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Implications Of Rural Residence And Single Mother Status For Maternal Smoking Behaviors, Jean A. Talbot Phd, Donald Szlosek Mph, Erika C. Ziller Phd

Mental Health / Substance Use Disorders

No abstract provided.

Developing A Method For Assessing National Demand-Response Transit Level Of Service, Cutr

Research Reports

No abstract provided.

Activation Of Toll-Like Receptor 4 (Tlr4) Attenuates Adaptive Thermogenesis Via Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress, Meshail Okla, Wei Wang, Inhae Kang, Anjeza Pashaj, Timothy P. Carr, Soonkyu Chung

Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Faculty Publications

Background: Human obesity is associated with defective brown adipose tissue (BAT) activation.

Results: Toll-like receptor 4(TLR4) activation by high fat diet or lipopolysaccharide impairs adaptive thermogenesis.

Conclusion: Obesity-mediated TLR4 activation represses adaptive thermogenesis through endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction.

Significance: Inhibition of TLR4/ER stress axis is a novel target to augment BAT activity.

Abstract: Adaptive thermogenesis is the cellular process transforming chemical energy into heat in response to cold. A decrease in adaptive thermogenesis is a contributing factor to obesity. However, the molecular mechanisms responsible for the compromised adaptive thermogenesis in obese subjects have not yet been elucidated. In …

Growing A Healthy Future, Fall 2015

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources: Institute Publications

Food Science and Technology; Serving All Sectors; Silicon Valley of Red Meat; Pilot Plants; Greenhouse Innovation; Salt-tolerant Rice Genes; Quantified Ag; State Fair Park; Morgan Tranmer; Yeutter Institute; International Wheat Center

Report To The Commissioner Of Soil And Land Conservation On The Trend Of The Western Australian Pastoral Resource Base 2015, David Warburton, Philip Thomas

Natural resources published reports

This report provides a regional overview of the trend in the pastoral rangelands of Western Australia, based on data from the Bureau of Meteorology, the Annual Return of Livestock and Improvements (submitted annually by pastoral lessees) and the Western Australian Rangeland Monitoring System (WARMS), for which data are available for over 20 years. The report provides a context for assessment of the range condition and trend of individual pastoral leases within defined regions of the state, as well as providing a current assessment of the status of each of the regions’ rangelands, and the drivers (both seasonal and managerial) affecting …

Freshwater Mussels Of Virginia (Bivalvia: Unionidae): An Introduction To Their Life History, Status And Conservation, Jess W. Jones

Virginia Journal of Science

With 77 species, the mussel fauna of Virginia is one of the most diverse in the United States. Fifty-four species or ~70% of the state’s mussel fauna occurs in the rivers of the upper Tennessee River basin, especially in the Clinch and Powell rivers of southwestern Virginia. An additional 23 species reside in rivers of the Atlantic Slope, including the Potomac, Rappahannock, York, James and Chowan basins, and in the New River, a major tributary to the Ohio River. A total of 39 species or 51% of Virginia’s mussel fauna is listed as federally endangered, state endangered or state threatened. …

Producer’S Guide To Pasture-Based Beef Finishing, Gregory S. Halich, Jeff Lehmkuhler, Gregg Rentfrow, Fred Martz, S. Ray Smith, Lee Meyer

Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications

Beef cattle were routinely finished locally in Kentucky and other parts of the upper south before the 1950s, primarily on pasture with some grain or by-products from distilleries and grain processing mills. Cattle were typically born, raised, and finished on the same farm then sent to a local butcher where the meat was sold in nearby communities and cities. After the Second World War grain and transportation costs decreased dramatically and supermarket chains that required a large, steady supply channel were established. The combined effect of these changes made finishing in large centralized locations more economical. Over the next couple …

Uk Ag Equine Programs 2016 Calendar: A 12-Month Planning Calendar For The Care And Use Of Your Horses, Jason R. Philips, Glenn Mackie, Don Sorrell, Nicholas L. Carter, Paula A. Jerrell, Brian Newman, Daniel O. Wilson, Christopher Jeffcoat, Karen Douglas, Katheryn Cerny, Fernanda Camargo, Robert Coleman, Essie Rodgers, Jim Smith

Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications

The information in this calendar is provided to aid owners in planning for the care and use of their horses for the whole year.

