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Black-Legged Tick Distributions, Small Mammal Abundances, Mast Production, And Vegetative Influences On Lyme Disease Apparent Prevalence On Fort Drum Military Installation, New York, Samantha R. Fino Jan 2017

Black-Legged Tick Distributions, Small Mammal Abundances, Mast Production, And Vegetative Influences On Lyme Disease Apparent Prevalence On Fort Drum Military Installation, New York, Samantha R. Fino

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Lyme disease is the most common infectious disease spread by black-legged ticks in the Northern Hemisphere. Lyme disease is a vector-borne zoonotic disease typically caused by bacterial spirochetes of the species Borrelia burgdorferi. The primary vector of Lyme disease in the Midwestern and eastern United States is Ixodes scapularis, the deer or black-legged tick. Although there are several preventative measures against ticks that carry Lyme disease, such as public education regarding personal protection (e.g., wearing light colored clothing, tucking pants into socks, wearing repellent, promptly inspecting oneself to remove ticks, getting pets vaccinated) and recommended control measures, it is important …

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Evaluating Treatment Integrity Failures During Timeout From Play, Apral P. Foreman Jan 2017

Evaluating Treatment Integrity Failures During Timeout From Play, Apral P. Foreman

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Timeout is an effective behavior-reduction strategy with considerable generality. There are several recommendations about how to implement timeout. However, little research has investigated how timeout is implemented under natural conditions, or how timeout-implementation errors impact its effectiveness. Thus, our study attempted to address two aims. The first aim was to observe how teachers implemented timeout with their students. To address this aim (Experiment 1), we completed naturalistic observations of teachers who were implementing timeout during play. We collected data on how frequently the teachers implemented timeout following problem behavior (omission integrity), and how frequently teachers implemented timeout following responses not …

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The Relationship Between Father Involvement And Paternal Emotion Socialization, Kayla E. Forshee Jan 2017

The Relationship Between Father Involvement And Paternal Emotion Socialization, Kayla E. Forshee

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between father involvement and emotion socialization. Fathers amount of time and quality of paternal involvement (e.g., engagement in childcare activities, secondary activities, and time spent in children's company) with their preschool aged children was assessed to determine if it influenced how fathers respond to the children's emotion (e.g., disappointment, anger, and anxiety). Heterosexual fathers (M = 39.46 yrs.) of children ages 3-5 years old were recruited from preschools and daycares in the larger metropolitan, D.C. area. Paternal self-report measures were used to measure father's involvement and their socialization strategies. Results …

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Modeling And Design Optimization Of Multifunctional Membrane Reactors For Direct Methane Aromatization, Nicholas J. Fouty Jan 2017

Modeling And Design Optimization Of Multifunctional Membrane Reactors For Direct Methane Aromatization, Nicholas J. Fouty

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Due to the recent increase of natural gas production in the U.S., utilizing natural gas for higher-value chemicals has become imperative. Direct methane aromatization (DMA) is a promising process used to convert methane to benzene, but it is limited by low conversion of methane and rapid catalyst deactivation by coking. Past work has shown that membrane separation of the hydrogen produced in the DMA reactions can dramatically increase the methane conversion by shifting the equilibrium toward the products, but it also increases coke production. Oxygen introduction into the system has been shown to inhibit this coke production while not inhibiting …

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Correlating Metastable-Atom Density, Reduced Electric Field, And Electron Energy Distribution In The Initiation, Transient, And Post-Transient Stages Of A Pulsed Argon Discharge, James B. Franek Jan 2017

Correlating Metastable-Atom Density, Reduced Electric Field, And Electron Energy Distribution In The Initiation, Transient, And Post-Transient Stages Of A Pulsed Argon Discharge, James B. Franek

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Argon emission lines, particularly those in the near-infrared region (700-900nm), are used to determine plasma properties in low-temperature, partially ionized plasmas to determine effective electron temperature [Boffard et al., 2012], and argon excited state density [Boffard et al., 2009] using appropriately assumed electron energy distributions. While the effect of radiation trapping influences the interpretation of plasma properties from emission-line ratio analysis, eliminating the need to account for these effects by directly observing the 3px-to-1sy transitions [ Boffard et al., 2012] is preferable in most cases as this simplifies the analysis. In this dissertation, a 1-Torr argon, pulsed positive column in …

