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Urban Pooling, Christian Iaione, Elena De Nictolis

Fordham Urban Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Big Soda: Too Sweet To Fail?, Cara Kaplan

Fordham Urban Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Stimulated Hyposalivary Flow Rates In Healthcare Students In An Interprofessional Awareness Educational Program Curriculum, R Constance Wiener

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Purpose. Hyposalivation influences quality of life and medication compliance. However, oral health knowledge (in general) and knowledge about hyposalivation (in particular) are often lacking in nondental healthcare professional’s curricula. Additionally, hyposalivation has not been adequately studied in young adults. The purpose for this study is twofold: to use an interprofessional educational curriculum to increase nondental healthcare students’ knowledge about oral health and salivary testing and determine whether hyposalivation is different between sexes in young adults. Method. First-year medical and pharmacy students () learned the process of saliva collection and provided samples in an interprofessional program. Results. There were 14.4% of …

Anti-Müllerian Hormone And Its Relationships With Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease And Renal Disease In A Longitudinal Cohort Study Of Women With Type 1 Diabetes, Catherine Kim, Yuanyuan Pan, Barbara Braffett, Valerie Arends, Michael Steffes, Hunter Wessells, Aruna V. Sarma

GW Biostatistics Center

Background

Reproductive age may be a risk factor for vascular disease. Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is produced by viable ovarian follicles and reflects reproductive age. We examined whether AMH concentrations were associated with markers of subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) and kidney disease among women with type 1 diabetes.

Methods

We performed a cross-sectional analysis of the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications Study. Participants included women with type 1 diabetes and ≥1 AMH measurement (n = 390). In multivariable regression models which adjusted for repeated measures, we examined the associations between AMH with CVD risk factors, estimated glomerular filtration rate, …

Himmelfarb Library Annual Report 2017, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Annual Report

No abstract provided.

Transcendent Mind, Emergent Universe In The Thought Of Michael Polanyi, Vincent Smiles

Theology Faculty Publications

This essay vindicates two major aspects of the science-based philosophy of Michael Polanyi: 1. His concept of tacit knowing, and 2. His concept of the multi-levelled character of reality. These two notions relate closely with one another, and together support the thesis to be argued here, that when it comes to understanding human beings, and most especially the human mind, science and religion have to meet on the common ground of the transcendent capacities of human beings, which are pointers to the transcendent character of the universe. The mind is an emergent of the universe, as are all of its …

2016-2017 - Undergraduate Curriculum Council Annual Report, Undergraduate Curriculum Council, East Tennessee State University

Undergraduate Curriculum Council Minutes

No abstract provided.

Three Damn Letters, Katherine Ammon

Honors Program Theses

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a terminal disease that destroys a patient's motor neurons. In the play Three Damn Letters, a sarcastic woman must accept her own ALS diagnosis while also balancing her relationships with her father, husband, and son. This seriocomedic play explores themes of family roles, disability, love, and death.

The Impact Of Globalization On The Perceptions And Practices Of Menstruation Among Indigenous Women In Peru, Meghan Wallace

Honors Program Theses

The existing perceptions and practices of menstruation on the island of Taquile in Lake Titicaca, Peru provide insights into the manners in which globalization can challenge and shape perspectives in indigenous communities. Through the framework of globalization as polarization, hybridization, and homogenization, this study explores the impacts that changes in menstrual practices and perceptions can have on female health outcomes, agency in the community, and education efforts. Viewpoints of menstruation distinctly differ according to gender and age, yet ultimately point toward the concept that all three lenses of globalization provide explanations for menstruation in the community of Taquile.

