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

Educational Policies Committee

General University

• Prefix Change

Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Delete Course

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

• New Course

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

• New Course
• 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

• New Course

Department of Computer Science

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Course Description Change
• Delete Course

Department of Engineering Education

• Title Change

Department of History

• University Studies Request

Department of …

Behind The Stripes: An Exploration Of Female Football Officials' Experiences, Heidi Nordstrom

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

This study focused on the personal and work-related experiences of high school and college female football officials. The purpose of this study was to gain a holistic perspective of the experiences of these women working in the male-dominated career of football officiating. Previous literature has examined sports officials in regards to retention, recruitment, and their safety, but relatively little research has focused specifically on female football officials. The participants were able to share their unique experiences in this vocation. Qualitative research was employed in order to illustrate the experiences of female football officials. The theoretical framework for this study was …

Self-Assembled Dna Origami Templates For The Fabrication Of Electronic Nanostructures, Elisabeth Pound Gates

Theses and Dissertations

An important goal of nanoscience is the self-assembly of nanoscale building blocks into complex nanostructures. DNA is an important and versatile building block for nanostructures because of its small size, predictable base pairing, and numerous sequence possibilities. I use DNA origami to design and fold DNA into predesigned shapes, to assemble thin, branched DNA nanostructures as templates for nanoscale metal features. Using a PCR-based scaffold strand generation procedure, several wire-like nanostructures with varying scaffold lengths were assembled. In addition, more complex prototype circuit element structures were designed and assembled, demonstrating the utility of this technique in creating complex templates. My …

The Missouri Miner, September 5, 2013

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

Transformations In Matter And Energy: Student Learning And Inquiry To Inform Teaching, Jenny Dauer

Discipline-Based Education Research Group Speaker Series

Learning progressions are descriptions of increasing levels of sophistication of student reasoning about a topic based on empirical evidence. Our learning progression framework about student explanations of carbon-transforming processes (e.g. photosynthesis, cellular respiration) describes how student’s interconnected and mutually supporting ideas and practices are deeply embedded in discourse at all levels of achievement. My research is in two areas: 1) applying the learning progression framework for student explanations of carbon-transforming processes to describe the most productive pathways for student learning, 2) extending the research to student reasoning during inquiry activities about carbon-transforming processes. One finding is that students who consistently …

The Law Of One Price And Virtual Worlds, Michael Morrison

Economics ETDs

Price convergence and purchasing power parity are two important foundations to international trade theory. Yet there is still no consensus on their existence, despite numerous studies. While the debate over price convergence and purchasing power parity continues, the last several years have seen a substantial rise in the use of virtual worlds. Virtual worlds are interactive digital environments where individuals with an internet connection can come together to communicate, cooperate and trade. Virtual worlds create smaller copies of the real world. These copies lack many of the complexities found in the real world. This feature makes virtual worlds a unique …

An Economic Analysis Of Evolving Health Hazards, Justin Tevie

Economics ETDs

Health hazards (e.g., West Nile virus and antibiotic resistance) by their nature are detrimental to the health of mankind and are a vexing problem for society. Health authorities awareness of the rising health care costs associated with these health hazards highlights the need to undertake research in these areas. This dissertation presents a series of papers on these health hazards. Chapter 2 develops a spatial filtering panel data count model to examine the factors that contributed to the high prevalence of human West Nile virus (WNV) in California and Colorado using county-level data from 2003 to 2007. An econometric analysis …

Sandspur, Vol 120, No 01, September 05, 2013, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

The Weekly Challenger, September 5, 2013, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The September 5, 2013, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Lipidomic Analysis Of Metastatic Kidney Cancer, Brendan Coutu, Dr. John Prince

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Cancer not only affects individuals and families but has the greatest economic effect worldwide than any other premature cause of death.1 Diverse aspects of cancer biology are under investigation to better understand the mechanism of action of different cancer types, that biomarkers can be identified for early diagnosis, and, most importantly, that a lasting cure can be discovered.32 In the development of cancer, cells undergo a number of phenotypic changes, known as the hallmarks of cancer.2 The hallmarks of cancer are described as sustained proliferative signaling, evading growth suppressors, activating invasion and metastasis, enabling replicative immortality, inducing angiogenesis, and resisting …

Ongoing Development Of An Anti-Sporulation Media And The Methodology To Efficiently Quantify Spores, Jared Balaich, Dr. Richard Robison

