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The Alestle - Vol. 66 No. 4 - 09/05/2013, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Alestle

Vol. 66 No. 4

The Effect Of Post-Exercise Caffeine And Chlorogenic Acid Supplementation On Blood Glucose Disposal And Insulin Sensitivity, Jason Beam

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Caffeine and chlorogenic acid are two compounds in green coffee beans that alter blood glucose disposal and insulin sensitivity. Caffeine has been shown to decrease glucose disposal and insulin sensitivity when taken 60 minutes prior to an oral glucose tolerance test in humans, whereas chlorogenic acid has been shown to increase glucose disposal and insulin sensitivity in humans. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of ingesting caffeine with dextrose or chlorogenic acid with dextrose immediately after an exhaustive bout of cycling on blood glucose and insulin disposal when compared to ingesting dextrose alone. Ten men (age: …

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, September 5, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

General University

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Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

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Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

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Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

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• Prerequisite Change
• University Studies Request

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• New Course

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

• New Course

Department of Biological Engineering

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Department of Computer Science

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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Department of Engineering Education

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Department of History

• University Studies Request

Department of …

Above-Ground Biomass And Structure Of 260 African Tropical Forests, Simon L. Lewis, Bonaventure Sonké, Terry Sunderland, Serge K. Begne, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Der Heijden Gmf Van, Oliver L. Phillips, Kofi Affum-Baffoe, Timothy R. Baker, Lindsay Banin, Jean François Bastin, Hans Beeckman, Pascal Boeckx, Jan Bogaert, Cannière C De, Eric Chezeaux, Connie J. Clark, Murray Collins, Gloria Djagbletey, Marie Noël K. Djuikouo, Vincent Droissart, Jean Louis Doucet, Cornielle E.N. Ewango, Sophie Fauset, Ted R. Feldpausch, Ernest G. Foli, Jean François Gillet, Alan C. Hamilton, David J. Harris, Terese B. Hart, Haulleville T De, Annette Hladik, Koen Hufkens, Dries Huygens, Philippe Jeanmart, Kathryn J. Jeffery, Elizabeth Kearsley, Miguel E. Leal, Jon Lloyd, Jon C. Lovett, Jean Remy Makana, Yadvinder Malhi, Andrew R. Marshall, Lucas Ojo, Kelvin S.H. Peh, Georgia Pickavance, John R. Poulsen, Jan M. Reitsma, Douglas Sheil, Murielle Simo, Kathy Steppe, Hermann E. Taedoumg, Joey Talbot, James R.D. Taplin, David Taylor, Sean C. Thomas, Benjamin Toirambe, Hans Verbeeck, Jason Vleminckx, Lee J.T. White, Simon Willcock, Hannsjorg Woell, Lise Zemagho

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

We report above-ground biomass (AGB), basal area, stem density and wood mass density estimates from 260 sample plots (mean size: 1.2 ha) in intact closed-canopy tropical forests across 12 African countries. Mean AGB is 395.7 Mg dry mass ha −1 (95% CI: 14.3), substantially higher than Amazonian values, with the Congo Basin and contiguous forest region attaining AGB values (429 Mg ha −1 ) similar to those of Bornean forests, and significantly greater than East or West African forests. AGB therefore appears generally higher in palaeo- compared with neotropical forests. However, mean stem density is low (426 ± 11 stems …

Vitamin D Status And Anthropometric Indices Of An Omani Study Population, Clifford Abiaka, Marit Delghandi, Meenu Al-Saleh, Mohsin

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations reflect vitamin D status, with deficiency implicated as causative of many diseases. This study assessed vitamin D status and anthropometric indices in a sample of healthy Omanis. Methods: Serum 25(OH)D concentrations were measured by high performance liquid chromatography in 206 healthy Omanis, aged 18–55 years (mean age: men 31.1, women 26.8) in Muscat, Oman. Of this number, 95% indicated that they had never taken vitamin D supplements. Findings were compared with published values for populations domiciled in more northerly latitudes. Classical procedures were used to determine global obesity (body mass index [BMI]), and central …

Prevalence Of Urinary Incontinence And Probable Risk Factors In A Sample Of Kurdish Women, Hamdia M. Ahmed, Vian A. Osman, Shahla K. Al-Tawil, Namir G.

