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Lost Literacies: Experiments in the Nineteenth-Century US Comic Strip
No full textIntroduction: Transatlantic picture stories -- "Giotto's Magic Circle": breakthroughs in sequential comics -- Everyday adventures: character studies and skits -- Drawn from the stage: theater comics -- Impressions of places: Augustus Hoppin and Travel Comics -- Epilogue: After the first wave of US comic strips.Item embargoed for three year
Prevalence and correlates of reproductive coercion among young women in Kingston, Jamaica
Get PDFIntroduction: Jamaica has a relatively high abortion and unintended pregnancy rate compared to other countries, which may be mediated by various barriers to contraception. Prior research has explored reproductive coercion and its influence on contraceptive uptake, but few studies examine correlates of reproductive coercion. We sought to identify the correlates of reproductive coercion among young women in Kingston, Jamaica.
Study design: We analyzed data from a study of young women (N=222) attending a public clinic in Kingston in November 2018 to March 2019. To be eligible, women had to be 18-25 years of age, sexually active, and not desire pregnancy in the next 12 months. We categorized women as experiencing reproductive coercion if they agreed that their partner had pressured them to become pregnant, had ever stopped them from using a method to prevent pregnancy, had messed with or made it difficult to use a method to prevent pregnancy, or that their partner would stop them if they wanted to use a method to prevent pregnancy. We used logistic regression to examine associations between demographic and other factors (age, education, union status, employment, live children, contraception use) and reporting reproductive coercion.
Results: Overall, 44.1% of women reported experiencing at least one form of reproductive coercion. Women agreed that their partner pressured them to become pregnant (20.4%), had ever stopped them from using a method to prevent pregnancy (16.7%), had messed with or made it difficult to use a method to prevent pregnancy (20.7%), and that their partner would stop them if they wanted to use a method to prevent pregnancy (24.4%). Women who had completed high school or less had higher odds of reporting reproductive coercion relative to those with more education (OR, 2.8, 95% CI: 1.2–6.5). Women aged 20-23 years also had higher odds of reporting reproductive coercion compared to women aged 24-25 years (OR 1.9, 95% CI 1.0–3.9). No other factor appeared to be associated.
Conclusions: Reproductive coercion was a common issue in Jamaica, and was associated with lower educational attainment and younger age. Considering the role of partners is critical in efforts to increase contraception use for avoiding unintended pregnancy.Society of Family Planning Research FundNational Center for Advancing Translational SciencesNo embargoAcademic Major: Public Healt
The Importance of Inclusive Education: Sex and Gender Differences in Sleep Apnea and Sleep Disorders
Get PDFThe American Medical Women’s Association initiative, the Sex and Gender Health Collaborative, aims to advocate for and advance sex and gender medicine by creating inclusive medical education via factsheets. Currently, 76 factsheets are in progress, comparing and contrasting various healthcare conditions in men and women. Sex and gender, often used interchangeably, are truly two distinct ideas. Sex refers to the biological assignment at birth based on genitalia and physical characteristics. Whereas, gender refers to a spectrum of socially constructed characteristics. The importance of sex and gender medicine is to consider the whole person to create the best care plan. The purpose of my research is to fill a gap in medical understanding and education of differences between sleep apnea and sleep disorders for sex and gender.
Over 30 articles were compiled via Google Scholar searches using the keywords: “Sex and gender differences in sleep,” “Sleep differences,” and “Gender-specific Sleep Apnea.” Twenty of those articles were read and extracted for data for differences between sex and gender through seven categories: risk factors, prevalence, prevention, clinical presentation, pathophysiology, diagnostics, and treatment. The assigned physician mentor specialist then reviews the factsheet. After final approval, it is turned into an infographic to be used for the public, healthcare providers, and medical education. My research results showed a 90% rate of underdiagnosis for women with a presentation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). The results also showed differences in risk factors and treatment for men and women. Women have more significant risk factors like poorer sleep quality and increased risk of cardiovascular problems due to OSA. Even with those extra risks and presenting with the classic associated symptoms, they are less likely to be treated because they miss the treatment cutoffs, such as the apnea-hypopnea index. The need for research and medicine to include sex and gender differences is imperative for proper patient treatment and care. This research is a stepping stone in medical care and education through inclusivity and diversity. Future studies and research must focus on, understand, and specialize in health care for differences in biological sex and the gender spectrum.Academic Major: Women's, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesAcademic Major: Neuroscienc
Relative dental eruption and mechanically challenging diets in colobines and cercopithecines
