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Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes May 3, 2018, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

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Draft Genome Sequence Of Loktanella Maritima Strain Ypc211, A Commensal Bacterium Of The American Lobster (Homarus Americanus), Hilary J. Ranson, Jason Laporte, Edward Spinard, Marta Gomez-Chiarri, David R. Nelson, David C. Rowley

Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences Faculty Publications

Loktanella maritima strain YPC211 was isolated from the American lobster (Homarus americanus). We report here the draft genome sequence for L. maritima YPC211 and identify genes of potential importance to its role within the microbial community.

Division Of Research And Economic Development Monthly Report For May 2018, Uri Division Of Research And Economic Development

Reports (Research and Economic Development)

The monthly reports include statistics for project proposals and awards received by individual academic and administrative departments at the University of Rhode Island.

Effects Of Environmental Enrichment On Behavior In A Domestic Goat Herd, Stephanie Peramas

Senior Honors Projects

Animal welfare is one of the most important parts of animal management. Apart from other measures of good animal welfare, like being in good health, animal behavior can be indicative of the animal’s internal state and is often one of the first signs of improper welfare. Stereotypies, or stereotypic behavior, are commonly viewed as a symptom of improper animal welfare. Unenriched, or barren, environments associated with farmed livestock have long been associated with inducing stereotypic behavior. The addition of precise enrichment to the animals’ environment is a common remedy for stereotypic behavior. With respect to stereotypic goat behavior, few empirical …

Urinformed May 2018, Urinformed

URInformed: The URI Employees' Newsletter

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Consumer Involvement In Japanese Pornography Production, Yukino Yamamoto, Caroline Norma, Ruwan Dep Weerasinghe

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

The authors examined two pornographic film series produced in Japan in the first decade of the twenty-first century, as well as their DVD box cover advertising copy. Additionally, and crucially, these data were examined in light of online forum posts made by the producers and consumers of the two film series before, during and after their production. These posts indicate consumer-producer cooperation and collaboration in all aspects of the series’ planning and execution, in addition to consumer involvement in the perpetration of the filmed sex acts and abuses themselves. The discussion of the article emphasizes the accelerating effect of online …

Veterinary Training Practice In Pinnipeds, Samantha Hatfield

Senior Honors Projects

Little research has been conducted in determining how to train a Northern Fur Sea Lion (Callorhinus ursinus) for veterinary husbandry care procedures. There is no clear path or instruction manual on how to complete a veterinary examination on a Fur Sea Lion, or any marine mammal for that matter, since every animal behaves and reacts differently. Animal behavior (ethology) is an ongoing field of study that focuses on the natural interactions between these species with each other, other living organisms (including humans), and their environment. The purpose of this research is to establish a guideline on how to begin training …

Vegan In College: Simple, Affordable, Healthy Meals For Students, Haley Cedarholm

Senior Honors Projects

Vegan in College

Simple, Affordable, Healthy Meals for Students

For the entirety of my college career I have led a vegan lifestyle. Like many students, college represented the first time in my life where I experienced true independence. As I began to live by myself, I had to make food choices and overcome barriers such as lack of time, money and knowledge of nutrition. While leading a healthy vegan lifestyle can be affordable and easy, I struggled to find this balance and I knew I wasn’t alone.

Many students, vegan or not, experience the same barriers to eating healthfully that …

Crispr Gene Editing In The Sea Squirt, Ciona Intestinalis, Evelyn Siler, Steven Irvine

Senior Honors Projects

Genetic manipulation has come a long way in the past ten years alone. Scientists have had access to gene editing techniques for decades, but until recently these methods have proven to be expensive and unpredictable. However, thanks to the development of a new, more efficient genome editing strategy called CRISPR/Cas9, more aggressive progress can now be made in genetics research.

CRISPR is not a machine or a physical tool, but rather it is a system that involves introducing a protein into a cell, along with a DNA segment that will attract the protein to a desired location on the DNA. …

Crackin' Open A Cold Barefoot Moscato With The Gals: A Market Campaign Proposal, Emily Miller

Senior Honors Projects

Barefoot Wine is one of the most well-recognized wine brands and is especially known for its sweet taste and affordable price. It is not marketed to a specific audience -- only to be a casual, fun wine. Millennials drank 42 percent of all wine consumed in the US in 2015, and census information suggests that the number of people aged 21+ is growing. As this population grows, so does the opportunity for Barefoot Wine to target this group with marketing and advertising campaigns.

