A Clinical Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus in a Dog

A four-year-old female dog of mixed breeding was presented at the clinic on Jan. 15, 1951 with a history of having been irregularily off feed for about a month. She was also listless and seemed to be constipated

Policy Map and MedlinePlus for creating Visual Materials for Underserved Populations in Philadelphia

Low health literacy has a direct impact on the health outcomes of non and low-English speaking Populations. This poster showcases the result of a collaboration between the Library, Visual Design Communication and Occupational Therapy to address specific health literacy and access issues in Philadelphia. These projects included traditional health literacy materials such as flyers and brochures, but also innovative materials such as phone applications, kit boxes for social support programs, graphic novels, advertising campaigns, and community interactive murals. These were created to address the needs of a variety of populations ranging from children with asthma, children living with trauma, teenagers with mental health concerns, night shift workers’ health disparities, accessibility on public transit, and caregivers of people with dementia within the Hispanic population

Occupational Design, Visual Communication Design, and Academic Commons Collaborate for Graphic Health Literacy in Philadelphia

Occupational therapy (OT) maximizes health,well-being, and quality of life for all people. Visual Communication Design (VCD) enables people to process and communicate information through the design of objects, environments, and interactions. Gutman Library’s mission is to work collaboratively with the university community to ensure that students successfully achieve institutional learning outcomes. VCD students collaborated with second-year OT students to address the prompt, ‘How might we improve health literacy in Philadelphia?

The Measurement of Anger in Children: A Multi-Modal Approach

The objective of this study was to utilize self-report, peer-report and teacher-report techniques in measuring (reporting) anger in children; and to determine the intercorrelation between these three approaches in order to determine their relationship to one another and in turn, to assess these reporting tools. Subjects were 38 male and female emotionally disturbed children from the Virginia Treatment Center for Children, a short-term residential psychiatric facility in Richmond, Virginia. There were 28 boys and 10 girls, with a mean age of approximately 11 years. Each student was given the Children\u27s Inventory of Anger (CIA) and the Peer-Report of Anger (PR). The teachers were given the Teacher\u27s Rating Scale of Student\u27s Anger (TR) to complete for each of their students and again approximately 6 weeks later for test-retest information. Each instrument was explained in detail in the present paper. Means and standard deviations for all scales were reported as were the Pearson Product-Moment Correlations among the 3 scales and race, sex and age. A significant negative correlation between the CIA and age was found. The CIA was also significantly negatively correlated with the PH non-anger expression; while the CIA was significantly positively correlated with the PH anger problems. Other significant correlations were: a positive one between the TH and the PH anger problems; and, a negative one between the PH anger problems and the PH non-anger expression. The various relationships and their possible explanations were discussed in depth. It was noted that although the significant correlations obtained in this study were relatively low and were not consistent with the predictions under the hypothesis, the data and the relationships between report forms were in the direction predicted. In this case, the magnitude of each correlation may not be of prime importance because each form may have measured a different aspect of anger as per Ullman\u27s (1951) findings. Thus, combining the three techniques gives a broad picture of each individual\u27s degree of anger problems. Problems and suggestions for future investigations in this area were briefly mentioned

Metastases to Both Parotid Glands Six and Twelve Years after Resection of Renal Cell Carcinoma

Metastases of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) involving the parotid gland are very rare. We present to our knowledge the first case of a 74-year-old woman with metastases of an RCC which affected both parotid glands six and twelve years following curative therapy

Using consumer financing to accelerate uptake of latrines in rural Cambodia

Financing is emerging as a linchpin for accelerating uptake of sanitary latrines at scale amongst the rural poor of Cambodia. This paper presents the results of a randomized controlled trial that demonstrated that willingness to purchase a latrine at market price increases four-fold when financing is offered. Two subsequent pilots with two microfinance institutions validated the consumer interest in financing, but demonstrated the operational and financial challenges of executing such a program at scale. The objective of this presentation is to share these learnings and stimulate creative discussion on how to overcome these challenges

Microcredit and willingness to pay for environmental quality: Evidence from a randomized-controlled trial of finance for sanitation in rural Cambodia

Low willingness to pay (WTP) for environmental quality in developing countries is a key research question in environmental economics. One explanation is that missing credit markets may suppress WTP for environmental improvements that require large up-front investments. We test the impact of microloans on WTP for hygienic latrines via a randomized controlled trial in 30 villages in rural Cambodia. We find that microcredit dramatically raises WTP for improved latrines, with 60% of households in the Financing arm willing to purchase at an unsubsidized price, relative to 25% in the Non-financing arm. Effects on latrine installation are positive but muted by several factors, including a negative peer effect: randomly induced purchases by neighbors reduce a household\u27s probability of installing its own latrine. On methodological grounds, this paper shows that a decision-focused evaluation can be integrated into academic analysis to provide insight into questions of general interest. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc

Visual Communication Design Collaboration with Occupational Therapy to Create Health Literacy Projects for Community Needs

Low levels of health literacy directly correlate to increased mortality rates, decreased health outcomes and overall poorer quality of life. Many social determinants of health can place someone at a higher risk of low health literacy and the negative consequences of decreased skills in this area. Health literacy is a complex task that requires a multi-modal approach and interventions within a variety of spheres of influence in someone’s life. To address this issue in underinvested communities within their own city, teams of Visual Communication Design and Occupational Therapy students, with the support of their faculty and a librarian, worked together to identify a population of interest and pertinent health-related concerns. The result was an interdisciplinary team of students who utilised aspects of the Social Ecology Theory to create solutions and systems that utilised printed and digital modalities at the individual and community levels. This case study offers a model for interdisciplinary collaboration to address health literacy and improve the health outcomes of the population concerned

Effects of hole stress concentration and its mitigation on the tensile strength of sheet moulding compound (SMC-R50) composites

The hole stress concentration effects on the tensile strength of SMC-R50 sheet moulding compound composites were studied with consideration being given to both centric and eccentric hole locations. It is shown that the tensile strength of the R50 material is improved by applying a transverse normal pressure around the hole boundary. A few preliminary experiments indicate that the fatigue life of the R50 material can also be improved by a similar technique of applying a transverse normal pressure around an open hole.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/27247/1/0000254.pd