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Decoding The Sleep Homeostat Architecture, Andrey Lazopulo

Open Access Dissertations

Sleep is an ancient behavior that is observed in nearly all organisms. Animals typically spend a significant part of their life sleeping, and prolonged sleep deprivation leads to serious physiological changes, signifying the importance of sleep. However, little is known about the regulation of sleep. Sleep is thought to be controlled by two mechanisms: the circadian clock, a biological oscillator that controls daily activity, and the sleep homeostat that tracks organism’s sleep need and controls the duration of sleep. While the circuit of the circadian clock is well studied, almost nothing is known about the structure of the sleep homeostat. …

Making Covenants With Brute Beasts: Making Room For Non-Human Animals In A Contractualist Framework, Jennifer Lynn Burgis

Open Access Dissertations

In this dissertation I explore the question of whether T.M. Scanlon's contractualist ethical theory can be revised such that the resulting theory makes room for moral obligations to non-human animals. A number of attempts have been made to justify our intuitions regarding the treatment of animals, but none of these has succeeded. I argue that Scanlon's reliance on the rationality criterion is flawed and that a focus on moral capacities creates both a more inclusive and a more satisfying moral framework. By building on Julia Driver's objective consequentialist account of virtue, I am able to support the claim that, at …

Cement-Based Composites For Rehabilitation Of Concrete Structures, Houman Akbari Hadad

Open Access Dissertations

Inorganic based composites are a new class of materials used in strengthening and rehabilitation of masonry and concrete structures. In the literature, these composites have been identified using different terminology, among which, Fabric Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) and Steel Reinforced Grout (SRG) are adopted by the North American guidelines and acceptance criteria. FRCM fabric/s may consists of carbon, aramid, glass, basalt or polyparaphenylene benzobisoxazole (PBO) fiber rovings that are embedded in an inorganic matrix. SRG shares the same technology with FRCM, except that the fabrics consist of twisted galvanized steel wires which form steel cords. Developed as alternatives to fiber-reinforced …

Hispanic Ethnicity And Poison-Related Outcomes, Florida 2010-2015, Wendy Blair Stephan

Open Access Dissertations

Poisoning is the leading cause of injury death in the United States, with most fatal poisonings resulting from drug overdoses in adults. Much remains unknown about epidemiologic factors at the county level that might affect population risk for poison-related outcomes. Hispanic individuals consistently have lower death and hospitalizations rates from poisoning, so it was hypothesized that having a larger proportion of Hispanic residents, might, in effect, “protect” a county from high rates of poisoning. This ecological, longitudinal study examined Hispanic concentration at the county-level in Florida and the incidence of poison death, nonfatal hospitalizations from poisoning, and calls to poison …

Effects Of Temperature, Ultraviolet Radiation And Crude Oil Exposure On Early-Life Staged Mahi-Mahi (Coryphaena Hippurus), Christina Pasparakis

Open Access Dissertations

The timing and location of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) disaster within the Gulf of Mexico resulted in crude oil exposure of many commercially and ecologically important fish species, such as mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), during their sensitive early life stages (ELS). Mahi produce positively buoyant and rapidly developing embryos. Therefore, ELS mahi may be directly exposed to the cardiotoxic tricyclic PAHs dominating the oil slicks in surface waters for a significant portion of their developmental period. Further, these embryos are transparent and are likely also exposed to simultaneous stressors occurring in surface waters, known to act synergistically in the presence …

Cultivating A Global Connection, Julia Rubin

Featured News Story

A Hassenfeld Fellow’s transatlantic teaching experience demonstrates the impact of experiential learning through cultural exchange.

Developing Social And Emotional Skills In Early Childhood Instruction: A Delphi Study, Tess Breen

Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of this Delphi study was to explore social and emotional learning in early childhood instruction with an emphasis on identifying the methods expert early childhood teachers use to support and promote the development of empathy and emotion regulation, to have the teachers rate the impact of these methods, and to identify the specific activities used to implement the six most highly rated methods.

