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

Faculty Senate Bills

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

Faculty Senate Bills

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Curricular Report No. 2017-18-7 From The Graduate Council To The Faculty Senate, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

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Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes March 22, 2018, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

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Curricular Report No. 2017-18-7 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 #2017-18-6, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

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Advanced Methods In Applied Animal Behavior Avs 443, Michael Cerbo

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Toward Optimizing Global Learning Opportunities For Us Physical Therapy Students: A Description Of Current Practices And Initial Recommendations, Jennifer Audette, Cathy Peterson, Lana Svien

Physical Therapy Faculty Publications

Purpose. To examine and describe the structure, curricular objectives, and outcome measurement practices of faculty developing and providing international opportunities in physical therapy education programs and to provide guidance and initial recommendations for faculty.

Background. Physical therapy educational programs are adding international opportunities as a way to address the increasingly global nature of the profession. Guidelines to enhance practice, optimize the experience, and provide structure for managing risk are warranted.

Methods. A researcher-developed survey was distributed to 216 physical therapy education programs and professional listservs. Respondents from 56 programs (26%) returned the survey. Data were analyzed descriptively.

Results. Most respondents …

The Harmful Sexual And Non-Sexual Behaviors Of Trafficked Women And Children In Mexico: A Study Of Victims Of Sexual Exploitation, Arun Kumar Acharya, Lilia Susana Padilla Y Sotelo, Jose Juan Cervantes Niño

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

During the last 17 years, since the adoption of the Palermo Protocol, authorities at international and national levels have investigated and prosecuted trafficking cases, and aided victims. Nevertheless, every day thousands of people around the world are sold, lured with false promises and exploited. In Mexico, 10,000 young girls and women are said to be trafficked into cities for sexual exploitation every year. Trafficked victims suffer a wide range of sexual exploitation, physical and psychological violence, human rights violations including their right to dignity, and cruel and inhumane treatment, creating vulnerability and isolation. To cope, many victims adopt harmful sexual …

Graduate Certificate In Aquaculture And Fisheries, Joanna Burkhardt

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A Comment On Priors For Bayesian Occupancy Models, Joseph Northrup, Brian D. Gerber

Natural Resources Science Faculty Publications

Understanding patterns of species occurrence and the processes underlying these patterns is fundamental to the study of ecology. One of the more commonly used approaches to investigate species occurrence patterns is occupancy modeling, which can account for imperfect detection of a species during surveys. In recent years, there has been a proliferation of Bayesian modeling in ecology, which includes fitting Bayesian occupancy models. The Bayesian framework is appealing to ecologists for many reasons, including the ability to incorporate prior information through the specification of prior distributions on parameters. While ecologists almost exclusively intend to choose priors so that they are …

Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents As Natural Egg-Case Incubators At The Galapagos Rift, Pelayo Salinas-De-León, Brennan Phillips, David Ebert, Mahmood Shivji, Florencia Cerutti-Pereyra, Cassandra Ruck, Charles R. Fisher, Leigh Marsh

Ocean Engineering Faculty Publications

The discovery of deep-sea hydrothermal vents in 1977 challenged our views of ecosystem functioning and yet, the research conducted at these extreme and logistically challenging environments still continues to reveal unique biological processes. Here, we report for the first time, a unique behavior where the deep-sea skate, Bathyraja spinosissima, appears to be actively using the elevated temperature of a hydrothermal vent environment to naturally “incubate” developing egg-cases. We hypothesize that this behavior is directly targeted to accelerate embryo development time given that deep-sea skates have some of the longest egg incubation times reported for the animal kingdom. Similar egg …

