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Adolescent Gambling: An Update on Research Since 2010
(Elsevier, 2017-05) Blinn-Pike, Lynn; Sociology, School of Liberal Arts
African Head and Neck Society Clinical Practice guidelines for thyroid nodules and cancer in developing countries and limited resource settings
(Wiley, 2020-08) Zafereo, Mark; Yu, Justin; Onakoya, Paul A.; Aswani, Joyce; Baidoo, Kenneth; Bogale, Mesele; Cairncross, Lydia; Cordes, Susan; Daniel, Adekunle; Diom, Evelyne; Maurice, Mpessa E.; Mohammed, Garba M.; Biadgelign, Melesse G.; Koné, Fatogoma I.; Itiere, Arnaud; Koch, Wayne; Konney, Anna; Kundiona, Innocent; Macharia, Chege; Mashamba, Victor; Moore, Michael G.; Mugabo, Rajab M.; Noah, Patrick; Omutsani, Mary; Orloff, Lisa A.; Otiti, Jeffrey; Randolph, Gregory W.; Sebelik, Merry; Todsen, Tobias; Twier, Khaled; Fagan, Johannes J.; Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine
Background International thyroid nodule and cancer management guidelines generally fail to take into account potential limitations in diagnostic and treatment resources. Methods Thyroid cancer specialists from the African Head and Neck Society and American Head & Neck Society Endocrine Section developed guidelines for diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules and cancer in low resource settings. Recommendations were based on literature review and expert opinion, with level of evidence defined. Results Using the ADAPTE process, diagnostic and treatment algorithms were adapted from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN). Low resource settings were simulated by systematically removing elements such as availability of laboratory testing, hormone replacement, imaging, and cytopathology from NCCN guidelines. Conclusions Successful management of thyroid nodules and cancer in low resource settings requires adaptation of treatment methodologies. These guidelines define specific scenarios where either more or less aggressive intervention for thyroid pathology may be advisable based on limited available resources.
Analysis of magnetic flux in magneto-rheological damper
(IOP, 2019-07) Purandare, Snehal; Zambare, Hrishikesh; Razban, Ali; Mechanical and Energy Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
Magnetorheological materials are a class of smart substances whose rheological properties can rapidly be varied by application of a magnetic field. The proposed damper consists of an electromagnet and a piston immersed in MR fluid. When current is applied to the electromagnet, the MR fluid solidifies as its yield stress varies in response to the applied magnetic field. Hence, the generation of a magnetic field is an important phenomenon in MR damper. In this research, the magnetic field generated in the damper was analyzed by applying finite element method using COMSOL Multiphysics and was validated using magnetic circuit theory. A quasi-static, 2D—Axisymmetric model was developed using parametric study by varying current from 0–3 A and the magnetic flux density change generated in the fluid flow gap of MR fluid due to external applied current was evaluated. According to the analytical calculations magnetic flux density generated at MR fluid gap was 0.64 Tesla and when calculated using FEA magnetic flux density generated was 0.61 Tesla for 1A current. There is a difference of 4.8% in the simulated results and analytically calculated results of automotive MR damper due to non linear BH curve consideration in Finite element analysis over linear consideration of BH relation in magnetic circuit theory.
Anticipatory Waivers of Consent for Pediatric Biobanking
(Wiley, 2019-03) Hartsock, Jane A.; Schwartz, Peter H.; Waltz, Amy C.; Ott, Mary A.; Medicine, School of Medicine
As pediatric biobank research grows, additional guidance will be needed about whether researchers should always obtain consent from participants when they reach the legal age of majority. Biobanks struggle with a range of practical and ethical issues related to this question. We propose a framework for the use of anticipatory waivers of consent that is empirically rooted in research that shows that children and adolescents are often developmentally capable of meaningful deliberation about the risks and benefits of participation in research. Accordingly, bright‐line legal concepts of majority or competency do not accurately capture the emerging capacity for autonomous decision‐making of many pediatric research participants and unnecessarily complicate the issues about contacting participants at the age of majority to obtain consent for the continued or first use of their biospecimens that were obtained during childhood. We believe the proposed framework provides an ethically sound balance between the concern for potential exploitation of vulnerable populations, the impetus for the federal regulations governing research with children, and the need to conduct valuable research in the age of genomic medicine.
