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Residual Effects Of Nitrogen Fertilization On Soil Nitrogen Pools And Corn Growth, Meghan E. Moser

Open Access Theses

Given the dynamic nature of soil nitrogen (N), inorganic N fertilization to corn (Zea mays L.) has potential to alter N pool balance by creating an accumulation or depletion of soil N. Current corn N recommendations in the common corn-soybean rotation of Indiana strive to find the best N rate that maximizes producer profit. Increasing our understanding of soil N will inform producers if they should adjust fertilizer rates for corn to influence maintenance of organic N and Carbon. Our objective was to determine residual N effects from fertilized corn in a corn-soybean rotation by measuring (1) soil N …

Navigating Women's Cultural Representation Through Video Games In The Obama Era, Mark Stephen Reeder

English Theses - Archive

While the representations of women in video games have remained disappointingly negative since the 1980s, America’s political shift from the presidencies of George W. Bush to Barack Obama in 2007 had important cultural implications, particularly impacting the representation of women in popular culture. This thesis will examine the cultural depictions of women from 2002-2011, providing a particular focus on the unique cultural factors prevalent during this time period—including the expansion of pornography, a conservative cultural backlash to Obama, and the rapid deterioration of ‘political correctness’—that impacted how images of women in video games were received. Analyzing the cultural atmosphere of …

The Uptake Of Skilled Birth Attendants’ Services In Rural Nepal: A Qualitative Study, Yuba Raj Baral, Jo Skinner, Edwin Van Teijlingen, Karen Lyons

Journal of Asian Midwives (JAM)

Aim and objective: The general aim of this research was to explore why women do or do not want to uptake Skilled Birth Attendants’ (SBAs) services during childbirth. The objective was to explore the factors affecting the uptake of SBAs’ services during childbirth in rural Nepal.
Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted. The data were analysed using thematic analysis.
Setting: The fieldwork was conducted in a rural area, in a western hill district of Nepal.
Participants: Interviews were conducted with 24 married women aged 18-49, who had given birth during the three years prior to the time of interview. Sixteen women …

More Than Target 6.3: A Systems Approach To Rethinking Sustainable Development Goals In A Resource-Scarce World, Qiong Zhang, Christine Prouty, Julie B. Zimmerman, James Mihelcic

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development outlines 17 individual Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that guide the needs of practice for many professional disciplines around the world, including engineering, research, policy, and development. The SDGs represent commitments to reduce poverty, hunger, ill health, gender inequality, environmental degradation, and lack of access to clean water and sanitation. If a typical reductionist approach is employed to address and optimize individual goals, it may lead to a failure in technological, policy, or managerial development interventions through unintended consequences in other goals. This study uses a systems approach to understand the fundamental dynamics between the …

Pain Assessment After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Versus Hamstring Tendon Autograft., Kelechi R. Okoroha, Robert A. Keller, Edward K. Jung, Lafi Khalil, Nathan E. Marshall, Patricia A. Kolowich, Vasilios Moutzouros

Orthopedics Articles

BACKGROUND: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is a common outpatient procedure that is accompanied by significant postoperative pain.

PURPOSE: To determine differences in acute pain levels between patients undergoing ACL reconstruction with bone-patellar tendon-bone (BTB) versus hamstring tendon (HS) autograft.

STUDY DESIGN: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 2.

METHODS: A total of 70 patients who underwent primary ACL reconstruction using either BTB or HS autografts consented to participate. The primary outcome of the study was postoperative pain levels (visual analog scale), which were collected immediately after surgery and for 3 days postoperatively. Secondary outcome measures included opioid consumption (intravenous morphine …

The Banner - V. 151, No. 11 - (December 2016), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

No abstract provided.

December 2016, Pope Francis

Marian Thoughts of Pope Francis

No abstract provided.

