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Close Encounters In The Rainforest : A Children's Book For Eight And Nine-Year-Olds, Vandana Mathrani May 2013

Close Encounters In The Rainforest : A Children's Book For Eight And Nine-Year-Olds, Vandana Mathrani

Graduate Student Independent Studies

Presents an original children's book that describes the array of biodiversity present in a tropical rainforest.

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Making The Most Of The Volunteer Experience For Both The Volunteer And The Community Based Organization : What Can Be Learned From A Review Of The Literature And Research, Rachel Skoff May 2013

Making The Most Of The Volunteer Experience For Both The Volunteer And The Community Based Organization : What Can Be Learned From A Review Of The Literature And Research, Rachel Skoff

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This literature review discusses the research and the implications of it in the areas of: volunteer motivation; screening, training and supporting volunteers; volunteer empowerment; age, gender and disability as they relate to the volunteer experience; particular issues that schools must consider when using volunteers; legal issues which impact agencies; and best practices that have been developed for volunteer programs.

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An Exploration Of How Performance Art Can Activate Empathy In High-Risk Youth, Nancy Moricette May 2013

An Exploration Of How Performance Art Can Activate Empathy In High-Risk Youth, Nancy Moricette

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The purpose of this project was to design a workshop that would cultivate empathy in high-risk youth through performance art and voice exploration workshops conducted at the Hudson Guild, and a storytelling workshop conducted at the Ali Forney Center of New York.

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Disability In Hiding : The Effects Of Trauma In Early Childhood And The Implications For Classroom Teachers, Dana Baker May 2013

Disability In Hiding : The Effects Of Trauma In Early Childhood And The Implications For Classroom Teachers, Dana Baker

Graduate Student Independent Studies

Seeks to define trauma within the context of early childhood and describe in depth the interrelated neurobiological, behavioral, and psychopathological effects of experienced trauma.

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Fostering Global Citizens In The Infant And Toddler Classroom For The Cultivation Of A Culture Of Humanism, Stefanie Horton May 2013

Fostering Global Citizens In The Infant And Toddler Classroom For The Cultivation Of A Culture Of Humanism, Stefanie Horton

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The purpose of this study is to examine meaningful philosophies and practices of education and care that may contribute to the fostering of youth who respect and value the dignity of all life.

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Chartered Sites Of Exception : Problematizing The Construction Of Bare Life For Exceptional Populations In The United States Educational System, Jonathan Michael Mcintosh May 2013

Chartered Sites Of Exception : Problematizing The Construction Of Bare Life For Exceptional Populations In The United States Educational System, Jonathan Michael Mcintosh

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the influence of deregulation policies in charter schools through a site of exception analysis and the resulting effect on exceptional populations in these schools.

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Racial Inequality In Special Education And The Need For Cultural Competence, Nicole Rosado May 2013

Racial Inequality In Special Education And The Need For Cultural Competence, Nicole Rosado

Graduate Student Independent Studies

For many years, schools in the United States have been dealing with the persistent overrepresentation of students of color in special education. The research suggests a variety of causes for this epidemic. After an analysis of the ways in which racially, culturally and linguistically diverse students are on the receiving end of unequal educational experiences, recommendations for the implementation of culturally competent education will be provided.

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Putting The Classroom To Work--A Classroom Blueprint : How Does A Classroom Environment Influence Teaching Styles And A Teacher's Well Being?, Maria L. Freda May 2013

Putting The Classroom To Work--A Classroom Blueprint : How Does A Classroom Environment Influence Teaching Styles And A Teacher's Well Being?, Maria L. Freda

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This empirical study is written to call attention to and define the role of the classroom environment as an influential teaching tool. Through observation, interviews, and extensive reference resources, this compilation of work will discuss and assess how the arrangement of a classroom, its furnishings, and its aesthetic climate can influence a teacher's sensibilities, well being, motivation, and teaching style. The result of this research is intended to lead to the development of the classeum blueprint, a workshop series and guide, created for educators kindergarten through fourth grade.

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A Trip To The Epilepsy Monitoring Unit : Using Video Modeling To Prepare Children And Caregivers For Inpatient Eeg Monitoring, Peyton Katz May 2013

A Trip To The Epilepsy Monitoring Unit : Using Video Modeling To Prepare Children And Caregivers For Inpatient Eeg Monitoring, Peyton Katz

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The goal of this project was to outline the benefits of utilizing video modeling in the preparation of children and families within a child life department's preparation program.

