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Championing Awareness Of The Opioid Epidemic Through A Service-Learning Module For Non-Stem Biology Majors, Ryleigh Fleming, Sarah J. Adkins, Marco Esteban, Cinnamin Cross, Amy Hutson Chatham, Samiksha A. Raut Dec 2023

Championing Awareness Of The Opioid Epidemic Through A Service-Learning Module For Non-Stem Biology Majors, Ryleigh Fleming, Sarah J. Adkins, Marco Esteban, Cinnamin Cross, Amy Hutson Chatham, Samiksha A. Raut

APC Fund

Over 50,000 people die annually from opioid overdoses in the United States leading to what has become known as the “opioid epidemic.” This is of heightened concern in states like Alabama that experience higher rates of overall drug use and overdose deaths. Thus, it is increasingly important for college students in Alabama to learn about how the opioid epidemic is affecting their communities. Previous studies have demonstrated that engaging non-majors in innovative active-learning oriented pedagogies like service-learning can enhance their understanding and awareness about contemporary societal issues. Despite its pedagogical potential, the impact of opioid-related service-learning, particularly for non-majors, continues …


The Process Theology Of John Elof Boodin, Michael A. Flannery Feb 2023

The Process Theology Of John Elof Boodin, Michael A. Flannery

UAB Libraries Professional Work

Despite his impeccable academic pedigree, a protégé of Josiah Royce and a friend and student of William James, John Elof Boodin is nearly forgotten today among American philosophers; hence, an essential aspect of his thought lost to history is his contribution to process theology. The leading features of process thought demonstrate Boodin’s connections to this unique theology and show it to have been established early on, as early as 1900 and 1904. This places Boodin’s writing on process philosophy/theology well before Alfred North Whitehead, the putative pioneer in modern process metaphysics, by more than twenty years, and co-extensive with Henri …


History’S Pathologists: Oswald Spengler, Jacques Barzun, John Lukacs And The Dying Of The West, Michael A. Flannery Jan 2023

History’S Pathologists: Oswald Spengler, Jacques Barzun, John Lukacs And The Dying Of The West, Michael A. Flannery

UAB Libraries Professional Work

No abstract provided.


Vulcan Historical Review 27 (Complete Issue), Vulcan Historical Review Staff Jan 2023

Vulcan Historical Review 27 (Complete Issue), Vulcan Historical Review Staff

Vulcan Historical Review

No abstract provided.


Nelle 6 (End Matter), Nelle Staff Jan 2023

Nelle 6 (End Matter), Nelle Staff

Nelle

pp. 151-160


Nelle 6 (Front Matter), Nelle Staff Jan 2023

Nelle 6 (Front Matter), Nelle Staff

Nelle

pp. -2


Alisa's Scars, Iryna Shuvalova, Uilleam Blacker Jan 2023

Alisa's Scars, Iryna Shuvalova, Uilleam Blacker

Nelle

p. 14


Amateur Hour, Jane Zwart Jan 2023

Amateur Hour, Jane Zwart

Nelle

p. 54


Leaving The Body, Laurie Granieri Jan 2023

Leaving The Body, Laurie Granieri

Nelle

pp. 107-117


The Search For Freedom And Vengeance During The Golden Age Of Piracy, Haley Doby Jan 2023

The Search For Freedom And Vengeance During The Golden Age Of Piracy, Haley Doby

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 27-33


The Limited Scope And Legacy Of The Doctors' Trial, Annie Foreman Jan 2023

The Limited Scope And Legacy Of The Doctors' Trial, Annie Foreman

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 91-96


An Examination Of The Historiography Of American War Crimes In Vietnam, Henry Smith Jan 2023

An Examination Of The Historiography Of American War Crimes In Vietnam, Henry Smith

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 97-106


From Homilies To Little Saint Hugh: Antisemitism In Medieval Literature, Haley Wells Jan 2023

From Homilies To Little Saint Hugh: Antisemitism In Medieval Literature, Haley Wells

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 75-89


Tolerance, Faith Potter Jan 2023

Tolerance, Faith Potter

Vulcan Historical Review

p. 90


The Democratization Of Faith, Riley Reber Jan 2023

The Democratization Of Faith, Riley Reber

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 34-39


Gay Emancipation: The Effort To Delete Paragraph 175, Luke Goodwin Jan 2023

Gay Emancipation: The Effort To Delete Paragraph 175, Luke Goodwin

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 8-21


Exceptional Women Ruling Millenia Apart: A Comparative Case Study, Miranda Brunn Jan 2023

Exceptional Women Ruling Millenia Apart: A Comparative Case Study, Miranda Brunn

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 22-26


Vulcan Historical Review 27 (End Matter), Vulcan Historical Review Staff Jan 2023

Vulcan Historical Review 27 (End Matter), Vulcan Historical Review Staff

Vulcan Historical Review

No abstract provided.


