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Prescription drug abuse (PDA) is an epidemic nationwide and has disproportionally impacted the Southern Appalachian region. Situated within a geographic area known for pervasive PDA and its consequences, The Gatton College of Pharmacy and Academic Health Sciences Center (AHSC) at East Tennessee State University are proactively engaging the Region and its health professions students to address the problem. Over the College’s six-year history of community engagement in PDA, efforts have focused on primary prevention activities, PDA treatment, awareness, education, and interprofessional collaboration as the key impact sectors. Notable programs include Generation Rx, Operation Rx Disposal, continuing education (CE) programming, and establishment of the ETSU Diversity-promoting Institutions Drug Abuse Research Program. In 2013-2014, 3 faculty and 38 Generation Rx pharmacy students engaged 4000 children and adolescents in PDA prevention education. Operation Rx Disposal employed 5 faculty members and 35 student pharmacists to assist more than 1000 households in removing unwanted medication from their homes through conduction of drug take-back events. Over 2000 health care providers from regional communities participated in PDA CE events conducted by 3 pharmacy faculty members. Additionally, 3 externally funded, PDA-specific grants totaling $2.26 million were awarded to pharmacy faculty members to engage communities, health care professionals, and students in innovative PDA prevention research. The College’s efforts have been nationally recognized by peers, professional organizations, state boards of pharmacy and within the evidentiary literature.

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A abfração, uma das causas das lesões cervicais não cariosas, caracteriza-se pela perda de tecido mineralizado, em forma de cunha, próxima à junção cementoesmalte. Hipoteticamente, é o resultado de forças oclusais excêntricas aplicadas sobre os dentes. Essas lesões são freqüentemente restauradas para impedir sua progressão, para proteger e aumentar a resistência do remanescente dental, reduzir a hiperestesia dentinária e manter a saúde periodontal. Entretanto, pouco se sabe quanto ao efeito dos fatores causadores da abfração na qualidade marginal de restaurações cervicais, quando da reabilitação dessas lesões. Este estudo in vitro propõe-se, portanto, a analisar o efeito da aplicação de carga oclusal na qualidade marginal de restaurações de cavidades cervicais em forma de cunha, utilizando microscopia confocal de varredura a laser. Para tal, foram utilizados 40 dentes prémolares superiores humanos hígidos, extraídos, nos quais foram preparadas cavidades padronizadas em forma de cunha, em sua região cervical vestibular, por meio da utilização de pontas diamantadas cilíndricas de topo plano nº 3100 (1,6 mm de diâmetro e 21 mm de comprimento), posicionadas em 45º com a superfície mais plana e próxima à junção amelo-cementária. As cavidades (1,3 mm de profundidade, 2,3 mm de abertura ocluso-cervical, 4,0 mm de abertura mésio-distal, 1,6 mm de extensão na parede oclusal e 1,9 mm de extensão na parede cervical) foram restauradas com resina composta (Z250®) em associação ao uso de um sistema adesivo (Single Bond®). Para possibilitar a análise ao microscópio confocal, o sistema adesivo foi marcado previamente com adição de rodamina B. Após imersão em água deionizada, por 7 dias e polimento das restaurações, os espécimes foram incluídos em uma matriz de resina acrílica. A porção radicular de cada dente foi revestida com uma camada de poliéter (Impregum®), de aproximadamente 1 mm, a fim de simular o ligamento periodontal. A porção coronária foi mantida totalmente exposta ao meio externo. Os dentes foram, então, submetidos à ciclagem mecânica, pela ação de uma ponta metálica em forma de torpedo, exercendo carga de 150 N, num total de 106 ciclos. Para tanto, a ponta foi posicionada de acordo com as seguintes condições experimentais: sobre a vertente triturante interna da cúspide vestibular (GI; n=10); sobre o sulco central (GII; n=10); e sobre a vertente triturante interna da cúspide lingual (GIII; n=10). O grupo controle (GIV; n=10) não foi submetido à ciclagem mecânica, permanecendo apenas armazenado em água deionizada, a 37ºC, durante todo o período experimental. Finalizada a ciclagem mecânica, as superfícies vestibulares dentárias foram, então, recobertas com duas camadas do sistema adesivo (Single Bond®), agora marcado com fluoresceína, para delimitação dos possíveis defeitos formados. Os dentes foram seccionados longitudinalmente em duas metades (mesial e distal) e submetidos à avaliação em microscopia confocal, para análise da qualidade da margem das restaurações. Foi aplicado o teste do qui-quadrado (p<0,05) para as variáveis