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You Lead Like A Girl: Gender And Children’S Leadership Development, Alexa J. Trumpy, Marissa Elliott

Faculty Creative and Scholarly Works

Recent leadership initiatives encourage children, particularly girls, to defy gender stereotypes. Yet, those creating and participating in these initiatives, like all members of our culture, have their own gender biases, have received gender socialization, and live in a society where the masculine is more valued than the feminine. We conducted participant observation of two gender-segregated leadership summer camps to examine how camp counselors and directors teach leadership to boys and girls. We find counselors unintentionally reinforce gender stereotypes and promote gender-typical behavior while attempting to break down these same stereotypes and behavioral expectations. We argue the gender-segregated environment leads to …

I Heard St. Norbert Is Home To A Collection Of Dried Plants That Contains Tens Of Thousands Of Species. Is This True? If So, Where Did All Those Plants Come From?, Emily Schiltz '20

Ask the Abbot

Abbot Pennings answers a question about Fr. Keefe's botanical specimin collection, archived from the SNC website.

Randomized Controlled Trial Examining Ticagrelor Versus Placebo On Coronary Flow Reserve, Sabrina Puvalowski

Yale School of Medicine Physician Associate Program Theses

Non-obstructive coronary artery disease is prevalent in the United States and is associated with acute coronary syndrome and heart failure. Despite its prevalence and morbidity, no standard therapy exists for non-obstructive coronary artery disease. The development of non-obstructive coronary artery disease involves coronary microvascular dysfunction, which is primarily driven by endothelial dysfunction. Therefore, exploring therapies to improve endothelial function could benefit patients with coronary microvascular dysfunction. Ticagrelor is a P2Y12 inhibitor that is used for its anti-platelet effects and is also thought to improve endothelial function. Therefore, we propose to investigate the effects of ticagrelor versus placebo on coronary flow …

Splicing Dysregulation Contributes To The Pathogenicity Of Several F9 Exonic Point Variants, Upendra K. Katneni, Aaron Liss, David Holcomb, Nobuko H. Katagiri, Ryan Hunt, Haim Bar, Amra Ismail, Anton A. Komar, Chava Kimchi‐Sarfaty

Biological, Geological, and Environmental Faculty Publications

Background: Pre‐mRNA splicing is a complex process requiring the identification of donor site, acceptor site, and branch point site with an adjacent polypyrimidine tract sequence. Splicing is regulated by splicing regulatory elements (SREs) with both enhancer and suppressor functions. Variants located in exonic regions can impact splicing through dysregulation of native splice sites, SREs, and cryptic splice site activation. While splicing dysregulation is considered primary disease‐inducing mechanism of synonymous variants, its contribution toward disease phenotype of non‐synonymous variants is underappreciated. Methods: In this study, we analyzed 415 disease‐causing and 120 neutral F9 exonic point variants including both synonymous and non‐synonymous …

Barriers To Inclusive Deliberation And Democratic Governance Of Genetic Technologies At The Science-Policy Interface, Cynthia Taylor, Bryan Dewsbury

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Advances in 21st century genetic technologies offer new directions for addressing public health and environmental challenges, yet raise important social and ethical questions. Though the need for inclusive deliberation is widely recognized, institutionalized risk definitions, regulation standards, and imaginations of publics pose obstacles to democratic participation and engagement. This paper traces how the problematic precedents set by the 1975 Asilomar Conference emerge in contemporary discussions on CRISPR, and draws from a recent controversy surrounding field trial releases of genetically modified mosquitoes to explicate the ways in which these precedents undermine efforts to engage publics in decisions at the science-policy interface.

Deep Learning For Recommender Systems, Travis Akira Ebesu

Engineering Ph.D. Theses

The widespread adoption of the Internet has led to an explosion in the number of choices available to consumers. Users begin to expect personalized content in modern E-commerce, entertainment and social media platforms. Recommender Systems (RS) provide a critical solution to this problem by maintaining user engagement and satisfaction with personalized content.

