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Lvhn Weekly-Pocono, Lehigh Valley Health Network

LVHN Weekly-Pocono

No abstract provided.

Lvhn Weekly, Lehigh Valley Health Network

LVHN Weekly

No abstract provided.

An Exploration Of The Chromatic Polynomial, Amanda Aydelotte

Mathematics Undergraduate Theses

In 1912, George Birkhoff was studying the Four Color Problem, and in doing so introduced the concept of the chromatic polynomial. While this did not end up directly contributing to proving that every map could be colored with four colors such that no region shares a border with another region of the same color, the chromatic polynomial has been found to have some very interesting properties. In this paper, it will be our goal to examine some of these properties and use them to determine information about their corresponding graphs.

Connections, December 2017, University Of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library

Connections

No abstract provided.

Title Page

Experiential Learning & Teaching in Higher Education

No abstract provided.

Ucf Libraries Application For The 2018 Acrl Excellence In Academic Libraries Award, Ucf Libraries

Libraries' Documents

No abstract provided.

Raps Sheet, December 2017, Retirement Association Of Portland State

RAPS Sheet: Monthly Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Testing The Limits Of Temporal Stability: Willingness To Pay Values Among Grand Canyon Whitewater Boaters Across Decades, Christopher J. Neher, John Duffield, Lucas Bair, David Patterson, Katherine Neher

Mathematical Sciences Faculty Publications

We directly compare trip willingness to pay (WTP) values between 1985 and 2015 stated preference surveys of private party Grand Canyon boaters using identically designed valuation methods. The temporal gap of 30 years between these two studies is well beyond that of any tests of WTP temporal stability in the literature. Comparisons were made of mean WTP estimates for four hypothetical Colorado River flow level scenarios. WTP values from the 1985 survey were adjusted to 2015 levels using the consumer price index. Mean WTP precision was estimated through simulation. No statistically significant differences were detected between the adjusted Bishop et …

Speckle Effects In Target-In-The-Loop Laser Beam Projection Systems, Mikhail Vorontsov

Electro-Optics and Photonics Faculty Publications

In target-in-the-loop laser beam projection scenarios typical of remote sensing, directed energy, and adaptive optics applications, a transmitted laser beam propagates through an optically inhomogeneous medium toward a target, scatters off the target’s rough surface, and returns back to the transceiver plane. Coherent beam scattering off the randomly rough surface results in strong speckle modulation in the transceiver plane. This speckle modulation has been a long-standing challenge that limits performance of remote sensing, active imaging, and adaptive optics techniques. Using physics-based models of laser beam scattering off a randomly rough surface, we show that received speckle-field spatial and temporal characteristics …

Usa V. Felix Angel-Huerta

2017 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Connections, 12/2017, College Of Health And Human Services

College of Health and Human Services Newsletter

• 2017 State of the College of Health and Human Services
• 2017 Faculty and Staff Awards
• Ph.D. student's grant to fund mental health services for homeless
• Communication training simulation for nursing, PA students
• Student Nurses Association collects winter gear for local children

December 2017 Holiday Newsletter, College Of Education And Human Development

College of Education and Human Development News

Holiday message from the College of Education and Human Development at Western Michigan University.

December 2017, Global News, Haenicke Institute

Global News

• Engineering management program now globally certified
• Take advantage of global engagement opportunities in January
• Longtime professor, administrator to become new business dean
• Community, campus programs to honor Dr. Martin Luther Kind Jr.
• Three students receive Gilman Scholarships to study abroad

Graphene Field Effect Transistors For Highly Sensitive And Selective Detection Of K+ Ions, Hongmei Li, Yihao Zhu, Md. Sayful Islam, Md. Anisur Rahman, Kenneth B. Walsh, Goutam Koley

Publications

Graphene-based ion sensitive field effect transistors (GISFETs) with high sensitivity and selectivity for K+ ion detection have been demonstrated utilizing valinomycin based ion selective membrane. The performance of the GISFETs for K+ ion detection was studied in various media over a concentration range of 1 μM–2 mM. The sensitivity of the sensor was found to be >60 mV/decade, which is comparable to the best Si-based commercial ISFETs, with negligible interference found from Na+ and Ca2+ ions in high concentration. The sensor performance did not change significantly in Tris–HCl solution or with repeated testing over a period of two months highlighting …

In Search Of Conversational Grain Size: Modelling Semantic Structure Using Moving Stanza Windows, Amanda L. Siebert-Evenstone, Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens, Wesley Collier, Zachari Swiecki, David Williamson Shaffer

Publications

Analyses of learning based on student discourse need to account not only for the content of the utterances but also for the ways in which students make connections across turns of talk. This requires segmentation of discourse data to define when connections are likely to be meaningful. In this paper, we present an approach to segmenting data for the purposes of modeling connections in discourse using epistemic network analysis. Specifically, we use epistemic network analysis to model connections in student discourse using a temporal segmentation method adapted from recent work in the learning sciences. We compare the results of this …

Reading Recovery In South Carolina: 2016-2017 State Report, C. C. Bates, Maryann Mcbride, Laura Coakley, Melissa Brewer

Publications

Developed by New Zealand educator Dr. Marie M. Clay, Reading Recovery® is a short-term early intervention for first grade students who have the lowest achievement on measures of literacy outcomes. Students meet individually with a specially trained teacher for 30 minutes each day for a period of 12-20 weeks. The goal during this period is for children to develop a network of reading and writing strategies so they may independently perform within the average range of their class.