The purpose of this project was to develop a marketing campaign craft ed toward college-aged females -- …

Choose Your Own Adventure: An Analysis Of Gender Inequality In Higher Education, Topaz Szewczok, Bethany Parslow

Senior Honors Projects

This project explores how gender inequality in contemporary society impacts the individual’s experiences in their career path, especially in regards to higher education. We document experiences that gender minorities have in their academic disciplines and gain insight on how individuals overcome or do not overcome being the gender minority. Our data come from in-depth interviews with college professors and survey responses from college students in gender segregated fields such as nursing, STEM, early education, and family studies. For this study, according to information gathered and published by the university, a “gendered field” at URI is determined by two thirds or …

The Effect Of High Maternal Milk Production During Pregnancy On Neonatal Health And Metabolism, Katelynn Cameron, Maria L. Hoffman Phd

Senior Honors Projects

The efficiency of the dairy industry relies heavily on the production of healthy calves. However, dairy operations experience high rates of calf mortality due to digestive and respiratory issues. One factor that could predispose calves to disease is the effects of maternal programming caused by high maternal milk production during pregnancy. We hypothesized that calves born to high producing dams will exhibit increased oxidative stress as well as increased circulating triglyceride and total cholesterol concentrations. Cows (n = 17) that produced ≥ 14,865 kg of milk during their lactations were classified as high producers. Alternately, cows (n = 18) that …

Physician Suicide: An Overlooked Epidemic, Emily Gallagher

Senior Honors Projects

Suicide, in general, can be a challenging topic to approach and dissect. It can be complicated and uncomfortable and is perpetuated as taboo. Physician suicide in particular can be even more complicated, confusing, and uncomfortable. The topic of physician suicide (as well as medical student suicide) is understudied and the literature available is underwhelming. The research I conducted focuses on the big picture of physician suicide. From the first year of medical school, to a new doctor’s residency, and on through their practice, physicians face a unique set of obstacles and adversities that shape their experience and ultimately lend to …

Draft Genome Sequence Of The Putative Marine Pathogen Aquimarina Sp. Strain I32.4, Hilary J. Ranson, Edward Spinard, Andrei Y. Chistoserdov, Marta Gomez-Chiarri, David R. Nelson, David C. Rowley

Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences Faculty Publications

Aquimarina sp. strain I32.4 (formerly Aquimarina sp. ‘homaria’) is a putative pathogen involved in epizootic shell disease in the American lobster (Homarus americanus). We report here the draft genome sequence for Aquimarina sp. strain I32.4 and describe virulence factors that may provide insight into its mechanism of pathogenicity.

Curricular Report No. 2017-18-11 From The Graduate Council To The Faculty Senate: Graduate Certificate In Aquaculture And Fisheries, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

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Totally Implantable Biosensor For Metabolic Monitoring And Manufacturing Of Complex Parenterals, Diane Burgess

Amgen Seminar Series in Chemical Engineering

This seminar will cover Implantable, miniaturized biosensors for glucose monitoring and as well as aspects of manufacturing of complex parenterals.

The development of a smart biosensor coating (containing drug releasing microspheres in a hydrogel) that prevents the foreign body response and allows long-term functionality of the sensors will be presented along with in vivo data covering rodent as well as a large animal model.