Traditional RS techniques are often linear limiting the expressivity required to model complex user-item interactions and require extensive handcrafted features from domain experts. Deep learning demonstrated significant breakthroughs in solving problems that have alluded the artificial intelligence community for many years advancing state-of-the-art results in domains such as …

Comprehensive Annual Financial Report For Bridgewater State University For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30 In 2018 And 2019, Office Of Fiscal Affairs, Bridgewater State University

Comprehensive Annual Financial Report

This is the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for Bridgewater State University (BSU) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019. The audit report conveys an unmodified opinion of the university’s financial statements.

Raj Soin College Of Business Newsletter - June 2019, Raj Soin College Of Business

Raj Soin College of Business Newsletter

A thirteen page newsletter created by the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University documenting current affairs of the college.

Skin Bleaching Among African And Afro-Caribbean Women In New York City: Primary Findings From A P30 Pilot Study, Emma K.T. Benn, Richa Deshpande, Ogonnaya Dotson-Newman, Sharon Gordon, Marian Scott, Chitra Amarasiriwardena, Ikhlas A. Khan, Yan Hong Wang, Andrew Alexis, Bridget Kaufman, Hector Moran, Chi Wen, Christopher A.D. Charles, Novie O.M. Younger, Nihal Mohamed, Bian Liu

Faculty and Student Publications

© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Coinciding with the increase in sequenced bacteria, mining of bacterial genomes for biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) has become a critical component of natural product discovery. The order Myxococcales, a reputable source of biologically active secondary metabolites, spans three suborders which all include natural product producing representatives. Utilizing the BiG-SCAPE-CORASON platform to generate a sequence similarity network that contains 994 BGCs from 36 sequenced myxobacteria deposited in the antiSMASH database, a total of 843 BGCs with lower than 75% similarity scores to characterized clusters within the MIBiG database are presented. This survey …

Survey Of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters From Sequenced Myxobacteria Reveals Unexplored Biosynthetic Potential, Katherine Gregory, Laura A. Salvador, Shukria Akbar, Barbara I. Adaikpoh, D. Cole Stevens

Faculty and Student Publications

© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Eleutherococcus senticosus Maxim. belongs to the Araliaceae family. Phytochemical studies reveal that E. senticosus leaves contain triterpene glycosides along with organic acid derivatives and flavonoid compounds. It is believed that E. senticosus is similar to ginseng because they come from same family and both contain triterpene saponins. E. senticosus leaves have been developed as a functional beverage called ci-wu-jia tea in recent years. Triterpene glycosides are difficult to identify by ultraviolet (UV) detection and contents of these compounds are low in E. senticosus leaves. In this study, a sensitive ultra-high performance …

Toxicity Of Kadsura Coccinea (Lem.) A. C. Sm. Essential Oil To The Bed Bug, Cimex Lectularius L. (Hemiptera: Cimicidae), Junaid U. Rehman, Mei Wang, Yupei Yang, Yongbei Liu, Bin Li, Yan Qin, Wei Wang, Amar G. Chittiboyina, Ikhlas A. Khan

Faculty and Student Publications

Copyright © 2019 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. We sought to define trends in and predictors of carbapenem consumption across community, teaching, and university-affiliated hospitals in the United States and Canada. We conducted a retrospective multicenter survey of carbapenem and broad-spectrum noncarbapenem beta-lactam consumption between January 2011 and December 2013. Consumption was tabulated as defined daily doses (DDD) or as days of therapy (DOT) per 1,000 patient days (PD). Multivariate mixed-effects models were explored, and final model goodness of fit was assessed by regressions of observed versus predicted values and residual distributions. A total of 20 acute-care hospitals …

Synthesis Of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers For Protein Detection And Sample Depletion, Anel Ruiz, Christopher Lausted

STAR Program Research Presentations

Molecular Imprint Polymers (MIPs) constitute a unique class of chemically-synthesized antigen recognition materials. As microparticles and nanoparticles, they can act as synthetic antibodies with numerous potential applications. We will develop protocols for the rapid generation of albumin-binding MIPs, characterize the affinity and specificity of the resulting particles, and investigate their application towards serum depletion for proteomics.

