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Harbor Notes, December 6, 2017, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Department Of Marketing And Communications Dec 2017

Harbor Notes, December 6, 2017, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Department Of Marketing And Communications

Harbor Notes

The December 6, 2017, issue of Harbor Notes.

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Spectrum, Volume 39, Issue 11, Sacred Heart University Dec 2017

Spectrum, Volume 39, Issue 11, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: SHU students participate in season of giving - SHU annual Christmas tree lighting -- Food review of JP's diner -- Equestrian finishes season as high point team -- Club ice hockey moves into second half of season -- Club football wins national championship

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Montgomery County Environmental Learning Center, Cassidy Count Dec 2017

Montgomery County Environmental Learning Center, Cassidy Count

Blog Archive: River Reflections at the University of Dayton

One of the most memorable and impactful experiences I’ve had this semester with the River Stewards Program was our field trip to the Montgomery Country Environmental Learning Center. The sophomore cohort went on this field trip on our own, and it sticks out in my memory for many different reasons. One reason being what we saw and learned at the center.

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Stewards For The Environment: The Benefits Of Early Childhood Outdoor Education, Meaghan Lightfoot Dec 2017

Stewards For The Environment: The Benefits Of Early Childhood Outdoor Education, Meaghan Lightfoot

Blog Archive: River Reflections at the University of Dayton

As a child, no one was able to ever persuade me to come inside. Every day after school, you could always find me in the wooded area behind my house, running in between and climbing on the trees, building piles of leaves during the fall, exploring creeks, and looking for rocks. I’ve always felt a close connection to nature; I was raised with a high regard for the outdoors and most of the fond memories of my childhood involve those woods behind my house.

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Campus Chronicle, Victoria Story, Beth Lee, Barbara Fisher, Bailey Perkins, Hilary Hamilton, Anthony Arroyo, Brady Mooers, Taylor Burns, Josiah Sutton, Hannah Rothamel, Andy Langager Dec 2017

Campus Chronicle, Victoria Story, Beth Lee, Barbara Fisher, Bailey Perkins, Hilary Hamilton, Anthony Arroyo, Brady Mooers, Taylor Burns, Josiah Sutton, Hannah Rothamel, Andy Langager

Campus Chronicle

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Two Alabamians Push Uab Hospital Past Milestone Of 10,000 Kidney Transplants, Tyler Greer Dec 2017

Two Alabamians Push Uab Hospital Past Milestone Of 10,000 Kidney Transplants, Tyler Greer

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A Diamond As The Steppingstone To New Materials, Using Plasma Physics Technology, Jeff Hansen Dec 2017

A Diamond As The Steppingstone To New Materials, Using Plasma Physics Technology, Jeff Hansen

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December 6, 2017 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina Dec 2017

December 6, 2017 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

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Synthesis Of A Model Of The Bc Ring System Of Oxygenated Angucyclines, Xiaolan Wu, Abdullah Allaoa, Tony E. Nicolas Dec 2017

Synthesis Of A Model Of The Bc Ring System Of Oxygenated Angucyclines, Xiaolan Wu, Abdullah Allaoa, Tony E. Nicolas

Publications and Research

Angucycline is a subclass of natural antibiotics, containing a characteristic tetracyclic ring structure, and featuring a wide range of biological functions, including antitumor, antiviral and antifungal properties. This extraordinarily therapeutic character has interested many chemists to develop efficient methodologies for synthesizing the tetracyclic ring system of angucycline. Construction of the BC ring configuration appears as a synthetic challenge. Successful installation of hydroxyl groups at the AB junction would pave the way for efficient syntheses. As a continuation of the previous work done on this system, our synthetic methodology focuses on the coupling of a suitably substituted Phthalide and an activated …

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Interview With Gordon Crisman, Cherice Bock, Ralph Beebe Dec 2017

Interview With Gordon Crisman, Cherice Bock, Ralph Beebe

War & Conscientious Objection in Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends, 1940-1975

Gordon Crisman talks about he originally registered for the draft as a 1-A before he became a Christian, but after he attended George Fox he made to decision to do alternative service instead.

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Interview With Sam Farmer, Cherice Bock, Ralph Beebe Dec 2017

Interview With Sam Farmer, Cherice Bock, Ralph Beebe

War & Conscientious Objection in Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends, 1940-1975

An interview with Sam Farmer about his attitude toward military service as a young man during the Korean War, and about his religious upbringing in Greenleaf, Idaho.

