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Four Umn Morris Faculty Members Earn Research Awards, Communications And Marketing

Campus News Archive

Four University of Minnesota Morris faculty members received Grant-in-Aid of Research, Artistry, and Scholarship program (GIA) awards in the fall round.

Reframing Understandings Of Cultural Influences On Learning Science, Jill Mcnew-Birren, Jennifer Gaul-Stout

College of Education Faculty Research and Publications

This review essay addresses issues raised in Valerie Frède’s paper entitled: Comprehension of the night and day cycle among French and Cameroonian children aged 7–8 years.

How Student Loans Affect College Students With Regional Analysis, Brandon E. Kavaliunas

Honors Capstones

With the burden of student debt growing, it is important to study how this increasing debt is affecting individuals and look at the impact it has on the nation as a whole. By analyzing statewide data and comparing the different states, we can try to find what states are doing well, and begin to look at how we can improve in states that have an increased amount of student debt. Different regions were found to have varying amounts of debt. A linear regression model was used to test if the average amount of debt per state is affected by per …

Investigation Of Dengue Virus (Denv) Ns2b/3 Protease For Antiviral Development, Thimoro Cheng

Honors Capstones

Numerous studies have shown that Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and Dengue virus (DENV) are from the same family and have many characteristics in common. Despite the similarities, no adequate vaccines or antivirals have been developed for DENV yet although many are commercially available for HCV. In this research, we investigated the relationship between HCV and DENV, especially their NS3/4A and NS2B/3 proteases, to aid in the development of antiviral against DENV. To achieve this, in-depth structural analyses of the complexes were conducted; and molecular modeling stimulation software were utilized to visualize the interactions of the enzymes with different potential inhibitors …

Kenyon Collegiate - December 7, 2018

Kenyon Collegiate

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Ohio Staff Learn And Practice Emergency Preparedness (December 7, 2018), University Communications And Marketing

OHIO News Articles Archive

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Facilities Website User Survey Deadline Is Dec. 21 (December 7, 2018), University Communications And Marketing

OHIO News Articles Archive

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Global Perspectives Faculty Learning Community Returns In Spring (December 7, 2018), University Communications And Marketing

OHIO News Articles Archive

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Adaptation Mechanism And Tolerance Of Rhodopseudomonas Palustris Psb-S Under Pyrazosulfuron-Ethyl Stress, Xiang-Wen Luo, De-Yang Zhang, Teng-Hui Zhu, Xuguo Zhou, Jing Peng, Song-Bai Zhang, Yong Liu

Entomology Faculty Publications

Background: Pyrazosulfuron-ethyl is a long lasting herbicide in the agro-ecosystem and its residue is toxic to crops and other non-target organisms. A better understanding of molecular basis in pyrazosulfuron-ethyl tolerant organisms will shed light on the adaptive mechanisms to this herbicide.

Results: Pyrazosulfuron-ethyl inhibited biomass production in Rhodopseudomonas palustris PSB-S, altered cell morphology, suppressed flagella formation, and reduced pigment biosynthesis through significant suppression of carotenoids biosynthesis. A total of 1127 protein spots were detected in the two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Among them, 72 spots representing 56 different proteins were found to be differently expressed using MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS, including 26 up- and 30 …

A Hierarchical Spectrum Access Scheme For Tv White Space Coexistence In Hetergeneous Networks, Mohammad Zaeri-Amirani, Fatemeh Afghah, Sherali Zeadally

Information Science Faculty Publications

Among current techniques for dynamic access to television (TV) white space (TVWS), geolocation database-based access provides a promising performance in protecting the TV-band incumbents from interference that cannot be efficiently achieved in other license-exempt models. However, in heterogeneous wireless networks, most portable devices do not have such access and may cause interference to TV incumbents. We propose a hierarchical model for spectrum sharing in TVWS that includes a wide range of fixed and portable devices. In the first tier, the TV broadcaster can lease the spectrum bands to local fixed users based on a soft license agreement. The fixed users …

Um Chapter Of American Chemical Society Earns National Award, Kendall Patterson

University of Mississippi News

Student group honored for service to national organization, profession

Religious Motivation, Priming And Their Effects On Sexist Language, Bridget Bard, Hank Rothgerber

Undergraduate Theses

This experiment delves into the potential effects of sexist language used in the Christian religious context on increased use of sexist language, and endorsement of sexism on an individual level. In order to demonstrate a relationship between these two variables, an experiment was designed. Participants were exposed to either a religious or neutral priming session and were then immediately asked to complete several scales and measures of sexist language, sexism, and their level of intrinsic religious motivation. The hypothesis was that participants who ranked lower on intrinsic religious motivation, and who received a religious prime, would generate increased sexist language …

The Daily Gamecock, Semester In Review, Fall 2018, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

December

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Exploring Principals' Perceptions About Efficacy In Arizona Urban Schools Designated For The School Improvement Process, Charlotte Patterson

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

Studies have determined a positive relationship exists between the self-efficacy of students and academic achievement, and teacher efficacy and student achievement. For over a decade schools have been publicly targeted for school improvement in a process with implications for efficacy. The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine if principals’ perceptions about efficacy impacted their practices leading school improvement. Principals’ responses to two research questions led this study:

1. How do principals describe their perceptions about the efficacy of their school community relative to the school improvement status, label, or rating for their school?

