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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Cannabigerol Causes A Cb1 Receptor-Dependent Reduction In Food Consumption And Weight Gain, Jack Jones, Josh Kaplan
Cannabigerol Causes A Cb1 Receptor-Dependent Reduction In Food Consumption And Weight Gain, Jack Jones, Josh Kaplan
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
Slides describing work leading up to a professional scientific poster, created and presented at psych fest depicting my last two years of work in Dr. Kaplan's BNS lab. I included a reflection paper discussing my time at Western.
Pursuing Faith In Good Science: A Neuroscience Student's Argument For Including Science In Spirituality, Savannah A. Hastings
Pursuing Faith In Good Science: A Neuroscience Student's Argument For Including Science In Spirituality, Savannah A. Hastings
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
Everyone can enhance their sense of spirituality by embracing science. This point is argued by referencing the science of emotions, consciousness, and perceptual learning, as well as the correlation between a strong a sense of meaning and physical health. The way that the brain produces our experience of being human is particularly emphasized. We have electrochemical brains that can do good in the world.
Section 6: Opportunities For Improving Assessment And Understanding Of The Salish Sea, Kathryn L. Sobocinski
Section 6: Opportunities For Improving Assessment And Understanding Of The Salish Sea, Kathryn L. Sobocinski
Institute Publications
Section 6 offers a list of science-based needs and opportunities brought to light by the report and various existing efforts within the Salish Sea science community, representing opportunities for greater collaboration across geographic and jurisdictional boundaries.
Vignette 22: Sense Of Place, David J. Trimbach
Vignette 22: Sense Of Place, David J. Trimbach
Institute Publications
Sense of place refers to peoples’ bonds and meanings associated with place. Sense of place tends to include: place attachment (bond or connection to place); place dependence (reliance on place for need or goal achievement); place identity (identification with place); and place meaning (descriptions or imagery that define a place). Sense of place is subjective, yet patterned, providing researchers with the ability to assess shared connections, understandings, meanings, and the potential to predict behaviors or perceptions. Sense of place is recognized as integral to ecosystem health and recovery. Sense of place can be understood, if not harnessed to address ecosystem …
Long-Term Memory For Associative Conditioning And Glutamate Receptor Expression, Kaitlyn Dybing, Waleed Faruqi, Janie Aguilera, Roma Zakos, Lina Dahlberg, Jacqueline K. Rose
Long-Term Memory For Associative Conditioning And Glutamate Receptor Expression, Kaitlyn Dybing, Waleed Faruqi, Janie Aguilera, Roma Zakos, Lina Dahlberg, Jacqueline K. Rose
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
This poster demonstrates the unique methodology used in Dr. Jacqueline Rose's lab at Western Washington University to study the impact of glutamate receptors on long-term memory in C. elegans. The poster includes a description of the purpose of the study, reasons for use of C. elegans, the methods used, as well as the data and interpretation of the results.
Occam's Razor Vol. 9 - Full (2019)
Phylogenetics: A Catalyst For A Biophilic Revolution?, Holli N. Watne
Phylogenetics: A Catalyst For A Biophilic Revolution?, Holli N. Watne
Summit to Salish Sea: Inquiries and Essays
A biology framework in Environmental Education can inspire biophilia, the love for the complex array of lifeforms on this planet, in students. In this paper, a simple, multi-scaled phylogenetic tree is presented to express such a framework. When viewing life from a framework such as a phylogenetic tree, the human species is seen as just one part of something vastly complex. This view is contrasted to another framework, more anthropocentric in nature, that seems to be more typical in the developed world. Challenging students to view the role of humanity from a biocentric, rather than anthropocentric, framework can lead to …