Like A Duck On Water: Chinese Academic Migrants In The U.S. And Their Suburban Weekend Chinese School, Jianping Xu

Dissertations - ALL

Current literature is scarce on the diverse experiences of hundreds of thousands of mainland Chinese who, since 1979, have come to the U.S. primarily for graduate study and mostly settled here afterwards in dispersed university or corporate jobs and suburban residences. After the Immigration Act of 1990, many of them have become visible experts in science and engineering. Yet their struggles as Chinese academic migrants simultaneously privileged by their educational backgrounds and disadvantaged by their outsider status in the U.S. often remain invisible. Possibly due to the myth of “model minority,” mainstream America has seen them as doing-well and well-behaving, …

Ipulse: December 2016, Lynn University

Student Newspapers

Issues:

• December 2, 2016
• December 5, 2016
• December 7, 2016
• December 9, 2016
• December 14-16, 2016: Holiday Special Edition

Explosion Testing Of A Polycarbonate Safe Haven Wall, Kyle A. Perry, Rex A. Meyr

Mining Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The MINER Act of 2006 was enacted by MSHA following the major mining accidents and required every underground coal mine to install refuge areas to help prevent future fatalities of trapped miners in the event of a disaster where the miners cannot escape. A polycarbonate safe haven wall for use in underground coal mines as component of a complete system was designed and modeled using finite element modeling in ANSYS Explicit Dynamics to withstand the MSHA required 15 psi (103.4 kPa) blast loading spanning 200 milliseconds. The successful design was constructed at a uniform height in both half-width scale and …

Talking One For The Herd: Eliminating Non-Medical Exemptions To Compulsory Vaccination Laws To Protect Immunocompromised Children, Kylie Barnhart

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Building The Infrastructure For "Justice Through Science": The Texas Model, Sandra Guerra Thompson, Nicole Bremner Cásarez

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Tightenting The Loophole: The Role Of Fee-Shifting Statutes In Resolving The Growing Problem Of Servicing America's Student Loan Debt, Katheryn E. Marcum

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Time To First Antibiotic Administration In Adult Oncology Patients With Fever Who Present To The Emergency Department And Infusion Centers, Breana Goscicki Pharmd, Janine Barnaby Rph, Bcop

Department of Pharmacy

No abstract provided.

Communique, December 2016, Tennessee Health Facilities Commission

2016

This periodical is the monthly publication of the Health Services and Development Agency.

Multifunctional, Chitosan-Based Nano Therapeutics: Design And Application For Two- And Three-Dimensional Cell Culture Systems, Giulia Suarato

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

There is a constant demand for sensitive and effective anti-cancer drug delivery systems, capable of detecting early-stage pathological conditions and increasing patient survival. Recently, chitosan-based drug delivery nanocomplexes have shown to smartly respond to the distinctive features of the tumor microenvironment, a complex network of extracellular molecules, stromal and endothelial cells, which supports the tumor formation and its metastatic invasion. Due to biocompatibility, easy chemical tailorability, and pH-responsiveness, chitosan has emerged as a promising candidate for the formulation of supramolecular multifunctional materials. The present study focuses on the design, fabrication and characterization of fluorescently labelled, hydrophobically modified glycol chitosan nano-micelles …

Multifunctional, Chitosan-Based Nano Therapeutics: Design And Application For Two- And Three-Dimensional Cell Culture Systems, Giulia Suarato

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

There is a constant demand for sensitive and effective anti-cancer drug delivery systems, capable of detecting early-stage pathological conditions and increasing patient survival. Recently, chitosan-based drug delivery nanocomplexes have shown to smartly respond to the distinctive features of the tumor microenvironment, a complex network of extracellular molecules, stromal and endothelial cells, which supports the tumor formation and its metastatic invasion. Due to biocompatibility, easy chemical tailorability, and pH-responsiveness, chitosan has emerged as a promising candidate for the formulation of supramolecular multifunctional materials. The present study focuses on the design, fabrication and characterization of fluorescently labelled, hydrophobically modified glycol chitosan nano-micelles …

Multifunctional, Chitosan-Based Nano Therapeutics: Design And Application For Two- And Three-Dimensional Cell Culture Systems, Giulia Suarato

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

There is a constant demand for sensitive and effective anti-cancer drug delivery systems, capable of detecting early-stage pathological conditions and increasing patient survival. Recently, chitosan-based drug delivery nanocomplexes have shown to smartly respond to the distinctive features of the tumor microenvironment, a complex network of extracellular molecules, stromal and endothelial cells, which supports the tumor formation and its metastatic invasion. Due to biocompatibility, easy chemical tailorability, and pH-responsiveness, chitosan has emerged as a promising candidate for the formulation of supramolecular multifunctional materials. The present study focuses on the design, fabrication and characterization of fluorescently labelled, hydrophobically modified glycol chitosan nano-micelles …

