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Development Of A Naturalistic Observational Parenting Practice Assessment Tool For Externalizing Behavior Research, Thailyn L. Alonso

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Externalizing behavior problems have severe clinical implications. In fact, they have been found to be the primary basis for mental health referrals in early childhood. Findings from research on the etiology and development of externalizing behavior problems indicate these in addition to having significant effects throughout the life span effects also extend across multiple generations. Family and child development research consistently finds that one of the most significant modifiable factors in the prevention and treatment of externalizing behavior problems in early childhood is parenting practices. Unfortunately, much of the extant literature is limited by parenting measures that are prone to …

Exploring The Effects Of Strain On Cross-National Lethal Violence: An Integrated Model, Catrin Andersson

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Lethal violence is a global problem. In 2012, the United Nations documented 437,000 homicides worldwide (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2014b), and in 2012, the World Health Organization reported that there were 800,000 suicides internationally (World Health Organization, 2015c). There is a large body of research on violence in the social sciences. Although suicide and homicide are often studied separately, they have been said to share many of the same correlates, such as inequality and divorce (e.g., inequality and divorce; Nivette, 2011; Stack, 2000). There is a need to integrate theories drawn from different disciplines to better understand …

Whole-Genome Sequencing Of Kshv From Zambian Kaposi’S Sarcoma Biopsies Reveals Unique Viral Diversity, Landon N. Olp, Adrien Jeanniard, Clemence Marimo, John T. West, Charles Wood

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the etiological agent for Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS). Both KSHV and KS are endemic in sub-Saharan Africa where approximately 84% of global KS cases occur. Nevertheless, whole-genome sequencing of KSHV has only been completed using isolates from Western countries—where KS is not endemic. The lack of whole-genome KSHV sequence data from the most clinically important geographical region, sub-Saharan Africa, represents an important gap as it remains unclear whether genomic diversity has a role on KSHV pathogenesis. We hypothesized that distinct KSHV genotypes might be present in sub-Saharan Africa compared to Western countries. Using a KSHV-targeted enrichment …

Distribution Of Indigenous Strains Of Atoxigenic And Toxigenic Aspergillus Flavus And Aspergillus Parasiticus In Maize And Peanuts Agro-Ecological Zones Of Kenya, Daniel O. Okun, Fathiya M. Khamis, Geoffrey M. Muluvi, Joseph J. Ngeranwa, Fidelis O. Ombura, Moses O. Yongo, Eucharia U. Kenya

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Background: Grains of important food and export crops in Africa are susceptible to contamination by toxin-producing moulds. Aflatoxins are mycotoxins associated with liver damage and cancer in humans and animals. These toxic substances are produced by fungi (such as Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus) in food and feed exposed to poor conditions during crop cultivation, storage or processing of harvest. The presence of aflatoxins in especially maize and peanuts in Kenya is of great concern. Recent developments in the application of atoxigenic strains of these fungi as biological control agents against toxigenic strains could be a solution to the problem. …

An Analytical Method For Detecting Toxic Metal Cations Using Cyclotriveratrylene Derivative Capped Gold Nanoparticles, Zachary R. Osner, Richard C. Holz, Daniel P. Becker

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

Cyclotriveratrylene-oxime (CTV-oxime) derivatives that terminate with a dithiolate linker were synthesized enabling the supramolecular scaffold to adhere to gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with the bowl-shaped cavity of the CTV scaffold exposed for utilization in host–guest chemistry. Exposure of these CTV functionalized AuNPs to varying concentrations of di- and trivalent metal cations resulted in the formation of large CTV-AuNP polymeric clusters and an accompanying a shift in the plasmon resonance. These interactions between the CTV-AuNPs and the metal cations in solution provides proof-of-concept that supramolecular functionalized AuNPs can be used as a simple and straightforward, on-site detection system for toxic metal cations …

Synthesis Panel Presentation & Discussion, Ernie Estevez, Susan Bell, Shawn M. Landry, Aaron Brown, Lindsay Cross, Holly Greening

