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Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - June 9, 2023
Get PDFThis is the June 9, 2023 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine\u27s newsletter - Watercooler.
Contents include: Phung named associate editor of cancer journal section Borchert discusses preparing for next pandemic on NSF podcast Meet a Med Student: Robert Rella Medical students begin summer research Pathology faculty present at international meetin
Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - February 3, 2023
Get PDFThis is the February 3, 2023 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine\u27s newsletter - Watercooler.
Contents include: Kognito training offered for faculty and staff Rogers selected as at-large member of the association of residency administrators in surgery Four medical students match in military residency programs Faculty grand rounds to focus on \u27Design Thinking Methodology in Action\u27 Sternberg appointed to local medical leadership positions Watch video: USA Milestones Shea joins department of microbiology and immunolog
U2.31.978_TA3 06.14.21 Prox. Humerus.ta3
No full textObjectives We estimate adult age distributions from Unar 1 and Unar 2, two late Umm an-Nar (2400-2100 BCE) tombs in the modern-day Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. These collective tombseach contained hundreds of skeletons in commingled, fragmented, and variably cremated states. Previous studies placed the vast majority of this mortuary community in a generalized “adult” category, as have most analyses of similar tombs from this period. We sought to test how adult age estimation methods compare in identifying young, middle, and old age individuals in commingled assemblages.
Materials and Methods We employed Transition Analysis 3 (TA3) and traditional age estimation methods to generate adult age distributions for each tomb. We compared these distributions between tomb contexts as well as by method.
Results Unar 1 and Unar 2 had similar adult age distributions within each method, but TA3 age distributions included significantly more middle and older adult individuals than those generated by traditional methods.
Discussion These results support findings of earlier iterations of Transition Analysis in regard to sensitivity in old adult age estimation, compared to traditional methods. Our findings indicate a potential use of TA3 in reconstructing age distributions and mortality profiles in commingled skeletal assemblages. Increasing our understanding of everyday life in the distant past necessitates better understandings of adult age, and here, we illustrate how age estimation method choice significantly changes bioarchaeological interpretations of aging in Bronze Age Arabia
Examining NDUFAB1 Expression in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
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Introduction: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is approximately 4% of all cancers and 2% of all cancer associated mortality in the United States. In 2023, there will be an estimated 67,000 new cases of HNSCC, along with 15,400 deaths, in the United States. HNSCC locations include the oral cavity, oropharynx, nasopharynx, hypopharynx, and larynx. Major risk factors for HNSCC include tobacco use, alcohol use, and human papilloma virus (HPV). Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is currently the only approved molecular targeted therapy for HNSCC. Therefore, new therapeutics and biomarkers for HNSCC are warranted. Mitochondria are cytoplasmic organelles that are a major source of ATP through oxidative phosphorylation. Respiratory complex alterations reprogram metabolism and promote oncogenesis. Understanding respiratory complex alterations could provide insight for new therapeutic and biomarker development. NDUFAB1 is a nuclear-encoded protein of respiratory complex I (NADH dehydrogenase) in the electron transport chain. Previous studies have shown increased expression of NDUFAB1 in HNSCC compared to normal tissues. Previous studies also found abundant NDUFAB1 expression to be associated with clinical stage, tumor grade, HPV status, lymph node metastasis, and lower rates of survival.
Hypothesis: NDUFAB1 is abundantly expressed in HNSCC and predicts poor prognosis of these patients.
Specific Aim 1: Determine and compare NDUFAB1 protein expression in human head and neck cancer tissues to normal tissues by immunohistochemistry.
Specific Aim 2: Examine the clinico-pathological correlation of NDUFAB1 expression in predicting HNSCC outcome. This is accomplished by comparing data outcome from aim 1 with patients’ clinical stage, histological grade, sex, age, and survival.https://jagworks.southalabama.edu/honors_college_posters/1004/thumbnail.jp
Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - January 12, 2023
Get PDFThis is the January 12, 2023 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine\u27s newsletter - Watercooler.
Contents include: USA scientist awarded grant to reduce risks to astronaut\u27s health Meet a Med Student: Andrew Washington Clinical faculty invited to complete wellness survey Whiddon college of medicine mourns passing of professor Emerita June E. Ayling, Ph.D
Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - September 14, 2023
Get PDFThis is the September 14, 2023 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine\u27s newsletter - Watercooler.
Contents Include: Register now: USA Health Game day set for Oct.17 Whiddon college of medicine alumnus joins orthopedic surgery faculty Senior medical students named to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Lunch & learn session to focus on promotion and tenure USA health names new chair of internal medicin
Part 1: Smokey Pas De Duex
No full textHermann von Helmholtz worked out the interaction of two smoke rings traveling in the same direction: If they have the same direction, the foremost widens and travels more slowly, the pursuer shrinks and travels faster, till, finally, if their velocities are not too different, it overtakes the first and penetrates it. Then the same goes on in the opposite order so that the rings pass through each other alternatively.” Kelvin incorporated Helmholtz\u27s ideas into his theory of the vortex atom. According to this theory, chemical elements are small, knotted vortices of ether. Classify knots and links, and you classify the elements.
This is a representation of Helmholtz\u27s theory in gif format produced by artists at American Scientist. Select the Download tab in the upper right to see the two-ring animation
JAWS Youth Art 2023 Untitled 18
No full textThis is original artwork created for the 2023 J.A.W.S. Festival by a member of the Sonny Callahan Branch of the Boys and Girls Club of South Alabama. To protect the minor\u27s identity, only the initials are used for the artist\u27s name.https://jagworks.southalabama.edu/jaws-youth_2023/1017/thumbnail.jp
JAWS Youth Art 2023 Untitled 13
No full textThis is original artwork created for the 2023 J.A.W.S. Festival by a member of the Kiwanis Boys and Girls Club of South Alabama. To protect the minor\u27s identity, only the initials are used for the artist\u27s name.https://jagworks.southalabama.edu/jaws-youth_2023/1012/thumbnail.jp