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January 23, 2017 Armstrong Faculty Senate Minutes, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Minutes (Archived)

January 23, 2017 Armstrong Faculty Senate Minutes

January 23, 2017 Armstrong Faculty Senate Agenda, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Armstrong Faculty Senate Agenda (Archived)

January 23, 2017 Armstrong Faculty Senate Agenda

Effects Of Initial Aquifer Conditions On Economic Benefits From Groundwater Conservation, T. Foster, N. Brozovic, A. P. Butler

Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute: Faculty Publications

Worldwide, there is growing recognition of the need to reduce agricultural groundwater use in response to rapid rates of aquifer depletion. To date, however, few studies have evaluated how benefits of conservation vary along an aquifer’s depletion pathway. To address this question, we develop an integrated modeling framework that couples an agro-economic model of farmers’ field-level irrigation decisionmaking with a borehole-scale groundwater flow model. Unique to this framework is the explicit consideration of the dynamic reductions in well yields that occur as an aquifer is depleted, and how these changes in intraseasonal groundwater supply affect farmers’ ability to manage production …

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - January 22, 2017, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the January 22, 2017 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's Newsletter - Watercooler.

Contents Include:

Class of 2017 Medical Students Named to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

USA Medical Students Participate in Medical Spanish Interest Group

USA Welcomes Jeanine North, PA-C

February Med School Café- What Causes Autism?

Promote Growth And Animal Health With Isoflavones In Red Clover And Other Legumes, Michael D. Flythe, Glen E. Aiken

Forage Symposium at the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Convention

The field of nutrition has continued to expand since the 18th century. We once thought that the only important components in foods and feeds were proteins, carbohydrates, fats and salts. Evidence was slowly pieced together to show that certain minor components were essential for life, and the vitamins were discovered. Like the doctors that first suspected vitamins were essential, some cattlemen have long noted advantages in animal performance and health on certain diets in ways that cannot be explained by a simple forage analysis. Today, we are learning the roles that phenolic plant secondary metabolites, sometimes called polyphenols, play in …

Occupational Styrene Exposure On Auditory Function Among Adults: A Systematic Review Of Selected Workers, Francis T. Pleban, Olutosin Oketope, Laxmi Shrestha

Public Health, Health Administration, and Health Sciences Faculty Research

A review study was conducted to examine the adverse effects of styrene, styrene mixtures, or styrene and/or styrene mixtures and noise on the auditory system in humans employed in occupational settings. The search included peer-reviewed articles published in English language involving human volunteers spanning a 25-year period (1990–2015). Studies included peer review journals, case–control studies, and case reports. Animal studies were excluded. An initial search identified 40 studies. After screening for inclusion, 13 studies were retrieved for full journal detail examination and review. As a whole, the results range from no to mild associations between styrene exposure and auditory dysfunction, …

Critical Theory And Global Development, David Ingram

Philosophy: Faculty Publications and Other Works

This chapter explores recent research by critical theorists concerning theories of (under)development. Drawing from the research of Thomas McCarthy, Axel Honneth, Jurgen Habermas, Amy Allen, Nancy Fraser, and others, the author explores some of the divergent responses critical theorists have given toward the theory and practice of global developmental assistance. Some theorists defending a strong modernist approach to development (e.g., McCarthy, Habermas and Honneth) appear to endorse a logic of development that works within a domesticated model of capitalist markets and lending practices; others (Allen and Fraser) reject this approach. The chapter raises questions about how development that fits within …

Critical Theory And Global Development, David Ingram

Philosophy: Faculty Publications and Other Works

This chapter explores recent research by critical theorists concerning theories of (under)development. Drawing from the research of Thomas McCarthy, Axel Honneth, Jurgen Habermas, Amy Allen, Nancy Fraser, and others, the author explores some of the divergent responses critical theorists have given toward the theory and practice of global developmental assistance. Some theorists defending a strong modernist approach to development (e.g., McCarthy, Habermas and Honneth) appear to endorse a logic of development that works within a domesticated model of capitalist markets and lending practices; others (Allen and Fraser) reject this approach. The chapter raises questions about how development that fits within …

In The News: Jan. 21, 2017, Michael Duricy

Marian Library Blog Archive

Read recent items about Mary in both Catholic and secular news. Also see International Marian Research Institute news and updates.

