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“Listen To What Your Jotería Is Saying”: Coverage Of The 2016 Orlando Shooting By English- And Spanish-Language Media, Julian A. Bugarín Quezada

PSU McNair Scholars Online Journal

This study will focus on coverage of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting by multiple English- and Spanish-language media sources in the month following the attack. The study assesses the extent through which following the shooting, coverage of the event often ignored the victims’ and survivors’ queerness, Latinidad, or both. Did these actions diminish the intersectional experiences of queer Latinx people? Were stories of the victims and survivors of the shooting accurately represented? How did this event shape queerness, gender identity, and Latinidad in the year after the attack? Through the frameworks of Latino critical race theory and queer theory, this …

Revolution And World War I Civil Rights?: Transnational Relations And Mexican Consul Records In Mexican American Educational History, 1910-1929, Victoria-María Macdonald, Gonzalo Guzmán

Education's Histories

MacDonald and Guzmán demonstrate how the Mexican residents in the United States lobbied the Mexican government and Mexican consulates in the U.S. to secure their children's access to schooling from 1910-1929.

Guidance Support System: Software Development And Application, Ramil Lumauag

CNU Journal of Higher Education

This study aimed to develop a guidance support system software application that can secure and automatically store files and students’ record in the guidance center and to improve the manual process of gathering, segregating, and organizing forms administered by the Guidance Counselor. It also aimed to evaluate the system using the ISO 9126 Criteria for Software Quality to test its performance and efficiency. The software development process using the evolutionary prototyping method was used in the development of the system following several stages of system development. The descriptive method was used to interpret the result of the evaluation. The system …

Sympathetic Symbols, Social Movements, And School Desegregation, Marisela Martinez-Cola

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

An important theoretical contribution to the study of social movements involving legal mobilization is framing theory. Framing encourages an analysis of the parties involved and the tools used to make meaning of their cause. A scholarly gap emerges, however, when considering the race, gender, and class of the litigants and the social challenges they face. In this article, the author blends framing theory with controlling‐images theory to provide a conceptual tool of ‘the sympathetic symbol’ to analyse the effects of race, gender, and class. Next, the author introduces the legal and social histories of two school desegregation cases involving Chinese‐American …

Improving Learning And Confidence Through Small Group, Structured Otoscopy Teaching: A Prospective Interventional Study, Peng You, Saad Chahine, Murad Husein

Paediatrics Publications

Background: Otologic diseases are common and associated with significant health care costs. While accurate diagnosis relies on physical exam, existing studies have highlighted a lack of comfort among trainees with regards to otoscopy. As such, dedicated otoscopy teaching time was incorporated into the undergraduate medical curriculum in the form of a small group teaching session. In this study, we aimed to examine the effect of a small-group, structured teaching session on medical students' confidence with and learning of otoscopic examination. Methods: Using a prospective study design, an otolaryngologist delivered an one-hour, small group workshop to medical learners. The workshop included …

Before Things Fall Apart: The Role Of The Soviet Union In Somalia’S Troubled Past (1969-1978)/ Hassan Sheikh Ali Nur Muhammad, Muhammad Danial Azman And Roy Anthony Rogers, H.S.A.N. Muhammad, Muhammad Danial Azman, Roy Anthony Rogers

Research Publications (2016 to 2020)

The narrative of Somalia as ‘a nation without a state’ has been central to analyses seeking to explain state failure, the absence of Weberian political authority, civil war, and the resurgence of radical Islamisation and terrorist networks. While the popular depiction on the causes of state collapse has focused on either external or internal factors, this article shows that the socio-political construction of post-independent Somalia has been more contested than frequently depicted, even before the foreign intervention. It argues that foreign intervention exacerbated the existing inability of the government to build standard state building institutions, and created further diffi culties …

Parenting And Youth Adjustment Across Deployment, Allison E. Flittner O'Grady, Shawn D. Whiteman, Jean-François Cardin, Shelley M. Macdermid Wadsworth

Human Development and Family Studies Faculty Publications

This study examined how changes in at‐home parents' mental health and parenting practices related to changes in their children's adjustment throughout the course of a service members' military deployment. Participants included at‐home parents from 114 National Guard families who were interviewed at four different occasions across the deployment cycle. The results revealed changes across the deployment cycle among the following three indicators: parental warmth, depressive symptoms, and children's externalizing behaviors. Changes in parental warmth were associated with changes in children's adjustment. Overall, these findings indicate that during parental separation, at‐home parents' responses to children have important implications for children's adjustment.