When necessary, information is discussed in the month prior to application to allow horse owners adequate time to plan for activities such as weed control, soil and feed testing, vaccinations, etc.

Contact your local veterinarian for health-related issues and your county extension ANR, 4-H, or FCS agent for further information. County office phone numbers are listed at the end of the calendar.

Moving People Off Public Assistance Programs Through Education, Christopher R. Bollinger

Issue Brief on Topics Affecting Kentucky’s Economy

Two of the largest federal transfer programs are the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Federal expenditures on SNAP exceeded $74 billion in 2014, and SSI exceeded $3 billion. While these programs provide families in distress with important support, ideally we desire that Kentucky families would not require this kind of assistance. In 2014, over 800,000 Kentuckians received SNAP assistance each month while over 190,000 received SSI. This brief examines the relationship between participation in these programs and educational attainment for Kentuckians. We find that education is highly related to participation and that those with higher …

Treatment Accessibility For Co-Infected Idus In China: A Likelihood For Hiv, An Improbability For Hepatitis C, Jessica Collins

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

In a country which provides free medicine and care for patients living with HIV/AIDS, China has not included a crucial piece of the problem in its health care scheme. In Yunnan Province alone, 77.7 % of intravenous drug users are co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C. While these patients can obtain treatment for HIV with ease, they cannot do so to treat their hepatitis C infection, a viral disease that leads to liver failure. Recent trends indicate that more co-infected patients are dying of HCV rather than HIV due to treatment inaccessibility. This study investigates theseverity of HCV in China, …

Intercountry Adoption And Child Sponsorship In Vietnam: A Practicum-Based Exploration Of A Complex Relationship, Rainah Umlauf

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

For over a decade, Vietnam ranked in the top ten countries providing the most children for intercountry adoption (ICA), sending almost 11,000 children abroad since 2003 (U.S. State Department, 2015). It is likely that many of these children, however, were not orphans; evidence reveals that a lucrative baby-buying industry falsified information and trafficked children for years in order to meet the high international demand for healthy infants.

In this paper, I relate this history of ICA fraud to contemporary child sponsorship in Vietnam. I find that ICA and child sponsorship are intertwined in two contradictory ways. First, child sponsorship programs …

Overview Of Early Childhood Education In China, India, Ethiopia, And Tanzania., Judit Szente, X. Christine Wang, Belete Mebratu, Fortidas Bakuza

Institute for Educational Development, East Africa

This paper introduces the status of early childhood education in China, India, Ethiopia, and Tanzania over the past 25 years while sharing crucial new policies targeting early childhood (EC) education and EC teacher education. The paper targets four main areas such as :

1) opportunities for quality pre- and in-service training of EC teachers;

2) distribution/availability of quality EC teachers;

3) perceived status of EC teachers; and

4) financial support for EC education in each country.

Conclusions and recommendations for the Post-2015 area are also provided.

European Policies On Cardiovascular Disease Prevention And Health Promotion: A Comparative Study, Alison Council

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

As the number one cause of death, cardiovascular disease represents a threat to both the economic and social well being of European countries. As a result of a variety of coordinated efforts between the European Union (EU), national governments, nonprofits, private industry, and local communities, cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been decreasing in most countries in recent years. Measures such as bans on trans fats in Denmark, social mobilization and prevention policy in Finland, and nutrition labeling in the United Kingdom have had major impacts on heart disease. For instance, Finland’s prevention programs have resulted in a 63% reduction in deaths …

Hss Advocate Alumni News Fall 2015, Department Of Health And Sport Sciences

Health and Sport Sciences Newsletter

• HSS Gets a New Facility!
• Hunger Heros 5K
• Alumna Wins Award for Share Bac A Pac Efforts
• Paul Longnecker Wins Edgar Hayhow Award
• A Message from the Chair by Dr. Joan Rocks

Hss Advocate Departmental Fall 2015, Department Of Health And Sport Sciences

Health and Sport Sciences Newsletter

• HSS Gets a New Facility!
• 1st Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest
• Student (Grant Seredick) Wins Prestigious Award

Otterbein Towers Fall 2015, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine

Hidden Lives. Features Hidden Challenges; Reaching Out to the Unseen In Hidden America, author Jeanne Marie Laskas takes her readers inside the lives of people who are often overlooked. Several alumni are reaching out to the “unseen” people around them; Faculty-Student Connections: "Many alumni choose to honor a professor who helped shape their life. This issue features Professor John Laubach’s impact on Stephanie Souryasack ’93; I STAND with Otterbein: A Global Perspective Elizabeth Salt, recently retired cataloger and metadata librarian at Otterbein, said her travels broadened her view.