A Six Thousand-Year Record Of Climate And Land-Use Change From Mediterranean Seagrass Mats, Lourdes Lopez-Merino, Nieves Colas-Ruiz, Maria Adame, Oscar Serrano, Antonio Cortizas, Miguel-Angel Mateo

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

The Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica maintains a biodiverse ecosystem and it is a world-wide important carbon sink. It grows for millennia, accumulating organic-rich soils (mats) beneath the meadows. This marine habitat is protected by the European Union; however, it is declining rapidly due to coastal development. Understanding its response to disturbances could inform habitat restoration, but many environmental impacts predate monitoring programs (years).
This research explores the palaeoecological potential of Posidonia mats to reconstruct six thousand years of environmental change that could have affected Posidonia meadows and, in turn, left an imprint on the mats.
Palynological, microcharcoal, magnetic susceptibility and …

Development Of Immuno- Nanoparticles For Targeting Schistosoma Parasites, Eman Rabie Abdul-Ghany

Theses and Dissertations

Praziquantel (PZQ) is the drug of choice for treatment of schistosomiasis since its discovery in 1972. According to World Health Organization (WHO), schistosomiasis is the second most prevalent parasitic disease worldwide that has no effective vaccine yet. Schistosoma parasites infect more than 200 million people in about 76 countries and about 700 million people are at risk.PZQ is not only used for treatment of schistosomiasis, but it is also used for control of other parasitic diseases and it is included on the Model List of Essential Medicines of WHO. Parasitic diseases, despite their significant global burden, have been rather under …

Religious/Spiritual Coping In Older African American Women, Danice B. Greer, Willie M. Abel

The Qualitative Report

The purpose of this study was to identify religious/spiritual coping behaviors of African American women with hypertension (HTN) and explore how religious/spiritual coping influences adherence to high blood pressure (HBP) therapy in older African American women. A mixed-method research design guided this study. Twenty African American women with primary HTN were enrolled in this study using a mixed methods concurrent triangulation design. Data collection included physiologic, descriptive, and sociodemographic data. Adherence was measured using the Hill-Bone Compliance to High Blood Pressure Therapy scale (Kim, Hill, Bone, & Levine, 2000), and religious/spiritual coping was evaluated with the Brief Religious/Spiritual Coping scale. …

Nitrogen Sustainability: Impediments To Action And Communication, Eric E. Jorgensen

Journal of Environmental Sustainability

“Sustainability” is widely used to imply the presence of explicit consideration of environmentally friendly needs and that high societal-value is placed on those needs. However, it is abundantly clear after 30 years that talking about sustainability and achieving it are two entirely different things. The core concept underlying sustainability is that current human practices and activities be conducted so as to not degrade prospects for future generations. With nitrogen, conflicts about sustainability in-theory and sustainability in-practice are close to the surface because of nitrogen’s central role in food production and economic activity. Measures of nitrogen inputs commonly range as high …

“Science Is Not My Thing”: Exploring Deaf Non-Science Majors’ Science Identities, Cara L. Gormally, Amber Marchut

Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities

Students who are deaf and hard-of-hearing are underrepresented in science majors, yet we know little about why. Students from other underrepresented groups in science—women and people of color—tend to highly value altruistic or communal career goals, while perceiving science as uncommunal. Research suggests that holding stereotypical conceptions about scientists and perceptions of science as uncommunal may strongly hinder recruitment into science majors. This study sought to explore the science identities of students who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing signers. The study focused on non-science majors in bilingual (American Sign Language and written English) biology laboratory courses. This study is the …

