In this interview Sr. Kathryn Holohan reflects on her desire to become a missionary at a very early age and the opportunity to do so in Papua New Guinea. One of the first four Sisters of St. Francis to contribute to a...
In her oral history, Sister Lorraine Geis reflects on her time as a Sister of Saint Francis both in the United States and Papua New Guinea. Sister Geis grew up in a farming family, which would set the foundation for her love of...
In this interview Sr. Martine Mayborg highlights Mother Cephas's Motherhouse Message for the call to mission work in Papua New Guinea and her overall experience of traveling and teaching there. Sr. Martine was one of the...
In this interview, Sister Noreen McLaughlin relates her experience growing up in New Albany, Indiana, and her vocation to Oldenburg with a specialization in nursing and healthcare. Sr. Noreen goes on to describe her calling to...
In this two-part interview, Sr. Ruthann Boyle discusses her calling in high school to the Sisters of Saint Francis by way of encouragement from her family and numerous religious sisters in Beech Grove, Indiana. Her first duty...
Today’s students come to college with widely varying academic skills, approaches to learning, and motivation levels. Many students have found it particularly difficult to learn remotely and have lost motivation. This session...
Donald Jackson, calligrapher to the Queen of England, envisioned of The St. John’s Bible in 1995; he found a patron in the monks at St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota. While this manuscript is a product of the...
The article demonstrates a need and placement of Roman Catholic pastoral theology and serves to offer important revelations about the state of pastoral theology in the Catholic tradition. The overarching goal of this article is...
Women in medicine have made progress since Elizabeth Blackwell: the first women to receive her medical degree in the United States in 1849. Yet although women currently represent just over one-half of medical school applicants...
A Christian never gains all that Scripture offers by reading it with just one approach. Yet too often this is attempted--whether through an academic obsession with the historical-critical method or through a consumerist...
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...
Many C. elegans aging studies use the compound 5-fluro-2ʹ-deoxyuridine (FUdR) to produce a synchronous population of worms. However, the effects of FUdR on the bacterial gene expression of OP50 E. coli, the primary...
The increase in our aging population in combination with the growing incidence of late-life conditions presents a need for research on healthy aging. Here, we present work examining the roles of sphingolipid metabolism on...
Colorful ornaments are important visual signals for animal communication that can provide critical information about the quality of the signaler. In this study, we focused on different color characteristics of the abdominal...
Behavioural responses to communicative signals combine input from multiple sensory modalities and signal compensation theory predicts that evolutionary shifts in one sensory modality could impact the response to signals in...
The authors present a stereotypical case presentation of X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) and provide a review of the pathophysiology and related pharmacology of this condition, primarily focusing on the FDA-approved medication...
Agglomeration of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) in tablets can lead to decreased bioavailability in some enabling formulations. In a previous study, we determined that crystalline APIs can be detected as...
Within the last quarter of the twentieth century and now well into the twenty-first, the historical novel has been a prolific and popular form in Spain for commentary on the dictatorship, the Transition and contemporary...
The treatment of Cushing’s disease (CD) has been advanced well with the introduction of treatment options like transsphenoidal surgery, radiosurgery, bilateral adrenalectomy, and various classes of medication;...
America is becoming increasingly diverse. Discrimination against minority groups persists and contributes to negative disparate outcomes for patients and healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals have a responsibility...
The theoretical paradigm of symbolic interaction has the potential to resonate with students because they can apply it to their everyday lives and to specific social exchanges. However, due to the abstract nature of theory,...
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...
The goal of this research was to determine the effects of the growth of invasive plant Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) on the rhizosphere bacterial community composition, and diversity in an urban wetland forest ecosystem....
Cutaneous wound healing is an intricate and multifaceted process. Despite these complexities, the distinct phases of wound healing provide a unique opportunity to evaluate the roles of different targets in these coordinated...
Obesity is accompanied by numerous systemic and tissue-specific derangements, including systemic inflammation, insulin resistance, and mitochondrial abnormalities in skeletal muscle. Despite growing recognition that adipose...
