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Submissions from 2021
Exploring the Influence of a Pandemic on Medical Education, Mariam Akhtar
Fresh Air, Immunizations, and Respiratory Illnesses, John Paulson and Karstan Luchini
Improving Diagnosis and Treatment of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, Larry D. McIntire, Kindall Martin, Gregory Motzkus, Kunal Shah, Lauren Malinowski, and John Paulson
Innovations in Geriatric Oral Health Care, Elisa M. Ghezzi, Linda C. Niessen, and Judith A. Jones
Innovations Through Virtual Reality Simulation, Robert Tyler, Galina Danilova, Schoen Kruse, and Angela N. Pierce
Integrating Oral Health into Primary Care, Erinne Kennedy and Linda C. Niessen
Intrinsic Aerobic Capacity Affects Hippocampal pAkt and HSP72 Response to an Acute High Fat Diet and Heat Treatment in Rats, Li Gan, Xiaonan Wan, Delina Ma, Fu-Chen Yang, Jingpeng Zhu, Robert S. Rogers, Joshua L. Wheatley, Lauren G. Koch, Steven L. Britton, John P. Thyfault, Paige C. Geiger, and John A. Stanford
Investigation of a Novel Cranial Ligament Between the Occiput and Cervical Spinal Dura, Edwin Glueck, Charles Coker, Rory Li, Robert Steele, Philip Brauer, Brandalynn Holland, and Micaela Motzko
It Is Time for an Oil Change: Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Human Health, Natalie Powell, Suman Chaudhary, and Asma Zaidi
Key Anatomical Clarifications for the Marginal Mandibular Branch of the Facial Nerve: Clinical Significance for the Plastic Surgeon, Clayton Marolt, Blair Freed, Charles Coker, Robert Steele, Kenneth S. Johnson, Russell Arellanes, Victoria Gordon, Barth Wright, Robert Stephens, and Christopher C. Surek
Larsen's Human Embryology, Gary C. Schoenwolf, Steven B. Bleyl, Philip Brauer, and Philippa H. Francis-West
Management of Obesity Using Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Angela A. Wang-Selfridge and Jennifer F. Dennis
Mapping a Danger Zone of the Dorsal Nerve of the Clitoris: Implications in Female Cosmetic Genital Surgery, Victoria Gordon, Joanna Rowe, Lauren Grubb, Adam L. Lewis, Kenneth S. Johnson, Larry Segars, Christopher C. Surek, Travis McCumber, Gilbert M. Willett, and Anthony Olinger
Measuring Mitochondrial Electron Transfer Complexes in Previously Frozen Cardiac Tissue from the Offspring of Sow: A Model to Assess Exercise-Induced Mitochondrial Bioenergetics Changes, Daniel Barrera, Sierra Upton, Megan Rauch, Tara Notarianni, Ki Suk Eum, Megan Liberty, Sarmila Venkoba Sah, Robert Liu, Sean Newcomer, Linda E. May, Emre Agbas, Jessica Sage, and Abdulbaki Agbas
Mental Wellness and Self-Care Needed Now More Than Ever, Kirby Randolph
MG53 Preserves Neuromuscular Junction Integrity and Alleviates ALS Disease Progression, Jianxun Yi, Ang Li, Xuejun Li, Kiho Park, Frank Yi, Yajuan Xiao, Dosuk Yoon, Tao Tan, Lyle W. Ostrow, Jianjie Ma, and Jingsong Zhou
N-Alkyl Triphenylvinylpyridinium Conjugated Dihydroartemisinin Perturbs Mitochondrial Functions Resulting in Enhanced Cancer Versus Normal Cell Toxicity, Mahboubeh Varmazyad, Mira M. Modi, Amanda L. Kalen, Ehab Sarsour, Brett Wagner, Juan Du, Michael K. Schultz, Garry R. Buettner, F. Christopher Pigge, and Prabhat Goswami
