Palladium is often used in the synthesis of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), although it is toxic to ingest. As it is difficult to remove, it is imperative to develop optimal palladium sensors that can be utilized in...
I believe this article emphasizes how emotionally valuable receiving patients' trust is to the practicing physician. It also gives new insight into understanding the emotional loss a physician may experience when leaving...
Iris lacustris, a northern Great Lakes endemic, is a rare species known from 165 occurrences across Lakes Michigan and Huron in the United States and Canada. Due to multiple factors, including habitat loss, lack of seed...
2 fold, either as a vector-expressed shRNA or as a transfected siRNA. We randomly mutagenized gFA2 to create a gFA2 variant sub-library. We screened this sub-library in primary FA fibroblasts and identified two gFA2 variants,...
Diabetes results from insufficient insulin production by pancreatic islet β-cells or a loss of β-cells themselves. Restoration of regulated insulin production is a predominant goal of translational diabetes research. Here, we...
During the spring semester, we designed faculty-only workshops each week that they could "pop-in" for instruction on library resources, research or citation support, and at least one "freebie" resource. These included...
Debate concerning human enhancement often revolves around the question of whether there is a common “nature” that all human beings share and which is unwarrantedly violated by enhancing one’s capabilities beyond the...
BACKGROUND: Patients with an acute ischemic stroke (AIS) following cardiac catheterization (CC) generally do not receive intravenous thrombolysis [intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV-tPA)] as it is contraindicated due...
Transparency in Teaching and Learning (TILT) is an easy, practical way to start creating transparent assignments for students. The framework is a part of a national study that has shown making your assignments transparent using...
Black males are underrepresented in the teaching profession at all levels, but especially at the elementary level. The low number of Black male teachers can be attributed to low salary, low regard for the profession, perception...
We provide traces for coHochschild homology, dualizing the Hattori-Stallings trace. Considering the trace of the identity, we define traces between coHochschild homology and certain K-theories of coalgebras. We employ...
Satellite cells are skeletal muscle stem cells that provide myonuclei for postnatal muscle growth, maintenance, and repair/regeneration in adults. Normally, satellite cells are mitotically quiescent, but they are activated in...
Oral mucosal wound healing has long been regarded as an ideal system of wound resolution. However, the intrinsic characteristics that mediate optimal healing at mucosal surfaces are poorly understood, particularly in humans. We...
With his 2006 film Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others), writer and director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck asserted that he had "created a GDR that is truer than the real thing, that is realer than the actual GDR." In...
Traditionally, the acute wrist radiograph series is comprised of
posteroanterior (PA), oblique, and lateral projections. There is controversy within the field of Orthopedics, however, over the value of the oblique view in...
INTRODUCTION: Two out of five U.S. citizens born after 2014 are expected to develop type 2 diabetes (T2D). T2D patients are at increased risk for fracture and impaired fracture healing, including: increased frequency of partial...
The great saphenous vein (GSV) should be considered as a vascular access point in cases of difficult access such as in trauma patients or hypovolemic patients. The GSV has been proven to be a viable vessel for peripheral venous...
The Unbinding chronicles a woman's experience of finding her way through and out of a twenty-year marriage rooted in domestic violence, as well as her continued unbinding from trauma. The abuse she survives is particularly...
Several job demands impact faculty engagement (Finkelstein, 1996; Peterson, 2004; West, 2012), which has implications for the success of higher education institutions and the student experience (Delmas & Childs, 2021; Cole et...
Ticks have been widely studied for their importance in disease transmission. In
Pennsylvania, four different ticks (associated with human diseases) are commonly
encountered: (1) Dermacentor variabilis (Rocky Mountain Spotted...
Among young musicians, there is an emerging language barrier between those who can read hand-written notation and those who cannot. There are two main reasons for this- the commercialization of music publishing and the...
Context: Indwelling Urinary Catheterization (IUC) is among the most common procedures performed in the inpatient setting. Because there are risks associated with IUC, efforts to reduce its use when unnecessary should be made....
Introduction: 23andMe provides consumers the opportunity to receive genetic information without involvement of a healthcare provider. As 23andMe continues to increase the number of variants and genetic diseases included in...
Modern technology has allowed for countless improvements in access to mental health resources. One way in which this has been improved is through the use of smart phone applications that allow for tracking of symptoms,...
The use of a buzzer system and game-based learning after delivering clinical-based medical content effectively take a student-learner from remembering and understanding medical knowledge to applying it to an immediate task. The...
During the undergraduate Nursing Research and Informatics course, a question is posed and students are asked to submit a picture with caption that answers the question. All pictures are de-identified, printed, and given to...
This session will provide participants with hands-on ideas to implement in organizing their classes. How can we use course objectives and key outcomes to realign our syllabi and class plans to ensure that students are more...
Previous research on identification by DNA barcoding was focused on Rhododendron molle, or Chinese Azaleas. The purpose of the research done, was to conduct the barcoding identification towards the identification of Northern...
This book provides everything STEM teachers need to use graphic novels in order to engage students, explain difficult concepts, and enrich learning. Drawing upon the latest educational research and over 60 years of combined...
Semaphorins are a family of membrane-bound and secreted type of proteins which were initially identified as chemorepulsive axon guidance molecules. Plexins and neuropilins are two major receptor families of semaphorins, and...
Traditional mechanical tests, such as a three-point bending, compression, and torsion, are common methods to measure macro mechanical properties, however, such tests do not provide spatial stress distribution in bones. Since...
Creating a focused simulation design promotes an essential structure needed to support SRNA confidence and performance success on GA inductions. Additionally, the successful completion of simulation designs is consistent with...
Nursing Homes (NH) often struggle to provide
Palliative Care (PC) to their residents with Alzheimer’s
and other Related Dementias (ADRDs). As a result,
many NHs are searching for external PC consultants to
help facilitate...
A wiki is a collection of pages that allow collaborative modification and management (e.g., Wikipedia). Medical students designed a wiki that outlined the major concepts covered in Immunology during the Foundations class. The...
A comprehensive yet efficient evaluation of living kidney donor volunteers (LKDV) is key to a successful transplant program. Donor selection is complex and must balance donor medical suitability, compatibility issues and donor...
Correlations exist between undergraduate GPA,
MCAT, and COMLEX-USA Level 1 scores as well as
between course grades and overall COMLEX score
(Wong et al. 2009 & Sefcik et al. 2003).
• Longitudinal reports on ProgressIQ...
The use of perioperative opioids for pain management can come with great consequences as the opioid crisis is more prevalent than ever. In the US, nearly 70% of all opioid tablets prescribed after surgery become problematic as...
In this work, we present cloud-based integrated development environments (IDE) to teach computer programming courses. Traditionally, desktop-based programming environments are used for teaching computer programming courses....
Research Question: How do ensure equity for pre-service teachers with marginalized identities in a community engaged teacher preparation course using cogenerative dialogue?
In this session you’ll learn about the concepts behind scholarly communication seen through instructional tools such as Institutional Repositories, Open Educational Resources, and Open Access initiatives. Put that knowledge...
Introduction: The didactic year in Marian University's Nurse Anesthesia program equips students with a comprehensive understanding of anesthesia's core concepts, including pathophysiology, pharmacology, and physics. The first...
This laboratory experiment, designed for undergraduate nonmajors or advanced high school students, attempts to demystify the technique of spectrophotometry by utilizing a hands-on, real-world approach. Modification of the...