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Linking The Colonization Rate Of Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizae (Vam) To Species Dynamics In Succession, Jie Luo

Masters Theses

Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae (YAM) are the most common mycorrhizal fungi that form symbiotic associations with plant species. They form hyphae, vesicles and arbuscules which expand root surface area and exchange nutrients within root cells. Greater abundance of YAM can result in more nutrient uptake and disease resistance to the host plant. While mycorrhizae are often important to the growth and reproduction of individual species, their role in regulating plant community dynamics is less clear. Previous research has shown that YAM are tightly related to plant traits such as relative growth rate, foliar N and P concentrations, and responses to soil …

The Effect Of The Power Balance Bracelet On Strength, Agility, Flexibility And Vertical Jump In Collegiate Male Athletes, Rusa Lea Reimnitz

Masters Theses

The Power Balance Bracelet is marketed as a way to increase an athlete's performance in strength, flexibility and balance. The purpose of this study was to examine the validity of the Power Balance Bracelet manufacturer's claims. Twenty male Division I athletes from Eastern Illinois University performed four tests on three different dates. The first session was a control trial and the subsequent sessions were performed with either the Power Balance bracelet or the placebo bracelet. Treatment order was assigned randomly with one half performing with the Power Balance and one half performing with the placebo bracelet in the second and …

Malaria And Related Outcomes In Patients With Intestinal Helminths: A Cross-Sectional Study, Abraham Degarege, Mengistu Legesse, Girmay Medhin, Abebe Animut, Berhanu Erko

Journal Articles: Epidemiology

BACKGROUND: The effects of helminth co-infection on malaria in humans remain uncertain. This study aimed to evaluate the nature of association of intestinal helminths with prevalence and clinical outcomes of Plasmodium infection.

METHODS: A cross-sectional study involving 1,065 malaria suspected febrile patients was conducted at Dore Bafeno Health Center, Southern Ethiopia, from December 2010 to February 2011. Plasmodium and intestinal helminth infections were diagnosed using Giemsa-stained blood films and Kato-Katz technique, respectively. Haemoglobin level was determined using a haemocue machine.

RESULTS: Among 1,065 malaria suspected febrile patients, 28.8% were positive for Plasmodium parasites (P. falciparum =13.0%, P. vivax =14.5%, P. …

Use Of Portable Electronic Assistive Technology To Improve Independent Job Performance Of Young Adults With Intellectual Disabilities, James Collins

All Dissertations

Poor employment outcomes for persons with intellectual disabilities (ID) persist, despite the development of legal policies designed to enhance access to gainful employment and to promote increased community integration. Recent data suggest that only 37% of young adults with ID obtain paid employment outside of the home. Among persons with ID who do obtain employment, career options are limited and nearly half are paid below minimum wage. Various strategies have been used to improve employment outcomes for those with ID, such as use of a job coach and teaching self-management strategies on the job site. These strategies often involve the …

Energetic Plasticity Underlies A Variable Response To Ocean Acidification In The Pteropod, Limacina Helicina Antarctica, Brad A. Seibel, Amy E. Maas, Heidi M. Dierssen

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Ocean acidification, caused by elevated seawater carbon dioxide levels, may have a deleterious impact on energetic processes in animals. Here we show that high PCO₂ can suppress metabolism, measured as oxygen consumption, in the pteropod, L. helicina forma antarctica, by ∼20%. The rates measured at 180–380 µatm (MO₂  = 1.25 M^−0.25, p = 0.007) were significantly higher (ANCOVA, p  =  0.004) than those measured at elevated target CO₂ levels in 2007 (789–1000 µatm,  =  0.78 M^−0.32, p  =  0.0008; Fig. 1). However, we further demonstrate metabolic plasticity in response to regional …

Adolescent Athletes' Use Of And Attitudes Toward Performance Enhancing Supplements, Stephanie R. Smith

Masters Theses

Performance enhancing supplements are widely used today in the competitive sports community. With the desire to be the best competitor, younger athletes are using supplements. Although there is no strong evidence that supplements will benefit adolescent athletes, this population is using supplements. The purposes of this study were to identify male and female adolescents' frequency of supplement use, nutrition knowledge, and collect data that will aid in the development of nutrition education materials for adolescent athletes.

Tracking Onslow: A Community In Transition. Edition 1, 2012, Kayt Davies, Jasmine Amis, Jon Hopper, Claire Ottaviano, Aine Ryan

Tracking Onslow: a community in transition

Onslow, the town and community you live in, is in for a lot of changes over the next few years. Gas projects will bring new faces, while many old faces are leaving, and new money will buy new things. Will this mean that Onslow loses some of it’s ramshackle, rustic charm? Will it attract hordes of new tourists who’ll crowd out the old crew?

