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Prevalence And Severity Of Stress Among Under Graduate Medical Students After Application Of Integrated Curriculum In University Of Kufa. A Comparative Cross Sectional Study, Ghufran Abd-Ali, Salam Mohammed

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

BACKGROUND: Stress is a process by which the environmental demands are more than the adaptive capability of                   a human leading to biological and psychological changes that make the individuals at risk for disorders. Medical students experience elevated stress level throughout their medical school life, and more liable to psychological distress and mental health problems than non-medical students, so that, stressors that confront medical students should be identified early for enabling interventions before development of more serious complications like burnout and depression. OBJECTIVE: Measure stress level among medical students of Kufa and Jabir ibn Hayyan medical colleges by using Kessler10 Psychological …

Statistical Analysis Of Tympanometry, Otoendoscopy And Myringotomy Of Pediatrics Otitis Media With Effusion, Sumaya Oleiwi, Naser Naser

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

BACKGROUND: Otitis media with effusion (OME) is a common treatable cause of hearing impairment in children. Although it is a self-limiting condition in the majority of cases, OME may become chronic to the extent that it affects child education and quality of life. Thus, early detection of this condition is a paramount issue for its treatment and improve the hearing of the effected child. OBJECTIVE: This study is aimed to evaluate the efficiency of tympanometry in the detection of fluid in the middle ear in comparison with myringotomy in children with OME as well as to evaluate the efficiency of …

The Relationship Of Urocortin 2 With Insulin Resistance, Clinical, And Biochemical Hyperandrogenism In Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Alia Mohamad Ali, Najah Yassen

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

BACKGROUND:  Polycystic ovary syndrome is the most common endocrine and metabolic disorder in women. Urocotin-2 is thought to be involved in the pathophysiology of Polycystic ovary syndrome by paracrine and autocrine pathways. OBJECTIVE:   To assess the Urocortin-2 level in women with Polycystic ovary syndrome and to assess the relation of urocotin-2 with insulin resistance, clinical and biochemical hyperanderogenism. PATIENTS AND METHOD:  a case control study that involved; forty-five polycystic ovary patients according to Rotterdam criteria as a case group, and forty-five healthy women as a control group. Ferriman-Gallwey score was used to evaluate hirsutism, in addition to measurement of Body …

Changes In The Nerve Conduction Of The Paretic Limb In Post-Stroke Patients, Basmah Ali, Zahraa Eldon Ismaeel, Mohammed Mohammed, Farqad Hamdan, Aqeel Hatim

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

BACKGROUND: Post-stroke motor sequelae can lead to an abnormal limb posture and decreased function that can ultimately increase the susceptibility of the peripheral nerves in that limb to compression, particularly within the early stages of stroke. OBJECTIVE: To study nerve conduction in paretic and non-paretic extremity in patients with the first ever-one stroke and to relate these parameters with MRC (Medical Research Council) scale. METHODS: Twenty-three patients aged 31-62 years and duration of illness of 3 and 6 months were studied. Thirteen had right hemiparesis and 10 with left hemiparesis. MRC scale was ≥3 in 17 and <2 in 6 patients. RESULTS: The median and peroneal distal motor latencies (DML) were prolonged and the peroneal compound muscle action potential (CMAP) amplitude was reduced in the paretic as compared to the non-paretic side. The combined sensory index and the lumbrical/interosseous muscles comparison methods revealed significant differences between the paretic as compared to the non-paretic side. Median distal sensory latency (DSL), DML, motor conduction velocity (MCV), and peroneal CMAP amplitude of the paretic limb were significantly different between those with ≥3 and those with <2 MRC scale. In the non-paretic upper limbs, the DSL and DML were significantly prolonged in those with <2 MRC when compared to those with ≥3 MRC. CONCLUSION: Post-stroke entrapment neuropathy may develop, along with axonal neuropathy symptoms in patients with severe paresis. The more severely affected limbs, the more severe electrophysiologic changes.  

The Effect Of Nuchal Cord On Amniotic Fluid Index And Estimated Fetal Weight Detected By Ultrasound, Basma Kadhim, Abdul Alnakash

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

BACKGROUND: Umbilical cord around fetal neck (nuchal cord) is quite common finding, it is often assumed that it might cause cord compression and thus low fetal weight, oligohydramnios and intrapartum complication. OBJECTIVE: To determine effect of the nuchal cord on amniotic fluid index (AFI) and fetal weight. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two hundred full term pregnant women were enrolled in this study. By using color Doppler ultrasound to detect the presence of nuchal cord, trans abdominal altrasound to detect AFI and fetal weight were estimated according hadlock equation, half of them were with nuchal cord (study group) and the remaining were …