The Incompatibility Of A Daily School Pledge With A Democratic And Multicultural Education, William Mccorkle, Stephanie M. Madison

Publications

The Pledge of Allegiance has become a tradition in schools throughout the United States. The debate on this practice has often been limited due to the ideas of national pride that surround the pledge. This article addresses both the problematic history of the pledge, the protected precedence of teachers and students refusing to state the pledge, the pledge’s international abnormality, and the practical and philosophical concerns of a daily pledge in the public school setting. The article’s contention is that the pledge introduces a shallow view of national loyalty, while simultaneously endangering religious liberty, overlooking the views of marginalized and …

Extended Lamer Synthesis Of Cobalt Doped Ferrite, Benjamin D. Fellows, Sarah Sandler, Jacob Livingston, Kristin Fuller, Lotanna Nwandu, Sarah Timmis, Kayla A. Lantz, Morgan Stefik, O. Thompson Mefford

Publications

Nonstoichiometric cobalt ferrite nanoparticles have drawn interest in magnetically mediated energy delivery due to their high magnetocrystalline anisotropy and their high peak loss frequency. The use of an extended LaMer synthesis allows for size control of the doped particles up to a threshold core diameter of 18 nm. Above this diameter, particles become unstable and drop out of suspension, allowing for further nucleation events to occur. This leads to a cyclic nucleation, growth, and destabilization regime seen during the course of the reaction. Using the size control of the extended LaMer synthesis technique, we examine the specific absorption rate (SAR) …

Laptop Stickers, Jess Ivie

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

“This is from like a local artist, it’s called the brick, brick mob -anyway- I went to like a local… local art fair, while we were waiting in (inaudible) Kansas? They do a lot of work- printed tees, we got really cool coasters from them, um, sometimes it’s kind’ve just like a lot of random art stuff. This sticker I thought was really funny- like a little pirate, with you know his glue stick and his… I thought it was pretty cool, it was fun to live there over the summer. My favorite is probably that one [pointing to pirate …

Bingo, Shannon Parks

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

My sister started the game after going on tour with her orchestra, and it works that every time you see a yellow car you get a point. You are supposed to be able to punch everyone, but we are not about that [laughter] and my dad always rewards himself when he “wins” [air quotes used] but other than that nothing happens, its just a time waster. If you are in the car with my mom, the count resets every time you get in the car. If you are with her dad, the count continues every time. He likes to lord …

Reverse Knock-Knock Joke, Tanner Perkes

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

How about one more joke? It's a knock-knock joke.

- [Mimicking Rylee] Ok, fine.

Ok, you start.

- [Mimicking Rylee] Knock-knock

Who's there?

[describing the situation] And then he's like, 'Hey!'

#Buckfyu, Zachary Grant Bess

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

[See photo's]

[My Personal Usage of it recently]

[A Ute Fan’s Instagram Post, used in conjunction with making fun of Max Hall, a Former BYU Quarterback who went into Rehab for Cocaine Use, something that would have got him kicked out of BYU]

[General usage on Twitter]

[Former USU Basketball User, at the time a Professional BB player, wishing his former teammates good luck against BYU]

Utah State Engineer, Fall 2017, College Of Engineering

College of Engineering Magazines

Annual magazine for the College of Engineering at Utah State University.

Patient Characteristics, Length Of Stay, And Functional Improvement For Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A Population Study Of Inpatient Care In Ontario 2005 To 2015, Sheng Chen, April Collins, Kelly Anderson, Kwame Mckenzie, Sean Kidd

Paediatrics Publications

Objectives: Schizophrenia and associated illnesses account for a large proportion of mental illness burden and health care expenditures, with the majority of expense involving inpatient care. To date, the literature exploring factors associated with length of stay (LOS) and functional improvement during inpatient care is underdeveloped. In response, this study examined the association between patient characteristics, LOS, and functional improvement using Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS) data from 2005 to 2015. Methods: The associations of patient characteristics (including key demographics, psychosocial variables, reasons for admission, and service use history) and 2 outcome measures (LOS and Global Assessment of Functioning …

Treatment With Aicar Inhibits Blastocyst Development, Trophectodermdifferentiation And Tight Junction Formation And Function In Mice, Michele D. Calder, Nicole A. Edwards, Dean H. Betts, Andrew J. Watson

Paediatrics Publications

STUDY QUESTION: What is the impact of adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation on blastocyst formation, gene expression, and tight junction formation and function? SUMMARY ANSWER: AMPK activity must be tightly controlled for normal preimplantation development and blastocyst formation to occur. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: AMPK isoforms are detectable in oocytes, cumulus cells and preimplantation embryos. Cultured embryos are subject to many stresses that can activate AMPK. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION: Two primary experiments were carried out to determine the effect of AICAR treatment on embryo development and maintenance of the blastocoel cavity. Embryos were recovered from superovulated mice. First, …