Maybe, maybe not — either way we want to know what you think.

This project is a collaboration between the journalism program at Edith Cowan University and the Shire of Ashburton and it’s all about tracking …

The Lawmaking Family, Noa Ben-Asher

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

Increasingly there are conflicts over families trying to "opt out" of various legal structures, especially public school education. Examples of opting-out conflicts include a father seeking to exempt his son from health education classes; a mother seeking to exempt her daughter from mandatory education about the perils of female sexuality; and a vegetarian student wishing to opt out of in-class frog dissection. The Article shows that, perhaps paradoxically, the right to direct the upbringing of children was more robust before it was constitutionalized by the Supreme Court in Meyer v. Nebraska (1923) and Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925). In …

South Dakota State University Undergraduate General Catalog 2012-2013, South Dakota State University

South Dakota State University Catalogs and Bulletins: 1935 to present

No abstract provided.

Kids Count: The State Of The Child In Tennessee, 2012, Tennessee Commission On Children And Youth

Kids Count/State of the Child in Tennessee Reports

This report provides an overview of information on healthy infants, children and teens; child/teen well-being; education; economic security; and demographics.

No Toy For You! The Healthy Food Incentives Ordinance: Paternalism Or Consumer Protection?, Alexis M. Etow

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Translation Of Vibration From A Vibrational Plate To The Human Body, Lars Mattison

The Journal of Undergraduate Research

This study was done to validate the results of our previous study [1] as well as analyze how the Soloflex Whole Body Vibration Platform translates vibration to the human body. The purpose of causing vibration within the human body is to increase bone density, possibly by activating osteoblasts within the bone. When the body is subjected to stress, it adapts as quickly as possible to counteract this stress. There is evidence that vibration caused by low magnitude mechanical signals (LMMS) increases bone in children with disabling conditions [2] and young women (15-20 years) with low bone mineral density [3]. Our …

A Garden-Based Nutrition Intervention In The Rural Dominican Republic - Impact On Vitamin A Rich Food Consumption And Household Food Security, John Christopher Binford

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Garden-based nutrition interventions focus on improving food security and

food diversity through the creation and augmentation of homestead food production.

This study assesses the impact of a garden-based nutrition intervention on the

consumption of vitamin A rich foods and household food security in rural

communities of the Dominican Republic. It was hypothesized that communities

participating in the intervention would experience a statistically significant increase in

vitamin A rich food consumption and improved household food security compared to

control communities. Validated "Vitamin A Food Frequency" and "Food Security"

questionnaires were conducted by convenience sampling of households containing a

pregnant woman or …

Blood Gases And Retinopathy Of Prematurity: The Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborn Study, Alisse Katherine Hauspurg

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

BLOOD GASES AND RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY: THE EXTREMELY LOW GESTATIONAL AGE NEWBORN STUDY. Alisse K. Hauspurg and Richard A. Ehrenkranz. Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

This study tested the hypothesis that preterm infants who had a blood gas derangement on at least 2 of the first 3 postnatal days are at increased risk for more severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). 1,042 infants born before 28 weeks gestational age (GA) were included. An infant was considered at risk if his/her blood gas measure was in the highest or lowest quartile for GA on at least …

Risk Factors Associated With Biliary Pancreatitis In Children, Michael Ma

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Little is known about risk factors for biliary pancreatitis in children. We hypothesized that ethnicity, obesity, and elevated pancreatic and hepatic biomarkers distinguish biliary from non-biliary and gallstone- from sludge-induced pancreatitis. We aimed to (1) characterize pediatric cases of biliary pancreatitis, (2) compare biliary with non-biliary cases, (3) examine differences between younger and older children, and (4) study features that distinguish gallstone- from sludge-induced pancreatitis.

We evaluated 76 episodes of biliary pancreatitis from 271 cases of acute pancreatitis in children admitted to Yale-New Haven hospital from 1994 to 2007. Of the 76 cases, 55% had gallstones, 21% had sludge, and …

Acute Constipation In Children Receiving Chemotherapy For Cancer, Jonathan Season

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

ACUTE CONSTIPATION IN CHILDREN RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY FOR CANCER.