Mechanical Modeling And Analysis Of Human Motion For Rehabilitation And Sports, Paul Gonzalo Arauz

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Modeling and analysis of human motion is important in rehabilitation and sports. To understand functional movements, dynamics of joints, power requirements, and athletic performance, kinematic and kinetic models have to be developed to implement and assess rehabilitation techniques that are applied to unimpaired individuals and patients with movement disorders. In addition, mechanical models are required to evaluate and quantify athletes’ skills and performance, in order to reduce the risk of potential injuries. For many years, many research efforts have been presented in the field of rehabilitation and movement performance. This dissertation presents research in mechanical modeling and analysis of human …

Engineering Interface And Analysis In Orthopedic Surgery: Resection Of Bone Tumors And Reconstruction Using Biomimetic Implants, Carlos Gabriel Helguero Alcivar

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

As healthcare grows more advanced, the next step is an individualized approach to patient care. Skeletal tumor resection provides complex challenges for surgeons. The goal of providing an accurate wide resection in sarcomas from preoperative plans while trying to preserve as much functionality remains a difficult task. We propose to leverage new devel- opments in 3-D printing, computer aided design (CAD), and finite element analysis (FEA) to design and manufacture personalized cutting guides in order to increase the accuracy of childhood bone cancer resections, minimize post-resection fracture risk, and maximize al- lograft osteointegration. On the other side, after proper resection, …

A Quantitative Policy Analysis Of Bronx County Public High School Students’ Mathematics Course Completion | A Quantitative Policy Analysis Of Bronx County Public High School Students’ Mathematics Course Completion, Ramon Emilio Fernandez

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Education reform remains a work in progress. Research, government, and policy reports emphasize that a high-quality high school mathematics education is key to the future of the nation. Technical and research work in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), social sciences, and life sciences have been identified as essential requirements to bolster the economic growth, national competitiveness, and security of the United States. The academic preparedness, college aspiration, persistence, graduation, as well as earnings of high school graduates who complete college preparatory and advanced math courses are all positively, strongly, and significantly correlated to their math course completion. Despite various efforts …

A Medical Decision Model For Tinnitus Treatment Assessment, Hong Don Ihn

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Tinnitus means objective somatosounds, and subjective auditory or sensorineural perception of noise without external physical sounds. There are several tinnitus treatments, but it is difficult to ascertain how otorhinolaryngologists rank the alternatives of treatments due to the insufficiency of available evidence and standards. A hierarchical decision model (HDM), a popular multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) method, can help to implement a comprehensive assessment of tinnitus treatments and rational decision-making to select the appropriate tinnitus treatments. The HDM considers a holistic approach using multiple dimensions, criteria and expert judgments to acquire the relative ranking of candidate tinnitus treatments. The four dimensions selected …

Audience Participation In Traditional Chinese Theatre, Zifei Wu

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Traditional Chinese theatre is unique. Unlike its distinct stage elements with apparent Eastern features, the special role of audience participation in traditional Chinese theatre is less conspicu-ous and, to some, may seem disordered; however, underneath, the logic of audience participation suggests a theatrical communication and a performer-audience relationship that is completely different from the theatrical traditions of the Western world. There is an explosion of interest in the role of the audience among twentieth and twenty-first century theatre practitioners in the Western world. To these experimental theatre artists, forming a non-traditional performer-audience relationship is often an approach to show their …

Effects Of Lentiviral Stat3 And Stat3 Mutants On Cellular Proliferation And Tumor Formation, Alkiviadis Stavros Pierrakeas

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Abstract of the Thesis Effects of Lentiviral STAT3 and STAT3 Mutants on Cellular Proliferation and Tumor Formation by Alkiviadis Stavros Pierrakeas Master of Science in Biochemistry and Cell Biology Stony Brook University 2016 The mammalian Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription (STAT) family of proteins includes seven STAT transcription factors that function in cytokine signaling pathways to activate gene expression affecting cell proliferation, cell growth, cell survival, and apoptosis. Cytokines such as interleukin-6 (IL-6), and several growth factors are able to bind to cell surface receptors, activate tyrosine kinase activity and promote downstream phosphorylation of STAT proteins. Cytokines associated with …

