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Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter, April 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Iowa Waste Reduction Center.

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter

Contents:

--- MSEIs Due Next Month
--- LEAD Adds Blasting to Course Offering
--- Food Waste Reduction Across Iowa
--- On the IWRC Blog
--- Industry News

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter, May 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Iowa Waste Reduction Center.

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter

Contents:

--- On the IWRC Blog
--- Industry News

Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V10n2, Spring 2014, Iowa Academy Of Science

New Bulletin

Inside This Issue:

--Message from the Executive Director

--Candidates for IAS President –Elect

--Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science

--Iowa Academy of Science 2014 Ballot

--Specify where your IAS donation goes

--2013 Member Donations to the Academy

--Announcements, Events & Deadlines

9th Annual Research In The Capitol [Program], April 1, 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. University Honors Program., Iowa State University. Honors Program., University Of Iowa. Honors Program.

Research in the Capitol Programs

Program of research presentations given at the Capitol by students from the University of Northern Iowa, Iowa State University, and the University of Iowa.

University Of Northern Iowa Elementary Teacher Education Senate Meeting Minutes, March 6, 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Elementary Teacher Education Senate.

Documents - Elementary Senate

Meeting minutes from the Elementary Teacher Education Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

Stem Stories, March 2014, Stefani Keller

STEM Stories

Student Profile - Emily Pei

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter, March 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Iowa Waste Reduction Center.

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter

Contents:

--- MSEIs Due May 15
--- On the IWRC Blog
--- Manufacturing News
--- Construction and Demolition News
--- Food Waste News
--- Auto Body / Collision Repair News
--- Water Quality News

The Update, March 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Humanities, Arts And Sciences.

Update

Inside this issue...

-- Slam Dunk : Featured Org, English Club
-- Department News
-- School of Music Events
-- Interpreters Theatre Productions Schedule
-- Department of Technology to Host "Expanding Your Horizons"
-- Two CHAS Alumnae Presented Outstanding Thesis Awards
-- Cyberdefense Competition Team
-- Featured Organization: Women in Physics Club
-- Shane Lies: Student Spotlight, Chemistry
-- Leanne Hotek: Alumni Spotlight, Philosophy & World Religions
-- Coming Up at Theatre UNI: Mauritius & August: Osage County

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, February 17, 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

Special Meeting (for postponed meeting of January 27, 2014)

Meeting minutes from the Faculty Senate of the University of Northern Iowa

University Of Northern Iowa Elementary Teacher Education Senate Meeting Minutes, February 6, 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Elementary Teacher Education Senate.

Documents - Elementary Senate

Meeting minutes from the Elementary Teacher Education Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter, February 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Iowa Waste Reduction Center.

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter

Contents:

--- Advance Iowa - an Economic Gardening Program for Iowa Companies
--- MSEIs Due May 15
--- Upcoming Webinar
--- Iowa News
--- National News

University Of Northern Iowa Elementary Teacher Education Senate Meeting Minutes, January 16, 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Elementary Teacher Education Senate.

Documents - Elementary Senate

Meeting minutes from the Elementary Teacher Education Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

International Panther, Winter 2014-2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Culture And Intensive English Program.

International Panther

Inside this issue:

-- From the CIEP Director
-- UNI Connections Teaching english to Speakers of Other Lanuages (TESOL) Program
-- CIEP Alumni: Larry Gomez
-- CIEP Current Student: Au Pair Laura Rodriguez Llanza Studies in CIEP
-- CIEP Students Celebrate Fall with a Cedar Valley Family, the Geiger's!
-- Fall 2014 Social & Culture Activities
-- CIEP Activities
-- A Home for the Holidays
-- Staff Spotlight: Anna Bender CIEP Secretary
-- CIEP Staff Projects
-- CIEP Scholarship Award Recipients - Fall 2014
-- World’s Window: India

Development And Psychometric Evaluation Of Scales To Measure Professional Confidence In Manual Medicine: A Rasch Measurement Approach, Mark D. Hecimovich, Irene Styles, Simone E. Volet

Faculty Publications

Background: Health professionals in athletic training, chiropractic, osteopathy, and physiotherapy fields, require high-level knowledge and skills in their assessment and management of patients. This is important when communicating with patients and applying a range of manual procedures. Prior to embarking on professional practice, it is imperative to acquire optimal situation-specific levels of self-confidence for a beginner practitioner in these areas. In order to foster this professional self-confidence within the higher education context, it is necessary to have valid and reliable scales that can measure and track levels and how they change. This study reports on the development and psychometric analysis …

Programs And Courses Catalog 2014-2016, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Programs and Courses Catalogs

This catalog is published for students and other persons who want to know more about the University of Northern Iowa. Its purpose is to communicate as objectively and completely as possible what the university is and what it does. The catalog is presented in sections to give a general view of the university as well as the detailed information required for informed decision making.

