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Hydrogels For Cell Delivery, Esmaiel Jabbari

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Being Māori And Pākehā: Methodology And Method In Exploring Cultural Hybridity, Niki Grennell-Hawke (Ngai Tahu, Ngai Mutunga), Keith Tudor Dr

The Qualitative Report

This article addresses the first author’s experience of identifying as both Māori and Pākehā in Aotearoa New Zealand. Based on her own research using both kaupapa research theory and heuristic research method, and supervised by the second author, the article describes her negotiation of the experience of being a hybrid cultural subject and object, of belonging and not belonging. The article extends the practice and understanding of cross-cultural research on a number of levels: the intrapsychic (i.e., within the principal investigator herself), the interpersonal (i.e., between the researcher and supervisor), and the methodological (i.e., between an indigenous and a Western …

Co-Creating Our Lives, Performing Our Multi-Cultural Worlds, Aidah Nalubowa

Theses and Dissertations

In his Foreword for Theatre and Migration (Cox 2014), director Peter Sellars writes, “None of us are the picture in our passports” (viii). Neither are we the person that we look or sound like at first glance or the first meeting. Rather, who we are is shaped by among other factors our environment and cultural upbringing. Because traditionally people from different places perform and participate in social and cultural events that are naturally “scripted” differently, we are so much more than the pictures and names we carry on our identification documents. Migration, Sellars continues, is “one of the most basic …

The Relationship Between Spiritual Intelligence And Professional Ethics Of Librarians : A Case Study, Fatemeh Mohmmad Moradi, Maryam Kazerani*(Corresponding Author), Maryam Shekofteh, Sara Jambarsang

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

Background: the place and role of the spiritual intelligence and professional ethics have become of great importance and managers seek to improve spirituality and use professional ethics in the organizations. These two factors can reduce the tension and stress in the workplace and improve the status of the organizations. The objective of the present study was to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence and professional ethics of the librarians working at the libraries of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 2017.

Method: this is an applied analytical survey. The population of the present study included all managers and …

Development Of Mof@Polymer Composite Materials Through Bottom-Up Self-Assembly Techniques, Roberto Christian Arbulu

Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs

MOF-based mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) are a promising new class of MOF/polymer composite materials. Currently, fabrication of MMMs is based on top-down methods with limited control over MOF positioning, integration, or morphology. This work focuses on the growth of well-defined one-dimensional (1-D) MOF nanostructures within the pores of a nanoporous polymer template, either commercially available or through the self-assembly of block co-polymers having tailor-designed surface functionalities. Studies were conducted using zeolitic imidazole framework-8 (ZIF-8) and polycarbonate track etched (PCTE) membranes, which demonstrated the feasibility of the outlined approach, and revealed the formation of distinct super- and nanostructures with controlled morphologies …

Levels Of Arousal In Positive Moods: Effects On Motor Performance, Carolina Valencia, Krista Currier, Sarah Lindsay, Pamela Lemperis, Titus Hughes, Jeanne Sowers

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Background: The use of simple preparatory methods, such as listening to relaxing music, may decrease negative emotions and enhance performance. The purpose of this research was to explore whether certain types of music, as a preparatory task, could enhance motor performance.

Method: Fifty-six participants were randomly assigned to a condition before completing a pre and postdexterity test using the Purdue Pegboard Test (PPT). Performance was assessed with the PPT and arousal of mood was assessed with the Affect Grid. During the postdexterity test, the participants heard no music or specific music based on their condition. The experimental conditions …

Journey Interrupted: A Phenomenological Exploration Of Miscarriage, Marit A. Watson, Vanessa D. Jewell, Sarah L. Smith

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Background: Miscarriage is a significant life event that impacts occupational performance, identity, and competence and that influences perceptions of motherhood. Because of the lack of social rituals often attributed to the death of a loved one, miscarriages may result in disenfranchised grief, which impedes coping.

Methods: This phenomenological study explored the impact of miscarriage on relationships, perceptions of motherhood, and the meaning of occupation in the context of grief. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews (N = 4) and completion of a brief demographic questionnaire. The interviews were digitally recorded, transcribed verbatim, and reviewed to ensure accuracy. Using inductive thematic …

Effects Of Flight Activity And Age On Oxidative Damage In The Honey Bee, Apis Mellifera, Joseph W. Margotta, Stephen P. Roberts, Michelle M. Elekonich

Biological Sciences Faculty Research & Creative Works

Frequent and Highly Aerobic Behaviors Likely Contribute to Naturally Occurring Stress, Accelerate Senescence and Limit Lifespan. to Understand How the Physiological and Cellular Mechanisms that Determine the Onset and Duration of Senescence Are Shaped by Behavioral Development and Behavioral Duration, We Exploited the Tractability of the Honeybee (Apis Mellifera) Model System. First, We Determined Whether a Cause-Effect Relationship Exists between Honeybee Flight and Oxidative Stress by Comparing Oxidative Damage Accrued from Intense Flight Bouts to Damage Accrued from D-Galactose Ingestion, Which Induces Oxidative Stress and Limits Lifespan in Other Insects. Second, We Experimentally Manipulated the Duration of Honeybee Flight Across …

Powering Education Through Scholarships, Ub Law Forum

UB Law Forum

No abstract provided.

