The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Menopausal Symptoms among Chinese-American Women

The objectives of this research were to study the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for menopausal symptoms among Chinese-American women, and to examine the correlation between CAM use, acculturation, and CAM insurance coverage. The study revealed that Chinese-American women experience menopausal symptoms even when they still have regular menstrual cycles. Early education on women\u27s health, especially about menopause, is recommended. A significant correlation was found between the women being asked by their health care providers regarding CAM use, and open discussion regarding the women\u27s CAM use with their health care providers (p\u3c0.05). The researchers suggest that health care providers ask their patients about their CAM use in order to encourage open discussion of CAM use with their patients

Black Femininity and Masculinity and its Relation to Sexuality in Spike Lee\u27s She\u27s Gotta Have It

Spike Lee\u27s 1986 American Film She\u27s Gotta Have It challenges the stereotypical portrayal of Black feminity and masculinity by portraying a wide variety of expressions in sexuality. My approach will be to look at how race and sexuality impact the characters in the movie and Lee comments on the actual world today. The intersectionality of race and sexuality is highly prevalent in the movie and will be explored in my research. My thesis is Spike Lee uses the intersectionality of race and sexuality to critic the stereotypical roles of femininity and masculinity

Lead-to-Pixels: Digital Archives, Material Access

This project combines the Wolverine Press and the Shapiro Design Lab to explore material approaches to migration and access for early-modern printed books, now mostly accessed digitally. We use digital preservation-master images, primary research, letterpress, and 3D-printing technologies to make a quarto-sheet edition from Hamlet for Michigan Shakespeare 2016 celebrations.University Library's Student Engagement Programhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/122842/1/Chung_Rebecca_FinalReport_Poster.pdfDescription of Chung_Rebecca_FinalReport_Poster.pdf : Symposium presentation poste

Demand for Nutrients: The Household Production Approach

This study uses the household production theory to study the demand for nutrients, i.e., households purchase a combination of food items from the market and produce the needed nutrients from these food items. By following the traditional household production approach, shadow prices for nutrients in food consumption are calculated. The cost function that generates the shadow prices appears plausible in terms of its elasticities of substitution and factor demand. After obtaining the calculated shadow prices of nutrients, the nutrient demand functions are estimated. Results show that the own-price elasticity of demand for nutrient is inelastic, whereas the expenditure elasticities indicate that nutrients are normal goods. Crossprice elasticities show that there appears to be complementarity in the demand for nutrients. This seems a logical result.nutrient, household production theory, demand, Demand and Price Analysis,

Canadian import demand for fresh fruits: a differential demand system approach

import demand, Canada, fresh fruit, Demand and Price Analysis, International Relations/Trade,

An Engel Curve Analysis of Household Expenditure in Taiwan: 1996-98

Seven systems of Engel curves for expenditures on ten commodity groups were estimated using Taiwanese household expenditure data for the period from 1996 through 1998. Results show that the estimated expenditure elasticities are insensitive to the choice of functional forms.Engel curve, Taiwan, Consumer/Household Economics,

DEMAND FOR NUTRIENTS: THE HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTION APPROACH

The household production approach is used to characterize the household's preference toward nutrients in food consumption. Elasticities of substitution and Hicksian price elasticities are estimated, price- and expenditure-nutrient elasticities are calculated. Results show that protein is the most expensive nutrient, and that nutrients played an important role in determining households' food consumption.Consumer/Household Economics, Demand and Price Analysis, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,

The Impacts of Retail Promotions on the Demand for Orange Juice: A Study of a Retail Chain

This study examined the impacts of retail promotions on the demand for five brands of orange juices for a retail chain (referred to as Retailer X) and its competitors using the Rotterdam model. Results show that the combination of feature ads and displays had the largest impacts on retail revenue among the four promotional tactics considered, while temporary price reductions had no additional advertising impacts other than price impacts on retail revenues. Results also show that when Retailer X promotes an OJ brand using any of the tactics studied, a larger portion of the increased demand for the promoted brand came from reduced demand for other brands of OJ in the same store and a smaller portion came from the decreased demand in competing stores in the same trading area.Demand and Price Analysis, Marketing,

Stiffness response of bone to elevated frequency loading

Introduction: Wolff’s Law qualitatively describes the response of bone to loading conditions. This study examines the interaction and dependence of loading frequency on the fatigue response of bone under axial load. It has been surmised that exposure to elevated frequencies may increase bone stiffness. The resulting stiffness response of bone based on work generated under sinusoidal loading over a range of frequencies was investigated. -Elucidating the response characteristics of bone will help to determine the optimal loading conditions which stimulate bone growth and may be applicable to the improvement of bone fusion regimens as well as design of bioreactor systems. Materials and Methods: A 10-mm trephine was used to extract the central core from 30 frozen thoracic (T9, T10, T11) porcine vertebral bodies (Animal Technologies Inc., Tyler, Texas). The resulting heights from each of the cylindrical specimens of cancellous bone were recorded and used to normalize the resulting deformation data under loading. Cylindrical specimens were milled to achieve parallel surfaces for loading in phosphate-buffered saline. Specimens were subjected to compressive sinusoidal fatigue loading from –2 N to –15 N for 535 cycles at randomly selected rates of 1 Hz, 2.5 Hz, 5 Hz, 7.5 Hz, and 10 Hz using a materials’ testing machine with continuous load versus deformation data acquired at cycle number 10 and at subsequent 25 cycle intervals thereafter. Stiffness at recorded cycle intervals was computed from the elastic region of the load versus deformation curve. At each axial count, the stiffness of the loading phase of the cycle was computed by determining the slope of the load versus deformation curve in the elastic region. A plot of the mean stiffness versus cycle number at each loading frequency tested was subjected to a nonlinear analysis (Prism 5.0, GraphPad Inc., San Diego, California). The resulting curve parameters of rate (K), plateau, stiffness change (span), and half-time were normalized to initial stiffness (Y0) and statistically analyzed using a one-way repeated measures ANOVA test with a Tukey posthoc test. Results and Discussion: The results of compression based on applied loading frequency are provided. The resonant frequency of the spine has been cited at 5 Hz. In addition to this 5 Hz resonant frequency, harmonics at 1 Hz and 10 Hz were also found to increase cycles required to achieve stability, as demonstrated by statistically increased half-life values seen at these loading rates. Among the half-life values, no statistically significant differences were found between the 1 Hz and 5 Hz, 1 Hz and 10 Hz, or 5 Hz and 10 Hz frequencies. All other comparisons were statistically significant (P \u3c 0.05). Conclusions: The mechanical response of bone is highly dependent on loading frequency. This study demonstrates that increased stiffness at elevated loading frequencies may lead to predisposition of pathological clinical conditions. Frequency of loading rate should be considered as stiffness changes display preferential values near 2.5 Hz, 5 Hz, and 10 Hz