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Odell Long

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

The National Health Service (Nhs) In 'Crisis': The Role Played By A Shift From Horizontal To Vertical Principles Of Equity., Sheena Asthana, Alex Gibson

Peninsula Medical School

Explanations of the state of 'crisis' in the English National Health Service (NHS) generally focus on the overall level of health care funding rather than the way in which funding is distributed. Describing systematic patterns in the way different areas are experiencing crisis, this paper suggests that NHS organisations in older, rural and particularly coastal areas are more likely to be 'failing' and that this is due to the historic underfunding of such areas. This partly reflects methodological and technical shortcomings in NHS resource allocation formulae. It is also the outcome of a philosophical shift from horizontal (equal access for …

Maternal Programming: Application Of A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective, Laura M. Glynn, Mariann A. Howland, Molly Fox

Psychology Faculty Articles and Research

The fetal phase of life has long been recognized as a sensitive period of development. Here we posit that pregnancy represents a simultaneous sensitive period for the adult female with broad and persisting consequences for her health and development, including risk for psychopathology. In this review, we examine the transition to motherhood through the lens of developmental psychopathology. Specifically, we summarize the typical and atypical changes in brain and behavior that characterize the perinatal period. We highlight how the exceptional neuroplasticity exhibited by women during this life phase may account for increased vulnerability for psychopathology. Further, we discuss several modes …

Zooming Into A Tinkering Project: The Progression Of Learning Through Transitional Objects, Priyanka Parekh, Elisabeth R. Gee

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning

The Maker Movement has been received by the field of K–12 education with great enthusiasm as a way of teaching STEM content to children. We call attention to and identify learning opportunities in children’s projects created in a playful, informal environment with easily available materials. In keeping with research in the field of maker education and learning sciences, we describe tinkering as a constructionist learning activity in which meaning making is captured through transitional objects (Bamberger, 1995). First, we examine one specific tinkering project and identify transitional objects within the project. Next, we discuss the process of meaning making as …

The Acyl-Coa Synthetase, Pudgy, Promotes Sleep And Is Required For The Homeostatic Response To Sleep Deprivation, Matthew S. Thimgan, Natlie Kress, John Lisse, Courtney Fiebelman, Thomas Hilderbrand

Biological Sciences Faculty Research & Creative Works

The regulation of sleep and the response to sleep deprivation rely on multiple biochemical pathways. A critical connection is the link between sleep and metabolism. Metabolic changes can disrupt sleep, and conversely decreased sleep can alter the metabolic environment. There is building evidence that lipid metabolism, in particular, is a critical part of mounting the homeostatic response to sleep deprivation. We have evaluated an acyl-CoA synthetase, pudgy (pdgy), for its role in sleep and response to sleep deprivation. When pdgytranscript levels are decreased through transposable element disruption of the gene, mutant flies showed lower total sleep times …

2018-2019 New Faculty Handbook, Center For Advancing Faculty Excellence

Campus Resources for Faculty

Welcome to Missouri S&T!

We are delighted that you are here. Missouri S&T is committed to helping you succeed. In this Handbook you will find the resources that will not only help you become familiar with the campus, but also will enhance your teaching, research, and service endeavors.

The following pages identify resources ranging from a map of the campus and a directory of contact information for key offices on campus to the schedule of Early Career Faculty Forum events for the academic year and some helpful tips on teaching. Some of the offices identified in the handbook will have …

Intermediate Biblical Greek Reader: Galatians And Related Texts, Nijay K. Gupta, Jonah M. Sandford

Open Textbooks

After completing basic biblical Greek, students are often eager to continue to learn and strengthen their skills of translation and interpretation. This intermediate graded reader is designed to meet those needs. The reader is “intermediate” in the sense that it presumes the user will have already learned the basics of Greek grammar and syntax and has memorized Greek vocabulary words that appear frequently in the New Testament. The reader is “graded” in the sense that it moves from simpler translation work (Galatians) towards more advanced readings from the book of James, the Septuagint, and from one of the Church Fathers. …

Scale-Invariant Geometric Data Analysis (Sigda), Marina Girgis, Max Robinson

STAR Program Research Presentations

The purpose of this research is to introduce a new data analysis method called Scale Invariant Geometric Data Analysis (SIGDA). SIGDA has been shown to be more informative than more common data analysis methods, such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA). SIGDA is used to visualize complex data sets in a way that accurately preserves data patterns and behavior. SIGDA is designed to preserve relative ratios in a numerical matrix, and the number of entries has to be more than the total number of rows and columns. Our research involved providing a simple explanation of SIGDA's mathematical process—simple enough for the …