What Is The Relationship Between Food Insecurity And College Students Aged 18-22 And Its Effects On Academic Performance And How Can Proper Nutrition Be Promoted?, Karla Ramos, John Magbanua, Daniella Flores, Janelle De Dios, Karla Bugtong, Shannon Almonia

Student Research Posters

Food insecurity is defined as the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods. It can also be defined as the limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways. Previous research has observed that food insecurity can disrupt optimal development throughout the life cycle. A growing body of literature has documented the effects of food insecurity on cognitive, academic, and psychosocial development among college students. These studies consistently observed that food insecurity is associated with lower academic performance, poor health, and decreased psychosocial function. Among college students, financial hardship can translate into budget demands, …

The Book Of Mormon Witnesses And Their Challenge To Secularism, Daniel C. Peterson

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

T here has been much comment recently on the growth in numbers of the religious “nones.” Not all of them are actually non-theists, but secularism or naturalism is undoubtedly on the rise — and Latter-day Saints have not escaped damage from the trend. Several recent books and articles have sought to help their readers live with doubt, cope with uncertainty, or find value or joy in the Mormon community even when some, most, or perhaps even all of its founding narrative has come to seem untenable. I believe, however, that naturalism should be directly challenged and that the Book of …

Full Issue

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Press-Pulse: A Novel Therapeutic Strategy For The Metabolic Management Of Cancer, Thomas Seyfried, George Yu, Joseph Maroon, Dominic D'Agostino

Urology Faculty Publications

Background

A shift from respiration to fermentation is a common metabolic hallmark of cancer cells. As a result, glucose and glutamine become the prime fuels for driving the dysregulated growth of tumors. The simultaneous occurrence of “Press-Pulse” disturbances was considered the mechanism responsible for reduction of organic populations during prior evolutionary epochs. Press disturbances produce chronic stress, while pulse disturbances produce acute stress on populations. It was only when both disturbances coincide that population reduction occurred.

Methods

This general concept can be applied to the management of cancer by creating chronic metabolic stresses on tumor cell energy metabolism (press disturbance) …

The World Health Organization Fetal Growth Charts: A Multinational Longitudinal Study Of Ultrasound Biometric Measurements And Estimated Fetal Weight., Torvid Kiserud, Gilda Piaggio, Guillermo Carroli, Mariana Widmer, José Carvalho, Lisa Neerup Jensen, Sameera A Talegawkar, +Several Additional Authors

Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Perinatal mortality and morbidity continue to be major global health challenges strongly associated with prematurity and reduced fetal growth, an issue of further interest given the mounting evidence that fetal growth in general is linked to degrees of risk of common noncommunicable diseases in adulthood. Against this background, WHO made it a high priority to provide the present fetal growth charts for estimated fetal weight (EFW) and common ultrasound biometric measurements intended for worldwide use.

METHODS AND FINDINGS: We conducted a multinational prospective observational longitudinal study of fetal growth in low-risk singleton pregnancies of women of high or middle …

Interrelationship Between Climatic, Ecologic, Social, And Cultural Determinants Affecting Dengue Emergence And Transmission In Puerto Rico And Their Implications For Zika Response., Angela Matysiak, Amira Roess

Global Health Faculty Publications

Objective

The global resurgence of dengue has been attributed to rapid population growth, urban expansion, increased air travel, globalization, and climate change. Dengue is now endemic in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is at risk for Zika, another emerging arbovirus. The interrelationship between climatic, ecological, social, and cultural factors that affect dengue and other arboviruses' transmission is understudied.

Design

The objective of this systematic review is to examine the interrelationship between climatic, ecological, social, and cultural factors on dengue transmission in Puerto Rico and to draw lessons for Zika response.

Results

A comprehensive search of peer-reviewed journal articles was performed, producing …

The Scope, The Scope

The Scope

Collection of all 2016 articles from The Scope.

About The Scope

This magazine was produced by students in Science Journalism (MASC 491-005), which was taught during the Fall 2016 semester by Jeff South, an associate professor in the Robertson School of Media and Culture at Virginia Commonwealth University, and Sara Williams, head of academic outreach for VCU Libraries.

The course, VCU’s first focusing exclusively on science reporting, was supported by a grant that funds projects aligned with VCU’s strategic plan, called Quest for Distinction. VCU selected the Science Journalism course as a “disruptively innovative idea” and as a way …

Service Learning In Health And Wellness, Leo Spychala

Open Educational Resources

No abstract provided.