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Spore forming bacteria are of great medical importance because of their ability to infect, and sustain infection in the human host. A spore consists of the bacterium’s DNA surrounded by thick membranes and is resistant to desiccation, disinfectants, radiation. The spore can then form a living bacterium after remaining dormant for thousands or even millions of years. Although much is now known about the structure and pathways involved in spore formation, much mystery remains around exactly what triggers spore formation to occur. The focus of this research project is to culture spore forming bacteria on medias of differing composition and …

Does Monitor Peptide Produce Anorexia Through The Release Of Endogenous Cholecystokinin?, Cory A. Talbot, Dr. Gregory N. Ervin

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Cholecystokinin (CCK) is a gut hormone released following the ingestion of a meal. It was first shown in 1973 by Gibbs et al. that administration of exogenous CCK-8 (CCK-8 is the smallest part of the CCK molecule that possesses its biological activity) before a meal leads to a decrease in food intake and the onset of satiety-like behaviors in rats.1 Extensive evidence now exists demonstrating that exogenous CCK-8 can produce a selective decrease in food intakes in humans, as well. By using CCK receptor antagonists to block endogenous CCK or trypsin inhibitors to elevate released endogenous CCK, some evidence is …

The Pan American (2013-09-05), Norma Gonzalez, Lea Victoria Juarez

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 70, No. 2

A Blood Test For Alzheimer’S Disease, Frederick Rohlfing, Dr. John Kauwe

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a severe chronic neurodegenerative disorder and the most common form of dementia1. Unfortunately, there is little understanding of its cause, let alone a cure for the 5.3 million affected Americans2. In my research, a novel proteomics method is being used to identify peptides in the serum that are linked with AD. We have already identified 36 peptides as statistically significant biomarkers and need to characterize these amino acid sequences. By characterizing these biomarkers we will be able to provide important information on how to accurately diagnose AD, its causes, and how to cure it.

Histological Validation Of Iron As An Imaging Biomarker For Amyloid Beta And Tau Depositions In Alzheimer’S Disease, Ashley Salin, Dr. Jonathan Wisco

Journal of Undergraduate Research

At present, no one can diagnose a patient with Alzheimer’s disease until postmortem examination. It was our goal to change that theory and make it possible to diagnose varying degrees of Alzheimer’s through Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Analysis of the spatial overlap of non-heme iron, phosphorylated tau protein, and Amyloid Beta depositions in consecutive tissue slices of the hippocampus of post-mortem subjects ultimately facilitated characterization and detection of diseases, such as Alzheimer’s through MRI’s.

Three-Dimensional Characterization And Mapping Of Gluteus Medius Muscle Fibers, Kylen Zibetti, Dr. Jonathan Wisco

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The human body is amazingly complex. Every structure and function affects multiple other structures and functions in a very automated way. Going from sitting to standing includes thousands of activated neurons, millions of contracting muscle fibers, and perfect balance coordinated between the semicircular canals and brain. With so much to study it was difficult to narrow it down. I decided though that I wanted to better understand anatomy, and especially the very fine anatomy of the hip because I am interested in gait pattern. After working with Dr. Wisco, I concluded that I would create a three dimensional model of …

Lipid Regulation After Induction Of The C-Met Pathway In Mdck Cells, Kristen Alexander, Dr. Marc Hansen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

A key characteristic of cancer is metastasis of the primary tumor to other locations in the body. Hepatocyte-growth factor (HGF) is a highly characterized and studied factor that induces epithelial cell scattering, through the c-met pathway, and mediates a similar response to metastasis (Cecchi, et al., 2012, Lai, et al, 2012). Trademarks of the c-Met pathway, as stimulated by HGF, include proliferation, angiogenesis, inflammation, cell survival and migration (Bozkaya, et al., 2012). When activated in cancer patients, the c-Met pathway leads to a poor prognosis (Wang, et al., 2003). The scientific community is trying to understand characteristics and cellular changes …

The Role Of Wnt Ligands In The Development Of Limb Musculature, Jordan Huber, Dr. Jeffery Barrow

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The Wnt family of secreted proteins consists of 19 family members (in the mouse) and is known to signal through multiple pathways that regulate crucial processes in the development of almost all tissues. Dissecting the roles of individual Wnts has been hampered due to functional redundancy that exists between family members. By making a conditional allele of the O-acyltransferase, Porcupine (Porcn), that is required for the secretion of all Wnt ligands, and a tissue specific enhancer to drive Cre expression, we are able to eliminate the secretion of all Wnt ligands in tissues of interest. We eliminated the secretion of …

Cellular Mechanisms Underlying The Operations Of The Brain’S Memory Center, Spencer Bella, Dr. Jeffrey Edwards

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Participating in mentored research funded by ORCA has again provided me with valuable research experience and taught me valuable lessons about the research process. Although due to certain setbacks my project was not able to progress to the point of conclusive results, the results we have at this point may show support of our hypothesis. Other members of Dr. Edwards’ lab will continue the project as I have graduated and am pursuing further education elsewhere.