Impacts Of Nutrient Enrichment On Native And Non-Native Plants In Serpentine Soil, Amber R. Williams, Mary Devlin, N. Rajakaruna

STAR Program Research Presentations

Serpentine soil, derived from serpentinite, California’s state rock, is characterized by its harsh nature - due to its low levels of essential nutrients and exceptionally high levels of toxic heavy metals.In California, serpentine soils are characterized by high levels of plant endemism and rarity. Plants occurring in serpentine soil exhibit extreme tolerance of harsh soil conditions, and are typically out-competed in ‘normal’ soils due to the cost associated with physiological specialization. Atmospheric nutrient deposition is contributing to a greater invasion of non-native grass species on serpentine soils, outcompeting the native species and threatening them with local extinction. Our greenhouse study …

Tof-Sims Analysis Of Plant Seed Interactions With Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria, Tammy Pheuphong, Rachel Komorek, Xiao-Ying Yu

STAR Program Research Presentations

The use of time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) in plant biology is a relatively unexplored and quickly developing field. The majority of research in plant SIMS involves the application of ToF-SIMS to study dried wood tissues, and only a handful of studies apply SIMS on plant stems, roots, and/or seeds. Our project provides a brief description and review of previous work using SIMS on plant stems, roots, and/or seeds, along with an emphasis on the sample preparation in each study. Additionally, the use of Brachypodium distachyon (Brachypodium) as a model system for research on grasses has also become more …

Madness And Lived Experience: An Analysis Of The Icarus Project, Alyson Young

Social Justice and Community Engagement

Psychiatric frameworks are used as the primary lens in the Western world to understand, define, describe, and categorize the experience of mental distress in individuals. The Icarus Project is a community mental health organization that has a focus on intersectionality and uses a social justice lens to look at experiences of mental distress. Members of The Icarus Project believe that they possess knowledge about the potential benefits that exist in the space between brilliance and madness as a community of individuals with lived experience of mental distress. Members believe that, through this knowledge, they can instill a sense of hope …

Alphabetic Trigrams And Tetragrams Update, Jeff Grant

Word Ways

An update on an article from May 1999 with examples for each alphabetic set.

Word Ways V.51 No.3 Complete Issue

Word Ways

All of the articles contained in this issue in one complete document.

Mole Street Journal, August 2018, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Dept. Of Chemistry And Biochemistry

Mole Street Journal

No abstract provided.

California's Coast And Ocean Summary Report, Part Of California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment, Leila Sievanen, Jennifer Phillips, Charles Colgan, Gary Griggs, Juliette Finzi Hart, Eric Hartge, Raphael Kudela, Nathan Mantua, Karina Nielsen, Liz Whiteman

Working Papers

This report synthesizes current scientific understanding about the impacts of climate change on California’s coast and ocean and presents a forward-looking summary of challenges and opportunities for the future. It is one component of California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment (Fourth Assessment). To prepare this report, the state called upon the California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) and California Ocean Science Trust (OST) to convene an Ocean Protection Council Science Advisory Team (OPC-SAT) working group composed of science and policy leaders. Similar to other components of the Fourth Assessment, the 12-member working group was guided by an Advisory Group of end users …

Map Of Mathworld: Identifying Core Practices For Successful Supplemental Instruction Of Community College Math Students, Shannon A. Patterson

Theses & Dissertations

At its core, this study is about developmental math which has been a problem in the United States for decades. Math teachers, at different academic levels, have assisted students through struggles with math. Research suggests that although math is a necessary skill, some students often fare poorly in the subject. Because of that, many formal, math support programs have been developed to assist students.

MathWorld is a math support program at St. Philip’s College that is available to math students for the purpose of receiving assistance on study skills and gaining understanding of mathematical concepts. The overarching purpose of this …

August 2018 Quicknotes, Southern Adventist University

QuickNotes – Advancement e-Newsletter

QuickNotes is an e-newsletter that comes from Advancement at Southern Adventist University. August 2018 edition features the article "Felix Hired as Associate Vice President for Academic Administration".

