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Impatient Waiting, Benjamin J. Lappenga

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"Another tendency in Christian thinking about waiting, however, is worthy of our consideration this Advent season: the perception that good Christian waiting means patience, defined as dutiful acceptance of our current suffering."

Posting about the frustrations of waiting from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/impatient-waiting/

The Emotional Effect Of Same Sex Grouping, Katherine Barwacz Heidrick

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations

The research question addressed in this project was, how do gender roles affect the achievement of school-aged children? It documents one teachers research in her fifth grade classroom by creating a curriculum related challenge that students worked on in mixed gender groups and same gender groups. The author documents the details of the research literature review in order to analyze and validate the study. The action research portion included surveys that students responded to, asking them to reflect over their experience. In conclusion, the author describes both successes and struggles of working with mixed and same gender groups and concludes …

Listening Strategies For English Language Learner Comprehension, A Teacher Resource Guide, Ana Marie Ruiz Mclafferty

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations

This capstone examines listening strategies for English Language Learners in grades 3-5 and includes a teacher resource guide to help support students in the listening language domain. There are very few resources for elementary teachers to support students in listening comprehension strategies. The teacher resource guide includes think-aloud, focus questions, journaling and interactive listening strategies. Lesson templates and examples are included.

High Capacity Silicon Electrodes With Nafion As Binders For Lithium-Ion Batteries, Jiagang Xu, Qinglin Zhang, Yang-Tse Cheng

Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

Silicon is capable of delivering a high theoretical specific capacity of 3579 mAh g⁻¹ which is about 10 times higher than that of the state-of-the-art graphite based negative electrodes for lithium-ion batteries. However, the poor cycle life of silicon electrodes, caused by the large volumetric strain during cycling, limits the commercialization of silicon electrodes. As one of the essential components, the polymeric binder is critical to the performance and durability of lithium-ion batteries as it keeps the integrity of electrodes, maintains conductive path and must be stable in the electrolyte. In this work, we demonstrate that electrodes consisting of …

Isolasi Dan Molecular Docking Senyawa 6,7-Dihidro-17-Hidroksierisotrin Dari Daun Dadap Belendung (Erythrina Poeppigiana) Terhadap Aktivitas Sitotoksik Antikanker Payudara Mcf-7, Richa Mardianingrum, Tati Herlina, Unang Supratman

Chimica et Natura Acta

Erythrina (Leguminose) memiliki jumlah alkaloid paling banyak jika dibandingkan dengan senyawa metabolit sekunder lainnya, sehingga tumbuhan Erythrina dikenal dengan sebutan alkaloid eritrina. Erythrina yang paling banyak tumbuh di Indonesia adalah E. poeppigiana. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengungkapkan senyawa aktif antikanker payudara MCF-7 secara in silico yang terdapat di dalam daun E. poeppigiana. Alkaloid dipisahkan dan dimurnikan melalui tahapan ekstraksi, fraksinasi, pemisahanan dan pemurnian yang dipandu dengan uji Dragendorff, senyawa alkaloid yang diperoleh diuji antikanker secara in silico terhadap reseptor EGFR2 yang bekerja pada sel kanker payudara MCF-7 menggunakan program ArgusLab dengan pembanding canertinib dan parameter yang diukur adalah energi …

Pengaruh Konsumsi Yogurt Yang Dibuat Dengan Kultur Dua Bakteri (Sterptococcus Thermophillus Dan Lactobacillus Bulgaricus) Dan Tiga Bakteri (Sterptococcus Thermophillus, Lactobacillus Bulgaricus Dan Lactobacillus Acidophilus) Terhadap Kadar Kolesterol Serum Darah Tikus, Safri Ishmayana, Asep Juanda, O. Suprijana, Sadiah Djajasoepena, Idar Idar, Saadah D. Rachman

