Browsing Proceedings 2018: 14th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects by Title
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Early mobility in the intensive care unit: evaluation of a mobility protocol and the effect on patient outcomes
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)INTRODUCTION: Intensive care unit (ICU) interventions for early rehabilitation are linked with decreased length of stay (LOS) and days on mechanical ventilation (MV), as much as 47%, and is safe and well-tolerated by ... -
Effects of precipitation, grazing and initial planting practice on CRP plant diversity across Kansas
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a federally funded program that has converted marginal cropland to native plant communities over the past 30 years with the goal of preventing erosion, improving water quality, and ... -
Effects of spinal deviations from frontpack or backpack loading
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)INTRODUCTION: Humans use backpacks in everyday life for reasons including carrying school supplies, military or work-related uses. Carrying loads on the back can cause changes in posture and muscle activation resulting in ... -
Exploring the role of linker region and ig4 on the activity of palladin ig34 tandem domain
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)The protein palladin is a known regulator of the actin cytoskeleton and acts as an actin scaffold due to its ability to bind multiple actin-binding proteins. This grants palladin a key role in regulating actin rearrangement--a ... -
Factors affecting heat generation during bone drilling and Implant surgery
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)Bone drilling is a complicated process and creates deformations on the hard and soft tissues, as well as surrounding organs during the implant surgery and drilling process. The drills used in surgeries must have sharp ... -
Gun or wallet: the role of perceptual-cognitive skill in use-of-force decisions
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)Police use-of-force decisions are a hot topic that saturates the media, however little is known about the nature of these decisions. Officers go through use-of-force simulations as part of their training, however these ... -
Health literacy and medication adherence: a quality improvement project for heart failure patients
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)INTRODUCTION: Low health literacy results in worse outcomes and underutilization of preventative health care. In the United States 5,800,000 people have been diagnosed with heart failure (HF), with $20.9 billion spent in ... -
Host-delivered RNA interference may confer plant resistance against charcoal rot disease
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)Macrophomina phaseolina, the causative agent of the plant disease charcoal rot, impacts over 500 plant species, and causes devastating crop failures globally. It attacks plants primarily through fungus-infested soil. Once ... -
Implementation of an early mobility protocol in an intensive care unit
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)INTRODUCTION: Early mobility is recognized as an important intervention to avoid adverse outcomes in intensive care unit (ICU) patients, although only about one-half of ICUs have adopted early mobility programs. PURPOSE: ... -
Induced pluripotent stem cell-seeded collagen scaffolds as a mechanism for regeneration after spinal cord injury
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) are highly debilitating conditions for which no effective treatment or cure currently exists. Stem cell replacement therapies may offer hope to people suffering with SCIs. The use of biomaterial ... -
Influencing organizational policy to address gender and sexual minority health disparities and inclusivity within the healthcare delivery system
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)PURPOSE: According to the Health Equity Index (Human Rights, 2016), only 3 hospitals in Kansas were determined as leaders for health care equity. All 3 facilities are in the north area of Kansas, closer to Kansas City and ... -
Intranasal lidocaine to block the sphenopalatine ganglion in refractory chronic migraines: a case report
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)Intranasal lidocaine to treat chronic migraines may be a viable option after first and second line treatments are exhausted. It is thought to work by blocking the sphenopalatine ganglion. Although data from randomized ... -
Learning robotic grasping strategy based on natural-language object descriptions
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)Given the description of an object's physical attributes, humans can determine a proper strategy and grasp an object. Accomplishing a similar feat with robotic hands is considerably challenging despite significant progress ... -
Living loud: is nickelodeon's "the loud house" the next cartoon for young feminists?
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)Children's programming has gone through some drastic changes over the years as animation technology has improved and as cultural norms have shifted. Female cartoon characters are portrayed in roles today that they were not ... -
Mission possible: diversity of diseases for international healthcare workers
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)The diversity of communicable illnesses across the globe spans a wide range of organisms including bacteria, parasites, and viruses. Learning the multifarious and complicated paths of transmission, presentation, and treatment ... -
Monochromatic molecular absorption coefficients for use in calculations of stellar opacity
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)In order to fully understand stellar structure, it is necessary to know the opacity, as it influences the behavior of radiative transfer within the stellar interior. Opacity plays an important role in the onset of convection ... -
Multivariate approaches to evaluating quality in trauma care
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)The need to assess the performance of healthcare systems to improve quality and reduce costs has gained increasing attention in recent years. The Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) developed a database to measure ... -
Music teacher beliefs and classroom environments
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)The purpose of this study was to examine what music teachers believe "should" be happening in their classrooms and what they say people "will see" happening in their classrooms, with regard to "informal music learning," ... -
My plan: family planning health promotion project
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)Introduction: The rate of unintended pregnancy and infant mortality in Sedgwick County is among the highest in Kansas despite efforts to reduce pregnancy rates among adolescent females. Comparable urban communities reported ... -
Native American women: searching for representation amid cultural appropriation, sexual objectification and modern invisibility on social media
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)Contemporary views and definitions about what constitutes a Native American woman are elusive. Websites like Pinterest, Facebook, and Google allow users to search using the criteria Native American women, but what criteria ...