A Comparative Study To Assess The Health Related Quality Of Life (Hrqol) And Perception Of Body Image Among Normal And Overweight/Obese Adolescents In Selected English Medium Schools Of Udupi District, Karnataka., Jane Jyothi Mathias

Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal Theses and Dissertations

ABSTRACT A research study titled “A comparative study to assess the Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and perception of body image among normal and overweight/obese adolescents in selected English Medium Schools of Udupi District, Karnataka” was conducted by Mrs Jane J Mathias in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Masters of Science in Nursing at Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka. The objectives of the study were to identify the normal and overweight/obese adolescents, find their Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and body image perception, assess the relationship between BMI …

A Study To Assess The Depressive Symptoms And Bio-Psychosocial Problems Among Postmenopausal Women Living In Selected Villages Of Udupi District, Karnataka, Shwetha Nayak

Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal Theses and Dissertations

ABSTRACT The study titled “A study to assess the depressive symptoms and biopsychosocial problems among postmenopausal women living in selected villages of Udupi district, Karnataka” was carried out by Shwetha Nayak, for the partial fulfilment of requirement for the award of degree of Master of Science in Nursing at Manipal College of Nursing, MAHE, Karnataka. The objectives of the study were to identify the depressive symptoms among postmenopausal women by using inventory of depressive symptomology self report [IDS-SR], to determine the bio-psychosocial problems contributing to depressive symptoms among postmenopausal women by using rating scale on bio-psychosocial problems of postmenopausal women, …

A Case Control Study To Identify The Biopsychosocial Risk Factors That May Contribute To Intellectual Disability Among Children Attending Selected Special School Of Udupi District, Karnataka., Henita Joshna Menezes

Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal Theses and Dissertations

ABSTRACT A research study entitled, “A case-control study to identify the biopsychosocial risk factors that may contribute to Intellectual Disability among children attending selected special schools of Udupi District, Karnataka”, was conducted by Ms Henita Joshna Menezes in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of Master of Science in Nursing at Manipal College of Nursing Manipal, MAHE, manipal. The objective of the study was to identify the biopsychosocial risk factors that may contribute to Intellectual Disability. The conceptual framework of this study was based on Kaoru Ishikawa’s fishbone model 1968. A quantitative study with case-control design was adopted …

Brain Training And Meditation’S Effects On Memory In Subjects With Vascular Cognitive Impairment, Sarah Savoia

Yale School of Medicine Physician Associate Program Theses

Vascular Dementia (VaD) is an important public health concern, which causes significant morbidity and mortality amongst populations around the world. With the increases in average age of individuals and prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, the incidence of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) and VaD are on the rise. Most of this increase will come from cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) as treatment for large vessel disease improves. Yet, very few interventions are recommended for CSVD beyond control of risk factors. In this thesis, we propose a non-pharmacological intervention, which we believe may address executive dysfunction in VCI due to CSVD. CSVD …

Respirometry Test Manual: Weerc Laboratory, Sepideh Sadeghi, Suzette Burckhard, Christopher Schmit

Civil and Environmental Engineering Reports and Manuals

Biological treatment methods are the basis for waste water treatment worldwide. Among biological treatment systems, activated sludge processes are most widely used to remove the oxygen demand and nutrients from wastewater. The activated sludge process uses naturally occurring bacteria at high concentrations in tanks. The bacteria in the activated sludge process remove small molecules of organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphate as a consequence of bacterial growth and the waste water is purified. The effluent can then be safely released to the environment. Respirometry techniques are an effective tool to measure the respiration of living organisms. These techniques are associated with …

Attitudinal, Normative, And Resource Factors Affecting Psychologists’ Intentions To Adopt An Open Data Badge: An Empirical Analysis, Lindsey M. Harper, Youngseek Kim

Librarian Research

The purpose of this research is to investigate the attitudinal, normative, and resource factors affecting psychologists’ adoption of an open data badge. The theory of planned behavior was employed to demonstrate how these factors influence behavioral intentions to adopt an open data badge. This research used a survey method to examine to what extent those attitudinal, normative, resource factors influence psychologists’ behavioral intentions to adopt an open data badge, and therefore engage in data sharing behaviors. A national survey (n = 341) across the field of psychology showed that perceived benefit and perceived risk had significant positive and negative relationships …

Biodiversity And Conservation Study Of The St. Norbert Abbey, De Pere, Wisconsin - 2017 Annual Report, Mikaela Nowak, Mackenzie Hennes, Adam L. Brandt

Student Creative and Scholarly Works

Long term biological studies are rare but incredibly valuable for examining natural phenomena. Data collected over many years or decades allows for analyses of trends that would never be apparent in a single season. The research presented here is for the completion of the first field season in a long term study analyzing biodiversity trends at the St. Norbert Abbey. Using visual searches, live trapping, and trail cameras, the biodiversity and abundance of species was examined. Special emphasis was placed on small mammals, though other species were observed and documented. The goals of this project were to (1) provide preliminary …

Optimization Of Zein Based Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Biosensor For The Detection Of Gliadin As A Marker For Celiac Disease, Emma A. Barber

