The Global Health Burden of Neurological Disease

  • Lee, Amy C et al. “Creation of the AAN Global Health Section, Part Introduction and Background.” Neurology vol. 80,22 (2013): 2062-4. doi:10.1212/WNL.0b013e318294b3b5
  • Singh, G., Angwafor, S.A., Njamnshi, A.K. et al. Zoonotic and vector-borne parasites and epilepsy in low-income and middle-income countries. Nat Rev Neurol 16, 333–345 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-020-0361-3
  • John, Chandy C et al. “Global research priorities for infections that affect the nervous system.” Nature vol. 527,7578 (2015): S178-86. doi:10.1038/nature16033
  • Douville RN, Nath A. Human endogenous retroviruses and the nervous system. Handb Clin Neurol (2014) 123:465–85. doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-53488-0.00022-5
    1. Li W, Lee MH, Henderson L, Tyagi R, Bachani M, Steiner J, et al. Human endogenous retrovirus-K contributes to motor neuron disease. Sci Transl Med (2015) 7:307ra153. doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aac8201
  • GBD 2017 US Neurological Disorders Collaborators et al. “Burden of Neurological Disorders Across the US From 1990-2017: A Global Burden of Disease Study.” JAMA neurology vol. 78,2 (2021): 165-176. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.4152

The Unexpected Benefits of Hiking: Increase Your Blood’s Efficiency While You Destress

  • DâAlessandro, A., Dvorkin Daniel, Gladwin Mark T., Hansen Kirk C., Julian ColleenG., Kevil Christopher G., Kolluru Gopi K., Liu Hong, Lovering Andrew T., Monte AndrewA., Nemkov Travis, Roach Robert C., Shiva Sruti, Song Anren, Subudhi Andrew W., Sun Kaiqi, & Xia Yang. (2016). AltitudeOmics: red blood cell metabolic adaptation to high altitude hypoxia. Journal of Proteome Research, 15(10), 3883–3895.
  • Hansmann, R., Hug, S., & Seeland, K. (2007). Restoration and stress relief through physical activities in forests and parks. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 6(4), 213-225. doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2007.08.004
  • Mitten, D., Overholt, J. R., Haynes, F. I., D, A., & Ady, J. C. (n.d.). Hiking: a low-cost, accessible intervention to promote health benefits. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 12(4), 302–310. https://doi.org/10.1177/1559827616658229
  • Prossegger, J., Huber, D., Grafetstätter, C., Pichler, C., Weisböck-Erdheim, R., Iglseder, B., Wewerka, G., & Hartl, A. (2019). Effects of moderate mountain hiking and balneotherapy on community-dwelling older people: A randomized controlled trial. Experimental Gerontology, 122, 74–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2019.04.006
  • Sleiman, S. F., Henry, J., Al-Haddad, R., El Hayek, L., Abou Haidar, E., Stringer, T., . . . Chao, M. V. (2016). Exercise promotes the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (bdnf) through the action of the ketone Body β-hydroxybutyrate. Cell Biology, 5. doi:10.7554/elife.15092
  • Thompson Coon, J, Boddy, K, Stein, K, Whear, R, Barton, J, Depledge, MH. Does participating in physical activity in outdoor natural environments have a greater effect on physical and mental wellbeing than physical activity indoors? A systematic review. Environ Sci Technol. 2011;45:1761-1772.

ILOVEYOU: The Computer Worm that Went Global by Exploiting Human Psychology

Does Anyone Get Jargon?: How Specialized Scientific Terminology Impacts Accessibility, Communication, and Money

  • Pennebaker, J. W., Booth, R. J., Boyd, R. L., Francis, M. E. (2015). Linguistic inquiry and word count: LIWC2015. Austin, TX: Pennebaker Conglomerates.
  • Mabe MA, Amin M. 2002Dr Jekyll and Dr hyde: author-reader asymmetries in scholarly publishing. Aslib Proceedings 54, 149-157. (doi:10.1108/00012530210441692)

The “Mooove” from Beef to Beyond Meat: An Overview of Meat Analogs and Their Environmental Impact

Old Lost Rocks: Canadian Shield Rocks in Ohio?

  • Lepper, B. T., 1955. (2005). Ohio archaeology: An illustrated chronicle of ohio's ancient american indian cultures. Orange Frazer Press.
  • Frolking, Tod A., 1998. Quaternary Geology along the Eastern Margin of the Scotio Lobe in Central Ohio. Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
  • Schumacher, G. A., Mott, B. E., Angle, M. P., & Ohio. Division of Geological Survey. (2015). Ohio's geology in core and outcrop: A field guide for citizens and environmental and geotechnical investigators (Revis ed.). State of Ohio, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey.
  • Marshak, S., 1955. (2015). Earth: Portrait of a planet (Fifth ed.). W.W. Norton & Company.