Biology Of Bees And Pollination Ecology Ent 388, Michael Cerbo

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Evaluation Of Polyphenol Anthocyanin-Enriched Extracts Of Blackberry, Black Raspberry, Blueberry, Cranberry, Red Raspberry, And Strawberry For Free Radical Scavenging, Reactive Carbonyl Species Trapping, Anti-Glycation, Anti-Β-Amyloid Aggregation, And Microglial Neuroprotective Effect, Hang Ma, Shelby L. Johnson, Weixi Lu, Nicholas A. Dasilva, Susan Meschwitz, Joel A. Dain, Navindra P. Seeram

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Glycation is associated with several neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD), where it potentiates the aggregation and toxicity of proteins such as β-amyloid (Aβ). Published studies support the anti-glycation and neuroprotective effects of several polyphenol-rich fruits, including berries, which are rich in anthocyanins. Herein, blackberry, black raspberry, blueberry, cranberry, red raspberry, and strawberry extracts were evaluated for: (1) total phenolic and anthocyanins contents, (2) free radical (DPPH) scavenging and reactive carbonyl species (methylglyoxal; MGO) trapping, (3) anti-glycation (using BSA-fructose and BSA-MGO models), (4) anti-Aβ aggregation (using thermal- and MGO-induced fibrillation models), and, (5) murine microglia (BV-2) neuroprotective properties. Berry crude …

Food Systems, Sustainability And Health Afs 404, Michael Cerbo

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Theoretical Explanations Of Jyoshi Kousei Business ("Jk Business") In Japan, Mutsumi Ogaki

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

Jyoshi kousei (JK) means high school girls in Japanese and “JK business” is an umbrella term for commercial activities done by high school girls to provide male customers with sexual arousal. The “JK business” is considered to promote sexual exploitation or sexual assault of minors. Currently, only two prefectures out of 47 in Japan enforce ordinances that specifically regulate the “JK business.” This paper intends to explore possible theoretical explanations of the “JK business” to raise awareness on the issue. Gendered pathways theory and sexual script theory are selected as the primary source of the discussions. Policy implications and future …

A Review Of Combination Antimicrobial Therapy For Enterococcus Faecalis Bloodstream Infections And Infective Endocarditis, Maya Beganovic, K. Luther, Louis B. Rice, Cesar A. Arias, Michael J. Rybak, Kerry L. Laplante

Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Research Faculty Publications

Enterococci, one of the most common causes of hospital-associated infections, are responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality. Enterococcus faecalis, the more common and virulent species, cause serious high-inoculum infections, namely infective endocarditis, that are associated with cardiac surgery and mortality rates that remained unchanged for the last 30 years. The best cure for these infections are observed with combination antibiotic therapy; however, optimal treatment has not been fully elucidated. It is the purpose of this review to highlight treatment options, their limitations, and provide direction for future investigative efforts to aid in the treatment of these severe infections. While ampicillin …

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

Faculty Senate Bills

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Usage Statistics: Project Counter R4 Book Report 2 (Br2) By Title 2016-2017, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Project COUNTER R4 Book Report 2 (BR2) for the University of Rhode Island for the period from July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017. Book Report 2 is defined as "Number of Successful Section Requests by Month and Title." This report presents the data by title on an annual basis.

File for download is Excel spreadsheet generated by Alma Analytics.

Usage Statistics: Project Counter R4 Book Report 1 (Br1) By Title 2016-2017, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Project COUNTER R4 Book Report 1 (BR1) for the University of Rhode Island for the period from July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017. Book Report 1 is defined as "Number of Successful Title Requests by Month and Title." This report presents the data by title on an annual basis.

File for download is Excel spreadsheet generated by Alma Analytics.

Usage Statistics: Project Counter R4 Journal Report 1 (Jr1) 2016-2017, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Project COUNTER R4 Journal Report 1 (JR1) for the University of Rhode Island for the period from July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017. Journal Report 1 is defined as "Number of Successful Full-Text Article Requests by Month and Journal." This report presents the data on an annual basis.

File for download is Excel spreadsheet generated by Alma Analytics.

