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Solar-Powered Water Purification System With Energy Storage, M. Sophie Hall

2016

At a time when potable water, fossil fuels, and wood fuels are increasingly scarce, it is more

important than ever to develop methods of purifying water with renewable energy resources.

This report compares the benefits and drawbacks of various models of solar powered water

pasteurizers and solar powered stills. A flow diagram is proposed for a solar powered distillation

system which utilizes phase change material energy storage to extend its productive time.

Siu Alumni, Siu Alumni Association

SIU Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

Preparing For Baby Boomers As An Agri-Tourism Market, Anthony Agbeh, Elaine T. Jurkowski

Peer-reviewed Articles

The tsunami of baby boomers has led to an increase in people over the age of 60 traveling, and venturing to rural and agri-tourism environments or settings. Coupled with this new trend, is an increase in the number of travelers with disabilities or mobility impairments, who have comfortably traveled domestically through accommodations, afforded through the Americans’ with Disabilities Act. The advent of the agri-tourism industry now can utilize many of these accommodations expected by baby boomers. This paper addresses current issues and recommends strategies to intervene in order to meet the needs of the agri tourism market in the United …

Fatty Acid Profiles Are Biomarkers Of Fish Habitat Use In A River-Floodplain Ecosystem, Neil P. Rude, Jesse T. Trushenski, Gregory Whitledge

Publications

Fatty acid (FA) analyses of fish tissues offer the potential to gain new knowledge of habitat or forage-specific energy inputs to fishes in river-floodplain ecosystems, although limited information exists regarding among-habitat differences in FA biomarkers. The goal of this study was to determine if differences in fish FA profiles among main channel and connected and disconnected floodplain lakes exist in large river-floodplain systems. Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus FA profiles were generated to assess differences among two reaches of the Illinois River, USA, and its connected and disconnected floodplain lakes and determine whether FA signatures could be used to reclassify fish to …

What Influences Do Age, Gender And Race/Ethnicity Have On The Overall Health Consequences Of Excess Lead In Children?, Jessica J. Smith

Research Papers

After Flint, Michigan governmental authorities introduced a more corrosive water source into an already aging water system without adequate corrosion control, the percentage of children with elevated blood lead levels increased, particularly in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods. The main objective of this research paper is to clarify influences of age, gender and race, ethnicity have on the overall health consequences of excess lead in children. There are studies that focus on the short and long term effects of neurological, hypertension, renal, and developmental on children. However, since specific demographic evidence is still limited, future research is still needed to implement a …

Changes In Health And Behavior During The Business Cycle, Mohammad Sediq Sameem

Dissertations

This dissertation considers to what extent changes in the unemployment rate – a proxy for the business cycle – drives changes in mortality and crime. I use a panel of U.S. counties from 1990 to 2013. I allow changes in the unemployment rate to have different effects upon mortality / crime in large versus small counties as well as between increases versus decreases in the unemployment rate. My results show great nuance along both these dimensions, suggesting that the effects of the business cycle are more subtle than what previous studies report. These results also give one greater insight into …

The Use Of The Expanded Health Belief Model (Ehbm) To Evaluate Osteoporosis Attitudes, Knowledge, Beliefs And Self Efficacy Of Nez Perce Tribal And Non Nez Perce Tribal Members In Nez Perce County, Id, Victor Nollen White

Dissertations

AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF VICTOR NOLLEN WHITE, for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Health Education, presented On November 14, 2014, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Title: THE USE OF THE EXPANDED HEALTH BELIEF MODEL (EHBM) TO EVALAUTE OSTEOPOROSIS ATTITUDES, KNOWLEDGE, BELIEFS AND SELF-EFFICACY OF NEZ PERCE TRIBAL AND NON NEZ PERCE TRIBAL MEMBERS IN NEZ PERCE COUNTY, IDAHO. Major Professor: Dr. Dhitinut Ratnapradipa According to the State of Idaho, the National Osteoporosis Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, osteoporosis is a public health concern nationally among non-Native American (NNA) and Native American (NA) …

The Evolution Of Inequity Aversion: Nonhuman Primate Responses To Unequal Reward Distributions, Jessica Feller

Theses

Inequity aversion, the negative response to receiving an unequal reward, has been intensely studied and is well established in humans. However, why humans developed a profound sense of equity is still enigmatic, and the evolutionary roots of this interesting phenomenon are still largely unknown. The little research that has been completed on nonhuman primates indicates that some species, like humans, are inequity averse, while others are not. Brosnan and de Waal (2003) suggested that an aversion to inequitable outcomes coevolved as a response to an increased emphasis on cooperative relationships, where individuals would respond negatively when their rewards differed from …

