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Gardner-Webb University Awards Degrees During Exercises On May 12, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Gardner–Webb University hosted Spring Commencement on Monday, May 12 in the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., and over 700 graduates were honored during two separate ceremonies. The morning ceremony featured the conferring of over 370 degrees from the University’s graduate programs. Kimberly Denise Moore of Gastonia, N.C., who earned a Master of Divinity in Pastoral Ministries, offered a commencement speech during the ceremony.

Youtube: Gardner-Webb University: Commencement: May 2014

Researching The Real: Transforming The Science Fair Through Relevant And Authentic Research, Rosemary Mcbryan Davidson

Dissertations

This teacher research study documents the processes used to help students in an all-female, religious-based high school create science fair projects that are personally meaningful, scientifically sophisticated and up-to date in terms of science content. One-hundred sixteen young women in an honors chemistry class were introduced by their teacher to the methods used by science journalists when researching and crafting articles. The students then integrated these strategies into their science fair research through collaborative classroom activities designed by their teacher. Data collected during the process included audio and video tapes of classroom activities, student interviews, process work, finished projects, email …

School Climate And Building Highly Effective Schools: How Student Perception Of School Structure And Supportive Learning Environments Affect Their Enjoyment Of School, Amber D'Nay Simpson

Dissertations

Education reformers have long sought to apply scientific framework analysis to engineer the ideal system in which both students and teachers are highly successful. Grounded in the evidence based theoretical framework of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), many academicians and practitioners are now focusing on determinants of school structure and supportive learning environments to bolster students’ enjoyment of school, which supports increased positive outcomes. The Abbreviated School Climate Survey (Student Version) (Ding, Liu and Berkowitz, 2011) instrument was designed to explore student perspective of school climate as an indicator of student outcomes based on seven variables. The purpose of this …

Combating Eating Disorders By Addressing Body Image Issues In Schools, Brittany Ballweg

Counselor Education Capstones

This research looks at two issues that are becoming more widely spread among children and adolescents: body image dissatisfaction and eating disorders. Past literature has centered on individuals who are dissatisfied with their bodies and the fact that this may put them more at risk for developing an eating disorder. Most school professionals are not experts when it comes to eating disorder and body image terminology and treatment practices. As school counselors help with the personal/social, career, and academic needs of each student they work with, it is important for them to be aware of the prevalent issues that are …

Daily Eastern News: May 12, 2014, Eastern Illinois University

May

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Comparative Systems Biology Reveals Allelic Variation Modulating Tocochromanol Profiles In Barley (Hordeum Vulgare L.), Rebekah E. Oliver, Emir Islamovic, Donald E. Obert, Mitchell L. Wise, Lauri L. Herrin, An Hang, Stephen A. Harrison, Amir Ibrahim, Juliet M. Marshall, Kelci J. Miclaus, Gerard R. Lazo, Gongshe Hu, Eric W. Jackson

Faculty Publications

Tocochromanols are recognized for nutritional content, plant stress response, and seed longevity. Here we present a systems biological approach to characterize and develop predictive assays for genes affecting tocochromanol variation in barley. Major QTL, detected in three regions of a SNP linkage map, affected multiple tocochromanol forms. Candidate genes were identified through barley/rice orthology and sequenced in genotypes with disparate tocochromanol profiles. Gene-specific markers, designed based on observed polymorphism, mapped to the originating QTL, increasing R2 values at the respective loci. Polymorphism within promoter regions corresponded to motifs known to influence gene expression. Quantitative PCR analysis revealed a trend of …

Order Of The Major Constituents In Sign Languages: Implications For All Language, Donna Jo Napoli, R. Sutton-Spence

Linguistics Faculty Works

A survey of reports of sign order from 42 sign languages leads to a handful of generalizations. Two accounts emerge, one amodal and the other modal. We argue that universal pressures are at work with respect to some generalizations, but that pressure from the visual modality is at work with respect to others. Together, these pressures conspire to make all sign languages order their major constituents SOV or SVO. This study leads us to the conclusion that the order of S with regard to verb phrase (VP) may be driven by sensorimotor system concerns that feed universal grammar.

