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A Review Of Animal-Assisted Interventions In Long-Term Care Facilities, Jenna Ebener, Hunhui Oh

Faculty Publications - College of Social Work

Past research fails to make connections comparing appropriate settings for the benefits of different species of therapy and resident animals in long-term care facilities specifically for the elderly. Two types of animal-assisted interactions (therapy and resident) and four animal species (birds, cats, dogs, and fish) were compared. The findings were sorted into five categories of benefits (behavioral, mental, physical, physiological, and social) and three additional structural variables (affordability, accessibility, and cons). Appropriate activities for each species were also suggested. The review revealed it is important for the facility to consider its budget, number and ailments of residents, type of preferred …

Reconceiving Resilience: A New Guiding Principle For Financial Regulation?, Mary Dowell-Jones & Ross Buckley

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

Most postcrisis financial regulation is expressed to be in the pursuit of increasing the resilience of the global financial system. “Resilience” features in the formal title of the Basel III reforms to bank capital adequacy rules. This article explores the meaning of resilience from social-ecological systems science and applies it to international finance. We conclude that postcrisis financial regulation has in fact sought to build a stronger, more robust system, not a more resilient one. The regulation imposed on global systemically important financial institutions is designed to make these institutions too strong to fail, not give them the capacity to …

The Continuum Of State Sovereignty: A Commentary On African Elections, K.C. O’Rourke

University of Baltimore Journal of International Law

Twenty-six African States hold elections between 2016 and 2017. More basic than campaign rhetoric and ethnocentric political jockeying, the state in Africa is ripe for a deeper engagement with notions of state sovereignty that are more relevant for this century as the African state seeks to exercise its core functions, protect its interests within its own geographic boundaries, and care for all of the people it seeks to govern. The intentional structuring of such a dialogue must be guided to secure the cornerstones of individual liberty and participatory democracy – two basic protective functions that uniquely belong to the nation-state. …

Evaluation Of Childhood Exposure To Lead In Community Water Systems In Maine, Nicholas Flavin

Muskie School Capstones and Dissertations

The concentration of lead in Maine’s public drinking water was evaluated from 4,700 first-draw water samples collected from 358 Maine Community Water systems. Samples collected from 2012-2015 were obtained by request from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (MeCDC)’s Drinking Water Program.

Exposure and physiological uptake of lead can be mathematically modelled or predicted based on the amount of lead in “background” sources of contaminated media such as soil, dust, water, air or dietary items; the better the characterization of lead in these media, the better the exposure predictions. To assess childhood lead exposure, EPA recommends using the …

Proceedings Of The South Dakota Academy Of Sciences, 2017, Volume 96., South Dakota Academy Of Science

Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science

Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science, 2017, Volume 96. The Proceedings of the One-Hundred-Second (102nd) Annual Meeting of the South Dakota Academy of Science, held on March 30 and April 1, 2017, include the consolidated minutes of the Executive Council meeting and Business meetings, complete Senior Research Papers presented, abstracts of Senior Research Papers and Posters presented, and Research Papers and Posters published by title only. The presidential address titled Meeting the Mission of the South Dakota Academy of Science was delivered by Vicki Maria Geiser. Complete Senior Research Papers A Survey of Redbelly Snakes in the Black …

Equity & Inclusion Matters - Issue 2, Janurary 2017, Otterbein Office Of Social Justice & Activism

Equity and Inclusion Newsletter

In This Issue:

• Otterbein Launches New Equity & Inclusion Website
• African American Alumni Network Renews Commitment to Otterbein Students, Alumni
• Otterbein Well Represented at Women's March
• New Race and Ethnic Studies Minor Aims to Increase Campus Conversations

2017-2018 Master Of Science In Allied Health Handbook, Otterbein Office Of Graduate Programs

Graduate School

Master of Science in Allied Health Handbook for Otterbein University Graduate Students in the Department of Health and Sport Sciences.

Talking With The Dead From Southern Mexico: Tracing Bioarchaeological Foundations And New Perspectives In Oaxaca, Ricardo Higelin Ponce De León, Guy David Hepp

Anthropology Faculty Publications

In recent years, bioarchaeological research has emerged as one of the principal tools for studying diverse aspects of ancient society through the analysis of human remains. Oaxaca, Mexico is a culturally diverse region of Mesoamerica that today boasts at least sixteen discrete ethnolinguistic groups. Bioarchaeology in Oaxaca has traditionally focused on the Late Formative and Classic period (500 BCE–800 CE) Zapotec city of Monte Albán, and on its hinterland. Largely descriptive, these studies provided basic discussions of health, nutrition, and funerary offerings. Beyond the Valley of Oaxaca, much less comprehensive bioarchaeological research has been undertaken to date. Never before have …

Leveling The Playing Field: Assessment Of Gross Motor Skills In Low Socioeconomic Children To Their Higher Socioeconomic Counterparts, Megan M. Adkins, Matthew Bice, Danae Dinkel, John P. Rech