Using Machine Learning To Classify Extant Apes And Interpret The Dental Morphology Of The Chimpanzee-Human Last Common Ancestor, Tesla A. Monson, David W. Armitage, Leslea J. Hlusko
Using Machine Learning To Classify Extant Apes And Interpret The Dental Morphology Of The Chimpanzee-Human Last Common Ancestor, Tesla A. Monson, David W. Armitage, Leslea J. Hlusko
Anthropology Faculty and Staff Publications
Machine learning is a formidable tool for pattern recognition in large datasets. We developed and expanded on these methods, applying machine learning pattern recognition to a problem in paleoanthropology and evolution. For decades, paleontologists have used the chimpanzee as a model for the chimpanzee-human last common ancestor (LCA) because they are our closest living primate relative. Using a large sample of extant and extinct primates, we tested the hypothesis that machine learning methods can accurately classify extant apes based on dental data. We then used this classification tool to observe the affinities between extant apes and Miocene hominoids. We assessed …
Why Georeferencing Matters: Introducing A Practical Protocol To Prepare Species Occurrence Records For Spatial Analysis, Trevor D.S. Bloom, Aquila Flower, Eric G. Dechaine
Why Georeferencing Matters: Introducing A Practical Protocol To Prepare Species Occurrence Records For Spatial Analysis, Trevor D.S. Bloom, Aquila Flower, Eric G. Dechaine
Environmental Studies Faculty and Staff Publications
Species Distribution Models (SDMs) are widely used to understand environmental controls on species’ ranges and to forecast species range shifts in response to climatic changes. The quality of input data is crucial determinant of the model’s accuracy. While museum records can be useful sources of presence data for many species, they do not always include accurate geographic coordinates. Therefore, actual locations must be verified through the process of georeferencing. We present a practical, standardized manual georeferencing method (the Spatial Analysis Georeferencing Accuracy (SAGA) protocol) to classify the spatial resolution of museum records specifically for building improved SDMs. We used the …
Variability In Above- And Belowground Carbon Stocks In A Siberian Larch Watershed, Elizabeth E. Webb, Kathryn Heard, Susan M. Natali, Andrew Godard Bunn, Heather D. Alexander, Logan T. Berner, Alexander Kholodov, Michael M. Loranty, John D. Schade, Valentin Spektor, Nikita Zimov
Variability In Above- And Belowground Carbon Stocks In A Siberian Larch Watershed, Elizabeth E. Webb, Kathryn Heard, Susan M. Natali, Andrew Godard Bunn, Heather D. Alexander, Logan T. Berner, Alexander Kholodov, Michael M. Loranty, John D. Schade, Valentin Spektor, Nikita Zimov
Environmental Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications
Permafrost soils store between 1330 and 1580Pg carbon (C), which is 3 times the amount of C in global vegetation, almost twice the amount of C in the atmosphere, and half of the global soil organic C pool. Despite the massive amount of C in permafrost, estimates of soil C storage in the high-latitude permafrost region are highly uncertain, primarily due to undersampling at all spatial scales; circumpolar soil C estimates lack sufficient continental spatial diversity, regional intensity, and replication at the field-site level. Siberian forests are particularly undersampled, yet the larch forests that dominate this region may store more …
Occam's Razor Vol. 7 - Full (2017)
Western Washington University Sustainability Action Plan 2015 - 2035, Western Washington University
Western Washington University Sustainability Action Plan 2015 - 2035, Western Washington University
Western Sustainability
Western’s Sustainability Action Plan is the University’s road map for protecting local and global ecology, upholding social equity, creating economic vitality, and maintaining human health.
