Arbor, Sage and Bondi, Joe

A smartphone conveying gameplay movement instructions via encasement in a glowing football was designed to increase fitness and reduce obesity. While smartphone geolocation apps have flourished, people's ability to interact...

Starcevich, Ashley and Dufeau, David

Context: The purpose of this project was to design a 3-dimensional method for visualizing structures within the brainstem with special attention to those involved in Lateral Medullary (Wallenberg) Syndrome. Wallenberg syndrome...

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LaFontaine, Michael, Metzler-Wilson, Kristen, and Willcox, Kendal

Over the past twenty years, opioid drug use has increased, causing an epidemic of opioid abuse that is killing tens of thousands of people every year. Current treatment options for opioid abuse disorder include alternative...

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Gebhardt, Garren, Stjepic, Sergej, Boget, Bradley, and Dufeau, David

Objective: A proof-of-concept for a platform designed to provide simulations modeling, in three dimensions, anatomical pathology/dysfunctions(as defined by osteopathic diagnostic criteria). Design/Methods: Data from a two...

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Arthur, Jon, Chlebek, Sylvia, Yates, Sydni, Jestes, Kelli, Newby, Jordan, Lowery, Jonathan, and Totten, Madeline

Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by low bone mineral density due to the rate of bone resorption exceeding that of bone formation. Evidence indicates the Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) pathway promotes bone formation...

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Ali, Mohammed, Alonso, Alvaro, and Rattani, Anas

Hypertension is an established risk factor for the development of atrial fibrillation (AF). We evaluated the association and population impact of hypertension defined using the new 2017 guidelines on risk of AF. In this...

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Nelson, Jessica, Evans-Molina, Carmella, Cregor, Meloney, Bellido, Teresita, Delgado-Calle, Jesus, Ferrari, Adam, and McAndrews, Kevin

Osteocyte (Ot)-derived Sclerostin (Scl), encoded by the SOST gene, regulates bone homeostasis by acting on osteoblasts, inhibiting bone formation and stimulating bone resorption. Emerging evidence suggest that Scl has...

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Cavanaugh, Nicholas, Rossi, Nicholas, Aldoss, Osamah, El-Hattab, Ahmed, Reinking, Ben, Turek, Joseph, and Conway, Brian

Objectives: Arch branching has never been shown to influence recoarctation after extended end-to-end anastomosis via thoracotomy, yet in each study bovine arch identification is grossly underreported. This study aims to: 1)...

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Donnelly, Stephen, Shadmand, Mehdi, Tobin, Kirby, Bender, Cecelia, Hum, Julia, Yates, Syndi, Jackson, Krista, Lowery, Jonathan, and Guan, Henry

Osteoporosis, a disease of low bone mass, places individuals at enhanced risk for fracture, disability, and death. In the USA, hospitalizations for osteoporotic fractures exceed those for heart attack, stroke, and breast cancer...

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Arbor, Sage, Given, Scott, Zhang, Eric, and Dryden, Ariel

Odds ratios are one of the methods in statistics to quantify how strongly the presence or absence of a property correlates with the presence or absence of another property in a given population. In the biomedical sciences they...

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