National Resident Matching Program Performance Among US MD and DO Seniors in the Early Single Accreditation Graduate Medical Education Era, Michael W. Kortz, Austin Vegas, Sean P. Moore, Edwin McCray, Monica C. Mureb, Jacob E. Bernstein, Joshua May, Brandon Bishop, Mitchell Frydenlund, and John R. Dobson
Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment as an Intervention to Reduce Stress, Anxiety, and Depression in First Responders: A Pilot Study, Christena Abraham, Shelly N.B. Sloan, Charles Coker, Blair Freed, Matthew McAuliffe, Halden Nielsen, Tanner Riscoe, Robert Steele, Andrew Dettwiler, Gia Oberley, Kenneth Zaremski, Kelley Joy, Andi Selby, Ree Wells-Lewis, and Bradley A. Creamer
Oxaloacetate Treatment Preserves Motor Function in SOD1G93A Mice and Normalizes Select Neuroinflammation-Related Parameters in the Spinal Cord, Sudheer K. Tungtur, Heather M. Wilkins, Robert S. Rogers, Yomna Badawi, Jessica Sage, Abdulbaki Agbas, Omar Jawdat, Richard J. Barohn, Russell H. Swerdlow, and Hiroshi Nishimune
Pandemic Brings Loss, Hardship, and Challenges; KCU Remains Committed and Dedicated, W. Joshua Cox and Laura Rosch
Physician Disengagement and Spiritual Dissonance in Medical Students, Cindy Schmidt, Loes Nauta, and Andrew Dang
Physics, Behaviorism, and the Disparate Impact of COVID on People of Color, Carlton Abner
Principles over Propositions: Or, How to Reject Metaphysical Neutrality in Bioethics, Jeremy R. Garrett and Leslie Ann McNolty
Shear Stress Associated With Cardiopulmonary Bypass Induces Expression of Inflammatory Cytokines and Necroptosis in Monocytes, Lan N. Tu, Lance Hsieh, Masaki Kajimoto, Kevin Charette, Nataliya Kibiryeva, Adriana Forero, Sarah Hampson, Jennifer A. Marshall, James O'Brien, Marta Scatena, Michael A. Portman, Ram Savan, Chris Benner, Alberto Aliseda, Muhammad Nuri, Douglas Bittel, Peter Pastuszko, and Vishal Nigam
Shifts in Digital Resources Usage for Gross Anatomy Education During Covid-19, Haviva M. Goldman, Stefanie M. Attardi, Malli Barremkala, Danielle C. Bentley, Kirsten M. Brown, Jennifer F. Dennis, Gary J. Farkas, Kelly M. Harrell, Barbie A. Klein, Christopher J. Ramnanan, and Derek J. Harmon
Sterilization and Sanitizing of 3D-Printed Personal Protective Equipment Using Polypropylene and a Single Wall Design, Karstan Luchini, Shelly N.B. Sloan, Ryan Mauro, Aspram Sargsyan, Aundrea Newman, Purnadeo Persaud, Daniel Hawkins, Dennis Wolff, Jeff Staudinger, and Bradley A. Creamer
The Importance of Parental Influence in Combating Childhood Obesity and How Physicians Can Help, Cameron Burr, Jordan Matekal, Samuel Heywood, and John Paulson
The Influence of Religious Belief on Burnout in Medical Students, Megan Haghnegahdar, Palash Sharma, Kevin P. Hubbard, and W. Abraham White
The Interface between Cell Signaling Pathways and Pregnane X Receptor, Robert S. Rogers, Annemarie Parker, Phill D. Vainer, Elijah Elliott, Dakota Sudbeck, Kaushal Parimi, Venkata P. Peddada, Parker G. Howe, Nick D'Ambrosio, Gregory Ruddy, Kaitlin Stackable, Megan Carney, Lauren Martin, Thomas Osterholt, and Jeff Staudinger
Unmasking the Structure of Gross Anatomy Laboratory Sessions During Covid-19, Jennifer F. Dennis, Stefanie M. Attardi, Danielle C. Bentley, Kirsten M. Brown, Gary J. Farkas, Haviva M. Goldman, Derek J. Harmon, Kelly M. Harrell, Barbie A. Klein, Christopher J. Ramnanan, and Malli Barremkala
U.S. Medical School Admissions and Enrollment Practices: Status of LGBTQ Inclusivity, Reid M. Gamble, Andrew M. Pregnall, Angie Deng, Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, and Jan Talley
