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Faculty Publication: Hoberecht, Miller-Cribbs

Hoberecht, T., & Miller-Cribbs, J. (2011). Some health literacy aspects of a photovoice project. [Article]. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 15(4), 389-395. doi: 10.1080/15398285.2011.623590

The Tulsa Photovoice project, arising from a week-long immersive experience for students at the University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine in Tulsa, Oklahoma, introduced medical students and others to a community-based, participatory research project. The project yielded nearly 500 photographs that documented community and relevant health issues and other survey and interview data. A preliminary examination of the data from the project reveals some aspects relating to the research participants’ health literacy and provides important insights into the communication skills of the health providers involved. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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Faculty Publication: Drevets et al.

Meyers, N., Fromm, S., Luckenbaugh, D. A., Drevets, W. C., & Hasler, G. (2011). Neural correlates of sleepiness induced by catecholamine depletion. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 194(1), 73-78. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.06.015

Although extensive indirect evidence exists to suggest that the central dopaminergic system plays a significant role in the modulation of arousal, the functional effect of the dopaminergic influence on the regulation of the sleep–wake cycle remains unclear. Thirteen healthy volunteers and 15 unmedicated subjects with a history of major depressive disorder underwent catecholamine depletion (CD) using oral alpha-methyl-para-tyrosine in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, crossover study. The main outcome measures in both sessions were sleepiness (Stanford-Sleepiness-Scale), cerebral glucose metabolism (positron emission tomography), and serum prolactin concentration. CD consistently induced clinically relevant sleepiness in both groups. The CD-induced prolactin increase significantly correlated with CD-induced sleepiness but not with CD-induced mood and anxiety symptoms. CD-induced sleepiness correlated with CD-induced increases in metabolism in the medial and orbital frontal cortex, bilateral superior temporal cortex, left insula, cingulate motor area and in the vicinity of the periaqueductal gray. This study suggests that the association between dopamine depletion and sleepiness is independent of the brain reward system and the risk for depression. The visceromotor system, the cingulate motor area, the periaqueductal gray and the caudal hypothalamus may mediate the impact of the dopaminergic system on regulation of wakefulness and sleep. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)

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You too can participate in OU-Tulsa Reads

January 17 – March 31, 2012 at the OU-Tulsa Schusterman Center Library Gallery

People who can say of a book, “This has changed my life” truly understand the meaning of happiness ~ Daisaku Ikeda

In January, 2012, the OU-Tulsa Schusterman Library will host OU-Tulsa Reads, a multimedia exhibit about books that have had a powerful impact on community members. Administrators, faculty, staff, and students are invited to share the books that have inspired them and served as catalysts for personal, professional, or educational changes in their lives. Through sharing our most inspiring reads, we will share the powerful impact of reading as well as an important part of who we are as a community.

What book has inspired you? Include your book in our exhibit!

Faculty publication: Ma, Cheng

Ma, R., & Cheng, S. (2011). The universality of generalized hamming code for multiple sources. [Article]. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 59(10), 2641-2647. doi: 10.1109/tcomm.2011.081711.100211

We consider zero-error Slepian-Wolf coding for a special kind of correlated sources known as Hamming sources. Moreover, we focus on the design of codes with minimum redundancy (i.e., perfect codes). As shown in a prior work by Koulgi et al., the design of a perfect code for a general source is very difficult and in fact is NP-hard. In our recent work, we introduce a subset of perfect codes for Hamming sources known as Hamming Codes for Multiple Sources (HCMSs). In this work, we extend HCMSs to generalized HCMSs, which can be proved to include all perfect codes for Hamming sources. To prove our main result, we first show that any perfect code for a Hamming source with two terminals is equivalent to a Hamming code for asymmetric Slepian Wolf coding (c.f. Lemma 2). We then show that any multi-terminal (of more than two terminals) perfect code can be transformed to a perfect code for two terminals (c.f. Lemma 3) and to a perfect code with an asymmetric form (c.f. Lemma 4). Equipped with these results, we prove that every perfect Slepian-Wolf code for Hamming sources is equivalent to a generalized HCMS. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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Vaccines, Medicare, Minorities and More: New Reports From the National Academies Press

Check out these new titles and prepublications available from The National Academies Press (http://www.nap.edu/). All NAP titles can be read online or downloaded in PDF format free of charge! NAP publishes authoritative reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council.