Methodology: This study utilized the Delphi method which is an iterative process used to collect and distill the judgments of experts using a series of questionnaires interspersed with feedback. Fourteen participants recommended strategies to …

Do School Environmental Indicators Impact Student Body Mass Index And Blood Pressure?, Daniella Carucci

Open Access Theses

One third of youth aged 2-19 are overweight or obese, 3.6% of children between the ages of 3 and 18 are found to have stage 1 hypertension, and 3.4% are found to have elevated blood pressure. As children and adolescents spend a majority of their time in school, it is especially important to examine the influence of school contextual factors on body size and blood pressure status. The goal of the present study was to identify how environmental factors, such as school SES, school academic achievement, and school perceived safety influence health status in a sample of ethnically diverse students …

Population Dynamics Of Seagrass Communities In Biscayne Bay, Florida: Exploring The Influence Of Salinity On Seascape Fragmentation, Clinton William Stipek

Open Access Theses

Seagrass communities display complex population dynamics that are presently poorly understood. While most studies of disturbance on seagrass habitats have focused on changes in biomass at small, quadrat-level scales, limited information is available on the impacts of disturbances on seagrass patch dynamics on a broad scale. In this study, a landscape approach based on remote sensing imagery and population modelling were applied to understand seagrass patch dynamics and forecast the fate of these important communities in Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida, US. The seagrass communities of Biscayne Bay are especially influenced by the modifications of the Everglades watershed that has significantly …

Alienation, And Its Antidote: Geographical Estrangement In The Modern Moment, Anna Nissley

English Department: Traveling American Modernism (ENG 366, Fall 2018)

The modern American moment has been marked by geographic estrangement: the alienation of human populations from their surrounding physical environments. This paper explores the modern phenomenon of geographic alienation by situating it within a specific historical frame, beginning with American Manifest Destiny in the mid-1800s and ending in the second half of the twentieth century, drawing connections between sociopolitical movements and their aftereffects. Identifying examples of alienation between humans and their environments through analysis of texts Black Elk Speaks and Blue Highways, as well as other cultural artifacts, this work gestures toward ways of reconciling past wrongs and offers solutions …

"Joy For All People, For All Times" : A Sermon For Augustana College's "Joy Of Christmas" Service, Mark Safstrom

Scandinavian Studies: Faculty Scholarship & Creative Works

This is a sermon delivered at the annual Christmas service for Augustana College's Campus Ministries, held at the historic Augustana Lutheran Church in Andover, Illinois, December 5, 2018.

12-05-2018 Ten Faculty Selected For Inaugural Swosu Instructional Excellence Academy, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2018

Ten Southwestern Oklahoma State University faculty members have recently been selected to the inaugural class of the SWOSU Instructional Excellence Academy (IEA).

Bat Monitoring, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri: Sound And Seismic Effects, Kevin L. Mickus, Paul Wilkinson

OEWRI Technical Reports

The U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and U.S. Army Garrison Fort Leonard Wood (Installation) has prepared a Biological Assessment (BA) to evaluate effects of the construction and operation of a Mine Clearing Line Charge (MICLIC) range on threatened and endangered species at the Installation. A pilot monitoring plan will describe the process in which field data are to be gathered and timelines in which field data are processed and/or reported. The data collected during this pilot monitoring survey will be used to validate the noise and seismic estimations, as described in the BA, for MICLIC detonations and ensure …

Standing In Solidarity

St. Norbert Times

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Academic Freedom, University Of Mississippi. Faculty Senate

Resolutions

A resolution reaffirming the necessity of academic freedom and calling for the university to ensure support of academic freedom.

The Thinker December, Jennifer Jacobs

Library Newsletters

No abstract provided.

The Creative, The Critic, & The Tutor: Tutoring The Creative Process, Nate Hardy

Tutor's Column

The creative writing session presents tutors with the unique opportunity to become an integrated part of the writer’s creative process, a system balanced between both the writer’s creative and critical voice. The former spontaneously invents material while the latter crafts it into a final product. While the creative session can be daunting for general tutors as it requires stepping away from the familiarity of the traditional academic setting, embracing the uncertainty of the session allows the tutor to play imperative roles as a student of the writer, audience to their work, and creative voice for their creative process.

