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Learning To Lead, Erin Callahan

SEHS News for Alumni

The National Council on Teacher Quality ranked UD’s teacher education program No. 4 out of 107 “Top Ranked” teacher preparation programs. The Review evaluated a total of 1,612 programs. The University of Dayton was recognized for the quality of its elementary education program, specifically early childhood education. The Review examined elementary content, early reading, working with struggling readers and classroom management, and assessed several EDT reading and math courses.

Global Perspective: Exceptional Care, Erin Callahan

SEHS News for Alumni

Each year, a group of 10 second and third year students in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program travel to China as part of an exchange program and earn a summer certificate for their involvement. They learn about the similarities and differences between Eastern and Western philosophies of medicine, the kinds of healthcare Mainland China offers, and they participate in lessons both to teach methods of physical therapy, and learn about new methods.

September 2015 Isidore Update, University Of Dayton. Center For Online Learning

Center for Online Learning Newsletter

This issue includes feedback from students about their Isidore preferences.

Premedical Programs Newsletter, September 2015, University Of Dayton

Pre-Health Resource Center Campus Communications

Newsletter for students, staff, and faculty in the premedical and predental programs.

Bird’S Eye View: Using Twitter In #Clubroesch, Katy Kelly, Hector Escobar

Roesch Library Faculty Publications

For many libraries, social media is usually another platform to share information about library resources and events. For some, the term has become overused so much that the social aspect has fallen by the wayside. Facebook page updates or tweets are only part of what you can bring to and achieve from social media.

In this article we discuss how students communicate with our academic library on Twitter, and how we used conversations to improve library spaces, technology, and services. We will explain the process of tracking and responding to student tweets, as well as the pros and cons of …

Tailoring Optical Complex Field With Spiral Blade Plasmonic Vortex Lens, Guanghao Rui, Qiwen Zhan, Yiping Cui

Electro-Optics and Photonics Faculty Publications

Optical complex fields have attracted increasing interests because of the novel effects and phenomena arising from the spatially inhomogeneous state of polarizations and optical singularities of the light beam. In this work, we propose a spiral blade plasmonic vortex lens (SBPVL) that offers unique opportunities to manipulate these novel fields. The strong interaction between the SBPVL and the optical complex fields enable the synthesis of highly tunable plasmonic vortex. Through theoretical derivations and numerical simulations we demonstrated that the characteristics of the plasmonic vortex are determined by the angular momentum (AM) of the light, and the geometrical topological charge of …

University Of Dayton Magazine, Autumn 2015, University Of Dayton Magazine

University of Dayton Alumni Publications

In this issue articles include "Drawing on Your Fears"; "Bodies in Motion"; and "Why I Can't Be My Son's Mother".

Creche Herald Vol. 19, No. 3, Rita B. Bocher

Creche Herald

The Fall 2015 publication features nativity sets and personal reflections from members in the organization; information about nativities and nativity exhibits; and information about the Friends of the Creche annual meeting.

September 2015, Pope Francis

Marian Thoughts of Pope Francis

No abstract provided.

Content, Credibility, And Readership: Putting Your Institutional Repository On The Map, Maureen E. Schlangen

Roesch Library Staff Publications

Open-access institutional repositories have become a reliable and stable medium for sharing scholarly work, advancing research, and elevating an institution’s profile. However, it takes time and effective marketing to gather content, build the repository’s credibility, and attract readership. Here, a handful of successful repository managers share what they have learned from the launch and growth of their repositories.

Directional Ringlet Intensity Feature Transform For Tracking, Evan Krieger, Paheding Sidike, Theus H. Aspiras, Vijayan K. Asari

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

The challenges existing for current intensity-based histogram feature tracking methods in wide area motion imagery include object structural information distortions and background variations, such as different pavement or ground types. All of these challenges need to be met in order to have a robust object tracker, while attaining to be computed at an appropriate speed for real-time processing. To achieve this we propose a novel method, Directional Ringlet Intensity Feature Transform (DRIFT), that employs Kirsch kernel filtering and Gaussian ringlet feature mapping. We evaluated the DRIFT on two challenging datasets, namely Columbus Large Image Format (CLIF) and Large Area Image …

Staff Spotlight: Sharon Mize, University Of Dayton

SEHS News for Alumni

As the business office assistant, Sharon Mize provides administrative support to the department’s financial operations. She sees every day as a learning experience and takes advantage of every opportunity to advance her skills.

Student Spotlight: Rev. Lawrence Nwabueze, O.P., University Of Dayton

SEHS News for Alumni

Reverend Lawrence Nwabueze, O.P. comes to the University of Dayton from Nigeria where he completed his undergraduate degree in the Faculty of Education. He is a member of the Religious Order of Preachers (Dominicans) in the Province of Saint Joseph the Worker, Nigeria and Ghana (O.P.). The O.P. operates schools in Nigeria with a goal of being vessels of God’s love in the challenges of modern-day West Africa. Father Nwabueze was ordained a priest on January 3, 2004. He arrived in the United States on his first mission outside his home country in December of 2005.