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Dr. Allison Abernathy Follows Caring Example Set By Faculty In Gwu School Of Nursing, Office Of University Communications Dec 2017

Dr. Allison Abernathy Follows Caring Example Set By Faculty In Gwu School Of Nursing, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

As a young nursing student, Dr. Allison Abernathy was unsuccessful at a local community college and started looking for another school. Her mother-in-law had heard positive comments about the School of Nursing at Gardner-Webb University, so Abernathy contacted Dr. Shirley Toney, the dean in 1995. “Dr. Toney reviewed my coursework and admitted me into the ASN (Associate of Science in Nursing) program immediately,” she recalled. “She believed in me, and I knew I was where God wanted me to be in order to finish my nursing degree in such a nurturing environment.”

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Gardner-Webb Alumna Honored By N.C. Governor For Volunteer Efforts After 2016 Hurricane, Office Of University Communications Dec 2017

Gardner-Webb Alumna Honored By N.C. Governor For Volunteer Efforts After 2016 Hurricane, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Dr. Michelle Taylor Skipper, an alumna of Gardner-Webb University, is a recipient of the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Public Service, the highest honor a state employee may receive. She was recognized for helping with relief efforts in St. Pauls, N.C., after flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew in October 2016. Her efforts extended to her neighbors and others who were stranded in town when major roads became impassable.

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Postcard, Through Our Eyes: Midtown And Beyond 2017 At Studio@620 In St. Petersburg, Florida, Studio At 620 Dec 2017

Postcard, Through Our Eyes: Midtown And Beyond 2017 At Studio@620 In St. Petersburg, Florida, Studio At 620

Postcard Collection

A promotional postcard for Through Our Eyes: Midtown and Beyond, 2017, an exhibition at Studio@620. The event showcases 100 photographic images and multimedia displays created by K-12 students participating in the Journeys in Journalism program. The exhibition offers perspectives on Midtown and surrounding areas as captured by these students.

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Mba Program Recognized As Largest In St. Louis Area, Lindenwood University Dec 2017

Mba Program Recognized As Largest In St. Louis Area, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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Simultaneous Uplc–Ms/Ms Analysis Of Two Stable Isotope Labeled Versions Of Sucrose In Mouse Plasma And Brain Samples As Markers Of Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability And Brain Vascular Space, Ekram Ahmed Chowdhury, Saad Alqahtani, Raktima Bhattacharya, Reza Mehvar, Ulrich Bickel Dec 2017

Simultaneous Uplc–Ms/Ms Analysis Of Two Stable Isotope Labeled Versions Of Sucrose In Mouse Plasma And Brain Samples As Markers Of Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability And Brain Vascular Space, Ekram Ahmed Chowdhury, Saad Alqahtani, Raktima Bhattacharya, Reza Mehvar, Ulrich Bickel

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) permeability is frequently compromised in the course of diseases affecting the central nervous system (CNS). Sucrose is a low molecular weight, hydrophilic marker with low permeability at the naive BBB and therefore one of the widely used indicators of barrier integrity. Our laboratory recently developed a highly sensitive UPLC-MS/MS method for stable isotope labelled [13C12]sucrose in biological matrices. Correction of total brain concentration for contribution of intravascular space is required in such experiments in order to accurately measure BBB permeability, and it is often accomplished by vascular perfusion with buffer solutions prior to brain sampling. The …

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A Psychotheology Of Losing, Matthew D. Ruiz Dec 2017

A Psychotheology Of Losing, Matthew D. Ruiz

Movement and Being: The Journal of the Christian Society for Kinesiology, Leisure and Sports Studies

This paper explores what it means to lose in a contemporary American society. Kanter (2004) suggested that losing serves as an alarm, notifying one that it is time to recalibrate. For Duina (2011) losing offers a time for reexamination. Sports equates to winning and losing. Thanks to well-indoctrinated maxims like Lombardi’s “winning is the only thing” and a cultural rejection of “losers” we are in an era where the pursuit of winning trumps other variables which are also worthy of pursuit and consideration. Thus, losing becomes an insult to our ego-driven lives. As such, one cannot discuss losing without also …

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Religiousness And Perceived God Perfectionism Among Elite Athletes, Benjamin J. Houltberg, Kenneth T. Wang, Sarah A. Schnitker Dec 2017

Religiousness And Perceived God Perfectionism Among Elite Athletes, Benjamin J. Houltberg, Kenneth T. Wang, Sarah A. Schnitker

Movement and Being: The Journal of the Christian Society for Kinesiology, Leisure and Sports Studies