Um Students And Faculty Help Children Develop To Their Potential, Sarah Sapp

University of Mississippi News

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders offers assessments and in-home services

Kansas Trends And Changes In Temperature, Precipitation, Drought, And Frost-Free Days From The 1890s To 2015, X. Lin, J. Harrington, I. Ciampitti, P. Gowda, D. Brown, I. Kisekka

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

Kansas extends 660 km from the moderate elevations and semi-humid conditions of the Lower Missouri Basin to the High Plains lying above the Ogallala Aquifer and along the Rockies’ eastern slope. Such characteristics result in significant climate variability across the state, making timely and accurate climate trend and change information valuable for water resources management and crop production. Here we used high-quality daily and monthly climate observations spanning a long-term period of 121 years (1895–2015) to assess trends and changes in air temperature, precipitation, drought, and frost-free days across Kansas. We show that a statewide average warming rate of 0.06°C …

Structural Characterization And Antioxiant, Moisture-Absording And Moisture-Retention Properties Of Polysaccharides Of Sophora Japonica L., Li Caixia, Zheng Xue, Gao Haining, Zhang Yong

Food and Machinery

The polysaccharides from the seeds and peel of Sophora japonica L. were extracted respectively by double enzymes, The basic structure of polysaccharides were identified by using infrared spectroscopy,and antioxidant activity, moisture absorption and retention capacities of polysaccharides were evaluated. The results indicated that the polysaccharides extraction yield of Sophora japonica L. seeds and peel were 11.6% and 24.7% respectively. The IR spectrum indicated peel and seed polysaccharides had typical characteristic absorption peaks of polysaccharides and pyran ring structure, seed polysaccharides contained a-glycosidic bonds, peel polysaccharides contained α and β glycosidic bonds.The radical scavenging experiment showed that two different polysaccharides of …

Study On Correlation Between Texture Characteristics And Sound Insulation Coefficient Of Bread, Liang Yi, Feng Tao, Zhang Zihan, Wang Jie, Wang Jing

Food and Machinery

The texture parameters and sound insulation coefficients of the whole wheat bread and white bread were measured according to the difference of the standing time, and the least squares regression analysis was carried out according to the maximum Pearson coefficient of sound insulation coefficients. The results showed that the hardness, elasticity, adhesion and chewiness of whole wheat bread were linear with the sound insulation coefficient of specific frequency. However, no significant linear relationship was found in the studies on the white bread.

Analysis Of The Differences Of Heavy Metal Enrichment Between Silver Carp And Aristichthys Nobilis In East Dongting Lake, Liu Xiaowei, Lu Weiya, Xue Minmin, Li Zhonghai

Food and Machinery

To evaluate the pollution of heavy metal in east Dongting Lake and analyze the differences of enrichment of heavy metal between silver carp and aristichthys nobilis, this experiment determined the concentration of five different heavy metals, including Cr, Cu, Cd, Pb and Hg, in sediment and tissues of silver carp and Aristichthys nobilis. Results show that the concentration of Cr in sediment belongs to the first state level in soil standard, the concentrations of Cu, Pb and Hg belong to the second state level in soil standard, the concentration of Cd is 2 times of the third state level in …

Influence Of Two Ddifferent Nnozzle Fforms On The Flow Ffield And Heat Transferring Characteristics Of Qquick Freezer, Wang Jinfeng, Li Wenjun, Xie Jing, Yang Dazhang, Liu Yuyan, Lu Weihua, Yang Xiaoyan