Unh Scientists Using Dna Analysis To Assess Abundance Of Nh’S Bobcats, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

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Peg-Based Fluorescent Hydrogel For Glucose Biosensing, Gayathri Srinivasan

Master's Theses

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder caused due to lack of insulin production by pancreatic islet cells (Type I) or underutilization of insulin produced in the pancreas (Type II). Complications arising due to this disease can be minimized by vigilant monitoring of blood glucose levels. In this study, a fluorescent enzymatic hydrogel was designed for rapid glucose detection. The glucose-responsive hydrogel was formed by polymerizing multi-arm poly (ethylene glycol), glucose oxidase and serum albumin with aminomethylcoumarin as fluorophore. The sensing mechanism relies on enzymatic catalysis of glucose, that protonates the pH sensitive aminomethylcoumarin, resulting in a fluorescence “turn-on” response. …

Mobilization Of Toxic Elements From An Abandoned Manganese Mine In The Arid Metropolitan Las Vegas (Nv, Usa) Area, Ji Hye Park, Vernon Hodge, Shawn Gerstenberger, Krystyna Stave

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Research

Active and abandoned mines may present health risks, especially to children, from environmental exposure to airborne chemical elements, such as Pb, As, and Mn. X-ray fluorescence analysis of tailings at the Three Kids Mine show they contain high levels of: Pb (15,300 mg/kg), As (3690 mg/kg), and Mn (153,000 mg/kg). Soil was sampled along eight transects, radiating from the dried tailings ponds. Concentrations of Mn and Pb to the NE are at background concentrations at 4.8 km, and, As and Sr at 3.2 km from the mine. Going SW to the City of Henderson, all elements are at background at …

Marine Viral Diversity And Spatiotemporal Variability, Dawn Goldsmith

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Marine viruses are the most numerous biological entities in the ocean, with an estimated abundance of 4 x 10³⁰. They merit study not only because of their sheer abundance, but also because of the role they play in the Earth's biogeochemical cycles. Viral lysis of bacteria redirects the flow of nutrients among marine microbes, which ultimately affects the efficiency of the biological pump. Viral diversity is important because most viruses are host-specific. In preying on a certain type of bacteria, viruses affect the diversity and structure of the bacterial community, leading to changes in carbon and nutrient flows. …

Lack Of Protection Following Passive Transfer Of Polyclonal Highly Functional Low-Dose Non-Neutralizing Antibodies, Anne-Sophie Dugast, Ying Chan, Michelle Hoffner, Anna Licht, Joseph Nkolola, Hualin Li, Hendrik Streeck, Todd J. Suscovich, Musie Ghebremichael, Margaret E. Ackerman, Dan H. Barouch, Galit Alter

Dartmouth Scholarship

Recent immune correlates analysis from the RV144 vaccine trial has renewed interest in the role of non-neutralizing antibodies in mediating protection from infection. While neutralizing antibodies have proven difficult to induce through vaccination, extra-neutralizing antibodies, such as those that mediate antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC), are associated with long-term control of infection. However, while several non-neutralizing monoclonal antibodies have been tested for their protective efficacy in vivo, no studies to date have tested the protective activity of naturally produced polyclonal antibodies from individuals harboring potent ADCC activity. Because ADCC-inducing antibodies are highly enriched in elite controllers (EC), we passively transferred …

The P53-Induced Factor Ei24 Inhibits Nuclear Import Through An Importin Β-Binding-Like Domain., Kim G Lieu, Eun-Hee Shim, Jinling Wang, Ravi K Lokareddy, Tao Tao, Gino Cingolani, Gerard P Zambetti, David A Jans

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty Papers

The etoposide-induced protein Ei24 was initially identified as a p53-responsive, proapoptotic factor, but no clear function has been described. Here, we use a nonbiased proteomics approach to identify members of the importin (IMP) family of nuclear transporters as interactors of Ei24 and characterize an IMPβ-binding-like (IBBL) domain within Ei24. We show that Ei24 can bind specifically to IMPβ1 and IMPα2, but not other IMPs, and use a mutated IMPβ1 derivative to show that Ei24 binds to the same site on IMPβ1 as the IMPα IBB. Ectopic expression of Ei24 reduced the extent of IMPβ1- or IMPα/β1-dependent nuclear protein import specifically, …

Optimal Biodegradable Scaffolds And Progenitor Cell For Effective Bone Regeneration, Ami R. Amini

Doctoral Dissertations

Bone tissue engineering has been proposed as a more effective and efficient alternative option for bone repair and regeneration. Here, we propose a two-pronged approach for enhance scaffold-guided bone regeneration. Second to developing optimized PLGA optimally-porous scaffolds, we will pre-vascularize our constructs in vitro in order to reduce vascularization time, and enhance bone formation in vivo. We will pre-vascularize our constructs by seeding and culturing them with a combination of two cell populations required for angiogenesis and osteogenesis: peripheral blood derived -endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) and bone marrow derived -mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Previous studies have demonstrated EPCs and MSCs …

The Affordance-Matching Hypothesis: How Objects Guide Action Understanding And Prediction, P Bach, T Nicholson, M Hudson

School of Psychology

No abstract provided.