Chimica et Natura Acta

Tingginya kadar kolestrol serum darah berhubungan dengan meningkatnya resiko aterosklerosis dan penyakit jantung koroner. Produk susu terfermentasi seperti yogurt dapat menurunkan kadar kolesterol serum darah sehingga dapat meningkatkan resiko kedua penyakit tersebut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari pengaruh konsumsi yogurt yang dibuat dengan dua dan tiga bakteri terhadap kadar kolesterol serum darah tikus putih. Pada percobaan ini 15 tikus putih jenis Wistar dibagi menjadi empat kelompok, masing-masing kelompok tiga atau empat ekor. Kelompok pertama diberi pakan dan air, kelompok kedua diberi pakan dan susu murni, kelompok ketiga diberi pakan dan yogurt 2 bakteri sedangkan kelompok keempat diberi pakan dan yogurt …

Pemanfaatan Kulit Kacang Tanah (Arachis Hypogaea) Untuk Bioadsorpsi Logam Kalsium Dan Magnesium, Uji Pratomo, Rubianto A. Lubis, Diana Hendrati, Titin Sofyatin, Vidia Afina Nuraini

Chimica et Natura Acta

Masyarakat Indonesia banyak menggunakan air tanah sebagai sumber air untuk keperluan rumah tangga dan industri. Kontaminan air tanah penyebab kesadahan berupa ion-ion divalen Ca2+ dan Mg2+ menimbulkan masalah bagi penggunaan domestik dan industri, seperti terbentuknya kerak pada peralatan dan konsumsi deterjen yang lebih tinggi. Salah satu metode yang efektif untuk melunakkan air sadah adalah adsorpsi menggunakan biosorben. Biosorben yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah kulit kacang tanah (Arachis hypogaea L.) yang mengandung berbagai gugus fungsi sehingga efektif mengadsorpsi ion-ion logam Ca2+ dan Mg2+ dalam matriks air sadah. Adsorpsi dengan metode batch dilakukan melalui berbagai variasi berat adsorben, pH, dan waktu …

Sintesis Prekursor Senyawa Beauvericin, Asam (2r)-Asetiloksiisovalerat, Rani Maharani, Taufiqqurahman Taufiqqurahman, Dina Puspitasari

Chimica et Natura Acta

Beauvericin merupakan heksadepsipeptida siklik yang diproduksi oleh berbagai jamur seperti Beauveria bassiana dan Fussarium spp. Penelitian mengenai sintesis senyawa beauvericin telah dilakukan melalui media mikrobiologi, namun sintesis dengan metode sintesis peptida masih belum banyak dilaporkan. Sedikitnya laporan mengenai sintesis senyawa beauvericin disebabkan sulitnya akses terhadap pengadaan material sintesis atau prekursor senyawa yang bersangkutan.Prekursor dari senyawa beauvericin adalah asam amino N-metilfenilalanin dan asam hidroksi isovalerat. Dalam kaitannya dengan sintesis total peptida dalam fase padat yang akan dilakukan, asam hidroksi isovalerat (Hiv) akan sulit ditambahkan ke dalam resin, sehingga senyawa ini harus ditambahkan kedalam resin dalam bentuk depsidipeptida, Fmoc-MePhe-Hiv.Sintesis depsidipeptida ini merupakan …

Potensi Enzim Α-Amilase Dari Bacillus Sp. (Termamyl®) Untuk Pemrosesan Tepung Sorgum, Muhammad Fadhlillah, Soetijoso Soemitro, Toto Subroto

Chimica et Natura Acta

Tepung sorghum merupakan salah satu sumber karbohidrat non gluten yang dapat digunakan sebagai pengganti gandum. Sayangnya, makanan berbahan dasar sorgum seperti roti sorgum memiliki kecenderungan penurunan kualitas tekstur lebih cepat selama penyimpanan. α-Amilase rutin digunakan dalam pembuatan roti gandum sebagai antifirming untuk menghasilkan kualitas yang lebih baik. Pada penelitian ini dilakukan penentuan karakter enzim α-amilase komersial (Termamyl®) serta menentukan potensinya untuk digunakan dalam pemrosesan tepung sorgum. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Termamyl® memiliki kemampuan untuk memecah pati mentah. Penelitian lebih lanjut menunjukkan bahwa tepung sorgum yang diberi perlakuan Termamyl® mengubah bentuk granula pati sorgum dan juga mengurangi kandungan amilosa sebesar 27%.