Exile Vol. Vi No. 2, Raymond Berger, Jean Ludwig, Dennis Trudell, Patricia Wagenhals, Robert Canary, Christine Condit, James Gallant, Lee Cullen, William Bennett

Exile

EDITORIAL 4-5

Clearing in the Forest (woodcut) by Raymond Berger 6

Haiku (poems) by Jean Ludwig 7

Four in Another Punchbowl (story) 8-15

Untitled (etching) by Patricia Wagenhals 16

Staggering Sky (poem) by Robert Canary 16

Song (poem) by Christine Condit 17

Quadrangle (poem) by James Gallant 18-19

P Stands for Pole (story) by Lee Cullen 20-30

The Beachcomber (poem) by William Bennett 31

Harvest in Kansas (poem) by James Gallant 32

Awarded the semi-annual EXILE-Denison Bookstore Writing Prize: P Stands for Pole by Lee Cullen 20-30

High Throughput In Vivo Functional Validation Of Candidate Congenital Heart Disease Genes In Drosophila., Jun-Yi Zhu, Yulong Fu, Margaret Nettleton, Adam Richman, Zhe Han

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

Genomic sequencing has implicated large numbers of genes and de novo mutations as potential disease risk factors. A high throughput in vivo model system is needed to validate gene associations with pathology. We developed a Drosophila-based functional system to screen candidate disease genes identified from Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) patients. 134 genes were tested in the Drosophila heart using RNAi-based gene silencing. Quantitative analyses of multiple cardiac phenotypes demonstrated essential structural, functional, and developmental roles for more than 70 genes, including a subgroup encoding histone H3K4 modifying proteins. We also demonstrated the use of Drosophila to evaluate cardiac phenotypes resulting …

In Vivo Detection Of Cucurbit[6]Uril, A Hyperpolarized Xenon Contrast Agent For A Xenon Magnetic Resonance Imaging Biosensor, Francis T. Hane, Tao Li, Peter Smylie, Raiili M. Pellizzari, Jennifer A. Plata, Brenton Deboef, Mitchell S. Albert

Chemistry Faculty Publications

The Hyperpolarized gas Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (HyperCEST) Magnetic Resonance (MR) technique has the potential to increase the sensitivity of a hyperpolarized xenon-129 MRI contrast agent. Signal enhancement is accomplished by selectively depolarizing the xenon within a cage molecule which, upon exchange, reduces the signal in the dissolved phase pool. Herein we demonstrate the in vivodetection of the cucurbit[6]uril (CB6) contrast agent within the vasculature of a living rat. Our work may be used as a stepping stone towards using the HyperCEST technique as a molecular imaging modality.

Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, College Of Natural Resources, January 20, 2017 - Forest Ecology Specialization Within The M.S. And Ph.D. Ecology Degrees, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Utah State University offers MS and PhD degrees in Ecology through multiple departments and colleges at Utah State University. Two specializations exist for this degree: the Aquatic Ecology specialization (offered through the Watershed Sciences Department) and the Wildlife Ecology specialization (offered through the Wildland Resources Department). The Wildland Resources Department (WILD) proposes to add a Forest Ecology specialization at the MS and PhD levels. This would be a specialization conferred only by the Wildland Resources Department, which is the home to the majority of courses involved in the proposal, and is also home to the majority of USU faculty with …

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes Jan 20, 2017, A-State Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

Meeting minutes for the Faculty Senate held on January 20, 2017.

Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, College Of Natural Resources, January 20, 2017 - Climate Adaptation Science (Cas), Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Utah State University requests approval to offer the following Degree: Climate Adaptation Science (CAS) emphases effective Spring 2017.