Evaluation Of Contrast Agents Used In Computed Tomography, Michael Joseph Bonvento

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Contrast agents have been routinely employed in radiographic applications for more than 80 years and in computed tomography (CT) for more than 50 years. These agents have high atomic number increasing the photoelectric interaction probability thereby reducing photon intensity projected through the contrast containing structure and improving available image contrast. A wide variety of contrast agents have been examined over the years, however, iodine and barium containing agents make up the vast majority of applications. Other agents are or may become available which may find utility due to reduced toxicity, better characteristics for imaging or dose reduction. This is particularly …

Synthetic Approaches To A Bis-Thiol Based Arsenic Receptor And A Potential Pi-Stacking Based Polyamide Foldamer, Dana Michele Castro

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Arsenic is a known harmful chemical, causing cancer and other adverse health effects if consumed in even modest amounts. Arsenic is found in drinking water at levels higher than deemed safe in many parts of the world. Current detection methods for arsenic in water have many limitations. A low-cost, safe, and efficient alternative would make arsenic detection simpler and human lives safer. As arsenic is known to have a high affinity to sulfur, the Drueckhammer group has designed a compound with two protruding thiol groups that may provide the basis for fluorescence-based detection. In this study, preliminary steps in the …

Phd, Xiaofei Liang

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

As(III) compounds have high affinity for thiol groups and this affinity has been used in the prior development of FlAsH and related tags for cysteine peptides. We aimed to develop a series of arsenic-based receptors designed to bind to different arrangements of cysteines within native alpha-helical protein structures. Computer modeling was used to define the proper arrangement of arsenic functionality for binding to each targeted sequence. The computer program HostDesigner was then used to discover scaffold structures on which to display the arsenic functionality at the proper distance and relative orientation to bind the targeted sequence. Designed structures were then …

Green Synthesis, Characterization, And Application Of Metal-Based Nanomaterials, Crystal Lewis

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Metal-based nanomaterials have attracted significant research interest due to their unique size-dependent optical, magnetic, electronic, thermal, mechanical, and chemical properties as compared with their bulk counterparts. These advantageous and tailorable properties render these materials as ideal candidates for catalysis, photovoltaics, and even biomedical applications. However, nanomaterials are typically synthesized via chemical or physical processes, which are continuing to rise in cost, complexity, and toxicity. As a result, ‘milder’ and more environmentally benign nanoscale synthetic methodologies, particularly U-tube double diffusion, molten salt, and hydrothermal techniques, have been utilized to mitigate for these drawbacks. Moreover, these efficient and facile techniques coupled with …

Synthetic, Medicinal, And Computational Studies On Novel Anticancer, Antitubercular, And Anti-Nociceptive Agents, Longfei Wei

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Multidrug resistance is a major obstacle to effective cancer chemotherapy. New-generation taxoids SB-T-1214 and SB-T-1216 have shown two to three orders of magnitude higher potency than those of paclitaxel and docetaxel against multidrug-resistant cancer cell lines. A structure-activity relationship (SAR) study has been conducted in order to test which moiety of the new-generation taxoids account for the high potency against multidrug resistant cancer cell lines. In order to selectively deliver new-generation taxoids into tumor cells, tumor-targeted drug delivery systems with a smart methyl-branched disulfide linker have been developed in the Ojima laboratory. The metabolic stability of this disulfide linker has …

Shifting Expectations: Medicine, Nature, And Disability In Pregnancy Texts, Laura Abbasi-Lemmon

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

In this thesis, I consider the complex interactions between discourses of medicine, nature, and disability which determine what pregnant women can or cannot, or should or should not do to maintain an acceptable and “healthy†pregnancy that results in a desired, nondisabled child. In this thesis, I employ two interdisciplinary methods, critical discourse analysis and qualitative interviewing and ground my project in feminist disability studies and the concept of reproductive justice. I analyze interviews I conducted with five currently pregnant women from Long Island, New York and three pregnancy manuals, What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Ina May’s Guide to …