School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Aerial Exposure On Preservation Of Low-Temperature Calothrix Biosignatures In Silica Sinter From Queen's Laundry, Yellowstone National Park, Usa, Shana Kendall

Dissertations and Theses

Mineral-depositing hydrothermal ecosystems, such as the hot springs in Yellowstone National Park, provide an unparalleled opportunity to document how microbial biosignatures form and contribute to the body of evidence indicative of the microbial inhabitants of active hot springs. Mineralization of microbial communities in silica-depositing hot springs can result in the preservation of microbial biofacies in the geologic record. To determine the effects of prolonged aerial exposure on the preservation potential of mid-to-low temperature cyanobacteria dominated microbial communities that are typically permineralized in the siliceous sinter, modern biofacies samples of such communities were collected from the active and inactive parts of …

Um And Belhaven University Partner For Dual Degree Program, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

Students gain pathway to degrees from both institutions in minimum amount of time

Membangun Parameter Intersubjektif Pornografi Dengan Perspektif Postmodernisme (Studi Kasus Putusan Nomor 39/Pid.Sus/2014/Pn.Wsb), Josua Sitompul

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

One of fundamental idea established in postmodern concept is advoacy of diversity and freedom without determined by mainstreams. Postmodernism, though started from art and literature, has developed into various disciplines, include law. Discussions of the idea within legal discourses, at one side, have tried to link the mainstreams and the minorities in harmony, but at the other side, law demands to be exercised uniformly. This article discuss postmodern perspective in understanding pornography within the context of Law 44/2008 on Pornography; this law remains retain problems regarding the concept of pornography that law enforcement officers, particularly judges, have to solve. The …

Adaptasi Konsep Imbal Jasa Lingkungan Sebagai Persyaratan Pendaftaran Paten Yang Menggunakan Bahan Sumber Daya Genetik Di Indonesia, Vika Andini

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Natural resources exploitation not only have an effect to the balance of environment ecosystem but also to the indigenous people as a caretaker for the genetic resources. The indigenous people are the most entitled ones to gain the commercial benefit from the use of the genetic resources.The protection and benefit sharing for the use of genetic resources need to be reaffirmed in the existing national law instrument. The provision about the protection and benefit sharing in the use of genetic resources can not only regulated in environment law instrument, but should regulated in intellectual property right law instrument as well. …

Inventarisasi Ekspresi Budaya Tradisional Secara Terstruktur Sebagai Upaya Perlindungan Pengetahuan Tradisional, Isti Novianti

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Indonesia is a country that has an assortment of tribes and customs. To be observed the diverse cultures that exist so that governments are required to keep to be preserved properly. To know and recognize traditional cultures of various regions will require a data base that includes the traditional knowledge in Indonesia. This database can also be used as a source of information that can be accessed both international and domestic. In this case the central government and regional governments are given the authority to inventory Traditional Cultural Expressions. Effort into making the database has been started in the discourse …

Ultracrepidarianism In Forensic Science: The Hair Evidence Debacle, David H. Kaye

Washington and Lee Law Review Online

For over 130 years, scientific sleuths have inspected hairs under microscopes. Late in 2012, the FBI, the Innocence Project, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers joined forces to review thousands of microscopic hair comparisons performed by FBI examiners over several of those decades. The results have been astounding. Based on the first few hundred cases in which hairs were said to match, it appears that examiners exceeded the limits of science in over 90% of their reports or testimony. The disclosure of this statistic has led to charges that the FBI faked an entire field of forensic science, …

Unh Melon Research Produces Higher Yields, Lori Tyler Gula

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Pengaruh Pembelajaran Tps Dengan Scaffolding Konseptual Terhadap Kemampuan Menyelesaikan Masalah Sintesis Fisika, Khoirul Haniin, Markus Diantoro, Supriyono Koes Handayanto