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Cause To Treatment, Tavleen Aulakh
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Cause To Treatment, Tavleen Aulakh
Occam's Razor
Imagine two individuals, both suffering from severe liver damage. With excess fat molecules concentrated in the hepatic cells, their livers are inflamed and scarred. These deteriorating livers are also supplementing the development of chronic obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and hyperlipidemia. While one of these individuals is a middle-aged male with a long history of alcohol addiction and abuse, the other is only thirteen years old and has never consumed alcohol. This adolescent is suffering from nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
Occam's Razor Vol. 6 - Full (2016)
The Importance Of Urban Agriculture In Defeating Food Deserts, Taina Tremblay
The Importance Of Urban Agriculture In Defeating Food Deserts, Taina Tremblay
American Cultural Studies Capstone Research Papers
I am examining the correlation between access to healthy, organic food and poverty. I’m looking into how food insecurity has become an increasing problem nationally and what America needs to do to rid communities of food deserts. Urban agriculture and urban gardening are some of the most important and crucial yet simple solutions to the food instabilities of the poverty stricken in America. Through my research I will uncover some of the reasons behind the lack of access to healthy food for a vast majority of America’s population. I’m also interested in discovering various forms of solutions to this problem. …
"What Is Love?" The Sounds Of Love From William S. Burroughs, Kathryn Cronin
"What Is Love?" The Sounds Of Love From William S. Burroughs, Kathryn Cronin
Occam's Razor
William Burroughs, his life and works, have a set beginning and end, but the biological and spiritual connections he draws between language, sound, and the human body appear to have undefined points of origin. Sound has always been. Language has always been. To exist outside of language and sound is to exist outside of time and space and thus outside the body. Burroughs’ theories on language, the word, and their connection to the body are woven through texts filled with structural and narrative convolutions. Nova Trilogy, especially The Ticket that Exploded, as well as the early novel …
Occam's Razor Vol. 5 - Full (2015)
Applying Ecosystem Services Analysis To The Shellfish Industry, Marlene Meaders
Applying Ecosystem Services Analysis To The Shellfish Industry, Marlene Meaders
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Shellfish provide numerous essential ecosystem services that are valuable to humans, including nutrient uptake, water filtration, and provision of habitat for aquatic organisms. Ecosystem services analysis can be a valuable tool for examination and management of shellfish, and can be used in combination with other activities on a landscape-level. One example would be the examination of cumulative impacts within specific inlets of Puget Sound, which is especially relevant to the shellfish industry. Cumulative impacts analysis is a way to determine future use of an area given a variety of management decisions and projected growth within a water body. For example, …
Retrofitting An Urban Watershed To Protect Shellfish Beds, Mindy Fohn, Chris May
Retrofitting An Urban Watershed To Protect Shellfish Beds, Mindy Fohn, Chris May
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
In the 1960's shell fishing was abandoned in Dyes Inlet due to ongoing fecal pollution problems. In 1994 a stable and ongoing water quality monitoring program was established and identified polluted streams and near shore areas whereby a cooperative watershed effort resulted in numerous pollution correction projects. These efforts resulted in reclassification and upgrade of 1,500 acres of shellfish beds in 2003. However, polluted stormwater from the urban area of Silverdale has the potential to threaten the shellfish beds. Polluted stormwater was reduced by removing non-stormwater discharges from dumpster areas, enhancing road right of way storm system maintenance and working …
12,000 Rain Gardens For Puget Sound: A Campaign To Empower All 12 Puget Sound Counties With Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Aaron Clark
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Between 2009 and 2011, the non-profit Stewardship Partners built over 100 rain gardens at schools, homes, parks and other highly visible areas, to demonstrate proof of concept and create early momentum around a simple but powerful tool for cleaning our waters. In 2011, that program became the 12,000 Rain Gardens for Puget Sound campaign, teaming up with Washington State University Extension offices in all 12 Puget Sound Counties. Now in it's second year, the 12,000 Rain Gardens Campaign has trained Master Gardeners in all 12 counties to offer technical support, education, and outreach to their communities and have registered over …
Human Dimensions Of Puget Sound Ecosystem Health And Recovery: Social Sciences Scale And Scope, Mary Rozance, Kathleen Wolf
Human Dimensions Of Puget Sound Ecosystem Health And Recovery: Social Sciences Scale And Scope, Mary Rozance, Kathleen Wolf
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