Raised just outside Cincinnati, in the rural community of Rossmoyne, Ohio, Aaron Belford Thompson, Priscilla Jane Thompson, and Clara Ann Thompson wrote poetry that addressed Black American life in the early twentieth century....
Book, presentation, and video are the current most popular modalities used
for grasping what is conceptual in OMM; Students entering medical school
have a higher degree of technological literacy. Education technology...
Segmental bone defects secondary lo high-energy trauma may not spontaneousfy heal and orthopedic surgeons call on the use of bone graft substitutes. Bone morphogenetic prntein-2 (BMP-2) and thrombopoietin (TPO) are an FDA...
Objecti ve: Soft tissue manual therapies are commonly utilized by osteopathic physicians, chiropractors, physical therapists and massage therapists. These techniques are predicated on subjecting tissues to biophysical...
Brexanolone (ZULRESSO ™) is a novel approach to treat postpartum depression in adult women as a neuroactive steroid similar in chemical composition to the hormone allopregnanolone. It was approved for use in adult women...
The proposed solution is a self-reported, symptoms-based syndromic surveillance system that is universal, interactive, integrative, and combined with artificial intelligence. Once developed, this framework has the potential to...
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a life threatening complication of type 1 diabetes (T1D) resulting from ketone body production and metabolic acidosis occurring due to insulin deficiency, We sought to define the occurrence of DKA...
Multiple osteochondromas (MO) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by accessory bone growths usually stemming from the epiphyseal plate oflong bones. MO affects about l in 50,000 lirn births. Complications of MO include...
Eccrine sweating glands are divided into functional units: I) a bulbous secretory coil that generates precursor fluid, and 2) a reabsorptive duct that transports the fluid to the skin surface. The secretory coils reside in the...
• 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)
Introduction: Kisspeptin together with its receptor, GPR54 (Kiss1 R), are known for their function as the principal regulators of the onset of mammalian puberty. Given the characteristic growth spurt and bone development that...
The history and use of virtual and augmented reality dates back to the early 19th Century, Charles Wheatstone an English scientist, and inventor discovered that the brain interrupts stereoscopic photos and paintings differently...
Traditional medical education has recently seen major changes due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. New pedagogical methods, including augmented reality (AR} and virtual reality (VR), arc on the rise as alternatives to...
Multi-system disorders may be difficult to differentiate between,
especially as genetic causes are still being defined and in light
of phenotypic variability. We present a case of a teen with
multiple congenital defects for...
Acute cardiac injury is a common cardiovascular complication of Covid19 and little is currently known about the long term implications of the complications and manifestations. Vascular complications show a hypercoagulable state...
Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) have remained one of the common and lethal cancers around the world. HNSCC rapidly spread via the lymphatics system, leading to a higher percentage of initial late-stage diagnoses...
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a unique situation for medical education worldwide as traditional medical training is not compatible with social distancing guidelines. Curriculums, content delivery, and procedures across...
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...
The unique conditions of microgravity and radiation exposure in space have a substantial impact on human tissue function, resulting in extreme bone loss. The goal of this project is to synthesize the current knowledge on bone...
The ability to communicate with patients effectively continues to be a major hindrance for physicians and physician offices. Coordinating care via conventional telecommunication, involving making calls to a healthcare facility...
Healthcare disparities among different racial and ethnic groups are prevalent across the United States and worldwide. Healthcare provision may differ among racial and ethnic minorities, socioeconomic statuses, and insurance...
Osteoporosis is a silent, dangerous pathology frequently undiagnosed until patients experience a major fracture. About 1 in 2 women and 1 in 4 men ages 50 and above will experience bone fractures due to osteoporosis. Fractures...
Over 1.25 million people reside in nursing facilities in the United States. Nursing facilities have reported 268,707 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 61,765 COVID-19 deaths as of the week of November 2, 2020. Indiana was one of...
Reported cases of isolated fetal ascites determined to be idiopathic have been shown to carry a favorable prognosis with frequent spontaneous resolution in utero (1,2,3). These cases generally reported better fetal outcomes...