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Sr-12-13-34 Cc, Marshall University May 2013

Sr-12-13-34 Cc, Marshall University

Recommendations

No abstract provided.

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The Bates Spudent - Volume 142 Number 18 - May 15, 2013, Bates College May 2013

The Bates Spudent - Volume 142 Number 18 - May 15, 2013, Bates College

The Bates Student

No abstract provided.

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Goodnight Sister : An Original Children's Book, Johanna Pyun May 2013

Goodnight Sister : An Original Children's Book, Johanna Pyun

Graduate Student Independent Studies

An original children's book written for five to seven year olds that touches on the themes of adoption, sibling relationships, and culture.

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Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Delta Agonist, Hpp593, Prevents Renal Necrosis Under Chronic Ischemia, Larisa V. Fedorova, Komal Sodhi, Cara Gatto-Weis, Nitin Puri, Terry D. Hinds Jr., Joseph I. Shapiro Md, Deepak Malhotra May 2013

Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Delta Agonist, Hpp593, Prevents Renal Necrosis Under Chronic Ischemia, Larisa V. Fedorova, Komal Sodhi, Cara Gatto-Weis, Nitin Puri, Terry D. Hinds Jr., Joseph I. Shapiro Md, Deepak Malhotra

Pharmaceutical Science and Research

The Goldblatt’s 2 kidney 1 clip (2K1C) rat animal model of renovascular hypertension is characterized by ischemic nephropathy of the clipped kidney. 2K1C rats were treated with a specific peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor δ (PPARδ) agonist, HPP593. Clipped kidneys from untreated rats developed tubular and glomerular necrosis and massive interstitial, periglomerular and perivascular fibrosis. HPP593 kidneys did not exhibit any histochemical features of necrosis; fibrotic lesions were present only in perivascular areas. Necrosis in the untreated clipped kidneys was associated with an increased oxidative stress, up regulation and mitochondrial translocation of the pro-death protein BNIP3 specifically in tubules. In the kidneys …

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Caveolin-1 Is A Negative Regulator Of Tumor Growth In Glioblastoma And Modulates Chemosensitivity To Temozolomide., Kevin Quann, Donna M Gonzales, Isabelle Mercier, Chenguang Wang, Federica Sotgia, Richard G Pestell, Michael P Lisanti, Jean-François Jasmin May 2013

Caveolin-1 Is A Negative Regulator Of Tumor Growth In Glioblastoma And Modulates Chemosensitivity To Temozolomide., Kevin Quann, Donna M Gonzales, Isabelle Mercier, Chenguang Wang, Federica Sotgia, Richard G Pestell, Michael P Lisanti, Jean-François Jasmin

Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Faculty Papers & Presentations

Caveolin-1 (Cav-1) is a critical regulator of tumor progression in a variety of cancers where it has been shown to act as either a tumor suppressor or tumor promoter. In glioblastoma multiforme, it has been previously demonstrated to function as a putative tumor suppressor. Our studies here, using the human glioblastoma-derived cell line U-87MG, further support the role of Cav-1 as a negative regulator of tumor growth. Using a lentiviral transduction approach, we were able to stably overexpress Cav-1 in U-87MG cells. Gene expression microarray analyses demonstrated significant enrichment in gene signatures corresponding to downregulation of MAPK, PI3K/AKT and mTOR …

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Three-Dimensional, High-Resolution Skeletal Kinematics Of The Avian Wing And Shoulder During Ascending Flapping Flight And Uphill Flap-Running, David B. Baier, Stephen M. Gatesy, Kenneth P. Dial May 2013

Three-Dimensional, High-Resolution Skeletal Kinematics Of The Avian Wing And Shoulder During Ascending Flapping Flight And Uphill Flap-Running, David B. Baier, Stephen M. Gatesy, Kenneth P. Dial