Implementing School-Based Education Programs To Combat Lack Of Access To Psychiatric Facilities In The United States, Marisa L. Sparbanie

Kentucky Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship

One in five Americans are diagnosed with a mental illness, yet only 41% of adults received healthcare services in the past year. Due to barriers in accessing care, services are costly, wait times are long, and appointment times are inconvenient. Lack of access to quality, affordable care disproportionately affects those in rural areas and individuals with low socioeconomic status. School-based mental health education programs should be developed as a beginning step to combat increasing mental health conditions and limited access to healthcare facilities. Lack of access to care may lead to occupational injustices such as: occupational alienation, deprivation, and imbalance. …

Comparing The Efficiency Of Nursery And Direct Transplanting Methods For Restoring Endangered Corals, Graham E. Forrester, Maggie Chan, Dennis Conetta, Russell Dauksis, Katie Nickles, Alicia Siravo

Natural Resources Science Faculty Publications

Restoration of plants, corals, and other sessile species often involves transplanting individuals to sites chosen for rehabilitation. Transplanted individuals are sometimes harvested directly from wild populations (direct transplanting), and sometimes propagated or cultured in a “nursery” before being transplanted (nursery outplanting). The ecological effectiveness and cost-efficiency of these methods have rarely been compared, so we performed an experiment to address this. Coral fragments, Acropora cervicornis (n = 780), were collected and assigned to one of three treatments: 1) directly transplanted to a restoration site and placed loose on the reef; 2) directly transplanted and manually attached to the reef; 3) …

Connectivity And Nitrate Uptake Potential Of Intermittent Streams In The Northeast Usa, Kelly Addy Lowder, Arthur Gold, Molly K. Welsh, Pete August, Mark Stolt, Clay P. Arango, Peter M. Groffman

Natural Resources Science Faculty Publications

Non-perennial streams dominate the extent of stream networks worldwide. Intermittent streams can provide ecosystem services to the entire network—including nitrate uptake to alleviate eutrophication of coastal waters—and are threatened by lack of legal protection. We examined 12 intermittent streams in the temperate, humid climate of the Northeast USA. Over 3 years of monitoring, continuous flow was observed a median of 277 d yr⁻¹, with no-flow conditions from early summer into fall. Estimated median discharge was 2.9 L s⁻¹ or 0.36 mm d⁻¹. All intermittent streams originated from source wetlands (median area: 0.27 ha) and the …

Leveraging Science And Academic Engagement During Incidents, Coastal Response Research Center

Coastal Response Research Center

On June 25^th- 26^th, 2019, CRRC and NOAA OR&R co-sponsored a workshop at the San Francisco State University, Estuary & Ocean Science Center’s Romberg Tiburon Bay Conference Center, in Tiburon CA. The workshop titled “Leveraging Science and Academic Engagement During Incidents”, focused on the integration of academic resources and expertise into a conventional oil spill response.

The goal of this workshop was to provide focused discussion regarding lessons learned from academic engagement during oil spill response, with participants from industry, government and academia.

Compositional Optimization Of Amyloid-Graphene Oxide Nanohybrids For Biomaterials, Claire L. Drewery

Materials Engineering

Amyloid nanofibrils are natural materials capable of self-assembling into precise structures with tunable functionalities, while exhibiting excellent mechanical properties. In combination with highly conductive graphene oxide (GO), the 1-D amyloid nanofibrils and 2-D nanosheets of GO can produce a robust and bio-functional nanohybrid, hypothesized to exhibit multi-domain functional properties useful for enzyme sensing, water purification, drug delivery, and tissue scaffolding applications. Here, we examine the properties of an amyloid-graphene oxide nanohybrid film made with amyloids derived from hen egg white lysozymes in an attempt to explore the diverse toolbox of amyloid derivatives and establish ideal fabrication methods and formulations of …

Wall Fellows Newsletter, Volume 7, Issue 4, Summer 2019, Coastal Carolina University

Wall Fellows Newsletter

Newsletter of the Wall Fellows Program in the E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration.

