Bathala, Jessica Joe, Nikhil Padmanabhan, Daniel Romero, Gabriella Allegri-Machado, Jill Joerger, Laura L Loftis, Stephanie P Schwartz, Tracie C Walker, Julie C Fitzgerald, Keiko M Tarquinio, Matt S Zinter, Jennifer E Schuster, Natasha B Halasa, Melissa L Cullimore, Aline B Maddux, Mary A Staat, Katherine Irby, Heidi R Flori, Bria M Coates, Hillary Crandall, Shira J Gertz, Adrienne G Randolph, Nira R Pollock, Overcoming Covid-19 Investigators

Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Staff Publications

Background: Detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antigens in blood has high sensitivity in adults with acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but sensitivity in pediatric patients is unclear. Recent data suggest that persistent SARS-CoV-2 spike antigenemia may contribute to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). We quantified SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) and spike (S) antigens in blood of pediatric patients with either acute COVID-19 or MIS-C using ultrasensitive immunoassays (Meso Scale Discovery).

Methods: Plasma was collected from inpatients (< 21 years) enrolled across 15 hospitals in 15 US states. Acute COVID-19 patients (n = 36) had a range of disease severity and positive nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR within 24 hours of blood collection. Patients with MIS-C (n = 53) met CDC criteria and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 (RT-PCR or serology). Controls were patients pre-COVID-19 (n = 67) or within 24 hours of negative RT-PCR (n = 43).

Results: Specificities of N and S assays were 95-97% and 100%, respectively. In acute COVID-19 patients, N/S plasma assays …

The Immune Landscape Of Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma, Rossana Lazcano, Carmelia M Barreto, Ruth Salazar, Fernando Carapeto, Raymond S Traweek, Cheuk H Leung, Swati Gite, Jay Mehta, Davis R Ingram, Khalida M Wani, Kim-Anh T Vu, Edwin R Parra, Wei Lu, Jianling Zhou, Russell G Witt, Brandon Cope, Prapassorn Thirasastr, Heather Y Lin, Christopher P Scally, Anthony P Conley, Ravin Ratan, J Andrew Livingston, Alexandra M Zarzour, Joseph Ludwig, Dejka Araujo, Vinod Ravi, Shreyaskumar Patel, Robert Benjamin, Jennifer Wargo, Ignacio I Wistuba, Neeta Somaiah, Christina L Roland, Emily Z Keung, Luisa Solis, Wei-Lien Wang, Alexander J Lazar, Elise F Nassif

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

INTRODUCTION: Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) can be associated with a relatively dense immune infiltration. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (anti-PD1, anti-PDL1, and anti-CTLA4) are effective in 20% of UPS patients. We characterize the immune microenvironment of UPS and its association with oncologic outcomes.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: Surgically resected UPS samples were stained by immunohistochemistry (IHC) for the following: tumor-associated immune cells (CD3, CD8, CD163, CD20), immune checkpoints (stimulatory: OX40, ICOS; inhibitory: PD-L1, LAG3, IDO1, PD1), and the adenosine pathway (CD73, CD39). Sections were reviewed for the presence of lymphoid aggregates (LA). Clinical data were retrospectively obtained for all samples. The Wilcoxon rank-sum …

Ay 2022/2023 Sec Agenda, 2022-10-12, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

Ay 2022/2023 Sec Meeting Minutes, 2022-10-12, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

Relative Importance Of Applicant Characteristics In Ophthalmology Residency Interview Selection: A Survey Of Program Directors, Samuel A. Cohen, Suzann Pershing

Journal of Academic Ophthalmology

Abstract

Introduction Ophthalmology residency positions remain competitive. A lack of clarity regarding which residency selection criteria are prioritized by program directors can heighten the stress associated with the match process. While surveys of program directors in several other medical specialties have been conducted to identify the most important residency selection criteria, there is limited data on selection criteria used by ophthalmology residency program directors. The purpose of our study was to survey ophthalmology residency program directors to identify the current state of interview selection decisions—the factors currently considered most important in determining whether to extend an interview invitation to residency …

Factors Associated With Early Career Research Productivity After Ophthalmology Residency, Matthew S. Wieder, Catherine H. He, Daniel A. Pahl, Afshin Parsikia, Joyce N. Mbekeani

Journal of Academic Ophthalmology

Abstract

Background Few studies have evaluated associations between ophthalmology trainee characteristics and performance with postgraduate research productivity.

