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Dylan and the Kennedy Assassination: Part 3, Murder Most Foul
No full textThis research article is the third and final installment in a series exploring connections between Bob Dylan\u27s art and the Kennedy assassination. This piece focuses on Dylan\u27s song Murder Most Foul
Trauma History and BPD Diagnosis: A comparative analysis of trauma history among clients with and without borderline personality disorder at Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services.
No full textBorderline Personality Disorder is commonly diagnosed among clients within mental health agencies. Research represents a broad relationship between trauma history and individuals with a borderline personality disorder diagnosis (BPD). This exploratory study aims to examine whether or not there are commonalities between the trauma history of Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health (GCBHS) clients with BPD compared to clients with other mental health diagnoses. Secondary agency data provided by the quality management team at GCBHS and client chart review, were used to interpret the patterns of trauma among clients with BPD compared to those with other diagnoses. The in-depth chart review was necessary to evaluate client responses to the Ohio Consumer Outcome survey, which provided the specific trauma symptom data needed for the analysis. This study included 20 individuals which were currently enrolled in services at GCBHS in Hamilton County. 10 subjects who met the criteria for BPD diagnosis and a reported trauma history were sampled using the non-probability purposive sampling design. The remaining 10 did not meet the diagnosis criteria for BPD and were selected using random sampling. Exploring these potential relationships between trauma and BPD diagnosis can inform interventions and trauma informed care strategies to align more with client needs and improve the outcome results for these vulnerable populations served within mental health agencies
Concise Synthesis of Valproic Acid for Undergraduate Lab Use
No full textThe goal of this project is to synthesize a natural product with known medicinal uses as an anticonvulsant known as valproic acid in a manner which can be done in one to two undergraduate laboratory sessions. Students following this lab procedure will experience the excitement of creating synthetically interesting small molecules while refining their technical skills in multiple purifications and characterization. The general synthetic scheme follows Fischer esterification of malonic acid to diethyl malonate, followed by the dialkylation at the alpha carbon via substitution of small alkyl halides, and completed through conversion back to a carboxylic acid to subsequently be decarboxylated. The project has seen progress; however, the methods of the experiment are still in need of improvement such that the overall time needed to synthesize valproic acid in a mostly pure manner can be reduced
Political Affiliation in the 2024 Presidential Election in Predicting Influenza Vaccination Rate Across the United States
No full textLimiting the spread of infectious disease is made possible through the introduction of vaccines. When herd immunity is reached, those who are immunocompromised or unvaccinated can be protected by the vaccination status of others within their community. However, vaccination rates have begun to fluctuate on a national level, with numerous factors that could be associated with these observable changes. Flu vaccines are among one of the most common vaccines children and adults can receive, but it is hypothesized that political affiliation may be correlated with vaccination rate. This study aimed to examine how political parties in the 2024 presidential election can be associated with flu vaccination rate. Data was collected via CDC public records and BBC voting data from November 2024, including voting percentages from Democratic and Republican voters by state. On average, the mean flu vaccination percentage for Republican voters was 41.44% compared to 51.27% for Democratic voters with statistically significant differences of p\u3c10^-9. There was found to be a positive association between Democratic voters and flu vaccination (m = 0.41, R^2 = 0.51) compared to the negative correlation with Republican voters (m= -0.41, R^2 = 0.53). Average flu vaccination rate as of November 2024 was found to be 45.29% (SD = 6.63, SE = 0.93). Examining longitudinal data of voting trends compared to other vaccines (childhood immunizations or COVID-19 vaccination) could provide more expansive correlations and trends, with the potential to predict the spread of certain diseases in the future
The Effect of Ego Depletion on Prosocial Behavior
Get PDFIndividuals’ exertion of self-control may lead to ego depletion, a psychological concept suggesting that people have a finite amount of self-control (Wang et al., 2017). The current research examines if ego depletion affects (i.e., reduces) individuals’ prosocial behavioral intentions (study 1) and/or their likelihood to engage in prosocial behavior (study 2). The current project also examines if the effect of ego depletion on prosocial outcomes is moderated by participants’ moral identity. After providing informed consent, participants were randomly assigned to one of three conditions (high depletion, low depletion, control), where they were asked to write continuously for at least five minutes. Participants were either restricted from using the letters A or N (high depletion), X or Z (low depletion), or did not have letter restrictions (control) during the writing task. After completing one of the writing tasks, participants were presented with a self-report questionnaire assessing their prosocial behavioral intentions (study 1) or two optional short answer questions that would presumably help the researchers with future work (study 2). The results revealed that having a strong moral identity was associated with greater prosocial intentions and behavior. Additionally, although ego depletion condition did not affect individuals’ prosocial intentions, individuals who exerted the greatest self-control—in the high ego depletion condition—were less likely to engage in prosocial behavior. Finally, the interaction between moral identity and ego depletion was not significant. The present studies suggest that high ego depletion may reduce people’s self-control behavior, yet they are unaware of such depletion
Improving Health Literacy of Veterans in Primary Care Clinics: Education for Nurses and Providers
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Health literacy is an individual\u27s ability to find, understand, and apply health information to make health decisions. Approximately one-third of Americans are estimated to have basic to below-basic health literacy. Basic literacy includes the ability to read a pamphlet; below basic is the inability to read and understand simple instructions. In the veteran population, it is estimated that 55% have less than adequate health literacy, increasing up to 60% for those who have a history of combat, post-traumatic stress disorder, or traumatic brain injury. Low health literacy is a strong predictor of poor health outcomes. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) primary care clinics provide care to thousands of veterans annually. Currently, there is no standard evidence-based tool to assess veteran health literacy, and primary care staff lack the necessary communication tools to improve the health literacy of veterans. Implementing an educational offering to introduce the Newest Vital Sign assessment tool and communication strategies, including a teach-back method, would educate primary care providers and nursing staff. The anticipated result of this education is that knowledgeable primary care providers and nurses can assess and implement strategies to improve veteran health literacy. Improving veteran health literacy is expected to increase veteran participation in shared decision-making, enhance the utilization of preventive care measures, reduce unnecessary healthcare utilization by lowering emergency and admission rates, and decrease pharmacy costs.