Variations in Anterior Segment Vasculature of the Eye and their Implication in Strabismus Surgery and Other Surgical Procedures, Adam L. Lewis, Clayton Marolt, M. Scott Draper, Victoria Gordon, Kenneth S. Johnson, Joanna Rowe, Kanwalgeet Hans, Steven M. Silverstein, and Anthony Olinger
Viability, Yield and Expansion Capability of Feline MSCs Obtained From Subcutaneous and Reproductive Organ Adipose Depots, Amy Wysong, Priscilla Ortiz, Douglas Bittel, Lindsey Ott, Francis Karanu, Michael Filla, and Lisa Stehno-Bittel
Voluntary and Involuntary Nonadherence: Terminology for Labeling Patient Participation, Ryan Pferdehirt
Voluntary Wheel Running Improves Outcomes in an Early Life Stress-Induced Model of Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome in Male Mice, Isabella M. Fuentes, Brittni M. Jones, Aaron D. Brake, Angela N. Pierce, Olivia C. Eller, Rachel M. Supple, Douglas E. Wright, and Julie A. Christianson
Voluntary Wheel Running Partially Attenuates Early Life Stress-Induced Neuroimmune Measures in the Dura and Evoked Migraine-Like Behaviors in Female Mice, Olivia C. Eller, Xiaofang Yang, Isabella M. Fuentes, Angela N. Pierce, Brittni M. Jones, Aaron D. Brake, Ruipeng Wang, Gregory Dussor, and Julie A. Christianson
Submissions from 2020
Airway Relaxation Mechanisms and Structural Basis of Osthole for Improving Lung Function in Asthma, Sheng Wang, Yan Xie, Yan-Wu Huo, Yan Li, Peter W. Abel, Haihong Jiang, Xiaohan Zou, Hai-Zhan Jiao, Xiaolin Kuang, Dennis Wolff, You-Guo Huang, Thomas B. Casale, Reynold A. Panettieri Jr., Taotao Wei, Zhengyu Cao, and Yaping Tu
Analysis of the Sural Nerve Complex in North American Adult Cadavers: Distribution, Population Specific Morphology, and Anatomic Variants, Robert Steele, Charles Coker, Blair Freed, and Philip Brauer
Anatomic Variations From 120 Mental Nerve Dissections: Lessons for Transoral Thyroidectomy, Sarah D. King, Russell Arellano, Victoria Gordon, Anthony Olinger, Carolyn D. Seib, Quan-Yang Duh, and Insoo Suh
Anti-tuberculous Effects of Statin Therapy: A Review of Literature, Faryal Tahir, Taha Bin Arif, Jawad Ahmed, Syed Raza Shah, and Muhammad Khalid
Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase and 12-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acid Contribute to Stromal Aging-Induced Progression of Pancreatic Cancer, Ehab Sarsour, Jyung Son, Amanda Kalen, Wusheng Xiao, Juan Du, Matthew S. Alexander, Brianne R. O'Leary, Joseph J. Cullen, and Prabhat Goswami
Associations Between Pregnane X Receptor and Breast Cancer Growth and Progression, Bradley A. Creamer, Shelly N.B. Sloan, Jennifer F. Dennis, Robert S. Rogers, Sidney Spencer, Andrew McCuen, Purnadeo Persaud, and Jeff Staudinger
A Timely Debut for Extended-Release Polymer Technologies, Michael Weaver, Tremayne Koochin, Heeral Shah, and Jordana Fein
Availability of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Among US and Pakistani Doctors in COVID19 Pandemic, Jawad Ahmed, Farheen Malik, Taha Bin Arif, Zainab Majid, Muhammad A. Chaudhary, Junaid Ahmad, Mehreen Malik, Taj M. Khan, and Muhammad Khalid
Be a Patriot and Wear a Mask, Marc Hahn
Becoming Our Own Bloodhounds: How to Seek and Find the Information We Need, Cindy Schmidt
