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Eastern, Spring/Summer 2009, Eastern Washington University. Division Of University Relations.

Alumni Publications

This issue contains articles about the history of women's basketball at Eastern, model Lars Slind, history professor Larry Cebula, and the Friese family, which consists of two generations EWU student athletes.

Theoretical Analysis Of Alendronate And Risedronate Effects On Canine Vertebral Remodeling And Microdamage, Xiang Wang, Antonia M. Erickson, Matthew R. Allen, David B. Burr, R. Bruce Martin, Scott J. Hazelwood

Biomedical Engineering

Bisphosphonates suppress bone remodeling activity, increase bone volume, and significantly reduce fracture risk in individuals with osteoporosis and other metabolic bone diseases. The objectives of the current study were to develop a mathematical model that simulates control and 1 year experimental results following bisphosphonate treatment (alendronate or risedronate) in the canine fourth lumbar vertebral body, validate the model by comparing simulation predictions to 3 year experimental results, and then use the model to predict potential long term effects of bisphosphonates on remodeling and microdamage accumulation. To investigate the effects of bisphosphonates on bone volume and microdamage, a mechanistic biological model …

Ecological Facilitation May Drive Major Evolutionary Transitions, Zaal Kikvidze, Ragan M. Callaway

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

There is a growing consensus among ecologists that ecological facilitation comprises a historically overlooked but crucial suite of biotic interactions. Awareness of such positive interactions has recently led to substantial modifications in ecological theory. In this article we suggest how facilitation may be included in evolutionary theory. Natural selection based on competition provides a conceptually complete paradigm for speciation, but not for major evolutionary transitions-the emergence of new and more complex biological structures such as cells, organisms, and eusocial populations. We find that the successful theories developed to solve these specific problematic transitions show a consistent pattern: they focus on …

Emotions As An Intervening Variable In The Creative Process, Diego E. Uribe Larach

Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects

This thesis explored the impact that emotionally laden stimuli had on individuals’ creative process and creative products as assessed by independent domain experts. Sixtyfive undergraduate students were randomly separated into three treatment conditions and instructed to create an artistic collage composition on the theme of New Year’s Eve. Two of the treatment groups received, in addition to the general instructions set, a text based priming stimulus that was either an emotionally laden narrative or factual narrative about New Year’s Eve. All participants were asked to complete a task reflection questionnaire and the FourSight cognitive style measure. Using the Consensual Assessment …

Whole Foods: Renewable Energy Credits, Green Business, And Capitalist Approaches To Climate Change, Samantha Kanofsky

Pomona Senior Theses

Dedication. Acknowledgements. Preface. Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: Green Business and Carbon Offsetting. Chapter 3A: Case Study. Chapter 3B: Interview. Chapter 4: Case Study. Chapter 5: Conclusion. Bibliography.

A Place Like This: An Environmental Justice History Of The Owens Valley - Water In Indigenous, Colonial, And Manzanar Stories, Monica Embrey

Pomona Senior Theses

This text provides an environmental justice analysis of the stories of the people who lived in the Owens Valley, who watered its land and cultivated its crops—pine trees, apple trees, and kabocha alike. Telling the personal stories of challenge and resistance that manifested alongside the oppressive forces of military and state domination provides the opportunity to align forcibly relocated, exploited and incarcerated people’s struggles throughout time. This text starts with The Nü’ma Peoples who were the first humans to live in the Owens Valley and continues with the struggle for empire between rival colonial empires of agriculture and distant urban …

Beneath The Forest, Volume 2, No. 1, Spring 2009, Johanna L. Kovarik

Beneath the Forest

Contents: Understanding White Nose Syndrome - Can We Afford to Ignore WNS in Western North America - Bats in Caves and Mines in Alaska - The Mark Twain NF and Partners Prepare for Bats - Cave and Karst Networking Strategies - The Discovery of Ancient palace Cave - Forest Service Cave Cartography

Use Of Cvm Stages In Assessment Of Young Orthodontic Patients To Estimate Growth Potential, David Justin Sander

Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

Harnessing a patient’s growth to correct parasagittal discrepancies is an important part of Class II correction in orthodontic treatment; however, orthodontists rarely have the opportunity to choose when a patient is referred to them. Diagnostic records can assist the orthodontist in determining how much growth a patient has remaining. The purpose of this retrospective cephalometric study was to determine whether the amounts of in-treatment facial growth differ significantly by sex and by cervical vertebral maturation (CVM) stage. The sample consisted of 133 Class II division 1 patients from a single private practice office treated with a combination of a functional …

The Banner - V. 144, No. 5 - (May 2009), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

6 - Editorial: We Can Be Sure and Wrong, Right? by Bob De Moor / 7 - Catch Your Breath: Home Free by Peter Schuurman / 8 - IMHO: How We Fail to Create Safe Churches by Mary Vander Vennen / 8 - Letters to the Editor / 10 - CRC News: A glimpse into the CRC’s first prison congregation / 16 - World News: Economic decline forces congregations to make tough decisions / 17 - Frequently Asked Questions / 18 - A Second Blessing? by Rob Braun / 20 - Just for Kids: The Big Night Mystery by Sandy …