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Regulating Gun Rentals, Ira P. Robbins Jan 2017

Regulating Gun Rentals, Ira P. Robbins

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A machine gun overpowers a nine-year-old girl, erratically spraying bullets and accidentally killing her instructor; a perturbed mother slays her son and then takes her own life; a convicted felon circumvents federal prohibitions to access a firearm to commit suicide; and, perhaps most notably, Navy SEAL war veteran Chris Kyle, focus of the movie “American Sniper,” is murdered while attempting to help another veteran recover from post-traumatic stress disorder. We have all seen the headlines, but we have largely ignored the source of this heartbreak. The ramifications of these examples are not merely cinematic, but also involve families suffering from …

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Insights Into The Assembly Of Arctic Alaska: Provenance And Geochemical Data From The Doonerak Fenster And Endicott Mountains Allochthon, William Patrick Frier Jan 2017

Insights Into The Assembly Of Arctic Alaska: Provenance And Geochemical Data From The Doonerak Fenster And Endicott Mountains Allochthon, William Patrick Frier

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The Doonerak fenster of the central Brooks Range contains the Apoon assemblage, a suite of Early Paleozoic mafic-to-intermediate volcanic and siliciclastic rocks. The fenster exposes deep structural levels of the Brooks Range between regions of Laurentian and non-Laurentian origin in Arctic Alaska. During the Mesozoic to Cenozoic formation of the Brooks Range, Upper Devonian to Triassic siliciclastic and carbonate rocks of the Endicott Mountains allochthon were thrusted northward and juxtaposed over the top of this volcanic suite.;New geochemical data indicates that the Apoon assemblage formed as part of an island arc complex. The assemblage contains basaltic-to-andesitic rocks with diverse textures, …

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A Survey Of Selected Piano Concerti For Elementary, Intermediate, And Early-Advanced Levels, Achareeya Fukiat Jan 2017

A Survey Of Selected Piano Concerti For Elementary, Intermediate, And Early-Advanced Levels, Achareeya Fukiat

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This research is a reference guide for piano teachers in selecting piano concerto repertoire to meet the abilities of their elementary, intermediate, and early-advanced piano students. Most well-known piano concerti are at the advanced level. It is difficult for piano teachers to choose appropriate piano concerto repertoire for less-advanced students. This research will serve as an important tool for those who are looking for new material for teaching outside the scope of the standard piano concerto literature.;Seventy-four piano concerti were selected for this study. They were organized into three categories, elementary level, intermediated level, and early-advanced level. The repertoire for …

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Jesus De Monasterio (1836-1903): An Essential Figure In The Artistic And Technical Development Of Violin Playing In The Second Half Of The Nineteenth Century At The Madrid Royal Conservatory, Diego Gabete-Rodriguez Jan 2017

Jesus De Monasterio (1836-1903): An Essential Figure In The Artistic And Technical Development Of Violin Playing In The Second Half Of The Nineteenth Century At The Madrid Royal Conservatory, Diego Gabete-Rodriguez

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Violinist, composer and pedagogue, Jesus de Monasterio had a transcendent role at the Madrid Royal Conservatory, where he pioneered the use of Franco-Belgian violin school techniques. He imported the academic structure of the Brussels Conservatory, where he was a student of Charles Auguste de Beriot, to the Madrid Conservatory, where he served as violin professor for more than 40 years and as director of the Conservatory for three years. Monasterio's "20 Estudios Artisticos de Concierto" (20 Concertante Artistic Studies) follows the fashion of other Franco-Belgian treatises for two violins, combining espressivo challenges in one part, and technical difficulties in the …

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Development And Evaluation Of A Patient Decision Aid For The West Virginia Physician Order For Scope Of Treatment (Post), Jarred V. Gallegos Jan 2017

Development And Evaluation Of A Patient Decision Aid For The West Virginia Physician Order For Scope Of Treatment (Post), Jarred V. Gallegos

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Decision aids have been shown to be helpful for patients making medical decisions. The use of decision aids can increase patient knowledge, decrease decisional conflict, and increase overall satisfaction with the treatment decision made. The purpose of the study was to develop and evaluate a novel video decision aid for the West Virginia Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (POST). There are no known decision aids developed to assist patients completing POST forms, thus there is a paucity of research investigating the nature, quality, and outcomes of the decision-making process of patients completing a POST form. Fifty English-speaking, community-dwelling older …