Keywords: health literacy, health literacy and veterans, health literacy and disease prevalence, health literacy assessment tools, health literacy, and health outcome
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MEASURING POSTURE AND MOTION USING THE THIGH- AND POCKET-WORN FIBION AND ACTIVPAL MONITORS IN A LABORATORY AND FREE-LIVING SETTING.
No full textBACKGROUND: It is important to have accurate measurements to better understand the health impacts of time spent in different postures. Inclinometer-based accelerometers are tools to classify these postures. PURPOSE: To determine the validity and reliability of a new monitor (Fibion) for classifying posture, in a laboratory and free-living setting, compared to an established monitor (activPAL). METHODS: 25 adult participants (12 male; age 40±15 yr) wore one activPAL (right thigh), and four Fibion (both thighs and front pants/shorts pockets) while performing 12 activities of daily living for 2 minutes each in a laboratory setting. Laboratory activity postural output (sit, stand, step, or cycle) from all devices was compared to direct observation (percent agreement and weighted kappa), and percentage of time each activity was correctly classified was calculated. For sweeping, walking or standing was counted as a correct posture; for rowing, cycling or walking was counted as a correct posture. Monitors were then worn for three days during normal activities and during waking hours. RESULTS: Average accuracy for the Fibion thigh monitors was 86% (kappa=0.8; p\u3c0.001) with high accuracy (90%–100%) for detecting lying, sitting, walking, stair climbing, jogging, and sweeping. Average accuracy for the Fibion pocket monitors was 75% (kappa 0.65; p\u3c0.001). The thigh-worn activPAL had overall accuracy of 73.0% (kappa 0.61; p\u3c0.001). Across 63,775 total minutes, Fibion L and R thigh had 85.6% agreement (kappa=0.73), and L and R pocket had 76.1% agreement (kappa=0.57; both p\u3c0.001). CONCLUSION: The Fibion monitor shows promise as a tool for measuring activities and postures
The Role of the History Museum: Discussing \u27Missing\u27 History Using Experiential Data
Get PDFThis research project delves into the conversation of texts and explanations within history museums. The 21st century has afforded an environment that allows for pushback on false or unequal representation in public institutions. History has generally been in Caucasian, English-fluent male hands, despite the vast demographics of people that form our global history. Museums, when confronted with the choice between education and entertainment, often water down explanations, include ‘partial truths’, or exclude diverse perspectives. This project attempts to combat such exhibit choices through experiential data from a distributed survey in conversation with previous scholarship on interpretation and representation within museums. The survey asks if participants have attended a history-based museum in the last fifteen years, if they had known more about a subject than the exhibit presented, whether there were gaps, inaccuracies, or intentionally omitted information for the sake of ‘generalization’ or entertainment. This is a crucial developing subject matter as systemic issues with representation and truthful, holistic history are topical concerns
Cops and Robbers on Oriented Graphs
Get PDFCops and Robbers is a two-player vertex-to-vertex pursuit game played on a reflexive graph. The goal is for the cop(s) to occupy the same vertex as the robber. The game is played with exactly one robber and at least one cop. If k is the least number of cops needed to always capture the robber on a graph G, then G has cop number k and we say G is k-cop-win. The game has been well studied for undirected graphs. We investigate oriented graphs where each edge (or arc) has exactly one of the two possible orientations. There is no known intrinsic characterization of 1-cop-win oriented graphs. In this presentation, we define a relational characterization of the class of cop-win oriented graphs in a manner analogous to the characterization provided by Clarke and McGillivray (2012) for undirected graphs. We will also discuss the cop number of products of oriented graphs, with a focus on oriented cycles