Little research has been conducted examining the link between athletes’ religious beliefs and practices and coping with the pressures related to elite competition. The purpose of the study was to investigate athletes’ global self-worth and perfectionistic concerns as key variables that link religiousness and perceived God perfectionism to dealing with performance failure and appraisals of upcoming competition. Self-report data was collected from a sample of 99 elite athletes (Mdn age = 22, 48% female, 89% believed in God) that were currently competing at a NCAA D1, professional or Olympic level. We used structural equation modeling to test direct and indirect …

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Christianity And Sport Psychology: One Aspect Of Cultural Competence, Trevor J. Egli, Leslee A. Fisher Dec 2017

Christianity And Sport Psychology: One Aspect Of Cultural Competence, Trevor J. Egli, Leslee A. Fisher

Movement and Being: The Journal of the Christian Society for Kinesiology, Leisure and Sports Studies

There is currently a dearth of literature relating to how applied sport psychology practitioners might work with a Christian sportsperson (Czech et al., 2004, Egli et al., 2014). Therefore, the purpose of this article is to provide practical suggestions for sport psychology practitioners based on relevant research related to Christianity and sport psychology as well as personal and professional experience. We first explain the various sport psychology roles before providing a brief review of literature. Studies related to Christian athletes, Christian coaches, Christian prayer within sport, and sport psychology consultants’ experiences of spirituality are presented. Lastly, the authors include four …

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Exploring The Role Of Spirituality And Spiritual Beliefs In The Pursuit Of Excellence And Attainment Of Peak Performance In Professional Athletes, Ashley Ballard, Charles H. Wilson Jr. Dec 2017

Exploring The Role Of Spirituality And Spiritual Beliefs In The Pursuit Of Excellence And Attainment Of Peak Performance In Professional Athletes, Ashley Ballard, Charles H. Wilson Jr.

Movement and Being: The Journal of the Christian Society for Kinesiology, Leisure and Sports Studies

Little research has been found which examines the assessment of spirituality in sport performers and its possible role in performance enhancement. The goal of the current study was to understand if and how spirituality impacts athleticism. The subjective experiences of Christian spirituality in an American World Sprinter (male), a British Olympic Sprint Canoe Racer (female), and a retired American Minor League Baseball player (male) were analyzed through Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) (Smith & Osborn, 2003). Semi-structured interviews were used to gather data leading to three major themes: “The Belief and Confidence in God”, “Individual and Communal Prayer”, and “The Influential …

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Volume 55, Number 17: December 06, 2017, University Of North Dakota Dec 2017

Volume 55, Number 17: December 06, 2017, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

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An Iconographic Analysis Of Mississippian Kneeling Effigy Figures From The Central Mississippi Valley, Amanda Pesce Dec 2017

An Iconographic Analysis Of Mississippian Kneeling Effigy Figures From The Central Mississippi Valley, Amanda Pesce

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

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Scaling Up With Radically Embodied Cognition, Benjamin Aguda Dec 2017

Scaling Up With Radically Embodied Cognition, Benjamin Aguda

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Radically embodied cognitive science (REC) is typically concerned with basic cognition such as perception and action. However, complex cognition or higher-order cognition is difficult to explain for REC, as these theories eschew traditional representational explanations. This leaves REC with a scaling-up problem. In this dissertation I will explore options for REC to fix its scaling-up problem. I am specifically interested in autonoetic cognition, which is the ability to remember and imagine objects and events in the way they would be experienced if they were immediately present to be perceived. I contend that a simulationist account provides many of th necessary …

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Establishing Cognitive Predictor Thresholds For Proficiency In Reading And Mathematics: Analysis Of The Woodcock-Johnson Iv Developmental-Age Norming Sample, Philip A. Norfolk Dec 2017

Establishing Cognitive Predictor Thresholds For Proficiency In Reading And Mathematics: Analysis Of The Woodcock-Johnson Iv Developmental-Age Norming Sample, Philip A. Norfolk

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Assessment of specific learning disabilities (SLD) in educational settings is one important function of a school psychologist. The federal definition of SLD describes"underlying cognitive processing deficits" as part of the assessment criteria, that is also incorporated into several states' SLD eligibility criteria, that is difficult to directly evaluate using traditional assessment methods. Traditionally, use of norm-referenced scores have been used to compare an examinee's relative performance on assessment tests. Such a method does not provide direct evidence of underlying cognitive processing deficits associated with poor academic achievement. In an effort to directly inform this cognitive processing ability and academic proficiency …

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Long-Term Neurocognitive, Behavior And Emotional Outcomes In Survivors Of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treated With Chemotherapy Only, Wei Liu Dec 2017