2. How do principals describe …

Experiences And Needs Of Parents After Their Child's Suicide Attempt, Maryna V. Haponava

Honors Capstones

The purpose of this literature review is to examine parents’ needs and experiences after their child committed a suicide attempt. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (2017), a suicide attempt is when a person injures herself or himself in order to kill herself or himself, but the actions do not result in death. The American Foundation of Suicide Prevention (2018) has analyzed the data and concluded that in 2015, 8.6 % of adolescents in grades 9-12 reported having made at least one suicide attempt in the past 12 months. Most of the time in the situation of a …

Whalesong 2018-12-07, Erin Laughlin, Kortney Stevens, Jordan Lewis, Sierra Lissick, Caitlin Burnham, Khrystl Brouillette, Melissa Scriven, Alyssa Madrid

Whalesong

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Disparity Does Not Mean Bias: Making Sense Of Observed Racial Disparities In Fatal Officer-Involved Shootings With Multiple Benchmarks, Brandon Tregle, Justin Nix, Geoffrey P. Alpert

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

Racial disparities in officer-involved shootings have dominated the national discourse recently. Unfortunately, we have yet to identify an appropriate benchmark, or at-risk population, to put these observed racial disparities into context. In this article, we use seven benchmarks—based on population data from the US Census, police-citizen interaction data from the Police-Public Contact Survey, and arrest data from the Uniform Crime Report—to compare OIS fatality rates for black and white citizens from 2015 to 2017. Using population, police-citizen interactions, or total arrests as a benchmark, we observe that black citizens appear more likely than white citizens to be fatally shot by …

The Echo: December 7, 2018, Taylor University

2018-2019 (Volume 106)

Christmas Edition

Breaking the silence again – Chapel hosts Candles and Carols – A Taylor family Christmas decorating tradition – Film crimes committed in ‘The Crimes of Grindelwald’ – Multiplayer video games build community – Poet’s Corner – A&E Stay Up To Date – Meet the editors: Rayce Patterson and Holly Gaskill – Holiday Gift Guide – Making the most of a study abroad experience – Open houses of November and December – Taylor University Survival Guide – Weekly Crossword – The Weekly Bachelor and Bachelorette -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – Our View – Christmas confusion – When the jokes …

Fort Hays State University Tiger Weekly, December 07, 2018, University Relations

Tiger Weekly Newsletters

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Laser Vaporization And Controlled Condensation (Lvcc): Graphene Supported Pd/Fe3o4 Nanoparticles As An Efficient Magnetic Catalyst For Suzuki Cross – Coupling., Hany A. Elazab Dr

Chemical Engineering

A reproducible, reliable, and highly efficient synthetic approach was implemented for synthesis of palladium nanoparticles supported on a binary composite of Fe3O4 and graphene (Pd-Fe3O4/G). This unique catalyst was tested for being used as a highly efficient active catalyst for being used in Suzuki cross – coupling reactions. It was found that this graphene supported Pd/Fe3O4 nanoparticles (Pd-Fe3O4/G) has a remarkable catalytic activity towards Suzuki coupling reactions. This catalyst could be recycled for up to three times with high catalytic activity. The catalyst was prepared using LVCC synthetic approach; the prepared catalyst was found to be highly magnetic which enabled …

Audit Of The Exchange Stabilization Fund's Financial Statements For The Fiscal Years 2018 And 2017, United States: Department Of The Treasury: Office Of The Inspector General

Documents

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Haiti And The Uses Of America: Post-U.S. Occupation Promises, By Chantalle F. Verna, Matthew Casey

Faculty Publications

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Phosphorothioate-Modified Ap613-1 Specifically Targets Gpc3 When Used For Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Imaging, Lili Dong, Hongxin Zhou, Menglong Zhao, Xinghui Gao, Yang Liu, Dongli Liu, Wei Guo, Hongwei Hu, Qian Xie, Jia Fan, Jiang Lin, Weizhong Wu