Vanadium Oxide Thin-Film Variable Resistor-Based Rf Switches, Kuanchang Pan, Weisong Wang, Eunsung Shin, Kelvin Freeman, Guru Subramanyam

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Vanadium dioxide (VO2) is a unique phase change material (PCM) that possesses a metal-to-insulator transition property. Pristine VO2 has a negative temperature coefficient of resistance, and it undergoes an insulator-to-metal phase change at a transition temperature of 68°C. Such a property makes the VO2 thin-film-based variable resistor (varistor) a good candidate in reconfigurable electronics to be integrated with different RF devices such as inductors, varactors, and antennas. Series single-pole single-throw (SPST) switches with integrated VO2 thin films were designed, fabricated, and tested. The overall size of the device is 380 μm × 600 μm. The SPST switches were fabricated on …

Analyzing Major Challenges Of Wind And Solar Variability In Power Systems, Falko Ueckerdt, Robert Brecha, Gunnar Luderer

Physics Faculty Publications

Ambitious policy targets together with current and projected high growth rates indicate that future power systems will likely show substantially increased generation from renewable energy sources. A large share will come from the variable renewable energy (VRE) sources wind and solar photovoltaics (PV); however, integrating wind and solar causes challenges for existing power systems. In this paper we analyze three major integration challenges related to the structural matching of demand with the supply of wind and solar power: low capacity credit, reduced utilization of dispatchable plants, and over-produced generation. Based on residual load duration curves we define corresponding challenge variables …

2015 At The Manger Promotional Card, Ann Zlotnik

Reports and Promotional Materials

This card (finished size 8.5 by 5.5 inches) promotes "Christmas and Beyond," the University Libraries' 2015 "At the Manger" exhibit of Nativity scenes. The card provides information about the exhibit, set for Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, through Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, at the University of Dayton Roesch Library, as well as a grand opening event on Nov. 28, 2015.

The annual "At the Manger" exhibit showcases a selection of crèches from around the world; the crèches are part of the Marian Library's collection of several thousand Nativity sets.

Archival Exhibits As Interdisciplinary Teaching Tools: A Case Study, Jillian M. Ewalt

Marian Library Faculty Publications

This case study describes a recent exhibit of archival photographs at the University of Dayton and how it was used as a teaching tool in an undergraduate course. The exhibit, Faith, Reason, and One-Hour Processing, showcased archival photographs from the Marian Library, a special library on campus devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary. This article outlines how the project was developed in conjunction with a campus-wide theme, Faith and Reason, and used as a teaching tool in an interdisciplinary undergraduate course, Development of Western Culture in a Global Context (ASI 120). This article also suggests the interdisciplinary potential of Catholic …

Distinguished Research: Dr. Susan Davies On Traumatic Brain Injuries, University Of Dayton

SEHS News for Alumni

Dr. Susan Davies is an associate professor and coordinator of the school psychology program in the Department of Counselor Education and Human Services. Dr. Davies is one of a few national scholars studying the role of schools in helping children and young adults who have sustained concussions and more severe traumatic brain injuries (TBIs).

Inspirational Move, Molly Blake

SEHS News for Alumni

Having bid adieu to its previous homes in Chaminade Hall and Frericks Convocation Center, the School of Education and Health Sciences capped off a major transition to Fitz Hall this past summer. The move kicked off in May 2014 when Teacher Education, Center for Catholic Education, and Dean’s Office initiated the transition. After that, the Counselor Education & Human Services and Educational Administration and Health & Sports Science departments completed the move.

Selecting Instructional Materials, Charles J. Russo

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

A recent dispute from Columbus, Ohio, that made some national headlines dramatically illustrates what can happen to teachers who fail to preview materials and consequently show inappropriate films or use other media unsuited for student instruction.

The outcome of that case was more dramatic and unusual than in similar cases. Even so, this incident demonstrates that educators in K–12 schools can lose their jobs if they fail to use their discretion and comply with board policies in selecting appropriate materials and subjects for their classes and previewing materials before using them in instructional settings.

Improvisation In The Arts, Aili W. Bresnahan

Philosophy Faculty Publications

This article focuses primarily on improvisation in the arts as discussed in philosophical aesthetics, supplemented with accounts of improvisational practice by arts theorists and educators. It begins with an overview of the term improvisation, first as it is used in general and then as it is used to describe particular products and practices in the individual arts. From here, questions and challenges that improvisation raises for the traditional work-of-art concept, the type-token distinction and the appreciation and evaluation of the arts will be explored. This article concludes with the suggestion that further research and discussion on improvisation in the arts …

Ideological Social Identity: Psychological Attachment To Ideological In-Groups As A Political Phenomenon And A Behavioral Influence, Christopher J. Devine