Marketability Of The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse-Family Certified Nurse Practitioner Profession, Mary Beth Krogstad

Theses and Dissertations

The literature reveals that advanced practice registered nurses who are family practice certified nurse practitioners (APRN-FNPs) are highly qualified primary care providers, yet some physicians feel that APRN-FNPs are in direct competition with them. It is important for the APRN-FNP to educate patients about their knowledge and skill capabilities. Government reimbursement and inconsistency of APRN-FNPs scope of practice is also a problem contributing to a lack of clarity in the APRN-FNP role. It is the responsibility of health care providers to be advocates for their own profession. Nurses must promote the role of advanced practice nursing in the workplace, community, …

Place-Based Education And Teaching About Marin County Birds: Curriculum Development For Teachers, Sharon Anne Barnett

Dissertations, Masters Theses, Capstones, and Culminating Projects

Compelling evidence illustrates place-based education (PBE) as a catalyst for inspiring teachers to create dynamic curricula that energizes the student. PBE curriculum typically encompasses all traditional subjects and entails hands-on classroom and field studies utilizing the natural world and local community. The purpose of this literature review is to introduce and explain the benefits of PBE. Specifically I will summarize and evaluate PBE science curricula with regard to Marin County bird species. The literature review outlines four components: an introduction to PBE, information about the birds of Marin County, examples of current PBE in Marin County, and interviews with Marin …

2009 Undergraduate Commencement, Lindenwood University

Commencement Programs

Lindenwood University Commencement program.

2009 Baccalaureate & Graduate Commencement, Lindenwood University

Commencement Programs

Lindenwood University Commencement program.

Soundings 2009-05, N/A N/A

Soundings

No abstract provided.

Detection Of Escherichia Coli Using The Bacteriophage-Based Fluorescent Technique, Aung Khaing

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses

The detection of viable Escherichia coli (E. coli) by the bacteriophage-based fluorescent technique using the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) was tested in this project. EGFP, a mutant of green fluorescent protein (GFP), was used due to its high fluorescent efficiency compared to wild-type GFP. First, E. coli bacteria were cultured to the mid-exponential phase in the 2× YT medium and then they were infected with the M13 bacteriophages containing the EGFP gene. Infected bacteria were incubated for different time intervals, and the expression of EGFP on the E. coli membrane was tested by the PerkinElmer LS 55 Luminescence Spectrometer, …

A Centennial Celebration, May Commencement 2009, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Natural Compounds On Lymphocyte And Osteoblast Function, Donielle Ford

Theses (Pre-2016)

Arthritis is the leading cause of disability in the United States, and although cost effective interventions are available to reduce the burden of arthritis, they are currently underused. The goal of this project is to study and test natural compounds on their selective ability to improve lymphocyte function in lymphocyte function deficit model such as microgravity. A model such as this would provide a test bed to test different compounds on diseases involving osteoblast and immune dysfunction and identify biomakers in inflammation. The hypothesis of this project is that the effects of natural compounds on lymphocytes and osteoblast in modeled …

University Of Central Florida Graduate Catalog, 2009 - 2010, University Of Central Florida

UCF Catalogs

No abstract provided.

A Postmodern Story Of Meaning Making In A Residence Life Organization: A Transformational Change Process, Pamela Graglia

Dissertations

Current research on change and transformation in higher education frequently relies on models which “clean up” the messy process of creating change into easily consumed lists of strategies. However these reductive strategies may be incomplete and alternatives which provide a more complex picture of the process of change have been suggested. Additionally, while sensemaking has been identified as critical to transformation, little research exists on meaning making during change processes in higher education settings.

Using social constructivist epistemology and a postmodern theoretical framework, the purpose of this qualitative inquiry was to explore how individuals in a higher education organization make …

A Robust Process For Biodiesel Production Using Supercritical Methanol, Thomas Kasprowicz

Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses

The overarching purpose of Phase I was to test, at the bench scale, a continuous supercritical methanol reactor, and to determine the feasibility of implementing the technology at full scale. Specific objectives in reaching this purpose included:
Objective 1: Choose a viable feedstock
Objective 2: Perform experiments for oil extraction
Objective 3: Design, build and operate a continuous supercritical methanol reactor
Objective 4: Design and simulate full scale biodiesel facility
Objective 4a: Perform life-cycle and economic analysis on full scale design
Objective 5: Prepare a Phase II P3 project to demonstrate the entire biodiesel process
Project Scope: The students performed …

Investigation Of Learning In Science Museums: Why Museums Need To Change Their Educational Mission And Format, Herbert Wade Crissman

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

May 2009 Commencement Program, Bowling Green State University

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Repulsion From Chemical Cues In Bufo Marinus (Cane Toad) Tadpoles, May 2009, Brittany Kolehmainen

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Predator-prey relationships have been studied relentlessly throughout all different taxa and systems. Larval anurans use the mode of chemosensory to detect and avoid predation. By exposing Bufo marinus tadpoles to a variety of natural chemicals (crushed conspecific larvae and metamorphs, and crushed annelid prey) a strong repulsion was demonstrated. Avoidance of the treatments verified that Bufo marinus tadpoles are sensitive to changes in the chemical make-up of their environment that could be caused by a predator in close proximity.