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The Impact Of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma On Primary Care And Costs Of Chronic Conditions In Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries, Rahul Garg Jan 2017

The Impact Of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma On Primary Care And Costs Of Chronic Conditions In Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries, Rahul Garg

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Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) is an aggressive form of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with a median age of diagnosis of 67 years. The intensive treatment of DLBCL can negatively influence elderly patients' preventive and chronic care, which can increase the costs of different chronic conditions. DLBCL diagnosis and treatment can affect patients' visits to their primary care providers (PCPs) and other specialists, which are important for patients' preventive screenings and chronic care. Further, having DLBCL increases the risk for breast cancer, and DLBCL treatment is associated with cardiotoxicity and increases the risk of osteoporosis and fractures. Thus, mammography and bone mineral …

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Beauty And The Brand: A Digital Ethnography Of Social Capital And Authenticity Of Digital Beauty Influencers Through Monetization Activities On Youtube, Hannah R. Gnegy Jan 2017

Beauty And The Brand: A Digital Ethnography Of Social Capital And Authenticity Of Digital Beauty Influencers Through Monetization Activities On Youtube, Hannah R. Gnegy

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This dissertation explored the maintenance of social capital, projection of authenticity, alignment of beauty brands with the brand-as-person, and communicative practices of beauty influencers through a digital ethnography of YouTube beauty community. This research addressed how monetization practices by popular beauty influencers could affect the social constructs required in maintaining their position in the digital community. As beauty influencers continue to gain notoriety and engage in monetization activities through their standing on YouTube, it was important to address how the social practices utilized to build this notoriety were impacted by commoditization of content, toward understanding the sustainability of these practices …

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Developing An Operational Model Of Sustainable Recreation: A Qualitative Study Of Usda Forest Service Southwestern Region National Forests, Jeremy A. Golston Jan 2017

Developing An Operational Model Of Sustainable Recreation: A Qualitative Study Of Usda Forest Service Southwestern Region National Forests, Jeremy A. Golston

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This thesis describes a qualitative investigation of the implementation of the Southwestern Strategy for Sustainable Recreation. Its purpose is to elaborate an operational model of sustainable recreation management. Eleven forest-level public land outdoor recreation management programs in the Southwestern Region of the USDA Forest Service developed five-year sustainable recreation action-plans in 2015 under the guidance of the Regional strategy. The purpose of this case-study research is to investigate how individual national forest-level recreation programs in the Southwestern Region operationalized sustainable recreation during the study time frame.;The grounded theory research approach applied in this research study reveals empirical knowledge about how …

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Sense Of Place And Belongingness In Outdoor Orientation Programming, John Greene Jan 2017

Sense Of Place And Belongingness In Outdoor Orientation Programming, John Greene

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Researchers utilized a quasi-experimental design to assess outcomes associated with outdoor orientation programming. Researchers measured quantitative variables associated with sense of place and belongingness. Literature suggests a theoretical association between individuals' relationship to place and their sense of belonging to others. To test these variables researchers created a curriculum designed to facilitate sense of place for students participating in week long outdoor orientation programs. A sample (n=228) of incoming students to West Virginia University participating in outdoor orientation trips was split into an experimental group and a control group. The control group received a standardized curriculum designed to successfully transition …

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An Abridged Study, Jacob Guzan Jan 2017

An Abridged Study, Jacob Guzan

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This MFA thesis addresses work completed and presented in a thesis exhibition at West Virginia University, the conceptual underpinnings of this work, and the personal motivations for such conceptual lines of inquiry. Focusing on traditional fine art practices of drawing and intaglio printmaking, the accurate reproduction of reality is a strategy for changing the context in which utilitarian infrastructural objects are seen. The goal of this project is to shift infrastructure from "eyesore" status to a state of aesthetic appreciation. Through visual isolation, these objects are given the opportunity to stand as discrete and sublime forms. The objects cease to …

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Civil Rights Remedies In Higher Education: Jurisprudential Limitations And Lost Moments In Time, Lia Epperson Jan 2017

Civil Rights Remedies In Higher Education: Jurisprudential Limitations And Lost Moments In Time, Lia Epperson

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Tobacco, Denormalization, Anti-Healthism, And Health Justice, Lindsay Wiley Jan 2017