Clinical And Biochemical Indicators With Zinc Consumption In Geriatric Patients At Geriatric Clinic In Medical City, Basmah Ali, Zahraa Eldon Ismaeel, Zaid Mustafa Al- Najjar

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

BACKGROUND: The need of micronutrients in nutrients and human fitness is unquestionable and zinc (Zn) is a vital hint detail whose significance has been particularly outstanding in getting older, and immune senescence. Its deficiency is common within the aged and ends in numerous age-associated continual ailments together with atherosclerosis, degenerative illnesses of the fearful gadget, immunosenescence, and cancer. OBJECTIVE:  The goal of this study is to estimate the ability position of the zinc supplementation in older patients whose aged 65 years and more, as a way to repair the immune reaction and the primary consequences of zinc on immune senescence …

Independent- Nov. 30, 2021, Ankush Vyas

The Independent (1988-present)

No abstract provided.

2021 November 30, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes, November 30, 2021

Endorsement of a Syllabus Request System

2021 November 30, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes; November 30 2021

Endorsement of Policy for Department Retention of Syllabi

2021 November 30, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes; November 30, 2021

Endorsement of a Syllabus Request System

2021 November 30, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

No abstract provided.

2021 November 30, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes; 2021 November 30

Endorsement of Policy for Department Retention of Syllabi

2021 November 30, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes; 2021 November 30

Endorsement of a Syllabus Request System

2021 November 30, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes; 2021 November 30

Endorsement of Policy for Department Retention of Syllabi

2021 November 30, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes; November 30, 2021

Endorsement of a Syllabus Request System

Cognitive Dissonance Undercuts Deterrence In The C-Suite: Why Otherwise Ethical Fda-Dependent Managers Keep Falling Down The Rabbit Hole Of 10(B) Class Action Litigation, Edwin Adlam Herod

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

My Old House: 460 Lowes St., Lauren Durham

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

A University of Dayton brotherhood bonded on a wing and a prayer

A Qualitative Analysis Of The South China Sea Dispute, Nalanda Roy

Political Science & International Studies: Faculty Publications

This project summarizes my doctoral dissertation concerning the South China Sea (henceforth SCS) dispute by utilizing a qualitative research design. The purpose of this study was to explore why the SCS dispute has long been regarded as one of the most complex and challenging ocean-related maritime disputes in Southeast Asia. This case study provides the opportunity for readers to examine whether this dispute has the potential of escalating into serious international conflicts because of its geographic position in major oceanic routes as well as for both tapped and untapped natural resources. The study is designed to create an understanding as …

National Council Licensure Examination For Registered Nurses (Nclex-Rn®) Success: Perceptions Of Accelerated Second-Degree Bachelor Of Science In Nursing Students, Vicki L. Brzoza

Dissertations

Most of the 50 states in the United States (U.S.) will experience a significant nursing shortage by the year 2030. Research finds that a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) workforce is associated with better outcomes, fewer adverse events, and lower patient mortality than associate or diploma prepared nurses. BSN-prepared nurses are in great demand, and the accelerated second-degree bachelor of science in nursing (ABSN) programs may meet this need. This study investigates how to be successful in these ABSN programs. The purpose of this study was to describe the ABSN students' perceptions and experiences of what they believe to …

Reducing Violence In The Emergency Department, Improving Perception Of Safety: An Aggression Prevention Team Approach, Marilyn Riley

Dissertations

Acts of aggression towards nurses has reached never-before-seen levels in Emergency Departments (ED) across the United States (US), and it increases by 15% or more every year. Nurses and ED staff are subjected to violent patients, daily. Nurses often do not feel they have the skills to intervene safely when patients become aggressive, and these behaviors can escalate to harmful levels. Nurses must have a safe environment to practice; therefore, it is imperative violence stops. This DNP project implements an Aggression Prevention Team (APT) to respond in the ED when patients or visitors become aggressive and to improve the nurses' …

Accelerating Molecular Property Calculations With Semiempirical Preconditioning, Zehao Zhou, Shane M. Parker

Faculty Scholarship

Computing ab initio molecular linear response properties, e.g., electronic excitation energies and transition moments, requires the solution of large eigenvalue problems or large systems of equations. These large eigenvalue problems or large systems of equations are commonly solved iteratively using Krylov space algorithms, such as the Davidson algorithm for eigenvalue problems. A critical ingredient in Krylov space algorithms is the preconditioner which is used to generate optimal update vectors in each iteration. We propose to use semiempirical approximations as preconditioners to accelerate the calculation of ab initio properties. The crucial advantage to improving the preconditioner is that the converged result …

