This thesis project is a first-grade curriculum that is tailored for schools with school gardens. The curriculum contains worksheets and activities for the students, making it easier for teachers to take care of the school garden while also playing a part in fighting food injustice. The curriculum has 4 subjects: Math, Language Arts, Science, and Nutrition Education.
The purpose of this thesis is to determine whether Tai Chi Qigong or Health Information podcasts are more effective for improving mental health and sleep outcomes for midlife women with mobility impairments. No other studies have been done to investigate whether Tai Chi can be more effective for sleep, depressive symptoms, and anxiety for midlife women with mobility impairments specifically. Overall, it was found that midlife women with mobility impairments experienced better sleep when they focused on health information podcasts in comparison to Tai Chi. Change in anxiety and depressive symptoms were negligible.
The purpose of this thesis is to determine whether Tai Chi Qigong or Health Information podcasts are more effective for improving mental health and sleep outcomes for midlife women with mobility impairments. No other studies have been done to investigate whether Tai Chi can be more effective for sleep, depressive symptoms, and anxiety for midlife women with mobility impairments specifically. Overall, it was found that midlife women with mobility impairments experienced better sleep when they focused on health information podcasts in comparison to Tai Chi. Change in anxiety and depressive symptoms were negligible.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the developed world and often occurs following myocardial infarction. Apelin is an endogenous prepropeptide that has been studied for its role in improving cardiac contractility and vasodilation but suffers from a short half-life in the body. By encasing apelin in a nanoparticle patch, we were able to slowly release apelin to cardiac tissue and observe its effects for one month following induced myocardial infarction surgery in mice. This study demonstrates that the apelin nanoparticles can protect the heart from myocardial-induced heart failure, observing overall improved cardiac function and reduction of fibrotic scarring associated with post-myocardial infarction compared to a nontreated group.
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) is an emerging procedure in regenerative medicine that offers a non-surgical minimally invasive way for tissue repair and regeneration. PRP has many different bioactive molecules that are able to influence and help achieve greater recovery and regenerative outcomes. Diet has many effects on platelets and looking at the mechanism in which platelet function and aggregation are affected with different diets shows how they are able to affect PRP therapy. Looking at these mechanisms allows for better physician recommendations for preprocedural diets to optimize efficacy. This paper conducts a systematic review to investigate the influence that diet can have on PRP outcomes. It was shown that high fat diets lower the efficacy of treatment while the Mediterranean diet helps promote platelet function and help efficacy. The future is to look at more diets while also integrating lifestyle choice before treatment for optimal outcomes.