Get PDFThe present study examines the potential relationship between relative dental eruption and diet in Colobus angolensis, Colobus polykomos, Colobus satanas, Piliocolobus badius, Procolobus verus, Cercocebus torquatus, Cercocebus atys, Cercocebus lunulatus, Lophocebus aterrimus, and Lophocebus albigena. These species were selected to examine predictions of the Food Processing Hypothesis (FPH), which suggests that species whose weanlings must process hard or tough foods will have accelerated rates of dental growth and development, as their permanent teeth—particularly their molars—are required to process these mechanically challenging foods (Godfrey, 2001). FPH predicts that folivorous weanlings that are reliant on tough foods require more advanced dental eruption than frugivorous weanlings that are adapted to processing softer foods (Godfrey, 2001). Based on FPH, it was hypothesized that there would be relatively earlier second and third molar, as well as fourth premolar eruption in species that are hard object feeders in comparison to what is used as the baseline dental eruption sequence of the Cercopithecoidea. Hypothesis 1 addresses whether it is possible to replicate Harvati’s (2000) results of eruption sequence differences between Colobus and Piliocolobus. It is hypothesized that with the addition of Colobus satanas, these genus level differences would persist. Given its softer diet and close phylogenetic relationship to P. badius (Oates, 1988), Procolobus verus was expected to be similar to Piliocolobus badius and follow a relative eruption sequence more similar to the baseline than Colobus (Harvati, 2000). Hypothesis 2 explores whether there are differences in relative dental eruption within the Colobus genus related to seed-eating. It is hypothesized that the hard-object feeding Colobus species show early relative molar eruption when compared to their counterparts. Hypothesis 3 addresses whether hard-object feeding cercopithecoid species outside of the colobine clade exhibit evidence of advanced relative eruption of molars. Under FPH, relatively advanced dental eruption would be expected. In this study dental eruption sequences were scored in a manner similar to that of Harvati (2000). Sample sizes were limited because only the dental remains of juveniles with mixed dentitions could be scored, precluding statistical analysis. Results are displayed in bar charts showing the frequencies of differences from the baseline eruption sequence. Hypothesis 1 and Hypothesis 2 were supported. Hypothesis 3 was not supported, with low frequencies of early molar eruption in Cercocebus and Lophocebus. With respect to FPH, it seems that hard-object feeding is associated with advanced relative molar eruption in colobines but not in cercopithecines. Reasons for this difference, especially concerning the effect of brain size on growth and development in primates, will be discussed.The Ohio State University Arts and Sciences Honors Committee - Undergraduate Research ScholarshipLeVasseur Family - LeVasseur Travel AwardNo embargoAcademic Major: Anthropological Science
Ohl 112-114, no. 5 and no. 6 – Two identical Christian apotropaic prayers, slightly different in style, to protect against lightning and thunderstorms, Renaissance to as late as the 18th century
No full textPhotographs (no. 6 – large photo by David Wright
CIL 6.35089 – Fragment of a columbarium plaque for Decimia M[---], set up by P. Decimius Epaph[roditus?] and Decimia Strato[nice?] for their patron, 1st-2nd century CE
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Mechanism Underlying Astrocytic Uptake of Sulforhodamine 101 (SR101)
No full textHealth Under the Microscope (The Ohio State University Denman Undergraduate Research
Forum)Sulforhodamine 101 (SR101) is a commonly used chemical marker for astrocytes and is particularly useful in functional in vivo and in situ studies. However, the mechanism underlying the astrocytic uptake of SR101 remains elusive. Serendipitously, we found that SR101 uptake can be fully inhibited by meclofenamic acid (MFA). The MFA-mediated SR101 uptake inhibition is characterized by a non-competitive binding of MFA to the SR101 uptake pathway, a rapid inhibitory time course (T50,0.499 min), and high efficacy (EC50, 6.3631 μM). Therefore, MFA emerges as a useful inhibitor to further explore the mechanism of SR101 uptake in astrocytes.The laboratory of M.Z. is supported by a grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (RO1NS116059).A five-year embargo was granted for this item.Academic Major: Biolog
I Liked it Before it Was Cool: When and Why Consumers Signal Early Adoption of Popular Products
No full textBusiness: 1st Place (The Ohio State University Edward F. Hayes Advanced Research Forum)Across three studies we provide evidence that individuals are driven to communicate to others that they had adopted a product before it diffused (i.e., "before it was cool"). As we find, this tendency (which we term early adoption signaling) occurs naturally when the situational context makes a person's adoption timing salient, and is additionally something that marketers can directly leverage to encourage word of mouth.A five-year embargo was granted for this item
Ohio Legal Ethics Law
Get PDFThis Treatise, Ohio Legal Ethics Law, is offered for the use of Ohio attorneys, judges, legal educators and law students. The Treatise analyzes the Rules of Professional Conduct against the backdrop of Ohio legal ethics precedent, as reflected in disciplinary, malpractice, and disqualification decisions and in formal and advisory ethics opinions. The Treatise is updated annually. DISCLAIMER: The Treatise is transmitted for informational purposes only and not for legal advice. Users should not act upon this information without seeking the professional advice of an Ohio lawyer. Every effort has been made to provide useful information, but the authors do not warrant that the information is complete or accurate and disclaim all liability to any person for any loss caused by errors or omissions in the Treatise