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Effects Of Temperature On Development And Voltinism Of Chaetodactylus Krombeini (Acari: Chaetodactylidae): Implications For Climate Change Impacts, Jeong Joon Ahn, Youngsoo Son, Yaqian He, Eungul Lee, Yong-Lak Park

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Temperature plays an important role in the growth and development of arthropods, and thus the current trend of climate change will alter their biology and species distribution. We used Chaetodactylus krombeini (Acari: Chaetodactylidae), a cleptoparasitic mite associated with Osmia bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), as a model organism to investigate how temperature affects the development and voltinism of C. krombeini in the eastern United States. The effects of temperature on the stage-specific development of C. krombeini were determined at seven constant temperatures (16.1, 20.2, 24.1, 27.5, 30.0, 32.4 and 37.8°C). Parameters for stage-specific development, such as threshold temperatures and thermal constant, were …

Population Genomic Analysis Reveals Differential Evolutionary Histories And Patterns Of Diversity Across Subgenomes And Subpopulations Of Brassica Napus L., Elodie Gazave, Erica E. Tassone, Daniel C. Ilut, Megan Wingerson, Erwin Datema, Hanneke M. A. Witsenboer, James B. Davis, David Grant, John M. Dyer, Matthew A. Jenks, Jack Brown, Michael A. Gore

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

The allotetraploid species Brassica napus L. is a global crop of major economic importance, providing canola oil (seed) and vegetables for human consumption and fodder and meal for livestock feed. Characterizing the genetic diversity present in the extant germplasm pool of B. napus is fundamental to better conserve, manage and utilize the genetic resources of this species. We used sequence-based genotyping to identify and genotype 30,881 SNPs in a diversity panel of 782 B. napus accessions, representing samples of winter and spring growth habits originating from 33 countries across Europe, Asia, and America. We detected strong population structure broadly concordant …

Community-Based Diabetes Screening And Risk Assessment In Rural West Virginia, Ranjita Misra, Cindy Fitch, David Roberts, Dana Wright

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

This project utilized a cross-sectional study design to assess diabetes risk among 540 individuals from 12 counties using trained extension agents and community organizations in West Virginia. Individuals were screened for diabetes using (1) the validated 7-item diabetes risk assessment survey and (2) hemoglobin A1c tests. Demographic and lifestyle behaviors were also collected. The average age, body mass index, and A1c were 51.2 ± 16.4, 31.1 ± 7.5, and 5.8 ± 0.74, respectively. The majority were females, NonHispanic Whites with no prior diagnosis of diabetes. Screenings showed that 61.8% of participants were at high risk for diabetes. Family history of …

Taylor University Graduate Catalog 2016-17, Taylor University

Graduate Catalogs

The 2016-2017 graduate catalog of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Taylor University Catalog 2016-2017, Taylor University

Undergraduate Catalogs

The 2016-2017 academic catalog of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

United States V. Gooding: The Imperfect Indictment That Created The Perfect Defense For The Illegal Slave Trade, Fernando D. Kirkman

Legal History Publications

In United States v. Gooding, the Supreme Court quashed an indictment against John Gooding for engaging in international slave trading, a violation of the Slave Trade Act of 1818. The Slave Trade Act of 1818 modified the penalties for engaging the in slave trading, and switched the burden of proof to the defendant, to disprove the presumption that the defendant had engaged in the slave trade. This article looks at how United States v. Gooding stands as a step backwards toward condoning and legitimizing the international slave trade. This paper also examines the moral relativism expressed in the United States’ …

The People's Liberation Army Navy: An Emerging Dragon Of The Seas, Sabrina Liang

Student Library Research Awards

First Year Award Recipient for 2016. Paper written for course POL 208. Supporting faculty: William A. Joseph.