Convenience at a Cost: The Science of BPA

  • Andújar, N., Gálvez-Ontiveros, Y., Zafra-Gómez, A., Rodrigo, L., Álvarez-Cubero, M., Aguilera, M., . . . Rivas, A. (2019). Bisphenol a analogues in food and their hormonal and obesogenic effects: A review. Nutrients, 11(9), 2136. doi:10.3390/nu11092136
  • Blumberg, B., & Loberg, K. (2018). The obesogen effect: Why we eat less and exercise more but still struggle to lose weight. New York, NY: Grand Central Life & Style.
  • Den Braver-Sewradj, S. P., Van Spronsen, R., & Hessel, E. V. (2020). Substitution of bisphenol a: A review of the carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, and endocrine disruption potential of alternative substances. Critical Reviews in Toxicology, 50(2), 128-147. doi:10.1080/10408444.2019.1701986
  • Eladak, S., Grisin, T., Moison, D., Guerquin, M., N'Tumba-Byn, T., Pozzi-Gaudin, S., . . . Habert, R. (2015). A new chapter in the bisphenol a story: Bisphenol s and bisphenol f are not safe alternatives to this compound. Fertility and Sterility, 103(1), 11-21. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.11.005
  • Fenichel, P., Chevalier, N., & Brucker-Davis, F. (2013). Bisphenol a: An endocrine and metabolic disruptor. Annales D'Endocrinologie, 74(3), 211-220. doi:10.1016/j.ando.2013.04.002
  • Fernandez, M., Arrebola, J., Taoufiki, J., Navalón, A., Ballesteros, O., Pulgar, R., . . . Olea, N. (2007). Bisphenol-a and chlorinated derivatives in adipose tissue of women. Reproductive Toxicology, 24(2), 259-264. doi:10.1016/j.reprotox.2007.06.007
  • Geens, T., Aerts, D., Berthot, C., Bourguignon, J., Goeyens, L., Lecomte, P., . . . Covaci, A. (2012). A review of dietary and non-dietary exposure to bisphenol-a. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 50(10), 3725-3740. doi:10.1016/j.fct.2012.07.059
  • Guignard, D., Gauderat, G., Gayrard, V., Lacroix, M. Z., Picard-Hagen, N., Puel, S., . . . Viguié, C. (2016). Characterization of the contribution of buccal absorption to internal exposure to bisphenol a through the diet. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 93, 82-88. doi:10.1016/j.fct.2016.04.004
  • Guillette, L. J., Crain, D. A., Rooney, A. A., & Pickford, D. B. (1995). Organization versus Activation: The role of endocrine-disrupting contaminants (EDCS) during embryonic development in wildlife. Environmental Health Perspectives, 103, 157. doi:10.2307/3432527
  • Hugo, E. R., Brandebourg, T. D., Woo, J. G., Loftus, J., Alexander, J. W., & Ben-Jonathan, N. (2008). Bisphenol a at environmentally relevant doses inhibits adiponectin release from human adipose tissue explants and adipocytes. Environmental Health Perspectives, 116(12), 1642-1647. doi:10.1289/ehp.11537
  • Liao, C., & Kannan, K. (2013). Concentrations and profiles of bisphenol A and other bisphenol analogues in foodstuffs from the United States and their implications for human exposure. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 61(19), 4655-4662. doi:10.1021/jf400445n
  • Liguori, F., Moreno-Marrodan, C., & Barbaro, P. (2020). Biomass-derived chemical substitutes for bisphenol a: Recent advancements in catalytic synthesis. Chemical Society Reviews, 49(17), 6329-6363. doi:10.1039/d0cs00179a
  • Nakamura, D., Yanagiba, Y., Duan, Z., Ito, Y., Okamura, A., Asaeda, N., . . . Zhang, S. (2010). Bisphenol a may cause testosterone reduction by adversely affecting both testis and pituitary systems similar to estradiol. Toxicology Letters, 194(1-2), 16-25. doi:10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.02.002
  • Niu, Y., Wang, B., Zhao, Y., Zhang, J., & Shao, B. (2017). Highly sensitive and high-throughput method for the analysis of bisphenol analogues and their halogenated derivatives in breast milk. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 65(48), 10452-10463. doi:10.1021/acs.jafc.7b04394
  • Patisaul, H. B. (2019). Achieving CLARITY on bisphenol A, brain and behaviour. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 32(1). doi:10.1111/jne.12730
  • Pivnenko, K., Pedersen, G., Eriksson, E., & Astrup, T. (2015). Bisphenol a and its structural analogues in household waste paper. Waste Management, 44, 39-47. doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2015.07.017
  • Pivonello, C., Muscogiuri, G., Nardone, A., Garifalos, F., Provvisiero, D. P., Verde, N., . . . Pivonello, R. (2020). Bisphenol A: An emerging threat to female fertility. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 18(1). doi:10.1186/s12958-019-0558-8
  • Richter, C. A., Birnbaum, L. S., Farabollini, F., Newbold, R. R., Rubin, B. S., Talsness, C. E., . . . Vom Saal, F. S. (2007). In vivo effects of bisphenol a in laboratory rodent studies. Reproductive Toxicology, 24(2), 199-224. doi:10.1016/j.reprotox.2007.06.004
  • Rochester, J. R. (2013). Bisphenol A and human health: A review of the literature. Reproductive Toxicology, 42, 132-155. doi:10.1016/j.reprotox.2013.08.008
  • Rochester, J. R., & Bolden, A. L. (2015). Bisphenol s and f: A systematic review and comparison of the hormonal activity of bisphenol a Substitutes. Environmental Health Perspectives, 123(7), 643-650. doi:10.1289/ehp.1408989
  • Rosenfeld, C. S. (2017). Neuroendocrine disruption in animal models due to exposure to bisphenol A analogues. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 47, 123-133. doi:10.1016/j.yfrne.2017.08.001
  • Rosenmai, A. K., Dybdahl, M., Pedersen, M., Alice van Vugt-Lussenburg, B. M., Wedebye, E. B., Taxvig, C., & Vinggaard, A. M. (2014). Are structural analogues to bisphenol a safe alternative? Toxicological Sciences, 139(1), 35-47. doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfu030
  • Shi, X., Wang, Z., Liu, L., Feng, L., Li, N., Liu, S., & Gao, H. (2017). Low concentrations of bisphenol a promote human ovarian cancer cell proliferation and glycolysis-based metabolism through the estrogen receptor-α pathway. Chemosphere, 185, 361-367. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.07.027
  • Thoene, M., Dzika, E., Gonkowski, S., & Wojtkiewicz, J. (2020). Bisphenol S in food causes hormonal and obesogenic effects comparable to or worse than bisphenol A: A literature review [Abstract]. Nutrients, 12(2), 532. doi:10.3390/nu12020532
  • Tsai, W. (2006). Human health risk on environmental exposure to bisphenol a: A review. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part C, 24(2), 225-255. doi:10.1080/10590500600936482
  • Vandenberg, L. N., Colborn, T., Hayes, T. B., Heindel, J. J., Jacobs, D. R., Lee, D., . . . Myers, J. P. (2012). Hormones and endocrine-disrupting chemicals: Low-dose effects and nonmonotonic dose responses. Endocrine Reviews, 33(3), 378-455. doi:10.1210/er.2011-1050
  • Vandenberg, L. N., Ehrlich, S., Belcher, S. M., Ben-Jonathan, N., Dolinoy, D. C., Hugo, E. R., . . . Vom Saal, F. S. (2013). Low dose effects of bisphenol A. Endocrine Disruptors, 1(1). doi:10.4161/endo.26490
  • Zahra, A., Sisu, C., Silva, E., De Aguiar Greca, S., Randeva, H. S., Chatha, K., . . . Karteris, E. (2020). Is there a link between bisphenol A (BPA), a key endocrine disruptor, and the risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19? Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9(10), 3296. doi:10.3390/jcm9103296