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Past studies have shown that birds use their wings not only for flight, but also when ascending steep inclines. Uphill flap-running or wing-assisted incline running (WAIR) is used by both flight-incapable fledglings and flight-capable adults to retreat to an elevated refuge. Despite the broadly varying direction of travel during WAIR, level, and descending flight, recent studies have found that the basic wing path remains relatively invariant with reference to gravity. If so, joints undergo disparate motions to maintain a consistent wing path during those specific flapping modes. The underlying skeletal motions, however, are masked by feathers and skin. To improve …

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Integrating Science & Policy, Abigail A. Carson May 2013

Integrating Science & Policy, Abigail A. Carson

Honors Theses

Millions already owe their lives to scientists for their research and implementation of early warning devices such as a tornado warning. These warning systems are the beginning for what is to come if science continues to receive backing. Think of what could be accomplished in the next century if science and policy were to unite in the interest of protecting humans and the environment. It is imperative that environmental policies be based on sound science; to achieve this, political and scientific sectors must be integrated to produce effective and practical policies.

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Interpretation Of Biological Activity Using An Acoustic Backscatter Sensor (Abs), Courtney Elliton May 2013

Interpretation Of Biological Activity Using An Acoustic Backscatter Sensor (Abs), Courtney Elliton

Honors Theses

Acoustics aid in the description of complex processes, such as the suspension of sand particles exposed to local hydrodynamic forces above a rippled bed (Cacchione, et al., 2008). Acoustic data can be applied to several aspects of the marine environment such as marine chemistry, biology, geology, and ecology. The acoustic data collected in this study was part of a larger, grant-funded project that focused on sediment transport and settlement preference on two offshore hardbottoms following beach renourishment along the heavily developed coast in northeastern South Carolina. Acoustic data collection was used in the larger project to describe changes in sediment …

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Female Division I Cross Country Runners: Is Balance An Issue?, Stephanie Taylor May 2013

Female Division I Cross Country Runners: Is Balance An Issue?, Stephanie Taylor

Honors Theses

Injuries, including those resulting from falls, are virtually unavoidable in the sport of cross country. Due to the constantly changing terrains that cross country runners face, falls and injuries may be a more common aspect of the sport than previously thought. The strenuous nature of the sport and increased injury risk faced by runners are things that make being successful very difficult. Researchers have made connections between joint stability, muscle fatigue, proprioception, and muscle strength and injury/fall rate. Studies have found that balance abilities are lower in fatigued muscles. The frequent injury trends in distance runners show that many of …

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Synthesis And Immunological Evaluation Of Type I, Type Ii, And Gamma Delta Nkt Cell Antigens, Brian L. Anderson May 2013

Synthesis And Immunological Evaluation Of Type I, Type Ii, And Gamma Delta Nkt Cell Antigens, Brian L. Anderson

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the immune system is to protect our bodies from infection. One way it accomplishes this task is through the presentation of foreign pathogens to NKT cells. After an antigen is presented to the T cell receptor, activated NKT cells quickly release soluble chemical signals, termed chemokines and cytokines, that modulate the response of the immune system. Due to the immunological relevance of NKT cell activation, we developed and synthesised non-natural analogs of immunostimulatory type I, II, and gamma delta NKT cell antigens. The immunological evaluations of these analogs resulted in identification of sulfatide as a gamma delta …

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The Investigation Of Risk Factors For Upper Respiratory Infections Among College Students, Romie Barnes May 2013

The Investigation Of Risk Factors For Upper Respiratory Infections Among College Students, Romie Barnes

Honors Theses

Upper respiratory tract infections and cold-like illnesses are common sources of morbidity among college students. The emphasis of hand-washing and reducing the dispersal of aerosol droplets by covering coughs and sneezes reduces the spread of the common cold. However, less emphasis is placed on other risk factors for reducing cold-like illness such as: stress level and physical activity (Doyle and Cohens 2009). An increase in stress and a decrease in physical activity are common among college students (Nichol et al 2005). For this reason, the present study analyzed the effects of stress and physical activity on the incidence of upper …

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Sexual Assault And Sane (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners) In Our Community, Emily Barrow May 2013

Sexual Assault And Sane (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners) In Our Community, Emily Barrow

Honors Theses

Sexual assault and sexual violence is a problem in our society, with one in four college women report surviving rape (15 percent) or attempted rape (12 percent) since their fourteenth birthday, and about 42% of survivors did not tell anyone about their rape. Research on the subject is being done and information in a special report, Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Rape Victimization: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey (NVAWS), conducted by American Prosecutors Research Institute and Boston College Connell School of Nursing, exposes some alarming statistics. The study reveals that over half of female victims and nearly …

