Antibiotic resistant (AR) bacteria pose a serious threat to an individual’s health, and the presence of AR genes can lead to the development of “superbugs” that are resistant to currently used antibiotics. Identifying local...
Come hear undergraduate and graduate students from Psychological Sciences and the Master's of Counseling program discuss counseling and school interventions provided at The Crossing, a downtown Indianapolis alternative school...
While both Germany and America share a commitment to environmental protection, there are notable distinctions in their approaches to addressing the problem. Because Germany has implemented regulations on environmental policies,...
What is Overmedication?
Overmedication is a very broad term with many definitions, each centering around the concept of administering too much medication(s). Though not to the point where it may be considered an overdose,...
Introduction: We are now in an age where a company's competitive advantage is dependent upon its ability to capture, analyze, and understand personalized customer data.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way...
Nursing students, enrolled in the NSG427 Bereavement and Loss elective, were joined by others in the Marian University community to participate in
a "Death Cafe' Fire Pit Experience". The Death Cafe' is an international...
Background: A patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a common diagnosis among
extremely preterm infants. Unfortunately, this left to right shunt may result in
significant complications including pulmonary edema, pulmonary...
Description: A fire disaster in the hospital is anything resulting in a fire. This could result from heat-producing equipment, flammable chemicals, poor wiring, and more. Fires in the hospital can be especially dangerous as...
Type 1 Diabetes is an autoimmune condition characterized by a deficiency in insulin due to the destruction of pancreatic β-cells. This leads to elevated blood glucose levels. The primary treatment involves daily administration...
Given disparities in medical and educational services, our study aimed to compare the current school supports in place and recommended supports for students with SCD (sickle cell disease) and CF (cystic fibrosis).
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is a unique form of interstitial lung disease that is diverse in its presentation and etiology. • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is mediated by an inflammatory reaction to inhalation of an...
Bitter melon extract (BME) is known to inhibit breast cancer cells (MCF-7) proliferation. Due to the high metabolic rate of cancer cells, we hypothesized that low glucose levels are detrimental to cell survivability and that...
Marian University's COM opened in 2013. Medical library resources are 95% online only -- however there was no specific online access point outside of the undergraduate library's website. I made the decision to utilize the...
While compulsory education is a requirement in both Germany and America, Germany takes this mandate more seriously than America does. In this presentation, we will explain the differences in German and American school systems...
Due to the benefits of bilingual education through cultural, economic, and pedagogical means, there should be more of these schools in Indiana. Immersion has been proved to be the most effective strategy for English-language...
PICOT - “What is the effect of a micro-learning staff intervention on patient temperatures compared to pre intervention patient temperatures for patients ages 18-65 in an urban outpatient surgical setting?”
1.5 million reported traumatic brain injuries (TBI) per year with varying degrees of severity that inflict injury at the cellular level. The Choroid Plexus (CP) plays a significant role in brain homeostasis. The CP has also...
This experiment strives to investigate if sex based behaviors in praying mantid feeding habits hold true when sexual dimorphism is not obvious in juvenile mantids Sensitivity to bitter tastes provides an important means for...
Sugar-bacteria solutions were created and their turbidities were taken to quantify the amount of bacteria growth after 24 hours of incubation. We hypothesized that the lactose would result in greater proliferation of...
Students have become dependent on technology and do not always use it of educational purposes during class. Boredom and lack of interest are common reasons given by students for cell phone use in class. (Olufadi, 2015). Several...
• Traditional medical education typically consists of two years of didactic, lecture-based education {Years 1 and 2), as well as two years of clinical clerkships and patient interactions {Years 3 and 4)
• December 2019:...
OST3 is a yeast gene for Obligosaccharyl transferase, a homolog of the Magnesium Transport 1 gene in humans. This human gene produce XMEN disease. XMEN disease is an X-Linked immune system deficiency where the amount of CD4+ T...
Germans want to include and remember their cultural identity and heritage, which is why there has been a substantial surge in Grimm's fairy tale adaptations made during the 20th century (Langenbach, 2020). In contrast, the...
Presented in the Active/Collaborative Learning track. and The inaugural class of St. Joseph's College of Marian University will spend the summer of 2020 uncovering and discovering the stories of some of Marian College's first...
“The legacy of slavery still shadows the American health-care system The inequalities of the health system were built in from the beginning,” said former Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds.
The legacy of slavery as a...
The dramatic increase in the prevalence of antibiotic resistant (AR) genes
in numerous bacterial species has been a heavily discussed topic within
the scientific community. Antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a serious
threat...
Antibiotic resistance is not only a major threat to public health, with more than
700,000 deaths per year, but also has serious economic impacts.1 Nosocomial-
acquired antibiotic-resistant infections have well-established...
Chemistry 100 is a survey chemistry course tailored to students in the health sciences. This course provides an excellent opportunity for tailoring course content to student interest, while simultaneously posing the challenge...
BCL11B is a transcription factor gene that encodes a zinc finger domain, which is thought to play an important role in DNA binding, that is critical to the development of the nervous and immune system. Mutations in this gene...
Clinical medicine courses often attempt to develop skills in applying biomedical sciences instruction to clinical situations. This goal can be accomplished in many different ways, but such techniques often require the learner...
ART 341 Design for Social Impact is a studio graphic design course with a mission to activate students’ awareness of social issues on their journey to becoming citizen designers. Through studio projects, students learn to apply...
In the late 1990s, doctors were told by pharmaceutical companies that opioid pain relievers were not addictive and that they could prescribe them freely to patients in severe pain. As a result, doctors began prescribing opioid...
Presented in the Active/Collaborative Learning track. and The First Year Seminar lays out “Communication Fluency” as one of the General Education Outcomes, and specifically invites students to: Demonstrate critical and creative...
In the DNA barcoding project, an investigation was conducted on commercially acquired shrimp from grocery stores with the aim of determining their origin, identifying the species, and detecting potential mislabeling. A prior...