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...
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...
The vision of Marian University is to provide an education that profoundly transforms lives, society, and the world. In the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), we execute this by providing our students with personalized faculty...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Tools for Teaching Conference is an opportunity for faculty to start their semesters with a chance to learn about research done by their peers as well as focus on new pedagogy skills and tools to enhance their teaching and...
Calcitriol is a vitamin critical in regulating calcium
homeostasis, maintenance of musculoskeletal
integrity, and both a commonly prescribed medication
and over the counter supplement.
• However, the incidence of vitamin D...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
A common challenge for many professors today is achieving persistent, high-quality student participation. This highly interactive session will begin with identifying challenges you face engaging students. Then, using a dynamic...
Purpose: Partial nephrectomies by their nature are associated with renal volume loss. Our goal from this study is to examine renal volume loss over time post partial nephrectomy.
Material and Methods: Fifty patients were...
The influence of technology on the Deaf community is noticeable. Throughout the past decade, the impact of cell phones, Internet, and Cochlear Implants have brought new benefits and new challenges to the Deaf community. While...
The Flipped Classroom Model (FCM) is a virtual classroom in which the didactic lecture material is presented in a recorded lecture before the in-person class. The in-person class, whether online or physical, is a time provided...
Problem-based learning (PBL) is a learner-centered instructional model that empowers students to take ownership of their learning. This presentation will highlight the benefits of PBL and provide tips on how to incorporate...
This chapter explores the ways in which the language educator can be successful teaching culture together with language specifically in an asynchronous online environment. It provides examples of content, activities and...
HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection and it is predicted that up to 80 % of Americans will have HPV infections in their lifetime. The etiology of cervical cancer has long been linked with persistent HPV...
The DNA dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) is a validated target for cancer therapeutics that drives the DNA damage response (DDR) and plays a critical role as a primary sensor in the non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) DNA double...
<strong>Targeting early steps in amyloid-beta production:</strong> Alzheimer's disease (AD) has a long history as the “amyloid deposit” disorder. Many disorders are now known to be caused by protein ?-sheet misfolding and...
Advances in radiology and imaging technologies and the emergent scope of practice have led to the capacity to provide services to a growing population of high-acuity patients with comorbid conditions. These procedures are often...
Spin–orbit coupling enables the realization of topologically nontrivial ground states. As spin–orbit coupling increases with increasing atomic number, compounds featuring heavy elements, such as lead, offer a pathway toward...
Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted pathogen and is a significant threat to the reproductive health of women. With an estimated 2.8 million new infections domestically and 131 million...
CONTEXT. Prior research has shown that nursing home residents have a significant burden of symptoms including pain, nervous and depressed feelings, fatigue, and lack of energy. OPTIMISTIC is an 8-year initiative funded by the...
Previous studies indicate that common fibular, tibial, and radial skin sympathetic nerve activity (SSNA) increases with physical stress in an exercise intensity-dependent manner but abates during ischemia when class Ill & IV...
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) constitute the largest subdivision of the TGF-? family of ligands and are unequivocally involved in regulating stem cell behavior. Appropriate regulation of canonical BMP signaling is critical...
The spread of antibiotic resistance among bacteria is a potential threat to the effectiveness of antibiotics currently used for controlling common human pathogens. Also, the resistance to current antibiotics is spreading at a...