Purpose of Study. The goal of this clinical research study is to assess the safety of mature, autologous dendritic cells (DC) combined with recombinant human prostate specific membrane antigen (rPSMA) to treat patients with metastatic, hormone refractory prostate cancer. Another goal is to monitor the immune response.
Purpose of Study. The purpose of this trial is to assess the potential use of an accelerometer, or activity monitor, as a means to detect seizure activity in dogs with epilepsy. EXPECTED DURATION OF PARTICIPATION The total duration of participation will be 6 months. During this time, your dog will wear a collar mounted activity monitor. You will be required to visit the veterinary hospital on 3 occasions during the study.
Purpose of Study. ARD APPROV This BYU CITES district partnership study is intended to discover top performing middle level teacher teams in terms of student math growth, among all subgroups, as measured on the Utah RISE assessment. Schools will be limited to those within the five BYU CITES partnership districts. Once identified, teacher teams that produce high math proficiency gains will be invited to participate in a three-year study conducted by Wasatch School District and BYU. This three-year study will follow the 2023/24 6th grade students who are enrolled in the teacher teams identified as high performing. This study will follow the 6th grade cohort through their 8th grade year, for a total of three years. The study will also add each subsequent 6th grade cohort during the three-year project for a total of three student cohorts. Participating teacher teams will be tasked with creating cross-district common formative assessments (CFA). Results from these CFAs will be analyzed using Item Response Theory (IRT) as well as regression analysis where CFAs are used as predictors of RISE performance. The goal is to produce assessments that are aligned with state core standards and help drive instructional practices. Provide a description of the study, including the reason the data is needed. DURATION: The timeframe for completion is planned for 08/01/2026. Enter the estimated end date of the study. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: AWAITING BO RESEARCH QUESTIONS: What can we learn from the highest performing math teams in Utah? List your research questions. VARIABLES OF INTEREST: See Data Requested table below List specific variables. DATA LINKAGE: We will not be linking any outside data to the data being requested from USBE. Provide detailed information on the Data being linked, the other sources of Data, and any additional constraints to protect the linked Data. ANALYTIC APPROACH: Hierarchical Linear Modeling to identify teacher team effect size. Describe analysis. OUTPUT: Researchers must provide their output to the USBE. OUTPUT DESCRIPTION: ARD APPROVAL Researchers will generate and provide Innovative Practice Reports to Utah Leading through Effective Actionable and Dynamic (ULEAD) Education outlining the findings of their research project, as detailed above. Within each Innovative Practice Report, Researchers will: ● Identify the causes of the LEA's successful practice; ● Identify opportunities for LEAs to adopt or customize innovative or best practices; ● Address limitations to suc...
Purpose of Study. The goal of this thesis is to expand on the data that was collected by COTN to understand whether WASH practices and socioeconomic factors contribute to diarrheal disease in school- aged children in five villages in the Moyamba District of Sierra Leone. This objective will be achieved through five specific aims, which address the goal by examining household survey data related to WASH practices and socioeconomic factors. Specific Aims
Purpose of Study. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between sources of support and breastfeeding outcomes among African Americans using an SEM framework. Multiple studies have explored aspects of breastfeeding support among African Americans (Xxx et al., 2017; Reno, 2017; Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxxx, 2017; Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, and Domain, 2015). Yet, these disparate studies often examine breastfeeding support at only one level of influence. Additionally, researchers often explore support from partner, family, and friends, but fewer studies have systematically explored other sources of support from the healthcare system, workplace, social media, and policies. With sources of support being such an important factor in breastfeeding among African Americans, it is important to synthesize all sources. A comprehensive review and synthesis of existing literature that studies the relationship between sources of support and breastfeeding intention, initiation, and duration among African Americans can further aid public health professionals in understanding and impacting this relationship. For the purpose of this study, breastfeeding outcomes are defined as follows: Breastfeeding intention: The intention of a woman to breastfeed her child either during the prenatal period or before becoming pregnant. Breastfeeding initiation: a woman breastfed or fed her infant expressed breastmilk, even once (Xxxxxxxx S and Rasmussen K., 2010). Breastfeeding duration: the length of time for any breastfeeding, including through the initial stage of exclusive breastfeeding and any period of complementary feeding until weaning (Xxxx-Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, and Xxxxxx-Xxxxx, 2012).
Purpose of Study. FT In this data request, we seek access to de-identified student-level data (see
Purpose of Study. The purposes of this study are to: (1) compare soldiers performance while using five different commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) input devices with two different visual displays; (2) identify soldier s preference for visual displays. Description of the study You are invited to participate in a wearable computer study that will allow the investigators to collect data in order to evaluate the usability performance of various input control devices and two visual displays that will be used with a wearable computer.
Purpose of Study. The purpose of this geotechnical work is to explore the subsurface conditions at the site based upon the proposed new plant site layout, and based on our characterization of the obtained data, to prepare a geotechnical engineering report presenting comments and recommendations to assist you and your design team in planning and construction of the project.
Purpose of Study. The goal of this paper is to explore dietary diversity, DD, on the household and child level in Bihar, India. Understanding DD on a household level predicts the level of food access and nutrients consumed by the family. The child level examines the quantity of nutrients given to the child and the beliefs of the caregivers in terms of what should be fed to a child. Knowledge of the DDS on the HH level can assist in informing stakeholders on the nutrients consumed and not consumed in their communities, level to which certain foods are available in their communities, and lead to knowing where the prevalence of the most and least food diversity exists. On the child level, it could lead to implications on the content needed to be taught to mothers. Additionally, making a comparison between the child dietary diversity and household dietary diversity can lead to understanding the effects of HDD on CDD. Making these determinations could give way to creating focused and effective nutrition interventions that reduce nutrient deficiencies and potentially increase regional human development. Research Gap In India, there has been extensive research on food security related issues. Food security at the national level is continually monitored by international organizations, i.e. the International Food and Nutrition Policy Research Institute. [16] Household food security has also been explored. [6] However, there has been limited research on the food access portion of food security and its relationship to child dietary diversity and complementary food practices in Bihar. Studies have been conducted exploring individual nutritional status and the household food security. [1, 29] Yet, little has been done to explore the similarities and differences consumption patterns of two different entities within the same household in Bihar, India. This paper aims to fulfill this gap through analyzing food intake of households and child 6-18 months; comparing and contrasting and examining the determinants of dietary diversity.
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