Avoiding a Tyranny of the Majority: Public Deliberation as Citizen Science, Sensitive Issues, and Vulnerable Populations
(Taylor & Francis, 2019) Ott, Mary A.; Knopf, Amelia S.; Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Book review of Feedback in Second Language Writing: Contexts and Issues Edited by Ken Hyland and Fiona Hyland (2nd edition)
(Elsevier, 2020-04) Ene, Estela; World Languages and Cultures, School of Liberal Arts
Book Review: Neoliberalism's War on Higher Education
(Columbia University, 2019-10) Silverman, Elena H.; Nguyễn, David; School of Education
Buddhist Archeology in Mongolia: Zanabazar and the Géluk Diaspora beyond Tibet
(University of Hawaii Press, 2019) Tsultem, Uranchimeg; Edgar and Dorothy Fehnel Chair of International Studies, Herron School of Art and Design
This article discusses a Khalkha reincarnate ruler, the First Jebtsundampa Zanabazar, who is commonly believed to be a Géluk protagonist whose alliance with the Dalai and Panchen Lamas was crucial to the dissemination of Buddhism in Khalkha Mongolia. Zanabazar’s Géluk affiliation, however, is a later Qing-Géluk construct to divert the initial Khalkha vision of him as a reincarnation of the Jonang historian Tāranātha (1575–1634). Whereas several scholars have discussed the political significance of Zanabazar’s reincarnation based only on textual sources, this article takes an interdisciplinary approach to discuss, in addition to textual sources, visual records that include Zanabazar’s portraits and current findings from an ongoing excavation of Zanabazar’s Saridag Monastery. Clay sculptures and Zanabazar’s own writings, heretofore little studied, suggest that Zanabazar’s open approach to sectarian affiliations and his vision, akin to Tsongkhapa’s, were inclusive of several traditions rather than being limited to a single one.
Case studies and evidence-based approaches to addressing urban soil lead contamination
(Elsevier, 2017-08) Laidlaw, Mark A. S.; Filippelli, Gabriel M.; Brown, Sally; Paz-Ferreiro, Jorge; Reichman, Suzie M.; Netherway, Pacian; Truskewycz, Adam; Ball, Andrew S.; Mielke, Howard W.; Earth Science, School of Science
Urban soils in many communities in the United States and internationally have been contaminated by lead (Pb) from past use of lead additives in gasoline, deterioration of exterior paint, emissions from Pb smelters and battery recycling and other industries. Exposure to Pb in soil and related dust is widespread in many inner city areas. Up to 20–40% of urban children in some neighborhoods have blood lead levels (BLLs) equal to or above 5 μg per decilitre, the reference level of health concern by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Given the widespread nature of Pb contamination in urban soils it has proven a challenge to reduce exposure. In order to prevent this exposure, an evidence-based approach is required to isolate or remediate the soils and prevent children and adult's ongoing exposure. To date, the majority of community soil Pb remediation efforts have been focused in mining towns or in discrete neighborhoods where Pb smelters have impacted communities. These efforts have usually entailed very expensive dig and dump soil Pb remediation techniques, funded by the point source polluters. Remediating widespread non-point source urban soil contamination using this approach is neither economical nor feasible from a practical standpoint. Despite the need to remediate/isolate urban soils in inner city areas, no deliberate, large scale, cost effective Pb remediation schemes have been implemented to isolate inner city soils impacted from sources other than mines and smelters. However, a city-wide natural experiment of flooding in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina demonstrated that declines in soil Pb resulted in major BLL reductions. Also a growing body of literature of smaller scale pilot studies and programs does exist regarding low cost efforts to isolate Pb contaminated urban soils. This paper reviews the literature regarding the effectiveness of soil Pb remediation for reducing Pb exposure and BLL in children, and suggests best practices for addressing the epidemics of low-level Pb poisoning occurring in many inner city areas.
A Case Study in ePortfolio Implementation: A Department-Wide Perspective
(2019) Fallowfield, Stephen M.; Urtel, Mark; Swinford, Rachel; Angermeier, Lisa; Plopper, Allison S.; Kinesiology, School of Health and Human Sciences
This case study documents the trials and tribulations over a 3-year span of one academic department in implementing the ePortfolio as a high-impact practice to its undergraduate students. Failures and successes will be introduced with the resulting lessons learned applied to our current efforts. Pivotal instances that allowed the project partners to gain clarity about the design and implementation of an ePortfolio will be expressed to better understand our journey. The root of our collaborative efforts was based on the product versus process conversation around ePortfolios. Once our mindset shifted, we were able to embrace a more student-centered process ePortfolio that is threaded throughout our curriculum and not sporadically addressed as an add-on assignment.

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