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Grand Valley Forum, Volume 039, Number 28, April 13, 2015, Grand Valley State University Apr 2015

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 039, Number 28, April 13, 2015, Grand Valley State University

2014-2015, Volume 39

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

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Ocean Acidification Risk Assessment For Alaska's Fishery Sector, Jessica Cross, Wiley Evans, Claudine Hauri, T.P. Hurst, Julia Ekstrom, Steve Colt, Noelle Lucey, Sarah Cooley, Jeremy Mathis, Richard Feely Apr 2015

Ocean Acidification Risk Assessment For Alaska's Fishery Sector, Jessica Cross, Wiley Evans, Claudine Hauri, T.P. Hurst, Julia Ekstrom, Steve Colt, Noelle Lucey, Sarah Cooley, Jeremy Mathis, Richard Feely

ISER Articles

The highly productive fisheries of Alaska are located in seas projected to experience strong global change, including rapid transitions in temperature and ocean acidification-driven changes in pH and other chemical parameters. Many of the marine organisms that are most intensely affected by ocean acidification(OA) contribute substantially to the state’s commercial fisheries and traditional subsistence way of life. Prior studies of OA’s potential impacts on human communities have focused only on possible direct economic losses from specific scenarios of human dependence on commercial harvests and damages to marine species. However, other economic and social impacts, such as changes in food security …

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Fishlines, 2015, N/A N/A Apr 2015

Fishlines, 2015, N/A N/A

Fishlines

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University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, April 13, 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate. Apr 2015

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, April 13, 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

Meeting minutes from the Faculty Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

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The Daily Gamecock, Monday, April 13, 2015, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media Apr 2015

The Daily Gamecock, Monday, April 13, 2015, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

April

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The Bg News April 13, 2015, Bowling Green State University Apr 2015

The Bg News April 13, 2015, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. April 13, 2015. Volume 94-Issue 87.

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Metatranscriptome Analyses Indicate Resource Partitioning Between Diatoms In The Field, Harriet Alexander, Bethany D. Jenkins, Tatiana A. Rynearson, Sonya T. Dyhrman Apr 2015

Metatranscriptome Analyses Indicate Resource Partitioning Between Diatoms In The Field, Harriet Alexander, Bethany D. Jenkins, Tatiana A. Rynearson, Sonya T. Dyhrman

Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications

Diverse communities of marine phytoplankton carry out half of global primary production. The vast diversity of the phytoplankton has long perplexed ecologists because these organisms coexist in an isotropic environment while competing for the same basic resources (e.g., inorganic nutrients). Differential niche partitioning of resources is one hypothesis to explain this “paradox of the plankton,” but it is difficult to quantify and track variation in phytoplankton metabolism in situ. Here, we use quantitative metatranscriptome analyses to examine pathways of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) metabolism in diatoms that cooccur regularly in an estuary on the east coast of the United …

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The Lived Experiences Of Mexican-Heritage Mothers Caring For Overweight Preschool Children, Susan Mcdonald Apr 2015

The Lived Experiences Of Mexican-Heritage Mothers Caring For Overweight Preschool Children, Susan Mcdonald

The Qualitative Report

Mexican-heritage children are at greater risk to become overweight or obese than children of other ethnic or racial groups. Despite this, there is limited information in the literature about how the mothers care for their preschoolers after they are classified as overweight or obese. The objective of this study was to gain insight into the lived experiences of Mexican-heritage mothers caring for overweight or obese preschool children to enhance nurses’ ability to effectively care for these children. A qualitative, hermeneutic design was selected for this study guided by the phenomenological approach of Max van Manen. Saturation was achieved after interviewing …

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Scientific Contributions Of The Children’S Physical Activity Research Group, Russell R. Pate, Erica Y. Lau, Jennifer I. Flynn, Samantha M. Mcdonald, Morgan N. Clennin, Michaela A. Schenkelberg Apr 2015

Scientific Contributions Of The Children’S Physical Activity Research Group, Russell R. Pate, Erica Y. Lau, Jennifer I. Flynn, Samantha M. Mcdonald, Morgan N. Clennin, Michaela A. Schenkelberg

Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

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From Plants To Bacteria | Biological Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering Apr 2015

From Plants To Bacteria | Biological Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering

College of Engineering News

LOGAN, Utah – April 12, 2015 – A researcher at Utah State University is developing a cutting-edge method for synthesizing some of the most promising natural compounds found in plants using bacteria.

