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Engineering News, Fall 2017, School Of Engineering

Engineering News

No abstract provided.

Re:Align, George Washington University Cancer Center

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Ummra Info: Volume Xvii, Number 14, University Of Minnesota, Morris Retirees' Association

UMMRA Info

This newsletter includes: Letter from UMMRA president Maggie Larson, Coming events, Faculty and staff news, Kudos, Chancellor Michelle Behr sets goals for this academic year and beyond,

Profile: A Room Of Her Own: How Private Giving Supports Campus Mission, Communications And Marketing

Profile (1996-)

In this issue: Music of the Heart: How Sally Finzel honored her family and enhanced Morris's instrument collection; Giving news; Campus news briefs; Spring Fever: Year-end celebrations remembered in photos; Spotlight; A Room of Her Own: How private giving transforms our beautiful, smart campus; Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: How Chancellor Behr spent her first 100 days; The big picture; Alumni news; Class notes; Cougar sports news

2016-2017 Annual Diversity Report, Diversity And Inclusion, Lawrence University

Diversity and Inclusion Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Acculturation, Stress And Birth Outcomes In Mexican And Mexican American Women, Paulette A. Chaponniere

Peer Reviewed Articles

Purpose: This study examined the relationships between stress, stress buffers, acculturation and birth outcomes of infants born to 81 Mexican and Mexican American women living in West Michigan.

Method: An interrupted times series design was used to collect data prior to labor and delivery. Neuman’s Systems Model was used as the theoretical framework as it illustrates how stress impacts health outcomes. Women were recruited from local health and community agencies. Interviews were conducted in English or Spanish as desired by the subject using standardized questionnaires.

Results: Acculturation was negatively correlated with age (r = -.378, p < 0.001) and social support (r = -.258, p = .02). Bicultural women had the highest mean birth weight, and very Mexican–oriented women had the longest gestation. The third trimester of pregnancy was significantly different from the second trimester for stress, coping and social support. The women least integrated in either culture, e.g. marginalized (ARSMA-II), had the most stress. Spiritual coping predicted weight (β = .278) while pregnancy distress (β = -.237) and sense of belonging (β = -.258) predicted length of gestation.

Conclusion: Pregnancy-related distress was …

Vol. 93, No. 1 | Fall 2017, Bridgewater College

Bridgewater Magazine

Student Leadership

Regeneration Of Blood Vessels Within Diabetic Wounds After Treatment With Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Angel V. Contreras Cardenas, Tomas Rojo-Castro, Alan Alex, Gabriel Bascara, Rosalyn Isseroff, Thomas R. Peavy

STAR Program Research Presentations

Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects more than 30 million Americans. This disorder leads to a variety of acute and chronic complications, including diabetic ulcers (chronic wounds). Chronic wounds often persist due to poor regeneration of the blood supply which is essential to bring nutrients for healing. Particularly, diabetic individuals are prone to damage in their peripheral tissues which leads to a high prevalence of ulcers in their extremities, often leading to limb amputations. The aim of this study is to improve healing outcomes for diabetics through the use of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to stimulate healing, in which …

O1 Haplotype Diversity Of The Invasive Colonial Tunicate Didemnum Vexillum In Drakes Estero And Bodega Bay, Cecilia Hernandez, C. Sarah Cohen, Rachel Weinburg

STAR Program Research Presentations

The colonial ascidian Didemnum vexillum is an invasive species with detrimental economic and ecological impacts on ecosystems where it is newly introduced. Populations of this recent marine pest are rapidly expanding along the North American coasts and provide the opportunity to assess whether population proximity and shared environmental factors influence genetic relatedness. The population in Tomales Bay, CA is the most diverse measured to date on the Northeast Pacific coast with the population composed of six different haplotypes; other locations are composed of three or four haplotypes. The diversity in Tomales Bay suggests it be an anomaly or possibly a …

Invasive Species In The Delta: Segmentation And Classification Of Water Hyacinth And Primrose, T’Keyah Hamilton, Carolina Nava, Christopher Potter, Vanessa Genovese

STAR Program Research Presentations

Because of its great beauty, Eichhornia crassipes (Water Hyacinth), originally from South America, has been introduced to 4 continents. Furthermore, because of its genetic make-up, high versatility and resiliency, this plant has become a frightening invasive, affecting boating and shipping, farming, water quality and fishermen livelihood wherever it thrives. However, Water Hyacinth (WH) is only 1 of over 84 invasives in the California Delta, which is where we focused our study. We took photographs along the Delta in treated and non-treated areas, and used an ENVI segmentation tool to find the best parameters for discriminating Water Hyacinth and Primrose. Once …

Certifying Batteries For Techedsat Satellites And Adept Before Sending Them Onto The International Space Station, Alex T. Quyenvo

