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My Covid-19 Perspective, John V. Gardner

Life Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Responses and Reflections

No abstract provided.

Maize Flavan-4-Ols And Anthocyanins Alleviated Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colitis In Mice Via Intestinal Barrier Function Restoration, Binning Wu, Shiyu Li, Haotian Chang, Ruth Anderson, Surinder Chopra, Lavanya Reddivari

Department of Food Science Faculty Publications

This study investigated the anti-inflammatory effects of anthocyanins and flavan-4-ols (precursor of phlobaphenes) within a whole-food matrix against dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis using four maize near-isogenic lines (NILs) that differ only in a single class of flavonoids. The four NILs are A (lacks anthocyanins and phlobaphenes), B (phlobaphenes +), C (anthocyanins +) and D (anthocyanins + and phlobaphenes +).

Azelaic Acid Promotes Fatty Acid Desaturation In Caenorhabditis Elegans At Cold Temperature, Thereby Enhancing Longevity, Juan Bai, Miran Jang, Renalison Farias Pereira, Yuan Zhang, Hanqiu Xu, Yeonhwa Park, Kee Hong Kim

Department of Food Science Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Piceatannol, A Natural Stilbene, Extends The Lifespan Of Caenorhabditis Elegans Under Fasting Through Inhibition Of Lipolysis, Miran Jang, Yuan Zhang, Juan Bai, An Jun-Bae, Gun-Hee Kim, Yeonhwa Park, Kee Hong Kim

Department of Food Science Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Guardian Under Quarantine, Corinne Silver

Life Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Responses and Reflections

No abstract provided.

The Everyday, Natasha D. Smith

Life Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Responses and Reflections

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Creating Healthier Policies, Systems And Environments: Using The Cdc Change Tool To Evaluate The Impact Of A Coalition Provided Community-Based Wellness Program, Vicki Simpson

School of Nursing Faculty Publications

Objectives: This manuscript describes policy, systems, and environment (PSE) changes made to support health secondary to a county-based coalition nurse-led program targeting vulnerable populations at five community-based sites in a single rural Midwest county. Design: A mixed-methods pre-post approach was used to evaluate PSE changes occurring over a one-year period secondary to wellness programming. Sample: Five community sites including three predominantly manufacturing worksites and two faith-based sites were included in this study. Measurements: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Community Health Assessment aNd Group Evaluation tool was used to collect PSE data both at site initiation and one year …

Southeast Asian Refugee-Learners: Identities Informing Esl Education And Support, Andrew J. Perlman

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

Serving as a synthesis of previously published studies and digests, this paper focuses on Southeast Asian refugees in America to address the complex interaction between refugee-learners’ ongoing construction of identity and the ESL environment. Drawing on a wealth of historical and contemporary research on one of America’s most prominent refugee populations, this exploration highlights the traits that constitute Southeast Asians as a unique group of learners due to their shared histories of trauma; social, cultural and religious influences; and ongoing sociocultural and linguistic negotiations of identity during resettlement. As a result, ESL programs and practitioners become critical to both language …

'In Gram's Blouse Pocket - Trong Túi Áo Ngoại', Trangdai Glassey-Tranguyen

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

Six bilingual poems celebrating the love and life of Ngoại-Grandma and the continuation of life in the next world.

Currently, Our Situation Is Hard, But The Only Thing We Can Do Is Get Used To It, Zhuoran Yang

Life Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Responses and Reflections

No abstract provided.

Exploring An Information Literacy Approach To Standards Education, Margaret Phillips

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Prof. Margaret Phillips delivered this invited presentation as part of this Society for Standards Professionals (SES) webinar on May 20, 2020:

Exploring Innovations in College and University Standards Education, Presented by Lisa Greenwood, Ph.D., ISSP-SA, Bryan Hoskins, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, Lisa Greenwood, Ph.D., Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), and Margaret Phillips, Purdue University Libraries & School of Information Studies.

More details available: https://www.ses-standards.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1359174

Teaching The Empire: Education And State Loyalty In Late Habsburg Austria, Scott O. Moore

Central European Studies

Teaching the Empire explores how Habsburg Austria utilized education to cultivate the patriotism of its people. Public schools have been a tool for patriotic development in Europe and the United States since their creation in the nineteenth century. On a basic level, this civic education taught children about their state while also articulating the common myths, heroes, and ideas that could bind society together. For the most part historians have focused on the development of civic education in nation-states like Germany, France, and the United Kingdom. There has been an assumption that the multinational Habsburg Monarchy did not, or could …

Simulating Quantum Systems Using The D-Wave Quantum Computer, Justin M. Copenhaver, Raunaq Kumaran, Birgit Kaufmann, Adam Wasserman

Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship

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Congressional Committee Resources On Space Policy During The 115th Congress (2017-2018): Providing Context And Insight Into Us Government Space Policy, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Article 1 of the US Constitution assigns the US Congress numerous responsibilities. These include creating new laws, revising existing laws, funding government programs, and conducting oversight of these programs' performance. Oversight of US Government agency space policy programs is executed by various congressional space policy committees including the House and Senate Science Committees, Armed Services, and Appropriations Committees. These committees conduct many public hearings on space policy, which invite expert witnesses to testify on US space policy programs and feature debate on the strengths and weaknesses of these programs. Documentation produced by these committees is widely available to the public, …

The Inaugural Readership And Authorship Report Of The Journal Of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-Peer), Senay Purzer, Emily Jones

Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)

The Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER) approaches a decade of publications since its launch in 2011. This inaugural report presents metrics and statistics on J-PEER's readership and authorship, looking specifically at data from 2019, along with reflections from the founding and immediate-past editors.

Covid-19 Reflection, Xingyan He

Life Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Responses and Reflections

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Zenneck Waves In Decision Agriculture: An Empirical Verification And Application In Em-Based Underground Wireless Power Transfer, Usman Raza, Abdul Salam

Faculty Publications

In this article, the results of experiments for the observation of Zenneck surface waves in sub GHz frequency range using dipole antennas are presented. Experiments are conducted over three different soils for communications distances of up to 1 m. This empirical analysis confirms the existence of Zenneck waves over the soil surface. Through the power delay profile (PDP) analysis, it has been shown that other subsurface components exhibit rapid decay as compared to the Zenneck waves. A potential application of the Zenneck waves for energy transmission in the area of decision agriculture is explored. Accordingly, a novel wireless through-the-soil power …

The Influence Of Student Enrollment In Pre-College Engineering Courses On Their Interest In Engineering Careers, Kelly A. Miller, Gerhard Sonnert, Philip M. Sadler

Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)

Pre-college student enrollment in engineering courses increases every year in the United States, yet little is known about the relationship between taking these courses and subsequent science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career interest. Through multinomial logistic regressions, and while controlling for student background variables and prior STEM career interest, this study addresses two research questions: (1) Does completing a pre-college engineering course increase the likelihood of an engineering career interest at the end of high school? (2) Does completing a pre-college engineering course have a different influence on career interest in engineering than on career interest in other STEM …

Understanding Early Childhood Engineering Interest Development As A Family-Level Systems Phenomenon: Findings From The Head Start On Engineering Project, Scott Pattison, Gina Svarovsky, Smirla Ramos-MontañEz, Ivel Gontan, Shannon Weiss, VeróNika NúÑEz, Pam Corrie, Cynthia Smith, Marcie Benne

Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)

There is growing recognition that interest is critical for engaging and supporting learners from diverse communities in engineering and other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics. Although interest research has historically focused on older children, studies demonstrate that preschool-age and younger children also develop persistent, individualized interests in different objects, activities, and topics and that these early interests have important implications for ongoing learning and development. Unfortunately, there is relatively little research on engineering learning in early childhood and almost no work specific to the concept of interest. To begin to address this need, we conducted in-depth case study …

Affect Of Covid19 On Our Life, Maolin Song

Life Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Responses and Reflections

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Repurposing Approach Identifiespitavastatin As A Potent Azolechemosensitizing Agent Effectiveagainst Azole-Resistant Candidaspecies, Hassan E. Eldesouky, Ehab A. Salama, Xiaoyan Li, Tony R. Hazbun, Abdelrahman S. Mayhoub, Mohamed N. Seleem

Borch Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Faculty Publications

The limited number of antifungals and the rising frequency of azole-resistant Candida species are growing challenges to human medicine. Drug repurposing signifies an appealing approach to enhance the activity of current antifungal drugs. Here, we evaluated the ability of Pharmakon 1600 drug library to sensitize an azole-resistant Candida albicans to the effect of fluconazole. The primary screen revealed 44 non-antifungal hits were able to act synergistically with fluconazole against the test strain. Of note, 21 compounds, showed aptness for systemic administration and limited toxic effects, were considered as potential fluconazole adjuvants and thus were termed as “repositionable hits”. A follow-up …

Effects Of Concord Grape Juice Alone Or With Meals On Glycemia, Appetite And Cognitive Function In Healthy Adults, Aidan M. Hannon

Nutrition Science Honors Theses

Literature suggests that dietary polyphenols and intensely flavored foods/beverages can have a positive effect on glucose homeostasis. The purpose of this study was to determine if the high phenolic content and strong flavor intensity of Concord Grape Juice (CGJ) could hold beneficial effects on appetite, glycemia, and cognitive function.

2020 Directory Of Indiana State, County, City And Town Officials Responsible For Road And Street Work, Indiana Ltap

Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Directory

Contact information for agency officials and employees responsible for Indiana’s local road infrastructure.