Rubella was first described in the 1750s but took until 1941 when Congenital Rubella Syndrome was characterized to become medically significant. Similarly, zika virus was discovered in 1947 but only made headlines in 2016 when...
Ambulances are a target for theft and reportings of ambulance thefts has been increasing in the past several years. There is a paucity of research in this area, as a PubMed search of the terms ambulance theft yields only one...
Malignant mesothelioma typically presents in patients with asbestos exposure, with respiratory symptoms caused by primary pleural involvement with associated pleural effusion. Instead, this patient presented with a rapidly...
Older adults (65+) are at an increased risk of contracting COVID-19 and have higher incidences of adverse events. Nursing home residents are particularly vulnerable due to congregate living and the need for personal care. CMS...
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...
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...
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in widespread mRNA vaccinations against SARS-CoV2. Side effects include fatigue, headache, myalgia,
fever, nausea, and lymphadenopathy, frequently experienced in younger recipients (16-55 years)...
Chemotherapeutic agents, such as vincristine, are well known
antineoplastic and cytotoxic drugs, affecting patients broadly during
treatment of cancer. Well known side effects, such as constipation
and neuropathic pain,...
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...
Recent studies describe racial and socioeconomic
(SES) disparities with mechanical thrombectomy
(MT) for acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Our study
investigated whether such disparities are present at
our institution and...
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...
Due to the availability of information on the internet, patients are well informed of the several types of hernia repair available to them. They are also increasingly made aware of the litigious environment surrounding...
Kisspeptin together with its receptor, GPR54 (Kiss1R), are known for their function as the principal regulators of the onset of mammalian puberty. Given the characteristic growth spurt and bone development that occurs during...
Klotho is a regulatory anti-aging protein that is significantly expressed
in the choroid plexus, plays an important role in regulating the immune
response in the CNS, and diminishes with age. Klotho deficiency is...
3D visualization software is a useful tool in
patient education because it allows patients to
put an image to what a physician is describing
to them. With an emphasis on education of
young athletes on the potential...
Multiple sclerosis (MS), one of the most
prevalent immune-mediated neurological
disorders, is a chronic demyelinating disease
of the central nervous system that affects both
white and grey matter (Avasarala et....
Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
(ALL) suffer a litany of therapy induced side
effects. Methotrexate is a common chemotherapy agent
administered for the treatment of ALL. Failure to clear methotrexate from the body...
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...
• Myroides spp. are non-motile, aerobic, gram-
negative bacilli that are traditionally
opportunistic pathogens1.
• P. stuartii is a urease-producing, gram-negative
bacillus2.
• Myroides infections have been reported
60...
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...
In 1984, Ultrasound-Guided (USG) Intravenous (IV) access was first used to place central venous catheters (CVC) in real-time. This led to increased success rates, reduced procedural times, decreased site associated...
Background and Review of Literature: A surgical site infection after posterior instrumented spinal fusion can negatively affect the patient and increase healthcare costs. Spinal fusions are becoming increasingly common as a...
Background: A child’s pain is different from pain experienced as adults. Different emotional and psychological factors can affect the child’s pain comprehension and stimulate their response to pain. Procedural pain can have...
Background: Many patients seek the advise from their primary care providers (PCPs) to provide insight into alternative treatment options, however, little is known about the practices of primary care providers (PCPs) and the...
The United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends initiating colorectal cancer screening for asymptomatic, average-risk individuals at age 45, which is a new update to the previous recommendation of age 50....
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...
Menopause, an age-related loss of sex hormone production in women, is one of the most common causes of osteoporosis. Previous work has established that this loss of sex hormones, in particular estrogen, causes dramatic loss of...
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...
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...
Atlantoaxial instability (AAI) is a term that is used to describe instability at the atlantoaxial joint of the cervical spine. This is often from alar ligament instability causing the dens of the axis to be prone to move...
Why do neurocognitive disorders persist in people living with HIV while taking combination antiretroviral therapy
(cART)?
• The brain is a known reservoir for HIV.
• HIV can act on myeloid cell populations like...
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...
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...