Purpose This article evaluates factors associated with post-residency research productivity among U.S. ophthalmology graduates.

Methods Publicly available information of residents graduating between 2009 and 2014 from 30 randomly selected U.S. ophthalmology programs was collected from June to September 2020. Differences in publications between the 5 years post-residency and pre-residency/residency period were used as metrics of productivity. Residents with incomplete records were excluded.

Results A total of 758 of 768 residents, 306 females (40.4%) and 452 males (59.6%), met inclusion criteria. The mean (standard …

Neoadjuvant Toripalimab Combined With Gemcitabine And Cisplatin In Resectable Locally Advanced Head And Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Neotgp01): An Open Label, Single-Arm, Phase Ib Clinical Trial, Xiaotao Huang, Qiaodan Liu, Guihua Zhong, Yingpeng Peng, Ye Liu, Lizhong Liang, Haiyu Hong, Weineng Feng, Shuang Yang, Yaqin Zhang, Shiping Xian, Zhanyu Li, Yuling Zhou, Zhaoyuan Zhang, Wen Jiang, Jun Liang, Zhi-Gang Liu

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

BACKGROUND: Neoadjuvant programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) inhibitors have drawn increasing attention in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). In this study, we investigated the safety and efficacy of gemcitabine and cisplatin (GP), combined with a PD-1 inhibitor, in patients with locally advanced HNSCC.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 23 eligible patients were administered two cycles of toripalimab and GP followed by surgical resection. The primary endpoints were safety, treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs), and non-operation delay rates. The secondary endpoints consisted of pathological complete response (pCR) rate, major pathological response (MPR) rate, objective response rate (ORR), and …

The George-Anne Daily, Georgia Southern University

George-Anne Media Group: Newsletters & Magazines

No abstract provided.

Toolkit For Screening Older Adults Desiring To Age In Place In Independent Living, Sister Raymond Marie Labonte

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

The world is experiencing an increase in the aged population. This increase stimulated the popular theme of aging in place. Much time, effort and research have been channeled into exploring this model as an alternative to assisted living or skilled nursing settings for senior citizens worldwide. Elders desire to age in place. Current, recent, and decades old literature identifies this preferential option of the elderly and supports the need to develop plans and tools to assist elders to be able to successfully age in place. This quality assurance project is the venture to create both a congregate living community and …

Implementation Of Nurse Navigators For Behavioral Health, Theresa Papagna

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

Mental health patients have been notoriously non-adherent with diligent medication conformity, office visit fidelity, candor about side effects, use of illegal substances for self-medication, and truthfulness about co-occurring conditions. This non-adherence makes treatment difficult for psychiatric providers, and all those who participate in the care of patients with mental illness. Patient non-adherence can cause frustration and can lead to provider burnout, which affects patients as well as providers. Also, there are concerning financial implications of excessive time and resources needed to adequately monitor mental health patients. Implications regarding 30- day re-admissions are tantamount to consideration of financial strains put on …

Connecting And Communicating To Support Youth Mental Health, Michele Davide

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

The nation is experiencing a pediatric mental health crisis amid a shortage of pediatric mental health care providers. The Connecting and Communicating project explores a strategy pediatric primary care practitioners can employ to bridge this gap and maximize their impact on supporting youth mental health in a community.

For this project, a pediatric primary care nurse practitioner created a pilot educational video with the dual purpose of educating parents and school staff on the importance of connecting with adolescents using the proven evidence supported communication technique of validating strong emotions without judgement, and partnering with pediatric health stakeholders by requesting …

Collaborating Across The Continent To Promote Colleague Compassion & Caring, Beverley Jones, Suzie Cro, Jon Burford, Lori Grischott Msn, Rn, Nea-Bc, Npd-Bc, Rnc-Ob, Carolyn L. Davidson Rn, Phd, Kim Jordan Mha, Bsn, Rn, Ne-Bc

Patient Care Services / Nursing

No abstract provided.