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A Glimpse Into The United Nations, Cynthia Vlasich

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This presentation discusses the structure, purpose, membership, and objectives of the United Nations and why STTI became a member. It also discusses how the United Nations can help STTI achieve its mission and goals.

The Effects Of Physical Activity On Middle School Students' Self-Esteem, Marissa Ruchim

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between student physical activity levels and how they affect self-esteem. The study analyzed the differences in participants’ self-esteem on days they had PE versus days they had Encore class (i.e. journalism, drama, art, global awareness, stem, and music). Participants were 25 students in an intact sixth-grade PE class (10 girls, 15 boys) at a middle school in a suburb of Chicago. Data were collected from two sources, pedometers recording number of steps taken daily and scores on Harter’s Global Self-Worth Scale, a measure of self-esteem. Data were analyzed using SPSS …

A Mixed-Method Multiple Case Study Of Three Business Models For Local Healthy Food Delivery Systems In Underprivileged Urban Areas, Gretchen Elizabeth Krivak, Garth B. Woodruff, S. Forrest, Hannah Mbungu, Kechler Orcel, Soraya Fish, Sherine R. Brown-Fraser

Faculty Publications

Define a USDA food desert Analyze the three business models for benefits and deficiencies Identify methods for starting a sustainable mobile farmers market program. Over 40% of Berrien County Michigan land use is agricultural. Many products are fruits and vegetables. Yet, the county has six identified USDA defined Food Deserts. Past research, based on a mobile farmers market, confirmed local trends and deficits. The purpose for this research is to define a sustainable business model that delivers healthy local food options to USDA Food Deserts combating food inequity. A mixed method multiple case study was created to test three business …

Karakteristik, Asupan Gizi Dan Kejadian Anemia Pada Ibu Hamil, Zulhaida Lubis, Jumirah Jumirah, Maya Fitria

Media Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia

Anemia pada kehamilan dapat memengaruhi perkembangan janin dan kesehatan ibu. Di Indonesia umumnya ditemukan anemia gizi besi pada ibu hamil dengan penyebab utama adalah asupan zat besi yang rendah. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui pengaruh karakteristik ibu dan asupan gizi terhadap kejadian anemia pada ibu hamil. Penelitian explanatory research dengan desain cross sectional pada 114 orang ibu hamil di Medan. Kadar Hb darah diukur dengan alat Hemoglobin Testing System: Quik-Check, karakteristik ibu hamil diperoleh dengan wawancara menggunakan kuesioner, asupan gizi diperoleh dengan metode recall 24 jam. Analisis faktor yang memengaruhi kejadian anemia dilakukan dengan regresi logistik berganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan …

Think, Collaborate, Decide, Teach: A Guide For Success, M. Adam Carswell, George Fabre, Stacie-Jo Howard, Jamez Williams

Student Articles

Through recent and documented observations, interviews, and assessments, it has been determined that many educational institutions are in need of intervention in regards to four specific areas, particularly as related to its school leadership team and instructional staff. Proper interventions are needed for institutions to reach their fullest potential and ultimately provide students with the most effective and engaging school experience possible. There are specific challenges related to the ability to effectively make sound decisions, particularly when encountering stressful circumstances that often exist within a complex school environment. This lack of effective decision-making has contributed to shortcomings in the way …

Direct Effects Of The Home, School, And Consumer Food Environments On The Association Between Food Purchasing Patterns And Dietary Intake Among Rural Adolescents In Kentucky And North Carolina, 2017, Alison Gustafson, Stephanie Jilcott Pitts, Jordan Mcdonald, Hannah Ford, Paige Connelly, Rachel Gillespie, Emily Liu, Heather M. Bush, Candace Brancato, Toyin Babatande, Janet Mullins

Dietetics and Human Nutrition Faculty Publications

Background: Obesity rates are higher among rural versus urban adolescents. To examine possible mechanisms for the rural-urban adolescent obesity disparity, we examined the direct and indirect effects of food purchasing patterns, and the home, school, and consumer food environments on dietary intake among rural adolescents. Methods: A baseline survey was conducted among adolescents in eight rural high schools (four in Eastern Kentucky, and four in Eastern North Carolina). Participants answered questions about food purchasing patterns, dietary intake, home food availability, and demographics. The school and consumer food environments were assessed using validated measures from the School Meals Cost Study (United …

October 2017 (Issue 2) : Nutritional Guidelines For Patients Of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Copd), Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi

Nutrition and Food Services Department (NFSD) Archives

• Why do copd patients lose wieght?
• What is a good diet for copd patient?
• How to Safely Add Extra Calories in Food
• Tips for Healty Eating For Copd Patients

An Update On The Sociomicrobiology Of Quorum Sensing In Gram-Negative Biofilm Development, Daniel Passos Da Silva, Melissa C. Schofield, Matthew R. Parsek, Boo Shan Tseng

Life Sciences Faculty Research

Bacteria are social creatures that are able to interact and coordinate behaviors with each other in a multitude of ways. The study of such group behaviors in microbes was coined “sociomicrobiology” in 2005. Two such group behaviors in bacteria are quorum sensing (QS) and biofilm formation. At a very basic level, QS is the ability to sense bacterial density via cell-to-cell signaling using self-produced signals called autoinducers, and biofilms are aggregates of cells that are attached to one another via a self-produced, extracellular matrix. Since cells in biofilm aggregates are in close proximity, biofilms represent an ecologically relevant environment for …

Open Access Week Seeks To Address “Textbook Crisis”, Gauri Mangala

Open Access Week at Gettysburg College

Jay Hauser ‘19 spent $391.43 for a single course’s materials during his first semester at Gettysburg College.

“I had a class where we read classical text of [political] philosophy. But only sections of each text. But we had to buy the books. No one ever tried to bring in open source online copies of them and the professor did not provide them. Instead we spent a lot of money on like twentyish books and only used parts of them.”

In fact, a 2016 analysis conducted by College Board found that the price of books and supplies for a full-time student …

Urban Foraging: A Ubiquitous Human Practice Overlooked By Urban Planners, Policy, And Research, Charlie M. Shackleton, Patrick T. Hurley, Annika C. Dahlberg, Marla R. Emery, Harini Nagendra

Environment and Sustainability Faculty Publications

Although hardly noticed or formally recognized, urban foraging by humans probably occurs in all urban settings around the world. We draw from research in India, South Africa, Sweden, and the United States to demonstrate the ubiquity and varied nature of urban foraging in different contexts. Across these different contexts, we distill seven themes that characterize and thereby advance thinking about research and the understanding of urban foraging. We show that it is widespread and occurs across a variety of urban spaces and places. The species used and the local practices vary between contexts, and are in constant flux as urban …

Hedonic Pricing Of Chocolate Quality Characteristics: Is There A Difference For Fruit Or Nut Chocolate?, Willie B. Bedell, Michael R. Reed

Agricultural Economics Presentations

Chocolate campaigns in the United States have focused on the production of premier quality and healthy blend chocolate bars. We expect that merchandising efforts will offer a higher price for fruit or nut blend chocolates. Using online retail data from Amazon, eBay, and Walmart, we applied the hedonic function to estimate retailers offer price for a blended bar. The findings show that online retailers have mixed offer prices for a blend or plain bar. The paper suggests that studies would learn much more from a data and analysis that control for quantity sold and time effects in the chocolate market.

Culinary Medicine, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton and Grandview Medical Center have partnered to offer a culinary medicine program that teaches doctors healthy diet and cooking skills they can pass onto their patients.

Nutritional Needs Of Diverse Students On A University Campus, Sarah Marshall

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Research was conducted on Mount Vernon Nazarene University's campus using a 12-question survey. This was done to find out whether the nutritional needs of culturally-diverse students were being met. Madeline Leininger's Culture Care Theory was applied as a framework through which to view the students and their care.

Sexual Quality Of Life In The Female Breast Cancer Survivor, Stephanie R. Moore

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Cancer survivors have late and long term side effects from treatments that impact quality of life, including sexual function. Quality of life needs are not being addressed by healthcare providers. The purpose of this project was to implement a screening process and sexual function measurement for female breast cancer survivors.

Food Insecurity: Rudimentary Education For Local Youth (Firefly), Nam-Anh Nguyen, Quynh P. Nguyen, Jane E. Krause

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

As service-learning becomes recognized as a significant teaching-learning tool for college students, the authors of this article came together to apply for the Purdue University Service-Learning Sustainability Projects Grant. Upon receiving the grant, with the encouragement of Professor Jane Krause and Food Finders Food Bank, the student authors created a project focused on food insecurity education in West Lafayette, Indiana. The main objective was to develop and teach a series of lessons on food insecurity and sustainability to middle school students using interactive activities. A team of Purdue students from various backgrounds was recruited to assist in planning and to …

A Course On Patient Safety: Pharmacy Student And Community Partner Perceptions, Maryam Noureldin, Chelsea M. Anderson, Patricia L. Darbishire

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

The authors of this article developed and piloted a three-week intensive elective course for students in their third professional years in the Doctor of Pharmacy program. The goal of this course was to provide students with an opportunity to apply patient safety concepts in a real-world setting using service-learning as the pedagogy and to evaluate student perceptions of the course for potential implementation in the curriculum. Seven pharmacy students were enrolled in the pilot course and divided into three groups. Each group of two to three students was assigned to one of three predetermined community partner sites. Students were instructed …

Answering Food Insecurity: Serving The Community With Food And Knowledge Using Technology, Courtney Simpson

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

The courses of Tech120, CGT110, and ENGT 180/181 and Red Gold at Purdue collaborated to design a robot that would plant and water a garden for a local community charter school. The students centered the project on the users’ needs for fresh food, nutrition education, and early exposure to STEM for children. The school, Anderson Preparatory Academy (APA), is comprised of many children who come from low-income families and are in the free or reduced lunch program. Inspired from “Farm Bot,” a similar system that allows for almost hands-free gardening, the “Boiler Bot” is designed to be scalable so children …

Hunger Doesn’T Take A Spring Break: Addressing Childhood Hunger Through Service-Learning, Jessica Isaacs

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

The rate of food insecurity among Hoosier children is slightly above the national average. For many of these children, school lunches are their primary source of nutrition. During school breaks, these children are at risk of going hungry. The Purdue Nutrition Society partnered with Glen Acres Elementary School in Lafayette, Indiana, a school where, in 2016, 72.6% of students qualified for free or reduced lunches. Through the school, 20 students from low-income families were identified and chosen to receive food care packages over their spring break. These packages were delivered to the students’ homes, and they consisted of a minimum …

Toolkit For Pcbh In Pediatric Primary Care, Leslie Manson, Tawnya Meadows, Jodi Polaha, Sarah Trane, Robert M. Tolliver, Allison Dixson, Julie M. Austen, Hayley Quinn, Sonny Pickowitz

ETSU Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Notes On Shifting Distribution Patterns And Survival Of Immature Danaus Plexippus (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) On The Food Plant Asclepias Syriaca, Susan Sullivan Borkin

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Abundance and distribution of immature stages of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, on the food plant Asclepias syriaca were examined at a site in southeastern Wisconsin over one growing season. Estimated mortality for eggs and larvae was substantial (88%). Dispersal of larvae between individual food plants, along with egg and larval mortality factors, may result in low population density. Although the mechanism triggering larval dispersal is unknown, several alternative hypotheses are proposed for further examination.

Annotated Bibliography Of The Ambrosia Beetle Xylosandrus Germanus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), B. C. Weber, J. E. Mcpherson

The Great Lakes Entomologist

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Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford) (= Xyleborus germanus) is an ambrosia beetle that is found in Japan, Korea, the KurU Islands, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, central Europe, and the Cnited States (Nobuchi 1981). It attacks apparently healthy plants and those that are dying or recently dead (Weber 1982). Kaneko (1967) reported X. germanus to be a serious pest on tea (Thea sp.) plants in Japan, and Heidenreich (1%0) reported it on oak (Quercus sp.) trees in Gennany. This beetle seems to be increasing in economic importance on black walnut (Juglans nigra L.) and other hardwood species in the U.S. …

Impact Of The Redheaded Pine Sawfly (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae) On Young Red Pine Plantations, Robert D. Averill, Louis F. Wilson, Richard F. Fowler

The Great Lakes Entomologist

The ecology of the redheaded pine sawfly was studied relative to its impact on red pine plantations. An ecological model, which formed the basis for socioeconomic analysis, was constructed. Because the sawfly prefers trees under moisture stress, damage is most severe in stands growing on sand blows, where there is competition for moisture from bracken fern and hardwoods, and where soils are too moist, too shallow, or too compacted. Outbreaks also appear to be related to dry years. The sawfly has a variable impact on multiple-use values. Because it injures the least productive trees in a stand, timber is only …

Foodplant Suitabilities And A New Oviposition Record For Papilio Glaucus Canadensis (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) In Northern Wisconsin And Michigan, J. M. Scriber, G. L. Lintereur, M. H. Evans

The Great Lakes Entomologist

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The eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly, Papilio glaucus L., is polyphagous, and has been reported to feed upon plant species of at least 13 families (Scudder 1889, Teitz 1972). The Canadian subspecies, P. glaucus canadensis Rothschild and Jordan, is generally believed to be univoltine, to be devoid of the genetic capacity for dark morph females, and to have morphologically distinct characteristics from the southern subspecies, P. glaucus glaucus L.

October 18th 2017, Csusb

Coyote Chronicle (1984-)

Inside This Issue

• Disaster Preparedness Pg.5
• Route 66 festival Pg.6

Mona Fouad Elected To National Academy Of Medicine, Kendra Carter

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Mona Fouad Elected To National Academy Of Medicine, Staff

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Uab Hospital Named Among Top Breast Centers In The U.S., Staff

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Alumnus Credits Um Experiences For Role In James Beard Nomination, Sarah Sapp

University of Mississippi News

Hospitality management graduate Carlyle Watt lauded for artisan breads, local sourcing

Deletion Of The Nr4a Nuclear Receptor Nor1 In Hematopoietic Stem Cells Reduces Inflammation But Not Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Formation, Hua Qing, Karrie L. Jones, Elizabeth B. Heywood, Hong Lu, Alan Daugherty, Dennis Bruemmer

Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Faculty Publications

Background: The NR4A3 orphan nuclear hormone receptor, NOR1, functions as a constitutively active transcription factor to regulate inflammation, proliferation, and cell survival during pathological vascular remodeling. Inflammatory processes represent key mechanisms leading to abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) formation. However, a role of NOR1 in AAA formation has not been investigated previously.

Methods: Inflammatory gene expression was analyzed in bone marrow-derived macrophages isolated from NOR1-deficient mice. Low-density lipoprotein receptor-deficient (LDLr^−/−) mice were irradiated and reconstituted with hematopoietic stem cells obtained from NOR1−/− or wild-type littermate mice. Animals were infused with angiotensin II and fed a diet enriched in saturated …

Toddler Sleep Problems, Co-Sleeping, And Maternal Sleep And Mental Health, Lauren Bentley, Bridget Armstrong, Maureen M. Black

Biennial Convention (CONV)

A moderated mediation analysis was conducted to examine relations between toddler/maternal sleep, including co-sleeping practices, and maternal mental health, in mothers of low-income toddlers. Results indicated that among co-sleeping families, the relation between toddler sleep problems and maternal mental health may be explained by shortened maternal nighttime sleep.