The Puget Sound Basin is surrounded by human settlements that range from small resource-dependent communities, to metropolitan areas that are experiencing rapid population growth. Scientific studies in the biophysical disciplines have documented the Puget Sound's ecological decline, established baseline conditions for recovery, and identified human-based sources of ecosystem impacts. The Puget Sound region is a complex socio-ecological system thus making equal attention to human dimensions an important goal, even a necessity. Social scientists across a variety of disciplines (such as economics, geography, anthropology, sociology, and psychology) can contribute to large-scale ecosystem health and recovery in two general ways. First, studies …
Reducing Disaster Vulnerability Of Coastal Communities On The Salish Sea, Stephanie Chang
Reducing Disaster Vulnerability Of Coastal Communities On The Salish Sea, Stephanie Chang
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
This paper provides an overview of the disaster vulnerability of coastal communities on the Salish Sea. In addition to natural hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and floods (both riverine and coastal), coastal communities in this region are at risk from human-induced and technological disasters such as oil spills and terrorism threats. Vulnerability – or the propensity to suffer loss when a hazard event occurs – is affected by many factors related to geographic setting, the built environment, economic conditions, socio-demographics characteristics, and institutional context. In a case study of Metro Vancouver, this paper identifies and compares key vulnerability factors in …
Evaluating A Prioritization Framework For Monitoring Chemicals Of Emerging Concern In The Salish Sea Based On Lessons Learned From Western States Programs, Jill M. Brandenberger, Maggie Dutch, Joan Hardy, Christopher Andrew James, Deb Lester, April Markiewicz, Dale Norton, Sandra M. O'Neill, Brian Penttila, Heather Trim, Irvin Schultz, James West, Kathleen Conn, Alec Maule
Evaluating A Prioritization Framework For Monitoring Chemicals Of Emerging Concern In The Salish Sea Based On Lessons Learned From Western States Programs, Jill M. Brandenberger, Maggie Dutch, Joan Hardy, Christopher Andrew James, Deb Lester, April Markiewicz, Dale Norton, Sandra M. O'Neill, Brian Penttila, Heather Trim, Irvin Schultz, James West, Kathleen Conn, Alec Maule
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
We are now approaching a tipping point where priority pollutants may no longer be the primary driver of environmental impairment. Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) present a challenge to environmental monitoring and management programs because the rapidly emerging state of the knowledge requires an adaptive and transparent prioritization framework. The state of the science, treatment technologies, and regulatory policies are not well understood, CEC quantification is challenging and expensive, and the management approach is not simply a concentration based criteria, but may include biological end-points. The need for a shared responsibility and leveraging across many programs was evaluated through a …
What Goes Down The Drain Eventually Reaches The River: Characterizing Contaminants Of Emerging Concern (Cecs) In The Columbia River Basin, Jennifer Morace, Elena Nilsen
What Goes Down The Drain Eventually Reaches The River: Characterizing Contaminants Of Emerging Concern (Cecs) In The Columbia River Basin, Jennifer Morace, Elena Nilsen
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Toxic contamination is a significant concern in the Columbia River Basin in Washington and Oregon. To help water managers and policy makers in decision making about future sampling efforts and toxic-reduction activities, the USGS did a reconnaissance to assess contaminant concentrations contributed directly to the Columbia River through wastewater-treatment-plant (WWTP) effluent and stormwater runoff from adjacent urban environments, as well as to evaluate instantaneous loadings to the Columbia River Basin from these inputs. Nine cities were selected in Oregon and Washington to provide diversity in physical setting, climate characteristics, and population density. Samples were collected from a WWTP in each …
Variation In Juvenile Chinook Salmon Diet Composition And Foraging Success Between Two Estuaries With Contrasting Land-Use Histories, Aaron David, Charles Simenstad, Jeffrey R. Cordell, Jason David Toft, Christopher Ellings, Ayesha Gray, Hans B. Berge
Variation In Juvenile Chinook Salmon Diet Composition And Foraging Success Between Two Estuaries With Contrasting Land-Use Histories, Aaron David, Charles Simenstad, Jeffrey R. Cordell, Jason David Toft, Christopher Ellings, Ayesha Gray, Hans B. Berge
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
The transition of juveniles from fresh water to estuarine and marine environments is a critical period in the life cycle of Pacific salmon, during which survival can be strongly size-selective. Because the amount and quality of food consumed are major determinants of juvenile salmon growth, successful acquisition of energy rich prey during estuarine residence is critical for survival. Humans have likely impacted the feeding relationships of juvenile salmon in estuaries by destroying estuarine wetlands and by altering the abundance of salmon in estuaries. While the estuarine foraging habits of juvenile salmon have been extensively examined, few studies have conducted quantitative …