Illinois Wesleyan Announces Candidates For Graduation, Kathy Thilmany

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

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Dialoging About English Learners: Preparing Teachers Through Culturally Relevant Literature Circles., Amy J. Heineke

Education: School of Education Faculty Publications and Other Works

In this paper, I describe how culturally relevant children’s literature allowed teachers and teacher candidates to explore the lived realities of diverse students. Through my qualitative investigation of 23 literature discussions of undergraduate and graduate students across five academic semesters, I found that texts written by culturally and linguistically diverse authors gave participants new ways to articulate ideas and beliefs about English learners. I discovered specific factors that opened or closed opportunities for dialog and learning in literature circles, including implementation of reader response strategies and various participant groupings. Results hold implications for preparing and supporting teachers to recognize and …

Effect Of Herbivory On The Growth And Competitive Ability Of Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris Arundinacea), Lisa A. Kratzer

Theses

Herbivory plays an important role in plant community structure in many ecosystems through preferential selection, plant regrowth, and seed transport. Phalaris arundinacea, reed canary grass, is a prevalent wetland invasive species consumed by geese, muskrats, and snails. We lack a clear understanding of how herbivory impacts P. arundinacea's invasion potential. Therefore, I sought to understand the effect of herbivory by generalist macrograzers and micrograzers on the competitive dominance of P. arundinacea in created wetlands, especially the degree to which herbivory alters the competitive relationship between P. arundinacea and Typha latifolia (broadleaf cattail). To address this enclosure/exclosure cages were constructed in …

May 12, 2014 Aasu Faculty Senate Special Session Minutes, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Minutes (Archived)

May 12, 2014 AASU Faculty Senate Special Session Minutes

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - May 11, 2014, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the May 11, 2014 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's newsletter - Watercooler.

Contents Include:

• Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Features Art of USA Physician's Son
• COM Training Program Begins Third Cycle of Funding from National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute
• May Med School Café - 'Your Brain is What You Feed It: Effects of Nutrition on the Brain'
• Medical School Graduates Participate in Honors Convocation Ceremony

Eating Misery: The Moral Question Of Factory Farming And The Struggle With Affected Ignorance, Victoria Elizabeth Oh

2014 Student Theses

What moral responsibility do we have to the suffering that we cause to animals? Should we reconsider our socially accepted treatment of animals in agriculture? In this essay I attempt to explore those moral questions by comparing new agriculture to the past; quantitative data linking environmental concerns to animal agriculture; and the current policy and law relating to factory farming. Using this information I try to unpack our moral obligation to these animals in factory farms and our affected ignorance to the entire subject of the unethical treatment of animals in factory farms. I recommend that we need to transform …

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, May 11, 2014, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2014

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University Of Richmond Commencement Exercises Program - 2014

Commencement Programs

University of Richmond Commencement Exercises Program, 2014. Including Conferring of Degrees to School of Arts & Sciences: Bachelor of Arts, and Bachelor of Science; The E. Claiborne Robins School of Business: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Jepson School of Leadership Studies: Bachelor of Arts.

The Role Of Nitrogen And Phosphorus In The Growth, Toxicity, And Distribution Of The Toxic Cyanobacteria, Microcystis Aeruginosa, James Parrish

Master's Projects and Capstones

Microcystis aeruginosa is among the most common harmful algal-blooming species in the world. Potent microcystins released by M. aeruginosa have been linked to liver failure and death in aquatic mammals, like the endangered California sea otter, and provide a serious public health risk to humans. Once characterized as a freshwater problem, M. aeruginosa is expanding on a global scale, making persistent returns in freshwater, brackish, and coastal marine ecosystems. Though commonly observed dominating aquatic ecosystems in low N:P atomic ratios less than 44:1, the reliability of N:P ratios as a tool for managing and predicting M. aeruginosa blooms is explored …

Doctor Of Medicine Commencement: May 10, 2014, University Of North Dakota

UND Commencement Programs

Doctor of Medicine Commencement program from May 10, 2014.

2014 May 10-11

Commencement Programs

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Spring 2014 Commencement - The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin, The University Of Texas Permian Basin

UTPB Commencement Programs

Spring 2014 Commencement - May 10, 2014

Gov. Bryant Challenges Um Graduates To Persevere Through Life's Storms, Michael Newsom

University of Mississippi News

More than 10,000 students and family members gathered in the Grove for university's 2014 commencement exercises

South Dakota State University Graduate Commencement, May 10, 2014, Brookings, South Dakota, South Dakota State University

Commencement Programs

Please be advised that the names listed in the program do not constitute official confirmation of meeting the graduation requirements. The South Dakota State University 2014 Graduate Commencement ceremony will commence with introductions by University President David L. Chicoine. Honorary marshals are Janet Gritzner, Professor of Geography, and Alex Moutsoglou, Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Delivering the commencement address titled "On Your Feet" is Frank Kelly, Director of Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) and USGS Space Policy Advisor.

2014 Commencement Program, Longwood University

Undergraduate Commencement Programs

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