Jurnal Pendidikan Sains

This study addresses the effect of TPS learning using conceptual scaffolding towards the Physics synthesis problem-solving ability in terms of the initial knowledge of Physics. This research is a quasi-experimental design with 2x2 factorial experiment. The obtained research data were analyzed by using two lanes analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results of this study showed that there are no differences in the ability to solve the problem of Physics synthesis between the groups of students who learned through TPS learning with conceptual scaffolding and TPS learning and between groups of students who have different prior knowledge. There is no effect …

Pengembangan Modul Berbasis Riset Pada Matakuliah Bioteknologi, Umi Fitriyati, Nandang Mufti, Umie Lestari

Jurnal Pendidikan Sains

The purpose of this study is to develop research-based module of techniques and result of antiproliferative particle ZnO examination and In vitro UV radiation towards MCF-7 breast cancer cell for Biotechnology course. This study used a 4D development model suggested by Thiagarajan and was conducted until development stage only. The result of this study showed that the validity percentage of module are 90,91% from content expertise, 95,83 from media and design expertise, and 88,89% from small grouping test. It can be stated that the module is valid and applicable.

Pengaruh Strategi Problem Based Learning Dipadu Jigsaw Terhadap Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Dan Hasil Belajar Kognitif Siswa Kelas X Sma, Rayh Sitta Nurmala, Aloysius Duran Corebima, Ibrohim Ibrohim

Jurnal Pendidikan Sains

This research aims at discovering the effect of Problem Based Learning strategy combined with Jigsaw on critical thinking capability and cognitive learning outcomes of 10th-grade students in Jember. This research was conducted through pretest-posttest non-equivalent control group quasi-experiment design. The sample was taken by random sampling. The data was analyzed using anakova. The result showed that the learning strategy did not affect students’ critical thinking capability but significantly affect cognitive learning outcome in a negative way. The learning strategy lowers the cognitive learning outcome due to the failure of the teacher to implement the strategy properly.

Pengembangan Perangkat Pembelajaran Ekosistem Dan Pencemaran Lingkungan Berbasis Inkuiri Serta Pengaruhnya Terhadap Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis, Pemahaman Konsep, Dan Sikap Siswa Kelas X Sma, Dody Kurniawan, Mimien Henie Irawati, Fathur Rohman

Jurnal Pendidikan Sains

The objectives of this research are to design a valid inquiry-based learning material about ecosystem and environmental pollution for grade X of Senior High School 3 Malang and to discover its effect towards critical thinking ability, conceptual comprehension, and attitude of grade X of Senior High School 3 Malang students. This research was conducted in two phases. The first phase is making the learning material including syllable, course outline, handout, student worksheet, and scoring instrument. The second phase is a quasi-experiment. Two sample groups are given different treatment to see the effect for critical thinking skills, conceptual comprehension, and student …

Using Fish Population Metrics To Compare The Effects Of Artificial Reef Density, Catheline Y. M. Froehlich, Richard Kline

School of Earth, Environmental, & Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

Artificial reefs continue to be added as habitat throughout the world, yet questions remain about how reef design affects fish diversity and abundance. In the present study, the effects of reef density were assessed for fish communities and sizes of economically valuable Lutjanus campechanus 13 km off Port Mansfield, Texas, at a reef composed of more than 4000 concrete culverts. The study spanned from May to June in 2013 and 2014, and sites sampled included natural reefs, bare areas, and varying culvert patch density categories, ranging from 1–190 culverts. Abundances of adults and species evenness of juvenile populations differed between …

Systematics And Evolution Of The Ronnbergia Alliance (Bromeliaceae): History Of Disjunct Diversification In Three Biodiversity Hotspots Of The Neotropics, Julian Andres Aguirre Santoro