Food and Machinery

In this study, V type slit nozzle and straight seam hole plate in a quick freezer was used to invetigatethe effect by the change of distance (H) between the nozzle and the plate surface on the internal flow field and the pressure field in a freezer with these two kinds of nozzle structures under the same air condition. Moreover, the metal surface heat transfer characteristics were also studied. The results showed that the flow resistance of the straight slot seam orifice was smaller than that of the V type slot nozzle along the cross-flow direction. The pressure range along cross …

Study Of Ozone And Electron Beam Irradiation On Degradation Of Zearalenone And Ochratoxin A, Luo Xiaohu, Li Ke, Wang Ren, Xing Jiali, Wang Li, Du Zhihong, Pan Lihong, Sun Dongling, Li Yanan, Chen Zhengxing

Food and Machinery

Mycotoxin contamination caused by Zearalenone (ZEN) and Ochratoxin A (OTA) is widespread for being prone to happen and hard to degrade. In this paper, the effects of ozone and electron beam irradiation (EBI) on the degradation of Zearalenone and Ochratoxin A were investigated. After 10 s of 2.0 mg/L ozone treatment, the ZEN content decreased from 50 μg/mL to concentration undetectable. After 12 kGy of EBI, the degradation rate of ZEN was up to 86% and concentration of ZEN within 0.5～5.0 μg/mL had no significant different (P＜0.05), with the degradation of ZEN being faster in acetonitrile than methanol. After 30 …

Research On Prediction Model Of Egg Freshness Based On Image Processing, Liu Yingying, Zhong Nan

Food and Machinery

Egg freshness is an important index to measure the economic quality of eggs, and 98 eggs’ image information of different storage time were collected. In the meantime, the conventional index, includes the weight, the height of protein and chamber of the egg which reflects the egg freshness were measured. To receive a method of nondestructive examination, using MATLAB image processing toolbox as a research tool to measure the area ratio of egg yolk, chamber height and length of the whole egg size. Analyzing the regression model between weight and chamber height, whole egg’s major-minor axis, the regression model between protein …

Research On Antimicrobial And Antioxidant Activities Of Major Components Of Lemon Peel Essential Oil, Zhang Bin, Hou Xiaozhen, Qin Yi, Ding Xin, Deng Qihai, Huang Linjie

Food and Machinery

Antioxidant and antibacterial activities in vitro of three major components dl-limonene, γ-terpinene and α-terpineol contained in Eureka lemon peel essential oil as well as its compound were explored in mainly in the determination of DPPH free radical as well as OH· free radical scavenging ability and its bacteriostasis size and MIC against Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus of the three major components. Results showed that dl-limonene, γ-terpinene, α-terpineol had certain scavenging effect on OH· free radical with clearance rate between 48.45%～77.94%; and the scavenging effect of DPPH free radical was higher than that of LEO at the same …

Research Progress Of Detection Technology And Degradation Dynamics Of Spirotetramat In Fruits And Vegetables, Ye Yufeng, Zhou Jie, Liu Yan, Ao Yan, Zhu Lisha, Zhang Jing, Jiao Bining

Food and Machinery

In order to get a comprehensive understanding of the residual level and metabolism of spirotetramat in fruits, vegetables and soils and reasonable evaluation of the medication safety, we discuss the research progress of the spirotetramat on its registration, limited standard, detection technology, degradation dynamics and residual status. Finally, the relative advises were put forward to solve the existing problems in the application of spirotetramat.

A Review Of The Development In Pretreatment Methods For Pcr Detection Of Food-Borne Pathogens, Bai Yalong, Suo Yujuan, Zhou Changyan

Food and Machinery

Molecular detection methods based on PCR (polymerase chain reaction) are widely used in the rapid detection of food-borne pathogens. However, in practical applications pretreatment method is also a critical step in rapid detection except the optimization of PCR. In this review, the pretreatment methods (including the centrifugation, membrane filtration, magnetic separation) for PCR detection of food-borne pathogens were systematically summeried. In particular, the magnetic separation was emphatically reviewed in the PCR detection of food-borne pathogens.

