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 2017

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Variability in the Anterior Extralaryngeal Branch of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve: Clinical Implications, Kara Hessel, Erich Wessel, Anthony Olinger, and Barth Wright

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What Is the Lobular Branch of the Great Auricular Nerve? Anatomical Description and Significance in Rhytidectomy, Vicki S. Sharma, Robert Stephens, Barth Wright, and Christopher C. Surek

Submissions from 2016

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Age-Related Variation in the Mechanical Properties of Foods Processed by Sapajus libidinosus, Janine Chalk, Barth Wright, Peter W. Lucas, Katherine D. Schuhmacher, Erin R. Vogel, Dorothy M. Fragaszy, Elisabetta Visalberghi, Patricia Izar, and Brian G. Richmond

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A Versatile Method for Immunofluorescent Staining of Cells Cultured on Permeable Membrane Inserts, Jenni L. Gillespie, Anwuli Anyah, John M. Taylor, Jerry Marlin, and Tracey A.H. Taylor

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Clinicopathologic Features and Outcomes of Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma Patients With Monoclonal IgG or IgA Paraprotein Expression, Xin Cao, L. Jeffrey Medeiros, Yi Xia, Xiaoxiao Wang, Sheeba K. Thomas, Sanam Loghavi, Xin Li, Jatin J. Shah, Steven A. Gustafson, Donna M. Weber, Roberto N. Miranda, Zijun Xu-Monette, Robert Z. Orlowski, and Ken H. Young

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Effects of Exercise During Pregnancy on Maternal Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability, Linda E. May, Jennifer Knowlton, Jessica Hanson, Richard Suminski, Christopher Paynter, Xiangming Fang, and Kathleen M. Gustafson

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Examination of the Recommended Safe and Unsafe Zone for Placement of Surgical Instruments in Thoracentesis and Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: A Cadaveric Study, Danielle Solomon, Jennifer Sharp, Devon Boydstun, Clive Persaud, Jacob Pfeiffer, and Anthony Olinger

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Examining Health Care Students' Attitudes Toward E-Professionalism, Jacob P. Gettig, Sandhya Noronha, John Graneto, Lillian Obucina, Kelli J. Christensen, and Nancy F. Fjortoft

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Human Feeding Biomechanics: Performance, Variation, and Functional Constraints, Justin A. Ledogar, Paul C. Dechow, Qian Wang, Poorva H. Gharpure, Adam D. Gordon, Karen L. Baab, Amanda L. Smith, Gerhard W. Weber, Ian R. Grosse, Callum F. Ross, Brian G. Richmond, Barth Wright, Craig Byron, Stephen Wroe, and David S. Strait

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Library Redesign Summary from the 2016 MLA Roundtable Luncheon, Marilyn DeGeus

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Mechanical Evidence That Australopithecus sediba was Limited in its Ability to Eat Hard Foods, Justin A. Ledogar, Amanda L. Smith, Stefano Benazzi, Gerhard W. Weber, Mark A. Spencer, Keely B. Carlson, Kieran P. McNulty, Paul C. Dechow, Ian R. Grosse, Callum F. Ross, Brian G. Richmond, Barth Wright, Qian Wang, Craig Byron, Kristian J. Carlson, Darryl J. De Ruiter, Lee R. Berger, Kelli Tamvada, Leslie C. Pryor, Michael A. Berthaume, and David S. Strait

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MG53 Permeates Through Blood-Brain Barrier to Protect Ischemic Brain Injury, Yonggang Yao, Bo Zhang, Hua Zhu, Haichang Li, Yu Han, Ken Chen, Zhen Wang, Jing Zeng, Yukai Liu, Xinquan Wang, Yu Li, Duofen He, Peihui Lin, Xinyu Zhou, Kiho Park, Zehua Bian, Zhishui Chen, Nianqiao Gong, Tao Tan, Jingsong Zhou, Meng Zhang, Jianjie Ma, and Chunyu Zeng

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Missouri's First New Medical School in Nearly 50 Years Comes to Joplin, Marc Hahn

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Mitochondrial Ca(2+) Uptake in Skeletal Muscle Health and Disease, Jingsong Zhou, Kamal Dhakal, and Jianxun Yi