Long-Term Neurocognitive, Behavior And Emotional Outcomes In Survivors Of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treated With Chemotherapy Only, Wei Liu

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Contemporary chemotherapy results in a greater than 90% five-year survival rate from childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). However, long-term survivors of childhood ALL still present with a higher prevalence of neurocognitive function problems, specifically executive function deficits, and behavior emotional problems compared to the general population. We conducted two epidemiologic studies of these issues and a Phase II clinical trial to improve executive deficits among long-term childhood ALL survivors. First, we evaluated the association between sustained attention and parent-rated behavioral inattention at the end of chemotherapy, and neurocognitive outcomes at long-term follow-up (LTFU). Patients demonstrated higher frequency of impairment in …

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The Effects Of Metabolic Formula On Growth Outcomes In Patients With Inborn Errors Of Protein Metabolism, Emily Ann West Dec 2017

The Effects Of Metabolic Formula On Growth Outcomes In Patients With Inborn Errors Of Protein Metabolism, Emily Ann West

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Background: Inborn errors of protein metabolism (IEPM) cause the build-up of certain amino acid by products in the body. The treatment for IEPMs is a metabolic formula that eliminates the amino acid that the person with the IEPM cannot metabolize. The purpose of this study was to determine if patients with an IEPM consuming metabolic formula were taller than healthy individuals. Methods: Analysis of height, weight, calories, protein, iron, and vitamin B12 were compared to height using a regression correlation. Proper growth was determined if the height-for-age curve was greater than the 50th percentile. Results: The mean height percentile was …

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From Here I Saw What Happened And I Cried: Carrie Mae Weems And Critiquing Institutional Histories, Katherine Layne Kizer Dec 2017

From Here I Saw What Happened And I Cried: Carrie Mae Weems And Critiquing Institutional Histories, Katherine Layne Kizer

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

While scholarship on Carrie Mae Weems's series titled From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried often reflects the significance of the work as it relates to the African American experience and the African diaspora, critical discussion downplays the relationship the installation has to institutional critique and social practice. Through the course of this paper, I present extensive research on Weems's series. In order to conduct my investigation, I look to the genesis of the series in 1995 as a response piece to Hidden Witness. I then consider Weems's methodology and the way in which she appropriates historic photographs …

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Data Collection, Body-Weight Generation And Efficient Storage Of Physiological Data, Dewashish Koirala Dec 2017

Data Collection, Body-Weight Generation And Efficient Storage Of Physiological Data, Dewashish Koirala

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Data is the key for developing algorithms that can infer the causes of agitation in mentally-ill individuals. Unfortunately, appropriate datasets are not readily available due to issues such as confidentiality breach and privacy invasion. This thesis addresses three problems.First, we identify a number of publicly-available datasets that are functions of actions and emotions of mentally-ill individuals. These include datasets of physiological signals, training videos and commercial movies.Second, we synthesize change in body-weight as a function of actions and emotions by extending a well-known model. The extended model is evaluated with respect to change in diet, physical activity and stress, using …

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Rodion Shchedrin's Five Concertos For Orchestra: Expressing Ensemble Virtuosity, Nadezda Potemkina Dec 2017

Rodion Shchedrin's Five Concertos For Orchestra: Expressing Ensemble Virtuosity, Nadezda Potemkina

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This dissertation introduces the work of Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin (b. 1932), and examines his approach to the genre of concerto for orchestra. Chapter one provides a brief survey of the current state of research on concertos for orchestra, as well as the composer's biography, and an overview of his compositional style. Chapter two focuses on the 1960s, the period when the first two concertos were written. It begins with an outline of the cultural and political climate that might have influenced the two pieces, and proceeds with the analysis of the Concerto for Orcehstra no. 1, the most popular …

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Genomic Reconstruction Of The Tree Of Life, Sambriddhi Mainali Dec 2017

Genomic Reconstruction Of The Tree Of Life, Sambriddhi Mainali

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

A new methodology is presented for molecular phylogenetic analysis addressing a fundamental problem in biology, name the reconstruction of the Tree of Life (TOL). Here, phylogenies are based on patterns of hybridization similarity in their DNA. Furthermore, phylogenies are based on a set of universal biomarkers (so-called nxh chips) chosen a priori, independently of the target group of organisms. Therefore, this methodology enables analyses of groups with biologically distant organisms, hence could be scaled to obtain a universal tree of life. Unlike conventional molecular methods, it produces a hypothesis in a single run, without optimizing across numerous hypotheses for consensus. …

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