The purpose of the Faculty Publications collection is to preserve and share the scholarship of the Kansas City University community. Here we showcase research done by current and former staff and faculty members while employed by KCU.
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Submissions from 2015
Addressing Obesity With Pediatric Patients and Their Families in a Primary Care Office, Carlene A. Mayfield and Richard Suminski
Biomechanical Implications of Intraspecific Shape Variation in Chimpanzee Crania: Moving Toward an Integration of Geometric Morphometrics and Finite Element Analysis, Amanda L. Smith, Stefano Benazzi, Justin A. Ledogar, Kelli Tamvada, Leslie C. Pryor Smith, Gerhard W. Weber, Mark A. Spencer, Paul C. Dechow, Ian R. Grosse, Callum F. Ross, Brian G. Richmond, Barth Wright, Qian Wang, Dennis E. Slice, and David S. Strait
Concussion and Trauma in Young Athletes: Prevention, Treatment, and Return-to-Play, Rance McClain
Does the Gut Drive Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Progress?, Jingsong Zhou and Jun Sun
Influence of Myeloperoxidase on Colon Tumor Occurrence in Inflamed Versus Non-Inflamed Colons of Apc(Min/+) Mice, Mazin Al-Salihi, Ethan Reichert, and Frank A. Fitzpatrick
Kinetics of Bipedal Locomotion During Load Carrying in Capuchin Monkeys, Jandy B. Hanna, Daniel Schmitt, Kristin A. Wright, Yonat Eshchar, Elisabetta Visalberghi, and Dorothy M. Fragaszy
Leaky Intestine and Impaired Microbiome in an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mouse Model, Shaoping Wu, Jianxun Yi, Yong-Guo Zhang, Jingsong Zhou, and Jun Sun
Loop Diuretics for Patients Receiving Blood Transfusions, Michael Sarai and Aaron M. Tejani
Low Birth Weight in Kansas, V. James Guillory, Sue Min Lai, Richard Suminski, and G. Crawford
Managing Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents, Elizabeth McClain and Erin Jewell Burks
Muscle-Bone Crosstalk in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Jingsong Zhou, Jianxun Yi, and Lynda Bonewald
Pediatric Asthma for the Primary Care Practitioner, Anne M. VanGarsse, Richard D. Magie, and Aubree Bruhnding
Perceived Neighborhood Size: Implications for Physical Activity–Environment Research, Richard Suminski, Katie Heinrich, Jason A. Wasserman, and Rafia S. Rasu
Pertinent Anatomy and Analysis for Midface Volumizing Procedures, Christopher C. Surek, Javier Beut, Robert Stephens, Glenn Jelks, and Jerome Lamb
Playground Safety is Associated With Playground, Park, and Neighborhood Characteristics, Richard Suminski, Terry Presley, Jason A. Wasserman, Carlene A. Mayfield, Elizabeth McClain, and Mariah Johnson
Primary Care for School-Aged Children, Elizabeth McClain
Quantification of the Distal Radial Artery for Improved Vascular Access, Erich Wessel, Kara Hessel, Alan Glaros, and Anthony Olinger
Suppressed Autophagy Flux in Skeletal Muscle of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mouse Model During Disease Progression, Yajuan Xiao, Changling Ma, Jianxun Yi, Shaoping Wu, Guo Luo, Xiulong Xu, Peihui Lin, Jun Sun, and Jingsong Zhou
The Effects of Ecology and Evolutionary History on Robust Capuchin Morphological Diversity, Kristin A. Wright, Barth Wright, Susan M. Ford, Dorothy M. Fragaszy, Patricia Izar, Marilyn Norconk, Thomas Masterson, David G. Hobbs, Michael E. Alfaro, and Jessica W. Lynch Alfaro
The Effects of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection on the Expression of the Drug Efflux Proteins P-glycoprotein and Breast Cancer Resistance Protein in a Human Intestine Model, Kelstan Ellis, Jerry Marlin, Tracey A.H. Taylor, Sylvia Fitting, Kurt F. Hauser, Greg D. Rice, and MaryPeace McRae