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Neurophenotyping of Zebrafish Larvae that Are Preconditioned with Anesthetic Agent, Julie L. Mustard, Matthew A. Strope, Christopher S. Havey, Lucy S. Wang, and Norbert W. Seidler

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Phosphatase and Tensin Homologue (PTEN)-Induced Putative Kinase 1 Reduces Pancreatic β-cells Apoptosis in Glucotoxicity Through Activation of Autophagy, Juan Zhang, Ke Chen, Linghao Wang, Xinxin Wan, Chandrama Shrestha, Jingsong Zhou, and Zhaohui Mo

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Prevalence of Nasal Colonization by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Persons Using a Homeless Shelter in Kansas City, Megan Ottomeyer, Charles D. Graham, Avery D. Legg, Elizabeth S. Cooper, Chad D. Law, Mariam Molani, Karine Matevossian, Jerry Marlin, Charlott Williams, Ramon E. Newman, Jason A. Wasserman, Larry Segars, and Tracey A.H. Taylor

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Primate Dietary Ecology in the Context of Food Mechanical Properties, Susan Coiner-Collier, Robert S. Scott, Janine Chalk-Wilayto, Susan M. Cheyne, Paul Constantino, Nathaniel J. Dominy, Alison A. Elgart, Halszka Glowacka, Laura C. Loyola, Kerry Ossi-Lupo, Melissa Raguet-Schofield, Mauricio G. Talebi, Enrico A. Sala, Pawel Sieradzy, Andrea B. Taylor, Christopher J. Vinyard, Barth Wright, Nayuta Yamashita, and Peter W. Lucas

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The TGF-β Pathway Mediates Doxorubicin Effects on Cardiac Endothelial Cells, Zuyue Sun, Jill Schriewer, Mingxin Tang, Jerry Marlin, Frederick Taylor, Ralph V. Shohet, and Eugene A. Konorev

Submissions from 2015

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Addressing Obesity With Pediatric Patients and Their Families in a Primary Care Office, Carlene A. Mayfield and Richard Suminski

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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

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Concussion and Trauma in Young Athletes: Prevention, Treatment, and Return-to-Play, Rance McClain

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Does the Gut Drive Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Progress?, Jingsong Zhou and Jun Sun

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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

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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

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Leaky Intestine and Impaired Microbiome in an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mouse Model, Shaoping Wu, Jianxun Yi, Yong-Guo Zhang, Jingsong Zhou, and Jun Sun

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Loop Diuretics for Patients Receiving Blood Transfusions, Michael Sarai and Aaron M. Tejani

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Low Birth Weight in Kansas, V. James Guillory, Sue Min Lai, Richard Suminski, and G. Crawford

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Managing Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents, Elizabeth McClain and Erin Jewell Burks

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Muscle-Bone Crosstalk in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Jingsong Zhou, Jianxun Yi, and Lynda Bonewald

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Pediatric Asthma for the Primary Care Practitioner, Anne M. VanGarsse, Richard D. Magie, and Aubree Bruhnding

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Perceived Neighborhood Size: Implications for Physical Activity–Environment Research, Richard Suminski, Katie Heinrich, Jason A. Wasserman, and Rafia S. Rasu

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Pertinent Anatomy and Analysis for Midface Volumizing Procedures, Christopher C. Surek, Javier Beut, Robert Stephens, Glenn Jelks, and Jerome Lamb

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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

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Primary Care for School-Aged Children, Elizabeth McClain

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Quantification of the Distal Radial Artery for Improved Vascular Access, Erich Wessel, Kara Hessel, Alan Glaros, and Anthony Olinger

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Volumizing Viaducts of the Midface: Defining the Beut Techniques, Christopher C. Surek, Javier Beut, Robert Stephens, Jerome Lamb, and Glenn Jelks

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Anatomic Description of the Middle Meatus and Classification of the Hiatus Semilunaris Into Five Types Based Upon Morphological Characteristics, Kelly Dahlstrom and Anthony Olinger

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A Retrospective Study of the Association Between Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy and Glaucoma, Greg D. Rice, Kristin A. Wright, and Steven M. Silverstein