Tobacco, Denormalization, Anti-Healthism, And Health Justice, Lindsay Wiley

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More Than Just Attendance: Individualistic Versus Collective Religious Socialization On Religious Change, Caitlin Halligan Jan 2017

More Than Just Attendance: Individualistic Versus Collective Religious Socialization On Religious Change, Caitlin Halligan

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With the recent rise in individuals not identifying with a religion, now is a prime time to research disaffiliation. Using data from the National Study of Youth and Religion, the present study examines whether or not collective religious participation in early adolescence, above and beyond individualistic religious participation, reduces the likelihood of disaffiliation in young adulthood. The results show that those who attended a religious youth group in early adolescence were less likely to disaffiliate in early adulthood than those who did not attend. Youth group seems to have a unique role in retaining youth involvement in the church.

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Tall Hisban 2011-2012: A Preliminary Report, Robert D. Bates, Jeffrey P. Hudon, Oystein S. Labianca Jan 2017

Tall Hisban 2011-2012: A Preliminary Report, Robert D. Bates, Jeffrey P. Hudon, Oystein S. Labianca

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Tall Hisban 2013 And 2014 Excavation Seasons: Exploration Of The Mediaeval Village And Long-Term Water Systems, Bethany J. Walker, Robert D. Bates, Jeffrey P. Hudon, Oystein S. Labianca Jan 2017

Tall Hisban 2013 And 2014 Excavation Seasons: Exploration Of The Mediaeval Village And Long-Term Water Systems, Bethany J. Walker, Robert D. Bates, Jeffrey P. Hudon, Oystein S. Labianca

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Preliminary Report On The 2014 And 2015 Seasons Of The Madaba Plains Project: Tall Jalul Excavations 2014 And 2015, Paul Z. Gregor, Constance E. Gane, Helena Gregor, Paul Z. Ray Jan 2017

Preliminary Report On The 2014 And 2015 Seasons Of The Madaba Plains Project: Tall Jalul Excavations 2014 And 2015, Paul Z. Gregor, Constance E. Gane, Helena Gregor, Paul Z. Ray

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An Examination Of The Consultation Component Of A Training Protocol For Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Carrie B. Jackson Jan 2017

An Examination Of The Consultation Component Of A Training Protocol For Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Carrie B. Jackson

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There is a growing need to train clinicians in evidence-based treatments (EBTs) to increase the accessibility of research-informed treatments in community settings (Herschell, Kolko, Baumann, & Davis, 2010). Multi-component trainings, which commonly include ongoing support, are more effective than one-day workshops, reading treatment manuals, and other brief training methods. The present study examines the effectiveness of one form of ongoing support, consultation, as part of a multi-component training protocol. Thirty-two community-based clinicians were trained in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) as part of a statewide implementation effort, and data were collected on several training (e.g., knowledge) and implementation (e.g., acceptability) outcomes …

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Tales From A Supportive Guardianship, Robert Dinerstein Jan 2017

Tales From A Supportive Guardianship, Robert Dinerstein

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Techno-Economic Studies Of Coal-Biomass To Liquids (Cbtl) Plants With Co2 Capture And Storage (Ccs), Yuan Jiang Jan 2017

Techno-Economic Studies Of Coal-Biomass To Liquids (Cbtl) Plants With Co2 Capture And Storage (Ccs), Yuan Jiang

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Due to insecurity in the crude oil supply and global warming, various alternative technologies for fuel production are being investigated. In this project, indirect, direct, and hybrid liquefaction routes are investigated for production of transportation fuels from coal and biomass. Indirect coal liquefaction (ICL) and direct coal liquefaction (DCL) technologies are commercially available, but both processes are plagued with high carbon footprint. Furthermore, significant amount of hydrogen is required in the DCL process leading not only to higher cost but resulting in considerable amount of CO2 production. Addition of biomass and application of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies are …

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A Study Of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Materials At High Temperature Using An Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope, Mahfuzur Rahman Jony Jan 2017

A Study Of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Materials At High Temperature Using An Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope, Mahfuzur Rahman Jony

