Use of a Safe Ultraviolet Sanitizing Station in the Cedarville University School of Pharmacy

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in several important societal behavioral changes (e.g., mask wearing, hand washing, and social distancing) to lessen the spread of the virus. Some of these non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) have been implemented in many parts of the world for well over a year. Many institutions began voluntarily installing gel and liquid hand sanitizing stations that eliminate bacteria and viruses from hands. These same hands, however, would almost immediately engage with personal devices (e.g., smart phones, glasses, etc.) that may already be harboring these pathogens. Another need, particularly early in the pandemic, were methods to sanitize masks for reuse in front-line institutions such as hospitals. While many high-throughput, innovative mask sanitizing methods were developed, they were not readily available to the general population. For non-medical providers, the Centers for Disease Control recommended that individuals sanitize their masks by washing them as part of their routine laundry. This recommendation would require individuals to own several masks or do laundry at non-optimal times to ensure a supply of sanitized masks. The purpose of this project was to evaluate the use of an ultraviolet (UV) sanitizing station by graduate students within the Cedarville University School of Pharmacy

Assessing Theoretical Conclusions With Blinded Inference to Investigate a Potential Inference Crisis

Scientific advances across a range of disciplines hinge on the ability to make inferences about unobservable theoretical entities on the basis of empirical data patterns. Accurate inferences rely on both discovering valid, replicable data patterns and accurately interpreting those patterns in terms of their implications for theoretical constructs. The replication crisis in science has led to widespread efforts to improve the reliability of research findings, but comparatively little attention has been devoted to the validity of inferences based on those findings. Using an example from cognitive psychology, we demonstrate a blinded-inference paradigm for assessing the quality of theoretical inferences from data. Our results reveal substantial variability in experts’ judgments on the very same data, hinting at a possible inference crisis

Model systems for flavoenzyme activity: intramolecular self-assembly of a flavin derivative via hydrogen bonding and aromatic interactions

We have synthesised a flavin derivative incorporating functionalities that promote intramolecular self-assembly via hydrogen bonding and aromatic interactions

Outras famílias: a construção social da conjugalidade homossexual no Brasil Different families: the social construction of homosexual conjugality in Brazil

Este artigo propõe uma reflexão sobre a construção social da conjugalidade homossexual no Brasil contemporâneo, especialmente no âmbito do Poder Legislativo, espaço privilegiado de discussão acerca do projeto de lei que institui a parceria civil entre pessoas do mesmo sexo. A análise dos elementos estruturantes nos embates ideológicos decorrentes das disputas em torno do reconhecimento social e jurídico das uniões homossexuais como entidades familiares, também é perpassada por discursos originários da Igreja Católica e de representantes da população homossexual.<br>This article presents some reflections on the social construction of homosexual conjugality in contemporary Brazil, particularly concerning the Legislative sphere - where most of the debate on the law project for civil partnership between people of the same sex has taken place. The main objective is to analyze the structuring elements of the ideological struggles stemming from the disputes around the social and juridical recognition of homosexual unions as familial entities. The discourses that come from the Catholic Church and those of homosexual representatives are also given priority in the analysis

Fast, but not slow, familiarity is preserved in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment

Recognition memory e affected early in the course of Alzheimer Disease (AD) e is sup- posed to rely on two processes: recollection (i.e., retrieval of details from the encoding episode) and familiarity (i.e., acontextual sense of prior exposure). Recollection has repeatedly been shown to be impaired in patients with amnestic Mild Cognitive Impair- ment (aMCI) e known to be at high risk for AD. However, studies that evaluated familiarity in these patients have reported conflicting results. Here, we assessed familiarity in single-domain aMCI patients (n 1⁄4 19) and healthy matched controls (n 1⁄4 22). All participants underwent a classic yes/no recognition memory paradigm with confidence judgements, allowing an estimation of familiarity and recol- lection similar to the approach used in previous studies. In addition, they underwent a novel speeded recognition memory task, the Speed and Accuracy Boosting procedure, based on the idea that familiarity is fast and hence that fast answers rely on familiarity. On the classic yes/no task, aMCI patients were found to have impaired performance, reaction times, recollection and familiarity. However, performance and reaction times of aMCI patients did not differ from that of controls in the speeded task. This is noteworthy since this task was comparatively difficult for control subjects. This dissociation within familiarity suggests that a very basic component of declarative memory, probably at the interface between implicit and explicit memory, may be pre- served, or possibly released, in patients with aMCI. It is suggested that early subprocesses (e.g., fluency based familiarity) could be preserved in aMCI patients, while delayed ones (e.g., conceptual fluency, post-retrieval monitoring, confidence assessment, or even access to awareness) may be impaired. These findings may provide support for recent suggestions that familiarity may result from the combination of a set of subprocesses, each with its specific temporal signature