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The contribution of aquatic foods to human nutrient intake and adequacy in a small Island developing state Open

Jessica Zamborain‐Mason, Jacob G. Eurich, Whitney R. Friedman, Jessica A. Gephart, Heather Kelahan , et al. · 2025

Prevalence and spatio-demographic variability of nutrition-related health issues in Kiribati Open

Christopher D. Golden, Jessica Zamborain‐Mason, Katherine Seto, Jessica A. Gephart, Jacob G. Eurich , et al. · 2025

The nutrition transition in Small Island Developing States like Kiribati has led to a significant shift from traditional diets to processed, imported foods, resulting in a double burden of malnutrition. This study provides the first compre…

Impacts of Intentional Team Formation on Learning in Online and Face-to-Face Environments Open

M. Keith Sharp, Edgar Marcillo Yepez · 2024

This study assesses the impact of intentional team formation and class format on student learning outcomes in a team-based learning agricultural statistics class. From 2019 to 2021, students (n = 124) were sorted into teams based on Clifto…

Ambient energy for buildings: Beyond energy efficiency Open

Lazarus Adua, Amma Asamoah, John Barrows, Pamela Brookstein, Bing Chen , et al. · 2024

The following Key Messages comprise the salient findings of this study: 1. Ambient energy (from sun, air, ground, and sky) can heat and cool buildings; provide hot water, ventilation and daylighting; dry clothes; and cook food. These servi…

Stakeholders’ vision and global goals for food systems in the Solomon Islands: identifying relevant indicators to track progress Open

Sinéad Boylan, Tom Brewer, Penny Farrell, M. Keith Sharp, Senoveva Mauli , et al. · 2024

Research on food system framework development has increased substantially in recent years to better understand how we can best transform food systems. However, these frameworks generally take a one-size-fits-all approach, with food system …

Characterizing pathways of seafood access in small island developing states Open

Katherine Seto, Whitney R. Friedman, Jacob G. Eurich, Jessica A. Gephart, Jessica Zamborain‐Mason , et al. · 2024

Ensuring healthy and sustainable food systems in increasing social, economic, and ecological change is a key global priority to protect human and environmental health. Seafood is an essential component of these food systems and a critical …

Communicating evidence synthesis: co-designing summary formats with end users Open

Robin Murray, Richard Lynch, M O'Neill, Susan M. Smith, Kamal R Mahtani , et al. · 2023

Background Evidence syntheses are essential to the creation of evidence-based guidelines that guide health care. Findings from our recent mixed methods systematic review (MMSR) identified no gold standard format for communicating summaries…

Biomedical doctoral students’ research practices when facing dilemmas: two vignette-based randomized control trials Open

Van Thuan Nguyen, M. Keith Sharp, Cecilia Superchi, Gabriel Baron, Ketevan Glonti , et al. · 2023

Decadal characteristics of small-scale fishing livelihoods in 13 Pacific Island Countries and Territories Open

Matthew Roscher, Hampus Eriksson, M. Keith Sharp, O Menaouer, Neil Andrew · 2023

Small-scale fisheries are cornerstones of wealth, food, and tradition for people throughout the Pacific region. Yet, their governance is plagued by a lack of relevant data. Using data collected from household income and expenditure surveys…

Pulsatile cerebral paraarterial flow by peristalsis, pressure and directional resistance Open

M. Keith Sharp · 2023

Background A glymphatic system has been proposed that comprises flow that enters along cerebral paraarterial channels between the artery wall and the surrounding glial layer, continues through the parenchyma, and then exits along similar p…

Supplementary Table S1-S2 and Figure S1-S2 from Oncogenic Characterization and Pharmacologic Sensitivity of Activating Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor (FGFR) Genetic Alterations to the Selective FGFR Inhibitor Erdafitinib Open

Jayaprakash D. Karkera, Gabriela Martinez Cardona, Katherine L. Bell, Dana Gaffney, Joseph Portale , et al. · 2023