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Respon Air Olahan Limbah Cantinamipa Dengan Perendaman Batang Pisang Dan Ampas Teh Terhadap Tanaman Mangkokan, Christi L. Natanael, Allyn Pramudya Sulaeman Apr 2015

Respon Air Olahan Limbah Cantinamipa Dengan Perendaman Batang Pisang Dan Ampas Teh Terhadap Tanaman Mangkokan, Christi L. Natanael, Allyn Pramudya Sulaeman

Chimica et Natura Acta

Penyedia energi saat ini masih didominasi oleh sumber energi yang tidak dapat diperbaharui seperti Abstrak: Pemanfaatan batang pisang dan ampas teh yang berpotensi sebagai adsorben dan anti mikroba pada pengolahan limbah cair telah dilakukan pengolahan air limbah CANTINAMIPA Unpad secara alami dengan cara perendaman batang pisang dan ampas teh selama 2, 4, 6 dan 8 jam. Hasil pengamatan menunjukkan, meningkatnya nilai konduktivitas menunjukan desopsi ion elektrolit yang dengan diikuti penuruan pH seiring lamanya perendaman. Jumlah koloni total bakteri menurun setelah perendaman dengan batang pisang selama 2 jam sebesar 61,09%, akan tetapi semakin lama perendaman jumlah koloni bakteri meningkat. Secara estetika …

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Pakistan As A Regional Manufacturing Hub?, Ishrat Husain Dr. Apr 2015

Pakistan As A Regional Manufacturing Hub?, Ishrat Husain Dr.

Faculty Research - Newspaper and Magazine Articles

Alongside are the excerpts from the key-note address that the writer delivered at Lahore School of Economics last month. Manufacturing's share in GDP increased from about 8 percent in 1950 to about 18 percent by 1995 and has hovered around that for the last twenty years. The composition of manufacturing sector has also remained largely unaltered with Textiles and Food and Beverages accounting for almost half of the production. Manufactured exports have been dominated by cotton textiles while the world demand pattern is shifting away to more dynamic sectors. Even within textiles Pakistan has lost market shares to regional competitors …

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Wood County Reentry Coalition: Needs Assessment Survey Results, Melissa W. Burek, Judith A. Leary, Brittany Johnson, Mamta Ojha Apr 2015

Wood County Reentry Coalition: Needs Assessment Survey Results, Melissa W. Burek, Judith A. Leary, Brittany Johnson, Mamta Ojha

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

The purpose of this research was to assess the services needed by offenders who are soon going to be released. As a result, we recruited all incarcerated persons in jails, prisons and community-based correctional facilities (CBCFs) in Ohio who would be returning to the Wood County area upon release (i.e., we recruited incarcerated individuals who had a Wood County, OH address as their last place of residence prior to their most recent incarceration, or were arrested in and processed through Wood County courts). We designed a survey for individuals in Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) custody containing questions …

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Phoenix Farms, Hannah Swanson, Samantha Blumer, Joseph Neikirk Apr 2015

Phoenix Farms, Hannah Swanson, Samantha Blumer, Joseph Neikirk

Environmental Studies and Sustainability Showcase

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2015 Uab Expo, University Of Alabama At Birmingham Apr 2015

2015 Uab Expo, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

Expo Programs

Catalog of undergrauate student research poster presentations with abstracts.