Rebirth And Revitalization Of An Integral Cultural Identity: A History Of Mardi Gras Before And After The Civil War, Kane Mccreadie Jan 2023

Rebirth And Revitalization Of An Integral Cultural Identity: A History Of Mardi Gras Before And After The Civil War, Kane Mccreadie

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 52-60


Week 36: Romaine Lettuce, Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach Jan 2023

Week 36: Romaine Lettuce, Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach

Nelle

pp. 30-31


Marija / Mayme, Celeste Colaric-Gonzales Jan 2023

Marija / Mayme, Celeste Colaric-Gonzales

Nelle

pp. 24-25


Privacy, Carol Moldaw Jan 2023

Privacy, Carol Moldaw

Nelle

p. 48


On My 35th Birthday During The Year Russia Invades Ukraine, Nicole Yurcaba Jan 2023

On My 35th Birthday During The Year Russia Invades Ukraine, Nicole Yurcaba

Nelle

p. 18


Week 35: Honeydew, Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach Jan 2023

Week 35: Honeydew, Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach

Nelle

pp. 28-29


Synthesis And Characterization Of High Entropy Borides Under High-Pressure And High-Temperature Environments, Seth David Iwan Jan 2023

Synthesis And Characterization Of High Entropy Borides Under High-Pressure And High-Temperature Environments, Seth David Iwan

All ETDs from UAB

The high-entropy materials containing five or more constituent elements are of current interest because of enhancement in physical, mechanical, and thermal properties that are not achievable by simple elements or binary alloys. In this thesis, high pressure and high temperature synthesis studies have been carried out on High-Entropy Borides(HEB) like (Hf0.2, Mo0.2, Nb0.2, Ta0.2, Zr0.2)B2 , (Hf0.2, Mo0.2, Nb0.2, Ta0.2, Ti0.2)B2, and (Hf0.2, Ti0.2, Zr0.2, Ta0.2, Mo0.2)B2, at the Advanced Photon Source(APS) High Pressure Collaborative Access Team (HPCAT) Facility. These High Entropy materials are synthesized under high pressure and high temperature starting from a precursor powder composed of desired transition …


Controlling Mechanical Properties In Thim Multilayer Hydrogels Through Network Structure, Maksim Dolmat Jan 2023

Controlling Mechanical Properties In Thim Multilayer Hydrogels Through Network Structure, Maksim Dolmat

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Polymer thin films possess unique properties, cost-effectiveness, and flexibility, making them vital for enhancing surface functionality. Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly allows for synthesis of ultrathin polymeric films with precise control over film thickness, material selection, surface chemistry, and responsiveness. Current advancements in LbL assembly focus on understanding film formation and deposition conditions on film’s structure and properties. Covalent cross-linking of physically bonded LbL networks forms multilayer hydrogel networks capable of absorbing large amounts of water. The use of stimuli-responsive polymers has facilitated the advancement of "smart" materials capable of responding to external stimuli. Stimuli-responsive hydrogels exhibit reversible volume changes, making them …


An Examination Of Clinical Pain Severity, Sleep Quality, And Neighborhood Disadvantage In A Racially/Ethically Diverse Sample Of Adults With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis, Cesar Emmanuel Gonzalez Jan 2023

An Examination Of Clinical Pain Severity, Sleep Quality, And Neighborhood Disadvantage In A Racially/Ethically Diverse Sample Of Adults With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis, Cesar Emmanuel Gonzalez

All ETDs from UAB

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is often accompanied by insomnia symptoms, character-ized by difficulty falling asleep, maintaining sleep, or both. Among individuals with knee OA, up to 31% report significant difficulty falling asleep, 81% have difficulties staying asleep, and up to 77% report any sleep problem. However, the sleep and pain relationship has also rarely been evaluated using objective and subjective sleep measures. Thus, this study attempted to characterize objective and subjective sleep variables in a diverse sam-ple of individuals with symptomatic knee OA. Further, the impact of objective and sub-jective sleep quality on clinical pain severity, movement-evoked pain, and physical func-tion …


Indicators Of The Social Environment And Cognition In An Older Population Of Puerto Rican Adults, Erin E. Ballard Jan 2023

Indicators Of The Social Environment And Cognition In An Older Population Of Puerto Rican Adults, Erin E. Ballard

All ETDs from UAB

Isolation and other indicators of poor social environment have been associated with a higher risk of cognitive decline. Overall evidence for this association is mixed, with most studies being conducted in Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (aka “WEIRD”) societies. Religiosity may moderate this relationship between less robust social environments and cognition by buffering the negative effects of stress. The primary aim of this study is to assess the relationship between indicators of the social environment and psychological distress (depressive symptoms) and cognitive decline in a population-based sample of older Puerto Rican adults (n=3,557) across two time-points. Social environment included …


Investigation Of Reversibility And Nucleotide Effects In The Kinetic Mechanisms Of Nucleotide Addition In The Eukaryotic Rna Polymerases, Kaila B. Fuller Jan 2023

Investigation Of Reversibility And Nucleotide Effects In The Kinetic Mechanisms Of Nucleotide Addition In The Eukaryotic Rna Polymerases, Kaila B. Fuller

All ETDs from UAB

Eukaryotes utilize at least three multi-subunit DNA dependent RNA polymerases (Pol I, II, and III) to synthesize RNA. The Pols are similar in structure but have distinct kinetic mechanisms that describe nucleotide addition. The product of Pol I synthesis, ribosomal RNA (rRNA) comprises the majority of the ribosome and is necessary for gene expression. Despite the importance of Pol I transcription in the cell, there is still much to understand about the roles of specific subunits in Pol I and the different factors that affect the kinetic mechanism of nucleotide addition catalyzed by Pol I. Our group has previously published …


The Effects Of Genetics, Sex, And Physical Activity On Organismal Fitness, Heidi Johnson Jan 2023

The Effects Of Genetics, Sex, And Physical Activity On Organismal Fitness, Heidi Johnson

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Physical activity is an integral part of health in most organisms; however, depending on the amount and type of physical activity, the results may be either protective or harmful. We see this in human populations where sedentary behaviors can lead to dangerous health conditions while repeated strenuous exercise can lead to long-term damage. Additionally, genetic background and sex influence the physiological response to physical activity, but the exact mechanisms of these interactions are still not well understood. The importance of physical activity patterns extends beyond humans. In model organisms, physical activity has been observed to have many significant impacts in …