Health and Kinesiology Faculty Publications

Background: Fundamental movements (FM) of children influence the willingness to engage in physical activity (PA). Thus, proper FM skills are the foundation for a lifespan of PA. Objective: This study examined what factors may affect children’s PA in relation to FM pattern capabilities. Methods: The study examined the influence of SES when three low-income schools were provided additional PA opportunities on days PE was not taught. FM patterns in relation to object control (OC) and locomotor skill (LC) development were evaluated on K (n = 871), 1st (n = 893), and 2nd graders (n = 829) using the Test of …

Transcriptomic And Bioinformatics Analysis Of The Early Time-Course Of The Response To Prostaglandin F2 Alpha In The Bovine Corpus Luteum, Heather Talbott, Xiaoying Hou, Fang Qiu, Pan Zhang, Chittibabu Guda, Fang Yu, Robert A. Cushman, Jennifer R. Wood, Cheng Wang, Andrea S. Cupp, John S. Davis

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

RNA expression analysis was performed on the corpus luteum tissue at five time points after prostaglandin F2 alpha treatment of midcycle cows using an Affymetrix Bovine Gene v1 Array. The normalized linear microarray data was uploaded to the NCBI GEO repository (GSE94069). Subsequent statistical analysis determined differentially expressed transcripts ± 1.5-fold change from saline control with P ≤ 0.05. Gene ontology of differentially expressed transcripts was annotated by DAVID and Panther. Physiological characteristics of the study animals are presented in a figure. Bioinformatic analysis by Ingenuity Pathway Analysis was curated, compiled, and presented in tables. A dataset comparison with similar …

The Tri-Ag Academics Research Extension College Of Agriculture Sciences - Vol. 1 No.1 - 2017, Prairie View A&M University

Prairie View Magazine Collection

No abstract provided.

The Tri-Ag Academics Research Extension College Of Agriculture Sciences - 2017, Prairie View A&M University

Prairie View Magazine Collection

No abstract provided.

Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Annual Report, Tennessee Commission On Children And Youth

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Kids Count: The State Of The Child In Tennessee [2017], Tennessee Commission On Children And Youth

Kids Count/State of the Child in Tennessee Reports

This report provides an overview of information on healthy infants, children and teens; child/teen well-being; education; economic security; and demographics.

Apparent Sixth Sense In Theropod Evolution: The Making Of A Cretaceous Weathervane, Bruce M. Rothschild, Virginia Naples

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Objective

Two separate and distinctive skills are necessary to find prey: Detection of its presence and determination of its location. Surface microscopy of the dentary of albertosaurines revealed a previously undescribed sensory modification, as will be described here. While dentary “foramina” were previously thought to contain tactile sensory organs, the potential function of this theropod modification as a unique localizing system is explored in this study.

Method

Dentary surface perforations were examined by surface epi-illumination microscopy in tyrannosaurine and albertosaurine dinosaurs to characterize their anatomy. Fish lateral lines were examined as potentially comparable structures.

Result

In contrast to the subsurface …

Using A Social Ecological Model To Explore Upstream And Downstream Solutions To Rural Food Access For The Elderly, Lauri Andress

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

A social ecological model is applied to the secondary analysis of qualitative data to study the impact of place on rural food access for older adults in West Virginia. The use of a social-ecological model to review the senior’s coded narratives provided a clearer picture of higher impact, upstream levers to address food security for older adults in a rural region. The elderly have restricted access to food in rural West Virginia because of an indirect relationship with place that acts through the social ecological domains of the built environment, macrosocial factors, stressors, the natural environment, and social support. The …

Help Save The Seeds: A Call To Action For Local Governments To Introduce Legislation To Protect Community Seed Sharing, Libraries And Exchanges, Jordyn Ashley Bishop

UC Law Science and Technology Journal

No abstract provided.

Sinatra Living: Team Las Vegas Proposal (Full Packet), University Of Nevada, Las Vegas. Solar Decathlon Team.

Sinatra Living: Competition Materials

This packet is the final proposal for the Team Las Vegas project, containing a number of project overview documents.

Lou Ruvo Cleveland Clinic Team Las Vegas Solar Decathlon 2017 Panel Presentation, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas. Solar Decathlon Team.

Sinatra Living: Marketing and Promotion

This document is a slide presentation, as presented on Febraury 4, 2016 to the Lou Ruvo Cleveland Clinic, to gain support for Team Las Vegas's project.

Physical Activity Levels, Physical Activity Choices, And Social Interactions Of Preschoolers With And Without A Disability, Seokheon Kang

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine preschoolers' physical activity levels, physical activity choices, and the type of social interactions during designated large gross motor time. A total of 60 preschoolers (30 male and 30 female) aged from 36 to 72 months participated in this study. There were three groups including preschoolers with/without a developmental delay and those at risk for a developmental delay (DD). Each group had 10 male and 10 female preschoolers equally. The mean ages of participants, preschoolers with/without a disability and those at risk for a DD were 48.7 months ( SD=7.2), 48.7 months (SD=5.1), …

Assessing The Relative Influence And Efficacy Of Public And Private Food Safety Regulation Regimes: Comparing Codex And Global Gap Standards, Sam F. Halabi, Ching-Fu Lin