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Preventing Obesity: The Impact Of Parental Involvement On Children’S Nutritional Health, Kaitlyn Chiazza Apr 2015

Preventing Obesity: The Impact Of Parental Involvement On Children’S Nutritional Health, Kaitlyn Chiazza

14th Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance (2015)

Child obesity rates have dramatically risen over the past years, tripling from 5% in the 1970s to 15% in the early 2000s (Anderson, Butcher and Schanzenbach). The concern about this so-called epidemic has not escaped academic study. Economists have been especially interested in identifying the causes of obesity. Once the causes of obesity are identified, policy makers and families can make plans to improve child health. Some economic studies find parental involvement to be a strong influence on children’s obesity because the parent is able to mediate factors in the home environment that relate to food-related activities. This research utilizes …

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Characteristics Of Trailer Thermal Environment During Commercial Swine Transport Managed Under U.S. Industry Guidelines, Y Xiong, Angela Green, Richard S. Gates Apr 2015

Characteristics Of Trailer Thermal Environment During Commercial Swine Transport Managed Under U.S. Industry Guidelines, Y Xiong, Angela Green, Richard S. Gates

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Transport is a critical factor in modern pork production and can seriously affect swine welfare. While previous research has explored thermal conditions during transport, the impact of extreme weather conditions on the trailer thermal environment under industry practices has not been well documented; and the critical factors impacting microclimate are not well understood. To assess the trailer microclimate during transport events, an instrumentation system was designed and installed at the central ceiling level, pig level and floor-level in each of six zones inside a commercial swine trailer. Transport environmental data from 34 monitoring trips (approximately 1–4 h in duration each) …

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No Oasis In The Desert: Identification And Implications Of The Food Desert Around An Urban Ohio Hospital, R. J. Sontag Apr 2015

No Oasis In The Desert: Identification And Implications Of The Food Desert Around An Urban Ohio Hospital, R. J. Sontag

Celebration of Undergraduate & Graduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Materials

Montgomery County, Ohio’s diabetes prevalence outpaces the nation, and the incidence of adult obesity approaches 1/3. Access to healthy food in the impoverished neighborhood surrounding Dayton’s Good Samaritan Hospital, the site of the Family Medicine residency, is important when educating about health lifestyle. The purpose of this project was to determine whether the area was a food desert and to evaluate the implications of the label.

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The Impact Of A Community Garden On A Local Township, Mariah E. Reitz Apr 2015

The Impact Of A Community Garden On A Local Township, Mariah E. Reitz

Undergraduate Distinction Papers

Due to increasing food insecurity and food deserts, community gardens can increase the accessibility for those under-served populations. These community gardens can help with the mental and physical health of the public. The goal of this research is to determine if a community garden will benefit a smaller community like that of a suburban Township and to use these trends to increase community health education and availability, social cohesion, and overall health behaviors and practices. A survey evaluated overall consumption of fruits and vegetables, affordability of healthy foods, and education on the consumption of these foods as well as assessing …

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The Daily Gamecock, Friday, April 10, 2015, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media Apr 2015

The Daily Gamecock, Friday, April 10, 2015, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

April

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Clemson Trustees Minutes, 2015 April 10, Clemson University Board Of Trustees Apr 2015

Clemson Trustees Minutes, 2015 April 10, Clemson University Board Of Trustees

Minutes

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Investigation Of Bioactive Metabolites From The Antarctic Sponge Dendrilla Membranosa And Marine Microorganisms, Chris G. Witowski Apr 2015

Investigation Of Bioactive Metabolites From The Antarctic Sponge Dendrilla Membranosa And Marine Microorganisms, Chris G. Witowski

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Natural products continue to be a valuable source of compounds in research involving chemical ecology and drug discovery. Secondary metabolites are biosynthesized to benefit the host organism in its environment (feeding deterrence from predators, antibiotic properties to avoid infection, etc.) but these compounds also serve as useful scaffolds in drug discovery applications. The research herein describes both aspects of these two branches of natural products chemistry. The Antarctic sponge Dendrilla membranosa produces diterpenes, of which membranolide A, deters feeding of the predatory amphipod Gondogenia antarctica. A metabolomic study of several sponges was undertaken to determine environmental factors that govern …

