ABO Hemolytic Disease in Puerto Rico and North Carolina

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 875-883
Author(s):  
Carolyn C. Huntley ◽  
Anne D. Lyerly ◽  
Miriam P. Littlejohn ◽  
Helen Rodriguez-Trias ◽  
Glenn W. Bowers
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Parasitic Infection ◽  
Hemolytic Disease ◽  
The North ◽  
Abo Hemolytic Disease ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
The University ◽  
Relationship Of

A prospective study was carried out at the University of Puerto Rico Hospital (UPRH) and at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital (NCBH) in order to establish the incidence of ABO hemolytic disease (ABO HD) in the two populations and to determine the relationship of intestinal parasitic infection of the mother to ABO HD in the infant. The incidence of ABO HD among UPRH at risk pregnancies (type O mother with type A or B infant) was 28.3% or 1 in 3.5 as compared with 18.4% or 1 in 5.4 of NCBH at risk pregnancies (P > .05). Indirect Coombs' tests in cord sera, representing the passive transfer from mother to fetus of antibodies directed toward antigens on the infants' erythrocytes, were positive in 58.8% of UPRH at risk infants as opposed to 40.4% of NCBH at risk infants (P < .001). Maternal isohemagglutinin titers at term were higher in type O UPRH mothers than in type O NCBH mothers (P < .01). A relationship between helminth parasitic infection of the mother and ABO HD in the infant was suspected but not proved.

scholarly journals 4299 The University of North Carolina CTSA Hub (NC TraCS) Service Evaluation: Using Customer Feedback to Improve Services

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (s1) ◽  
pp. 75-75
Author(s):  
Shayne Thomas McKinley ◽  
Tanha Patel ◽  
Tim Carey ◽  
John B Buse ◽  
Andrea Carnegie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Service Evaluation ◽  
Customer Feedback ◽  
The North ◽  
Chapel Hill ◽  
Expectation Management ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Ease Of Access ◽  
The University

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: The North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS) supports faculty and staff in carrying out clinical and translational research at UNC-Chapel Hill. To better understand customer satisfaction and impact, a survey was administered among NC TraCS users. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: NC TraCS has 13 program areas that range from Biostatistics to Community and Stakeholder Engagement. These programs provide services to faculty, staff, students, and outside researchers in the area of clinical and translational science. A customer feedback survey was administered in Spring 2019 to anyone who had used at least one NC TraCS service between March 1st, 2017 and February 28th, 2019. A total of 856 survey invitations were sent. The survey included questions around users’ perception of the ease of access, helpfulness, outcome, and promptness of the services received using 6-point Likert scale. The survey also addressed career impact, communications, and suggestions for improvement. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: We received 268 responses, (31% response). Majority of respondents were satisfied with Overall Helpfulness (95%), Outcome of Service (96%), Ease of Access (93%), and Promptness of Service (90%). They also noted that their careers had at least slightly improved in the following areas: Mentorship (76%), Research Methods (75%), Skill Development (77%), Research Direction (71%) and Collaboration (80%). Furthermore, 96% responded positively to returning to TraCS. The feedback received was shared with service administrators and NC TraCS leadership to identify areas of improvement and further strengthen their services. Concerns, when present, were addressed by service directors or the overall PI’s. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: Need to communicate expectations to customers the expected turn-around time for help emerged as a clear take-away. In response, TraCS leadership is working to improve staffing and workflows for efficient service delivery including expectation management, especially among the most popular services.

Direct Cost Analyses of Palivizumab Treatment in a Cohort of At-Risk Children: Evidence From the North Carolina Medicaid Program

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 114 (6) ◽  
pp. 1612-1619 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Wegner ◽  
J. J. Vann ◽  
G. Liu ◽  
P. Byrns ◽  
C. Cypra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Direct Cost ◽  
Medicaid Program ◽  
Cost Analyses ◽  
The North ◽  
At Risk Children

William R. Davie

2019 ◽  
pp. 237-256
Author(s):  
Scott King-Owen
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Political Elite ◽  
State Court ◽  
Court System ◽  
Revolutionary Era ◽  
The North ◽  
Federal Constitutional ◽  
Relative Decline ◽  
The University

This profile of the lawyer and planter William R. Davie illustrates the relative decline of North Carolina’s conservative, political elite in the post-Revolutionary era. Educated at Princeton, Davie served as a cavalry commander and as state commissary general during the Revolution. As a member of the North Carolina assembly in the 1780s, he favored modernization of the state court system and the lenient treatment of Loyalists while opposing paper money. As a delegate to the federal Constitutional Convention,Davie supported the Connecticut Compromise, which resolved the issue of congressional representation, and was an outspoken advocate of the Three-Fifths Compromise regarding the counting of slaves. He played a more influential role in championing the ratification of the Constitution in North Carolina. Davie also sponsored legislation creating the University of North Carolina, served as a university trustee and briefly as governor, and helped negotiate a settlement of the Quasi-War with France. But public opinion soon turned against Davie’s aristocratic leadership style, and after losing a race for Congress in 1803, he left North Carolina in disgust.

scholarly journals Shared Experiences

2021 ◽  
Vol XV (1) ◽  
pp. 28-55
Author(s):  
John Crutchfield
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Intermediate Level ◽  
Shared Experiences ◽  
The North ◽  
Experiential Approach ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

During the academic year 2018-2019, the Department of Languages and Literatures at the University of the North Carolina – Asheville (UNCA) launched a pilot curriculum in Intercultural Education for intermediate-level foreign language students in French, Spanish and German. It was decided early on to adopt a performative/experiential approach, and to accompany the project with an empirical study based on qualitative data. This article lays out the parameters, contexts and challenges of the project itself and summarizes the findings of the accompanying study, including an articulation of questions that remain for future exploration.

scholarly journals Reaching Out to an Industry The North Carolina Experience with Its Nursery Industry

1994 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-174
Author(s):  
C.D. Safley ◽  
T.E. Bilderback
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
College Of Agriculture ◽  
The North ◽  
University Personnel ◽  
The University

Many universities face tough decisions on how to allocate limited resources to serve a demanding clientele. Industry officials frequently perceive university researchers and extension specialists as losing touch with reality and working on irrelevant problems. In many situations, this perception is a result of the lack of communication among the parties involved. Research and Extension Commodity Overviews conducted by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State Univ. have proved to be an excellent way of improving communications between university personnel and the industries they support. This paper outlines the overview process and shows how this approach benefited the state's nursery industry and the university.

scholarly journals Book Review: When Science and Politics Collide: The Public Interest at Risk

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 270
Author(s):  
Lisa Euster
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
The Public ◽  
Publication History ◽  
Science And Politics ◽  
The University

The importance and topicality of When Science and Politics Collide: The Public Interest at Risk can hardly be doubted. Author Robert O. Schneider, of the University of North Carolina Pembroke, has a respectable publication history on issues that demonstrate the collision of science and politics: fracking, oil disaster prevention, and emergency management, among others. He provides cogent discussions in areas where clarity and understanding are essential, such as the distinction between science and politics and how they interact in the development of policy.

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