Table S1. Frequencies of gene locus amplifications across tumor types; Table S2. Effect of FGFR inhibitors on growth of RK3E expressing FGFR2 and FGFR3 fusion constructs and RT-4 bladder cancer cell line; Figure S1. Chemical structure of J…

Supplementary Table S1-S2 and Figure S1-S2 from Oncogenic Characterization and Pharmacologic Sensitivity of Activating Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor (FGFR) Genetic Alterations to the Selective FGFR Inhibitor Erdafitinib Open

Jayaprakash D. Karkera, Gabriela Martinez Cardona, Katherine L. Bell, Dana Gaffney, Joseph Portale , et al. · 2023

Table S1. Frequencies of gene locus amplifications across tumor types; Table S2. Effect of FGFR inhibitors on growth of RK3E expressing FGFR2 and FGFR3 fusion constructs and RT-4 bladder cancer cell line; Figure S1. Chemical structure of J…

Fruit and Non-Starchy Vegetable Acquisition and Supply in Solomon Islands: Identifying Opportunities for Improved Food System Outcomes Open

Penny Farrell, M. Keith Sharp, Erica Reeve, Tom Brewer, Anna K. Farmery , et al. · 2023

The Pacific Guidelines for Healthy Living recommend consuming a minimum of five servings of fruit and/or non-starchy vegetables each day, however, diets in Solomon Islands stray from the regional and global trend of healthy diets high in f…

The role of trade in pacific food security and nutrition Open

Tom Brewer, Neil Andrew, D. Abbott, R. Detenamo, E.N. Faaola , et al. · 2023

The Pacific region is experiencing a non-communicable disease epidemic largely driven by an ongoing nutrition transition from nutrient rich whole foods to imported staples and highly processed foods. Food trade is a major driver of this tr…

Pulsatile paraarterial flow by peristalsis, pressure and directional resistance Open

M. Keith Sharp · 2022

The mechanism driving flow through the glymphatic system is unclear. The pulsatile flow measured in the space surrounding the middle cerebral artery (MCA) suggests that peristalsis created by intravascular blood pressure pulses is a candid…

Study Protocol: Interactive Dynamics of Coral Reef Fisheries and the Nutrition Transition in Kiribati Open

Christopher D. Golden, Julien F. Ayroles, Jacob G. Eurich, Jessica A. Gephart, Katherine Seto , et al. · 2022

The Kiribati 2019 Integrated Household Income and Expenditure Survey (Integrated HIES) embeds novel ecological and human health research into an ongoing social and economic survey infrastructure implemented by the Pacific Community in part…

Continuity and change in the contemporary Pacific food system Open

Neil Andrew, Edward H. Allison, Tom Brewer, John Connell, Hampus Eriksson , et al. · 2022

The Pacific food system has become progressively more integrated into global food regimes. This integration has had impacts on availability and consumption of food, population health, and vulnerability to external drivers. We describe majo…

A Typology of Food Environments in the Pacific Region and Their Relationship to Diet Quality in Solomon Islands Open

Jessica Bogard, Neil Andrew, Penny Farrell, Mario Herrero, M. Keith Sharp , et al. · 2021

Extensive literature describes the importance of food environments (FEs) as a driver of food choices and nutrition outcomes; yet existing FE frameworks do not adequately capture the diversity of FEs relevant to the Pacific Region. This lim…

Analysis of Interdicted Samples From Australia (Final Report) Open

L. E. Borg, C.L. Conrado, Gary R. Eppich, Amy M. Gaffney, Victoria Genetti , et al. · 2021

U3O8 and UO2. While aliquoting NSR-F-270409-2 for analysis, a metal staple of unknown origin was discovered in the sample. The presence of 236U and 232U in both samples indicates that the uranium feed stocks for these samples experienced a…

Social-ecological traps link food systems to nutritional outcomes Open

Christopher D. Golden, Jessica A. Gephart, Jacob G. Eurich, Douglas J. McCauley, M. Keith Sharp , et al. · 2021