Transcription Of Nanos-1 In Zebrafish Embryos Is Not Affected By Bisphenol A: Evaluated Using Quantitative Real-Time Pcr, Bridget Babich, George Roba, Siti Sarah Safura, Kevin Callahan, Edward A. Freeman

Undergraduate External Publications

The presence of primordial germ cells (PGCs) is crucial for proper gonad formation in zebrafish (Danio rerio). The many aspects of PGC migration that allow these cells to reach the proper location at the gonadal ridge include receptors, ligands, germ plasm components, and internal maintenance of PGCs. Any one of these factors could be affected by endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), which have been shown to alter the directed migration of these cells during early embryonic development. Based on recent research wherein the EDC bisphenol A (BPA) inhibited normal PGC migration, we have used the same dose of BPA to …

Sandler, Todd. Terrorism: What Everyone Needs To Know. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018., Reshmi Kazi Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

The Association Of Handgrip Strength And Mortality: What Does It Tell Us And What Can We Do With It?, Samuel L. Buckner, Scott J. Dankel, Zachary W. Bell, Takashi Abe, Jeremy P. Loenneke

Faculty and Student Publications

© Copyright 2019, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2019. The relationship between grip strength and mortality is often used to underscore the importance of resistance exercise in physical activity guidelines. However, grip strength does not appear to appreciably change following traditional resistance training. Thus, grip strength could be considered reflective of strength independent of resistance exercise. If true, grip strength is not necessarily informing us of the importance of resistance exercise as an adult, but potentially highlighting inherent differences between individuals who are stronger at "baseline" compared to their weaker counterpart. The purpose of this article is to discuss: (1) …

Polymeric Composites With Silver (I) Cyanoximates Inhibit Biofilm Formation Of Gram-Positive And Gram-Negative Bacteria, S. R. Lotlikar, E. Gallaway, T. Grant, S. Popis, M. Whited, M. Guragain, R. Rogers, S. Hamilton, N. G. Gerasimchuk, M. A. Patrauchan

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

Biofilms are surface-associated microbial communities known for their increased resistance to antimicrobials and host factors. This resistance introduces a critical clinical challenge, particularly in cases associated with implants increasing the predisposition for bacterial infections. Preventing such infections requires the development of novel antimicrobials or compounds that enhance bactericidal effect of currently available antibiotics. We have synthesized and characterized twelve novel silver(I) cyanoximates designated as Ag(ACO), Ag(BCO), Ag(CCO), Ag(ECO), Ag(PiCO), Ag(PICO) (yellow and red polymorphs), Ag(BIHCO), Ag(BIMCO), Ag(BOCO), Ag(BTCO), Ag(MCO) and Ag(PiPCO). The compounds exhibit a remarkable resistance to high intensity visible light, UV radiation and heat and have poor solubility …

Participation In Informal Learning Opportunities Among Undergraduates In Biology, Emily Holt, Ashley Barbara Heim

Assessment Mini Grant Reports

The purpose of the current study was to qualitatively describe why first- and second-year undergraduate students participate in informal learning experiences, including their intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for doing so, refine the Informal Learning Experiences Survey, and give context to our initial findings. Our long-term goal was to understand the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that motivate students to participate in informal learning experiences in college, and their expected outcomes of such experiences. Our three short-term goals, for which we sought support from the assessment mini grant, were to: (1) identify intrinsic and extrinsic factors that motivate undergraduate students in introductory …

Particle Dynamics Model For Hurricane Evacuation And Fuel Shortage: Model Based Policy Analysis, Sirish Namilae, Dahai Liu

Center for Advanced Transportation Mobility

News reports indicate that evacuation orders were issued to about seven million people from Florida, Georgia and South Carolina for Hurricane Irma. There is evidence for over 430,000 cars evacuating out of New Orleans highways during Hurricane Katrina in 2004. Mass evacuations lead to traffic jams because of high volume, increased road incidents, and due to fuel shortages. Fuel shortages have been witnessed during many recent hurricanes including Katrina, Rita, Harvey and Irma. A microscale model of the evacuation process incorporating individual cars and gas stations can be useful in evaluating the effect of gas shortages and traffic incidents in …