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The systematics, biogeography and evolution of the 'Ronnbergia Alliance,' a nested lineage within the Core Bromelioideae, were investigated. In the first chapter, the phylogenetic relationships of the Ronnbergia Alliance were reconstructed using three chloroplast and three nuclear DNA sequence markers in combination with a wide species sampling across the Core Bromelioideae and a nearly complete species-level sampling of the five species complexes that likely comprise the Ronnbergia Alliance. The analysis indicates that the Ronnbergia Alliance is a robust monophyletic group sister to the remaining Core Bromelioideae, and it is composed by species of the polyphyletic genera Aechmea, Hohenbergia and Ronnbergia. …

The Role Of Dependence In Alcohol Reinforcement: Neurobehavioral Mechanisms, Michal Atzram

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The motivation to consume alcohol is complex, though physiological dependence has long been implicated in alcohol reinforcement and alcoholism. The research presented here was conducted to examine the role of alcohol dependence on voluntary alcohol consumption and preference, the validity of the Lieber-DeCarli (LD) liquid diet as a procedure to induce dependence, and the effect of alcohol administration on dopamine and endocannabinoids. While the LD diet has been used extensively to induce alcohol toxicity and teratogenic effects, there has not been research that has examined its use in the development of dependence and alcohol reinforcement. This research utilized varying periods …

The Sensitive Psychopath: Assessing Construct Overlap Between Secondary Psychopathy And Borderline Personality Disorder, Trevor H. Barese

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The literature suggests substantial overlap between secondary psychopathy and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The current study evaluates the degree of construct overlap between BPD and secondary psychopathy within a sample of offenders mandated to treatment in the community. Diagnostic overlap and associations with clinically relevant correlates were assessed to estimate the degree of convergence between the two disorders and divergence from primary psychopathy. The goal of this study was to evaluate the pragmatic utility of maintaining discrete diagnostic categories for secondary psychopathy and BPD rather than identifying secondary psychopaths as offenders with BPD. The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis …

Developmental Coordination Disorder: The Relationship Between Gait And Attention With Possible Implications For Early Identification And Intervention, Yocheved Bensinger-Brody

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The aim of this research was to evaluate how increased levels of challenge to attentional capacity would affect the motor planning and coordination in the gait of children at risk of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) across developmental ages. The study incorporated a dual task paradigm requiring both motor and attention performance, with the primary hypothesis that children who are at risk of DCD across different ages (3- to 8 yrs.-of-age) would demonstrate an alteration in their motor strategies if they were simultaneously engaging in an attention task. A secondary hypothesis of this study was that there is an underlying deficit …

Effects Of Reproductive Experiences On Age-Related Neural And Behavioral Changes In Female Rats, Saranna Belgrave

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The experiences of motherhood, pregnancy, birth and postnatal care, are associated with neural and behavioral changes. Female rats undergoing multiple bouts of motherhood (multiparous) have been shown in some, but not all studies, to have a dampened HPA axis stress response, changes in some hormone levels and better performance on spatial memory tasks compared to age matched females who have not given birth (nulliparous). Moreover, some of these changes extend into old age, approximately 24 months old. Thus, parous rats provide a unique, physiological model in which to investigate neural and hormonal factors that may contribute to cognitive decline and …

Reconsidering Organicism In Milton Babbitt's Music And Thought, Zachary Bernstein

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation makes two related but distinct claims. The first explores the influence of organicism, particularly in the hierarchical formulation developed by Heinrich Schenker, on Milton Babbitt's thought. This influence is shown to inform Babbitt's writings on a range of issues, guiding his analyses, his view of music cognition, and his understanding of the tonal and twelve-tone systems, including his own compositional twelve-tone techniques. Analysis of Babbitt's compositions, however, reveals several complications with the organicist model: there are a number of pieces and situations that conflict with the expectations of hierarchical organicism. As a result, this dissertation advocates for a …

Systematic Studies Of Elaphoglossum Section Polytrichia (Dryopteridaceae), Fernando Bittencourt De Matos