Ecological Footprints In Monteverde, Costa Rica, May 2009, Sarah Ory

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

In this study I calculated the Ecological Footprints of community members in three areas in the zone of Monteverde, Costa Rica. The three areas that I studied were San Luis/ Cañitas, Santa Elena/ Cerro Plano, and Monteverde. I presented a survey of 21 questions regarding a person’s environmental impacts in rural communities and more urban communities. I assessed the difference in Ecological Footprints, Carbon Footprints, Food Footprints, Housing Footprints, and Goods and Services Footprints between the three communities and determined no statistically significant differences. The mean Ecological Footprint in San Luis/ Cañitas was 8.12, Santa Elena/ Cerro Plano was 8.44, …

Captive Breeding Causes Small Body Size In Morpho Peleides Limpida (Nymphalidae: Morphinae), May 2009, Danny Goldish

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Captive breeding has many positive implications in terms of conservation, but when practiced irresponsibly, can result in harmful consequences like inbreeding. Inbreeding has been shown to result in developmental instabilities like small body size and fluctuating asymmetry. In this study, I used small body size as a proxy for inbreeding by comparing measurements of the butterfly Morpho peleides limpida from wild and captive bred populations in terms of right forewing and right antennae length. Both measures of size were found to be larger in wild populations than captive populations. The greatest variation in the means was observed in female right …

Ant-Plant Coevolution: A Systematic Evaluation Of The Myrmelachista Haberi (Formicinae) And Ocotea Sp. (Lauraceae) Symbiosis, May 2009, Murtaza Paghdiwala

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

I have evaluated the relationship between Myrmelachista haberi and Ocotea sp. (Los Llanos) to provide definitive evidence supporting the nature of the symbiosis and possible explanations in terms of co-evolutionary history. This interaction has been described in terms of benefit to the ant-domatia and nutrition via phloem-feeder farming – but benefits from the plants perspective have gone largely unstudied. McNett (2009) attempted to quantify the nature of the relationship by monitoring the uptake and movement of stable isotopes through each of the three participating species. This study found that nutrients do not transfer between the organisms, but left the possibilities …

A Study Of A Proposed Molecular Mechanism For Idiopathic Cases Of Hypertension: Detection Of Aldosterone-Receptor Complex At Period Homolog 1 (Per1) Promoter Using Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (Chip), Brent Colin Turner

Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects

Hypertension severely affects the quality and quantity of life of those afflicted with the disease. In most cases where the cause is known, hypertension is due to an abnormally high sodium condition; however, the mechanism by which this occurs is unknown. This phenomenon is particularly detrimental to patients considered to be non-dippers, experiencing no nocturnal dip in blood pressure. A proposed molecular mechanism for the relationship between dipping and sodium concentration involves the regulation of the circadian gene Period 1 homolog (Per1) by aldosterone and was studied by using chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP). This technique results in an enrichment of the …

Rentabilidad Lechera 101: Calidad De La Leche Y Eficiencia Alimentaria, Alvaro Garcia

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

En términos simples, la rentabilidad en la producción lechera puede definirse como la diferencia entre el precio obtenido por la leche y el costo de producción, multiplicado por las libras de leche producidas. Es muy importante por lo tanto que los productores tengan una noción firme de estos tres componentes (precio, costo y volumen) de esta ecuación e intenten modificarlos a su favor. Con precios de la leche altos y costos de los insumos bajos, los produc¬tores deben emplear todos los medios posibles para mejorar la producción y aumentar los ingresos brutos. Cuando la relación entre el precio de la …

Identification Of Arid Soil Inducible Genes In Pseudomonas Fluorescens Strain Pf0-1, Katila Pipitone

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This thesis contains three major sections: introduction, literature review and the project entitled: 'Identification of Arid Soil Inducible Genes in Pseudomonas fluorescens Strain Pf0-1'. The introduction section describes a general background, the current and potential applications of P. fluorescens and the main goal of this dissertation. The literature review chapter discusses two main areas. The first area offers insights about different types of in vivo expression technology (IVET) as a tool in gene identification. This section also describes the limitations of IVET, as well as the benefits over other methods for gene identification. The second part of the literature review …

Investigating The Emotional Intelligence Of Adolescents With And Without Disabilities, Leota Tucker

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This study involved an investigation of the emotional intelligence profiles of three groups of adolescents: those with learning disabilities, those with an emotional disturbances, and adolescents without disabilities. A 2 (gender) X 3 (group) X 4 (subscale) mixed design with repeated measures on subscale was used to determine whether differences in emotional intelligence, as measured by the BarOn EQi: YV, existed among these three groups of adolescents. Specifically, performance within the four subscales of intrapersonal, interpersonal, stress management and adaptability as well as in the overall composite scores were compared to detect differences between gender, and disability groups.

A total …