Cardiac Manifestations of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Comprehensive Review, Faryal Tahir, Taha Bin Arif, Jawad Ahmed, Farheen Malik, and Muhammad Khalid
Complete Anatomy, Sara K. Motsinger
Complications in STEMI (ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction) Due to BMI (Body Mass Index), Douglas McDonald, Alisha Wright, and Cindy Schmidt
Depression, Periodontitis, Caries and Missing Teeth in the USA, NHANES 2009–2014, Muath Aldosari, Mohammad Helmi, Erinne Kennedy, Riddhi Badamia, Satomi Odani, Israel Agaku, and Constantine Vardavas
Depth Transitions of the Frontal Branch of the Facial Nerve: Implications in SMAS Rhytidectomy, Joseph Pankratz, Jacob Baer, Catherine Mayer, Viren Rana, Robert Stephens, Larry Segars, and Christopher C. Surek
Don't Ignore COVID-19 Threat to Rural Communities, Marc Hahn
Dual Oxidase-Induced Sustained Generation of Hydrogen Peroxide Contributes to Pharmacologic Ascorbate-Induced Cytotoxicity, Adrienne R. Gibson, Brianne R. O'Leary, Juan Du, Ehab Sarsour, Amanda Kalen, Brett Wagner, Jeffrey M. Stolwijk, Kelly C. Falls-Hubert, Matthew S. Alexander, Rory S. Carroll, Douglas R. Spitz, Garry R. Buettner, Prabhat Goswami, and Joseph J. Cullen
External Approach to Buccal Fat Excision in Facelift: Anatomy and Technique, Christopher C. Surek, Andrew L. Kochuba, Sayf Al-Deen Said, Ki-Hyun Cho, Marco Swanson, Eliana Duraes, Jennifer McBride, Richard L. Drake, and James E. Zins
"E-Years": A Proposal for Standardized Quantification of Electronic Cigarette Use, Hadley Cameron-Carter, Cali Clark, Alex Nail, Tanner Riscoe, Terrence Kelly, and John Paulson
Facelift Surgery Following Superficial Parotidectomy: Is it Safe?, Andi J. Cummins, Christopher C. Surek, Ali H. Charafeddine, Isis Scomacao, Eliana Duraes, and James E. Zins
Guest Column: For Reopening Lessons, Look to Spanish Flu Pandemic, Marc Hahn
Hard Plant Tissues Do Not Contribute Meaningfully to Dental Microwear: Evolutionary Implications, Adam van Casteren, David S. Strait, Michael V. Swain, Shaji Michael, Lidia A. Thai, Swapna M. Philip, Sreeja Saji, Khaled Al-Fadhalah, Abdulwahab S. Almusallam, Ali Shekeban, W. Scott McGraw, Erin E. Kane, Barth Wright, and Peter W. Lucas
Hope is Not a Strategy: Science Must Lead COVID-19 Reopening, Marc Hahn
Hydrogen Peroxide Mediates Artemisinin-Derived C-16 Carba-Dimer-Induced Toxicity of Human Cancer Cells, Amanda Kalen, Brett Wagner, Ehab Sarsour, Maneesh G. Kumar, Jessica L. Reedy, Garry R. Buettner, Nabin C. Barua, and Prabhat Goswami
Identifying Genetic Factors that Contribute to the Increased Risk of Congenital Heart Defects in Infants with Down Syndrome, Cristina E. Trevino, Aaron M. Holleman, Holly Corbitt, Cheryl L. Maslen, Tracie C. Rosser, David J. Cutler, H. Richard Johnston, Benjamin L. Rambo-Martin, Jai Oberoi, Kenneth J. Dooley, George T. Capone, Roger H. Reeves, Heather J. Cordell, Bernard D. Keavney, A. J. Agopian, Elizabeth Goldmuntz, Peter J. Gruber, James O'Brien, Douglas Bittel, Lalita Wadhwa, Clifford L. Cua, Ivan P. Moskowitz, Jennifer G. Mulle, Michael P. Epstein, Stephanie L. Sherman, and Michael E. Zwick
Impact of the Single Accreditation System on Missouri Osteopathic Graduate Medical Education, Richard J. LaBaere II and Kerrie J. Jordan