Remote Sensing Of Floodpath Lakes And Wetlands: A Challenging Frontier In The Monitoring Of Changing Environments, Yeqiao Wang, Hervé Yésou

Natural Resources Science Faculty Publications

Monitoring of changing lake and wetland environments has long been among the primary focus of scientific investigation, technology innovation, management practice, and decision-making analysis. Floodpath lakes and wetlands are the lakes and associated wetlands affected by seasonal variations of water level and water surface area. Floodpath lakes and wetlands are, in particular, sensitive to natural and anthropogenic impacts, such as climate change, human-induced intervention on hydrological regimes, and land use and land cover change. Rapid developments of remote sensing science and technologies, provide immense opportunities and capacities to improve our understanding of the changing lake and wetland environments. This special …

The Incidence And Severity Of Drug Interactions Before And After Antiretroviral Therapy Simplification In Treatment Experienced Patients With Hiv Infection, Aleena Santana, Pharmd Candidate, Nick Hastain, Pharmd Candidate, Jason J. Schafer, Pharmd, Mph, Bcps, Aahivp

College of Pharmacy Posters

Purpose

• The primary objective of this study was to assess changes in the incidence and severity of drug interactions before and after ART simplification in treatment experienced patients.
• Describe ART medication class changes and analyze predictors for achieving drug interaction score reductions.

Are Patients Living With Hiv Infection At Risk For Not Receiving Statin Medications For Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction?, Nick Hastain, Pharmd Candidate, Roshni S. Patel, Pharmd, Bcps, Jason J. Schafer, Pharmd, Mph, Bcps, Aahivp

College of Pharmacy Posters

Objective

To determine the prevalence of appropriate statin prescribing for ASCVD risk reduction in PLWH

Transition Pathways To Sustainable Agricultural Water Management: A Review Of Integrated Modeling Approaches, Erin M.K. Haacker, Vaishali Sharda, Amanda M. Cano, R. Aaron Hrozencik, Agustin Nunez, Zachary Zambreski, Soheil Nozari, Garvey Engulu B, Smith, Lacey Moore, Sumit Sharma, Prasanna Gowda, Chittaranjan Ray, Meagan Schipanski, Reagan Waskom

Nebraska Water Center: Faculty Publications

Agricultural water management (AWM) is an interdisciplinary concern, cutting across traditional domains such as agronomy, climatology, geology, economics, and sociology. Each of these disciplines has developed numerous process-based and empirical models for AWM. However, models that simulate all major hydrologic, water quality, and crop growth processes in agricultural systems are still lacking. As computers become more powerful, more researchers are choosing to integrate existing models to account for these major processes rather than building new cross-disciplinary models. Model integration carries the hope that, as in a real system, the sum of the model will be greater than the parts. However, …

Pilot To Improve Patient Safety Reporting In Primary Care Practices, Brian Stello Md, Lori Izzo, Megan Snyder, Kelly Beauchamps, T Papada, Melanie B. Johnson Mpa

Department of Family Medicine

No abstract provided.

Faculty Assembly Powerpoint Presentation 12-5-18, Salve Regina University

Faculty Assembly Documents

FA PPT 12-5-18.pptx

Faculty Assembly Agenda, 12-5-18, Salve Regina University

Faculty Assembly Documents

FA Agenda 12-5-18.docx

Commonwealth Times 2018-12-05

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

We Are ... Marshall, December 5, 2018, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

No abstract provided.

Faculty Assembly Minutes, 12-5-18, Salve Regina University

Faculty Assembly Documents

FA Minutes 12-5-18.docx

Spartan Daily, December 5, 2018, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2018

Volume 151, Issue 43

Assessment Of Dietary Patterns, Physical Activity And Obesity From A National Survey: Rural-Urban Health Disparities In Older Adults, Steven A. Cohen, Mary L. Greaney, Natalie J. Sabik

Public Health Faculty Publications

Background

Obesity is a critical public health issue, affecting over one-third of all Americans, and is an underlying cause of numerous health issues across the lifespan. For older adults, obesity is linked to premature declines in physical and mental health and cognitive functioning. The occurrence of obesity and related health behaviors and chronic diseases are higher in rural areas than in urban areas. Furthermore, rural areas of the United States have a higher proportion of older adults than urban areas. Few studies, to date, have explored rural-urban differences in the relationships between dietary patterns and obesity among older adults. Therefore, …

Bandy, Richard Lewis (Sc 3305), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3305. Letter, 9 November 2018, of Richard L. Bandy, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Mary Alice Oliver, in response to her article in a local magazine about Massey’s Mill in Warren County, Kentucky. Bandy provides recollections of a water-powered mill located on property owned by his family on Middle Fork Creek at Drake, Kentucky. Includes two photographs of the mill, a map showing its location, and Oliver’s reply to the letter.