Penapisan Fitokimia Dan Uji Toksisitas Dari Daun Myristica Fatua Houtt, Sofa Fajriah, Megawati Megawati

Chimica et Natura Acta

Myristica fatua merupakan salah satu tumbuhan obat asli Indonesia yang berpotensi untuk dikembangkan. Telah dilakukan penapisan fitokimia dan uji toksisitas menggunakan metode BSLT (Brine Shrimp Lethality Toxicity) terhadap ekstrak metanol, ekstrak aseton dan etanol 70%. Selanjutnya ekstrak metanol difraksinasi untuk memperoleh fraksi n-heksana, etil asetat, dan n-butanol dari daun Myristica fatua Houtt dan dilakukan uji toksisitas lebih lanjut. Hasil penapisan fitokimia menunjukkan bahwa daun M. fatua mengandung senyawa terpenoid, steroid, flavonoid, saponin, dan tanin. Potensi antikanker juga ditunjukkan terhadap ekstrak metanol dan fraksi etil asetat yang mempunyai toksisitas paling tinggi dari fraksi lainnya dengan LC50 masing-masing adalah sebesar 64,57 dan …

Senyawa Golongan Steroid Dari Ekstrak N-Heksana Kulit Batang Kayu Bitti (Vitex Cofassus) Dan Uji Toksisitas Terhadap Artemia Salina Leach., Asriani Ilyas, Iin Novianty, Irmayanti Irmayanti

Chimica et Natura Acta

Penelitian telah dilakukan untuk mengidentifikasi dan mengkarakterisasi senyawa bioaktif dari kulit batang kayu bitti (Vitex cofassus), suatu tumbuhan endemik dari Sulawesi yang termasuk famili Verbenaceae. Tahapan penelitian meliputi maserasi, fraksinasi, pemurnian, identifikasi dan uji toksisitas. Ekstraksi dilakukan dengan metode maserasi menggunakan n-hexane. Tahapan identifikasi meliputi melibatkan uji warna,analisis KLT, analisis IR, sedangkan uji toksisitas menggunakan metode BSLT dengan Artemia salina Leach sebagai bioindikator. Hasil penelitian adalah senyawa dengan bentuk kristal jarum berwarna putih dengan 0,4745 gram dan analisis fitokimia menunjukkan bahwa senyawa tersebut adalah senyawa golongan steroid. Hal ini juga didukung oleh data IR yang menunjukkan gugus fungsi kelompok steroid. …

Improving Management Of Inpatient Blood Glucose, Rachael K. Misitano

Master's Projects and Capstones

Epidemiologic studies indicate blood glucose management in the hospitalized patient population is not adequate; with approximately 30% of patients reporting values >180mg/dl. Patients with increased blood glucose levels pose a higher mortality risk as well as increased risks for dehydration, hypotension, renal injury, decreased wound healing, immunosuppression, and an overall increase in hospital length of stay (AACE, 2015). This project aims to improve inpatient management of blood glucose levels by facilitating MD-RN communication through a reduction in the current reportable blood glucose level. This project took place on a 17 bed adult medical-surgical unit at a large academic hospital in …

Cargo Cycles For Local And Last Mile Delivery: Lessons From New York City, Alison Conway

PSU Transportation Seminars

Cities depend on safe and efficient goods movement to support community livability and a healthy economy. However, delivery of goods in an urban environment presents a tremendous challenge. Traditional motorized vehicles used for goods movement – ranging from cargo vans to box trucks - are inherently incompatible with (1) the multimodal street environments of modern cities, with clean, quiet conditions preferred by residents, and (2) larger environmental sustainability goals. As freight flows continue to grow with the demands of global trade, new urban freight and city logistics solutions are needed.