Application Of Radio Frequency Heating In Food Industry, Li Yulin, Jiao Yang, Wang Yifen

Food and Machinery

The radio frequency (RF) heating is a novel technology in food industry which has the advantages of fast and volumetric heating. The potential application of the radio frequency technology has been gradually developed in many fields including food drying, sterilization/pasteurization, dis-infestation, thawing and etc. However, there are still problems like non-uniform heating problem needs further research. It was reviewed the fundamentals, applications, and mathematical modeling techniques of radio frequency heating processes in this study, and the future research needs of it were also prospected.

Effects Of Lycopene On Spermatozoa Morphology In Balb/C Mice Exposed To 2-Methoxyethanol (2-Me), Sandra Dewi Sitaresmi, Reny I'Tishom, Arifa Mustika

Folia Medica Indonesiana

The compound of 2-methoxyethanol (2-ME) is one of toxic materials that potentially damage male reproductive organs. This compound can enter the body by various means of direct contact through the skin, respiratory and digestive tract. This compound can cause oxidative stress in spermatozoa which is the main cause of spermatozoa dysfunction. Lycopene, also known as red pigment, is an antioxidant class of carotene. Lycopene has antioxidant activity twice stronger than beta carotene and ten times stronger than vitamin E. Thus, the lycopene reaction as an antioxidant in the body is better than vitamin A, C, E, and other minerals. This …

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Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

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Black Hole Hyperaccretion Inflow-Outflow Model. I. Long And Ultra-Long Gamma-Ray Bursts, Tong Liu, Cui-Ying Song, Bing Zhang, Wei-Min Gu, Alexander Heger

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research

Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) and ultra-LGRBs (ULGRBs) originate from collapsars, in the center of which a newborn rotating stellar-mass black hole (BH) surrounded by a massive accretion disk may form. In the scenario of the BH hyperaccretion inflow-outflow model and Blandford-Znajek (BZ) mechanism to trigger gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the real accretion rate to power a BZ jet is far lower than the mass supply rate from the progenitor star. The characteristics of the progenitor stars can be constrained by GRB luminosity observations, and the results exceed usual expectations. LGRBs lasting from several seconds to tens of seconds in the rest …

The Effect Of Changes In Racial Composition On Housing Prices: A Study Of The Most Diverse Place In The World, Youseph Anwar

Theses and Dissertations

This study attempts to illustrate that increases in minority residents may lead to decreases in housing prices. I observe the effects of changes in racial composition on housing prices in Queens, NY from 2011-2015. The following econometric tools are implemented: a fixed effects model, quantile, hedonic, and OLS regressions.

Monosexual And Nonmonosexual Women In Same-Sex Couples’ Relationship Quality During The First Five Years Of Parenthood, Abbie E. Goldberg, Randi L. Garcia, Melissa H. Manley

Psychology: Faculty Publications

Research on relationship quality in same-sex couples has rarely focused on (1) couples who are parents, or (2) couples in which partners differ in sexual identity. Insomuch as nonmonosexual women (i.e., women with non-exclusive sexual orientations) experience unique challenges due to monosexism, relationship quality may be influenced by whether partners share a monosexual or nonmonosexual identity. The current study is a longitudinal, dyadic analysis of 118 female parents within 63 same-sex couples whose relationship quality (relationship maintenance, conflict, love, ambivalence) was assessed at five time points across the first 5 years of adoptive parenthood. Monosexual women were those who identified …

Left Atrial Structure And Function In Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Sarcomere Mutation Carriers With And Without Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, Hoshang Farhad, Sara B Seidelmann, Davis Vigneault, Siddique A Abbasi, Eunice Yang, Sharlene M Day, Steven D Colan, Mark W Russell, Jeffrey Towbin, Mark V Sherrid, Charles E Canter, Ling Shi, Michael Jerosch-Herold, David A Bluemke, Carolyn Ho, Tomas G Neilan

Open Access Publications

BACKGROUND: Impaired left atrial (LA) function is an early marker of cardiac dysfunction and predictor of adverse cardiac events. Herein, we assess LA structure and function in hypertrophy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) sarcomere mutation carriers with and without left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH).