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Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are promising energy conversion devices, but their economic viability depends on long term stability of the SOFC materials at the high operating temperatures. The in-situ study of materials degradation faces a great challenge because of the unavailability of analytical methods at those high temperatures. The traditional analytical techniques for degradation measurements are widely based on post-mortem studies. The cells or cell materials are cooled down to room temperature and are then subjected to microscopy-based methods. Combining post-mortem analyses with cell modelling, several studies have reported the following microstructural degradations: (a) Lanthanum Strontium Manganite (LSM) particles, …

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Aggregating Deep Features For Image Retrieval, Mohammad Eiad Kazkaz Jan 2017

Aggregating Deep Features For Image Retrieval, Mohammad Eiad Kazkaz

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Measuring visual similarity between two images is useful in several multimedia applications such as visual search and image retrieval. However, measuring visual similarity between two images is an ill-posed problem which makes it a challenging task.This problem has been tackled extensively by the computer vision and machine learning communities. Nevertheless, with the recent advancements in deep learning, it is now possible to design novel image representations that allow systems to measure visual similarity more accurately than existing and widely adopted approaches, such as Fisher vectors. Unfortunately, deep-learning-based visual similarity approaches typically require post-processing stages that can be computationally expensive. To …

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#Physical Activity: Influencing Parent Behavior Change Through Social Media, Adam Keath Jan 2017

#Physical Activity: Influencing Parent Behavior Change Through Social Media, Adam Keath

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Background: Parents play a major role in supporting physical activity in and around the home, creating a home environment that encourages physical activity as well as participation in activity with their children and supporting children's physically active lifestyles are important areas of concern for health promotion. Despite support for family-based interventions, there is still little evidence to demonstrate the most effective ways of targeting families with physical activity interventions. Social media has been one area of promise for connecting with parent participants in physical activity interventions. Sites like Facebook have an existing high prevalence of parent users and offer media-rich …

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Seasons In The Woods---Exploring Whether Seminar Attendance Is Influenced When Landowners Are Involved In Topic Selection, Agnes Kedmenecz Jan 2017

Seasons In The Woods---Exploring Whether Seminar Attendance Is Influenced When Landowners Are Involved In Topic Selection, Agnes Kedmenecz

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Private woodland owners play a key role in maintaining and improving environmental amenities for local and downstream communities. To support these owners in making informed land-use decisions, extension professionals often rely on needs assessments to develop well attended educational outreach programs that reflect their ever changing educational needs. Recent work, however, has indicated a low correlation between woodland owners' expressed educational needs and seminar attendance.;Seasons in the Woods is a three-part woodland focused education series used to explore whether landowners would be more likely to express interest, register, and attend forestry education seminars if they were given the chance to …

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Ripple Effect Mapping Of Youth & Adult Dyad Pairs Demonstrating Community Impact From Icook 4-H Intervention, Sina J.E. King Jan 2017

Ripple Effect Mapping Of Youth & Adult Dyad Pairs Demonstrating Community Impact From Icook 4-H Intervention, Sina J.E. King

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Introduction: Creating effective dissemination and implementation tools within community based, obesity prevention research is needed to bridge the current science to practice gap. Ripple Effect Mapping (REM) using Community Capitals Framework (CCF) is a community impact evaluation tool that is hypothesized to positively capture activity during dissemination within community programs. Although REM is a proposed impact evaluation method, it has not been widely adopted within the research sector. In order to facilitate the translation of research into evidenced based practice, a stepwise process must be described and tested to determine efficacy and effectiveness, followed by a method to translate findings …

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Comprehensive Analyses Of Mirna And Dna Methylation In 17beta-Estradiol Exposed Juvenile Rainbow Trout Skeletal Muscle, Prasanthi P. Koganti Jan 2017

Comprehensive Analyses Of Mirna And Dna Methylation In 17beta-Estradiol Exposed Juvenile Rainbow Trout Skeletal Muscle, Prasanthi P. Koganti

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Reproductive development in female teleosts like rainbow trout starts with release of the sex steroid estrogen, necessary for synthesis of the egg yolk protein vitellogenin. Increase in estrogen secretion during these reproductive phases results in increased energy demands. Skeletal muscle serves as an immediate endogenous source to address energy demands during vitellogenesis and spawning due to which it undergoes rapid degradation resulting in water accumulation, poor fillet and low egg quality. An imbalance in protein turnover is observed not only because of rapid increase in degradative pathways but also due to decreased protein synthesis. These changes in protein metabolism in …

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