A Guidebook On Honey Bee Health: Honey Bee Immunity — Pesticides — Pests And Diseases, Joey Caputo

Department of Entomology: Distance Master of Science Projects

Pedigo and Rice (2009) described a concept that some ecologists subscribe to called the “balance of nature” phenomenon. This idea holds that spe-cies in communities achieve certain status in their ecosystem and that this status becomes fixed and resistant to change. On average, individuals are only able to replace themselves. Fluctuations may occur, but ultimately the various species in the community will retain their position and relative population size in the ecosystem. According to these ecologists, when humans alter and reduce the diversity of an ecosystem they are acting counter to this balance. In an attempt to re-turn the altered …

Ethnophycology: Towards An Understanding Of Algae’S Influence On The Story Of Humanity, Orion Morton

Theses & ETDs

Humans have been shaped by a vast assortment of nonhuman organisms throughout evolutionary history; this thesis explores algae's influence, termed ethnophycology here, in particular. Utilizing extensive archival research, and supplemented with interviews of individuals involved in local food production systems, this thesis aims to looks at the past, present, and future of human-algal relations, with an additional goal of developing a model to incorporate algae into local food systems. Drawing on the framework of multispecies ethnography, it begins by reviewing various cultures’ relationships with algae, looking at uses for food, animal feed, fertilizers, and as agents in human migration. The …

The Experience Of The Hero’S Tale: Self-Actualizing Via An Artistic Medium Such As Music A Three Part Introspective Journey, Alexander Walzem

Theses & ETDs

This thesis explores the concept of human Self-Actualization through the use of introspection and historical examples in order to further engage and explore the topic as it relates to personal achievement in art. This is specifically linked to concepts of Psychology and examples are listed through the use of artistic mediums such as music, art, and art therapy. Self-Actualization is related to Psychology, Music, Art Therapy, and Psychoanalysis. This is further elaborated and developed through historical figures such as William Grant Still, W. C. Handy, Leadbelly, and Robert Johnson. These figures and other historical figures are challenged by great adversity, …

Florivore And Pollinator Interactions: Survival Strategies Of Annuals And Perennials Facing Attack, Liana Greenberg

Theses & ETDs

The contrast between annual and perennial plants’ life histories results in disparities in their investments towards reproduction and defense following florivore attack. Florivores, insect herbivores that target angiosperms’ reproductive tissues, induce a variety of direct and indirect chemical and physical responses. These include changes in floral traits and in herbivore induced volatiles that alter community interactions, such as pollinator behavior. Through literature review and participation in field experiments at Wageningen University, I analyze how annuals and perennials respond to attack with different patterns of changes in flowering phenology and pollinator attraction. Floral traits in each lifestyle differed in the number …

News Narratives Of Homelessness And Reader Preference For Criminalization: A Study Of Public Opinion In Sarasota, Fl, Pariesa H. Young

Theses & ETDs

The criminalization of the homeless in recent years has resulted in policies that make everyday, life-sustaining activities more difficult or illegal for the homeless and very poor. This paper explores the relationship between common descriptions of homelessness in the news and reader preference for the type of policy used to treat homelessness. Descriptions of homelessness in the news tested in this study treat homelessness differently based on its understood causes. Prior research suggests that when citizens believe in certain causes of homelessness, these causal beliefs are correlated with preference for more criminalizing or sympathetic policy options (Lee et al 1990). …

Presence Of Mind: Mindful Awareness And Acceptance By Relationship With Nature And Spirituality, Jessica Lee

Theses & ETDs

This study examined the intercorrelation of mindfulness with individual relationship with nature and spirituality. Eighty-nine college students filled out measures assessing their closeness with nature, spiritual practices, and daily levels of mindfulness, as well as measures targeting mindful awareness and acceptance specifically. Data analysis found mindful awareness to be significantly correlated with closer reported relationship with nature, while mindful acceptance was found to be significantly correlated with closer reported relationship with nature. The motivational mechanisms underlying these relationships are discussed.