Proceedings Of The 126th Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science [Program, 2014], Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Program Summary --- 2-3
Acknowledgements --- 4
Contents --- 5
Iowa Junior Academy of Science Competition --- 6
General Session I --- 7
Iowa Junior Academy of Science Award Luncheon --- 8
Iowa Academy of Science Business Meeting --- 8
Necrology --- 8
Special Events --- 9
Iowa Academy of Science 2012-2013 Volunteers --- 10-11
Symposium A --- 12
Symposium B --- 13
Symposium C --- 14
Senior Poster Session Program --- 15-19
Social Hour --- 20
President's Banquet --- 20-21
General Session II --- 22
General Session III --- 23
Excellence in Science Teaching Awards Luncheon --- 24 …

Gene Expression Of Components Of The Insulin/Insulin-Like Signaling Pathway In Response To Heat Stress In The Garter Snake, Thamnophis Elegans, Tonia S. Schwartz, Anne M. Bronikowski

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

The insulin/insulin-like signaling (IIS) pathway is an evolutionary conserved molecular signaling pathway that regulates growth, reproduction, stress resistance, and longevity in response to nutrition and external stress. While the constituents of this pathway and their functions are relatively well understood in laboratory model animals, they have not been explored in many other organisms, with notable exceptions in the fisheries literature. We tested for the gene expression of four key components of this pathway in the garter snake (Thamnophis elegans) liver, and determine how the transcription of these components responds to heat stress. We found that the two insulin-like …

Synchronous Rotation In The Eclipsing Binary 68 Herculis Inferred From Doppler Shifts In Its Spectrum And Light Curve Modeling, Kenneth W. Mclaughlin, Janak Panthi

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

Our differential photometry of the eclipsing binary 68 Herculis through V- and R-filters shows periodic minima consistent with a previously established period. As a function of its orbital motion, we report spectra over a limited wavelength range encompassing H-alpha 656.3 nm and helium 667.8 nm lines. Doppler shifts of both stars were resolved in H-alpha, while only the more massive star rendered the helium line with Doppler shifts that agree with the radial velocity we derive for it from the H-alpha profile. Sinusoidal curve-fits to the orbital dependence of the radial velocities imply circular orbits for both components, with amplitudes …

Improved Functional Prediction Of Hypothetical Proteins From Listeria Monocytogenes 08-5578, Michael J. Lagier, Brittany Bowman, Kelsey Brend, Katherine Hobbs, Michael Foggia, Mark Mcdaniel

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne human pathogen responsible for listerosis. The genomes of several L. monocytogenes strains have been recently sequenced. The genome of L. monocytogenes 08-5578, which was in part responsible for a significant listerosis outbreak in 2008, contains an unexpectedly high percentage of protein-encoding genes (1,927 out of 3,161; 60.96%) autonomously annotated as hypothetical proteins. The aim of this study was to test whether a manual annotation strategy could be used to assign more meaningful functional names to the hypothetical proteins of 08-5578. A holistic, manual gene annotation strategy that utilized sequence homology, cellular localization predictions, structure-based evidence, …

The Role Of An Urban Tallgrass Prairie Remnant In Conservation: A Case Study In Central Iowa (Usa), Jimmie D. Thompson, Deborah Q. Lewis, William R. Norris

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

Although more than 85% of Iowa (USA) was covered by tallgrass prairie at the time of settlement by Europeans in the early 19th century, less than 0.1% remains. The Richard W. Pohl State Preserve at Ames (IA) High School, surrounded on three sides by structures, roads, and other development, protects 4 ha of tallgrass prairie. The preserve, commonly referred to as Ames High Prairie (AHP), was grazed but never plowed under private ownership until its acquisition by the Ames School District in 1959.

Although considered for development as a parking lot or football field in the 1960s, the residents of …

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Csbs Statements, V16, 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Social And Behavioral Sciences.