The Ostensible (And, At Times, Actual) Virtue Of Deference, Anthony O'Rourke

Journal Articles

In Rethinking Police Expertise, Anna Lvovsky exposes how litigators leverage judicial understandings of police expertise against the government. The article is rich not only with descriptive insights, but also with normative potential. By rigorously analyzing the relationship between expertise and authority in specific cases, Professor Lvovsky offers guidance as to how judges and lawyers should factor a police officer’s expertise into an assessment of whether the officer’s conduct is lawful. This Response argues, however, that Rethinking Police Expertise’s normative potential is weakened by the sharp conceptual distinction it draws between judicial understandings of expertise as a “professional virtue” (which it …

Judicial Populism, Anya Bernstein, Glen Staszewski

Journal Articles

Populism has taken center stage in discussions of contemporary politics. This Article details a judicial populism that resonates with political populism’s tropes, mirrors its traits, and enables its practices. Like political populism, judicial populism insists there are clear, correct answers to complex, debatable problems, treating reasonable disagreement as illegitimate. It disparages the institutions that mediate divergent interests in a republican democracy, claiming special access to the law’s clear objective meaning. And it imagines a pure, unified people locked in battle with a subversive elite.

While commentators have recognized political populism as fundamentally undemocratic, judicial populism has largely escaped recognition and …

Zheng V. Choudhary

All Decisions

No abstract provided.

Harnessing Intelligence In Implementing Smart Parking Systems Integrated With Interactive Guidance System In Distinctive Shindagha Historical Neighborhood To Enhance And Regulate Mass Experiences, Rahaf Ahmad Al Kassab

Theses

Under the light of the importance of finding smart solutions for cities strategic issues and in conjunction with the broad race for urban development in order to provide the best living environment and the most appropriate tourist destination, Mobility Management occupies the first place among these issues. Due to the variation in the urban fabric of cities, especially the old historical neighborhoods that are unique in their nature, composition, and conditions for their preservation, challenges related to mobility management raised in these critical areas. Therefore, in this study, we present a smart suggestion to solve the problem of providing smart …

Possibilities In Simulated Reality, Yuan Yuan

Theses

This thesis work is based on two simple questions- what is reality, and is there any way to determine if you live in a real world. Whether from ancient times or the present, the east or the west, or fiction movies to philosophical reflection, countless people have ruminated on these questions. The answer seems obvious that reality is anything we can perceive based on our perceptions, but it’s not necessarily factual even though it feels very real. A philosophical viewpoint called epistemological skepticism indicates that we cannot be certain of anything, and there is a philosophy hypothesis named simulation theory …

Nature And Nurture, Jessica Maffett

Theses

Nature and Nurture is an animated short film about a mother wolf raising her newborn cub through its first year of life. Humanity has started to develop near their home and we see how that affects their ecosystem and existence from the perspective of the wolves. It is fiction based on historical facts of grey wolf populations in the American Midwest from the 1960’s onward. Being a predator species, they have been viewed as the villain in the folklore of many different civilizations and have been considered a pest for the damages to livestock and farmland that they can cause …

Dechlorination Apparatus For Treating Chloride Salt Wastes: System Evaluation And Scale-Up, Brian J. Riley, Saehwa Chong, Charmayne E. Lonergan

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper describes an apparatus used to remove chlorine from chloride salt-based nuclear wastes from electrochemical reprocessing and/or chloride-based molten salt reactors (MSRs) through dechlorination by reacting the salts with ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (NH₄H₂PO₄ or ADP) at temperatures up to 600 °C to produce NH₄Cl as a byproduct. The benefits of removing the Cl from these salts include ³⁷Cl recovery from Cl-based MSR salts, formation of UCl₃ from the NH₄Cl, as well as removal of Cl from the salts and conversion of the salt cations to oxides to allow …

Commentary On Ellis Et Al. (2021), Sara A. Schmitt, G. John Geldhof, David J. Purpura, Robert Duncan, Megan M. Mcclelland

Purdue Center for Early Learning Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract available.

Conceptual Replication And Extension Of The Relation Between The Number Line Estimation Task And Mathematical Competence Across Seven Studies, Alexa Ellis, María Inés Susperreguy, David J. Purpura, Pamela E. Davis-Kean

Purdue Center for Early Learning Faculty and Staff Publications

A recent meta-analysis demonstrated the overall correlation between the number line estimation (NLE) task and children’s mathematical competence was r = .44 (positively recoded), and this relation increased with age. The goal of the current study was to conceptually replicate and extend these results by further synthesizing this correlation utilizing studies not present in the meta-analysis. Across seven studies, 954 participants, ranging from 3 to 11 years old (Age M = 6.02 years, SD = 1.57), the overall estimation-competence correlations were similar to those of the meta-analysis and ranged from r = −.40 to −.35. The current conceptual replication demonstrated …