J. Hale Season, Farzana D. Pashankar, Joseph McNamara, and Dinesh S. Pashankar. Sections of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

We hypothesized that the prevalence of constipation amongst children on chemotherapy would be high, and that certain pharmacologic interventions commonly used in this population (especially vinca alkaloids, narcotic analgesics, and ondansetron) would be associated with constipation. We also hypothesized that constipation would be perceived as an important problem with a significant impact on lifestyle. We prospectively studied 61 children receiving chemotherapy for …

Foretelling The Future Of Prognostication: A Historically Inspired Domain-Based Approach For The Elderly, John Thomas

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

FORETELLING THE FUTURE OF PROGNOSTICATION: A HISTORICALLY INSPIRED DOMAIN-BASED APPROACH FOR THE ELDERLY

John M. Thomas and Terri R. Fried. Section of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

Hypothesis: 1) Physicians' decisions to discuss hospice as an option for terminally ill patients are based on a limited approach to prognostication that excludes many patients who may benefit from discussions. 2) Identifying broader domains of health most important for prognostication, as an alternative to calculating life expectancy or mortality risk, might encourage prognostication and improve physician-patient communication.

Aims: 1) To examine the association between …

Sensing Development Of A Soybean Canopy Under P Or K Nutritional Stress, Martin M. Navarro

Theses and Dissertations--Plant and Soil Sciences

The normalized difference vegetative index (NDVI) has been correlated with physiological plant parameters and used to evaluate plant growth. There is little information about the use of this technique to detect soybean nutrient deficiencies. The objective of this work was to determine the ability of the NDVI sensor to detect P and K deficiencies, and grain yield reduction, in soybean. During 2010 and 2011, NDVI measurements were made on a soybean field trial site known to exhibit yield responses to both P and K nutrition. Four replicates of 8 levels each of P and K nutrition were evaluated. The NDVI …

Invasive Ecology Of Exotic Old World Bluestem Grasses And Insights For Coastal Prairie Restoration In South Texas, Marvin E. Ruffner

Theses and Dissertations--Plant and Soil Sciences

Despite the agronomic benefits of exotic grass plantings for pasture and rangeland forage, exotic grass invasions are capable of having dramatic and widespread impacts on native communities and ecosystems. Exotic Old World bluestem grasses (OWBG; Bothriochloa and Dichanthium spp.) have become increasingly invasive throughout the central and southern U.S. Little is known regarding the impacts of OWBG invasion on native grassland and savannah ecology and how to successfully control OWBG invasions in natural areas. Accordingly, this dissertation research had several objectives: 1) Evaluate the efficacy of herbicide and/or disking to control OWBG; 2) Assess the relative competitive ability of the …

The Role Of Auxin Resistant 1 (Axr1) In Arabidopsis Cytokinin Signaling, Yan Li

Theses and Dissertations--Plant and Soil Sciences

The plant hormone cytokinin plays essential roles in many aspects of growth and development. The cytokinin signal is transmitted by a multistep phosphorelay to the members of two functionally antagonistic classes of Arabidopsis response regulators (ARRs): the type-B ARRs (response activators) and type-A ARRs (negative-feedback regulators). Previous studies have shown that mutations in AXR1, encoding a subunit of the E1 enzyme in the related to ubiquitin (RUB) modification pathway, leads to decreased cytokinin sensitivity. This research shows that the cytokinin resistance of axr1 seedlings is suppressed by loss-of-function of type-A ARRs and that the cytokinin resistance caused by …

2012-2013 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Graduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale

SIU Bulletins and Course Catalogs Archives

No abstract provided.

2012-2013 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Undergraduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale

SIU Bulletins and Course Catalogs Archives

No abstract provided.

Organizational Wellness Programs: Who Participates And Does It Help?, Justin Michael Dumond

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Several research questions exist concerning the effectiveness of employee wellness programs. Do Theory of Reasoned action components such as health attitudes and intentions lead to wellness program involvement? Does wellness program involvement moderate the relationships between occupational stress, turnover, and job performance, such that wellness involvement mitigates the negative impact of occupational stress? Additionally, does wellness involvement moderate the relationships between work/life imbalance, turnover, and job performance, such that wellness involvement mitigates the negative impact of work/life imbalance? Data from 10,430 employees of an organization with an optional wellness program was analyzed. Hypotheses relating to TRA and the work/life imbalance-job …

Taiwanese Preferences And Cultural Factors Influencing Visuals In Taiwanese Health Pamphlets, Lucas Keola Baclayon

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This study aims to discover what preferences Taiwanese people have for visuals in health documents, with the research question being, "What are Taiwanese preferences for visuals and visual elements in health documents?" Research is conducted through a mixed-methods approach with a comparative analysis of a collection of American and Taiwanese health pamphlets, surveys conducted with Taiwanese people inquiring about preferences concerning visuals in health documents, and interviews conducted with doctors educated and practicing in Taiwan. In this way, the study moves from what visuals are currently being used, to what kinds of visuals Taiwanese people prefer, to how health professionals …

