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Upper Extremity Anatomical Simulated Fracture Device
No full textThe purpose of this design project is to create a functional upper limb fracture simulation that can be used by medical students to mimic reduction and splinting accurately in hopes that these skills can be learned effectively and realistically before being put into practice. The design aims to replicate the Smith and Colles wrist fractures, as well as a comminuted fracture. The model design was presented to five medical students pursuing their undergraduate degrees, and overall responses to prompts indicated that they believed the model would be a good tool for learning reduction and splinting
OpenCAPS: An Open Source System for Evaluating Context-based Authentication Protocols
Full text linkZero Involvement Authentication (ZIA) is a technique for automatically authenticating computers to networks. Many ZIA research systems lack a realistic evaluation, and ZIA publications often lack comparison to existing work because hardware and software are difficult to replicate. OpenCAPS enables ZIA researchers to compare new implementations to existing work
Religion and its Relationship with Healthcare
Full text linkThis presentation will focus on the ways that healthcare and healthcare processes are affected by religion. It will take information from both research and community gathered experiences to determine potential effects that differing religions and religion in general have on healthcare and healthcare outcomes. This research is intended to help better cultural and religious competency in the healthcare system
Unpaid Internship Award - JRS Experience
Full text linkThis presentation offers a reflection on my unpaid internship experience with the Jesuit Refugee Service Communications Unit in Rome, Italy. I talk a bit about the organization, my roles, my growth, and my reflections
Engaged Learning: Cultural Orientation at Heartland Human Care Services
No full textA reflection on my experience as a Cultural Orientation intern and the refugee resettlement process through Heartland Human Care Services
A Bishnoi Woman’s Odhani: Gendered Labor, Environmental Ethics, and Textile Traditions in Rajasthan
Full text linkThis report examines an embroidered odhani (woman’s shawl) attributed to a Bishnoi artisan from Rajasthan, India. The odhani is housed in the May Weber Ethnographic Study Collection at Loyola University Chicago. Close analysis of technique and contextual evidence is used to reattribute the textile, which was originally mislabeled and situates it within the contexts of gendered labor and environmental ethics within the Bishnoi community. Utilizing the frameworks of materialist and eco-spiritual feminism, the report argues that the odhani functions as a site of ecological resistance, cultural transmission, and women’s embodied knowledge, as well as a garment
A Study of Psychoactive Cannabis Components via Derivatization and Analysis by GC-EI-MS
Full text linkThe cannabis plant (cannabis sativa) contains numerous psychoactive components that can be analyzed in numerous ways. Some of these components are chemically acidic and when heated, convert into other psychoactive components. For example, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THC-A) converts into delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) when heated. Our laboratory has developed a technique to capture the acidic form via chemical derivatization, which allows for the identification of THC-A in the high temperature environment of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). This portion of the project focused on determining the stoichiometry required for derivatization
Bringing Different Disciplines and Competitions in your Classroom
Full text linkIt is well-known that cybersecurity does not belong only to computer science/engineering. Other disciplines such as Psychology, Criminal Justice, Sociology, and Political Science can have a great impact in cybersecurity research and education. Students taking only courses are at a disadvantage and should be encouraged to participate in cybersecurity competitions to obtain real-world skills. This lightning talk will look at incorporating two aspects in an interdisciplinary cybersecurity program/curriculum: 1) different disciplines and majors such as Psychology, Criminal Justice, Political Science, Sociology into the cybersecurity program; and 2) including cybersecurity competitions as an integral part of the cybersecurity classroom and curriculum. Incorporating many disciplines reach a wider audience and also increase diversity of knowledge. Cybersecurity competitions are an applied method to the classroom environment. Ways to get started, how to engage faculty from other disciplines, and which competitions to get started in, will be covered. This session will be interesting to instructors who are starting or are interested in starting a new interdisciplinary cybersecurity program. The learning outcomes from this session are 1) How to engage with other disciplines and include them in the curriculum; 2) How to incorporate cybersecurity competitions into the classroom
Anxiety Symptoms Are Distinctly Related to Working Memory Deficits in Adults with ADHD
No full textWorking Memory (WM) refers to a cognitive system that stores and manipulates information for a brief period of time and is one of the most consistently identified neurocognitive deficits in individuals with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The financial impact of ADHD is substantial, with national costs ranging from 266 billion. Extant experimental and meta-analytic studies have provided substantial evidence of WM deficits in children with ADHD and initial evidence suggests greater WM deficits in children with ADHD inattentive presentations (ADHD-I) relative to children with ADHD hyperactive presentations (ADHD-H) and combined presentations (ADHD-C). Yet findings from the few adult ADHD studies that have examined WM deficits in adults with ADHD, remain unclear due to the high rate of comorbidity among ADHD and anxiety and mood disorders. Co-occurring psychological disorders are likely a significant contributor to cognitive deficits in adults with ADHD, given that comorbid psychological symptoms are associated with worse clinical presentations (i.e. positive history of suicide attempts, higher disposition towards anger, and a higher rate of hospitalization and psychiatric symptoms) in individuals with ADHD. Longitudinal research suggests that increased anxiety and depressive symptoms are associated with increased ADHD symptoms across the lifespan. Thus, the present study aimed to disentangle and clarify the relation among anxiety and depression symptoms and WM performance in adults with ADHD (N = 439) who were referred for neuropsychological evaluation at a Midwestern academic medical center. A regression approach was used to examine ADHD diagnostic group (ADHD-I or ADHD-C), depression symptoms, and anxiety symptoms as predictors of WM performance. Given that education level is associated with better performance on many cognitive tasks, education was included as a covariate in the regression model. Findings revealed that anxiety and education significantly predicted WM performance, whereas depression did not, indicating distinct impacts of depression and anxiety symptoms on WM in adults with ADHD. Anxiety was associated with decreased WM performance and education was associated with increased WM performance. Together, these results illustrate the importance of clinical assessments that evaluate anxiety symptoms in adults with ADHD and underscore the need for comprehensive evaluations in both clinical and research settings. Recognizing the distinct impact of anxiety and the protective role of education on WM can facilitate the development of tailored interventions, potentially enhancing treatment outcomes