Inhibition Of Nek2 And Proteasome Activity, Jessica Flory, David Bearss

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Nek2 is a kinase that promotes centrosome separation during the cell cycle. Our lab has shown that Nek2 over-­‐expression is the best predictor of a poor outcome in multiple myeloma therapy, but the mechanism is unknown. The standard therapy for treating multiple myeloma is use of Bortezomib, an inhibitor of the proteasome (which degrades proteins). Mitosis is often triggered by the degradation of proteins that are unnecessary for the cell to divide. The evidence that Nek2 over-­‐expression can predict the outcome of multiple myeloma therapy leads us to the hypothesis that Nek2 affects proteasome activity in multiple myeloma cells. The …

Flyer News, Vol. 61, No. 3 (Sept. 5, 2013), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.

Benchmark Measurements And Simulations Of Dose Perturbations Due To Metallic Spheres In Proton Beams, Wayne D. Newhauser, Laura Rechner, Dragan Mirkovic, Pablo Yepes, Nicholas C. Koch, Uwe Titt, Jonas D. Fontenot, Rui Zhang

Faculty Publications

Monte Carlo simulations are increasingly used for dose calculations in proton therapy due to its inherent accuracy. However, dosimetric deviations have been found using Monte Carlo code when high density materials are present in the proton beamline. The purpose of this work was to quantify the magnitude of dose perturbation caused by metal objects. We did this by comparing measurements and Monte Carlo predictions of dose perturbations caused by the presence of small metal spheres in several clinical proton therapy beams as functions of proton beam range and drift space. Monte Carlo codes MCNPX, GEANT4 and Fast Dose Calculator (FDC) …

September 5, 2013, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the September 5, 2013, meeting of the University Senate. 12 pages

Effects Of Butyltins On Mitogen-Activated-Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase And Ras Activity In Human Natural Killer Cells, Lindsay J. Celada, Margaret M. Whalen

Chemistry Faculty Research

Butyltins (BTs) contaminate the environment and are found in human blood. BTs, tributyltin (TBT) and dibutyltin (DBT) diminish the cytotoxic function and levels of key proteins of human natural killer (NK) cells. NK cells are an initial immune defense against tumors, virally infected cells and antibody-coated cells and thus critical to human health. The signaling pathways that regulate NK cell functions include mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs). Studies have shown that exposure to BTs leads to activation of specific MAPKs and MAPK kinases (MAP2Ks) in human NK cells. MAP2K kinases (MAP3Ks) are upstream activators of MAP2Ks, which then activate MAPKs. The …

An Evolutionary Approach To Understanding Social Facilitation:Energy Expenditure And Exercise Motivation, Ann E. Caldwell Hooper

Psychology ETDs

The current research draws on evolutionary and life history theory to understand social facilitation of human energy expenditure, and test predictions focused on when and for whom increases in energetic effort are more likely to occur. Two studies tested the premise that cues of mates and/or competitors for mates can modify perceptions of the socio-ecological context of energy expenditure, and thereby change short-term energetic effort and exercise motivation and self-efficacy. Tests of psychological and physiological mediators and moderators were performed. Results provide preliminary support for the utilization of evolutionary theory to understand social facilitation by demonstrating significant effects of primes …

Daily Eastern News: September 05, 2013, Eastern Illinois University

September

No abstract provided.

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

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

The Alestle

Vol. 66 No. 4

Numerical Analysis Of Co-Flowing Immiscible Liquids In Co-Axial Microtubes, In-Hwan Yang

Chemical and Biological Engineering ETDs

This research developed dimensionless correlations, based on the numerical simulations, for the boundaries between the dripping, transition and jetting regimes. Additional correlations are also developed for the radius and formation frequency of disperse droplet in the dripping regime and the transition regime, when the total volume of the satellite droplets is less than 1% of the disperse primary droplets.

Adatom Emission From Nanoparticles: Implications For Ostwald Ripening, Tyne Johns

Chemical and Biological Engineering ETDs

To achieve clean air in our cities, all modern means of ground transportation make use of catalytic converters. Precious metal-based catalysts such as Pt and Pd are currently used in catalytic converters. To achieve higher fuel efficiency, combustion can be carried out in excess air resulting in a reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Reduction of these emissions has emerged as a major challenge. Most of the pollutants are emitted within the first 30 seconds after starting an engine because the catalyst is cold. The development of catalysts which achieve high activity at low temperatures will improve fuel efficiency and …