The Feeding Biomechanics and Dietary Ecology of Paranthropus boisei, Amanda L. Smith, Stefano Benazzi, Justin A. Ledogar, Kelli Tamvada, Leslie C. Pryor Smith, Gerhard W. Weber, Mark A. Spencer, Peter W. Lucas, Shaji Michael, Ali Shekeban, Khaled Al-Fadhalah, Abdulwahab S. Almusallam, Paul C. Dechow, Ian R. Grosse, Callum F. Ross, Richard H. Madden, Brian G. Richmond, Barth Wright, Qian Wang, Craig Byron, Dennis E. Slice, Sarah Wood, Christine Dzialo, Michael A. Berthaume, Adam van Casteren, and David S. Strait
Tight Junction CLDN2 Gene is a Direct Target of the Vitamin D Receptor, Yong-Guo Zhang, Shaoping Wu, Rong Lu, David Zhou, Jingsong Zhou, Geert Carmeliet, Elaine Petrof, Erika C. Claud, and Jun Sun
Volumizing Viaducts of the Midface: Defining the Beut Techniques, Christopher C. Surek, Javier Beut, Robert Stephens, Jerome Lamb, and Glenn Jelks
Walking During Leisure-Time in Relation to Perceived Neighborhoods, Richard Suminski, Jason A. Wasserman, Carlene A. Mayfield, Arthur Kheyfets, and Jared Norman
Submissions from 2014
A Cell-Based High-Throughput Screen for Novel Chemical Inducers of Fetal Hemoglobin for Treatment of Hemoglobinopathies, Kenneth R. Peterson, Flávia C. Costa, Halyna Fedosyuk, Renee Y. Neades, Allen M. Chazelle, Lesya Zelenchuk, Andrea H. Fonteles, Parmita Dalal, Anuradha Roy, Rathnam Chaguturu, Biaoru Li, and Betty S. Pace
Aerobic Exercise During Pregnancy Influences Infant Heart Rate Variability at One Month of Age, Linda E. May, Susan A. Scholtz, Richard Suminski, and Kathleen M. Gustafson
A Longitudinal Study of Emotional Intelligence Training for Otolaryngology Residents and Faculty, James W. Dugan, Robert A. Weatherly, Douglas A. Girod, Carolyn E. Barber, and Terry T. Tsue
A Multi-Level Analysis Showing Associations Between School Neighborhood and Child Body Mass Index, Jason A. Wasserman, Richard Suminski, J. Xi, Carlene A. Mayfield, Alan Glaros, and Richard D. Magie
Anatomic Description of the Middle Meatus and Classification of the Hiatus Semilunaris Into Five Types Based Upon Morphological Characteristics, Kelly Dahlstrom and Anthony Olinger
A Retrospective Study of the Association Between Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy and Glaucoma, Greg D. Rice, Kristin A. Wright, and Steven M. Silverstein
A Review of Rapid-Onset Opioids for Breakthrough Pain in Patients with Cancer, Steven M. Simon and Lee S. Schwartzberg
Assessing Research Competency in a Medical School Environment, Linda R. Adkison and Alan Glaros
Bicycling Policy Indirectly Associated With Overweight/Obesity, Richard Suminski, Jason A. Wasserman, Carlene A. Mayfield, Emily Freeman, and Rachel Brandl
Community Development Corporations Could Potentially Improve Research on Causal Associations Between Environmental Features and Physical Activity, Richard Suminski, Jason A. Wasserman, Carlene A. Mayfield, Micah Kubic, and Julie Porter
Development of a Longitudinal Database for an Integrated Curriculum, Linda R. Adkison, David L. Lockwood, Andrea Hanson, and Alan Glaros
Early Prediction of Medical Student Performance on Initial Licensing Examinations, Alan Glaros, Andrea Hanson, and Linda R. Adkison
Effects of Gangliosides on the Activity of the Plasma Membrane Ca2+-ATPase, Lei Jiang, Misty D. Bechtel, Jennifer L. Bean, Robert Winefield, Todd D. Williams, Asma Zaidi, Elias K. Michaelis, and Mary L. Michaelis
Graduate Medical Education: The Authors Reply, Stephen C. Shannon, Boyd R. Buser, and Marc Hahn
Headache and Oral Parafunctional Behaviors, Alan Glaros, Anne H. Hanson, and Chris C. Ryen
