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

Watercooler Newsletter

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

Contents Include:

Dr. Christopher Anderson to Present Frazer/Leigh Memorial Lecture

Med School Café- Expert Advice For the Community

Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming Town Hall Meeting

Dr. Richard Honkanen Collaborates with Leading Researchers Across the Globe in Search of Treatment for Rare Disease

USA Welcomes Dr. Jin H. Kim

This Week: Rainbow Cancer Walk-A-Thon

Handbook For Success In Leadership, Elizabeth Barth-Thacker, Janet Marks, Bryan Thompson

Student Articles

Andrew Carnegie reportedly once said that he wanted to put on his gravestone, “Here lies a man who knew how to put into his service more able men than he was himself” (Carnegie & Covey, 2017). If we think of these words as how Andrew Carnegie feels about what made him a success and an effective leader, we must recognize that leadership characteristics are multi-faceted and require more than just one component. Nahavandi (2015) shared that the definition of leadership effectiveness should consider all the roles and functions a leader performs and the way that should be measured is on …

Hidden Players Of Ethical Mentoring For Women Graduate Students In Science And Engineering, Laura Gelles, Idalis Villanueva, Marialuisa Di Stefano

Engineering Education Faculty Publications

The relationship a graduate student and their research advisor have while they work together in academia is pivotal to the development and success of the research and involved parties (Polson, 2003). Students rely on their advisor to guide them through the academic and research process while also being a role model of professional and ethical behavior (Johnson, 2016; King, 2003). In essence, a research advisor must accept the trust and confidence of the graduate student to act in their best interest by following ethical mentoring principles. However, if the advisor is unaware of the best interest of their students or …

Critical Thinking, Decision Making And Mindfullness, Lovely Noel, Stephanie Pierre, Jeffery Watson

Student Articles

Everyone in an organization have experienced the act of choosing. While some members may have to choose something very minuscule, other team members have to choose options that can be beneficial or detrimental towards the organization, depending on their position, rank or title. For example, education is an organization that constantly must choose options that will advance students’ achievement. From having to choose the type of students that are placed into certain classrooms, to deciding whether the organization will use certain resources for students to use to gain success, the possibilities are endless. This process of choosing is entitled decision-making, …

Measuring Coupling Of Rhythmical Time Series Using Cross Sample Entropy And Cross Recurrence Quantification Analysis, John D. Mccamley, William Denton, Elizabeth E. Lyden, Jennifer M. Yentes

Journal Articles

The aim of this investigation was to compare and contrast the use of cross sample entropy (xSE) and cross recurrence quantification analysis (cRQA) measures for the assessment of coupling of rhythmical patterns. Measures were assessed using simulated signals with regular, chaotic, and random fluctuations in frequency, amplitude, and a combination of both. Biological data were studied as models of normal and abnormal locomotor-respiratory coupling. Nine signal types were generated for seven frequency ratios. Fifteen patients with COPD (abnormal coupling) and twenty-one healthy controls (normal coupling) walked on a treadmill at three speeds while breathing and walking were recorded. xSE and …

Turning Teens Into Fossilphiles: Citizen Science And Advanced Visualization Of Paleontology Collections, Khai Button, Lynn Cross, K. Ren Rende, Patricia G. Weaver, Jacob A. Van Veldhuizen, Lisa L. Herzog, Lindsay Zanno

Teacher Education Faculty Publications

In 2016, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS) received funding from NSF’s Collections in Support of Biological Research Program to launch a new citizen science initiative—FossilPhiles—aimed at improving publically accessible natural history specimen data. The FossilPhiles project supported NCMNS’ ongoing efforts to digitize paleontology collections and provide STEM opportunities for historically underrepresented student populations by engaging middle and high school students in authentic data collection.

Five students were chosen from area schools with underserved populations to digitize highly significant or visually impactful vertebrate, invertebrate, and paleobotanical fossil specimens (e.g., type specimens, rare collections, specimens of high public interest). …

Advocacy In The Workplace: Raising Awareness About Huntington's Disease And Brain Health, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.