Political Science Faculty Publications

Motivated by symbolic ideology research and Social Identity Theory (SIT), this article introduces an original measure of ideological social identity (ISI) designed to capture feelings of psychological attachment to an ideological in-group and facilitate analysis of their attitudinal and behavioral effects. Data from a nationally representative sample of survey experimental participants indicates that the ISI scale is empirically distinct from ideological self-placement, the standard measure of symbolic ideology, and it conditions the effects of self-placement on vote choice in actual and hypothetical election scenarios. ISI is also common within the American public, particularly among conservatives, and responsive to environmental stimuli …

Review: 'Atlantic Automobilism: Emergence And Persistence Of The Car, 1895-1940', John Alfred Heitmann

History Faculty Publications

Gijs Mom particularly wants to answer the question of Why? Why the car (and not, say, the bicycle) Why in the North-Atlantic realm, and not elsewhere initially? During the course of seven intense and lengthy chapters that are further divided into two parts (1895-1918 and 1918-1940) Mom goes deep into motives as to why the internal combustion engine car has come to dominate our lives. These include masculinity and adventure; tourism; male violence and aggression; pleasure and consumption; encapsulation in closed vehicles and the cyborg relationship between driver and the machine; thrills and risks; gender and family structures; tinkering and …

Drosophila Eye Model To Study Neuroprotective Role Of Creb Binding Protein (Cbp) In Alzheimer’S Disease, Timothy Cutler, Ankita Sarkar, Michael Moran, Andrew Steffensmeier, Oorvashi Roy Puli, Greg Mancini, Meghana Tare

Biology Faculty Publications

Background: The progressive neurodegenerative disorder Alzheimer’s disease (AD) manifests as loss of cognitive functions, and finally leads to death of the affected individual. AD may result from accumulation of amyloid plaques. These amyloid plaques comprising of amyloid-beta 42 (Aβ42) polypeptides results from the improper cleavage of amyloid precursor protein (APP) in the brain. The Aβ42 plaques have been shown to disrupt the normal cellular processes and thereby trigger abnormal signaling which results in the death of neurons. However, the molecular-genetic mechanism(s) responsible for Aβ42 mediated neurodegeneration is yet to be fully understood.

Methodology/Principal Findings: We have utilized Gal4/UAS system to …

Characterization Of Iron Phthalocyanine As The Cathode Active Material For Lithium-Ion Batteries, Sarwan S. Sandhu, Joseph P. Fellner

Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

The developed thermodynamic functions for the determination of Gibbs free energy, enthalpy, and entropy of formation of solid lithium-iron phthalocyanine (LixFePc) from solid lithium and iron phthalocyanine as a function of x, defined as g-moles of the intercalated lithium per g-mole of iron phthalocyanine, at a fixed set of temperature and pressure conditions are presented. In addition, a proposed expression for the evaluation of lithium diffusion coefficient in solid iron phthalocyanine as a function of both x and temperature, and the experimental results from the ongoing research/development work on the lithium/iron phthalocyanine cells are included.

The Cababc Operon Essential For Biofilm And Rugose Colony Development In Vibrio Vulnificus, Jin Hwan Park, Youmi Jo, Song Yee Jang, Haenaem Kwon, Yasuhiko Irie, Matthew R. Parsek, Myung Hee Kim, Sang Ho Choi

Biology Faculty Publications

A transcriptome analysis identified Vibrio vulnificus cabABC genes which were preferentially expressed in biofilms. The cabABC genes were transcribed as a single operon. The cabA gene was induced by elevated 3′,5′-cyclic diguanylic acid (c-di-GMP) and encoded a calcium-binding protein CabA. Comparison of the biofilms produced by the cabA mutant and its parent strain JN111 in microtiter plates using crystal-violet staining demonstrated that CabA contributed to biofilm formation in a calcium-dependent manner under elevated c-di-GMP conditions. Genetic and biochemical analyses revealed that CabA was secreted to the cell exterior through functional CabB and CabC, distributed throughout the biofilm matrix, and produced …

The Role Of Biological Fluid And Dynamic Flow In The Behavior And Cellular Interactions Of Gold Nanoparticles, Emily K. Breitner, Saber M. Hussain, Kristen K. Comfort

Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

Background: Due to their distinctive physicochemical properties, nanoparticles (NPs) have proven to be extremely advantageous for product and application development, but are also capable of inducing detrimental outcomes in biological systems. Standard in vitro methodologies are currently the primary means for evaluating NP safety, as vast quantities of particles exist that require appraisal. However, cell-based models are plagued by the fact that they are not representative of complex physiological systems. The need for a more accurate exposure model is highlighted by the fact that NP behavior and subsequent bioresponses are highly dependent upon their surroundings. Therefore, standard in vitro models …

In The News: August 31, 2015, Michael Duricy

Marian Library Blog Archive

Read recent items about Mary in both Catholic and secular news, as International Marian Research Institute news and updates.

Weekly Features: August 31, 2015, University Of Dayton

Marian Library Blog Archive

What do aviation, lady bugs and the color blue have in common? They are all discussed in this week's features.

The Faithful Flyer, 08-30-2015, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.