Injury Profile of Mixed Martial Arts Competitors, Rance McClain, Jason A. Wasserman, Carlene A. Mayfield, Andrew C. Berry, Greg Grenier, and Richard Suminski
Maternal Physical Activity Mode and Fetal Heart Outcome, Linda E. May, Richard Suminski, Andrew C. Berry, Michelle D. Langaker, and Kathleen M. Gustafson
Nonmedical Use of Stimulants Among Medical Students, Jason A. Wasserman, Jennifer E. Fitzgerald, Merlin A. Sunny, Maria Cole, Richard Suminski, and John J. Dougherty
Reply: In Response to Injury Profile of Mixed Martial Arts Competitors, Rance McClain, Jason A. Wasserman, Carlene A. Mayfield, Andrew C. Berry, Greg Grenier, and Richard Suminski
Somatic Dysfunction and Use of Osteopathic Manual Treatment Techniques During Ambulatory Medical Care Visits: A CONCORD-PBRN Study, John C. Licciardone, Cathleen M. Kearns, Hollis H. King, Michael A. Seffinger, W. Thomas Crow, Peter Zajac, William H. Devine, Reem Y. Abu-Sbaih, Stephen J. Miller, Murray R. Berkowitz, Robin Dyer, Deborah M. Heath, Kevin Treffer, Natalie Nevins, and Subhash Aryal
The Integration of the “Spirituality in Medicine” Curriculum Into the Osteopathic Communication Curriculum at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Jan Talley and Richard D. Magie
The Sinhala Version of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale: Validation and Establishment of the Factor Structure in Pain Patients and Healthy Adults, Ranjith W. Pallegama, Anura Ariyawardana, Ajith Ranasinghe, Mohaideen Sitheeque, Alan Glaros, Wasantha P. Dissanayake, Kapila S. Idirimanna, and Ruwan D. Jayasinghe
Wikipedia: Proceed With Caution, Lori A. Fitterling
Submissions from 2013
A New Pathway for Medical Education, Stephen C. Shannon, Boyd R. Buser, Marc Hahn, John B. Crosby, Tyler Cymet, Joshua S. Mintz, and Karen J. Nichols
Attitude Toward Euthanasia Scale: Psychometric Properties and Relations With Religious Orientation, Personality, and Life Satisfaction, Naser Aghababaei and Jason A. Wasserman
Autonomic Dysregulation in Headache Patients, Jason J. Gass and Alan Glaros
Bruxism Defined and Graded: An International Consensus, Frank Lobbezoo, Jari Ahlberg, Alan Glaros, Takafumi Kato, Kiyoshidds Koyano, Gilles J. Levigne, Reny de Leeuw, Daniele Manfredini, Peter Svensson, and Ephraim Wincour
Development of a Quality-Assessment Tool for Experimental Bruxism Studies: Reliability and Validity, Andreas Dawson, Karen G. Raphael, Alan Glaros, Susanna Axelsson, Taro Arima, Malin Ernberg, Mauro Farella, Frank Lobbezoo, Daniele Manfredini, Ambra Michelotti, Peter Svensson, and Thomas List
Examining Body Mass Index in an Urban Core Population: From Health Screening to Physician Visit, Kaitlin Ann O'Connor, Julie Marie Sahrmann, Richard D. Magie, and Larry Segars
Exercise During Pregnancy: The Role of Obstetric Providers, Linda E. May, Richard Suminski, Emily R. Linklater, Sara Jahnke, and Alan Glaros
From Simulators to Tablet Technology: KCUMB Leaps into the Future, Marc Hahn
Impact of Reflective Learning on Physicians’ Attitudes and Care, Peter John Carek, William Geiger, Maurice W. Oelklaus, Wes James, and Ann M. Karty
Implementation of a Professional Enrichment Program to Enhance Medical School Experience, Linda R. Adkison and Andrea Hanson
Inspiration Closure Reflex: The Effect of Respiration on Intrinsic Sphincters, W. Robert Addington, Robert Stephens, Stuart P. Miller, and Robin R. Ockey
Ocular Problems in Low-Income and Minority Children, Daniel J. Frick, Scott E. Olitsky, Annette Campbell, and Alan Glaros