Common Bonds, Laurie-Ann Curry

Bakerman Student Research Awards

A January 2009 Pew poll shows that from January 2008 to January 2009 there was a decline of our belief in, and concern about, climate change, global warming and their implications. This paper looks at climate change, global warming, environmental degradation and over-population as factors that are inseparable due to the feedback loop that is generated by the common bonds they have and that a change in the balance of one can, and often does, escalate the others in a non-linear fashion. These issues have become so politicized that it is nearly impossible for the science on these four problems …

Welcome Back! Helping Young Children Return To Your Program After Hospitalization, Nanci Weinberger

Applied Psychology Department Faculty Journal Articles

Every week I’m lucky enough to spend a couple of hours reading to hospitalized children. Sometimes I also get to be with other formerly hospitalized children as a camp volunteer. In spite of their incredibly varied experiences, one thing stands out: kids will be kids! This can mean many things, but to me as a volunteer—who just happens to be a developmental psychologist—it means that young children want to feel safe, want to explore their world, and want to have fun.

Premier, Fall 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Education.

Premier

Contents:

--Letter from the Dean

--MES Program Becoming Popular Route to Physical Therapy Careers

--Teacher Quality Partnership Grant Wraps Up Work

--Schindler Education Center Undergoes Renovation

--Teacher Leadership for International Educators: Impacting Far and Near

--Education Major Appointed to BOR

--Faculty Member and Student Pair to Teach Forgiveness

--Alumni Return to Share Wisdom

--HPELS Program Helps Prepare Tuttle for Future

--Student Teachers Learn About Poverty, & Challenges Facing Area Families

--The Story Writers

--Invest in a Better Future

--Class Notes

--Educate Serve Lead Annual Report

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, October 1, 2015, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Semester Course Approval Requests

Program Proposals

• Removing the emphasis in the Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering
• Discontinuing the Early Childhood Development Associate of Arts degree at USU Eastern
• Offering an Associate of Science degree in Agricultural Science
• Creating a Minor in Music Studies
• Offering the Bachelor of Arts degree in International Agribusiness and the Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness to The American Campus (TAC) in Flic en Flac, Mauritius
• Offering a Certificate of Completion in General Education

Perceptions Of Mental Health Among First Year College Students, Kelly N. Mcgowan

Honors Theses

College students are at risk for exposure to, exacerbation, and development of mental health issues. Exposure to and existence of historical stigmas and misconceptions is a portion of the hesitancy for this population to acknowledge symptoms and seek help. This hesitancy is often put in place by the media, in how they portray mental health Anxiety, mood, eating, psychotic, and substance abuse disorders are prevalent in this population. Colonel Campers are known for their involvement and retention at Eastern Kentucky University and are a representation for this at risk population. The participants were surveyed via a mixed quantitative and qualitative …

Long Term Effects Of Experience During Youth: Evidence From Consumptions In China, K. Sudhir, Ishani Tewari

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We test for the long-term effects of experience during youth on consumption in nontraditional taste-forming categories. A unique dataset that tracks individuals over twenty years from 1992-2011, residing in nine Chinese provinces that vary widely in both income levels and rate of economic growth, helps us identify cohort and intra-cohort “prosperity-inyouth” (PIY) effects on consumption. We first demonstrate that non-traditional category consumption increases strongly among cohorts that entered adulthood during China’s boom years. We then show evidence of the intra-cohort PIY effect, controlling for individual level experience by leveraging the heterogeneity in the timing and rate of growth in prosperity …

Long Term Effects Of “Prosperity In Youth” On Consumption: Evidence From China, K. Sudhir, Ishani Tewari

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We test for the long-term impact of experiencing “prosperity in youth” (PIY) on non-traditional category consumption. Using unique twenty-year panel data of individuals from nine Chinese provinces with varying levels of per-capita GDP and rates of per-capita GDP growth, we find robust evidence for the PIY effect. We find both a direct effect of one’s own prosperity and an indirect effect of the prosperity of one’s province during youth on long-term consumption. In particular, the indirect PIY effect is driven more strongly by individuals with low incomes during youth — suggesting that norms and aspirations created by the consumption of …