The Case For Abolishing Centralized White House Regulatory Review , Rena Steinzor

Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law

A series of catastrophic regulatory failures have focused attention on the weakened condition of regulatory agencies assigned to protect public health, worker and consumer safety, and the environment. The destructive convergence of funding shortfalls, political attacks, and outmoded legal authority have set the stage for ineffective enforcement, unsupervised industry self-regulation, and a slew of devastating and preventable catastrophes. From the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico to the worst mining disaster in forty years at the Big Branch mine in West Virginia, the signs of regulatory dysfunction abound. Many stakeholders expected that President Barack Obama would recognize and …

Variants In Cxadr And F2rl1 Are Associated With Blood Pressure And Obesity In African-Americans In Regions Identified Through Admixture Mapping, Priya B. Shetty, Hua Tang, Bamidele O. Tayo, Alanna C. Morrison, Craig L. Hanis, Dabeeru C. Rao, Jeffery H. Young, Ervin R. Fox, Eric Boerwinkle, Richard S. Cooper, Neil J. Risch, Xiaofeng Zhu

Faculty Publications

OBJECTIVE: Genetic variants in 296 genes in regions identified through admixture mapping of hypertension, BMI, and lipids were assessed for association with hypertension, blood pressure (BP), BMI, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). METHODS: This study identified coding SNPs identified from HapMap2 data that were located in genes on chromosomes 5, 6, 8, and 21, wherein ancestry association evidence for hypertension, BMI, or HDL-C was identified in previous admixture mapping studies. Genotyping was performed in 1733 unrelated African-Americans from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's Family Blood Pressure Project, and gene-based association analyses were conducted for hypertension, SBP, DBP, BMI, …

Offspring Production With Cryopreserved Sperm From A Live-Bearing Fish Xiphophorus Maculatus And Implications For Female Fecundity, Huiping Yang, Markita G. Savage, Leona Hazlewood, Ronald B. Walter, Terrence R. Tiersch

Faculty Publications

Xiphophorus fishes are well-established models for biomedical research of spontaneous or induced tumors, and their use in research dates back to the 1930s. Currently, 58 well-pedigreed lines exist among 24 Xiphophorus species housed as live animals at the Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center. The technique of sperm cryopreservation has been applied to preserve these valuable genetic resources, and production of offspring has been reported with cryopreserved sperm in two species (X. helleri and X. couchianus). The goal of this research was to establish protocols for sperm cryopreservation and artificial insemination that yield live young in X. maculatus, a widely used research …

Development Of Cantaloupe (Cucumis Melo) Juice Powders Using Spray Drying Technology, Kevin Mis Solval, Srijanani Sundararajan, Luis Alfaro, Subramaniam Sathivel

Faculty Publications

Cantaloupes are a good source of carotenoids and vitamin C. Cantaloupe fruit juice powder containing vitamin C and β-carotene can be produced by spray drying. The objective of this study was to develop cantaloupe fruit juice (CJ) powder and to evaluate its nutritional and physical properties. Fresh cantaloupe fruits purchased from a local store were diced and juiced. CJ with 10% maltodextrin (MD) added was spray dried at inlet temperatures of 170, 180 and. /or 190 °C. Three spray dried cantaloupe powders, including CJ dried with MD at 170 °C (CJP1), CJ dried with MD at 180 °C (CJP2), CJ …

Overexpression Of Arabidopsis And Rice Stress Genes' Inducible Transcription Factor Confers Drought And Salinity Tolerance To Rice, Karabi Datta, Niranjan Baisakh, Moumita Ganguly, Sellapan Krishnan, Kazuko Yamaguchi Shinozaki, Swapan K. Datta

Faculty Publications

Rice yield is greatly affected by environmental stresses such as drought and salinity. In response to the challenge of producing rice plants tolerant to these stresses, we introduced cDNA encoding the transcription factors DREB1A and DREB1B under the control of the stress inducible rd29 promoter. Two different indica rice cultivars were used, BR29, an improved commercially cultivated variety from Bangladesh and IR68899B, an IRRI bred maintainer line for hybrid rice. Agrobacterium mediated transformation of BR29 was done independently with DREB1A isolated from rice and Arabidopsis and DREB1B isolated from rice, whereas biolistic transformation was done with rice- DREB1B in the …

Plowing In Hope: A Three-Part Framework For Incorporating Restorative Justice Into Sentencing And Correctional Systems, Lynn S. Branham

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.