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Facilitating The Sustainability Of Health Behaviors In The Phase Iii (Graduated) Cardiac Rehabilitation Population, Andrea C. Lambe

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) develops in the setting of poor health behaviors often secondary to hypertension, dyslipidemia and hyperglycemia or diabetes (Spring et al., 2013). In the United States, it is estimated that health care costs associated with CVD management will triple to $818 billion in 2030 (Spring et al., 2013). Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a secondary/ tertiary prevention program aimed at reducing modifiable risk factors for CVD in a patient population who has already experienced a “qualifying” cardiac event and may be at an increased risk for sustaining another, possibly life-threatening, event (Lucan, 2010). Existing evidence points to a 45-47% …

Spring 2016, Robert R. Muntz Library

Muntz Library Musings

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Coupon Promotion On Customer Retention, Aia Jean Taguinod

MBA Student Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Curriculum Committee Report, 2015-2016, Karen Adsit

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.

Cover - Table Of Contents

Major Themes in Economics

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Self-Assessment Using Coach’S Eye On Perceived Competence In Elementary Physical Education, Joseph Bergin

Master’s Theses and Projects

Engaging students in meaningful experiences that inspire them to be active both in and out of school is the primary goal of quality physical education programs (National Association of Sport and Physical Education & American Heart Association, 2012). One of the strongest influences on student engagement in physical education is their perceived physical competence (Bevens, Fitzpatrick, Sanchez, & Forrest, 2010; Carney, 2012). The purpose if this study was to explore how perceived physical competence was affected by the use of video feedback using the Coach’s Eye application. Participants in this study were 60 fourth and fifth grade students. There were …

Anti-Cancer Diets: Revolution Or Ruse?, Lauren Hogan

First Year Inquiry: Student Scholarship & Creative Works

This paper discusses how the foods we consume can play a role in the diagnosis of cancer.

Plantbot Genetics Presents: The Moth Project, Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois

2015-2016

PlantBot Genetics Inc. presents an engaging overview of second shift pollinators such as the moth, along with recent advances in self-pollinating robo-plants. The Moth Project highlights inspired responses to the decline of the honeybee and the hope that Moths and PlantBots will step in and save the day.

As consumers, we no longer know the real price of our food. Present food distribution systems are so complicated that it is unrealistic to expect consumers will make responsible choices based on the knowledge at hand. We encourage people to think more about their food, where it comes from, and where it …

Friday Facts, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Friday FACTS

No abstract provided.

Type D Personality And Injury Relationship In Collegiate Track Athletes, Annmarie Tuxbury

Honors Projects in Applied Psychology

The purpose of this study was to examine Type D personality as an internal factor for injury risk in collegiate track athletes. A survey was administered to 275 track athletes across each of the three NCAA divisions. The survey included general questions about injury history, which included demographic type questions. A Type D Personality Inventory assessment was administered which measured negative affectivity and social inhibition (Blum, 2009). Additionally, the survey included a version of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), measuring an athlete’s evaluation of situations that invokes a stress response (Cohen et al, 1983). Lastly, the survey included the Athletic …

Bringing Curriculum Outdoors: Implementing Gardening Outdoors, Nicole Aboujaoude

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Traditional public schools are not always giving students access to opportunities to experience innovative approaches to learning like garden-based education. Garden-based education uses the garden in everyday curriculum as well as giving students the opportunity to experience hands-on learning. An outdoor garden can be a tool in promoting outdoor education and positive peer relationships. Through interviews with teachers from the garden program and surveys with students who participate in this program, this Capstone examines the benefits of taking the curriculum outdoors and implementing garden-based education. Students and teachers showed high remarks when taking the curriculum outside in the garden. Having …

Effects Of Non-Native Species On Two Life Stages Of The Olympia Oyster, Ostrea Lurida, In The Elkhorn Slough Estuary, Pamela Ann Neeb Wade

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Marine and estuarine systems worldwide have been altered due to introductions of nonnative species. A common mode of non-native species transport is in ship ballast water that, when released, deposits larvae in new locations. Once established, non-native species compete for resources, reduce native species populations and alter ecosystem services. Some non-native species have been found to be ecosystem engineers, encouraging additional non-native species settlement. Many studies have looked at the competitive interaction between non-native and native species, but few have examined the possibility of a facilitative effect or how additional environmental stressors, such as desiccation, may modify species interactions. This …

Intrahousehold Bargaining, Domestic Violence Laws And Child Health Development In Ghana, Ahmed Salim Nuhu

2016 Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creative Activity - Documents

I explore a unique exogenous instrument to examine how the intra-familial position of women influence health outcomes of their children using micro data from Ghana. Using the 2SLS-IV estimation technique, I build a model of household bargaining and child health development with perceptions of women regarding wife-beating and marital rape in the existence of domestic violence laws in Ghana. Even though the initial OLS estimates suggest that women’s participation in decisions regarding purchases of household consumption goods help to improve child health outcomes, the IV estimates reveal that the presence of endogeneity underestimates the impact of women’s bargaining power on …