ETSU Faculty Works

Glypican-3 (GPC3), the cellular membrane proteoglycan, has been established as a tumor biomarker for early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). GPC3 is highly expressed in more than 70% HCC tissues detected by antibody-based histopathological systems. Recently, aptamers, a short single-strand DNA or RNA generated from systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX), were reported as potential alternatives in tumor-targeted imaging and diagnosis. In this study, a total of 19 GPC3-bound aptamers were successfully screened by capillary electrophoresis (CE)-SELEX technology. After truncated, AP613-1 was confirmed to specifically target GPC3 with a dissociation constant (KD) of 59.85 nM. When modified with …

Synthesis And Anti-Inflammatory Activities Of Phloroglucinol-Based Derivatives, Ning Li, Shabana I. Khan, Shi Qiu, Xing-Cong Li

Faculty and Student Publications (Open Access)

The natural product phloroglucinol-based derivatives representing monoacyl-, diacyl-, dimeric acyl-, alkylated monoacyl-, and the nitrogen-containing alkylated monoacylphloro- glucinols were synthesized and evaluated for inhibitory activities against the inflammatory mediators such as inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and nuclear factor kappaB (NF-κB). The diacylphloroglucinol compound 2 and the alkylated acylphloroglucinol compound 4 inhibited iNOS with IC50 values of 19.0 and 19.5 µM, respectively, and NF-κB with IC50 values of 34.0 and 37.5 µM, respectively. These compounds may serve as leads for the synthesis of more potent anti-inflammatory compounds for future drug discovery.

Tools To Increase Compliance And Decrease Mortality Due To Sepsis, Cody F. Carr

Doctoral Projects

Severe sepsis is a leading cause of death in the United States and is the most common cause of death among critically ill patients in non-coronary intensive care units (Mayr, Yende, & Angus, 2014). The incidence of severe sepsis is estimated to be 300 cases per 100,000 population and cost an estimated $14 billion in the United States (Mayr et al., 2014). This Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project focused on identifying an early-assessment tool to identify sepsis and increase compliance when using the tool. Identifying sepsis early is important in starting a treatment plan to prevent morbidity and mortality. …

Postoperative Pain In Instrumented Spinal Surgery: A Policy For Intraoperative Dexmedetomidine Use, Clinton Whitley

Doctoral Projects

Instrumented multilevel spine surgery is associated with a large amount of opioid consumption, difficult mobilization, and significant pain in a population of patients who are predominantly already chronic pain sufferers (Mathiesen et al., 2013). The Health Resources and Services Administration (2018) recently claimed that our nation is in the midst of an opioid epidemic, with more than 115 opioid-related deaths occurring every year. As a result of this epidemic, many anesthesia providers have become aware and are attempting to do something about it. Organizations such as the Society for Opioid Free Anesthesia are at the forefront of the battle against …

Change Descriptors For Determining Nodule Malignancy In Lung Ct Screening Images, Benjamin Geiger

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Computed tomography (CT) imagery is an important weapon in the fight against lung cancer; various forms of lung cancer are routinely diagnosed from CT imagery. The growth of the suspect nodule is known to be a prognostic factor in the diagnosis of pulmonary cancer, but the change in other aspects of the nodule, such as its aspect ratio, density, spiculation, or other features usable for machine learning, may also provide prognostic information.

We hypothesized that adding combined feature information from multiple CT image sets separated in time could provide a more accurate determination of nodule malignancy. To this end, we …

Helping Children Overcome Reading Difficulties Using Response To Intervention, Corinne M. Sannino

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine if Argryis and Schon's (1974) Theory-of-Action framework could be used as a viable professional development tool to improve teachers' professional practices when providing Tier II literacy interventions within the context of a Response to Intervention (RTI) program in an elementary school. This multicase study sought to understand more deeply the espoused beliefs and theories-in-use of four elementary literacy interventionists' when delivering intensive literacy interventions to students not reading on grade level within the context of the RTI program by using semi-structured interviews, collection of student work, and classroom observations. Discrepancies were …

Higher Education Reform: A Time For Action, The Lincy Institute

Brookings Scholar Lecture Series

The Lincy Institute has been at the forefront of research and analysis on higher education governance reform in Nevada. Following numerous statewide studies, The Lincy Institute has produced reports and policy briefs recommending significant structural changes to the State’s higher education landscape. To provide future generations of students with quality education and training in our 21st-century economy, researchers summarized findings and presented model legislation to improve the quality of education offered by Nevada’s eight institutions of higher learning. All Nevadans should demand an honest and transparent discussion of higher education reform. The 2019 legislative session will be a time for …

Diagnostic & Therapeutic Sciences News, Georgia Southern University

Clinical Sciences: News & Publications (2018-2023)

• Medical Laboratory Science Program Awarded NAACLS Accreditation