Vital Work On Their Way To Law School, Ub Law Forum

UB Law Forum

No abstract provided.

Ub Law Forum Volume 32 Number 2 Summer/Fall 2018, University At Buffalo School Of Law

UB Law Forum

No abstract provided.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon Alumni Newsletter Summer 2018, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, Wofford College

Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity

No abstract provided.

The Classic, Summer 2018, Public Relations

The Classic, 2010-2019

Zwemer View: Red Raider Athletics: A Tool for Discipleship; Around the Green: Faculty Scholarship, Honored by Alma Mater, Grand Prize Winner, Designing Women, Honor(ed) Band, Life Story, Strengthening Expertise, Campus Life: The Pitch, Maintenance Man, Excellence Affirmed, Students with a Mission, Graduate Smiles, Team Player, Special Inspiration, A Humble Servant, Faithful Storyteller, Embracing Diversity, Raider Nation Works, Faculty Scholarship Online, Housing Decisions; Face Value: Kris McDonald; Scholarship on Display; Tales from the Tour; Historic Gift; Journal Editor; All In (AllNDay); New & Improved; Partners in Service; All the World's a Classroom; Just Ask Darla; Elements of Teaching Excellence; RedZone: Passing …

College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Summer 2018, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University

College of Science and Mathematics Newsletters

This 5 page newsletter discusses various happenings within the College of Science and Mathematics. It begins with a letter from the dean, and continues on with news, events, alumni news, and other community news.

A Math Research Project Inspired By Twin Motherhood, Tiffany N. Kolba

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

The phenomenon of twins, triplets, quadruplets, and other higher order multiples has fascinated humans for centuries and has even captured the attention of mathematicians who have sought to model the probabilities of multiple births. However, there has not been extensive research into the phenomenon of polyovulation, which is one of the biological mechanisms that produces multiple births. In this paper, I describe how my own experience becoming a mother to twins led me on a quest to better understand the scientific processes going on inside my own body and motivated me to conduct research on polyovulation frequencies. An overview of …

Annual Report Of The Wally Cordes Teaching And Faculty Support Center For The Year Ended…, 2018, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Wally Cordes Teaching And Faculty Support Center

Wally Cordes Teaching and Faculty Support Center Annual Report

No abstract provided.

Applications Of Big Knowledge Summarization, Ling Zheng

Dissertations

Advanced technologies have resulted in the generation of large amounts of data ("Big Data"). The Big Knowledge derived from Big Data could be beyond humans' ability of comprehension, which will limit the effective and innovative use of Big Knowledge repository. Biomedical ontologies, which play important roles in biomedical information systems, constitute one kind of Big Knowledge repository. Biomedical ontologies typically consist of domain knowledge assertions expressed by the semantic connections between tens of thousands of concepts. Without some high-level visual representation of Big Knowledge in biomedical ontologies, humans cannot grasp the "big picture" of those ontologies. Such Big Knowledge orientation …

Novel Image Descriptors And Learning Methods For Image Classification Applications, Ajit Puthenputhussery

Dissertations

Image classification is an active and rapidly expanding research area in computer vision and machine learning due to its broad applications. With the advent of big data, the need for robust image descriptors and learning methods to process a large number of images for different kinds of visual applications has greatly increased. Towards that end, this dissertation focuses on exploring new image descriptors and learning methods by incorporating important visual aspects and enhancing the feature representation in the discriminative space for advancing image classification.

First, an innovative sparse representation model using the complete marginal Fisher analysis (CMFA-SR) framework is proposed …

Theoretical Studies Of Photoinduced Dynamics And Topological States In Materials With Strong Electron-Lattice Couplings, Linghua Zhu

Dissertations

First, we study the nonequilibrium dynamics of photoinduced phase transitions in charge ordered (CO) systems with a strong electron-lattice interaction and analyze the interplay between electrons, periodic lattice distortions, and a phonon thermal reservoir. Simulations based on a tight-binding Hamiltonian and Boltzmann equations reveal partially decoupled oscillations of the electronic order parameter and the periodic lattice distortion during CO melting, which becomes more energy efficient with lower photon energy. The cooling rate of the electron system correlates with the CO gap dynamics, responsible for an order of magnitude decrease of the cooling rate upon the gap reopening. The work also …