Open Access Theses

Biosensors are a growingly popular alternative to chemical sensors. With their fast detection time and portability, biosensors have the ability to be applicable in a number of different industries. The current methods for allergen and toxin detection in the food industry often require highly trained personnel and can be very time consuming. These disadvantages plus the growing desire for the consumer to make more informed choices about what they eat, shows a need for an easy to use, rapid, and specific method of detection for analytes of interest to the food industry (Alocilja and Radke 2003). In this thesis, a …

Priming Sentence Comprehension In Older Adults, Emily Hosokawa

Open Access Theses

Syntactic priming is thought to reflect ongoing language learning processes throughout the life span. However, little is known on if and how the mechanisms of syntactic priming change in aging. This study examined whether syntactic priming influences sentence comprehension in healthy older adults and whether such effects occur independently of, or in conjunction with, lexically specific (verb) information. We further examined if older adults show persisting priming effects. Twenty older adults completed a written sentence-picture matching task involving the interpretation of prepositional phrases (the chef is poking the solider with an umbrella) that were ambiguous between high and low attachment …

Oxygen Consumption By Grain Storage Pests In Relation To Hermetic Storage Systems And An Evaluation Of Postharvest Management Practices By Smallholder Farmers In Haiti, Hannah E. Quellhorst

Open Access Theses

Food security is a serious issue throughout the world. An estimated 700 million people in developing countries currently lack the food necessary for an active and healthy lifestyle (World Bank, 1999). Competition with insect pests for food has always been a challenge. An estimated 20-30% of the grain can be lost postharvest due to insect pests alone (Tefera et al., 2011). To reduce postharvest losses and improve food security, alternative storage solutions are needed to replace the traditional, and often-ineffective storage methods employed by smallholder farmers. Hermetic grain storage is an airtight technology that provides a cost effective and insecticide …

Influence Of A Guanidine Riboswitch In Bacterial Cells, Erik S. Timsak, Jefferey A. Kimbrel, Chris S. Ward, Rhona K. Stuart, Michael P. Thelen

STAR Program Research Presentations

Bacteria live in environments containing complex ecologies of other microbes that communicate and survive through the action of a variety of small metabolic compounds. One common yet relatively unstudied metabolite is guanidine. Although it can be toxic to cells, recent studies have revealed that guanidine may function as a cellular metabolite through a specialized RNA sequence known as a riboswitch. Within our overall project on improving algal productivity, the focus of this study is to: (a) describe various guanidine riboswitch sequences in bacteria that interact with biofuel producing algae; and (b) determine if guanidine has a positive or negative influence …

Linear Association Between Maternal Age And Need Of Medical Interventions At Delivery In Primiparae: A Cohort Of 21,235 Singleton Births, Pierre-Yves Robillard, Thomas C. Hulsey, Malik Boukerrou, Francesco Bonsante, Gustaaf Dekker, Silvia Iacobelli

Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Objectives—We sought to investigate the potential association between maternal age and the need for active obstetrical intervention intrapartum in primiparas. Study design—Observational study over 14 years (2001–2014) of all consecutive primiparous singleton births having delivered at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hospitalier Sud Reunion's maternity (French overseas department, Indian Ocean). Results—Of the 21,235 singleton primiparous births, there were three significant linear associations between maternal age from 12 years of age to 42 +(all χ2 for linear trend, p < .0001) (a) vaginal deliveries without any medical intervention, (b) rate of cesarean sections, and (c) rate of operative vaginal procedures. These three linear associations persisted when controlling for maternal obesity (±30 kg/m2 ), “heavy babies” (>3.5 kg), and ethnicity. Using maternal age remained significantly an independent risk factor (p < .0001), after controlling for the major confounders: maternal BMI, maternal height, birthweight ≥3500 g, p < .0001. Conclusions—Increasing maternal age has a linear association with vaginal deliveries without any medical intervention, rate of cesarean sections, and rate of operative vaginal procedures. These associations are independent of maternal BMI and maternal height. We currently do not have a specific explanation why younger women appear to be protected from requiring intrapartum obstetric intervention. Nevertheless, these strong facts deserve acknowledgement and further research.

Heterogeneous Relationships Between Labor Income And Health By Race/Ethnicity, Abdulkarim M. Meraya, Nilanjana Dwibedi, Kim Innes, Sophie Mitra, Xi Tan, Usha Sambamoorthi

Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Objective. To examine the race-stratified relationships between labor income and health among working-age adults in the United States. Data Sources. Data from eight waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics from 1999 through 2013 were used for this study. Study Design. The study utilized a retrospective observational longitudinal design with repeated measures of labor income and health measures. System-generalized method of moment and heteroscedasticity-based instrument regressions were used to examine the relationships between labor income and physical and mental health measures, respectively. Dynamic panel models were used to examine the effect of loss in income on health measures. Data …