Whole-Genome Analysis Of Halomonas Sp. Soap Lake #7 Reveals It Possesses Putative Mrp Antiporter Operon Groups 1 And 2, Melanie R. Mormile, Tiffany Edwards, Ronald L. Frank, Zachery Geurin, Julie Haendiges, Maria Hoffmann, Jesse Miller

Biological Sciences Faculty Research & Creative Works

The genus Halomonas possesses bacteria that are halophilic or halotolerant and exhibit a wide range of pH tolerance. The genome of Halomonas sp. Soap Lake #7 was sequenced to provide a better understanding of the mechanisms for salt and pH tolerance in this genus. The bacterium's genome was found to possess two complete multiple resistance and pH antiporter systems, Group 1 and Group 2. This is the first report of both multiple resistance and pH antiporter Groups 1 and 2 in the genome of a haloalkaliphilic bacterium.

In Vitro Evaluation Of 3d Printed Polycaprolactone Scaffolds With Angle-Ply Architecture For Annulus Fibrosus Tissue Engineering, Thomas R. Christiani, E Baroncini, Joseph F. Stanzione, Andrea J. Vernengo

Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering Departmental Research

Tissue engineering of the annulus fibrosus (AF) is currently being investigated as a treatment for intervertebral disc degeneration, a condition frequently associated with low back pain. The objective of this work was to use 3D printing to generate a novel scaffold for AF repair that mimics the structural and biomechanical properties of the native tissue. Multi-layer scaffolds were fabricated by depositing polycaprolactone struts in opposing angular orientations, replicating the angle-ply arrangement of the native AF tissue. Scaffolds were printed with varied strut diameter and spacing. The constructs were characterized morphologically and by static and dynamic mechanical analyses. Scaffold surfaces were …

Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging Of Short-Wave Infrared Fluorescence For Biomedical Applications, Joseph P. Leonor

ENGS 88 Honors Thesis (AB Students)

Fluorescence imaging has become a standard in many clinical applications, such as tumor and vasculature imaging. One application that is becoming more prominent in cancer treatment is fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS). Currently, FGS allows surgeons the ability to visually navigate tumors and tissue structures intraoperatively. As a result, they can remove tumor more efficiently while maintaining critical structures within the patient, creating better outcomes and lower recovery times. However, background fluorescence and inability to localize depth create challenges when determining resection boundaries.

Different techniques, such as spatially modulating the illumination and imaging at longer light wavelengths, have been developed to accurately …

Synergies And Tradeoffs Among Sdgs And Policies (Syntrap) - June 2019, John A. Oldekop

Forest Collaborative Research

Presentation focuses on the following research questions:

1) Under what conditions do policies and programs aimed at achieving SDG 15—in particular by conserving or restoring forests—promote or inhibit achieving other SDGs?

2) Under what conditions do policies and programs aimed at achieving SDGs other than SDG 15 promote or inhibit achieving SDG 15?

3) Under what conditions do various policies and programs aimed at conserving or restoring forests (SDG 15) have synergies or tradeoffs with each other?

4) What policy lessons can be learnt from cases where synergies and tradeoffs have occurred, and how can these lessons be used to …

Prevalence Of Subclinical Mastitis In Some Dairy Cattle Farms In Kuwait, Adel Abdelkhalek, J Alanzi

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

A survey to prevalence of subclincal mastitis (SCM) in some dairy cattle farms in state of Kuwait was carried out. For this purpose, a total of 200 quarter milk samples from apparently healthy dairy cows at Kuwait were investigated for subclinical mastitis using California mastitis test (CMT), Somatic cell count (SCC) and bacteriological isolation. The results revealed that the prevalence of subclinical mastitis was 45 % and bacterial culture was positive in 37.5%. SCC was assessed in 200 milk samples, the minimum and maximum SCC was 0.12 x 105 cell/ ml and 4.75 x 105 cell/ ml with the mean …

2019 Summer - Schedule Of Classes, Office Of The Registrar, East Tennessee State University

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