CSBS Statements

Contents:

-- From the Desk of the Dean
-- Jeff Kurtz
-- Tabatha Cruz
-- Mike Isaacson
-- Catwalk 22
-- Public History Efforts Expand
-- The Geography of History
-- Master Class Connects Textiles & Apparel and Geography
-- Arctic-FROST
-- GeoBridge
-- College of Social & Behavioral Sciences Loyalty Roster
-- Dean's Fund Inner Circle
-- From our Director of Development
-- Panther Caucus
-- The Emerging Treatment of Trauma Informed Care
-- Coffee with the Dean
-- 2014 CSBS Distinguished Alumni Named
-- Dr. Jackson Katz visits UNI Center for Violence Prevention
-- In Celebration of Creativity …

Next Generation Science Standards Professional Development For Science Educators: 5th Grade Project Based Learning Including Digital Video On Youtube Developing Nextgen Science Standards, Travis William Benner

Graduate Research Papers

This paper relates how elementary science teachers can integrate Next Generation Science Standards into their classroom. Classroom examples are highlighted and explained in YouTube digital media to help teachers identify how their classroom instruction can change to support these standards. The content focus of these videos will include Next Generation Science Standards for fifth grade in Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science, and in Engineering Practices. Questioning techniques are examined and modeled in the accompanying video presentations.

The Effects Of On-Line Math Games And E-Books Use On Elementary Student Achievement, Mel Carnahan

Graduate Research Papers

Game-based learning and the use of e-books is becoming increasingly more supported in classrooms as methods of increasing both student engagement and student achievement in all curricular areas. The purpose of this literature review is to examine current research on the effects of online math games and e-books on elementary student engagement and academic achievement. Over thirty peer-reviewed journal articles published in the last ten years are critically reviewed and analyzed. The findings show that online game-based learning and e-books can be effective tools within the confines of the elementary classroom, as long as careful consideration is given to student …

Digital Storytelling : The Impact On Student Engagement, Motivation And Academic Learning, Mindy Foelske

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this literature review was to examine the effects of storytelling on student engagement and motivation, literacy skills, and content knowledge across curriculum areas. In this review, over thirty purposefully selected peer-reviewed journal articles about the effects of digital storytelling on students' learning in the classroom were critically analyzed and evaluated. The research evidence showed that digital storytelling increases student motivation and engagement in student-centered projects. It had a positive effect on the improvement of literacy skills, other content knowledge and the 21st century skills both for the normal students and the students who normally struggle with writing …

A Review Of The Effects Of Computer-Based Reading Programs On Middle School Students, Ann Hansen

Graduate Research Papers

With increases in the availability of technology in the classroom many educators are looking to computer-based reading programs to help close the gap in student reading achievement. The purpose of this review is to examine research on computer-based reading programs meant to improve reading achievement in middle school students in grades 6-8. Over thirty peer-reviewed journal articles and professional papers within the last 10 years were critically analyzed. The research evidence showed inconsistency about the effects of Accelerated Reader on middle school students, the mixed results of computer-based reading programs on at-risk students, and the positive results of a balanced …

The Effect Of Game-Based Learning On Middle School Students' Academic Achievement, Marija-Lisa Musselman

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this literature review is to explore the connections of paratexts and multiple literacies in game-based learning to traditional literacies and examine the effectiveness of game-based learning on middle school students' academic performance in STEM subjects. Thirty peer-reviewed journal articles with a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods as well as literature reviews were surveyed. Research shows game-based learning is a viable instructional method that offers close connections to traditional literacies in the classroom and an opportunity for improving student academic achievement when implemented purposefully in STEM content areas. Recommendations for teachers' effective implementation and the future directions …

Effects Of Physical Activity On Academic Performance & Cognitive Development, Jared Tucker

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study is to review literature about the correlation between physical activity and academic performance. It will also be attempted to explain this phenomenon by identifying the impact of exercise on cognitive processes. Studies show that physical activity has a positive linear correlation to academic test scores; specifically in reading and math. Comparisons of FitnessGram Software scores and standardized testing reveal that students' overall level of physical fitness is predictive of academic prowess and that as achievement of healthy zone increased, so did the likelihood of higher academic achievement. The cognitive functions of the brain are believed …

Increasing Student Involvement In Physics: An Activity Based Curriculum Unit For The Physics Classroom, Melinda Leah Hamann

Graduate Research Papers

Perhaps the biggest hurdle in education today is student engagement. Students who are engaged have meaningful interactions with the classroom and are able to internalize what they have learned and use it in their lives (Newman, 1992). This has far reaching effects, not only for the classroom but for the school and community as well. When students are engaged attendance rates, homework completion and classroom participation increase. It is no wonder that engagement is one of the most used educational buzzwords.

Technology's Role In Inquiry-Based Learning, Melissa Mulder

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to explore the role of technological devices such as computers, cell phones, or tablets in inquiry-based learning. Twice a week over a three-week time period, the researcher observed a population of 24 seventh graders in a classroom from a large Midwestern school district and watched to see when they used their technological devices for inquiry learning. The researcher noted whether device usage was teacher directed or if the students chose to use the devices while searching for information. In addition, the researcher used semi-structured interviews with three students and their teacher to understand more …