Nhash: Randomized N-Gram Hashing For Distributed Generation Of Validatable Unique Study Identifiers In Multicenter Research, Guo-Qiang Zhang, Shiqiang Tao, Guangming Xing, Jeno Mozes, Bilal Zonjy, Samden D. Lhatoo, Licong Cui

Institute for Biomedical Informatics Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: A unique study identifier serves as a key for linking research data about a study subject without revealing protected health information in the identifier. While sufficient for single-site and limited-scale studies, the use of common unique study identifiers has several drawbacks for large multicenter studies, where thousands of research participants may be recruited from multiple sites. An important property of study identifiers is error tolerance (or validatable), in that inadvertent editing mistakes during their transmission and use will most likely result in invalid study identifiers.

OBJECTIVE: This paper introduces a novel method called "Randomized N-gram Hashing (NHash)," …

High Blood Pressure In Sub-Saharan Africa: The Urgent Imperative For Prevention And Control, Justin B. Echouffo-Tcheugui, Andre P. Kengne, Sebhat Erqou, Richard S. Cooper

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Paralysis And Sexuality In Medical Literature And The 'Acts Of Peter', Meghan Henning

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

This paper focuses on the story of Peter’s daughter that is found in the Berlin Coptic papyrus BG 8502.4 and is associated with the apocryphal Acts of Peter. Research on the story of Peter’s daughter has primarily focused on its interpretation of the theme of chastity, or whether the story was originally included in the Acts of Peter. In the course of these investigations, scholars have taken for granted the curious assumption of the text that paralysis renders Peter’s daughter unfit for marriage, and thus safe from Ptolemy’s unwanted advances.

This paper explores the underlying understandings of paralysis and sexuality …

Loma Linda University Health - San Bernardino Groundbreaking, Loma Linda University Health

Scope

Table of Contents

Features

2 | New facility in San Bernardino to enhance opportunities
4 | Loma Linda shares its story with world church

Campus news

8 | Historic step taken toward unified governance
9 | Quarter-century milestones celebrated
10 | School of Public Health conferences lead the way

Clinical care

11 | Children’s Hospital receives separate license
11 | Pediatric ICU celebrates 25 years of service
12 | Clinicians train with FEMA for disasters
14 | Woman regains her life through bariatric surgery

Research

15 | Grant enables purchase of next-generation DNA sequencer
16 | Potholes and primordial mysteries: …

Evaluating The Use Of Tree Shelters For Direct Seeding Of Castanea On A Surface Mine In Appalachia, Christopher Barton, Jarrod Miller, Kenton L. Sena, Patrick Angel, Michael French

Forestry and Natural Resources Faculty Publications

American chestnut (Castanea dentata), once a primary constituent of the eastern hardwood forest ecosystem, was nearly extirpated from the forest canopy by the accidental introduction of chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica). An intensive breeding program has sought to breed blight resistance from Chinese chestnut into American chestnuts, while maintaining as much of the desirable American chestnut phenotypes as possible. Previous studies suggest that these blight resistant American chestnuts, termed “restoration chestnuts”, are capable of thriving on reclaimed surface mines. We direct seeded pure Chinese, pure American, and three backcross lines into brown sandstone minesoil on a mine …

Unl Emeriti And Retirees Association Newsletter, Fall 2015

UNL Emeriti and Retirees Association: Newsletters and Other Materials

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Emeriti and Retirees Association Newsletter, Fall 2015

Dissemination Of An Electronic Manual To Build Capacity For Implementing Farmers’ Markets With Community Health Centers, M Aaron Guest, Darcy Freedman, Kassandra A. Alia, Heather M. Brandt, Daniela B. Friedman

Faculty Publications

Community-university partnerships can lend themselves to the development of tools that encourage and promote future community health development. The electronic manual, "Building Farmacies," describes an approach for developing capacity and sustaining a community health center-based farmers' market that emerged through a community-university partnership. Manual development was guided by the Knowledge to Action Framework and experiences developing a multivendor, produce-only farmers' market at a community health center in rural South Carolina. The manual was created to illustrate an innovative solution for community health development. The manual was disseminated electronically through 25 listservs and interested individuals voluntarily completed a Web-based survey to …