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What’S New In Shoulder And Elbow Surgery?, Aaron M. Chamberlain, Surena Namdari, Jay D. Keener

Open Access Publications

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Postmenopausal Mammographic Breast Density And Subsequent Breast Cancer Risk According To Selected Tissue Markers, Lusine Yaghjyan, Andreas Pettersson, Graham A. Colditz, Laura C. Collins, Stuart J. Schnitt, Andrew H. Beck, Bernard Rosner, Celine Vachon, Rulla M. Tamimi

Open Access Publications

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The Drosophila Prosecretory Transcription Factor Dimmed Is Dynamically Regulated In Adult Enteroendocrine Cells And Protects Against Gram-Negative Infection, Katherine Beebe, Dongkook Park, Paul H. Taghert, Craig A. Micchelli

Open Access Publications

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Caenorhabditis Elegans Glp-4 Encodes A Valyl Aminoacyl Trna Synthetase, Suchita Rastogi, Ben Borgo, Nanette Pazdernik, Paul Fox, Elaine R. Mardis, Yuji Kohara, Jim Havranek, Tim Schedl

Open Access Publications

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Exome Sequencing Identifies A Rare Hspg2 Variant Associated With Familial Idiopathic Scoliosis, Erin E. Baschal, Cambria I. Wethey, Kandice Swindle, Robin M. Baschal, Katherine Gowan, Nelson L.S. Tang, David M. Alvarado, Gabe E. Haller, Matthew B. Dobbs, Matthew R.G. Taylor, Christina A. Gurnett, Kenneth L. Jones, Nancy H. Miller

Open Access Publications

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Butyrate And Mucosal Inflammation: New Scientific Evidence Supports Clinical Observation, Kelly Cushing, David M. Alvarado, Matthew A. Ciorba

Open Access Publications

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End-Stage Liver Disease Is A Strong Predictor Of Early Mortality In Cryptococcosis, Andrej Spec, Krunal Raval, William G. Powderly

Open Access Publications

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A Case Of Non-Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension Associated With Chronic Didanosine Therapy, Matthew Stotts, Phillip Chisholm, Diana Nurutdinova, Haripriya Maddur

Open Access Publications

A 66-year-old man with HIV and recurrent thromboembolism presented with new-onset ascites with an extensive diagnostic work-up that was unremarkable. He was diagnosed with non-cirrhotic portal hypertension after a liver biopsy revealed mild fibrosis and hepatic venography revealed an elevated hepatic venous pressure gradient. The etiology of portal hypertension was attributed to didanosine therapy, a rare but noted side effect.

Surgery For Lymph Node Metastases Of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma, Linda X. Jin, Jeffrey F. Moley

Open Access Publications

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Changes In Knowledge Of Cervical Cancer Following Introduction Of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Among Women At High Risk For Cervical Cancer, L. Stewart Massad, Charlesnika T. Evans, Kathleen M. Weber, Gypsyamber D'Souza, Nancy A. Hessol, Rodney L. Wright, Christine Colie, Howard D. Strickler, Tracey E. Wilson

Open Access Publications

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Awareness Of The Association Between Obesity And Peri-Operative Risk Among Newly Diagnosed Patients With Complex Atypical Hyperplasia And Endometrial Cancer, Lindsay M. Kuroki, Teri E. Benn, Jonathan L. Dukes, Andrea R. Hagemann, Premal H. Thaker, Matthew A. Powell, David G. Mutch, L. Stewart Massad, Israel Zighelboim

Open Access Publications

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A Review Of Gene Therapy In Canine And Feline Models Of Lysosomal Storage Disorders, Allison M. Bradbury, Brittney L. Gurda, Margret L. Casal, Katherine P. Ponder, Charles H. Vite, Mark E. Haskins

Open Access Publications

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The Role Of Hypoxia In Cancer Progression, Angiogenesis, Metastasis, And Resistance To Therapy, Barbara Muz, Pilar De La Puente, Feda Azab, Abdel K. Azab

Open Access Publications

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Time Is On My Side : Harnessing The Power Of Automation For Efficient Archival Workflows., Heather Fox, Sarah Dorpinghaus

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

In the 21st century, the idea of utilizing technology to increase efficiency is nothing new. However, many librarians and archivists lack specialized training in computer programming, file management, and other advanced technological skills. Instead, our professional training focused on more traditional aspects of librarianship like the reference interview, collection development, and subject analysis. Although these remain important components of serving our users, learning new ways to streamline workflows can free up time we spend on automatable tasks and allow us more time to concentrate on specialized aspects of our work that only we as trained archivists and librarians can accomplish. …

Molecular Approaches For Improving Desiccation Tolerance : Insights From The Brine Shrimp Artemia Franciscana., Steven Hand, Michael Menze