Adverse Effects of Vaccines: Evidence and Causality (prepublication), Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, edited by Kathleen Stratton, Andrew Ford, Erin Rusch, and Ellen Wright Clayton

Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Policies (2011), Institute of Medicine, edited by Leann L. Birch, Lynn Parker, and Annina Burns

Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America’s Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads (2011), Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy

Geographic Adjustment in Medicare Payment: Phase I: Improving Accuracy (prepublication), Second Edition, Board on Health Care Services

The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for Better Understanding (2011), Board on the Health of Select Populations

Faculty Publication: Chalmers, Copeland, Hester, Fields, Gardner

Chalmers, L. J., Copeland, K. C., Hester, C. N., Fields, D. A., & Gardner, A. W. (2011). Paradoxical increase in arterial compliance in obese pubertal children. [Article]. Angiology, 62(7), 565-570. doi: 10.1177/0003319711399117

We determined whether arterial compliance measured by pulse wave analysis is impaired in obese pubertal children compared to normal weight controls, and assessed whether arterial compliance is associated with ambulatory activity. Body fat percentage was significantly different between the normal (n = 33) and obese (n = 34) participants (P < .001). Large (P = .012) and small (P < .001) arterial compliance were lower in the normal-weight group. After adjusting for height, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, race, sex, and Tanner stage, large arterial compliance was no longer different between groups (P = .066), whereas small arterial compliance remained higher in the obese group (P < .001). Obese pubertal children have paradoxically increased small arterial compliance compared to that of normal weight children, even after adjusting for height, blood pressure, race, sex, and Tanner stage. Thus, obesity in adolescence is not associated with impairments in small arterial compliance. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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Openings Doors: New exhibit in the Gallery

Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons, a traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine, is showing in the Schusterman Library Arts & Information Gallery. In addition to the materials provided by the NLM, we’ll also be showing items of local interest that touch upon this subject.

Library 2nd Floor Closed for Mechanical Repairs: Thursday, October 20

Just a heads up. We’ll be closing off most of the 2^nd floor to accommodate repairs to the air conditioning equipment on the roof for most of Thursday, October 20. This means that you won’t have access during that time to most of our books, or to the study carrels or study areas on the second floor.

What will be available: Quiet reading room and bathrooms on the 2^nd floor, and absolutely everything on the first floor, including expert help at our AskHere desk, and all the computers in the Commons.

We anticipate that everything will be back to normal on Friday, October 21.

Resource Guides on Sleep in Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women

The Maternal & Child Health Library, in coordination with the six national Pediatric Pulmonary Training Programs, have compiled a new set of resources on the subject of sleep and sleep disorders in infants, children, adolescents, and pregnant women.

There are three separate user-oriented ways to view this important information.  The first is designed for health professionals, researchers, and community advocates wishing to learn more about sleep, improve the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of sleep disorders.  This knowledge path provides a wealth of information sources and databases for this subject area.

The second avenue is designed to provide a list of resources for the families, offering links to sleep centers, specialists, and websites about sleep disorders.  This path also contains a separate section intended to offer resources for adolescents themselves.

Lastly there is also an available list of resources aimed at schools, which provides a list of websites and materials to help educate students, teachers, staff, and affected families about sleep disorders.

These efforts of the MCH Library and the PPTPs have produced much needed guides through these difficult situations.  Anyone with a desire to know more about these issues, or wanting to assist an affected family member or friend should certainly check out these lists for more information.