The effect of incubation temperature on the specificity of the BANA (N-benzoyl-DL-arginine-naphthylamide) test

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/75429/1/j.1399-302X.1993.tb00544.x.pd

Get Ready for an Idea: A Brief Comparison of Existing Techniques to Support Cognitive Innovation

Merged with duplicate record: 10026.1/5104 on 01.02.2017 by CS (TIS)Nowadays professional success and personal satisfaction can be greatly improved by innovations. To actually compare research results a number of tests have been developed over the past 65 years, which presumably measure traits that are believed to be connected to innovation and therefore creative problem solving and creativity. At the same time different conditions have been identified that supposedly foster or hinder creative thoughts. The interactive poster and this text invites you to try some of those tasks and compare your creative performance under selected conditions.The Off the Lip conference was funded by the FP7 Marie Curie Action ITN CogNov

Benzoyl-arginine naphthylamide (BANA) hydrolysis by Treponema denticola and/or Bacteroides gingivalis in periodontal plaques

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/73624/1/j.1399-302X.1990.tb00425.x.pd

"The Best of Times and the Worst of Times"

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/67305/2/10.1177_00220345870660070201.pd

Temporal Dynamics Of The Skin Microbiome In Disease

The skin is colonized by communities of bacteria, fungi, and viruses, collectively referred to as the skin microbiome. These microbial communities are shaped by the topology and diseases of the skin. Dysbiosis of the cutaneous microbiome has been associated with several ailments of the skin including atopic dermatitis, acne, rosacea, psoriasis, and chronic wounds. However, our understandings of the processes by which these microbes initiate, maintain, or modulate skin diseases is lacking. Moreover, previous research on the topic has largely been limited by cross-sectional study designs, neglecting the natural dynamism of microbial communities. Here we present a comprehensive analysis of the temporal dynamics of the skin microbiome in various diseases. In the first section, we characterize the diversity and dynamics of both bacterial and fungal communities colonizing chronic wounds and its associations with clinical outcomes. In a study of 100 subjects with diabetic foot ulcers, we sampled the wound microbiota in 2-week intervals until healing, amputation of 26 weeks of follow-up. We demonstrate the high levels of community instability in chronic wounds and expose the positive association between wound healing community instability. We also reveal the effect of antibiotic perturbation on the microbiota. The fungal component was found to have associations with various bacteria and clinical outcomes. Our results should inform the design of future studies and provides evidence that microbial dynamics may be an effective biomarker for identifying high-risk ulcers. The second section investigates the body-site specific effects of psoriasis on the skin microbiome and how it responds to therapy. We reveal these patterns in a study of 114 subjects, across 6 body sites, and over 112 weeks of follow-up. The effect of psoriatic lesions was found to be mild and body-site specific. In contrast, ustekinumab treatment was found to induce moderate shifts in microbial composition, including an increase in atypical skin bacteria and inter-individual heterogeneity. These results suggest that the effect of psoriasis lesions is secondary to the effect the broad effects of the immune environment. Together the work presented in this thesis represents a significant advancement in our understanding of the microbial dynamics of the skin and their associations with human health

The 50th Anniversary of Water Fluoridation in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/66261/1/j.1752-7325.1996.tb02443.x.pd

Antimicrobials in Dentistry: With Knowledge Comes Responsibility

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/67020/2/10.1177_00220345960750070101.pd

Dance Improvisational Cognition

Research into group creativity with its dynamic, interpersonal, and multi-perspective character poses many challenges, among others, how to collect data and capture its shared nature. In this paper, we discuss the creative process of an ensemble in dance improvisation as an example of vivid and collaborative creative practice. To identify aspects of improvisational dance cognition, we designed and applied a video-stimulated recall approach to capturing the multiple perspectives of the shared creative process. We tested the method during an improvisational session with dancers, showing how the recordings of dancers’ thought narratives and internal states might be used for studying group creativity. Finally, we presented an audiovisual installation Between Minds and Bodies that aimed to recreate the dancers’ experience and offered immersion into the creative process by accessing individual dancer’s thought processes in the improvised performance while watching the dance improvisation