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Depression And Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia In Elderly Male Medicare Beneficiaries, Ransome Eke Apr 2015

Depression And Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia In Elderly Male Medicare Beneficiaries, Ransome Eke

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Depression is a common cause of disability and mortality in the elderly population. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a benign enlargement of prostate gland, may be related to depression in men, as reported in previous studies. This dissertation explored the co-occurrence of depression and BPH in elderly men, the transition probabilities of depression status as its relations to varying BPH transition status, and the effect of socioeconomic disadvantage on depression in men with BPH. The data were drawn from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) and Medicare claims data from 2005 through 2009. The study population comprised of community dwelling elderly …

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Woodrow Wilson’S Ideological War: American Intervention In Russia, 1918-1920, Shane Hapner Apr 2015

Woodrow Wilson’S Ideological War: American Intervention In Russia, 1918-1920, Shane Hapner

Best Integrated Writing

Shane Hapner analyzes the effects of Woodrow Wilson’s principle of self-determination on American intervention in Russia from 1918-1920 in this essay written for the Integrated Writing course HST 4220: Soviet Union, taught by Dr. Seam Pollock at Wright State University.

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Circular Thinking: An Original Analysis Of Lord Of The Flies, John Callon Apr 2015

Circular Thinking: An Original Analysis Of Lord Of The Flies, John Callon

Best Integrated Writing

John Callon examines traits of circular thinking and imagery in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies in this essay written for the Integrated Writing course ENG 4560: Capstone in Integrated Language Arts Curriculum, taught by Dr. Nancy Mack at Wright State University.

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Are The Main Institutional Changes That Created The “Business Man” Still Relevant?, Hayden Joblin Apr 2015

Are The Main Institutional Changes That Created The “Business Man” Still Relevant?, Hayden Joblin

Best Integrated Writing

Hayden Joblin examines the forces driving the evolution of the modern business man and whether those still have relevance in this essay written for the Integrated Writing course EC 3190: Institutional Economics, taught by Dr. Hee Young Shin at Wright State University.

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Identifying Genes Involved In Suppression Of Tumor Formation In The Planarian Schmidtea Mediterranea, Erin Dorsten Apr 2015

Identifying Genes Involved In Suppression Of Tumor Formation In The Planarian Schmidtea Mediterranea, Erin Dorsten

Best Integrated Writing

Erin Dorsten makes a proposal for a scientific study of experiments to identify genes involved in protecting an organism with negligible senescence from tumor formation in this piece written for the Integrated Writing course BIO 4020: Current Literature: Biology of Regeneration, taught by Labib Rouhana at Wright State University.

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The Barb Report, Elizabeth Schoppelrei Apr 2015

The Barb Report, Elizabeth Schoppelrei

Best Integrated Writing

Elizabeth Schoppelrei explores issues of sexuality, kindness, masculinity, discrimination, and respect in this short story written for the Integrated Writing course ENG 4830: Advanced Fiction Writing Seminar, taught by Dr. Erin Flanagan at Wright State University.

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How To Recover From The Great Recession And Reduce The Government Debt, Hunter Cregger Apr 2015

How To Recover From The Great Recession And Reduce The Government Debt, Hunter Cregger

Best Integrated Writing

Hunter Cregger proposes how to recover from the Great Recession of the 2000s and reduce government debt in this essay written for the Integrated Writing course EC 2050: Principles of Macroeconomics, taught by Dr. Hee Young Shin at Wright State University.

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Inter-Tribal Disunity: An Analysis Of Inter-Tribal Conflict During The Black Hawk War Of 1832, Megan Bailey Apr 2015

Inter-Tribal Disunity: An Analysis Of Inter-Tribal Conflict During The Black Hawk War Of 1832, Megan Bailey

Best Integrated Writing

Megan Bailey explores the effects of inter-tribal disunity and conflict on the Black Hawk War of 1832 in this essay written for the Integrated Writing course HST 3000: Introduction to Historical Analysis, taught by Dr. Noeleen McIlvenna at Wright State University.

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