How Are The Fish Doing? Development And Implementation Of Sixteen Watershed Monitoring And Adaptive Management Programs For Recovery Of Puget Sound Chinook, Stacy Vynne, Jeanette Dorner, Leska S. Fore, Kari A. (Kari Ann) Stiles, Jacques White, Abby Hook, Laura Blackmore
How Are The Fish Doing? Development And Implementation Of Sixteen Watershed Monitoring And Adaptive Management Programs For Recovery Of Puget Sound Chinook, Stacy Vynne, Jeanette Dorner, Leska S. Fore, Kari A. (Kari Ann) Stiles, Jacques White, Abby Hook, Laura Blackmore
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
The Puget Sound Partnership is working with a team of consultants led by Long Live the Kings to develop a performance management system for recovery of Chinook salmon across Puget Sound. With final products due in May 2014, this presentation will discuss the mechanics for implementing the project in sixteen unique watersheds, successes and challenges, and lessons learned for future application and planning. In 1999, Puget Sound Chinook salmon were listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act. NOAA-NMFS (the federal agency accountable for the listing) supported authorship of unique watershed chapters by locally-led, collaborative watershed groups comprised of …
The Role Of Citizen Science In Restoring Salmon And Salmon Habitat To The Suquamish Tribe's Port Madison Indian Reservation's Cowling Creek Watershed, Paul Dorn, Dick D'Archangel, Jill Wetzel
The Role Of Citizen Science In Restoring Salmon And Salmon Habitat To The Suquamish Tribe's Port Madison Indian Reservation's Cowling Creek Watershed, Paul Dorn, Dick D'Archangel, Jill Wetzel
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Cowling Creek is the largest watershed on the Port Madison Indian Reservation. The Reservation is located on the west side of Puget Sound across from Seattle, and is where Chief Sealth (Seattle) is buried. The Wild Fish Conservancy identified 5.46 miles of the 12.22 Cowling Creek stream miles as fish bearing in 2009. Intertidal culverts installed 75 years ago were 100% barriers and eliminated all historic coho, steelhead, sea run cutthroat, chum salmon and other fish populations. The culverts blocked safe wildlife access to the estuary. Additional older and newer culverts throughout the watershed further fragmented habitat accessibility for fish …
Building The Encyclopedia Of Puget Sound: A New Resource For Ecosystem Recovery, Jeff Rice, Joel E. Baker
Building The Encyclopedia Of Puget Sound: A New Resource For Ecosystem Recovery, Jeff Rice, Joel E. Baker
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Advances in online communication and digital media are changing the way ecosystem information is shared and understood. New and emerging technologies provide opportunities for networked science that can greatly benefit Puget Sound and Salish Sea ecosystem recovery through improved information flow and unprecedented access to scientific literature and data. The Encyclopedia of Puget Sound (www.eopugetsound.org) is an online resource published by the University of Washington in collaboration with the Puget Sound Partnership. Its mission is to synthesize and document the state of the science of ecosystem recovery in the region. Through a topic editor system inspired by efforts such as …
Responding To Sea Level Rise Risks In A Vulnerable Community, Andy Haub
Responding To Sea Level Rise Risks In A Vulnerable Community, Andy Haub
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
In 2010, Olympia City Council directed staff to investigate the implications of 50-inches of sea rise to our downtown and to develop a progressive strategy of appropriate responses. Over the past three years, City technical staff and coastal engineers have developed near and long-term priorities and implementation actions. The new analysis links a comprehensive marine simulation of Budd Inlet with land elevations and uses, stormwater and wastewater infrastructure, major precipitation events and sea level rise. The analysis provides a tangible and easily visualized approach for understanding and quantifying the implications of sea rise in downtown Olympia. The simulations identify how …
Open Source Mapping To Improve Data Sharing: Environmental Response Management Application, Amy Merten, Ben Shorr
Open Source Mapping To Improve Data Sharing: Environmental Response Management Application, Amy Merten, Ben Shorr
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
The Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA®) is an online mapping tool that integrates both static and real-time data, such as Environmental Sensitivity Index maps, ship locations, weather, and ocean currents, in a centralized, easy-to-use format for environmental responders and decision makers. ERMA enables a user to quickly and securely upload, transform export, and display spatial data in a Geographic Information System (GIS) map. This allows for high-impact and fine-resolution visualization of data for solving complex environmental response and resource issues. ERMA was used to support the USCG’s “Arctic Shield” drill, September 2013. Through this exercise, ERMA was able to incorporate …