Outcomes from an Urban Pediatric Obesity Program Targeting Minority Youth: The Healthy Hawks Program, Ann M. Davis, Marina C. Daldalian, Carlene A. Mayfield, Kelsey Dean, William R. Black, Marilyn L. Sampilo, Martha Gonzalez-Mijares, and Richard Suminski
Prescribing Trends for Management of Congestive Heart Failure From 2002 to 2004, Tonya Crawford, Larry Segars, and Rafia S. Rasu
Relations Between Perceptions of Environmental Features and Physical Activity, Richard Suminski, Jason A. Wasserman, Carlene A. Mayfield, and Lisa McClain
Role of Extracellular GAPDH in Streptococcus Pyogenes Virulence, Kirsten A. Seidler and Norbert W. Seidler
Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of KP-1461 as Monotherapy for 124 Days in Antiretroviral-Experienced, HIV Type 1-Infected Subjects, Charles Hicks, Patrick Clay, Robert Redfield, Jay Lalezari, Ralph Liporace, Stefan Schneider, Michael Sension, MaryPeace McRae, and Jean-Pierre Laurent
Smaller Insertion Area and Inefficient Mechanics of the Gluteus Medius in Females, Dustin Woyski, Anthony Olinger, and Barth Wright
The Insufficiency of Fairness: The Logics of Homeless Service Administration and Resulting Gaps in Service, Jason A. Wasserman and Jeffrey Michael Clair
Viewpoints: Diet and Dietary Adaptations in Early Hominins: The Hard Food Perspective, David S. Strait, Paul Constantino, Peter W. Lucas, Brian G. Richmond, Mark A. Spencer, Paul C. Dechow, Callum F. Ross, Ian R. Grosse, Barth Wright, Bernard A. Wood, Gerhard W. Weber, Qian Wang, Craig Byron, Dennis E. Slice, Janine Chalk, Amanda L. Smith, Leslie C. Smith, Sarah Wood, Michael A. Berthaume, Stefano Benazzi, Christine Dzialo, Kelli Tamvada, and Justin A. Ledogar
Wild Bearded Capuchin Monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) Strategically Place Nuts in a Stable Position During Nut-Cracking, Dorothy M. Fragaszy, Qing Liu, Barth Wright, Angellica Allen, Callie Welch Brown, and Elisabetta Visalberghi
Submissions from 2012
A Possible Relationship Between Reliability of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Diagnostic Testing and the Position of the Axillary Artery, Anthony Olinger, William Borman, and Brion Benninger
Bariatric Surgery: Lindsey G's Story, Jaclyn E. Allred and Gautam Desai
Benign Intracranial Hypertension: A Diagnostic Dilemma, Gary Y. Shaw and Stephanie K. Million
Bibliometric Measures and National Institutes of Health Funding at Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, 2006-2010, Richard Suminski, Dean Hendrix, Linda E. May, Jason A. Wasserman, and V. James Guillory
Calpain-1 Knockout Reveals Broad Effects on Erythrocyte Deformability and Physiology, Adam Wieschhaus, Anwar Khan, Asma Zaidi, Henry Rogalin, Toshihiko Hanada, Fei Liu, Lucia De Franceschi, Carlo Brugnara, Alicia Rivera, and Athar H. Chishti
Cervical Spine Bending: A Factor Confounding Whole Trunk and Lumbar Forward Bending Range of Motion, William J. Brooks, Michael M. Patterson, Ethan Wagner, and Patrick Hardigan
Descriptive Anatomy of the Interscalene Triangle and the Costoclavicular Space and Their Relationship to Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: A Study of 60 Cadavers, Kelly Dahlstrom and Anthony Olinger
Establishing the Content Validity of Palpatory Examination for the Assessment of the Lumbar Spine Using Ultrasonography: A Pilot Study, K. Aaron Shaw, John J. Dougherty, Kevin Treffer, and Alan Glaros
Fetal Cardiac Autonomic Control During Breathing and Non-Breathing Epochs: The Effect of Maternal Exercise, Kathleen M. Gustafson, Linda E. May, Hung-Wen Yeh, Stephanie K. Million, and John J.B. Allen