Between Georgia And Crimea: The Social Dimensions Of War For The Russian Military, Mari Elisa Dugas

Honors Thesis Collection

What factors are vital to the success of military operations? In the case of the contemporary Russian military, most scholars have attributed success in both Georgia (2008) and Crimea (2014) to a reformed and technologically improved military. Despite a widely accepted “victory” in Georgia, Russia’s military performed disastrously, which catalyzed a series of reforms and modernization projects within the military. Many scholars have traced these reforms to the success of Russia’s operations in Crimea in 2014, citing their superior technology and organizational learning. My thesis addresses the reality of Russia’s military operation in Crimea, which I argue was dependent more …

Cruces Cervantinos, Fronteras Femeninas: Las Mujeres Migrantes En Tres Obras De Cervantes, Charlotte Weiss

Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

A Continual Evolution: The Reform Of France’S “Politique De La Ville” As An Urban Peace-Building Mechanism In The Suburbs Of Paris, Pauline Day

Honors Thesis Collection

For four months, the parallel between Chicago and Paris, two seemingly incomparable cities, gnawed at me while I travelled to and from my internship at the city hall of Pantin, a neighboring suburb of Paris. I was placed in the Department of Politique de la Ville, a national funding mechanism dedicated to low-income neighborhoods in France during its call to reform. At its best, the mechanism is quite dynamic, increasing the resources and mutual trust between residents and government; at its worst, it is highly ineffective, financially wasteful, and ignorant of the specific needs of communities. While most research students …

The Lopapeysa: A Vehicle To Explore The Performance Of Icelandic National Identity, Kathleen Donlan

Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

Echoes, Marissa Klee-Peregon

Honors Thesis Collection

In a corner of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, just off the main medieval art gallery, there is a small room ending in an apse with a 12th century Catalonian fresco. In a 12th century church in Catalonia, Spain, there is an apse that once held the fresco now in the MFA. Now, rather than paint and plaster or bare walls, the church’s apse holds a photographic reproduction of the fresco. The gallery recalls the church with its empty apse, and the church recalls the gallery in the MFA.

Echoes recalls both.

The works in Echoes, images drawn …

Not Just A Nurse: Nurses As Peaceworkers In Hadassah Ein Kerem, Jordan Hannink

Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

From City Of The Oppressed To City Of The Free: Tracing The Progress Of Decolonization In African Cities, Oluwapelumi Botti

Honors Thesis Collection

Several African historians have famously recognized the challenges created by colonialism in colonial cities. Colonial rule has been argued to have brought modernization and urbanization to Africans. On the other hand, African colonial cities were often sites of terror, inequality and racial segregation where those colonized were made disenfranchised. Thus, what became of these former colonial African cities that were designed to promote European superiority? How did African leaders and urban planners overcome the challenges inherited from colonialism? Finally, how did the ideologies of African postcolonial leaders influence urban plans? Through the case studies of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, Tanzania’s capital …

The Ethics Of Historic Preservation, Erich Hatala Matthes

Faculty Research and Scholarship

This article draws together research from various sub-disciplines of philosophy to offer an overview of recent philosophical work on the ethics of historic preservation. I discuss how philosophers writing about art, culture, and the environment have appealed to historical significance in crafting arguments about the preservation of objects, practices, and places. By demonstrating how it relates to core themes in moral and political philosophy, I argue that historic preservation is essentially concerned with ethical issues.

How And Why “Bobos” Became French, Scott Gunther

Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Year Of Russia, Ashley T. Hoffman, Olga Koz Mls, Dm, Olga Russov

Research Guides & Subject Bibliographies

No abstract provided.

2016-2017 Season Brochure, Center For Performing Arts

Center for Performing Arts Memorabilia

Brochure and promotional material for multiple shows during the 2016-2017 season.

Food Security And Geographic Factors In Food Purchase And Acquisition Decisions: A Compilation Of Research Conducted Under Usda Cooperative Agreements 58-5000-1-0050 And 58-5000-3-0066, James P. Ziliak, Craig Gundersen

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series

No abstract provided.

Supermarket Proximity And Price: Food Insecurity And Obesity In The United States, Janelle Downing, Barbara Laraia

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series

Where we live matters for our health. The social, economic, and physical features of neighborhoods can play a powerful role in health and longevity. Neighborhood concentration of poverty and poor health have been shown to be linked. Residing in low-income neighborhoods has been associated with diet related chronic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.

