Identifying Postpartum Mood Disorders in Men

According to the American Psychological Association (2016), one in seven women are diagnosed with a postpartum mood disorder. Postpartum mood disorders have recently received an increasing amount of attention in the news and in the media. More recently, however, researchers have been questioning whether fathers are also experiencing increased mood disorders such as anxiety and depression during the postpartum period. A review of literature yielded that this assumption is accurate, and that factors such as the female partner’s mental health, role transition and delayed bond with child put new fathers at risk for developing postpartum mood disorders. The literature also shows that men experience greater barriers to care than women, due to differences in symptom presentation and cultural expectations. This research examined how medical and mental health professionals could identify postpartum depression in new fathers. A systematic literature review was conducted to review the current research on this subject, locate the gaps and develop implications for future research, practice and policy. Data was gathered from five different databases and narrowed down using inclusion and exclusion criteria. Nine articles were included in the review. The results imply the importance of screening and supporting new fathers who may be dealing with postpartum mood disorders. Future research should examine potential screening tools and methods that would lead to best practices for implementing a screening process and integrating supportive interventions that would help eliminate the current substantial barriers to care that new fathers face

Effects of Phonemic Awareness and Oral Reading Fluency

Teaching students to read is a task that teachers are assigned to every school year. Many theories and theorists have given their take on the best way to teach students to read. Phonemic awareness has been in the forefront of reading instruction and currently is becoming a staple in many classrooms. This research study took a look at the correlation between phonemic awareness growth and oral reading fluency growth in a first-grade classroom working with mid-level students in a small group setting. The researcher used Path to Reading Excellence in School Sites (PRESS) phonemic intervention and curriculum-based measurement (CBM) for oral reading fluency. The PRESS progress monitoring and the CBM gave the researcher qualitative information about student growth in phonemic awareness and their oral reading fluency growth. The researcher’s data showed that with four weeks of small group intervention, the students\u27 average growth of words per minute in oral reading fluency grew nineteen words per minute. The researcher was delighted in seeing that the growth from phonemic awareness helped students with their oral reading fluency

Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English

Twice a year, in the May and December issues, RTE publishes a selected bibliography Of recent research in the teaching of English. Most of the studies listed appeared during the six-month period preceding the complication of the bibliography (January through lune, 1997, for the present bibliography), but some studies that appeared earlier are occasionally included. The listing is selective; it makes no attempt to include all research and research-related studies that appeared in the period under review. Comments on the bibliography and suggestions about items for inclusion may be directed to the bibliography editors. We encourage you to send your suggestions to [email protected] or [email protected]. You may also submit comments or recommend publications through the Annotated Bibliography page of RTE\u27s World Wide Web site at http://members.aol.com/RTEngl/rtehome.htm

Transgenic and Gene-Targeting Facility

Comparative Medicine - OneHealth and Comparative Medicine Poster SessionThe Transgenic and Gene-Targeting Facility at the University of Kansas Medical Center is located in the newly constructed Kansas Life Sciences Innovation Center on the KUMC campus. The mission of the Transgenic Facility is to provide services to KUMC investigators and the surrounding research community for the generation of transgenic and genetically modified mouse models. The facility is equipped to offer a full range of services, including generation of transgenic mice via pronuclear injection, generation of chimeric mice via embryonic stem cell injection and gene targeting of embryonic stem cells. A range of support services are also offered, including cryopreservation of sperm, embryos and oocytes, and assisted reproductive techniques such as rederivation and in vitro fertilization. The facility also offers molecular biology services including PCR genotyping and purification of plasmid and BAC DNA for microinjection. Our operations are centralized with an SPF mouse facility in the KLSIC building, with dedicated wet lab space for embryo manipulations and cryogenics, cell culture space and a molecular biology lab. The Scientific and Technical Directors at the facility have many years of experience in the generation and analysis of transgenic mouse models and work closely with investigators throughout the design and execution phases of the transgenic experiments. We have performed services for investigators at University of Missouri - Kansas City, Children's Mercy Hospital, University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, and Kansas State University. We look forward to working with you on your next project

Local brain connectivity and associations with gender and age

ABSTRACTRegional homogeneity measures synchrony of resting-state brain activity in neighboring voxels, or local connectivity. The effects of age and gender on local connectivity in healthy subjects are unknown. We performed regional homogeneity analyses on resting state BOLD time series data acquired from 58 normal, healthy participants, ranging in age from 11 to 35 (mean 18.1±5.0 years, 32 males). Regional homogeneity was found to be highest for gray matter, with brain regions within the default mode network having the highest local connectivity values. There was a general decrease in regional homogeneity with age with the greatest reduction seen in the anterior cingulate and temporal lobe. Greater female local connectivity in the right hippocampus and amygdala was also noted, regardless of age. These findings suggest that local connectivity at the millimeter scale decreases during development as longer connections are formed, and underscores the importance of examining gender differences in imaging studies of healthy and clinical populations

Everything You Need to Know about Grants: Beginning, Middle and End

“Everything You Need to Know about Grants: Beginning, Middle and End” was a 90-minute session presented at the Society of California Archivists Annual General Meeting in Berkeley, CA, on April 13, 2013. As a part of the archival community, many of us know that grants are an excellent way to reduce backlogs or accomplish projects we don\u27t have the resources to tackle. However, what many of us may not know is how much work goes into successfully implementing and completing a grant. The purpose of this session was to assemble a group of individuals who have been involved in various aspects of the grant application and implementation process to share their expertise with the archival community. The session utilized a question and answer format with a moderator asking pre-arranged questions. This article provides excerpts from the panelists’ responses

Does television viewing predict dietary intake five years later in high school students and young adults?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Prior research has found that television viewing is associated with poor diet quality, though little is known about its long-term impact on diet, particularly during adolescence. This study examined the associations between television viewing behavior with dietary intake five years later.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Survey data, which included television viewing time and food frequency questionnaires, were analyzed for 564 middle school students (younger cohort) and 1366 high school students (older cohort) who had complete data available at Time 1 (1998–1999) and five years later at Time 2 (mean age at Time 2, 17.2 ± 0.6 and 20.5 ± 0.8 years, respectively). Regression models examined longitudinal associations between Time 1 television viewing behavior and Time 2 dietary intake adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics, Time 1 dietary intake, and Time 2 total daily energy intake.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Respondents were categorized as limited television users (<it><</it>2 hours/daily), moderately high television viewers (2–5 hours/daily), and heavy television viewers (≥5 hours/daily). Among the younger cohort, Time 1 heavy television viewers reported lower fruit intake and higher sugar-sweetened beverage consumption than the other two groups. Among the older cohort, watching five or more hours of television per day at Time 1, predicted lower intakes of fruits, vegetables, whole grain and calcium-rich foods, and higher intakes of trans fat, fried foods, fast food menu items, snack products, and sugar-sweetened beverages (products commonly advertised on television) five years later.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Television viewing in middle and high school predicted poorer dietary intake five years later. Adolescents are primary targets of advertising for fast food restaurants, snack foods, and sugar-sweetened beverages, which may influence their food choices. Television viewing, especially during high school, may have long-term effects on eating choices and contribute to poor eating habits in young adulthood.</p