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The Anchor, Volume 129.09: November 4, 2015, Hope College

The Anchor: 2015

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.

Abq Free Press, November 4, 2015, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

No abstract provided.

Spectator 2015-11-04, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 35, Issue 7, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Jack Welch College of Business named on Bloomberg's Best Business Schools of 2015 -- Sacred heart reacts to News 12 neighbor complaints -- SHU hosts writing workshop for student veterans and their families -- SHU responds to Halloween sexual assault on student -- Professor Jonas Zdanys named poet-in-residence -- New health-conscious grocery store opens in Fairfield -- SHU announces new American History Minor -- Gifford inducted into broadcasting and cable hall of fame -- Woman's gold ties for third at ST.Johns Invitational -- Fencing team prepare for a big season -- Wrestling team starts season

Volume 53, Number 12: November 04, 2015, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Examining Temporal Sample Scale And Model Choice With Spatial Capture-Recapture Models In The Common Leopard Panthera Pardus, Joshua F. Goldberg, Tshering Tempa, Nawang Norbu, Mark Hebblewhite, L. Scott Mills, Tshewang R. Wangchuk, Paul Lukacs

Wildlife Biology Faculty Publications

Many large carnivores occupy a wide geographic distribution, and face treats from habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, prey depletion, and human wildlife-conflicts. Conservation requires robust techniques for estimating population densities and trends, but the elusive nature and low densities of many large carnivores make them difficult to detect. Spatial capture-recapture (SCR) models provide a means for handling imperfect detectability, while linking population estimates to individual movement patterns to provide more accurate estimates than standard approaches. Within this framework, we investigate the effect of different sample interval lengths on density estimates, using simulations and a common leopard (Panthera pardus) …

The Role Of Abiotic And Biotic Factors In Limiting Piper Abundance And Distribution In A Lowland Costa Rican Wet Forest, Haydee Hernandez-Yanez

Theses

Niche theory proposes that species are able to coexist because each specializes on a certain portion of the habitats available. Both abiotic resources and the presence or the absence of biotic factors likely influence habitat specialization, although very few previous studies of plant distribution have considered both sets of factors. I conducted an observational study in the primary forest of the La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica in which I sampled plants of the genus Piper greater than 1 cm at ground level on two different soil types along 26 transects, each 100 m long and 2 m wide. …

Settlement-Size Scaling Among Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherer Settlement Systems In The New World, W. Randall Haas, Cynthia J. Klink, Greg J. Maggard, Mark S. Aldenderfer

Anthropology Faculty Publications

Settlement size predicts extreme variation in the rates and magnitudes of many social and ecological processes in human societies. Yet, the factors that drive human settlement-size variation remain poorly understood. Size variation among economically integrated settlements tends to be heavy tailed such that the smallest settlements are extremely common and the largest settlements extremely large and rare. The upper tail of this size distribution is often formalized mathematically as a power-law function. Explanations for this scaling structure in human settlement systems tend to emphasize complex socioeconomic processes including agriculture, manufacturing, and warfare-behaviors that tend to differentially nucleate and disperse populations …

Evaluating Preference For And Effectiveness Of Telehealth And In-Person Parent Training, Jennifer Michelle Stich

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Telehealth provides an alternative delivery form of parent training that allows practitioners to disseminate information and feedback at a distance. Telehealth can be as effective as in-person training (Wacker et al., 2013a; Wacker et al., 2013b; Vismara et al., 2009). Despite most telehealth studies indicating high satisfaction, research on patient satisfaction using telehealth has depended mostly on survey instruments, which limits definitive conclusions and may not translate into actual use or selection (Whitten & Love, 2005). The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate a procedure for identifying parent preference of in-person or telehealth training modalities. Secondary purposes were …

Identifying Humanized Ecosystems: Anthropogenic Impacts, Intentionality, And Resource Acquisition At Crystal River (8ci1) And Roberts Island (8ci41), Charles Trevor Duke

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The impact of human activity on ecosystems is an issue at the forefront of global concern. Marine ecosystems are a particular concern, given their importance for human sustenance. Through the removal of species that are highly susceptible to the effects of overfishing, global fisheries have been driven to near collapse in recent decades. The long-term effects of such practices has resulted in declines in mean trophic level of aggregate fish catches over time, as well as decreasing diversity of species available for regular harvest (Jackson et al. 2001; Pauly et al. 1998). These supposedly “modern” problems have been recently identified …

Land-Use & Water Quality In The Headwaters Of The Alafia River Watershed, Jaime Alison Swindasz