Ingestive Behaviors in Bearded Capuchins (Sapajus libidinosus), Myra F. Laird, Barth Wright, Annie O. Rivera, Mariana Dutra Fogaça, Adam van Casteren, Dorothy M. Fragaszy, Patricia Izar, Elisabetta Visalberghi, Robert S. Scott, David S. Strait, Callum F. Ross, and Kristin A. Wright
Innovation in Medical School Teaching During COVID-19, Mariam Akhtar
Ivabradine in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: A Review of the Literature, Faryal Tahir, Taha Bin Arif, Zainab Majid, Jawad Ahmed, and Muhammad Khalid
Mapping the Genicular Arteries to Provide a Caution Zone During Knee Surgery, Kyle Barner, Catherine Mayer, Charles Orth, Quoc Tran, Anthony Olinger, and Barth Wright
Medical Students' Personal Experiences, Religion, and Spirituality Explain Their (Dis)comfort with a Patient's Religious Needs, Cindy Schmidt, Joseph Eickmeyer, Meghan Henningsen, Alex Weber, Amanda Pleimann, and Seth Koehler
Microbial Growth on Soft Embalmed Cadavers Over Time, Joanna Rowe, Kenneth S. Johnson, Victoria Gordon, Clayton Marolt, Adam L. Lewis, Kanwalgeet Hans, and Barth Wright
More than Warm Fuzzy Feelings: The Imperative of Institutional Morale in Hospital Pandemic Responses, Jeremy R. Garrett and Leslie Ann McNolty
Neurotized Free Platysma Flap for Functional Eyelid Reconstruction: A Cadaveric Study of Anatomical Feasibility, Elbert E. Vaca, Christopher C. Surek, Julian Klosowiak, Gregory A. Dumanian, and Mohammed S. Alghoul
Optimizing the Design of Diatom Biosilica-Targeted Fusion Proteins in Biosensor Construction for Bacillus anthracis Detection, Nicole R. Ford, Yijia Xiong, Karen A. Hecht, Thomas C. Squier, Gregory L. Rorrer, and Guritno Roesijadi
Our Next Pandemic Ethics Challenge? Allocating "Normal" Health Care Services, Jeremy R. Garrett, Leslie Ann McNolty, Ian D. Wolfe, and John D. Lantos
Overlooked and Underestimated: New Insight on Communicating Branches of The Facial Nerve, Blair Freed, Robert Steele, Charles Coker, Clayton Marolt, and Jennifer F. Dennis
Pdgfrα-Cre Mediated Knockout of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Protects Mice from High-Fat Diet Induced Obesity and Hepatic Steatosis, Francoise A. Gourronc, Kathleen R. Markan, Katarina Kulhankova, Jingpeng Zhu, Zhiyong Zhu, Ryan Sheehy, Dawn E. Quelle, Leonid V. Zingman, Zoya B. Kurago, James A. Ankrum, and Aloysius J. Klingelhutz
Phosphorylation Modulates the Coregulatory Protein Exchange of the Nuclear Receptor Pregnane X Receptor, Wenqi Cui, Xunan Shen, Emre Agbas, Brandon Tompkins, Hadley Cameron-Carter, and Jeff Staudinger
Platelet Proteolytic Machinery Assessment in Alzheimer’s Disease, Roy G. Muriu, Jessica Sage, and Abdulbaki Agbas
Practice Preparedness for Times of Disaster, Mariam Akhtar and John Paulson
Preserving Osteopathic Antiquity Through Historical Pamphlets and Postcards, Lori A. Fitterling and Robyn Oro
Rejuvenation Resource, Christopher C. Surek and Jacob Nathaniel Grow
Relation of the Marginal Mandibular Nerve to the Inferior Border of the Mandible in Fresh and Embalmed Cadavers, Clayton Marolt, Blair Freed, Kenneth S. Johnson, Joanna Rowe, Charles Coker, Robert Steele, Robert Stephens, and Christopher C. Surek
Reply to Letter to the Editor, Sarah McCarty, Cindy Schmidt, and Loes Nauta
Risk Management Ethics, David Sine
scaRNA1 Levels Alter Pseudouridylation in Spliceosomal RNA U2 Affecting Alternative mRNA Splicing and Embryonic Development, Chloe K. Nagasawa, Nataliya Kibiryeva, Jennifer Marshall, James O'Brien, and Douglas Bittel