Faculty Publications

An extensive global system of private food regulation is under construction, one that exceeds conventional regulation, thought of as being driven by public authorities like FDA and USDA in the U.S. or the Food Standards Agency in the UK. Agrifood and grocer organizations, in concert with some farming groups, have been the primary designers of this new food regulatory regime. These groups have established alliances that compete with national regulators in complex ways. This article analyzes the relationship between public and private sources of food safety regulation by examining standards adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, a food safety organization …

Liver Adiposity And Metabolic Profile In Individuals With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury, Kathleen C. Rankin, Laura C. O’Brien, Liron Segal, M. Rehan Khan, Ashraf S. Gorgey

Physiology and Biophysics Publications and Presentations

Purpose. To quantify liver adiposity using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to determine its association with metabolic profile in men with spinal cord injury (SCI). Materials and Methods. MRI analysis of liver adiposity by fat signal fraction (FSF) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) was completed on twenty participants. Intravenous glucose tolerance test was conducted to measure glucose effectiveness (𝑆g) and insulin sensitivity (𝑆i ). Lipid panel, fasting glucose, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and inflammatory cytokines were also analyzed. Results. Average hepatic FSF was 3.7% ± 2.1. FSF was positively related to TG, non-HDL-C, fasting glucose, HbA1c, VAT, and …

The View From Ventress - 2017, University Of Mississippi. College Of Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Newsletters

Special Section: Higher Levels of Excellence. “Achievements and rankings reinforce our flagship status and are a testament to the value of our degrees, the impact of our research, and the competitiveness of our students, staff, and faculty. While they provide important benchmarks for our university, we remain committed to achieving even higher levels of excellence." -- Chancellor Jeffrey S. Vitter

Impact Of Garden Participation On Fruit And Vegetable Consumption : A Survey Of Northern Illinois Adults, Jessica Brunner

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Adults in the United States are currently consuming too few fruits and vegetables, exercising too infrequently, and have higher body weights than is recommended for health promotion and disease prevention. These behaviors increase the risk for developing and dying from chronic diseases which are the leading killers of Americans today. There is a need for more public health strategies focused on improving health behaviors among U.S. adults. Garden programs have gained attention in recent years for their potential to improve health behaviors among participants. However, few studies have examined the impact of garden participation on health behaviors among adults. In …

Holier Than You And Me: 'Religious Liberty' Is The New Bully Pulpit And Its Meaning Is Endangering Our Way Of Life, Marsha B. Freeman

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Mindfulness-Based Interventions In U.S. Schools-A Systematic Review, Cheryl A Reeves

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

181 pages

Hormone Factors Play A Favorable Role In Female Head And Neck Cancer Risk, Dana Hashim, Samantha Sartori, Carlo La Vecchia, Diego Serraino, Luigino Dal Maso, Eva Negri, Elaine Smith, Fabio Levi, Stefania Boccia, Gabriella Cadoni, Hung N. Luu, Yuan-Chin Amy Lee, Mia Hashibe, Paolo Boffetta

Epidemiology and Biostatistics Faculty Publications

Due to lower female incidence, estimates of exogenous and endogenous hormonal factors in head and neck cancers (HNCs, comprising cancers of the oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, and larynx) among women have been inconsistent and unable to account for key HNC risk factors. We pooled data from 11 studies from Europe, North America, and Japan. Analysis included 1572 HNC female cases and 4343 controls. Pooled odds ratios (ORs) estimates and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using multivariate logistic regression models adjusting for tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking. Lower risk was observed in women who used hormone replacement therapy (HRT) …

The Genesis Of Biopolitics And Modern Arabic Medical Discourse In Early Modern Egypt, 1805–1882, Kamran I. Karimullah

Governance Programme Papers

No abstract provided.

A Workflow For Automated Satellite Image Processing: From Raw Vhsr Data To Object-Based Spectral Information For Smallholder Agriculture, Dimitris Stratoulias, Valentyn Tolpekin, Rolf A. De By, Raul Zurita-Milla, Vasilios Retsios, Wietske Bijker, Mohammad Alfi Hasan, Eric Vermote

Civil & Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

Earth Observation has become a progressively important source of information for land use and land cover services over the past decades. At the same time, an increasing number of reconnaissance satellites have been set in orbit with ever increasing spatial, temporal, spectral, and radiometric resolutions. The available bulk of data, fostered by open access policies adopted by several agencies, is setting a new landscape in remote sensing in which timeliness and efficiency are important aspects of data processing. This study presents a fully automated workflow able to process a large collection of very high spatial resolution satellite images to produce …

Introduction: Nursing Research Project Posters, Jamela Martin, Janice Evans Hawkins

OUR Journal: ODU Undergraduate Research Journal

Nursing 363, Principles of Practice: Research as Foundation for Practice, is a required course in the undergraduate nursing curriculum at Old Dominion University. This course, offered every spring, focuses on the theories and concepts utilized in the scientific investigation of nursing practice. Students are introduced to scientific inquiry in nursing which forms the basis for nursing practice and theory. To meet course requirements, student groups create professional scientific research posters of their research proposal projects. What follows is a compilation of their research posters which were presented at the College of Health Sciences Interprofessional Poster Presentation day in the spring …