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The objective of this study is to investigate land-use changes and water quality trends within the headwaters of the Alafia River watershed. Water quality data were obtained from the Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County (EPCHC). Eleven water quality parameters selected for analysis included: temperature (˚C), dissolved oxygen (DO), percent saturation of DO, conductivity, pH, total phosphorous (TP), total nitrogen (TN), ammonium, chlorophyll-a (uncorrected), fecal coliforms, and enterococci. ArcMap® & SWFWMD data were used to map EPCHC sampling stations, calculate contributing watershed size, and determine land-use changes over the course of the sampling period; 17 stations were chosen for this …

To "Plant Our Trees On American Soil, And Repose Beneath Their Shade": Africa, Colonization, And The Evolution Of A Black Identity Narrative In The United States, 1808-1861, Edward Jason Vickers

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This work explores the role that ideas about Africa played in the development of a specifically American identity among free blacks in the United States, from the early nineteenth century to the Civil War. Previous studies of the writings of free blacks in the Revolutionary period, and of the American Colonization Society (ACS), which was devoted to removing them back to an African homeland, have suggested that black discussions of Africa virtually disappeared after 1816, when the colonization movement began. However, as this work illustrates, the letters, books, newspapers, and organizational records produced by free blacks in the antebellum era …

Montana Kaimin, November 4-10, 2015, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Minutes, Arts & Sciences Academic Affairs Committee Meeting, Tuesday, November 3, 2015, Arts & Sciences Academic Affairs Committee

Academic Affairs Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Forty Acres And Unfulfilled Promises, Julia Rizza

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? (Class of 2019)

As part of the English 101.003 Writing Seminar taught by Dr. Anne Porter in Fall 2015 at Providence College, this essay was written in response to an assignment to articulate a central question about slavery reparations. The essay explores the question from various angles and makes reference to Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? by Michael J. Sandel, “The Case for Reparations” from The Atlantic (June 2014) by Ta-Nehisi Coates, as well as at least one additional, scholarly source. The essay is written for college-age readers, who are interested in the issue and asking the same questions.

Abstract: In …

Continuous Culture And Downstream Processing Of Algae With Recycle: An Integrated Large-Scale Approach For Production Of Renewable Crude Oil, Matt Croughan

Integrated Continuous Biomanufacturing II

In order to have a significant impact on energy security and reduction of greenhouse gasses, the production of advanced biofuels must be increased to billions of gallons per year. Scale up of phototrophic algae bioprocessing for renewable oil production has been attempted for decades and has recently reached new levels of performance and scale. For over three years, Sapphire has successfully operated the world’s largest algae farm, consisting of 100 acres of ponds in New Mexico, used to feed an integrated conversion and extraction unit based on high temperature liquefaction technology. All aspects of the process are run on a …

2015-2016 Master Of Music Recital - Yasa Poletaeva (Violin) And Darren Matias (Piano), Yasa Poletaeva, Darren Matias

Master of Music Recitals

No abstract provided.

The Legacy, November 3, 2015, Lindenwood University

The Legacy (2007-2018)

Student Newspaper of Lindenwood University

Atalanta: The Exception To Social Normality Presented In The Ancient World, Sean C. Brink

University Honors Program

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 20, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Henderson, Andrew. Tuition Incentive Program Undergoes Changes Effective Summer 2016
• Henderson, Andrew & Samantha Wright. Retention Rates Display Trend of Improvement
• Young, Alyse. Centennial Mosaic Undergoes Repairs to Become Safer – Fountains
• Sullivan, Tommy. Passport Bistro Serves Sustainable Coffee – Dining Services
• Mayo, Marcel. Formation of Parent Pregnancy Resource Expected – Student Government Association
• Pettway, Shantel-Ann. Counseling & Testing Center Expands Safe Zone Training – Gays, Lesbians
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon Silence is Golden – Freedom of Speech
• Hardin, Scout. A Guide for Choosing Winter Hairstyles
• WKU Denies Students …

High Activity Mutants Of Butyrylcholinesterase For Cocaine Hydrolysis, Chang-Guo Zhan, Fang Zheng, Wenchao Yang

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Patents

Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) polypeptide variants of the presently-disclosed subject matter have enhanced catalytic efficiency for (-)-cocaine, as compared to wild-type BChE. Pharmaceutical compositions of the presently-disclosed subject matter include a BChE polypeptide variant having an enhanced catalytic efficiency for (-)-cocaine. A method of the presently-disclosed subject matter for treating a cocaine-induced condition includes administering to an individual an effective amount of a BChE polypeptide variant, as disclosed herein, to lower blood cocaine concentration.

