The Fatigue Experience of African American Women with Breast Cancer

Little is known about fatigue related to breast cancer among African American women. This qualitative study explored the fatigue experience of 10 African American women with breast cancer. The study was conducted in the southeastern United States. African American women provided vivid accounts of cancer related fatigue. The women discussed how they worked together with their physicians to manage fatigue related to breast cancer treatment. Strategies used by women included pharmacologic (i.e., vitamins and supplements) and non-pharmacologic (i.e., prayer and exercise) interventions. This information can be used to assist breast health advocates to understand how to support African American women with breast cancer using culturally appropriate strategies.https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/archivedposters/1084/thumbnail.jp

Editorial - Academic Referencing Practices

This is the first of a series of short guidance pieces on international academic standards which the Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences will be producing for researchers over the coming year. As the Senior Editor at KnE Publishing, I am honoured to have been invited to write the inaugural guest editorial in this series

Identification of Antibiotic Producing Soil Bacteria Against Bacillus subtilis

This project is a collaboration with the Tiny Earth Project Initiative (TEPI), which is a global network of educators and students focused on student-sourcing antibiotic discovery from soil. Individual strains of soil bacteria were isolated and produced antibiotic against Bacillus subtilis. Two of these samples were sequenced using the 16S rRNA gene to reveal they are very closely related to the genus Pseudomonas

A Contemporary Feminist Search Exploring the Representations of Girls and Women on Social Media Outlets

The following article considers whether social media has become a site of power for girls and women (G&W). The internet has traditionally been dominated and controlled by wealthy middle-class cis men; therefore, it has been, and continues to be imperative to explore whether the online social media sphere now incubates more of a gender power balance. Thematic analysis identified patterns in the data, with female participants (aged 18-20) understanding that G&W experience liberation on social media as well as restrictions. The participants reported positive nurturing experiences online, as well as receiving negative comments based on body image, race, and class. Results support an intersectional approach to G&W experiences of using online social media platforms. Findings indicate further research into intersecting (in)equalities within social media representations of G&W is required, including further research into the social media representations of class, the LGBTQIA+ and BAME communities. For the purposes of this article new media is defined as a two-way interactive digital platform. Additionally, social media is defined as online digital spaces where anyone can express themselves via online communities. Traditional media is described as traditional one-way singular communication media outlets (Meraz, 2011)

A Contemporary Feminist Search Exploring the Representations of Girls and Women on Social Media Outlets

The following article considers whether social media has become a site of power for girls and women (G&W). The internet has traditionally been dominated and controlled by wealthy middle-class cis men; therefore, it has been, and continues to be imperative to explore whether the online social media sphere now incubates more of a gender power balance. Thematic analysis identified patterns in the data, with female participants (aged 18-20) understanding that G&W experience liberation on social media as well as restrictions. The participants reported positive nurturing experiences online, as well as receiving negative comments based on body image, race, and class. Results support an intersectional approach to G&W experiences of using online social media platforms. Findings indicate further research into intersecting (in)equalities within social media representations of G&W is required, including further research into the social media representations of class, the LGBTQIA+ and BAME communities. For the purposes of this article new media is defined as a two-way interactive digital platform. Additionally, social media is defined as online digital spaces where anyone can express themselves via online communities. Traditional media is described as traditional one-way singular communication media outlets (Meraz, 2011)

THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF A GENTLE HEEL STRIKE ON PERONEAL MUSCLE PRE-LANDING ACTIVATION DURING PROLONGED TREADMILL RUNNING IN MALES

Ankle sprains are common in runners. Inactive peroneal longus (PL) is one of the main contributors. The aim of this project was to study the immediate effect of running with a gentle heel strike (GHS) on pre-landing activation of the PL. It was hypothesised that GHS would pre-activate the PL to a greater extent. 11 healthy participants partook in two separate trials. The first involved running on a force plate treadmill with normally, the second with ~70% of mean heel pressure (MHP). GHS showed higher pre-landing PL activated level. There was data showing significant differences between groups at multiple timepoints. The present study showed that running with ~70% MHP compared with 100% increased PL activation for pre-landing phases. Further study should be implemented to see the fatigue level of PL during pro-longed running when running gently

Megaprojects as Niches of Sociotechnical Transitions: The Case of Digitalization in UK Construction

Transitions are processes of systemic change where niches peripheral to a sociotechnical regime accumulate momentum, scale up and eventually transform its core. In contrast to this dominant narrative in transitions research, infrastructure systems exhibit the reverse process as change propagates from the regime core to its periphery. We explore this under-researched process in the case of digitalization in UK construction. We analyse six UK megaprojects that span more than 30 years and show how the adoption of digital technologies that is driven by regime incumbents, seeds the processes of technology adaptation, aggregation, and system transformation. The adoption of digital technologies by incumbents is necessary to cope with megaproject scale and scope. Their adaptation to technology instigates organizational level change that starts at the regime core, accumulates with each project and makes these changes ripple across the industry and transform it