A Spatial Analysis Of The Relationship Between Obesity And The Built Environment In Southern Illinois, Shiloh Leah Deitz

Theses

Scholars have established that our geographic environments – including infrastructure for walking and food availability - contribute to the current obesity epidemic in the United States. However, the relationship between food, walkability, and obesity has largely only been investigated in large urban areas. Further, many studies have not taken an in-depth look at the spatial fabric of walkability, food, and obesity. The purpose of this study was two-fold: 1) to explore reliable methods, using sociodemographic census data, for estimating obesity at the neighborhood level in one region of the U.S. made up of rural areas and small towns – southern …

Biological Distance In Middle And Late Archaic Populations Of The Mid-South United States, Meadow Lea Campbell

Dissertations

This dissertation used osteometrics to assess the level of congruence between biological distance and long-distance material exchange in three Middle and Late Archaic groups living in the mid-South United States. Dental and cranial data support greater biological affinity between groups in southern Illinois (represented by individuals from the Black Earth site) and central Tennessee (individuals from Eva and surrounding sites) while groups in the Green River region of western Kentucky (Shell Mound Archaic) were somewhat more removed or perhaps more isolated. Females were more biologically variable than males for the majority of metrics used. This finding is suggestive of a …

Naturally Striated Muscle: Examining The Ideographic Crystallization Of, Dustin L. Briggs

Dissertations

In U.S. America and much of the Western world, natural is a venerated symbolic placeholder for any number of assumed virtues and ideals. Present conflicts have brought forward questions about what natural (which I argue functions as an ideograph) should mean in contexts that seem to call for a formal, enforceable definition. In this study, I use the vocabulary of Deleuze and Guattari (1987) and the context of bodybuilding to work towards a theory of how ambiguous ideographs become "striated" or “crystallized.” Within this discussion I present instances where natural has been employed as a vehicle to cause harm, and …

#Socialsupport For Diet And Physical Activity Via Web 2.0: A Qualitative Study Of College Women, Bethany Kies Kies

Dissertations

Like other adults in the U.S., college students, have high rates of obesity and overweight, and they have a pattern of poor diet and physical inactivity. Emerging adulthood is a key developmental period for building life-long habits and behaviors, and health theory suggests that one’s social environment and amount of social support affects health behaviors, particularly among women. With the technological advances of Web 2.0, or social media, the opportunity for providing social support for health behaviors through the online social environment now exists; social media is a game changer for both research and practice related to understanding the social …

The Placebo Effect Of Preworkout Drink On Muscular Strength, Joseph M. Guerra

Research Papers

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the placebo effect of a preworkout drink on muscular strength with leg press and bench press. Eighteen, experienced college aged males with at least 2 years of resistance training, volunteered for this study. The participants had different conditions on three separate days. Participants were given a condition which included a treatment, placebo, and control. The treatment was a fruit punch flavored preworkout drink (1MR Vortex by B.P.I. Sports) which contained caffeine. The amount of caffeine was equivalent of two cups of coffee. The placebo was a non-nutritional, caffeine-free, fruit punch flavor Hawaiian …

Healthy Communities In Southern Illinois, Shiloh L. Deitz

The Simon Review (Occasional Papers of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute)

Due to industrial and lifestyle changes, rural and small town areas are losing population and suffering economic hardship. These areas also suffer from the poorest health. However, most rural or small town residents also believe in the American Dream, revitalizing their local area, and preserving the small town or rural way of life. In this paper, I look at the relationship between obesity and local infrastructure – including walkability and access to healthy food – in southern Illinois. I then make suggestions for development policies for the region in the context of local public opinion.