Development And Splice Lengths For High-Strength Reinforcement, Volume I: General Bar Development, Robert J. Frosch, Eric T. Fleet, Rebecca Glucksman

Bowen Laboratory Research Reports

To support the adoption of high-strength reinforcement (fy > 60 ksi) into widespread use, it is fundamental that appropriate development and splice lengths be calculated. The objective of this research is to evaluate the development of high-strength reinforcing steel and establish a design expression for the development and splicing of this steel. Two phases of experimental tests were conducted along with analytical evaluation. Based on the research, a design expression was developed that will enable appropriate design and detailing of concrete structures containing high-strength reinforcement.

Drift Capacity Of Structural Walls With Lap Splices, William Pollalis, Santiago Pujol

Bowen Laboratory Research Reports

Twelve large-scale reinforced concrete specimens with lap splices in the longitudinal reinforcement were tested at Purdue University’s Bowen Laboratory to produce data to evaluate the deformability of structural walls with lap splices at their base. Previous work on lap splices has focused mainly on splice strength. But in consideration of demands requiring structural toughness (e.g. blast, earthquake, differential settlement), deformability is arguably more important than strength.
To obtain data on splice deformability and to study the response of lap splices in conditions more representative of those occurring in structural walls, eight specimens were tested under four-point bending and four additional …

Specialized Regional Conferences Support The Professional Development Of Subject Librarians: A 5-Year Analysis Of The Great Lakes Science Boot Camps For Librarians, Bethany S. Mcgowan, Jennifer Hart, Karen Hum

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

Conference attendance can play an important role in supporting the professional development of subject librarians by offering opportunities that allow librarians to learn about new services, strategies, and technologies while growing and maintaining professional networks. However, barriers such as accessibility challenges, budgetary and resource restrictions, difficulty measuring learning gains, and difficulty measuring the value of professional development when applied to the job can restrict opportunities for many librarians. Specialized regional conferences have the potential to reduce many of these barriers. How can librarians, library administrators and conference organizers quantify the value of regional conference attendance as an accessible means for …

A Reluctant Icon: Letters To Neil Armstrong, James R. Hansen

Purdue University Press Book Previews

Artfully curated by James R. Hansen, A Reluctant Icon: Letters to Neil Armstrong is a companion volume to Dear Neil Armstrong: Letters to the First Man from All Mankind, collecting hundreds more letters Armstrong received after first stepping on the moon until his death in 2012. Providing context and commentary, Hansen has assembled the letters by the following themes: religion and belief; anger, disappointment, and disillusionment; quacks, conspiracy theorists, and ufologists; fellow astronauts and the world of flight; the corporate world; celebrities, stars, and notables; and last messages. Taken together, both collections provide fascinating insights into the world of …

Teaching The Empire: Education And State Loyalty In Late Habsburg Austria, Scott O. Moore

Purdue University Press Book Previews

Teaching the Empire explores how Habsburg Austria utilized education to cultivate the patriotism of its people. Public schools have been a tool for patriotic development in Europe and the United States since their creation in the nineteenth century. On a basic level, this civic education taught children about their state while also articulating the common myths, heroes, and ideas that could bind society together. For the most part historians have focused on the development of civic education in nation-states like Germany, France, and the United Kingdom. There has been an assumption that the multinational Habsburg Monarchy did not, or could …

Farm Management Practices Used By Wheat Producers In The Western Great Plains: Estimating Their Productivity And Profitability, Jeffrey Vitale, Pilja Park Vitale, Francis Epplin, Kris Giles, Norm Elliott, Frank Peairs, Paul Burgener, Sean Keenan, Gerald Michels, Gary Hein

Journal of Applied Farm Economics

Changes in government farm programs and the introduction of new technology offer wheat producers in the western Great Plains a variety of management practices to alleviate biotic and agronomic constraints inherent in a wheat monoculture. Producers have adopted alternative tillage systems, crop diversification, and insect-resistant varieties in response to the hot, semiarid growing conditions and increased pest pressure. The objective of this study was to determine if those practices generated positive impacts on wheat yield and corresponding net returns. Panel data collected from a group of 141 producers over a four-year period (N = 564) were analyzed using econometric models. …

Producer Willingness To Pay For Enhanced Packaging To Prevent Postharvest Decay Of Strawberries, Brian Coffey, Valentina Trinetta, Londa Nwadike, Umut Yucel

Journal of Applied Farm Economics

We surveyed specialty crop producers in Kansas and Missouri to determine producer willingness to pay for new active packaging technology that prevents postharvest loss and increases shelf life. The survey also asked demographic questions to determine the producer and operation traits for this growing segment of production agriculture. More than half of those surveyed were female, and 60% were under 50 years of age. Smaller operations tend to utilize direct marketing and social media activity more than larger operations. Parametric willingness to pay estimates are approximately $0.39 per cardboard flat to purchase the antifungal film that increases shelf life of …