Reading Fantasies In Eugène Sue’S Les Mystères De Paris, Carolyn Betensky

English and Creative Writing Faculty Publications

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Fisheries Science Afs 215, Michael Cerbo

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Small Genome Separates Native And Invasive Populations In An Ecologically Important Cosmopolitan Grass, Petr Pyšek, Hana Skálová, Jan Čuda, Wen-Yong Guo, Jan Suda, Jan Doležal, Ondřej Kauzál, Carla Lambertini, Magdalena Lučanová, Terezie Mandáková, Lenka Moravcová, Klára Pyšková, Hans Brix, Laura A. Meyerson

Natural Resources Science Faculty Publications

The literature suggests that small genomes promote invasion in plants, but little is known about the interaction of genome size with other traits or about the role of genome size during different phases of the invasion process. By intercontinental comparison of native and invasive populations of the common reed Phragmites australis, we revealed a distinct relationship between genome size and invasiveness at the intraspecific level. Monoploid genome size was the only significant variable that clearly separated the North American native plants from those of European origin. The mean Cx value (the amount of DNA in one chromosome set) for …

Ontogenetic Partial Migration Is Associated With Environmental Drivers And Influences Fisheries Interactions In A Marine Predator, James S E Lea, Bradley M. Wetherbee, Lara L. Sousa, Choy Aming, Neil Burnie, Nicholas E. Humphries, Nuno Queiroz, Guy M. Harvey, David W. Sims, Mahmood S. Shivji

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

The ability to predict animal movement based on environmental change is essential for understanding the dynamic nature of their spatial ecology, and in turn the effectiveness of conservation strategies. We used a large marine predator that displays partial migration (the tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier) as a model to test the role of oceanic conditions in predicting the space-use of different size classes. By using generalized additive mixed models (GAMMs), we revealed that environmental variables (sea surface temperature, primary productivity, thermal fronts, and bathymetry) had much greater predictive power for the movements of large, migratory tiger sharks than for small, …

Adaptive Radiation Along A Deeply Conserved Genetic Line Of Least Resistance In Anolis Lizards, Joel W. Mcglothlin, Megan E. Kobiela, Helen V. Wright, D. Luke Mahler, Jason J. Kolbe, Jonathan B. Losos, Edmund D. Brodie Iii

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

On microevolutionary timescales, adaptive evolution depends upon both natural selection and the underlying genetic architecture of traits under selection, which may constrain evolutionary outcomes. Whether such genetic constraints shape phenotypic diversity over macroevolutionary timescales is more controversial, however. One key prediction is that genetic constraints should bias the early stages of species divergence along “genetic lines of least resistance” defined by the genetic (co)variance matrix, G. This bias is expected to erode over time as species means and G matrices diverge, allowing phenotypes to evolve away from the major axis of variation. We tested for evidence of this signal in …

A Novel Transgenic Rat Model Of Robust Cerebral Microvascular Amyloid With Prominent Vasculopathy, Judianne Davis, Feng Xu, Joshua Hatfield, Hedok Lee, Michael D. Hoos, Dominique Popescu, Elliot Crooks, Regina Kim, Steven O. Smith, John K. Robinson, Helene Benveniste, William Van Nostrand

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Accumulation of fibrillar amyloid β protein in blood vessels of the brain, a condition known as cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), is a common pathology of elderly individuals, a prominent comorbidity of Alzheimer disease, and a driver of vascular cognitive impairment and dementia. Although several transgenic mouse strains have been generated that develop varying levels of CAA, consistent models of associated cerebral microhemorrhage and vasculopathy observed clinically have been lacking. Reliable preclinical animal models of CAA and microhemorrhage are needed to investigate the molecular pathogenesis of this condition. Herein, we describe the generation and characterization of a novel transgenic rat (rTg-DI) …

Division Of Research And Economic Development Monthly Report For August 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.

Division Of Research And Economic Development Monthly Report For February 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.

Division Of Research And Economic Development Monthly Report For December 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.