Biological Sciences Helps Freshmen Connect With Support, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

An Update On The Sociomicrobiology Of Quorum Sensing In Gram-Negative Biofilm Development, Daniel Passos Da Silva, Melissa C. Schofield, Matthew R. Parsek, Boo Shan Tseng

Life Sciences Faculty Research

Bacteria are social creatures that are able to interact and coordinate behaviors with each other in a multitude of ways. The study of such group behaviors in microbes was coined “sociomicrobiology” in 2005. Two such group behaviors in bacteria are quorum sensing (QS) and biofilm formation. At a very basic level, QS is the ability to sense bacterial density via cell-to-cell signaling using self-produced signals called autoinducers, and biofilms are aggregates of cells that are attached to one another via a self-produced, extracellular matrix. Since cells in biofilm aggregates are in close proximity, biofilms represent an ecologically relevant environment for …

Spectroscopic And Computational Studies Of Reversible O2 Binding By A Cobalt Complex Of Relevance To Cysteine Dioxygenase, Anne A. Fischer, Sergey V. Lindeman, Adam T. Fiedler

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

The substitution of non-native metal ions into metalloenzyme active sites is a common strategy for gaining insights into enzymatic structure and function. For some nonheme iron dioxygenases, replacement of the Fe(II) center with a redox-active, divalent transition metal (e.g., Mn, Co, Ni, Cu) gives rise to an enzyme with equal or greater activity than the wild-type enzyme. In this manuscript, we apply this metal-substitution approach to synthetic models of the enzyme cysteine dioxygenase (CDO). CDO is a nonheme iron dioxygenase that initiates the catabolism of L-cysteine by converting this amino acid to the corresponding sulfinic acid. Two mononuclear …

The Restored Gospel In Psychology

Intuition: The BYU Undergraduate Journal of Psychology

Theism is largely absent from contemporary psychology (Slife & Whoolery, 2006). The root assumptions ,f control predictability, biological determinism, and moral relativism inherent in many dominant psychological theories (Slife & Williams, 1995) and contradict knowledge provided by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is impossible to fully incorporate Gospel doctrines into psychology while operating under these assumptions. Such truths cannot be added onto methods and theories that inherently oppose them. Thus, to be a theist in contemporary psychology, changes must be made at the very basic conceptions of human nature and behavior (Slife & Whoolery, 2006). Prerequisite to any psychological …

Through Another's Eyes . . . The Life Of A Galapageno, Mariah Hellebrandt

2017-18 Field Notes

While still in the midst of their study abroad experiences, students at Linfield College write reflective essays. Their essays address issues of cultural similarity and difference, compare lifestyles, mores, norms, and habits between their host countries and home, and examine changes in perceptions about their host countries and the United States. In this essay, Mariah Hellebrandt describes her observations during her study abroad program at the Galapagos Academic Institute for the Arts and Sciences in Ecuador.

The Inauguration Of Paul Lowell Haines, Edd, Jd, Taylor University

Inauguration Programs

The program for the inauguration of Paul Lowell Haines, EdD, JD as the 31st President of Taylor University on October 20, 2017.

Urban Foraging: A Ubiquitous Human Practice Overlooked By Urban Planners, Policy, And Research, Charlie M. Shackleton, Patrick T. Hurley, Annika C. Dahlberg, Marla R. Emery, Harini Nagendra

Environment and Sustainability Faculty Publications

Although hardly noticed or formally recognized, urban foraging by humans probably occurs in all urban settings around the world. We draw from research in India, South Africa, Sweden, and the United States to demonstrate the ubiquity and varied nature of urban foraging in different contexts. Across these different contexts, we distill seven themes that characterize and thereby advance thinking about research and the understanding of urban foraging. We show that it is widespread and occurs across a variety of urban spaces and places. The species used and the local practices vary between contexts, and are in constant flux as urban …

The Busy Man’S Arxiv, Henrik Spoon

Upstate New York Science Librarians Conference

The presentation concerns arXiv.org, a repository of electronic preprints, including the need to filter the huge volume of discipline specific materials being added. Description of history of arXiv.org, submitting items, research disciplines included, usage statistics, download rates, and how to stay on top of publications in the field of interest. BMarXiv is suggested as a possible solution to the large volume of information.