Remote Sensing Based Evaluation Of Effectiveness Of Wetland Protection Project In Sanjiang Plain, China, He Xingyuan, Jia Mingming, Wang Zongming, Ren Chunying, Zheng Haifeng, Guo Yuedong, Zhang Xinhou, Xin Xiaoping

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

In order to strengthen wetland protection, regulations called "The National Wetland Protection Project (2002-2030)" were issued by China's central government. Among the projects, wetlands in the Sanjiang Plain were given priority for restoration and protection. In this study, remote sensing data obtained from 2000 to 2015 are adopted to evaluate the effectiveness of wetland protection project in the aspects of area and distribution, landscape patterns, ecosystem quality, and ecosystem services. The results showed that, since 2000, the area extend of wetlands is decreased by 2508.55 km ², the decrease rates of 2000-2010 and 2010-2015 are 209.40 km ²/year …

A Qualitative Case Study Describing The Relationship Of Physical Activity And Classroom Behaviors Expectations For Elementary Students With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Steven Robert Wehrle

Theses and Dissertations

This case study examined the relationship of elementary age students' participation in a before-school physical activity program and their adherence to the behavioral expectations in the morning homeroom period. Students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) demonstrate behaviors such as impulsivity, hyperactivity, and inattention. One theory that as to the cause of these behaviors is the lack of a synaptic connection in the Executive Functioning brain area, which is caused by the lack of dopamine and norepinephrine which increase during physical activity.

This case study was conducted using three student participants diagnosed with ADHD and their classroom teacher. Data collection …

Effects Of Spatially Distributed Stream Power On Check Dam Function In Small Upland Watersheds: A Case Study Of The Upper Laja Watershed, Guanajuato, Mexico, Zachary Andrew Herzfeld

Dissertations and Theses

Watershed restoration comes in a variety of forms depending on which set of problems are sought to be remedied. Severe soil erosion, in the form of gullying and/or headcutting, can be mitigated through constructing check dams in well-selected locations. This practice has been used throughout the upland subwatersheds within the Upper Laja River watershed in Guanajuato, México. The present study employed Wolman pebble counts to systematically assess the effectiveness of 21 check dams located near the city of San Miguel de Allende. Particle size distributions taken directly downstream and upstream of each check dam were differentiated, aggregated and compared--with the …

Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, College Of Humanities And Social Sciences, January 20, 2017 – Climate Adaptation Science, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Utah State University requests approval to offer the following Degree: Climate Adaptation Science (CAS) emphases effective Spring 2017.

Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, College Of Natural Resources, January 20, 2017 - Bs: Management And Restoration Of Aquatic Ecosystems, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Utah State University requests approval to offer the following Degree: BS: Management and Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems with emphases effective Fall 2017.

Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, College Of Agriculture And Applied Sciences, January 20, 2017 - Climate Adaptation Science For Applied Economics, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Utah State University requests approval to offer the following Degree: Climate Adaptation Science (CAS) emphases effective Spring 2017.

Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, College Of Engineering, January 20, 2017, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Utah State University requests approval to offer the following Degree: Climate Adaptation Science (CAS) emphases effective Spring 2017.

The Relationship Of High-Intensity Cross-Training With Arterial Stiffness, Jamie F. Burr, Jenny L. Beck, John J. Durocher

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

Background

Central arterial stiffness is a cardiovascular risk factor that can be readily affected through engagement in physical exercise training, with resistance and aerobic exercise having disparate affects. Despite the growing popularity of high-intensity cross-training (HICT), little is currently known about the effects of this mixed modality exercise stimulus on arterial stiffness. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to characterize the arterial stiffness of habitual HICT participants vs. aerobically active and sedentary controls using a cross-sectional design.

Methods

A total of 30 participants were recruited: 10 middle-aged long-term participants of HICT (CrossFit) and 20 age, sex, and height matched …

Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, College Of Agriculture And Applied Sciences, January 20, 2017 - Climate Adaptation Science, For Plants, Soils, & Climate, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Utah State University requests approval to offer the following Degree: Climate Adaptation Science (CAS) emphases effective Spring 2017.

Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, College Of Science, January 20, 2017, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Utah State University requests approval to offer the following Degree: Climate Adaptation Science (CAS) emphases effective Spring 2017.