Cargo cycles – human powered cycles equipped with freight carrying …

Looking Beyond Culture: Building Successful Multiparty Collaboration, James R. Hemsath

Student Scholarship

The complexities of global business and the need for rapid, effective responses to problems that cross borders and span cultures demand an understanding of why transnational multiparty collaborations have failed and why they have succeeded. At the core of this work is 1) understanding the role that culture and identity play in creating a meta-identity built on the strengths of individual and organization identities and the sameness those identities represent; 2) the development of strong connectedness between the parties and 3) the creation of a shared vision of what is trying to be achieved. Ultimately the strength of the meta-identity …

Exploring Attitudes Toward Teacher Led Parent Advocacy Models That Address Racial Education Inequity, Paula Yadel Cole

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations

The question addressed in this project is, “what are teachers and parents’ attitudes toward a teacher led parent advocacy model that addresses education inequity in Minnesota?” The premise of this work is that according to available research, current models for parent engagement in schools are not relevant to families of color. In depth interviews were conducted to understand how six families perceive the education system and how empowered they feel about leading their children towards higher education. The author also collected questionnaire responses to investigate how teachers feel about leading instruction at a potential parent leadership academy. The findings conclude …

Cassandra "Sam" Butler

African American Funeral Programs

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Yamaya Latanya Hobbs

African American Funeral Programs

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Rev. Harry Baldwin, Sr.

African American Funeral Programs

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Armstrong Commencement Program, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong Commencement Programs

Graduation program for this commencement from Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia on December 12, 2015. The program includes an order of ceremony and list of graduates.

The Effect Of Oil Sands Process-Affected Water And Model Naphthenic Acids On Photosynthesis And Growth In Emiliania Huxleyi And Chlorella Vulgaris., Jessica Beddow, Richard J. Johnson, Tracy Lawson, Mark N. Breckels, Richard J. Webster, Ben E. Smith, Steven J. Rowland, Corinne Whitby

More Faculty of Science and Engineering Research

Naphthenic acids (NAs) are among the most toxic organic pollutants present in oil sands process waters (OSPW) and enter marine and freshwater environments through natural and anthropogenic sources. We investigated the effects of the acid extractable organic (AEO) fraction of OSPW and individual surrogate NAs, on maximum photosynthetic efficiency of photosystem II (PSII) (FV/FM) and cell growth in Emiliania huxleyi and Chlorella vulgaris as representative marine and freshwater phytoplankton. Whilst FV/FM in E. huxleyi and C. vulgaris was not inhibited by AEO, exposure to two surrogate NAs: (4'-n-butylphenyl)-4-butanoic acid (n-BPBA) and (4'-tert-butylphenyl)-4-butanoic acid (tert-BPBA), caused complete inhibition of FV/FM in …

All Your Sessions Are Belong To Us: Investigating Authenticator Leakage Through Backup Channels On Android, Guangdong Bai, Jun Sun, Jianliang Wu, Quanqi Ye, Li Li, Jin Song Dong, Shanqing Guo

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Security of authentication protocols heavily relies on the confidentiality of credentials (or authenticators) like passwords and session IDs. However, unlike browser-based web applications for which highly evolved browsers manage the authenticators, Android apps have to construct their own management. We find that most apps simply locate their authenticators into the persistent storage and entrust underlying Android OS for mediation. Consequently, these authenticators can be leaked through compromised backup channels. In this work, we conduct the first systematic investigation on this previously overlooked attack vector. We find that nearly all backup apps on Google Play inadvertently expose backup data to any …

Gpu Accelerated On-The-Fly Reachability Checking, Zhimin Wu, Yang Liu, Jun Sun, Jianqi Shi, Shengchao Qin