Approach To Teaching Mathematics, Informatics, Information Technologies And Their Integration In Medical Universities, A.F. Marasulov, M.I. Bazarbayev, D.I. Saifullaeva

Central Asian Journal of Medicine

An approach is proposed for the realization of the problems of teaching mathematics, information technology, and information technologies. Its integration in medical higher education based on teaching methods of technological application of mathematical methods in medical practice and in the independent conduct of medical research. Also the work proposes using a computer modeling as a way to combine computer science issues with the solution of medical and biological disciplines; integrated learning of natural-mathematical disciplines in medical education. Additionally, use of opportunities for formalizing the elements of the educational process on the basis of mathematical methods is going to be highlighted.

Approach To Teaching Mathematics, Informatics, Information Technologies And Their Integration In Medical Universities, A.F. Marasulov, M.I. Bazarbayev, D.I. Saifullaeva

Central Asian Journal of Medicine

An approach is proposed for the realization of the problems of teaching mathematics, information technology, and information technologies. Its integration in medical higher education based on teaching methods of technological application of mathematical methods in medical practice and in the independent conduct of medical research. Also the work proposes using a computer modeling as a way to combine computer science issues with the solution of medical and biological disciplines; integrated learning of natural-mathematical disciplines in medical education. Additionally, use of opportunities for formalizing the elements of the educational process on the basis of mathematical methods is going to be highlighted.

Unconventional Natural Gas Industry Value Chain And Representative Companies, Ednilson Bernardes

Bureau of Business & Economic Research

This report defines a framework for the unconventional natural gas value chain and identifies representative companies in each stage, as per definition of the value chain adopted for the study. The main focus of the report is on major companies in the up and midstream stages of the value chain. However, the report presents major companies in stages further downstream covered by the study. The reason for the focus on up and midstream stages is two‐fold. First, given the current level of development of the unconventional natural gas value chain in the state, those are the stages where most opportunities …

Law & Health Care Newsletter, Summer 2018

Law & Health Care Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Better Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Better Medicine

No abstract provided.

Caloric Restriction Effects On Liver Mtor Signaling Are Time‐Of‐Day Dependent, Richa Tulsian, Nikkhil Velingkaar, Roman Kondratov

Biological, Geological, and Environmental Faculty Publications

The regulation of mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling contributes to the metabolic effects of a calorie restriction (CR) diet. We assayed the effect of CR on the activity of mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) and mTOR complex 2 (mTORC2) in the liver of mice at six different times across the day. CR effects on mTORC1 and mTORC2 activities were time-of-day dependent. CR induced mTORC1 activity at one time, reduced at two times and has no effect during other times. CR induced mTORC2 activity at one time of the day and has no effects at other times. Circadian clocks are implemented …

Investigating The Impacts Of Varying External Power On Bio-Electrochemical Denitrification, Autumn Lineback, Daqian Jiang, Taymee Brandon

2018 Undergraduate Research

Nitrate discharge leads to eutrophication, the largest water quality problem globally. Eutrophication results in "dead zones" in oceans and considerable economic loss. Bio-electrochemical denitrification is a promising solution because bacteria directly use electrons to reduce nitrate and produce nitrogen gas.

Testing The Presence And Viability Of Seed Bank In The Joiner Gulch Area In Anaconda, Montana, Augustina Osabutey, Pedro Marques, Robert Pal

2018 Undergraduate Research

The overall objective of this project is to test the potential seedbank in the Joiner Gulch area that could be activated for ecological restoration in a greenhouse-based seedbank test.

Curation And Characterization Of A Collection Of Mycobacteriophages, Hannah E. Sparks, Marisa L. Pedulla

2018 Undergraduate Research

Bacteriophages are the most abundant biological entity on earth, with an estimated number of 10³¹. Bacteriophages specifically kill bacteria. Phages that infect M.smegmatis could potentially be used as an alternative to antibiotics.

The Greenbook, Faculty Handbook, 2018-2019, Marshall University Academic Affairs

The Greenbook

This book has been published for the faculty of Marshall University for the specified period of time. This book was created by what is now known as Academic Affairs and is for the period of 2018-2019.

Center For Grassland Studies, Volume 24, Issue 2, Summer 2018

Center for Grassland Studies: Newsletters

Nebraska Grazing Conference: August 6-8

Director's Comments

Grazing Livestock Systems Degree Info Booth at NGC

18th Annual Nebraska Grazing Conference

2018/2019 Scholarships Awarded

My Internship

Science with a Story

PGAM’s St. Onge Makes Franco List

GLS Scrapbook Captures Memories