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Metabolomic Profile Comparison of Osteoarthritic and Traumatically Injured Synovial Joints
(2022)The widespread prevalence of degenerative joint diseases, such as osteoarthritis, characterized as a leading cause of disability, affects thousands of people around the world. Post-traumatic arthritis is a joint condition ... -
What is Most Necessary to Improve the Human Condition? Choosing Integrity Despite Societal Pressure: St. Augustine Confessions & Virginia Woolf A Room of One’s Own
(2022)In Confessions, by Saint Augustine, and A Room of One’s Own, by Virginia Woolf, both writers feel pressure from their societies to commit actions that go against their values or to fit into a mold that does not suit their ... -
Quality of Life in People with Hydrocephalus
(2022)Hydrocephalus is a condition in which there is a buildup of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the ventricles of the brain. Affecting one in five hundred people annually worldwide, it is the most common pediatric neurological ... -
Urban or Rural? The Risks for Intimate Partner Violence
(2022)Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a critical issue within the United States. According to the CDC as of 2010 one in four women experience intimate partner violence each year. Initmate partner violence is defined as “actual ... -
Using Liquid-Chromatography Mass-Spectrometry to Determine Metabolite Makeup Within Osteoarthritic and Healthy Synovial Fluid
(2022)Metabolomics is emerging as a new field of scientific study used to reveal metabolic phenotypes of diseases and disorders. Metabolomics has recently been employed to study osteoarthritis, which is the leading cause of ... -
Hippotherapy as a Treatment Tool
(2022)What is Hippotherapy? The professional treatment utilizing the horse, its movement, therapy activities and the natural environment to meet discipline-specific therapy goals. Currently offered by licensed occupational ... -
Hezbollah: Party of God
(2022)It is difficult to think of a group whose goals and actions resist a simple characterization more than that of the Lebanon-based “Hezbollah” (Hizbulla, Hizballah). Viewed by some as protectors and others as a threat, this ... -
Improving City of Helena Time Leave Process
(2022)The City of Helena is struggling with timesheet management issues as it deals with the complexity of city policy and governance. Our team is using Six Sigma Methodology to understand the core variables in their leave ... -
Metabolic Profiles of Synovial Fluid and Platelet-Poor Plasma by Osteoarthritic Grade
(2022)Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative synovial joint and bone disease characterized by articular cartilage degradation and affecting nearly 654.1 million adults worldwide. It is currently diagnosed and graded using ... -
Examining Love and Marriage through Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Canterbury Tales
(2022)Though they were written centuries apart, Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales and Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God share some important insights into the nature of romantic love. In particular, these ... -
The "Othering": The Impact of Societal Normativity on Exclusion and Oppression
(2022)In many places around the world where there has been an interest in studying women and gender roles, including in the United States, there has been a concerted effort to withdraw support for continued research and eliminate ... -
Radioligand Therapy and Targeted Antigen Therapy in Treatment of Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review
(2022)Objective: To review current literature about the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) by comparing radioligand therapy (RLT) and targeted antigen therapy (TAT) to standard treatment options. ... -
Behavioral Effects of Diabetes Self-Management Education on Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
(2022)There is an estimated 37.3 million Americans living with diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022). Most adults living with diabetes manage their day-to-day care and rely on the healthcare system for ... -
Preventative Care Visits of Adolescents and Health Behaviors
(2022)The adolescent population has increased rates of health issues, which can be carried into adulthood. Health issues that are often preventable include diabetes, high blood pressure, being overweight or underweight, and high ... -
The Use of Ketamine Infusions for Chronic Pain
(2022)Chronic pain is an ongoing problem in the United States that affects millions of Americans. In 2016, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that 50 million Americans suffer from chronic pain (Dahlhammer, ... -
Effect of Distraction Methods on Pediatric Pain Report
(2022)Data from children’s hospitals reveal that pain in pediatric patients is common, under-recognized, and under-treated (International Association for the Study of Pain, 2021). Pain may be difficult for a child to verbalize ... -
Companions in the Trenches: The Effects of the Animals on the Soldiers of World War 1
(2022)War is a hellish experience for any individual to ever have to go through. It takes a toll on both the mind and the body. To try to counter the mental hardship of war, many battalions and platoons adopt animal mascots to ... -
Effects of Tartrazine on Drosophila melanogaster Anxiety and Depression Behaviors
(2022)Tartrazine is a yellow-tinged chemical that is used to dye food, fabric, drugs, and cosmetics yellow in the United States. Previous research has found a connection between tartrazine-rich diets and anxiety and depressive ... -
The Analysis of the Ebony Gene in Culex tarsalis Across the Major Drainages of Montana
(2022)Many species have natural variations. One of the most obvious is in their color or pigmentation. Culex tarsalis is a vector for the virus known as West Nile Virus. This species of mosquito is found across the state of ... -
Modeling Maize Root-Associated Bacterial Interactions
(2022)A commonly unknown contributor toward plant growth is the microbial community that exists within the soil. The microbial community is composed of bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and archaea. The interaction between members of ...