qualitativas presença ou ausência de fendas marginais e localização das fendas em relação às paredes cavitárias (oclusal, cervical ou ambas). Para as variáveis quantitativas (amplitude e extensão das fendas) aplicou-se o teste de Kruskal-Wallis (p<0,05). Os espécimes submetidos ao carregamento oclusal, independentemente do local de aplicação da força, apresentaram maior porcentagem de fendas marginais (53,33%) quando comparados aos espécimes do grupo controle (10%; p=0,016). Não houve diferença estatisticamente significante entre o local de aplicação de força oclusal tanto para a presença ou ausência de fendas marginais (p=0,875); como para a localização das fendas em relação às paredes cavitárias (p=0,270) ou mesmo para a extensão (p=0,190) e amplitude das mesmas (p=0,070). Conclui-se, portanto, que a aplicação de carga oclusal prejudicou o comportamento marginal de restaurações cervicais, mas a variação do local de incidência de carga não interferiu no comportamento marginal das mesmas. / Tooth abfraction, one of the causes of non carious cervical lesions, is a wedgeshaped tissue loss, situated next to the cement-enamel junction, being, hypothetically, the result of eccentric occlusal loads applied to the teeth. These lesions are often restored to avoid their progression, to protect and increase remnant tooth resistance, to reduce dental hypersensitivity and to maintain periodontal health. However, there is little knowledge about the effect of abfraction etiology factors on the restoration marginal quality in the rehabilitation of these lesions. This in vitro study intends, therefore, to analyze the effect of the application of occlusal load on the marginal quality of cervical restorations in wedge-shaped cavities, by employing laser scanning confocal microscopy. Standardized wedge-shaped cavities were prepared in the cervical buccal region of 40 sound extracted upper human premolars, by the use of a cylindrical diamond bur #3100 (1.6 mm in diameter and 21 mm in length), positioned in 45º with the surface that is plainer and closer to the cementenamel junction. The cavities (1.3 mm in depth, 2.3 mm in occluso-cervical opening, 4.0 mm in mesio-distal opening, 1.6 mm in occlusal wall length and 1.9 mm in cervical wall length) were filled with a composite resin (Z250®) associated with the use of an adhesive system (Single Bond®). For the analysis at the confocal microscope to be possible, the adhesive system was previously modified by the addition of rodhamine B. After storage in deionized water for 7 days, and after the finishing and polishing of the restorations, specimens were included in acrylic resin matrixes. The radicular portion of each tooth was covered by an approximately 1 mm layer of a polyether (Impregum®), for the creation of an artificial periodontal ligament. The crown portion was kept totally exposed to the external environment. Teeth were, then, submitted to the mechanical cycling, by the action of a torpedo-shaped tip that exerted a 150 N load for a total of 106 cycles. The tip was positioned according to the following experimental conditions: over the internal triturant vertent of the buccal cusp GI; n=10); over the centre of the fissure (GII; n=10); and over the internal triturant vertent of the lingual cusp (GIII; n=10). The control group (GIV; n=10) was not submitted to the mechanical cycling, staying only stored in deionized water, at 37oC, during the whole experimental period. When the mechanical cycling was over, buccal dental surfaces were, then, covered with two layers of the adhesive system (Single Bond®), now modified by the addition of fluorescein, for delimitation of the possible formed defects. Teeth were longitudinally sectioned into two halves (mesial and distal ones), and submitted to evaluation through confocal microscopy, for analysis of the restorations marginal quality. Chi-square test (p<0.05) was applied for evaluation of qualitative variables (presence or absence of marginal defects and their location according to the cavity walls occlusal, cervical or both); and Kruskal-Wallis test (p<0.05) was applied for evaluation of quantitative variables (length and width of the defects). Specimens submitted to occlusal loading, independently of the location of the tip, presented a higher percentage of marginal defects (53.33%), when compared to the control group (10%; p=0.016). There was no significant statistical difference among the local of load placement for the presence or absence of marginal defects (p=0.875); for their localization according to the cavity walls (p=0.270); or even for their length (p=0.190) and width (p=0.070). It can be concluded, therefore, that occlusal loading was harmful for the margins of cervical restorations; but the different local of its incidence did not interfere with their marginal quality.