Memoir Of Shair Mohammad Khan Kamrany, Shair Mohammad Khan Kamrany, Nake M. Kamrany, Maryam Qudrat, Saleh Mohammad Kamrany, Nazaneen Habib, Frozan Habib, Patrick Moore

Books in English

Memoir of Shair Mohammad Kamrany, who was born circa 1901-1902 in Bala Karz, Kandahar. He worked on the family farm until he was drafted into army and sent to Kabul. In the 1920s, King Amanullah Khan modernized Afghanistan, and Kamrany was one of a small group of students sent to the newly-formed USSR to learn to fly, after which he served in the first Afghan air force, including service during the 1929 insurgency which ended Amanullah Khan's reign. The memoir includes a "detailed description of the alignment and re-alignment of the various Pashtun tribes and the activities of the insurgency …

Dig Into Learning: A Program Evaluation Of An Agricultural Literacy Innovation, Erica Brown Edwards

Education Dissertations and Projects

This study is a mixed-methods program evaluation of an agricultural literacy innovation in a local school district in rural eastern North Carolina.

This evaluation describes the use of a theory-based framework, the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM), in accordance with Stufflebeam’s Context, Input, Process, Product (CIPP) model by evaluating the implementation and use of Dig into learning: An agricultural Literacy Innovation. This study evaluated teacher perceptions and use of agriculture as a context for teaching and learning in Grades K-5 by utilizing Stages of Concern (SoC) and Levels of Use (LoU) components of CBAM in relation to the CIPP model for …

Veterans History Project, Stephen Bowden, Alison Chiaramonte, Janelle Cruz, Brittany Fickau, Melissa Fischels, Olivia Gish, Hannah Kittel, Kylie Mason, Meave Otieno, Pauline Tran

ISCOPES Posters and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Factors Influencing And Risk Associated With The Use Of Drones By Specialty Construction Companies In The United States Of America, Glenn Graham

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) are being used by many industries through special use permits. Currently, the real estate industry leads in use of aerial vehicles for aerial views of property while agriculture follows at second being utilized to determine chemical and moisture content allowing the owners to treat the crops with the exact amount of chemical or water saving on cost of excessive treatment and possible crop loss. Drone use increased the visibility of real estate and also the profit margin of the agricultural business as well as the quality of the product being produced. Other industries are also using …

The Impact Of Perceived Subgroup Formation On Transactive Memory Systems And Performance In Distributed Teams, Yide Shen, M. J. Gallivan, X. Tang

Rohrer College of Business Departmental Research

With distributed teams becoming increasingly common in organizations, improving their performance is a critical challenge for both practitioners and researchers. This research examines how group members' perception of subgroup formation affects team performance in fully distributed teams. The authors propose that individual members' perception about the presence of subgroups within the team has a negative effect on team performance, which manifests itself through decreases in a team's transactive memory system (TMS). Using data from 154 members of 41 fully distributed teams (where no group members were colocated), the authors found that members' perceptions of the existence of subgroups impair the …

A Dream, A Haven, A Reality

Madison Magazine

Nasaruni Academy for Maasai Girls

2016 Projects Day Booklet, Seattle University

Projects Day Booklets

No abstract provided.

2016 Annual Campus Security And Fire Safety Report, Larry Banaszak

Otterbein Police Department

The report is designed to provide you with important information about security and fire safety on campus. In addition to outlining the details of the many safety programs Otterbein offers its community members, the report also contains statistics about reported crimes and fire safety initiatives on campus.

Dislodgement Force And Shell Morphology Vary According To Wave Exposure In A Tropical Gastropod (Cittarium Pica), Graham E. Forrester, Reuben J.A. Macfarlan, Allison J. Holevoet, Sarah Merolla

Natural Resources Science Faculty Publications

Wave exposure has strong influences on population density, morphology and behaviour of intertidal species in temperate zones, but little is known about how intertidal organisms in tropical regions respond to gradients in wave exposure. We tested whether dislodgement force and shell shape of a tropical gastropod, Cittarium pica, differs among shores that vary in wave exposure. After adjusting for body size, we found that C. pica from exposed shores required greater dislodgement force to remove them from the shore, had slightly larger opercula (the closure to the shell aperture), and were slightly squatter in shape (reduced in shell height …

11th Susquehanna River Symposium Program With Abstracts, Bucknell Center For Sustainability And The Environment

Susquehanna River Symposium -- Conference materials

No abstract provided.