GAPDH: Biological Properties and Diversity, Norbert W. Seidler
Mi2β Is Required for γ-Globin Gene Silencing: Temporal Assembly of a GATA-1-FOG-1-Mi2 Repressor Complex in β-YAC Transgenic Mice, Flávia C. Costa, Halyna Fedosyuk, Allen M. Chazelle, Renee Y. Neades, and Kenneth R. Peterson
Microwear, Mechanics and the Feeding Adaptations of Australopithecus Africanus, David S. Strait, Gerhard W. Weber, Paul Constantino, Peter W. Lucas, Brian G. Richmond, Mark A. Spencer, Paul C. Dechow, Callum F. Ross, Ian R. Grosse, Barth Wright, Bernard A. Wood, Qian Wang, Craig Byron, and Dennis E. Slice
Neuronal Protection by a Variant of GAPDH Pseudogene P44 in AD, Sara O. Mason, Christopher S. Theisen, and Norbert W. Seidler
Park Quality in Racial/Ethnic Minority Neighborhoods, Richard Suminski, Erin Connolly, Linda E. May, Jason A. Wasserman, Norma Olvera, and Rebecca Lee
Posterior Intercostal Artery Tortuosity and Collateral Branch Points: A Cadaveric Study, Eric Shurtleff and Anthony Olinger
Protection Against Protein Aggregation by Alpha-Crystallin as a Mechanism of Preconditioning, Jonathan E. Ferns, Christopher S. Theisen, Eugene E. Fibuch, and Norbert W. Seidler
Psoas Syndrome: A Frequently Missed Diagnosis, Andrea Tufo, Gautam Desai, and W. Joshua Cox
Red Blood Cell Fatty Acids are Associated With Depression in a Case-Control Study of Adolescents, James V. Pottala, Jan Talley, Steve Churchill, Daryl Lynch, Clemens von Schacky, and William S. Harris
Regular Maternal Exercise Dose and Fetal Heart Outcome, Linda E. May, Richard Suminski, Michelle D. Langaker, Hung-Wen Yeh, and Kathleen M. Gustafson
Relationships Between the Diet and Dentition of Asian Leaf Monkeys, Barth Wright and Mary S. Willis
Research From the Bedside to the Lab Bench & Back, Robert A. White, Michael Silvey, and Derek P. Logsdon
Research Funding at Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine in the United States, Richard Suminski, Linda E. May, and V. James Guillory
Small Business Support of Youth Physical Activity Opportunities, Richard Suminski and Ding Ding
The Effect of Dietary Adaption on Cranial Morphological Integration in Capuchins (Order Primates, Genus Cebus), Jana Makedonska
The “Homeless Problem” and the Double Consciousness, Jason A. Wasserman, Jeffrey Michael Clair, and Chelsea Platt
The Phoenix Physician: Defining a Pathway Toward Leadership in Patient-Centered Care, Robert G. Good, John B. Bulger, Robert T. Hasty, Kevin P. Hubbard, Elliott R. Schwartz, John R. Sutton, Monte E. Troutman, and Donald S. Nelinson
The Religious Person Revisited: Cross-Cultural Evidence From the HEXACO Model of Personality Structure, Naser Aghababaei, Jason A. Wasserman, and Drew Nannini
The Role of the Sutures in Biomechanical Dynamic Simulation of a Macaque Cranial Finite Element Model: Implications for the Evolution of Craniofacial Form, Qian Wang, Sarah Wood, Ian R. Grosse, Callum F. Ross, Uriel Zapata, Craig Byron, Barth Wright, and David S. Strait
Tooth Contact Versus Clenching: Oral Parafunctions and Facial Pain, Alan Glaros and Karen Williams
Ulcerated Plaques in the Pelvic Region of an Adult Female, Benjamin Barrick, Brian Matthys, and Garth R. Fraga
Use of a Structured Template to Facilitate Practice-Based Learning and Improvement Projects, Elizabeth McClain, Stewart F. Babbott, Terance T. Tsue, Douglas A. Girod, Debora Clements, Lisa Gilmer, Diane Persons, and Greg Unruh
Submissions from 2011
A Finite Element Analysis of Masticatory Stress Hypotheses, Janine Chalk, Brian G. Richmond, Callum F. Ross, David S. Strait, Barth Wright, Mark A. Spencer, Qian Wang, and Paul C. Dechow