STAR Program Research Presentations

The technological and Educational Nanosatellites or TechEdSat Satellites TechEdSat is a series of CubeSats built by students of San Jose University and student interns of University of Idaho in working with NASA Ames. Since October 2012, NASA has launched a total of 5 TechEdSats. The latest is TechEdSat 5 in March 2017. Adaptable Deployable Entry and Placement Technology or ADEPT develops a low ballistic coefficient aeroshell technology that can reduce heat and g-loading during entry. It also enables missions with breakthrough capabilities for long term Mars human exploration. ADEPT enables 10x reduction in peak entry heating and deceleration loads. Batteries …

Comparative Analysis Of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (Poss) Using Tof-Sims, Danielle Baur, Xiao-Ying Yu

STAR Program Research Presentations

Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane, often referred to as POSS, is an important type of nanostructured chemical compound because of its properties which bridge the gap between ceramic and organic materials. POSS has a variety of applications as an additive, a plastic, as well as a preceramic. Some more detailed examples of these categories are thermal modifiers when used as an additive, medical material when used as a plastic, and cladding or electronic coating when used as a preceramic. The two main valuable features of POSS chemical technology are how large the molecule building block is and what the intermediate composition is …

Testing For Variation In Leptasterias Spp. Prey Preference Across Different Populations And Microhabitats, Adam S. Tricomo, C. Sarah Cohen

STAR Program Research Presentations

Sea star wasting disease (SSWD) has affected many asteroid populations on the Pacific Northwest coast in recent years. Because sea stars are keystone predators, the absence of them can severely alter the structure of intertidal communities. As populations diminish, it is important to understand what the preferred prey of sea stars is and how prey preference may affect distribution and abundance of sea stars. This laboratory study examined the prey preference of Leptasterias populations from Friday Harbor, Washington, Humboldt County, California, and Pigeon Point, California. The purpose of the study was to 1) determine if sea stars have a preferred …

A Pilot Study On The Effects Of Curcumin On Parasites, Inflammation, And Opportunistic Bacteria In Riding Horses, Samantha Wuest, Rebecca Lynn Atkinson, Stephanie D. Bland, Darcie Hastings

Peer-reviewed Articles

Twelve riding horses were utilized to examine the effects of curcumin on intestinal parasites, inflammation, and the fecal shedding of Streptococcus bovis/equinus complex (SBEC), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens. Known for having anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antiparasitic properties it was hypothesized that curcumin would decrease parasite shedding, inflammation, and opportunistic bacteria found in the GIT of riding horses. Horses were randomly assigned to one of the following treatments (n = 6/treatment): 1) no curcumin, control (CON); or 2) 15 g of 95% pure curcumin, (CUR). Curcumin was dosed per day for 30 d. Fecal samples were evaluated for shedding of …

Between The Columns Newsletter: Fall 2017, Eastern Kentucky University Libraries

Between the Columns Newsletter

Table of Contents

• From the Dean (p. 2)
• Fall 2017 Event Highlights (p. 3)
• Get to Know Your Librarian: Faculty Partnerships -- featuring Dr. Kevin Jones (p. 4-5)
• Kentucky Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship (p. 6)
• Copyright Tip: Fair Use and Blackboard (p. 7)
• Here’s to the Historians: An Interview with Dr. Thomas H. Appleton Jr. (p. 8-9)
• A Day in the Life of a Noel Studio Consultant -- featuring Claire Kelley, course-embedded consultant (p. 10)
• Honor Roll of Friends (p. 11)
• Dick Mayo Allen Scholarship recipient: Victoria Rousey '17 (p. 12)

Estrogens As Neuroprotectants: Estrogenic Actions In The Context Of Cognitive Aging And Brain Injury, E. B. Engler-Chiurazzi, C. M. Brown, J. M. Povroznik, J. W. Simpkins

Clinical and Translational Science Institute

There is ample empirical evidence to support the notion that the biological impacts of estrogen extend beyond the gonads to other bodily systems, including the brain and behavior. Converging preclinical findings have indicated a neuroprotective role for estrogen in a variety of experimental models of cognitive function and brain insult. However, the surprising null or even detrimental findings of several large clinical trials evaluating the ability of estrogen-containing hormone treatments to protect against age-related brain changes and insults, including cognitive aging and brain injury, led to hesitation by both clinicians and patients in the use of exogenous estrogenic treatments for …

Auditory Object Perception: A Neurobiological Model And Prospective Review, Julie A. Brefczynski-Lewis, James W. Lewis

Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Interaction with the world is a multisensory experience, but most of what is known about the neural correlates of perception comes from studying vision. Auditory inputs enter cortex with its own set of unique qualities, and leads to use in oral communication, speech, music, and the understanding of emotional and intentional states of others, all of which are central to the human experience. To better understand how the auditory system develops, recovers after injury, and how it may have transitioned in its functions over the course of hominin evolution, advances are needed in models of how the human brain is …

The Loop (Fall 2017), Taylor University

The Loop (2012-2017)

The Fall 2017 edition of Taylor University’s The Loop.