The main essence of this Master's thesis is to examine students of the Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) at the University of Economics, Prague and then determine whether students are at risk of burnout or already suffering from it. The theoretical part deals with the explanation of the terms - particularly burnout syndrome, its risk factors, symptoms and stages. Then there is the section dedicated to the prevention and treatment of burnout syndrome. Also noteworthy is the comparison of relations between burnout syndrome and stress, depression, and time management. The next chapter is about the characteristics of people who may be at risk of burnout, and a description of professions, which are most affected by burnout. The end of this part is about the University of Economics, Prague, the Faculty of Business Administration and its students. The theoretical part is followed by the practical part, which is based on questionnaire survey, which shows whether students of the Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) at the University of Economics, Prague are at risk of burnout syndrome or already suffering from it. After evaluation of the questionnaires and evaluate hypotheses at the end of the work a few recommendations for students.

Dr. Robert Pack is Professor of Community and Behavioral Health, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Public Health at East Tennessee State University, and Director of the new ETSU Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment. The Center grew out of a university and community collaborative that was started in 2012 to address the regional problem of prescription opioid abuse. At least five funded projects and dozens of other academic products have grown out of the Working Group. Dr. Pack is currently PI of the NIH/NIDA-funded Diversity Promoting Institutions Drug Abuse Research Program at ETSU, the research component of which is the five-year set of three studies titled Inter-professional Communication to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse and Misuse. He was trained in health education/health promotion at the UAB Royals School of Public Health and is experienced in designing, running and disseminating theory-based intervention studies. In 2014, he was trained at the NIH-funded Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (TIDIRH, Boston, 2014).

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Background: Prescription drug abuse is a major public health concern in the United States, associated with dramatic increases in morbidity and mortality over the past two decades. In recent years, disposal of unwanted, unused, and expired medications has been a pillar of national prevention efforts. Acknowledging increased policy and advocacy emphasis on improving prescription drug disposal behaviors of consumers, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the impacts of a targeted promotional campaign on participation in community-based drug take back events (TBE) in NE Tennessee. Methods: Between October 2013 and October 2017, 45 drug take-back events were held in 5 municipalities across NE Tennessee. A region-wide, promotional campaign including direct to consumer advertising (television, print, radio, etc) initiated spring 2014. Two methods of data collection were implemented: 1) donor surveys; and 2) drug donation weights (pounds) and dosage units collected. Controlled substance (CS) donations with identifiable dispensing dates were used to calculate donors’ possession time in months. One-way ANOVA, paired t-tests, and chi-square procedures were utilized to assess trends in donation weights, time to donation, and donor characteristics across the study period. Results: Total Disposal donations increased by 2.35 times (CS 2.61 times) from baseline after the initial promotional campaign. A total of 2300 CS donations were collected, with a spike in total pounds collected observed in spring of 2014 following initial marketing interventions. Donor possession time hdecreased by approximately one year during the length of the study (62.01 to 50.5 months). More than 1500 donor surveys were administered during the study. Half of all participants reported hearing about TBE through television promotions. Participants at urban events were 52.6% more likely than rural participants to hear about the event through newspaper promotion. Conclusion: Collaborative marketing across a TBE concentrated region increases CS disposal weight and decreases donor possession time.