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The Indiana Statesman, September 25, 2017, Indiana State University

Student Newspaper

ISU celebrates bisexual awareness week; Mexico rescues continue: death toll reaches 274

Columbia Chroncle (09/25/2017), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from September 25, 2017 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 40 pages and is listed as Volume 53, Issue 4. Cover story: "Making history: Lena Waithe talks her Emmy win". Editor-in-Chief: Zoe Eitel

Substrate-Borne Communication In Chameleons: Do Vibrations Induce Behavioral Changes?, Emily J. Hamilton

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Understanding the modes of communication used by a species is essential to understanding their ecology, behavior, and evolution. Substrate-borne vibrations have been reported to be produced by the veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus), possibly implemented by use of a gular pouch. We found that veiled chameleons produced vibrations under dominance and mating behavioral contexts. We tested the sensitivity of veiled chameleons to vibrations by placing chameleons, one at a time, on a wooden dowel attached to a permanent magnetic shaker and recording each chameleon’s behavior before, during, and after a three-pulse vibrational stimulus of 25, 50, 150, 300, or 600 Hz. …

Spatial And Temporal Variation In Brackish Wetland Seedbanks: Implications For Wetland Restoration Following Phragmites Control, Eric L. G. Hazelton, Rebekah Downard, Karin M. Kettenring, Melissa K. Mccormick, Dennis F. Whigham

Ecology Center Publications

Chesapeake Bay tidal wetlands are experiencing a broad-scale, aggressive invasion by the non-native, clonal grass Phragmites australis. The grass is often managed with herbicides in efforts to restore native plant communities and wildlife habitat. Management efforts, however, can act as a disturbance, resulting in increased light availability, potentially fostering reinvasion from soil seedbanks. If native vegetation establishes quickly from seedbanks, the site should have greater resiliency against invasion, while disturbed sites where native plants do not rapidly establish may be rapidly colonized by P. australis. We surveyed the soil seedbank of three vegetation cover types in five Chesapeake …

When Is A Randomised Controlled Trial Health Equity Relevant? Development And Validation Of A Conceptual Framework., J Jull, M Whitehead, M Petticrew, E Kristjansson, D Gough, J Petkovic, J Volmink, C Weijer, M Taljaard, S Edwards, L Mbuagbaw, R Cookson, J Mcgowan, A Lyddiatt, Y Boyer, L G Cuervo, R Armstrong, H White, M Yoganathan, T Pantoja, B Shea, K Pottie, O Norheim, S Baird, B Robberstad, H Sommerfelt, Y Asada, G Wells, P Tugwell, V Welch

Global Health Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Randomised controlled trials can provide evidence relevant to assessing the equity impact of an intervention, but such information is often poorly reported. We describe a conceptual framework to identify health equity-relevant randomised trials with the aim of improving the design and reporting of such trials.

METHODS: An interdisciplinary and international research team engaged in an iterative consensus building process to develop and refine the conceptual framework via face-to-face meetings, teleconferences and email correspondence, including findings from a validation exercise whereby two independent reviewers used the emerging framework to classify a sample of randomised trials.

RESULTS: A randomised trial can …

Lepper Highlights Patton Research In Columbus Dispatch, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Joshim Uddin V. Attorney General United States

2017 Decisions

Agency

Curricular Affairs Committee Minutes September 25, 2017, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Committee Reports and Appendices

No abstract provided.

Tour De Farm Food Studies Offers Faculty And Staff A Taste Of Athens, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

When Is A Randomised Controlled Trial Health Equity Relevant? Development And Validation Of A Conceptual Framework., J Jull, M Whitehead, M Petticrew, E Kristjansson, D Gough, J Petkovic, J Volmink, C Weijer, M Taljaard, S Edwards, L Mbuagbaw, R Cookson, J Mcgowan, A Lyddiatt, Y Boyer, L G Cuervo, R Armstrong, H White, M Yoganathan, T Pantoja, B Shea, K Pottie, O Norheim, S Baird, B Robberstad, H Sommerfelt, Y Asada, G Wells, P Tugwell, V Welch

Global Health Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Randomised controlled trials can provide evidence relevant to assessing the equity impact of an intervention, but such information is often poorly reported. We describe a conceptual framework to identify health equity-relevant randomised trials with the aim of improving the design and reporting of such trials.

METHODS: An interdisciplinary and international research team engaged in an iterative consensus building process to develop and refine the conceptual framework via face-to-face meetings, teleconferences and email correspondence, including findings from a validation exercise whereby two independent reviewers used the emerging framework to classify a sample of randomised trials.