Wellesley Magazine Fall 2017, Wellesley College Alumnae Association

Wellesley Magazine (Alumnae Association)

Featured in this issue:

The Soul of Siberia at Risk / by Lisa Scanlon Mogolov ’99

Hope in Action / by Jennifer McFarland Flint

Road Map to Sustainability / by Catherine O’Neill Grace

Conservation in the Crowded Bush / by Amy Yee ’96

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Fall 2017, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

Women's And Gender Studies Fall 2017 Newsletter, Margaret Jacobs

Women's and Gender Studies Program: Information and Materials

Greetings from Women’s and Gender Studies! As many of you know, our program has been around for over forty years, since 1976. Until this year, we had never had an Academic Program Review (or APR), something most academic units go through every seven years. Last spring and summer we wrote a 25-page “Self-Study” for the APR about our program. This fall we hosted an APR team of three external WGS scholars and one UNL faculty member who spent three days interviewing WGS faculty and students as well as College of Arts and Science administrators and other chairs and directors in …

Oldowan Stone Tools And Hominin Cognition, Brittney Highland

Anthropology Undergraduate Senior Theses

The manufacturing of Oldowan stone tools marks a significant first step in human technological adaptation as part of the larger story of human evolution. Stone tools allow manipulation of the environment in a manner not capable by human ancestors’ “tooth and claw,” or biology, and just as importantly stone tool manufacture and use changes selective pressures related to cognition and learning. These cognitive/technological abilities drove the members of the genus Homo to become one of the most flexibly adaptive creatures on the planet. Examination of the evolution of human cognition and pedagogy allows for a more complete understanding of the …

Faculty Achievements, October 2017 Report, Otterbein University

Faculty Achievement Reports

No abstract provided.

Divergent Responses In Growth And Nutritional Quality Of Coastal Macroalgae To The Combination Of Increased Pco2 And Nutrients, Gordon T. Ober, Carol S. Thornber

Natural Resources Science Faculty Publications

Coastal ecosystems are subjected to global and local environmental stressors, including increased atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) (and subsequent ocean acidification) and nutrient loading. Here, we tested how two common macroalgal species in the Northwest Atlantic (Ulva spp. and Fucus vesiculosus Linneaus) respond to the combination of increased CO₂ and nutrient loading. We utilized two levels of pCO₂ with two levels of nutrients in a full factorial design, testing the growth rates and tissue quality of Ulva and Fucus grown for 21 days in monoculture and biculture. We found that the opportunistic, fast-growing Ulva exhibited increased …

Lifelines Fall 2017, Southern Adventist University

Lifelines - Biology Department Newsletter

The Fall 2017 issue of Lifelines contains articles on dinosaur research, student missions in Bolivia, an alumni spotlight, and Southern's preparations to become an official Tennessee Arboretum.

Opus: Fall 2017, Hope College

Opus: 2010-2019

An issue of Opus from fall 2017.

Aquilegia Volume 41 No. 5 Fall 2017, Jill Handwerk, Jennifer Neale, Kelly Ambler, Mary Menz

Aquilegia - Colorado Native Plant Society

No abstract provided.

A Lens With Multiple Perspectives: The Transformative Power Of Higher Education In Health Promotion, Alicia C. Stapp, Melinda W. Valliant, M. Allison Ford, Kristen A. Swain

Journal of Contemporary Research in Education

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chronic conditions represent the largest risk to America’s health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2013). Approximately 50% of adults are affected by at least one chronic disease and 25% of adults are affected by more than two (CDC, 2013). As this health crisis expands, those who have the power to create change must utilize it to their highest capacity. While the complexities of the current state of health are challenging, higher education provides a powerful platform wherein those intricacies can be fully examined and resolutions sought through multiple lenses. …

Table Of Contents

Madison Magazine

No abstract provided.

Philosophy Bakes No Bread, Babette Babich

Articles and Chapters in Academic Book Collections

Philosophy Bakes No Bread

Far from baking bread, far from practical applicability, philosophy traditionally sought to explain the world, ideally so. Thus, when Marx argued that it was high time philosophy “change the world,” his was a revolutionary challenge. Today, philosophy is an analytic affair and analytic philosophers seek less to explain the world than to squirrel out arguments or, more descriptively, to resolve the minutiae of this or that name problem. Faced with diminishing student demand, analytic philosophers have taken to urging that everyone from primary school students to scientists be required to study (analytic) philosophy. Just so, applied …