The Chanticleer, 2017-10-20, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.

Assessment Of Intra And Interregional Genetic Variation In The Eastern Red-Backed Salamander, Plethodon Cinereus, Via Analysis Of Novel Microsatellite Markers, Alexander C. Cameron

Biology

The red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus) has long-served as a model system in ecology, evolution, and behavior, and studies surveying molecular variation in this species have become increasingly common over the past decade. However, difficulties are commonly encountered when extending microsatellite markers to populations that are unstudied from a genetic perspective due to high levels of genetic differentiation across this species’ range. To ameliorate this issue, we used 454 pyrosequencing to identify hundreds of microsatellite loci. We then screened 40 of our top candidate loci in populations in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio—including an isolated island population ~ 4.5 km off the …

Spread Of Common Native And Invasive Grasses And Ruderal Trees Following Anthropogenic Disturbances In A Tropical Dry Forest, Xavier A. Jaime, Skip J. Van Bloem, Frank H. Koch, Stacy A.C. Nelson

Publications

Introduction

A fundamental challenge to the integrity of tropical dry forest ecosystems is the invasion of non-native grass species. These grasses compete for resources and fuel anthropogenic wildfires. In 2012, a bulldozer from the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority cleared a 570-m trail from a state road into a mature dry forest section of Guánica Forest to control a wildfire. We monitored colonization by a non-native invasive grass (Megathyrsus maximus), a highly invasive tree (Leucaena leucocephala), and a native grass (Uniola virgata), as well as natural regeneration, along the bulldozer trail. We determined whether …

The Scarlet - October 20, 2017, Scarlet Staff

The Scarlet (Student Newspaper) (2011-present)

The October 20, 2017 edition of The Scarlet (est. 1939), Clark University's student-run newspaper. The Scarlet is intellectually and editorially independent of the University.

Fish Exposure Studies: Associated Water, Sediment And Food Microbiology And Mutagenic Potential, Lauren Mcdaniel

C-IMAGE data

As part of an ongoing assessment of the long-term impacts of oil and dispersants on ecosystem health experiments were performed to examine the effects of exposure on different species of fish and varying routes of exposure. As a part of this study we directly assessed the mutagenic potential of the contaminated treatments as well as the surrounding environment in which the fish were contained. For these assessments we used the biologically based assay of DNA damage termed the Microscreen Assay. General microbiological parameters including total viral and bacterial counts and culturable bacterial counts were also measured. Fish experiment data are …

Happy Beginnings: Plant Biology Alum Says Answers Waiting To Be Found In Fossils, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Preconditioning And Hypothermia In Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury To The Endothelial Cells Of Blood Vessels In Oryctolagus Cuniculus, Mohamad F. Ismet, Yefta Moenadjat, Aria Kekalih

The New Ropanasuri Journal of Surgery

Introduction. Ischemia/reperfusion injury (I/RI) remain a problem in post–hypoxia period, leading to remote organ injury. Studies showed that ischemic preconditioning (IPC) and hypothermia (HI) let destructive effect of ischemia to be minimized. The aim of study was to find out the impacts of interventions such as IPC and HI on morphology and function of the endothelial distal to ligation (ischemia) and contralateral vessel (I/RI). Method. An experimental study carried out by ligation the right common femoral artery of Oryctolagus cuniculus to induce ischemia. Endothelial cells distal to ligation and contralateral side was subjected to investigation. The effect of IPC and …

External Auditory Exostoses And Hearing Loss In The Shanidar 1 Neandertal, Erik Trinkaus, Sebastian Villotte