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Elaphoglossum is the largest genus of the largest family of ferns, the Dryopteridaceae. It has over 600 species distributed in the temperate and tropical regions of the world, but it is especially diverse in the Neotropics, where ca. 80% of the species occur. Morphologically, the genus is usually characterized by simple entire leaves, free veins, acrostichoid sori, and phyllopodia. One of the major clades within Elaphoglossum is the "subulate-scaled clade," which includes all species with subulate scales on the leaves. These scales are often patent and enrolled lengthwise, imparting a bristly or shaggy appearance to the plants. Previous studies have …

Knowledge Discovery And Prediction Modeling Of Protein-Drug Binding Kinetic By Integrating Machine Learning, Normal Mode Analysis And Molecular Dynamics Simulation, See Hong Chiu

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

One of the unaddressed challenges in drug discovery is that drug potency measured by protein-ligand binding affinity, such as IC₅₀ and K_d in vitro, is not correlated with drug activity in vivo. Computational modeling is playing an increasing role in designing efficient therapeutics. However, existing computational methods for the high-throughput study of protein-ligand interactions (PLI) mainly focus on the prediction of the binding affinity. This is the combined effect of association (k_on) and dissociation (k_off) rate constants. Few works have been produced to predict koff or its reciprocal, residence time, which is a key …

Zirconium-89: Radiochemistry And Ligand Development Toward Improved Pet Applications, Melissa Ann Deri

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Antibodies are attractive targeting vectors for positron emission tomography (PET) based imaging agents due to their high affinity and selectivity to a variety of biological targets. Creating such imaging agents requires a radionuclide with suitable decay characteristics. This role has been filled by zirconium-89 which has a 78.41 h half-life that ideally matches the multi-day biological half-life of IgG antibodies.

However, the use of a radiometal necessitates the use of a bifunctional chelator to bind the metal and conjugate to the antibody. For ⁸⁹Zr this has been the purview of various derivatives of desferrioxamine B (DFO); however, the observed …

Diversity And Phylogeography Of Anurans Of The Highlands Of Ethiopia, Xenia Freilich

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Located in Eastern Africa, Ethiopia is a country of unique geological features, among them the largest continuous Afro-alpine zone in Africa and the Great Rift Valley (GRV). The GRV formation began ~20 mya; it is a fault system that splits the central Ethiopian dome in two separate highland systems (Baker et al., 1972, Chorowicz, 2005). In spite of the general assumption that the GRV has played a major role in shaping the biodiversity of the country, its influence has not been fully investigated, as only a handful of studies have addressed its impact on the phylogeographic and evolutionary history of …

Three Potential Mediators Of The Effects Of Child Abuse And Neglect On Smoking In Middle Adulthood, Miriam Ghirmay

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The purpose of the current study was fourfold: (1) to determine whether individuals with histories of child abuse and neglect have higher rates of current cigarette smoking in middle adulthood compared with matched controls; (2) to examine whether individuals with histories of abuse and/or neglect are at increased risk for higher rates of current psychopathology (anxiety or depression), negative coping, and past year traumas and victimization experiences in adulthood compared with matched controls; (3) to determine whether current psychopathology, negative coping, and past year traumas and victimization experiences mediate the relationship between child maltreatment and current smoking; and (4) to …

Expanding The Structural Biologist's Tool Chest By Chemical And Biocompatible Modification Of Peptides: From Characterizing Marine Snail Toxins To Outphoxing Tryptophan, Alexander Grigoryan

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation focuses on expanding chemical derivatization methodologies of peptides with the ultimate goal of studying proteins that are not amenable to traditional high-resolution structural techniques. The first project, conducted in the laboratory of Dr. Mandë Holford, uses improved synthetic and chemical derivatization methods to access and characterize peptidic natural products from venomous marine snails belonging to the family Terebridae. Closely related to Conus snails, the Terebridae also produce disulfide-rich peptide toxins (teretoxins) that are potent and specific agonists of ion channels and receptors of the central nervous system. Teretoxins are underexplored relative to Conus toxins, and represent a …