Appendectomy Versus Non-Operative Treatment For Acute Uncomplicated Appendicitis In Children: Study Protocol For A Multicentre, Open-Label, Non-Inferiority, Randomised Controlled Trial, Nigel J. Hall, Simon Eaton, Olivier Abbo, Alexis P. Arnaud, Marianne Beaudin, Mary Brindle, Andreana Bütter, Dafydd Davies, Tim Jancelewicz, Kathy Johnson, Richard Keijzer, Eveline Lapidus-Krol, Martin Offringa, Nelson Piché, Risto Rintala, Erik Skarsgard, Jan F. Svensson, Wendy J. Ungar, Tomas Wester, Andrew R. Willan, Augusto Zani, Shawn D. St Peter, Agostino Pierro

Paediatrics Publications

Background Appendectomy is considered the gold standard treatment for acute appendicitis. Recently the need for surgery has been challenged in both adults and children. In children there is growing clinician, patient and parental interest in non-operative treatment of acute appendicitis with antibiotics as opposed to surgery. To date no multicentre randomised controlled trials that are appropriately powered to determine efficacy of nonoperative treatment (antibiotics) for acute appendicitis in children compared with surgery (appendectomy) have been performed. Methods Multicentre, international, randomised controlled trial with a non-inferiority design. Children (age 5–16 years) with a clinical and/or radiological diagnosis of acute uncomplicated appendicitis …

Lactobacillus Rhamnosus Gr-1 In Fermented Rice Pudding Supplemented With Short Chain Inulin, Long Chain Inulin, And Oat As A Novel Functional Food, Maja Williams, Sharareh Hekmat

Probiotics, Health and Nutrition

© 2017 by the authors. Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 is a probiotic that has been shown to reduce the risk of urogenital problems and urinary tract infections. Rice pudding is a popular gluten-free dairy product, and could be a vehicle to deliver L. rhamnosus GR-1 to a broader population. The purpose of this study was to investigate the growth and viability of L. rhamnosus GR-1 in six fermented rice pudding samples, each one supplemented with one type of prebiotic (short-chain inulin-2% w/w, 4% w/w; long-chain inulin-2% w/w, 4% w/w) and oat-0.5% w/w, 1% w/w, along with control, over a 21-day storage …

Neonicotinoid-Induced Pathogen Susceptibility Is Mitigated By Lactobacillus Plantarum Immune Stimulation In A Drosophila Melanogaster Model, Brendan A. Daisley, Mark Trinder, Tim W. Mcdowell, Hylke Welle, Josh S. Dube, Sohrab N. Ali, Hon S. Leong, Mark W. Sumarah, Gregor Reid

Probiotics, Health and Nutrition

© 2017 The Author(s). Pesticides are used extensively in food production to maximize crop yields. However, neonicotinoid insecticides exert unintentional toxicity to honey bees (Apis mellifera) that may partially be associated with massive population declines referred to as colony collapse disorder. We hypothesized that imidacloprid (common neonicotinoid; IMI) exposure would make Drosophila melanogaster (an insect model for the honey bee) more susceptible to bacterial pathogens, heat stress, and intestinal dysbiosis. Our results suggested that the immune deficiency (IMD) pathway is necessary for D. melanogaster survival in response to IMI toxicity. IMI exposure induced alterations in the host-microbiota as noted by …

Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease: Current Knowledge And Potential Mechanisms, Daniel J. Hoffman, Rebecca M. Reynolds, Daniel B. Hardy

Physiology and Pharmacology Publications

Epidemiologic and clinical research has provided a large body of evidence supporting the developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD), but there has been a relative dearth of mechanistic studies in humans due to the complexity of working with large, longitudinal cohorts. Nonetheless, animal models of undernutrition have provided substantial evidence for the potential epigenetic, metabolic, and endocrine mechanisms behind DOHaD. Furthermore, recent research has explored the interaction between the environment and the gastrointestinal system by investigating how the gut microbial ecology may impact the capacity for nutrient processing and absorption in a manner that may limit growth. This review …

Fatigue In Residency Education: Understanding The Influence Of Work Hours Regulations In Europe, Taryn S. Taylor, Pim W. Teunissen, Tim Dornan, Lorelei Lingard

Paediatrics Publications

Purpose Although one proposed solution to the problem of fatigued medical trainees is the implementation of work hours regulations, concerns about the effectiveness of these regulations are growing. Canada remains one of the few Western jurisdictions without legislated regulation. Recent research suggests that fatigue is a complex social construct, rather than simply a lack of sleep; thus, the authors explored how regulations and fatigue are understood in countries with established work hours frameworks to better inform other jurisdictions looking to address trainee fatigue. Method Using constructivist grounded theory methodology, the authors conducted individual, semistructured interviews in 2015-2016 with 13 postgraduate …