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Understanding The Motivational Factors For College Students To Remain Non-Smokers, Chanler Hilley May 2013

Understanding The Motivational Factors For College Students To Remain Non-Smokers, Chanler Hilley

Honors Theses

Cigarette smoking has long been recognized as a negative health behavior. Numerous studies have linked cigarette smoking to cancer, heart and circulatory problems, lung disease, and an array of other health issues, leading to lower quality of life and premature death. There is a wealth of knowledge relating to the negative outcomes of smoking behavior (USDHHS, 2010) and the factors leading to smoking behavior among adolescents (USDHHS, 2012). However, researchers have studied factors leading to nonsmoking behavior much less. The present study uses the Theory of Planned Behavior to understand the motivational factors that lead to a student's nonsmoking behavior, …

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Role Of Mammalian Target Of Rapamycin In Ischemia Reperfusion Induced Kidney Injury, Reem Shelweeh Alshaman May 2013

Role Of Mammalian Target Of Rapamycin In Ischemia Reperfusion Induced Kidney Injury, Reem Shelweeh Alshaman

Theses (Pre-2016)

mTOR has anti-inflammatory effect and inhibition of mTOR initiates IL-12 and IL-6 production leading to inflammatory response. However; it is not fully known whether mTOR activation attenuates the inflammation in renal ischemia -reperfusion (IR). We hypothesized that activation of mTOR suppresses the inflammatory response induced by IR in the kidney. The aims of the study are to characterize the role of mTOR in normal kidney function and to investigate the role of mTOR activation in IR induced kidney inflammation. In rats subjected to IR injury (25 min renal artery occlusion) in the presence or absence of rapamycin, mTOR inhibitor, or …

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Lake Kumphawapi — An Archive Of Holocene Paleoenvironmental And Paleoclimatic Changes In Northeast Thailand, Sakonvan Chawchai, A. Chabangborn, M. Kylander, L. Löwemark, C.-M. Mörth, M. Blaauw, W. Klubseang, P. J. Reimer, Sherilyn C. Fritz, B. Wohlfarth May 2013

Lake Kumphawapi — An Archive Of Holocene Paleoenvironmental And Paleoclimatic Changes In Northeast Thailand, Sakonvan Chawchai, A. Chabangborn, M. Kylander, L. Löwemark, C.-M. Mörth, M. Blaauw, W. Klubseang, P. J. Reimer, Sherilyn C. Fritz, B. Wohlfarth

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

The long-term climatic and environmental history of Southeast Asia, and of Thailand in particular, is still fragmentary. Here we present a new 14C-dated, multi-proxy sediment record (TOC, C/N, CNS isotopes, Si, Zr, K, Ti, Rb, Ca elemental data, biogenic silica) for Lake Kumphawapi, the second largest natural lake in northeast Thailand. The data set provides a reconstruction of changes in lake status, groundwater fluctuations, and catchment run-off during the Holocene. A comparison of multiple sediment sequences and their proxies suggests that the summer monsoon was stronger between c. 9800 and 7000 cal yr BP. Lake status and water level …

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Hyperspectral Monitoring Of Chemically Sensitive Plant Sensors, Danielle Simmons May 2013

Hyperspectral Monitoring Of Chemically Sensitive Plant Sensors, Danielle Simmons

Theses

Current events clearly demonstrate that chemical and biological threats against the public are very real. Automated detection of chemical threats is a necessary component of a system that provides early warning of an attack. Plant biologists are currently developing genetically engineered plants that de-green in the presence of explosives (i.e. TNT) in their environment. The objectives of this thesis are to study the spectral reflectance phenomenology of the plant sensors and to propose requirements for an operational monitoring system using spectral imaging technology. Hyperspectral data were collected under laboratory conditions to determine the key spectral regions in the reflectance spectra …

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Urine Trouble: A Molecular And Anatomical Examination Of Bladder Pain, Lara Wiley Crock May 2013

Urine Trouble: A Molecular And Anatomical Examination Of Bladder Pain, Lara Wiley Crock