Reconnecting People And Place: A Case Study Of The Finger Lakes’ Local Food Movement, Shoshana Davidson

Theses & ETDs

By examining how the broader trends of our current globalized industrial food system take shape in the city of Ithaca, New York and its surrounding agricultural hinterland, this thesis explores the transformative potential for local agricultural movements to reconnect people to place. Through interviews and participatory observation, this project examines the role of the community in local agriculture, the policies and organizations critical to fostering and sustaining this local food network, and the way in which consumer and producer values can work in conjunction for mutual benefits or conflict for divergent needs. Driving my research is an investigation into how …

Species Translocations For Recovery: Transporting Populations, Conservation Implications, And Future Viability Under Climate Change, Danielle Husband

Theses & ETDs

Conserving biodiversity presents challenges in today’s highly modified and fragmented environment. In this study, I analyzed six imperiled western U.S. species, three avian species; California condor (Gymnogyps californianus), Columbian sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus), and Western bluebird (Sialia Mexicana) and three butterfly species; Palos Verdes blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis), Taylor’s Checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha taylori), and Oregon Silverspot butterfly (Speyeria zerene hippolyta). I compiled recovery methods, biology and threats pertaining to each species’ translocation program. Within recovery plans, habitat restoration and captive breeding work to support wild population persistence in future years. Translocation is a management technique that encompasses …

Synthetic Approaches Toward A Model For The Active Site Of Hemocyanin, Ryan Briggs

Theses & ETDs

A model of the hemocyanin active site has been the subject of research for several years. A model made with a tris-imidazole complex has yet to be synthesized. The over-reactive hydroxyl group on the tris-(4(5)-imidazolyl) carbinol hydrochloride salt impeded the progress towards the synthesis of the active site. The goal of this work was to replace the hydroxyl group on the tris-(4(5)-imidazolyl) carbinol hydrochloride salt with a hydrogen. By following the work of others, several routes were explored. While none of the routes were successful, the survey obtained information that will aid future work.

10 Square Miles Of Food Justice: How Ithaca, New York Is Breaking Bread To Bridge Communities, Julia De Aragon

Theses & ETDs

Through personal interviews and analysis, this thesis examines the impact of community involvement and anti-oppression collaboration on the food justice movement in Ithaca, New York. It analyses published work on race and power dynamics, and the role communities play in environmental justice. This thesis concludes that while a certain degree of social inequality and disparity exists within the Ithaca food movement, it can be resisted through intentional engagement of disenfranchised communities by locally organized grassroots initiatives and programs, and increased collaboration between these initiatives and programs.

Coping With Captivity: Stereotypies In Zoo Animals., Jenanne Pedonti

Theses & ETDs

Stereotypies have been regarded as seemingly functionless, invariant, and abnormally occurring repetitive behaviors. However, it may be unwise to define them as such. These behaviors develop in “abnormal” captive environments compared to environments of wild conspecifics and may serve as “adaptive” behaviors. Stereotypies develop in situations of unavoidable, inescapable levels of stress and frustration. Many derive from normally occurring, highly motivated species-specific behavior patterns which are thwarted within a captive environment. As a result these behaviors take on exaggerated seeming functionless forms as displacement behaviors or stereotypic behaviors. Stereotypies are extremely heterogeneous, and their form, function, and underlying motivations vary. …

An Investigation Into Endophytic Bacterial Populations In Undifferentiated And Newly Differentiated Organ Tissues Of Brassica Oleracea Var. Botrytis, Alexander Bowman

Theses & ETDs

Endophytes consist of either bacterial or fungal populations that exist in the tissues of a plant, and have been discovered in all plants that have been tested. They are microorganisms that live inside the host tissue and can contribute to the growth and survivability of plant species by providing certain hormones or resources. Research has shown that different tissues of plants contain unique endophytic bacterial populations. In the present study, meristematic (unspecialized) tissue was taken from store-bought cauliflower and allowed to differentiate (or specialize) in culture. The explants produced several different organs without the need for supplemental hormones. Samples from …

Pollination As An Economic Marketplace, Adrian Garcia

Theses & ETDs

Pollination processes support both wild and managed plant populations, contributing to genetic flow and resiliency among plant species. Without pollination, cross-obligate pollinated flowering plants will not receive enough genetic diversity to maintain resilient offspring capable of reaching sexual maturity. Current trends in pollinator activity suggest their populations, as well as their associated floral counterparts, are declining. Attention to these trends has highlighted the importance of pollinator interactions to human quality of life, and subsequent efforts have been undertaken in attempt to revitalize pollinator populations. Information on Best Management Practices which improve colony health is constantly evolving with new information, as …