Variability Of Objectively Measured Sedentary Behavior, Seth C. Donaldson, Alexander H. K. Montoye, Mary T. Imboden, Leonard A. Kaminsky

Faculty Publications - Department of Kinesiology

The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate variability of sedentary behavior (SB) throughout a 7-d measurement period and to determine if G7 d of SB measurement would be comparable with the typical 7-d measurement period. Methods: Retrospective data from Ball State University_s Clinical Exercise Physiology Laboratory on 293 participants (99 men, 55 T 14 yr, body mass index = 29 T 5 kgImj2; 194 women, 51 T 12 yr, body mass index = 27 T 7 kgImj2) with seven consecutive days of data collected with ActiGraph accelerometers were analyzed (ActiGraph, Fort Walton Beach, FL). Time spent in SB …

Modelling Latent Variables For Bayesian Networks, Charles Cain

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2016

Bayesian Networks are networks of interconnected variables used to explain causal relationships with conditional probability. Latent variables or hidden variables are variables that cannot be directly measured, like depression or physical activity. They can be used inside of a Bayesian Network. This research looks at latent variables as a weighted sum of observed variables. We use these modeled latent variables as continuous variables in a Bayesian Network. As an example, we look at a Bayesian Network of the causation of diabetes using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) that is publicly available from the CDC and …

Childhood Obesity In The United States: A Public Health Analysis, Tina Ann Johnson

Honors College

Over the past 30 years, childhood obesity has increased significantly in the United States, with a prevalence three times as high as it was in the 1970s. How do we explain this rise? What are the implications for American society? What changes can we make to reverse the epidemic? This literature review seeks to answer these questions— to explore the multifaceted nature of childhood obesity through the lens of public health. Issues discussed include designation, trends, history, risk factors, health effects and implications, and prevention strategies for combatting childhood obesity within the United States. Ultimately, this analysis synthesizes this information …

Library Focus (Spring 2016), University Libraries

Library Focus

The spring 2016 issue of Library Focus, the newsletter of University Libraries, includes articles highlighting the Children’s Book Festival as well as the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award, the national award given to new writers and illustrators each year during the Children’s Book Festival. This issue also highlights the de Grummond’s 50th Anniversary, Science Café’ on the Coast and at Cook Library, the Friends of University Libraries, the Gulf Coast faculty/staff art exhibit, the 16mm Film Festival and the Edible Book Festival.

Academic Gateway, Spring 2016, San Jose State University Library

Library Gateway

No abstract provided.

2015-2016 Ugr Bibliography Of Ccu Student Research, Coastal Carolina University

Student Research Bibliographies

No abstract provided.

Gamma Sigma Delta, Nebraska Chapter Newsletter, Issue #52 Spring 2016

Gamma Sigma Delta, Nebraska Chapter: Newsletters

President’s Message — Dana W. R. Boden, President, Nebraska Chapter

GAMMA SIGMA DELTA NEW MEMBERS

2015 Gamma Sigma Delta Awards
Award of Merit for Service, Recipient: Steven Waller
Award of Merit for Service, Recipient: Paul Hay
Excellence in Research Award, Recipient: Andrea Cupp
Excellence in Teaching Award, Recipient: Merlyn Nielsen
Excellence in Extension Award, Recipient: Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel
Lauren Skrabal –Outstanding Undergraduate
Kevin Sargent –Outstanding Graduate Student
Hillary Fischer -Arthur von Bergen Memorial Award
Elizabeth Carreiro –Outstanding Undergraduate Finalist

In Memoriam:
Charles Robert Fenster, 96, of Gering
Walter Thaine Bagley, 88, of Lincoln

Gamma Sigma Delta Committees 2016

The Intersection Of Adolescent Mental Health And Academic Performance: A Case Study Of Ten Urban High School Students, Kristy Forrest

Community Engagement Student Work

This research paper summarizes the results of a study entitled, The Intersection of Adolescent Mental Health & Academic Performance. The purpose for this research was to evaluate the socioemotional well-being vulnerable students and the mental health services available to them within public high school institutions. The idea is to enhance mental health and social-emotional well-being support services for vulnerable students, decreasing interruptive impact on academic performance. Research increasingly points to the link between students’ academic success and adolescent social, emotional, and behavioral health. Given that public school systems access large numbers of adolescents, they are most commonly identified as the …

Award-Winning Documentary 'A Certain Kind Of Light', Loma Linda University Health

Scope

Table of Contents:

Campus News

2 | Campus transformation is well underway
4 | Terror in San Bernardino
6| Children's Hospital receives new head coach
7| Bailey among 50 'stars' honored for Flag for Hope

Wholeness

8 | 'A Certain Kind of Light' documentary premires
10 | Prayer notes inspire with winning images
11 | Spiritual plan will help steer Loma Linda University Health

Clinical Care

12 | Behavioral Medical Center celebrates 25 years
14 | Liver recipients at Transplantation Institute live longer
14 | New affiliation with Southern Mono Healthcare District
15 | Future rabbi shares story at 25th …

The Effects Of Wealth On Male Reproduction Among Monogamous Hunter-Fisher-Trappers In Northern Siberia, John P. Ziker, David A. Nolin, Joellie Rasmussen

Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Variability in men’s reproductive success (RS) is partly attributable to the ability of successful men to influence resource flows relevant to the mate choice and reproduction of women. This study explores the effects of variability in resource flows on men’s RS in an indigenous foraging/mixed-economy community in northern Siberia where monogamous marriage norms predominate. A series of material, embodied, and relational wealth indicators are tested as predictors of men’s age-adjusted RS and age at first birth. Material wealth related to hunting, embodied wealth as represented by hunting skill, and relational wealth as represented by numbers of kin are the most …

College Of Health Professions News, Spring 2016, College Of Health Professions

College of Health Professions Newsletters & Magazines

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Goals Of Aid Organizations And Perspectives Of Employees: Urban Integration Of Syrian Refugees In Jordan, Alysha Alloway

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This research aims to explore the perspectives of aid workers in Amman among various aid organizations, both local and international, and how aid workers feel the country should move forward from both a policy and social standpoint regarding urban integration of Syrian refugees. This research includes a review of literature in urban studies and sociology of economics, drawing on absorption theory and the concept of parallel structures of services to contextualize the argument that the role of urban refugees in urbanization and urban economic development should be considered within the systems of relief in place in Jordan, and it is …

Comparison Of Growth Rates In Two Captive Bred Species Of Atelopus (Anura; Bufonidae), At El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center, Cecile Avery

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Since their evolution, amphibians have managed to survive four mass extinctions. But today’s amphibians are now facing severe decline due to a plethora of causes including habitat destruction, climate change, pathogens, and pollution. Of all the possible causes of decline and extinction of amphibian populations, one of the most startling has been the effect of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), or chytrid fungus. It was decided that rapid action was needed to preserve the amphibian populations in the area, since it was clear that current in situ conservation methods were ineffective against Bd. EVACC, the El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center, was created …

Host-Parasite Associations Of Small Mammal Communities And Implications For The Spread Of Lyme Disease, Matthew J. Buchholz

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Many zoonotic pathogens of concern to human and veterinary health are maintained in the environment within small mammal reservoirs and vectored to new hosts by ectoparasitic arthropods. While the ecological relationships among small mammals, ectoparasites, and disease-causing symbiotic microorganisms are important to these dynamics, little is known about them across much of North America. The sylvatic cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiologic agent of Lyme disease, is of particular interest because Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease of humans in the United States. However, cases of Lyme disease are primarily confined to the northeastern and Midwestern United States, …

Exercise Training Improves Vascular Mitochondrial Function, Song-Young Park, Matthew J. Rossman, J. R. Gifford, Leena P. Bharath, Johann Bauersachs, Russell S. Richardson, E. Dale Abel, J. David Symons, Christian Riehle

Health and Kinesiology Faculty Publications

Exercise training is recognized to improve cardiac and skeletal muscle mitochondrial respiratory capacity; however, the impact of chronic exercise on vascular mitochondrial respiratory function is unknown. We hypothesized that exercise training concomitantly increases both vascular mitochondrial respiratory capacity and vascular function. Arteries from both sedentary (SED) and swim-trained (EX, 5 wk) mice were compared in terms of mitochondrial respiratory function, mitochondrial content, markers of mitochondrial biogenesis, redox balance, nitric oxide (NO) signaling, and vessel function. Mitochondrial complex I and complex I + II state 3 respiration and the respiratory control ratio (complex I + II state 3 respiration/complex I state …

Neuroeducation: Integrating Brain-Based Psychoeducation Into Clinical Practice, Raissa Miller

Counselor Education Faculty Publications and Presentations

Understanding and integrating neuroscience research into clinical practice represents a rapidly growing area in mental health. An expanding body of neuroscience literature increasingly informs clinical practice by validating theory, guiding clinical assessment and conceptualization, directing effective interventions, and facilitating cross-disciplinary communication. Little attention, however, has been given to the use of neuroeducation with clients. In this article, the author provides mental health counselors with a definition of neuroeducation and a rationale for incorporating neuroeducation into clinical practice. The author identifies common neuroeducation topics and offers activity suggestions to illustrate their use in counseling. Finally, the author offers best practices for …

The Construct And Predictive Validity Of Psychosocial Correlates Of Television Viewing, Raheem J. Paxton, Pascal Jean-Pierre, Sae-Hwan Park, Yong Gao, Stephen Hermann, Gregory J. Norman

Kinesiology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Background: Many studies have examined the consequences of prolonged television viewing, but few studies have examined the psychological states that contribute to this behavior. In this study, we evaluated the construct and predictive validity of psychosocial correlates of television viewing in a population of African American (AA) breast cancer survivors (BCS).

Methods: AA BCS (N = 342, Mean age = 54 years) completed measures of decisional balance, self-efficacy, family support, and time spent watching television online. Exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) was used to examine the construct and predictive validity as well as the differential item functioning of the instruments …