KU Scholarly Papers Funded by the KU Open Access Fund: Recent submissions
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Short Term Development and Fate of MGE-Like Neural Progenitor Cells in Jaundiced and Non-Jaundiced Rat Brain
(SAGE Publications, 2018-05-30)Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia targets specific brain regions and can lead to kernicterus. One of the most debilitating symptoms of kernicterus is dystonia, which results from bilirubin toxicity to the globus pallidus (GP). ... -
Favorable outcome with early initiation of VV-ECMO for unilateral lung disease in children
(Elsevier, 2019-01-01)Unilateral lung diseases such as unilateral pneumonia, trauma or pulmonary hemorrhage can cause profound hypoxemic respiratory failure necessitating mechanical ventilation. These disorders are characterized by marked asymmetry ... -
Intravenous immunoglobulin for acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis refractory to plasmapheresis
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Hemoptysis After CardioMEMS Implantation: Case Report and Review
(International Scientific Information, Inc., 2018-03-31)The CardioMEMS heart failure system is a small sensor that is placed in a branch pulmonary artery for ambulatory monitoring of pulmonary artery pressures. CardioMEMS has been approved for use in the United States in ... -
Flagellar Synchronization Is a Simple Alternative to Cell Cycle Synchronization for Ciliary and Flagellar Studies
(American Society for Microbiology, 2017-03-08)The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is an ideal model organism for studies of ciliary function and assembly. In assays for biological and biochemical effects of various factors on flagellar structure and ... -
Pseudoephedrine Induced Ischemic Colitis: A Case Report and Review of Literature
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2018-06-28)Ischemic colitis due to medications is common, and a number of cases have been described with pseudoephedrine as the culprit agent. We present here an interesting case of a healthy female with no risk factors who developed ... -
Pupillary Response to Cognitive Demand in Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Study
(Frontiers, 2018-04-10)Previous studies have shown that pupillary response, a physiological measure of cognitive workload, reflects cognitive demand in healthy younger and older adults. However, the relationship between cognitive workload and ... -
Right Ventricular Heart Failure from a Cardiac Yolk Sac Tumor
(ISI Journals, 2018-03-02)BACKGROUND: Cardiac involvement by a malignant tumor is rare. However, this is a case of right heart failure due to cardiac metastasis from a yolk sac tumor. Although a few case reports of cardiac metastasis from yolk sac ... -
Pseudotumor from Metal-on-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty Causing Unilateral Leg Edema: Case Presentation and Literature Review
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2018)Metal-on-metal (MoM) total hip arthroplasty (THA) can be associated with adverse metal reactions, including pseudotumors. This case report describes a 58-year-old female with an MoM THA-related pseudotumor that caused ... -
MRI visualization of optic nerve avulsion due to ocular perforation from BB gun projectile
(Elsevier, 2018)To report a case of optic nerve avulsion after a perforating injury by an air-soft/BB gun that was successfully captured with magnetic resonance imaging. -
Transmission dynamics for Methicilin-resistant Staphalococous areus with injection drug user
(BioMed Central, 2018-02-07)Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial pathogen resistance to antibiotics including methicillin. The resistance first emerged in 1960 in a healthcare setting only after two years of ... -
The anxiolytic effect of probiotics: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the clinical and preclinical literature
(Public Library of Science, 2018-06-20)Background Probiotics have generated intensive research interest in recent years as a novel mode of treatment for physical and mental illness. Nevertheless, the anxiolytic potential of probiotics remains unclear. The ... -
"Are you gonna publish that?" Peer-reviewed publication outcomes of doctoral dissertations in psychology
(Public Library of Science, 2018-02-14)If a doctoral dissertation represents an original investigation that makes a contribution to one’s field, then dissertation research could, and arguably should, be disseminated into the scientific literature. However, the ... -
Image Registration-Based Bolt Loosening Detection of Steel Joints
(MDPI, 2018-03-28)Self-loosening of bolts caused by repetitive loads and vibrations is one of the common defects that can weaken the structural integrity of bolted steel joints in civil structures. Many existing approaches for detecting ... -
Including College and Career Readiness Within a Multitiered Systems of Support Framework
(Sage, 2018-03-19)Current practices of college and career readiness (CCR) emerged from within secondary school reform efforts. During a similar timeframe, evidence-based schoolwide interventions—positive behavioral interventions and supports ... -
Multitasking in older adults with type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional analysis
(Public Library of Science, 2017-10-18)Deficits in the ability to multitask contribute to gait abnormalities and falls in many at-risk populations. However, it is unclear whether older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) also demonstrate impairments in ... -
Examining public knowledge and preferences for adult preventive services coverage
(Public Library of Science, 2017-12-20)Introduction: To examine (1) what individuals know about the existing adult preventive service coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and (2) which preventive services individuals think should be covered ... -
Francisella tularensis Confronts the Complement System
(Frontiers Media, 2017-12-19)Francisella tularensis has developed a number of effective evasion strategies to counteract host immune defenses, not the least of which is its ability to interact with the complement system to its own advantage. Following ... -
Perceptual distinctiveness between dental and palatal sibilants in different vowel contexts and its implications for phonological contrasts
(Ubiquity Press, 2017-07-18)Mandarin Chinese has dental, palatal, and retroflex sibilants, but their contrasts before [_i] are avoided: The palatals appear before [i] while the dentals and retroflexes appear before homorganic syllabic approximants ... -
Optical-flow based non-invasive analysis of cardiomyocyte contractility
(Nature Publishing Group, 2017-09-04)Characterization of cardiomyocyte beat patterns is needed for quality control of cells intended for surgical injection as well as to establish phenotypes in disease modeling or toxicity studies. Optical-flow based analysis ...