METHOD: Seventy-three participants of the HCMNet study who underwent cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging were studied, including mutation carriers with overt HCM (n = 34), preclinical mutation carriers without HCM (n = 24) and healthy, familial controls (n = 15).

RESULTS: LA volumes were similar between preclinical, control and overt HCM cohorts after covariate adjustment. However, there was …

Decisional Bias As Implicit Moral Judgment, Toni Spring, Herbert D. Saltzstein

Publications and Research

Decisional bias (false alarm rate) when judging the guilt/innocence of a suspect is offered as an implicit measure of moral judgment. Combining two data sets, 215 participants, ages 10-12, 13-15, and 16-18 watched the visually identical film involving a person setting a fire, framed either as (a) intentional but not resulting in a fire (BI-NF), (b) unintentional but resulting in a major fire (NI-F), or (c) intentional and resulting in a major fire (BI-F). After watching the film, participants identified seriatim who of six individuals was the perpetrator and how certain they were. The data were subjected to a signal …

Cobalt-Based Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Non-Noble Metal Catalysts For Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Meng-Xiu Jiang, Jing Zhang, Yue-Hua Li, Rong Zhang

Journal of Electrochemistry

Transition metal-nitrogen co-doped carbon catalysts have attracted significant attention because of their reasonable activity and remarkable selectivity toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) as cathodic reaction in fuel cells. However, the role of transition metal in the active sites of the catalysts still is uncertain. In this work, the Co_x-N_y/C-T catalysts were prepared with BP2000 as a carbon source, urea (Ur) as a nitrogen source and Co(OAc)₂•4H₂O as a metal precursor by a simple chemical method. Meanwhile, in order to optimize the ORR activity, the catalysts were synthesized with different amounts of Co …

Multicenter, Randomized Study To Optimize Bowel For Colon Capsule Endoscopy, David Kastenberg, Wilmot C. Burch Jr, David P. Romeo, Pankaj K. Kashyap, David C. Pound, Neophytos Papageorgiou, Ignacio Fernández-Urien Sainz, Carly E. Sokach, Douglas K. Rex

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Faculty Papers

AIM To assess the cleansing efficacy and safety of a new Colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) bowel preparation regimen. METHODS This was a multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled study comparing two CCE regimens. Subjects were asymptomatic and average risk for colorectal cancer. The second generation CCE system (PillCam^® COLON 2; Medtronic, Yoqneam, Israel) was utilized. Preparation regimens differed in the 1^st and 2^nd boosts with the Study regimen using oral sulfate solution (89 mL) with diatrizoate meglumine and diatrizoate sodium solution (“diatrizoate solution”) (boost 1 = 60 mL, boost 2 = 30 mL) and the Control regimen oral sulfate …

Deep Learning Architectures For Multi-Label Classification Of Intelligent Health Risk Prediction, Andrew Maxwell, Runzhi Li, Bei Yang, Heng Weng, Aihua Ou, Huixiao Hong, Zhaoxian Zhou, Ping Gong, Chaoyang Zhang

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Core-Shell Pd@Pt Ultrathin Nanowires As Durable Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts, Xin Wang, Yun-Jie Xiong, Liang-Liang Zou, Qing-Hong Huang, Zhi-Qing Zou, Hui Yang

Journal of Electrochemistry

This paper describes a simple CO-assisted reduction approach for the controllable synthesis of ultrathin Pd nanowires along the one-dimensional (1D) direction. Ultrathin Pt films from one to several atomic layers were successfully decorated onto ultrathin Pd nanowires by utilizing Cu UPD deposition, and followed by in-situ redox replacement reaction of UPD Cu by Pt. The core–shell structure and composition of the Pd@Pt ultrathin nanowires have been verified using transmission electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry. The core–shell Pd@Pt ultrathin nanowires exhibited comparative electrocatalytic activity and improved durability for the oxygen reduction reaction in comparison with commercial Pt black. The …