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Background: Referencing the Chronic Opioid Use After Surgery study in 2017, the economic cost of prescription opioid-related overdose, abuse, and dependence exceeds $78.5 billion annually, with the majority of costs related to health care, substance…

Objective: Assess if there is a specific duration, mode, and intensity of exercise that will optimally impact cognitive performance in healthy adults. Design: Evidence based medicine systematic literature review and evaluation from 2007 to 2018. Met…

The purpose of this quantitative study was to address the gap in research on student retention interventions at the community college level by testing the relationship between intervention and retention of students. The study sought to contribute to…

This quantitative study investigated how Vietnamese students perceive gamification, focusing on demographic factors such as gender, age, and educational level. The study intended to determine the difference between the two sexes, age categories, and…

Background: Mental health disorders plague much of the inmate population within the United States criminal justice system. Not only are incarcerated inmates with mental health disorders more likely to serve longer sentences, have served prior senten…

Background: This evidence-based medicine literature review compares outcomes of morbidity and mortality between surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Although originally approved for patients who…

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients are at increased risk for mortality due to the progression of the disease and complications associated. Exercise has been shown to help improve cardiorespiratory fitness and to decrease mortality ris…

Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a disorder that materializes during a patient’s youth and can affect how they relate to others due to deficits in communication and social interactions. It is important for ASD to be diagnosed early so t…

Background Plantar fasciitis is the most common cause of heel pain in adults in the United States, making up 11 to 15% of the foot symptoms requiring professional care among adults. Plantar fasciitis is a degenerative tissue condition that occurs ne…

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common debilitating autoimmune disease worldwide resulting in progressive disability in thousands of patients annually. Current treatments such as disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) aim to slow disease…

The dissertation study will address how academic background or professional experience has an impact on startups. Currently, there is limited information that can be gleaned to accurately point to specific characteristics that drive successful start…

Alzheimer’s Disease affects millions of older people in the United States and sleep disturbances have been linked to mental decline in patients with AD. This research sought to determine whether bright light therapy could serve as an effective non-p…