KIP Articles

The Late Pleistocene Shanidar 1 older adult male Neandertal is known for the crushing fracture of his left orbit with a probable reduction in vision, the loss of his right forearm and hand, and evidence of an abnormal gait, as well as probable diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis. He also exhibits advanced external auditory exostoses in his left auditory meatus and larger ones with complete bridging across the porus in the right meatus (both Grade 3). These growths indicate at least unilateral conductive hearing (CHL) loss, a serious sensory deprivation for a Pleistocene hunter-gatherer. This condition joins the meatal atresia of …

Development Of A Marine Compatible Biological Assay For Mutagenic Compounds, Lauren Mcdaniel

C-IMAGE data

One of the primary negative effects of environmental oil exposure is the potential for mutagenic, or DNA damaging effects. This can lead to heritable genetic damage in higher organisms with long-term environmental impact. The biological effect of contamination is difficult to estimate on the basis of chemical profiles due to the complexity of environmental samples. Thus, biologically based assays give a closer approximation of the actual ecological impacts of contamination. To measure the mutagenic or DNA damaging potential of samples we currently utilize the Microscreen Assay, which is based upon a strain of Escherichia coli that is sensitive to mutagenic …

Alcohol Consumption Impairs The Ependymal Cilia Motility In The Brain Ventricles, Alzahra J. Al Omran, Hannah C. Saternos, Yusuf S. Althobaiti, Alexander Wisner, Youssef Sari, Surya M. Nauli, Wissam A. Aboualaiwi

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Ependymal cilia protrude into the central canal of the brain ventricles and spinal cord to circulate the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF). Ependymal cilia dysfunction can hinder the movement of CSF leading to an abnormal accumulation of CSF within the brain known as hydrocephalus. Although the etiology of hydrocephalus was studied before, the effects of ethanol ingestion on ependymal cilia function have not been investigated in vivo. Here, we report three distinct types of ependymal cilia, type-I, type-II and type-III classified based upon their beating frequency, their beating angle, and their distinct localization within the mouse brain-lateral ventricle. Our studies …

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

Faculty Senate Minutes

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

Volume Cxxxv, Number 5, October 20, 2017, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

Exploring Workplace Mistreatment And Nurses' Ability To Provide Quality Patient Care, Christine M. Moffa

Biennial Convention (CONV)

We examined the relationship between workplace mistreatment (bullying etc.) and nurses' ability to provide quality care to patients. A social justice model was used as a lens to examine if detriments to nurse well-being filter down to patient care. We also tested caring workplace as a moderator of this relationship.

Kinetic Characterization Of Listeria Monocytogenes 2-C- Methyl-D-Erythritol 4-Phosphate Cytidylyltransferase ( Cms ) Enzymes Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography ( Hplc ), Mark Oblazny

Theses and Dissertations

Infectious diseases, with increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria, coupled with the declining rate in discovery of antimicrobial agents, impose one of the most significant threats to human health. Here we identify 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate cytidylyltransferase (CMS) as a valid target for antibiotic development which is an enzyme in pathogenic organisms that leads to the biosynthesis of isoprene precursor molecules. Isoprene molecules are one of nature’s most common building blocks that are vital to many biological metabolic processes and are synthesized via the mevalonic acid dependent (MVA), or methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway. Vertebrates utilize the MVA pathway, while many pathogenic bacteria …

The Echo: October 20, 2017, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

Welcome, Mr. President – Pass go – No game today – After school art program kicks off – Taking a knee – Taylor alumnus crowned Indiana’s top teacher – Uncovering Taylor’s own Indiana Jones – Custom costumes without the cost – Geocaching Definitions – Geocache me outside – The Bi-weekly Bachelor and Bachelorette – Brecken’s Breakdown – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Tweets – Heartland is for film lovers – We are women – Welcome back, Marion Philharmonic! – Muslim students on our doorstep – Pollard sets record in Trojans loss – Weekly Preview – Men’s soccer gives their seniors a …