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: The most common manifestation of pelvic floor dysfunction is urinary incontinence (UI) which affects 15–50% of adult women depending on the age and risk factors of the population studied. The aim of this study was to determine the probable risk factors associated with UI; the characteristics of women with UI; describe the types of UI, and determine its prevalence. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between February and August 2011, in the Maternity Teaching Hospital of the Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region, northern Iraq. It included 1,107 women who were accompanying patients admitted to the hospital. A questionnaire designed by …

One In Three: Congenital Bent Bone Disease And Intermittent Hyperthermia In Three Siblings With Stuve-Wiedemann Syndrome, Roshan Koul, Adila Al-Kindy, Renjith Sankhla, Dilip, Amna Al-Futaisi

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome (STWS) is a rare disorder characterised by congenital bowing of the long bones, contractures of the joints, neonatal onset of respiratory distress, sucking and swallowing difficulties, dysautonomia presenting as episodic hyperthermia, and usually an early death. Three siblings from a consanguineous marriage presented with similar clinical features over 16 years. STWS was established with their last child at the beginning of 2012. All the children exhibited the onset of STWS in the neonatal period with fever and generalised hypotonia. Examinations of all the infants revealed camptodactyly, micrognathia, bent long bones with wide metaphyses, and hypotonia. Only the second …

The Daily Egyptian, September 04, 2013, Daily Egyptian Staff

September 2013

No abstract provided.

Volume 105 Issue 1, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, September 4, 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 141, Issue 3

Women And Development In Ixtahuacan: Religious Influences, Kristyn M. Roser, Dr. John P. Hawkins

Journal of Undergraduate Research

“Me levanto temprano, punts mi fuego, lavo mixtamal, voy al molino, y regreso para preparar los alimentos para mis hijos y mi esposo.” So begins a typical day for a woman in Ixtahuacan. It is a day focused on caring for family and preparation of food—tasks that renew themselves each time the sun rises. Hands that slap tortillas, envelope tamales in corn leaves, scrub clothes in the pila, lift children into rainbow colored baby wraps, weave symbols into huipiles, light fires—hands that work to develop the community.

Summary Of Creative Research Grant Results And Thesis Summary, Lana Robinson, Dr. William A. Wilson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The results of being awarded this grant are: a collection of 600 minutes of tape recording personal narratives of under privileged urban black South African women; 58 pages of transcribed, typed and edited text of interviews with one black South African woman; and an honor’s thesis discussing the power of personal narratives in under-privileged women’s lives. The tapes I collected in South Africa will be placed in the archive’s of the Harold B. Lee Library and will be available to the public for use and research purposes.

Life As A Sensory Over-Responsive Adult : Social/Emotional Challenges, Coping Mechanisms And Treatments, Sarah K. Ahn

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

The purpose of this exploratory, qualitative research study was to explicate the lives of 14 Sensory Over-Responsive adults with a particular focus on social/emotional challenges as well as coping mechanisms and treatments. The findings suggest that Sensory Over-Responsivity has had a far-reaching influence on every aspect of a respondent's life: from family to school to relationships to work and to play. Respondents believed that there was a link between their Sensory Over-Responsivity and accompanying social and emotional issues such as anxiety, depression, isolation, withdrawal, and lowered self-esteem, and they displayed a wide range of adaptive coping behaviors including avoidance, control, …

Juvenile King Scallop, Pecten Maximus, Is Potentially Tolerant To Low Levels Of Ocean Acidification When Food Is Unrestricted, Mb Sanders, Tp Bean, Th Hutchinson, Quesne Wjf Le

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Validity Of Self-Reported Drug Use During Pregnancy, Mahek Garg

Pharmaceutical Sciences ETDs

Introduction: Epidemiology studies often rely on maternal self-reports for drug use information, however, the degree of drug use under-reporting among pregnant women is largely unknown. The purpose of this study is to assess the accuracy of self-reports for methadone, buprenorphine, opioids (prescription opioids and heroin), marijuana, benzodiazepines, amphetamines/methamphetamines, and cocaine/crack-cocaine in a population of pregnant women. Methods: Analysis was based on 102 pregnant women enrolled in the 'Biomarkers in Pregnancy Study' (BIPS) cohort at the University of New Mexico. Women attending the UNM Milagro clinic, designated to pregnant women with the current or past history of substance abuse, were enrolled …

The Utah Statesman, September 3, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Naringenin Inhibits Adipogenesis And Reduces Insulin Sensitivity And Adiponectin Expression In Adipocytes, Allison J. Richard, Zhaleh Amini-Vaughan, David M. Ribnicky, Jacqueline M. Stephens

Faculty Publications

Adipose tissue development and function are widely studied to examine the relationship between obesity and the metabolic syndrome. It is well documented that the inability of adipose tissue to properly increase its lipid storage capacity during the obese state can lead to metabolic dysfunction. In a blind screen of 425 botanicals, we identified naringenin as an inhibitor of adipocyte differentiation. Naringenin is one of the most abundant citrus flavonoids, and recent studies have demonstrated antihyperlipidemic capabilities. These studies have largely focused on the effects of naringenin on the liver. Our biochemical studies clearly demonstrate that naringenin inhibits adipogenesis and impairs …

Becoming Mothers And Fathers: The Perspectives Of New Parents, Tawny Thomas, Dr. Lynn Clark Callister

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Globally, birth is a significant event in the lives of childbearing parents. Understanding the perceptions of new mothers and fathers and their satisfaction with health care enlightens health care providers about parents’ responses to birth, their specific needs during that time, and actions health care providers can implement to provide the most ideal experience possible during this exciting and important event. “There is a need for increased knowledge of the perspective of childbearing families as they make the transition to parenthood” (Hickok, 2007, p. 5). This study is important to health care providers as it provides insight into the perceptions …

The Daily Egyptian, September 03, 2013, Daily Egyptian Staff

September 2013

No abstract provided.