The United States Could Use A Therapist General, Barry Mauer

UCF Forum

Lately I have been imagining the creation of a new office in the executive branch: a Therapist General to advise the president and the nation about psychological problems affecting American citizens, groups and institutions. The person assuming this role could issue an annual report about the state of the nation’s mental health, investigate and report on the likely psychological costs and benefits of proposed laws, and issue recommendations for therapies to improve the nation’s psychological health.

Interactions Of L-3,5,3′-Triiodothyronine, Allopregnanolone, And Ivermectin With The Gabaa Receptor: Evidence For Overlapping Intersubunit Binding Modes, Thomas Westergard, Reza Salari, Joseph V. Martin, Grace Brannigan

Department of Neuroscience Faculty Papers

No abstract provided.

Priming, Rap News And Public Diplomacy: Reporting On An Ngo-Led Media Initiative In Uganda, Lee Shaker, Paul Falzone

Communication Faculty Publications and Presentations

Mediated public diplomacy campaigns are proliferating around the world. Governments are joined by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), terrorists, and others that seek to effect change on the international stage by speaking directly to global populations. As these initiatives spread, they also use new and creative communication tactics. This study contributes to the evolving public diplomacy literature in two key ways. First, it explores the design and effects of an NGO-led intervention that employs a novel message format—rap news—in Uganda. Second, it reports on the integration of priming theory and entertainment-education strategies into this intervention and its evaluation. Experimental results indicate that …

The Global Health "Interactive Curricula Experience (Ice) Platform & App": Technology That Enables Inter-Professional Innovation, James Plumb, Md, Mph, Nicholas Leon, Pharmd, Louis N. Hunter, Pt, Dpt, Martha Langley Ankeny, M.Ed, Ellen Plumb, Md, Lucille B. Pilling, Edd, Mph, Rn

College of Population Health Lectures, Presentations, Workshops

17 slide PowerPoint presentation.

Presented at APHA in Chicago Illinois.

Method Of Prenatal Administration Of Mammalian Umbilical Cord Stem Cells For The Intrauterine Treatment Of Sanfilippo Syndrome, Svitlana Garbuzova-Davis, Paul R. Sanberg, Sylvia Gografe

USF Patents

A method of treating a fetus or embryo suspected of having a congenital condition that involves an abnormal or missing protein, the method has the steps of a. providing a plurality of human umbilical cord blood in a form suitable for intravenous administration; a b. administering the human umbilical cord blood cells to a mother carrying a fetus of embryo suspected of having said congenital condition. Such congenital conditions include Sanfilippo's syndrome, Hunter's syndrome, Hurler's syndrome, Tay-Sachs disease, Gaucher's disease, von Gierke's disease, Pompes disease, Cori disease, Andersen disease, McArdle's disease, Hers disease, Tauri's disease or Type IX glycogen storage …

The Sun Star, Vol. 35 No. 10 (November 03, 2015), Various Authors

Sun Star

No abstract provided.

Atalanta: The Exception To Social Normality Presented In The Ancient World, Sean C. Brink

University Honors College

No abstract provided.

Adolescent Intermittent Alcohol Exposure: Deficits In Object Recognition Memory And Forebrain Cholinergic Markers, H. Scott Swartzwelder, Shawn K. Acheson, Kelsey M. Miller, Hannah G. Sexton, Wen Liu, Fulton T. Crews, Mary-Louise Risher

Biomedical Sciences

The long-term effects of intermittent ethanol exposure during adolescence (AIE) are of intensive interest and investigation. The effects of AIE on learning and memory and the neural functions that drive them are of particular interest as clinical findings suggest enduring deficits in those cognitive domains in humans after ethanol abuse during adolescence. Although studies of such deficits after AIE hold much promise for identifying mechanisms and therapeutic interventions, the findings are sparse and inconclusive. The present results identify a specific deficit in memory function after AIE and establish a possible neural mechanism of that deficit that may be of translational …

A Tale Of Two Reports: What Recent Publications From The Alzheimer’S Association And Institute Of Medicine Say About The State Of The Field, Peter J. Whitehouse

Faculty Scholarship

Scientific reports hold a mirror up to a culture, reflecting the beliefs, values, assumptions, practices, technologies, and political-economic interests that shape discourse around particular diseases in particular cultural moments [1]. Indeed, despite their authoritative patina, such reports are “living documents” that invite critical analysis about where discourse in a particular field has been and where it is going. In this spirit, two recent reports from the Alzheimer’s Association (Changing the Trajectory of Alzheimer’s Disease: How a Treatment by 2025 Saves Lives and Dollars) and the Institute of Medicine in the United States (Cognitive Aging: Progress in Understanding and Opportunities for …