Applying Aashe Stars To Examine Geography’S “Sense Of Place” In Sustainability Education, Makayla J. Bonney, Leslie A. Duram

Publications

Geography supports place-based inquiry for the learner, applying the old environmental adage of “think globally, act locally” to environmental problem solving. Many within and outside of the discipline of geography see it as a highly appropriate home for sustainability studies. Yet despite a history of human-environment education, place-based relevancy, and support from professional research or education organizations, studies show that geography does not always take a lead role in sustainability education. In the following, we revisit the contested histories of geography and sustainability education and show support for geography-led sustainability curriculum. The scope of this research is universities which have …

Perspectives On The Illinois Healthcare Delivery System Challenges, Structural Issues And Opportunities For Reform, Linda Baker

The Simon Review (Occasional Papers of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute)

As fourth year students in the program, students at SIU School of Medicine have enrolled in classes at the Institute and have spent a rotation studying public policy choices that impact the delivery of health care services and the profession itself. The choices made by these public entities will have ramifications for physicians, nurses, administrative support staff and most importantly, for patients and their families. Students have studied state healthcare policy formation up-close and have learned a great deal about the forces and factors that shape their fields of study. Common to all students’ findings and much of the literature …

The Mare As A Model For Luteinized Unruptured Follicle Syndrome: Intrafollicular Endocrine Milieu., S T Bashir, M O Gastal, S P Tazawa, S G S Tarso, D B Hales, J Cuervo-Arango, A R Baerwald, E L Gastal

Peer-reviewed Articles

Luteinized unruptured follicle (LUF) syndrome is a recurrent anovulatory dysfunction that affects up to 23% of women with normal menstrual cycles and up to 73% with endometriosis. Mechanisms underlying the development of LUF syndrome in mares were studied to provide a potential model for human anovulation. The effect of extended increase in circulating LH achieved by administration of recombinant equine LH (reLH) or a short surge of LH and decrease in progesterone induced by prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) on LUF formation (Experiment 1), identification of an optimal dose of COX-2 inhibitor (flunixin meglumine, FM; to block the effect of prostaglandins) for …

Racism Creates Barriers To Effective Community Policing, Robette Ann Dias

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

Robette Ann Dias has been the executive co-director of Crossroads Antiracism Organizing & Training since 2002.  Crossroads is a national organization that works in institutions and communities to create antiracist policy, practice and culture.  In this article Ms. Dias briefly reflects on four barriers to building trust and legitimacy in community policing that are created by racism: US society is built on a foundation of racism, every system including the legal system and law enforcement were originally designed to perpetuate white supremacy; denial of racism as a continued problem and policing as part of the problem, the prevalence of violence …

Officer Wellness: A Focus On Mental Health, Stephen M. Soltys

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

Police officers have a significantly shorter life expectancy than the general population.  Vehicle accidents, suicide, and homicide, along with poor nutrition, lack of exercise, and sleep deprivation contribute to reduced life expectancy among police officers.  The failure to recognize and treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is associated with an increased risk of suicide in association with concurrent depression.  Police officers have an elevated risk of PTSD because many police officers are exposed to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence, both as risks to themselves and as threats to the community members they serve.  Identifying PTSD and providing …

Assessing And Responding To Substance Misuse In Law Enforcement, Ted R. Miller, Deborah M. Galvin

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

Law enforcement personnel face the challenge of misuse of alcohol, illegal drugs, and prescription drugs.  Police officers may themselves misuse substances, and they may be aware of misuse among their family members or colleagues.  This paper assesses the extent of substance misuse among law enforcement personnel and provides lessons about how to structure effective prevention programs. Lessons are drawn from programs supported by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) cooperative agreements.  Successful implementation of prevention programs requires support from top management; an understanding of workplace culture; awareness of substance use attitudes and patterns of employees, management, and union …

Projected Dietary Intake Of Zinc, Copper, And Cerium From Consumption Of Carrot (Daucus Carota) Exposed To Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Or Metal Ions., Stephen Ebbs, Scott J Bradfield, Pawan Kumar, Jason C White, Xingmao Ma

Publications

The expanding production and use of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) have raised concerns about the potential risk of those materials to food safety and human health. In a prior study, the accumulation of Zn, Cu, and Ce from ZnO, CuO, or CeO2, respectively, was examined in carrot (Daucus carota L.) grown in sand culture in comparison to accumulation from exposure to equivalent concentrations of ionic Zn(2+), Cu(2+), or Ce(4+). The fresh weight concentration data for peeled and unpeeled carrots were used to project dietary intake of each metal by seven age-mass classes from child to adult based on consumption of a …

Sustainability Of Crop Production From Polluted Lands, P. C. Abhilash, Vishal Tripathi, Sheikh Edrisi, Rama Dubey, Mansi Bakshi, Pradeep Dubey, H. B. Singh, Stephen Ebbs