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Interstitial cystitis or painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS) is a chronic pain syndrome affecting 3-6% of women in the US. Some evidence suggests urothelial injury may cause some cases of IC/PBS. To examine how urothelial injury modulates bladder pain, three injury models were used: Infection with uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC, inflammatory), Protamine sulfate (PS, non-inflammatory chemical), and lipopolysaccharide (LPS, non-infectious and inflammatory) treatment. Surprisingly, injury with PS decreased, while UPEC alone increased the pain response to bladder distention. These data suggest that changes in the urothelium may modulate some forms of IC/PBS. However, in most cases, patients with IC/PBS have no …

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Structural Mechanism Of Orthopoxvirus Sabotage Of Mhci Antigen Presentation, William Howard Mccoy Iv May 2013

Structural Mechanism Of Orthopoxvirus Sabotage Of Mhci Antigen Presentation, William Howard Mccoy Iv

All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

Immunomodulatory proteins that subvert major histocompatibility complex class I: MHCI) antigen presentation can help viruses to evade cytotoxic T-lymphocyte: CTL) detection and clearance. Cowpox virus, like other orthopoxvirus family members, is a large DNA virus, whose genomic termini encode numerous immunomodulatory genes, including two ER-resident MHCI saboteurs: CPXV012 and CPXV203). CPXV012 inhibits peptide loading of MHCI within the peptide-loading complex: PLC), while CPXV203 inhibits surface expression of both murine and human MHCI through the use of a C-terminal ER-retention sequence: KTEL). An association: direct or indirect) between CPXV203 and MHCI was first demonstrated in pull-down experiments. This doctoral work explores …

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Cross Section, Joanna Poag May 2013

Cross Section, Joanna Poag

Theses

I plan to make sculpture using modules to build monolithic structures. The sculptures will explore equilibrium as it relates to an interaction and balance between elements. Weight, both visual and physical, will be a key focus of each piece. The sculptures incorporate gravity and mass in a way that exaggerates or defies the weight of the pieces. The formal strategy of breaking symmetry is employed to develop sculptures that incorporate gravity and mass and express visual movement in opposition to predictable mathematical sequencing. Line is used as a sculptural means to explore form. It has been used in a way …

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Digital Camera Identification Using Neural Network Algorithm And Pattern Noise In Imaging Sensors, Chandni Bhowmik May 2013

Digital Camera Identification Using Neural Network Algorithm And Pattern Noise In Imaging Sensors, Chandni Bhowmik

Theses

In forensic investigation of criminal cases like child pornography, image forgery, identity theft, steganography, movie piracy, insurance claims, and other cases of scientific frauds, some of the most significant challenges may be to detect the origin of an image or the photographing camera, detect forged images or hidden messages in images from retrieved digital evidence. There has been much interest in developing camera fingerprints for the forensic task of digital camera identification; that is, to be able to tie an image to it's photographing camera with high certainty or good assurance metrics, specially when the camera is not present in …

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Growing A Sustainable Biofuels Industry: Economics, Environmental Considerations, And The Role Of The Conservation Reserve Program, Christopher M. Clark, Yolanda Lin, Britta G. Bierwagen, Laurence M. Eaton, Matthew H. Langholtz, Philip Morefield, Caroline E. Ridley, Laura Vimmerstedt, Steve Peterson, Brian W. Bush May 2013

Growing A Sustainable Biofuels Industry: Economics, Environmental Considerations, And The Role Of The Conservation Reserve Program, Christopher M. Clark, Yolanda Lin, Britta G. Bierwagen, Laurence M. Eaton, Matthew H. Langholtz, Philip Morefield, Caroline E. Ridley, Laura Vimmerstedt, Steve Peterson, Brian W. Bush

Dartmouth Scholarship

Biofuels are expected to be a major contributor to renewable energy in the coming decades under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). These fuels have many attractive properties including the promotion of energy independence, rural development, and the reduction of national carbon emissions. However, several unresolved environmental and economic concerns remain. Environmentally, much of the biomass is expected to come from agricultural expansion and/or intensification, which may greatly affect the net environmental impact, and economically, the lack of a developed infrastructure and bottlenecks along the supply chain may affect the industry's economic vitality. The approximately 30 million acres (12 million hectares) …

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