Manufacturing of complex parenteral drug products is challenging and is complicated by the need for FDA regulation. Till now the industry has utilized batch style manufacturing methods which tend be unreliable and result in inconsistent product …

The Five Hundred And Forty-Eighth Report Of The Curricular Affairs Committee, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

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The Five Hundred And Forty-Eighth Report Of The Curricular Affairs Committee: Curricular Proposals, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

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General Education Committee Report #2017-18-7, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

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Curricular Report No. 2017-18-11 From The Graduate Council To The Faculty Senate: Graduate Certificate In Aquaculture And Fisheries, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

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Curricular Report No. 2017-18-9 From The Graduate Council To The Faculty Senate, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

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Curricular Report No. 2017-18-9 From The Graduate Council To The Faculty Senate, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

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General Education Committee Report #2017-18-7, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

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Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes April 19, 2018, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

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Draft Genome Sequence Of Bowmanella Denitrificans Jl63, A Bacterium Isolated From Whiteleg Shrimp (Litopenaeus Vannamei) That Can Inhibit The Growth Of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus, Jason P. Laporte, Edward J. Spinard, Marta Gomez-Chiarri, David C. Rowley, John J. Mekalanos, David R. Nelson

Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences Faculty Publications

Bowmanella denitrificans strain JL63 was isolated from a whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) and was determined to have antibacterial activity against an acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) strain of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of this strain and identify genes that are potentially involved in its antibacterial activity.

Asymmetric Biotic Interactions And Abiotic Niche Differences Revealed By A Dynamic Joint Species Distribution Model, Nina K. Lany, Phoebe Zarnetske, Erin M. Schliep, Robert N. Schaeffer, Colin M. Orians, David A. Orwig, Evan L. Preisser

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

A species’ distribution and abundance are determined by abiotic conditions and biotic interactions with other species in the community. Most species distribution models correlate the occurrence of a single species with environmental variables only, and leave out biotic interactions. To test the importance of biotic interactions on occurrence and abundance, we compared a multivariate spatiotemporal model of the joint abundance of two invasive insects that share a host plant, hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA; Adelges tsugae) and elongate hemlock scale (EHS; Fiorina externa), to independent models that do not account for dependence among co‐occurring species. The joint model revealed …

The Effect Of Season On In Vitro And In Vivo Exsheathment Efficacy Of Stored Infective Haemonchus Contortus Larvae, Amy Vigneau

Senior Honors Projects

Small ruminant farmers have a constant battle with infections of gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) within their grazing sheep and goats. Haemonchus contortus, more commonly called the barber pole worm, is the most pathogenic parasite that feeds on blood, eventually causing anemia and weight loss, and even death. Ruminants have a four-chambered stomach consisting of the reticulum, rumen, omasum, and abomasum. The life cycle of H. contortus begins in the abomasum where the adult worms reside and reproduce, and the resulting eggs are shed out in the feces. The eggs hatch to yield larvae, which grow to the infective third stage …

Microbial Diversity In The Eukaryotic Sar Clade: Illuminating The Darkness Between Morphology And Molecular Data, Jean David Grattepanche, Laura M. Walker, Brittany M. Ott, Daniela L. Paim Pinto, Charles F. Delwiche, Christopher E. Lane, Laura A. Katz

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Despite their diversity and ecological importance, many areas of the SAR—Stramenopila, Alveolata, and Rhizaria—clade are poorly understood as the majority (90%) of SAR species lack molecular data and only 5% of species are from well-sampled families. Here, we review and summarize the state of knowledge about the three major clades of SAR, describing the diversity within each clade and identifying synapomorphies when possible. We also assess the “dark area” of SAR: the morphologically described species that are missing molecular data. The majority of molecular data for SAR lineages are characterized from marine samples and vertebrate hosts, highlighting the need for …

Screening For Traumatic Brain Injury In Prostituted Women, Melissa Farley, Martha E. Banks, Rosalie J. Ackerman, Jacqueline M. Golding

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

Violence is pervasive in prostitution and can cause traumatic brain injury (TBI). This study estimated the prevalence and demographic correlates of TBI among 66 women and transwomen in prostitution. Ninety-five percent had sustained head injuries, either by being hit in the head with objects and/or having their heads slammed into objects. Sixty-one percent had sustained head injuries in prostitution. The women described acute and chronic symptoms resulting from head injury and/or concussions. These included dizziness, depressed mood, headache, sleep difficulty, poor concentration, memory problems, difficulty following directions, low frustration tolerance, fatigue, and appetite and weight changes. Screening for TBI is …

General Education Committee Report #2017-18-6, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

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