Publications

Sustainable food production for a rapidly growing global population is a major challenge of this century. In order to meet the demand for food production, an additional land area of 2.7 to 4.9 Mha year ^-1 will be required for agriculture. However, one third of arable lands are already contaminated, therefore the use of polluted lands will have to feature highly in modern agriculture. The use of such lands comes however with additional challenges and suitable agrotechnological interventions are essential for ensuring the safety and sustainability of relevant production system. There are also other issues to consider such as, cost …

Co-Infection By Chytrid Fungus And Ranaviruses In Wild And Harvested Frogs In The Tropical Andes., Robin W Warne, Brandon Labumbard, Seth Lagrange, Vance T Vredenburg, Alessandro Catenazzi

Publications

While global amphibian declines are associated with the spread of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), undetected concurrent co-infection by other pathogens may be little recognized threats to amphibians. Emerging viruses in the genus Ranavirus (Rv) also cause die-offs of amphibians and other ectotherms, but the extent of their distribution globally, or how co-infections with Bd impact amphibians are poorly understood. We provide the first report of Bd and Rv co-infection in South America, and the first report of Rv infections in the amphibian biodiversity hotspot of the Peruvian Andes, where Bd is associated with extinctions. Using these data, we tested the hypothesis …

2015-2016 Annual Report, Southern Illinois University Board Of Trustees

Annual Report Archive

No abstract provided.

2016-2017 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Graduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale

SIU Bulletins and Course Catalogs Archives

No abstract provided.

2016-2017 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Undergraduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale

SIU Bulletins and Course Catalogs Archives

No abstract provided.

Accumulation Of Zinc, Copper, Or Cerium In Carrot (Daucus Carota) Exposed To Metal Oxide Nanoparticles And Metal Ions, Stephen Ebbs, Scott Jared Bradfield, Pawan Kumar, Jason White, Craig Musante, Xingmao Ma

Publications

The release of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) into the environment has raised concerns about the potential risks to food safety and human health. There is a particular need to determine the extent of ENP uptake into plant foods. Belowground vegetables growing in direct contact with the growth substrate are likely accumulate the highest concentration of ENPs. Carrot (Daucus carota) was grown in sand amended with ZnO, CuO, or CeO₂ NPs or the same concentrations of Zn²⁺, Cu²⁺, or Ce⁴⁺. Treatment with ZnO or Zn²⁺ produced a concentration-dependent decrease in root and …

The Factors Influencing Terminal Market Prices Of Organic Vegetables & Fruits: Illustrated By The Examples Of Carrot, Broccoli, And Banana, Tianzheng Luo, Tianzheng Luo

Research Papers

This article studies the factors influencing the market price of organic fruits and vegetables. After several decades’ development, organic farming has become an important part of global agricultural markets, and besides, organic vegetables are also the largest part of organic sales. The study tends to find the significant factors that exert influence on the market. What’s more, carrot, Broccoli and Banana are the examples in the study. The results show that the increase of the market price of organic fruits and vegetables is influenced by the PPI, the number of stores, and the market price of non-organic fruits and vegetables, …

Select Dietary Fatty Acids Modulate Brain Long Chain Omega-3 And Omega-6 Pufa Content In Mice, Marie E. Funk Ms

Research Papers

AN ABSTRACT OF THE RESEARCH PAPER OF

MARIE E. FUNK, for the Master of Science degree in FOOD AND NUTRITION & KINESIOLOGY, approved on NOVEMBER 1, 2016, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

TITLE: SELECT DIETARY FATTY ACIDS MODULATE BRAIN LONG CHAIN OMEGA-3 AND OMEGA-6 PUFA CONTENET IN MICE

MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. William Banz

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of mental and physical disability and death in the general population. Neuronal dysfunction and behavioral decline associated with TBI can result from membrane instability in neurons, synaptic junctions, glia, endothelial cells and intracellular organelles. Membrane integrity, and reaction to …

Acute Effects Of Theacrine Supplementation On Muscular Strength And Muscular Endurance, Caleb J. Snyder

Research Papers

There are many performance-enhancing supplements on the market. Theacrine (1,3,7,9-tetramethyluric acid) is a new product similar to caffeine. Both are purine alkaloids thought to act as adenosine receptor antagonists. It has been reported to increase subjective energy levels among other beneficial effects, but has not yet been tested on muscular strength and muscular endurance. In a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study, eleven healthy resistance trained college-aged males received a 200mg dose of theacrine or a placebo. One-repetition max (1RM) and maximal repetition tests were performed after supplementation. A one-way repeated measures analysis of variance was completed between the treatments (placebo, …