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Main conclusion We have evaluated the endogenous expression and molecular properties of selected Group 3 LEA proteins from Artemia franciscana , and the capacity of selected Groups 1 and 3 proteins transfected into various desiccation-sensitive cell lines to improve tolerance to drying. Organisms inhabiting both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems frequently are confronted with the problem of water loss for multiple reasons—exposure to hypersalinity, evaporative water loss, and restriction of intracellular water due to freezing of extracellular fluids. Seasonal desiccation can become severe and lead to the production of tolerant propagules and entry into the state of anhydrobiosis at various stages …

Integrating Science And Literacy For Young English Learners : A Pilot Study., Yuliya Ardasheva, Lori A. Norton-Meier, Thomas R. Tretter, Sherri L. Brown

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

This pilot investigated the promise of positive outcomes in literacy, science, and social behavior on K– 2 English learner (﴾EL)﴿ students after two months of implementation of the Science Inquiry Centered Argumentation Model (﴾ScICAM)﴿—a systematic teaching approach to science learning that integrates literacy instruction and argument-‐based inquiry. The sample included 17 teachers and 31 EL students. Results indicated that teacher practices (﴾proximal outcomes)﴿ aligned well with the ScICAM approach and resulted in increases in EL student learning (﴾distal outcomes)﴿. Teacher increase in the use of inquiry and writing scaffolds and student growth in the ability to express understandings through oral …

Do Depressive Symptoms Predict The Incidence Of Myocardial Infarction Independent Of Hopelessness?, Patrick Pössel, Amanda M. Mitchell, Kimmo Ronkainen, George A. Kaplan, Jussi Kauhanen, Maarit Valtonen

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Depression and hopelessness predict myocardial infarction (MI), but it is unclear whether depression and hopelessness are independent predictors of MI incidents. Hopelessness, depression, and MI incidence rate 18 years later were measured in 2005 men. Cox regressions were conducted with hopelessness and depression serving as individual predictors of MI. Another Cox model examined whether the two predictors predict MI when adjusting for each other. Depression and hopelessness predicted MI in independent regressions but when adjusting for each other, hopelessness, but not depression, predicted MI incidents. Thus, these results suggest that depression and hopelessness are not independent predictors of MI.

Integrating Beck’S Cognitive Model And The Response Style Theory In An Adolescent Sample., Stephanie Winkeljohn Black, Patrick Pössel

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Depression becomes more prevalent as individuals progress from childhood to adulthood. Thus, empirically supported and popular cognitive vulnerability theories to explain depression in adulthood have begun to be tested in younger age groups, particularly adolescence, a time of significant cognitive development. Beck’s cognitive theory and the response style theory are well known, empirically supported theories of depression. The current, two-wave longitudinal study (N = 462; mean age = 16.01 years; SD = 0.69; 63.9 % female) tested various proposed integrative models of Beck’s cognitive theory and the response style theory, as well as the original theories themselves, to determine if …

Aerobic And Resistance Training Improves Mood State Among Adults Living With Hiv., Jason R. Jaggers, Gregory A. Hand, Wesley D. Dudgeon, Stephanie Burgess, Kenneth D. Phillips, Larry Durstine, Steven N. Blair

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effects of combined aerobic and resistance exercise training among self-reported mood disturbances, perceived stress, frequency of self-reported symptoms, and symptom distress in a sample of HIV+ adults. For this purpose, 49 participants were randomly assigned into an exercise (EX) or control (CON) group. Those in the EX group completed 50 min of supervised aerobic and resistance training at a moderate intensity twice a week for 6 weeks. The CON group reported to the university and engaged in sedentary activities. Data were collected at baseline before randomization and 6 weeks post intervention. …

"Goodbye, Old Arm": The Domestication Of Veterans' Disabilities In Civil War Era Popular Songs, Devin Burke

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

IN October of 1863, two years into the Civil War, a short editorial titled "Empty Sleeves" appeared on the front page of the Staunton Spectator.1 It addressed a question that had become familiar in the wake of the war's unprecedented violence; namely, how to encounter, or how to look at (in both the literal and figurative senses), the quickly growing population of veterans whose injuries marked them as "disabled:' This question could be cause for considerable anxiety in able-bodied Americans whose beliefs were shaped by Victorian and muscular Christian values.

Exploring The Meaning Of Cohabitation: A Relationship Dialectics Perspective, Lindsey J. Thomas, Kristina M. Scharp

Iowa Journal of Communication

This study employed relational dialectics theory to investigate what cohabitation means to cohabiters. Cohabitation is an ambiguous relationship state (e.g., perceived as "more than dating" but "less than marriage") associated with negative outcomes. Scholars have empirically investigated cohabitation; however, little research explores what cohabitation means using a qualitative approach. Exploring the meaning of cohabitation can illuminate perceptions that might coincide with negative outcomes. Framed by Relational Dialectics Theory, a contrapuntal analysis of cohabiters' online stories (n=27) revealed three counter-discourses: Narratives of Cohabitation as a Normal Relationship, Cohabitation as an Easy Relationship, and Cohabitation as a Worthwhile Struggle. Each counter-discourse resisted …

Smartphones And Their Effects On Family Cohesion, Elizabeth Carman, Raegan Zetterlund, Jake Mollman

Iowa Journal of Communication

The increasing prevalence of technologies has led to much research assessing the effects technologies have on the family. This study specifically examines the effects of smartphones on family cohesion and communication by conducting semi-structured interviews. The findings reveal a tension between utopian and dystopian effects of smartphones. Although smartphones amplify familial cohesion by facilitating interactions and assisting in problem-solving among family members, these devices also negatively affect cohesion through distraction, individualization, and annoyance.

