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 2014
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
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 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
Building Healthier Babies & Adults for Tomorrow, Linda E. May
Carnosine Protects Against the Neurotoxic Effects of a Serotonin-Derived Melanoid, Tanner D. Brownrigg, Christopher S. Theisen, Eugene E. Fibuch, and Norbert W. Seidler
Case of Ischemic Colitis in a Young Adolescent Associated With Triphasic Hormonal Contraceptive Therapy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature, D. Kade Rasmussen and Larry Segars
Functional PAK-2 Knockout and Replacement With a Caspase Cleavage-Deficient Mutant in Mice Reveals Differential Requirements of Full-Length PAK-2 and Caspase-Activated PAK-2p34, Jerry Marlin, Yu-Wen E. Chang, Margaret Ober, Amy Handy, Wenhao Xu, and Rolf Jakobi
Isoflurane Preconditioning Involves Upregulation of Molecular Chaperone Genes, Chad A. McClintick, Christopher S. Theisen, Jonathan E. Ferns, Eugene E. Fibuch, and Norbert W. Seidler
Isoflurane's Effect on Protein Conformation as a Proposed Mechanism for Preconditioning, Michelle R. Baker, Sean K. Benton, Christopher S. Theisen, Chad A. McClintick, Eugene E. Fibuch, and Norbert W. Seidler
Neuronal Glud1 (Glutamate Dehydrogenase 1) Over-Expressing Mice: Increased Glutamate Formation and Synaptic Release, Loss of Synaptic Activity, and Adaptive Changes in Genomic Expression, Elias K. Michaelis, Xinkun Wang, Ranu Pal, Xiaodong Bao, Kevin N. Hascup, Yunxia Wang, Wentung Wang, Dongwei Hui, Abdulbaki Agbas, In-Young Choi, Andrei B. Belousov, and Greg A. Gerhardt
Postpartum Pharmacokinetics of Peramivir in the Treatment of 2009 H1N1 Influenza: A Case Report, Patrick Clay, Raghavendra Adiga, Tracey A.H. Taylor, Rachael Alsup, Phillip M. Gerk, and MaryPeace McRae
Redox Mechanism of Neurotoxicity by a Serotonin–Acrolein Polymeric Melanoid, Meghan M. Murphy, Elizabeth D. Miller, Eugene E. Fibuch, and Norbert W. Seidler
Teaching of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Function in Osteopathic Medical Education, Christopher C. Surek, Shannon Lorimer, John J. Dougherty, and Robert Stephens
The Anatomical "Core": A Definition and Functional Classification, John J. Dougherty
The Depletion of DNA Methyltransferase-1 and the Epigenetic Effects of 5-aza-2'deoxycytidine (Decitabine) are Differentially Regulated by Cell Cycle Progression, Mazin Al-Salihi, Margaret Yu, David M. Burnett, Amanda Alexander, Wolfram Samlowski, and Frank A. Fitzpatrick
The Effects of a Multi-Axis Balance Board Intervention Program in an Elderly Population, John J. Dougherty, Anne Kancel, Cassandra Ramar, Crystal Meacham, and Stephen Derrington
Unique Variation of the Axillary Arch Muscle Discovered During Dissection Could Explain Neurologic Symptoms in the Living Patient, Ashley Telisky and Anthony Olinger
Wild Bearded Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus Libidinosus) Place Nuts in Anvils Selectively, Qing Liu, Dorothy M. Fragaszy, Barth Wright, Kristin A. Wright, Patricia Izar, and Elisabetta Visalberghi
With Diabetes, Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Patrick Clay
Youth Physical Activity Opportunities in Lower and Higher Income Neighborhoods, Richard Suminski, Ding Ding, Rebecca Lee, Linda E. May, Tonya Tota, and David Dinius
Submissions from 2010