RESULTS: A randomised trial can …

2017 September 25 - Graduate Council Minutes, College Of Graduate And Continuing Studies, East Tennessee State University

Graduate Council Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Lived Experience Of Hearing Children With Deaf Parents In Negros Oriental, Philippines, Kristeline Sy Suasin, Christine Ann Alviola, Jose Mari Iii Bejerano, Danielle Angelique Cabahug, Precious Dominic Dadule, Maricor Gin Edma, Luce Dawn Ledesma, Mae Kristen Palomar, Criscille Anne Rebosura, Venice Marion Solis, Angelica Uy, Marville Villanueva

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This study is a descriptive phenomenological research with the purpose of investigating and exploring the lived experience of hearing children having deaf parents in Negros Oriental, Philippines. Ten participants living within Negros Oriental, Philippines were interviewed with the question: "What is your experience being a child of a deaf parent?"

Key Challenges In Bringing Crispr-Mediated Somatic Cell Therapy Into The Clinic, Dianne Nicol, Lisa Eckstein, Michael Morrison, Jacob S. Sherkow, Margaret Otlowski, Tess Whitton, Tania M. Bubela, Kathryn P. Burdon, Don Chalmers, Sarah Chan

Office of the Provost

Genome editing using clustered regularly interspersed short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated proteins offers the potential to facilitate safe and effective treatment of genetic diseases refractory to other types of intervention. Here, we identify some of the major challenges for clinicians, regulators, and human research ethics committees in the clinical translation of CRISPR-mediated somatic cell therapy.

Gulf Of Mexico Benthic And Planktic Foraminifera Carbon Isotopes, 2015, Patrick Schwing, Jeff Chanton

C-IMAGE data

This dataset consists of benthic and planktic foraminiferal carbon isotope (C-13, C-14) measurements from sediment cores taken throughout the northern Gulf of Mexico with relation to the Deepwater Horizon. Stable isotope measurements were performed on Cibicidoides spp., Uvigerina spp. and Globigerinoides ruber (white).

Cruises R/V Endeavor (En505) And R/V Weatherbird Ii (Wb1205) Gulf Of Mexico Water Chemistry (Spring 2012), Patrick Schwing, Jeff Chanton

C-IMAGE data

This dataset contains water column measurements made onboard the R/V Endeavor and R/V Weatherbird in May 2012 including temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, methane concentrations, del13C, and 14C of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC).

Age Drives Distortion Of Brain Metabolic, Vascular And Cognitive Functions, And The Gut Microbiome, Jared D. Hoffman, Ishita Parikh, Stefan J. Green, George Chlipala, Robert P. Mohney, Mignon Keaton, Bjoern Bauer, Anika M. S. Hartz, Ai-Ling Lin

Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Faculty Publications

Advancing age is the top risk factor for the development of neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, the contribution of aging processes to AD etiology remains unclear. Emerging evidence shows that reduced brain metabolic and vascular functions occur decades before the onset of cognitive impairments, and these reductions are highly associated with low-grade, chronic inflammation developed in the brain over time. Interestingly, recent findings suggest that the gut microbiota may also play a critical role in modulating immune responses in the brain via the brain-gut axis. In this study, our goal was to identify associations between deleterious changes in …

Northern Gulf Of Mexico Benthic And Planktic Foraminifera Taxonomy, 2011-2015, Patrick Schwing

C-IMAGE data

This dataset consists of species-level benthic and planktic foraminiferal assemblages identified from sediment cores taken throughout the northern Gulf of Mexico with relation to the Deepwater Horizon and the Southern Gulf of Mexico in relation to the Ixtoc 1 platform.

Big Brains Stabilize Populations And Facilitate Colonization Of Variable Habitats In Birds, Trevor S. Fristoe, Andrew N. Iwaniuk, Carlos A. Botero

Biology Faculty Research

The cognitive buffer hypothesis posits that environmental variability can be a major driver of the evolution of cognition because an enhanced ability to produce flexible behavioural responses facilitates coping with the unexpected. Although comparative evidence supports different aspects of this hypothesis, a direct connection between cognition and the ability to survive a variable and unpredictable environment has yet to be demonstrated. Here, we use complementary demographic and evolutionary analyses to show that among birds, the mechanistic premise of this hypothesis is well supported but the implied direction of causality is not. Specifically, we show that although population dynamics are more …

Daily Eastern News: September 25, 2017, Eastern Illinois University

September

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An Overview Of Assessment Methodology For Obesity-Related Variables In Infants At Risk, Danae Dinkel, Corrine Hanson, Karsten Koehler, Ann Anderson Berry, Anastasia Kyvelidou, Matthew Bice, Jill Wallen, Danstan Bagenda, Laura Jana, Jana Pressler

Health and Kinesiology Faculty Publications

Background: The first 2 years of a child’s life are a particularly critical time period for obesity prevention.