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A Review of Rapid-Onset Opioids for Breakthrough Pain in Patients with Cancer, Steven M. Simon and Lee S. Schwartzberg

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Assessing Research Competency in a Medical School Environment, Linda R. Adkison and Alan Glaros

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Bicycling Policy Indirectly Associated With Overweight/Obesity, Richard Suminski, Jason A. Wasserman, Carlene A. Mayfield, Emily Freeman, and Rachel Brandl

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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

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Development of a Longitudinal Database for an Integrated Curriculum, Linda R. Adkison, David L. Lockwood, Andrea Hanson, and Alan Glaros

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Early Prediction of Medical Student Performance on Initial Licensing Examinations, Alan Glaros, Andrea Hanson, and Linda R. Adkison

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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

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Graduate Medical Education: The Authors Reply, Stephen C. Shannon, Boyd R. Buser, and Marc Hahn

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Headache and Oral Parafunctional Behaviors, Alan Glaros, Anne H. Hanson, and Chris C. Ryen

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Injury Profile of Mixed Martial Arts Competitors, Rance McClain, Jason A. Wasserman, Carlene A. Mayfield, Andrew C. Berry, Greg Grenier, and Richard Suminski

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Maternal Physical Activity Mode and Fetal Heart Outcome, Linda E. May, Richard Suminski, Andrew C. Berry, Michelle D. Langaker, and Kathleen M. Gustafson

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Nonmedical Use of Stimulants Among Medical Students, Jason A. Wasserman, Jennifer E. Fitzgerald, Merlin A. Sunny, Maria Cole, Richard Suminski, and John J. Dougherty

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Wikipedia: Proceed With Caution, Lori A. Fitterling

Submissions from 2013

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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

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Attitude Toward Euthanasia Scale: Psychometric Properties and Relations With Religious Orientation, Personality, and Life Satisfaction, Naser Aghababaei and Jason A. Wasserman

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Autonomic Dysregulation in Headache Patients, Jason J. Gass and Alan Glaros

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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

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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

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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

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Exercise During Pregnancy: The Role of Obstetric Providers, Linda E. May, Richard Suminski, Emily R. Linklater, Sara Jahnke, and Alan Glaros

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From Simulators to Tablet Technology: KCUMB Leaps into the Future, Marc Hahn

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Impact of Reflective Learning on Physicians’ Attitudes and Care, Peter John Carek, William Geiger, Maurice W. Oelklaus, Wes James, and Ann M. Karty

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Implementation of a Professional Enrichment Program to Enhance Medical School Experience, Linda R. Adkison and Andrea Hanson

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Inspiration Closure Reflex: The Effect of Respiration on Intrinsic Sphincters, W. Robert Addington, Robert Stephens, Stuart P. Miller, and Robin R. Ockey

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Ocular Problems in Low-Income and Minority Children, Daniel J. Frick, Scott E. Olitsky, Annette Campbell, and Alan Glaros

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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

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Prescribing Trends for Management of Congestive Heart Failure From 2002 to 2004, Tonya Crawford, Larry Segars, and Rafia S. Rasu

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Relations Between Perceptions of Environmental Features and Physical Activity, Richard Suminski, Jason A. Wasserman, Carlene A. Mayfield, and Lisa McClain

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Role of Extracellular GAPDH in Streptococcus Pyogenes Virulence, Kirsten A. Seidler and Norbert W. Seidler

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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

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Smaller Insertion Area and Inefficient Mechanics of the Gluteus Medius in Females, Dustin Woyski, Anthony Olinger, and Barth Wright

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The Insufficiency of Fairness: The Logics of Homeless Service Administration and Resulting Gaps in Service, Jason A. Wasserman and Jeffrey Michael Clair

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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

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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

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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

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Bariatric Surgery: Lindsey G's Story, Jaclyn E. Allred and Gautam Desai

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Benign Intracranial Hypertension: A Diagnostic Dilemma, Gary Y. Shaw and Stephanie K. Million

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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GAPDH: Biological Properties and Diversity, Norbert W. Seidler

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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

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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

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Neuronal Protection by a Variant of GAPDH Pseudogene P44 in AD, Sara O. Mason, Christopher S. Theisen, and Norbert W. Seidler