A Bad Break--Bone Issues in People With HIV. What We've Learned so Far, and What You Can Do, Patrick Clay
Acousticofacial–Glossopharyngeal Triangle: An Anatomic Model for Rapid Surgical Orientation, Christopher C. Surek, Mark Van Ess, and Robert Stephens
Aerobic Exercise During Pregnancy Influences Fetal Cardiac Autonomic Control of Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability, Linda E. May, Alan Glaros, Hung-Wen Yeh, James F. Clapp III, and Kathleen M. Gustafson
Age-Associated Changes in Synaptic Lipid Raft Proteins Revealed by Two-Dimensional Fluorescence Difference Gel Electrophoresis, Lei Jiang, Jianwen Fang, David S. Moore, Natalia V. Gogichaeva, Nadezhda A. Galeva, Mary L. Michaelis, and Asma Zaidi
Alkylation of the Tumor Suppressor PTEN Activates Akt and β-Catenin Signaling: A Mechanism Linking Inflammation and Oxidative Stress with Cancer, Tracy M. Covey, Kornelia Edes, Gary S. Coombs, David M. Virshup, and Frank A. Fitzpatrick
Anatomic Changes Related to Laryngeal Descent From Birth to 1 Year of Age: Do They Play a Role in SIDS?, Robert Stephens, Austin Bancroft, Alan Glaros, and Lisa H. Lowe
Assessment of Antihyperlipidemic Therapy in US Patients With Coronary Heart Disease, Ashley Moser and Larry Segars
Caspase Activation of p21-Activated Kinase 2 Occurs During Cisplatin-Induced Apoptosis of SH-SY5Y Neuroblastoma Cells and in SH-SY5Y Cell Culture Models of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease, Jerry Marlin, Yu-Wen E. Chang, and Rolf Jakobi
Fiberoptic Resonance Raman Spectroscopy to Measure Carotenoid Oxidative Breakdown in Live Tissues, Brandon G. Bentz, Jason Diaz, Terry A. Ring, Mark Wade, Konrad Kennington, Robert McClane, and Frank A. Fitzpatrick
Functional Anatomy of Human Scalene Musculature: Rotation of the Cervical Spine, Anthony Olinger and Phillip Homier
Genetic Variation in a Metabolic Signaling Pathway and Colon and Rectal Cancer Risk: mTOR, PTEN, STK11, RPKAA1, PRKAG2, TSC1, TSC2, PI3K and Akt1, Martha L. Slattery, Jennifer S. Herrick, Abbie Lundgreen, Frank A. Fitzpatrick, Karen Curtin, and Roger K. Wolff
Inhaled Anesthetics Promote Albumin Dimerization through Reciprocal Exchange of Subdomains, Benjamin J. Pieters, Eugene E. Fibuch, Joshua D. Eklund, and Norbert W. Seidler
Isoflurane’s Effect on Interfacial Dynamics in GAPDH Influences Methylglyoxal Reactivity, Ann E. Pattin, Sadie Ochs, Christopher S. Theisen, Eugene E. Fibuch, and Norbert W. Seidler
Mechanical Impact of Incisor Loading on the Primate Midfacial Skeleton and its Relevance to Human Evolution, Qian Wang, Barth Wright, Amanda L. Smith, Janine Chalk, and Craig Byron
Military Line Leadership and Tobacco Control: Perspectives of Military Policy Leaders and Tobacco Control Managers, Walker Poston, Richard Suminski, Kevin M. Hoffman, Nattinee Jitnarin, Joseph Hughey, Harry A. Lando, Amelia Winsby, and Keith Haddock
Mutation in Erythroid Specific Transcription Factor KLF1 Causes Hereditary Spherocytosis in the Nan Hemolytic Anemia Mouse Model, Daniel P. Heruth, Troy Hawkins, Derek P. Logsdon, Margaret I. Gibson, Inna V. Sokolovsky, Ndona N. Nsumu, Stephanie L. Major, Barbara Fegley, Gerald M. Woods, Karen B. Lewing, Kathleen A. Neville, Kenneth Cornetta, Kenneth R. Peterson, and Robert A. White
Otolaryngologic Community-Acquired MRSA Infections in a Suburban Private Practice, Gary Y. Shaw, Shari V. Montandon, and Michael R. Driks
Plasma Membrane Ca2+-ATPases: Targets of Oxidative Stress in Brain Aging and Neurodegeneration, Asma Zaidi