Segmented Assimilation Trajectories And Latino Health : An Analysis Of The Adaptation Process Over Time, Patricia Rodriguez Espinosa

Psychology ETDs

Cultural adaptation factors likely influence health status and social mobility. Using data from the Corazón Life Journey Studies, cross-sectional interviews of immigrant Latino, U.S.-born Latino, and Non-Hispanic White adults (n=272), we investigated acculturation factors, social mobility, and health outcomes across four time points, elementary school, middle school, high school and current adulthood. Using growth mixture modeling, lifetime segmented assimilation trajectories were developed describing different acculturation and social mobility changes. A four-class model best described the data. Significant differences emerged among the ethnic groups. Family Traditionalism significantly predicted acculturations starting point and change over time. Initial acculturation values predicted social mobility. …

Nutrition And Hospitality Management Celebrates 100 Years, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Cookbook, events throughout the 2013-14 school year to celebrate the department's achievements

Bjc Today

BJC Today

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Poor Maternal Nutrition On Postnatal Growth And Development Of Lambs, Kristen N. Peck

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Restraurant Regions : An Ecological Community Based Model Of Restaurant Chain Distribution In The United States, Stephen Griego

Geography ETDs

The scope of this paper is an exercise in regional identification within the geography of the United States. This paper applied a hierarchical clustering methodology to analyze the distribution of restaurants in the landscape. The clustering model utilized in this study is commonly used in analysis of ecological communities. Each restaurant chain was treated as an individual biological species, and the clustering software analyzed it as such. The individual restaurant chain locations were treated as individual samples in the environment. Wards (1963) algorithm was used to group the individual restaurant chain locations into related clusters using simple correlation as the …

Effects Of Environmental Factors And Nutrient Availability On The Biochemical Composition Of Algae For Biofuels Production: A Review, Ankita Juneja, Ruben Michael Ceballos, Ganti S. Murthy

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

Due to significant lipid and carbohydrate production as well as other useful properties such as high production of useful biomolecular substrates (e.g., lipids) and the ability to grow using non-potable water sources, algae are being explored as a potential high-yield feedstock for biofuels production. In both natural and engineered systems, algae can be exposed to a variety of environmental conditions that affect growth rate and cellular composition. With respect to the latter, the amount of carbon fixed in lipids and carbohydrates (e.g., starch) is highly influenced by environmental factors and nutrient availability. Understanding synergistic interactions between multiple environmental variables and …

What's Happening: September 2, 2013, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Fatty Acids And Glycation On Drug Interactions With Human Serum Albumin, Jeanethe Anguizola, Sara B. G. Basiaga, David S. Hage

David Hage Publications

The presence of elevated glucose concentrations in diabetes is a metabolic change that leads to an increase in the amount of non-enzymatic glycation that occurs for serum proteins. One protein that is affected by this process is the main serum protein, human serum albumin (HSA), which is also an important carrier agent for many drugs and fatty acids in the circulatory system. Sulfonylurea drugs, used to treat type 2 diabetes, are known to have significant binding to HSA. This study employed ultrafiltration and high-performance affinity chromatography to examine the effects of HSA glycation on the interactions of several sulfonylurea drugs …

Why Are So Many Americans On Food Stamps? The Role Of The Economy, Policy, And Demographics, James P. Ziliak

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series

1 in 7 Americans received assistance from SNAP in FY2012, which is a rate 141 percent higher than in FY2000, but only 59 percent higher than in FY1980. In this chapter I describe the socioeconomic and policy climate in recent decades that had bearing on SNAP participation, along with a formal empirical analysis of those determinants and detailed simulations of the relative contributions of the economy, policy, and demographics to changes in SNAP participation over time. The results suggest that SNAP is operating effectively as an automatic fiscal stabilizer—nearly 50 percent of the increase in participation from 2007-2011 is due …

Integral Review Vol 9. No 3, September 2013 Full Issue, Bahman Shirazi

Founders Symposium

The articles included in this special issue of Integral Review represent a wide range of integral scholarship at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), founded in 1968 in San Francisco by Dr. Haridas and Bina Chaudhuri. Haridas Chaudhuri arrived in the United States in 1951 upon an invitation by professor Frederick Spiegelberg of Stanford University who was charged with directing a newly founded independent graduate school (American Academy of Asian Studies) devoted to introducing Asian studies to American higher education. Spiegelberg had traveled to India in the late 1940s to research the contemporary practices of the ancientspiritual traditions of …

Requests Of Brown By Lc Classification: September 2013, Ruth E.. Souto

HELIN Monthly Loan Statistics

Requests of Brown from other HELIN libraries -September 2013