A pilot study of ePHR implementation impact on physician workflow

The ePHR (electronic Personal Health Record) is a self-service technology (SST) used in health care, which can serve as an electronic information source for patients, physician and the government.…

Decoding the auxin code: uncovering new players in the auxin pathway through WGCNA analysis

Auxins are a class of phytohormones in plants which have an active role in growth and development. The Auxin hormone control pathway in maize meristem is not well studied and has significant scope for in-depth exploration. Previous studies have not…

RDF-Based Method to Uncover Implicit Health Communication Episodes from Unstructured Health Data

Health communication is the process that coordinates health services such as specimen transaction, oral interactions, medical records, and more. Healthcare workflows are based on communication established historically through the practice of healthcare or by the leadership in health institutions. However,…

Comparison of histone patterns in orthologus regions between mouse and human tissues

With the advent of next-generation sequencing technologies, a considerable effort has been put into sequencing the epigenome of different species. The efforts such as “Encode” and “Roadmap” epigenomics projects provide an opportunity to compare epigenomes across species (especially between human…

Building an online quality improvement information exchange for home visiting programs in Missouri

Early childhood home visiting programs date back to the 1880s and deliver a vital public service of providing and connecting families with health, educational, and economic resources to support optimal development. Continuous quality improvement (CQI) consists of systematic and continuous…

Genetic variation, population structure, and genome assembly of the threatened Neosho madtom catfish

The Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus) is a small catfish, generally less than 3 inches in length, unique to the Neosho-Spring River system within the Arkansas River Basin. It was federally listed as threatened in 1990, largely due to habitat loss.

Quantification of selective constraint in the polyploid genomes of Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica rapa

Polyploidy is an important mechanism in plant evolution. We are interested in studying how selective pressures change after a lineage experiences whole genome duplication (WGD) or triplication (WGT). Alpha duplication is the most recent WGD event in Arabidopsis. Then a…

Identifying Patients at Risk of High Healthcare Utilization

Objective: To develop a systematic and reproducible way to identify patients at increased risk for higher healthcare costs. Methods: Medical records were analyzed for 9,581 adults who were primary care patients in the University of Missouri Health System and who…

A Metagenomic Analysis of the Effect of Residual Feed Intake on Rumen Metabolism

Ruminant animals have a symbiotic relationship with gastrointestinal microorganisms in the rumen where microbes degrade compounds that can be used in the host animal’s metabolism. Currently, changes in the diet or feed efficiency of the sheep results in differences to…