Aim: An increasing amount of research across the world is aimed at understanding factors that impact early childhood obesity and developing interventions that target these factors effectively. With this growing interest, new and interdisciplinary research teams are developing to meet this research need. Due to rapid growth velocity during this phase of the lifespan, typical assessments used in older populations may not be valid or applicable in infants, and investigators need to be aware of the pros and cons of …

Mcsa Forum Minutes 09/25/2017, Morris Campus Student Association

Morris Campus Student Association

No abstract provided.

Cosm Biology News, Georgia Southern University

Biology: News & Publications (2012-2017)

• Georgia Southern University biologists quantify campus biodiversity

September 25, 2017 Armstrong State University Faculty Senate Minutes, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Minutes (Archived)

September 25, 2017 Armstrong State University Faculty Senate Minutes

Ecosystem Biomonitoring With Edna: Metabarcoding Across The Tree Of Life In A Tropical Marine Environment, Michael Stat, Megan J. Huggett, Rachele Bernasconi, Joseph D. Dibattista, Tina Berry, Stephen J. Newman, Euan S. Harvey, Michael Bunce

Fisheries Research Articles

Effective marine management requires comprehensive data on the status of marine biodiversity. However, efficient methods that can document biodiversity in our oceans are currently lacking. Environmental DNA (eDNA) sourced from seawater offers a new avenue for investigating the biota in marine ecosystems. Here, we investigated the potential of eDNA to inform on the breadth of biodiversity present in a tropical marine environment. Directly sequencing eDNA from seawater using a shotgun approach resulted in only 0.34% of 22.3 million reads assigning to eukaryotes, highlighting the inefficiency of this method for assessing eukaryotic diversity. In contrast, using ‘tree of life’ (ToL) metabarcoding …

Computational Study Of Radiation Doses At The Unlv Accelerator Facility, Matthew Hodges, Alexander Barzilov, Yi-Tung Chen, Daniel Lowe

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research

Linear electron accelerators (linacs) are used to generate bremsstrahlung photons through the interaction of an electron beam with a heavy metal target. These bremsstrahlung photons with endpoint energy equal to that of the impinging electron beam are typically collimated into a desired beam shape (fan or cone beams). At electron energies larger than 10 MeV [1], the interaction of the newly produced photons with the linac component materials leads to the production of neutrons. These neutrons are often undesired and pollute the collimated photon beam while increasing the dose rates at the facility due to the linac operation. MCNPX 2.7.0 …

Computational Study Of Radiation Doses Unlv Accelerator Facility, Matthew Hodges, Alexander P. Barzilov, Yi-Tung Chen, Daniel Lowe

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research

A Varian K15 electron linear accelerator (linac) has been considered for installation at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Before experiments can be performed, it is necessary to evaluate the photon and neutron spectra as generated by the linac, as well as the resulting dose rates within the accelerator facility. A computational study using MCNPX was performed to characterize the source terms for the bremsstrahlung converter. The 15 MeV electron beam available in the linac is above the photoneutron threshold energy for several materials in the linac assembly, and as a result, neutrons must be accounted for. The angular and …

The Rider (2017-09-25), Jesus Sanchez

The Rider Archives

Vol.3 No.5

My News, Georgia Southern University

My News (2014-2020)

• Savoring a memory: Childhood experiences inspire alumnus to create potato chip flavor
• Georgia Southern to host NASA Astronaut Col. Frederick Gregory as 2017 Fries Distinguished Lectureship Series speaker
• Georgia Southern College of Business hosts Professional Development Day
• Georgia Southern University biologists quantify campus biodiversity
• Georgia Southern marks 50th Anniversary of the Betty Foy Sanders Georgia Artists Collection

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern named in if the most Affordable online MBA Programs in the country
• Savoring a Memory
• Georgia Southern University biologists quantify campus biodiversity
• Georgia Southern College of Business hosts Professional Development day

A Revision Of Meladema Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae), With The Description Of A New Species From The Central Mediterranean Based On Molecules And Morphology, David T. Bilton, Ignacio Ribera

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.