Student Perceptions of Online and In-Person Microbiology Laboratory Experiences in Undergraduate Medical Education, Ross M. Brockman, John M. Taylor, Larry Segars, Veronica Selke, and Tracey A.H. Taylor
The Battle Between Politics and Science Is Costing Us a Timely Victory Over the COVID-19 Pandemic, Marc Hahn
The Critical Shoulder Angle as a Diagnostic Measure for Osteoarthritis and Rotator Cuff Pathology, Zak Rose-Reneau, Amanda K. Moorefield, Derek Schirmer, Eugene Ismailov, Rob Downing, and Barth Wright
The Effect of Hyper-Realistic Trauma Training on Emotional Intelligence in Second Year Military Medical Students, Erin West, Gail Singer-Chang, Rebecca Ryznar, David Ross, Michael Czekajlo, Tuan Hoang, Roy Alson, German Berbel, Alan Moloff, Marian Safaoui, Natalie Nevins, and Anthony J. LaPorta
The HistoHustle: Supplemental Histology Sessions to Enrich Student Learning and Self-Efficacy, Jennifer F. Dennis
The Role of Alternative mRNA Splicing in Heart Development, Douglas Bittel, Nataliya Kibiryeva, Naoya Kenmochi, Prakash Patil, Tamayo Uechi, Brenda Rongish, Michael Filla, Rajasingh Johnson, and James O'Brien
Tracing the Route of the Dorsal Nerve of the Clitoris, Victoria Gordon, Joanna Rowe, Lauren Grubb, Larry Segars, Christopher C. Surek, Travis McCumber, Gilbert M. Willett, and Anthony Olinger
Use of Capillary Electrophoresis Immunoassay to Search for Potential Biomarkers of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Human Platelets, Jessica Sage, LaSharice Hall, April McVey, Richard J. Barohn, Jeffrey M. Statland, Omar Jawdat, Mazen M. Dimachkie, and Abdulbaki Agbas
Variations in Anterior Segment Vasculature of the Eye and Their Implication in Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures, Adam L. Lewis, Kenneth S. Johnson, Joanna Rowe, Kanwalgeet Hans, Victoria Gordon, Clayton Marolt, and Anthony Olinger
Viscoelastic Properties of ECM-Rich Embryonic Microenvironments, Zsuzsa Akos, Dona Greta Isai, Sheeja Rajasingh, Edina Kosa, Saba Ghazvini, Prajnaparamita Dhar, and Andras Czirok
We Must Continue to Listen to Science, Marc Hahn
When the Clinical Environment Is Closed to Students: The Harsh Reality of COVID-19 and Implications for Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, Ken Heiles, Valerie Sheridan, Tami Hendriksz, Rebecca Giusti, and Tyler C. Cemet
Submissions from 2019
Advancing Integrated Healthcare: A Step by Step Guide for Primary Care Physicians and Behavioral Health Clinicians, Sarah E. Getch and Robynne M. Lute
Allopregnanolone is Required for Prepulse Inhibition Deficits Induced by D1 Dopamine Receptor Activation, Laura J. Mosher, Roberto Cadeddu, Sabrina Yen, Jeff Staudinger, Francesco Traccis, Stephen C. Fowler, Jamie L. Maguire, and Marco Bortolato
A Novel Unembalmed Human Cadaveric Limb Model for Assessing Conformational Changes in Self-Expanding Nitinol Stents in the Popliteal Artery, Eric Shurtleff, Mariam Vanderhyde, Fallon Fitzwater, Reza Masoomi, Lorin Maletsky, Pamela P. Thomas, Karthik Vamanan, and Kamal Gupta
Cardiac Damage by Doxorubicin Is Mitigated in Smad3 Deficient Mice, Kyle Campbell, Edward Dorfman, James Yang, Melissa S. Cobb, Magdy Girgis, Jeryl Hauptman, Shixin Tao, Robert Vincent, Dawn Buddhadeb, and Eugene A. Konorev