Southeast Polk High School's Suicide Culture: Analysis Of Communication And Community Resilience Strategies, Molly D. Wells

Iowa Journal of Communication

This paper analyzes the response to the outbreak of student suicides at Southeast Polk High School in Pleasant Hill, Iowa, during the 2008-09 school year, by applying the theoretical framework of the communication and community resilience approach to crisis management. The key strategies of the communication and resilience framework were applied to assess the efforts of the school district to adapt and build resilience. It was identified that the school district succeeded in implementing two out of the five recommended strategies. The framework highlighted the need to consider suicide as a crisis and to employ all the strategies in order …

Cellulose Synthase (Cesa) Gene Expression Profiling Of Physcomitrella Patens, Mai L. Tran, Alison Roberts

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

The Cellulose Synthase (CESA) gene family of seed plants comprises six clades that encode isoforms with conserved expression patterns and distinct functions in cellulose synthesis complex (CSC) formation and primary and secondary cell wall synthesis. In mosses, which have rosette CSCs like those of seed plants but lack lignified secondary cell walls, the CESA gene family diversified independently and includes no members of the six functionally distinct seed plant clades. There are seven CESA isoforms encoded in the genome of the moss Physcomitrella patens. However, only PpCESA5 has been characterized functionally and little information is available on the expression …

Three Essays On Shellfish Management In Rhode Island, Pratheesh Omana Sudhakaran

Open Access Dissertations

Shellfish resources are the main fishery resources commercially harvested and cultured in Rhode Island. Wild shellfish management in Rhode Island is undertaken by the RI Department of Environmental Management (DEM) aiming to achieve, among other objectives, conserving naturally occurring shellfish populations in RI waters and managing public health outcomes due to, water quality issues. However, for any management scheme or regulation to be effective, policy must recognize the economic forces at work when evaluating proposed intervention or regulation of shellfishing. Regulations would influence the harvesters’ behavior through the change in the harvested quantity or market price of the product and …

A General Equilibrium Theory Of Contracts In Community Supported Agriculture, Thomas W. Sproul, Jaclyn D. Kropp

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Faculty Publications

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) contracts allow consumers to buy claims on a farm's future production. In turn, the consumer provides working capital to the farm during the growing season. CSA contracts also provide risk management for farmers with limited access to Federal crop insurance by transferring part of the farm's risk to the consumer. We derive a theory of CSA contract pricing for the two most prevalent types of CSA contracts: yield contracts, in which consumers receive a percentage of the farm's production, and weight contracts, in which consumers receive fixed quantities. We develop a two-period model in which expected …

The Recreational Use Of Provincetown Harbor And Attitudes Towards Shellfish Aquaculture, Daniel Maggio

Open Access Master's Theses

Aquaculture refers to the breeding, rearing, and harvesting of plants and animals in all types of water environments including ponds, rivers, lakes, and the ocean (NOAA, 2014). In the United States shellfish aquaculture of mollusks experienced significant economic growth from 2005-2013. In 2005 the mollusk shellfish aquaculture industry was worth approximately $203,183,000, which grew to $328,567,000 in 2013 (USDA;NASS, 2013). In Provincetown, Massachusetts the interest of growth and development of shellfish aquaculture from local fishermen and town officials is increasing (Wisbauer, 2015).

Surveys were administered to four categories of users, as defined by the town's definitions: residents, non-residents, occupants, and …

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Iowa Journal of Communication

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Review Of The Sage Handbook Of Family Communication, Donna R. Pawlowski

Iowa Journal of Communication

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Communication And Female Date Initiation: Differences In Perceptions Based On Asesertiveness Of Initiator, Lindsey K. Odom, Erin Sahlstein Parcell, Benjamin M. A. Baker, Valerie Cronin-Fisher

Iowa Journal of Communication

First dates represent an important event in the early development of dating relationships. Commonly, date initiation is a behavior in which men take control in heterosexual relationships; however, more women are conducting this task. Women initiating dates, as opposed to men, has traditionally been viewed as a deviation from American cultural norms for expected behavior. The deviation in behavior could have negative repercussions for women, which was investigated for the current study. College-aged participants (n = 232) completed an online survey regarding their perceptions of two hypothetical women who initiated dates (i.e., one where her assertiveness was high and one …