Aquatic Foods and Nutrition in the Pacific Open

Anna K. Farmery, Jessica Scott, Tom Brewer, Hampus Eriksson, Dirk J. Steenbergen , et al. · 2020

National rates of aquatic food consumption in Pacific Island Countries and Territories are among the highest in the world, yet the region is suffering from extensive levels of diet-related ill health. The aim of this paper is to examine th…

COVID-19 and Pacific food system resilience: opportunities to build a robust response Open

Penny Farrell, Anne Marie Thow, Jillian Wate, Nichol Nonga, Penina Vatucawaqa , et al. · 2020

Special Section: Symposium Dedicated to Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies Open

Guangdong Zhu, M. Keith Sharp, Reza Baghaei Lakeh, Heejin Cho, Erik Koepf , et al. · 2020

This special issue of Symposium Dedicated to Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies is devoted to the ASME 13th International Conference on Energy Sustainability held in Bellevue, WA, June 15–17, 2019. For more than 10 years, the co…

In vitro and numerical simulation of blood removal from cerebrospinal fluid: comparison of lumbar drain to Neurapheresis therapy Open

Mohammad Reza Khani, Lucas R. Sass, M. Keith Sharp, Aaron McCabe, Laura Zitella Verbick , et al. · 2020

In vitro and Numerical Simulation of Blood Removal from Cerebrospinal Fluid: Comparison of Lumbar Drain to Neurapheresis Therapy Open

Mohammad Reza Khani, Lucas R. Sass, M. Keith Sharp, Aaron McCabe, Laura Zitella Verbick , et al. · 2020

Background: Blood removal from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in post-subarachnoid hemorrhage patients may reduce the risk of related secondary brain injury. We formulated a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model to investigate the impact of …

In vitro and Numerical Simulation of Blood Removal from Cerebrospinal Fluid: Comparison of Lumbar Drain to Neurapheresis Therapy Open

Mohammad Reza Khani, Lucas R. Sass, M. Keith Sharp, Aaron McCabe, Laura Zitella Verbick , et al. · 2020

Background: Blood removal from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in post-subarachnoid hemorrhage patients may reduce the risk of related secondary brain injury. We formulated a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model to investigate the impact of …

In vitro and Numerical Simulation of Blood Removal from Cerebrospinal Fluid: Comparison of Lumbar Drain to Neurapheresis Therapy Open

Mohammad Reza Khani, Lucas R. Sass, M. Keith Sharp, Aaron McCabe, Laura Zitella Verbick , et al. · 2020

Background: Blood removal from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in post-subarachnoid hemorrhage patients may reduce the risk of related secondary brain injury. We formulated a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model to investigate the impact of …

The Impacts of Dimensionality, Diffusion, and Directedness on Intrinsic\n Universality in the abstract Tile Assembly Model Open

Daniel Hader, Aaron Koch, Matthew J. Patitz, M. Keith Sharp · 2019

We present a series of results related to mathematical models of\nself-assembling tiles and the impacts that three diverse properties have on\ntheir dynamics. We expand upon a series of prior results which showed that (1)\nthe abstract Til…

Impact of Neurapheresis System on Intrathecal Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Study Open

Mohammad Reza Khani, Lucas R. Sass, Aaron McCabe, Laura Zitella Verbick, Shivanand P. Lad , et al. · 2019

It has been hypothesized that early and rapid filtration of blood from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in postsubarachnoid hemorrhage patients may reduce hospital stay and related adverse events. In this study, we formulated a subject-specific c…

Anteater: Interactive Visualization for Program Understanding Open

Rebecca Faust, Katherine E. Isaacs, William Z. Bernstein, M. Keith Sharp, Carlos Scheidegger · 2019

Understanding and debugging long, complex programs can be extremely difficult; it often includes significant, manual program instrumentation and searches through source files. In this paper, we present Anteater, an interactive visualizatio…

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