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Model checking suffers from the infamous state space explosion problem. In this paper, we propose an approach, named GPURC, to utilize the Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) to speed up the reachability verification. The key idea is to achieve a dynamic load balancing so that the many cores in GPUs are fully utilized during the state space exploration.To this end, we firstly construct a compact data encoding of the input transition systems to reduce the memory cost and fit the calculation in GPUs. To support a large number of concurrent components, we propose a multi-integer encoding with conflict-release accessing approach. We …

The Awkward Academic: Why Judith Reads James In Joyce Carol Oates's "My Warszawa: 1980", Kerry Sutherland

Bearing Witness: Joyce Carol Oates Studies

Joyce Carol Oates’s short story “My Warszawa: 1980” follows the journey of well-respected academician Judith Horne as she travels to and within Poland to participate in an international conference on American culture. She has a vague connection to Poland, with remote family members who were killed in Auschwitz and a Jewish ancestry that can be seen in her features, but she considers these facts unimportant to who she is at the moment. She travels with her lover, who is as remote emotionally as her dead forbears are physically. The emotional connections she makes with the people and land begin to …

The Effect Of Sleep Deprivation On Cadet Performance And Behavior: A Proposal To Reform The Rotc Program At James Madison University, Josh Wells

James Madison Undergraduate Research Journal (JMURJ)

This paper addresses the problem of sleep deprivation among cadets in the Army ROTC program at James Madison University. Drawing on existing research and Army doctrine, the author examines the necessity of sleep for decision making, the biological consequences of sleep deprivation, and the effects of sleep deprivation on emotional intelligence. The paper also questions large, early-morning Physical Training (PT) sessions and their effectiveness in developing group cohesion. After comparing the research to the practices of the ROTC program, the author proposes a new training method for ROTC cadets to address the problems of sleep deprivation and large group PT.

Meeting Agenda, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Agendas for WKU Board of Regents committee meetings.

Creativity Of Librarians In Public Libraries: Case Study Of Public Libraries Of Fars Province (Iran), Ali Biranvand, Faramarz Soheili, Ali Akbar Khasseh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the contextual conditions of creativity based on Oldham Model among the librarians of public libraries of Fars province.

Design/methodology/approach: The research uses a survey method. The study population was librarians of public libraries in Fars province. The data collection instrument was questionnaire. For data analysis, univariate T test and covariance analysis and variance analysis were used to evaluate correlation between the contextual conditions of creativity and its components.

Findings: In public libraries of Fars province, the required conditions for creativity of librarians was above average. The personal differences of librarians …

Bridging The Gap Between Town And Gown: Role Of Librarians In Community Service Programmes, Helen U. Emasealu Dr. (Mrs)., Susan N. Umeozor Dr. (Mrs).

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to review related literature on Community Service Programme and the involvement of librarians in such initiatives, with a focus on the University of Port Harcourt. This review was also undertaken to establish a link between the Community Service Programme and purposeful librarianship. Related literature was reviewed on the involvement of academic librarians in Community Service Programme in Universities with a focus on University of Port Harcourt Community Service Programme. It was observed that Community Service Programmes play an essential role in linking students with host communities and provide opportunities and prospects for the …

Kashmiri Marsiya (Elegy) Manuscripts: The Valuable Sources For The Dissemination, Reconstruction And Safeguarding The History And Culture-Iv, Tawfeeq Nazir

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

No abstract provided.

Thinking And Making: Art And Craft In Library Of Congress Classification, Rochelle Smith

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Why are art and craft so widely separated in the Library of Congress Classification (LC) System? All classification systems give insight into worldviews prevalent at the time they were created, and library systems are especially illustrative of the cultures and cultural moments which shaped them. The separation of art and craft in LC, in N and TT respectively, compared to their collocation in LC’s contemporaries, Dewey Decimal Classification and Cutter’s Expansive Classification, suggests divergent views of the arts within librarianship, illuminating American views on the relative definitions of art and craft from the mid-nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries.