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Implications Of Animal Water Balance For Terrestrial Food Webs, Kevin E. Mccluney

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Recent research has documented shifts in per capita trophic interactions and food webs in response to changes in environmental moisture, from the top-down (consumers to plants), rather than solely bottom-up (plants to consumers). These responses may be predictable from effects of physiological, behavioral, and ecological traits on animal water balance, although predictions could be modified by energy or nutrient requirements, the risk of predation, population-level responses, and bottom-up effects. Relatively little work has explicitly explored food web effects of changes in animal water balance, despite the likelihood of widespread relevance, including during periodic droughts in mesic locations, where taxa may …

2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog, Sacred Heart University

Graduate & Undergraduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

2017-2018 Graduate Catalog, Sacred Heart University

Graduate & Undergraduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

The Dynamics Of Community Museums And Their Communities: Museo De Las Americas' Spanish Happy Hour Fostering Social Inclusion For The Latino And Denver Metro Area Communities, Maritza Hernandez-Bravo

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Many museums are now aspiring to collaborate and engage with Latino communities and the community as a whole. Due to Museo de las Americas status as a community museum, I predicted that I would find a collaborative effort already occurring between the institution and their community, which can aid in creating a sense of social inclusion by being committed to including diverse voices by having clarity of purpose that makes sense both within the context of the community and the institution itself. I used staff, volunteer and visitor interviews and observations of the program to evaluate the degree of collaboration …

Identifying Factors Associated With Participation In T1d Support Program For Young Adults, Taylor L. Neher, Samuel D. Towne Jr., Sarah E. Toevs

Public and Population Health Faculty Publications and Presentations

Objective: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) has been shown to have a significant and stressful impact on an individual’s transition into young adulthood. Young adults are often experiencing new levels of independence and decision-making at this time. Insufficient research has been conducted on the use and impact of T1D support programs tailored to young adults in relation to the emotional impacts of the disease, access to programming, and desired outcomes of programs. his study assesses awareness, utilization, and emotional needs of T1D support programs tailored to young adults.

Research Design and Methods: A cross-sectional analysis was performed on surveys collected through …

The School Food Environment And Its Association With Dietary Intake Among Rural Adolescents, Hannah F. Hickey

Theses and Dissertations--Nutrition and Food Systems

The school food environment has the ability to increase the consumption of fruit and vegetables in rural adolescents. This study used a survey to allow adolescents in seven rural counties to self-report their fruit and vegetable intake as well as utilizing the USDA Mathematica tool and the School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study audits to evaluate what food and beverage products were actually available to adolescents. By using these two measures, associations between fruit and vegetable intake and availability of healthy and unhealthy foods were determined. The availability of healthy snacks and beverages was found to be associated with sugar-sweetened …

Developmental Manganese Neurotoxicity In Rats: Cognitive Deficits In Allocentric And Egocentric Learning And Memory, Nina Atanasova, Robyn M. Amos-Kroohs, Laurie L. Davenport, Zuhair I. Abdulla, Matthew R. Skelton, Charles V. Vorhees, Michael T. Williams

Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Health And Dental Insurance On Us Children’S Dental Care Utilization For Urgent And Non-Urgent Dental Problems - 2008, Shillpa Naavaal, Laurie K. Barker, Susan O. Griffin

Dental Public Health and Policy Publications

Objective: We examined the association between utilization of care for a dental problem (utilization-DP) and parent-reported dental problem (DP) urgency among children with DP by type of health care insurance coverage.

Methods: We used weighted 2008 National Health Interview Survey data from 2,834 children, aged 2-17 years with at least one DP within the 6 months preceding survey. Explanatory variables were selected based on Andersen's model of healthcare utilization. Need was considered urgent if DP included toothache, bleeding gums, broken or missing teeth, broken or missing filling, or decayed teeth and otherwise as non-urgent. The primary enabling variable, insurance, had …

Etsu At-A-Glance - 2016-2017, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU At-a-Glance

No abstract provided.

Discovery: Research Annual Report 2017, Office Of Vice President For Research

Research Annual Reports

• Center for Research on Instructional Change in Postsecondary Education (CRICPE)
• The Office of the Vice President Initiated a New Program - Undergraduates Discover Discovery
• NSF Career Award Winners - Fahad Saeed, Elena Litvinova, and Wendy Beane
• Interdisciplinary Majors and Minors Focus on Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
• Faculty Scholar Award
• From Invention to Commercialization
• External Funding
• WMed Research Activities
• Undergraduate Research Excellence Award Recipients
• Support for Faculty Scholars Award
• Graduate Student Research and Travel Grants
• External Awards to Faculty and Staff
• Research and Creative Activities Poster Day - Graduate Student Participant Winners
• Technology Development Fund Awards
• Faculty Research and Creative …

General Undergraduate Catalog, 2017-2018, Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 2010-2019

Marshall University Undergraduate Course Catalog for the 2017-2018 academic year.

Graduate Catalog, 2017-2018, Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 2010-2019

Marshall University Graduate Course Catalog for the 2017-2018 academic year.

Family And Consumer Sciences 2017 Newsletter, College Of Education And Human Development

Family and Consumer Sciences News

• A Message from the Chair
• Dietetics
• Family Sciences
• Fashion Merchandising and Design
• Food Service Operations and Sustainability
• Interior Design
• Workforce Education and Development
• Awards and Recognition Ceremony
• Faculty Publications
• Giving

Food Marketing Conference, 2017- Student Yearbook, Haworth College Of Business

Food Marketing Conference and Yearbook

Food and CPG Marketing Yearbook

Food Marketing Conference, 2017 - Food And Cpg Marketing Board, Haworth College Of Business

Food Marketing Conference and Yearbook

Overview of Food and CPG Marketing Industry Advisory Board Members

Food Marketing Conference, 2017 - Food And Cpg Marketing Programs, Haworth College Of Business

Food Marketing Conference and Yearbook

Overview of Food and CPG Marketing Programs at Western Michigan University

Professional Reflections - Winter 2017, College Of Education And Human Development

College of Education and Human Development News

The magazine for the College of Education and Human Development. Alumni Edition 2016-17, Celebrating 60 years with 60 alumni stories.

A Message from the Dean
Celebrating 60 years
Make a Difference & Eat Healthy

• Libby MacQuillan
• Gregory Stacey
• Shantel Fessler
• Sarah Price

Make a Difference & Be Active

• Ashleigh Rogers
• Kyle Gleason
• Micah Zuhl
• Rob Kennedy

Make a Difference & Coach

• Mike McCarthy
• Tim Lester

Make a Difference & Be Positive

• Ronicka Hamilton
• Darrick Tovar-Murray
• Janee Steele
• Kristel Briney

Make a Difference & Guide

• Amy Dunham
• Kathrine Hyatt
• Ben Williams

Meijer Alumni

• Michelle Bieke
• Courtney Skinner
• Amber Hunt
• Kerry Johnson …

Food Marketing Conference, 2017, Haworth College Of Business

Food Marketing Conference and Yearbook

Full 2017 Food Marketing Conference Yearbook. Includes: Program and Speakers, Board Members, Marketing Program Yearbook, and Advertising.

Food Marketing Conference, 2017 - Advertisers, Haworth College Of Business

Food Marketing Conference and Yearbook

2017 Advertisers

Elder Abuse Screening Education For Emergency Department Nurses: An Education Intervention, Kathleen Thimsen

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

Executive Summary

Elder Abuse Screening and Identification for Emergency Department Nurses

The Elder Abuse Screening and Identification for Emergency Department Nurses was an educational intervention. The education and training module was intended to improve the, skills and attitudes of emergency department nurses. The goal was to improve future screening and identification of elder patients presenting to the department for a healthcare encounter who may be victims of elder abuse.

Problem

The problem being addressed is a clinical practice issue that has multi-faceted contributing factors. Clinical practitioners receive little to no education and training on the topic of elder abuse, with …

A Comparison Of Different Methods Of Zero - Inflated Data Analysis And An Application In Health Surveys, Si Yang, Gavino Puggioni, Lisa L. Harlow, Colleen A. Redding

Computer Science and Statistics Faculty Publications

The performance of several models under different conditions of zero-inflation and dispersion are evaluated. Results from simulated and real data showed that the zeroaltered or zero-inflated negative binomial model were preferred over others (e.g., ordinary least-squares regression with log-transformed outcome, Poisson model) when data have excessive zeros and over-dispersion.

Utah State Magazine, Winter 2017, Utah State University

Utah State Magazine

The quarterly magazine for friends and alumni of Utah State University.

Voices Of Usu: An Anthology Of Student Writing, 2017, Utah State University Department Of English

Voices of USU

This collection of student writing represents the voices of over 2,000 students who enroll each academic year in Utah State University’s second-year composition course, Intermediate Writing: Research Writing in a Persuasive Mode. Voices of USU celebrates excellence in writing by providing undergraduate students of diverse backgrounds and disciplines the opportunity to have their work published.

Teaching Energy Efficiency: A Cross-Border Public Class And Lesson Study In Stem, Masami Isoda, Roberto Araya, Colleen Eddy, Gabriel T. Matney, Joseph Williams, Patricio Calfucura, Carlos Aquirre, Pablo Becerra, Raul Gormaz, Jorge Soto-Andrade, Takeshi Noine, Arturo Mena-Lorca, Raimundo Olfos, Yuriko Baldin, Uldarico Malaspina

School of Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications

As part of an APEC educational project on the cross-cutting concept of energy, researchers and teachers from 6 countries spent 8 months designing, testing and implementing a pilot STEM public class with two schools from Chile and one from the US. One of the researchers taught a lesson from a school in Chile, with a live transmission to the other two schools via Skype. At the same time, the lesson was also broadcasted via video streaming. In addition to live questions and answers, students used individual devices to answer four open-ended questions that were commented on by the researcher as …

Remote Lifestyle Counseling Influences Cardiovascular Health Outcomes In Youth With Overweight Or Obesity And Congenital Heart Disease, Luis Altamirano-Diaz, Meghan Rombeek, Stefanie De Jesus, Eva Welisch, Harry Prapavessis, Adam A Dempsey, Douglas Fraser, Michael R Miller, Kambiz Norozi

Paediatrics Publications

Background: Children with overweight/obesity and congenital heart disease (CHD) are at increased cardiovascular risk. A lifestyle intervention may help reduce these risks. We sought to determine the feasibility of a smartphone-based lifestyle intervention to improve cardiovascular health outcomes in children with overweight/obesity and CHD.

Methods: We examined the effect of bi-weekly nutrition and fitness counseling delivered

Results: Statistically significant decreases in waist circumference (WC), body mass index

Conclusion: The observed changes in anthropometry were positive with significant improvement to some cardiovascular and metabolic risk indicators. However, this was only observed in the operated group suggesting that other factors, such as …

An Evaluation Of Challenges And Opportunities For Western Heads East [2017], Felicia Krausert, Reshel Perera,, Spencer Yeung, Jacinta Mwachiro, Bob Kigen, Elizabeth Pham

Business and Social Enterprise

Western Heads East (WHE) is “a collaboration between Western staff, students, faculty, and African partners using probiotic food to contribute to health and sustainable development”. The primary objective of this program is to establish a sustainable grassroots social enterprise using the health benefits of probiotic yoghurt in order to improve health of Tanzanian community while empowering local women to become business owners and entrepreneurs. This report investigates the challenges, opportunities, local conditions and previous works to recommend a potential intervention that could support the sustainability and the intended value of probiotic yoghurt kitchens.

There are two main end users for …

How Does The Social “Get Under The Gums”? The Role Of Socio-Economic Position In The Oral-Systemic Health Link, Noha Gomaa, Belinda Nicolau, Arjumand Siddiqi, Howard Tenenbaum, Michael Glogauer, Carlos Quiñonez

Paediatrics Publications

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the extent of association between systemic inflammation and periodontal disease in American adults, and to assess whether socio-economic position mediated this relationship. METHODS: We used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES IV) (2001-2010). Systemic inflammation was defined by individual and aggregate (cumulative inflammatory load) biomarkers (C-reactive protein, white blood cell counts, neutrophil counts, and neutrophil: lymphocyte ratio). Loss of attachment and bleeding on probing were used to define periodontal disease. Poverty:income ratio and education were indicators of socio-economic position. Covariates included age, sex, ethnicity, smoking, alcohol, and attendance for dental treatment. Univariate and …

Impact Of The Supporting Physical Activity In The Childcare Environment (Space) Intervention On Preschoolers’ Physical Activity Levels And Sedentary Time: A Single-Blind Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial, Patricia Tucker, Leigh Vanderloo, Andrew Johnson, Shauna Burke, Jennifer Irwin, A Gaston, Molly Driediger, Brian Timmons

Health Studies Publications

No abstract provided.

Recent Advances In Preventing Stroke Recurrence, J. David Spence

Department of Medicine Publications

Recent advances in secondary stroke prevention include new evidence in hypertension, nutrition, anticoagulation, antiplatelet therapy, intracranial stenosis, percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale, and lipid-lowering therapy. Individualized therapy for hypertension based on phenotyping with plasma renin and aldosterone markedly improves blood pressure control in patients with resistant hypertension. A Mediterranean diet can reduce the risk of stroke by nearly half. The diagnosis and treatment of metabolic vitamin B12 deficiency, and B vitamins to lower homocysteine, can reduce the risk of stroke by approximately 30%. There are problems with clopidogrel that can be overcome by using ticagrelor, and new anticoagulant drugs …

Cultural Identity, Guo-Ming Chen

Communication Studies Faculty Publications

Cultural identity is a universal problem all human societies must face. It refers to the collective consciousness of a group based on the use of common symbols and the co-creation of shared meanings among its members. While different cultures may perceive identity in various ways, cultural identity shares five common characteristics across cultures: developmental, spatial, distinct, relational, and multifaceted. However, the development of human society instigated by the convergence of the globalization trend and new media, especially the emergence of the virtual community caused by the compression of time and space, has challenged different aspects of the traditional sense of …