Where is the Emerald Ash Borer Today?: Exploring the Late Stages of an Epidemic

  • Abella, S. R., Hausman, C. E., Jaeger, J. F., Menard, K. S., Schetter, T. A., & Rocha, O. J. (2019). Fourteen years of swamp forest change from the onset, during, and after invasion of emerald ash borer. Biological Invasions, 21, 3685-3696. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02080-z
  • Haight, R. (2021, April 1). The economics of area-wide ash surveillance, treatment, and removal strategies to slow the spread of emerald ash borer in urban forests.[Lecture] EAB University Spring 2021 Webinar Series. https://youtu.be/RYP-NyMtsVA
  • Perry, K. I., D. A. Herms, W. S. Klooster, A. Smith, D. M. Hartzler, D. R. Coyle, & K. J. K. Gandhi. (2018). Downed coarse woody debris dynamics in ash (Fraxinus spp.) stands invaded by Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire). Forests 9.
  • Perry, K. I., & D. A. Herms. (2017). Effects of late stages of Emerald Ash Borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)-induced ash mortality on forest floor invertebrate communities. Journal of Insect Science 17.

  • Popkin, G. (2021, January 7). Dismay greets end of U.S. effort to curb spread of tree-killing beetle. Science. doi:10.1126/science.abg4684

  • Popkin, G. (2020, November 13). Rising from the ashes. Science. doi:10.1126/science.370.6518.756
  • R. Laushman (personal communication, February 3, February 10, and April 7, 2021).

BioTrade May be the Key to Climate, Social, and Economic Despair:Sustainable Measures Applied to Myanmar Business Show Hope for the Future

Why They Can’t “Just Eat” :The Brain Reward Response and Anorexia Nervosa