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Psychology Department Newsletter- Feb. 14, 2019, Department Staff

Psychology Department Newsletter

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The Setonian, February 14, 2019, Seton Hall University

2019

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2019.02.14 - Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Northeastern Illinois University Board Of Trustees

Board of Trustees - 2019

Meeting materials for the NEIU Board of Trustees

The Intrepid Urban Coyote: A Comparison Of Bold And Exploratory Behavior In Coyotes From Urban And Rural Environments, Stewart W. Breck, Sharon A. Poessel, Peter J. Mahoney, Julie K. Young

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Coyotes (Canis latrans) are highly adaptable, medium-sized carnivores that now inhabit nearly every large city in the United States and Canada. To help understand how coyotes have adapted to living in urban environments, we compared two ecologically and evolutionarily important behavioral traits (i.e., bold-shy and exploration-avoidance behavior) in two contrasting environments (i.e., rural and urban). Boldness is an individual’s reaction to a risky situation and exploration is an individual’s willingness to explore novel situations. Our results from both tests indicate that urban coyotes are bolder and more exploratory than rural coyotes and that within both populations there are …

Prospectus, February 14, 2019, Parkland College, Nic Hansen, Paul Benson, Ayla Mcdonald, Emma Fleming

Prospectus 2019

VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIAL EDITION, Love Across the Globe, Falling in love and love Poetry, Cobra Romance: A Valentine's Day Parkland Couples Blurb, Simon Says: A Review of Parkland's Student Production, Sojourner Truth

Spring Water Of An Alpine Karst Aquifer Is Dominated By A Taxonomically Stable But Discharge-Responsive Bacterial Community, Domenico Savio, Philipp Stadler, Georg H. Reischer, Katalin Demeter, Rita B. Linke, Alfred P. Blaschke, Robert L. Mach, Alexander K. T. Kirschner, Hermann Stadler, Andreas H. Farnleitner

KIP Articles

Alpine karst aquifers are important groundwater resources for the provision of drinking water all around the world. Yet, due to difficult accessibility and long-standing methodological limitations, the microbiology of these systems has long been understudied. The aim of the present study was to investigate the structure and dynamics of bacterial communities in spring water of an alpine limestone karst aquifer (LKAS2) under different hydrological conditions (base vs. event flow). The study was based on high-throughput 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing, study design and sample selection were guided by hydrology and pollution microbiology data. Spanning more than 27 months, our analyses …

Clinical Features, Survival And Prognostic Factors Of Glycogen-Rich Clear Cell Carcinoma (Grcc) Of The Breast In The U.S. Population, Zhengqiu Zhou, Connor J. Kinslow, Hanina Hibshoosh, Hua Guo, Simon K. Cheng, Chunyan He, Matthew S. Gentry, Ramon C. Sun

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Faculty Publications

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines glycogen-rich clear cell carcinoma (GRCC) of the breast as a carcinoma with glycogen accumulation in more than 90% of its tumor cells. Due to the rarity of this disease, its reported survival and clinical associations have been inconsistent due to reliance on case reports and limited case series. As a result, the prognostic implication of this cancer subtype remains unclear. Using the U.S. Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program database, we compared the incidence, demographics and prognostic factors of 155 cases of GRCC of the breast to 1,251,584 cases of other (non-GRCC) breast …

Research By Gwu Senior Biology Major Establishes Process To Extract Anti-Cancer Compound, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Sulforaphane, a chemical compound found in broccoli, is known to have antioxidant and anti-cancer properties. As an Undergraduate Research Scholar at Gardner-Webb University, Yuri Kurerov, of St. Petersburg, Russia, developed a method to separate and characterize the substance from broccoli seeds. One of 13 GWU students to receive a grant for focused research, Kurerov worked on his project during both 2018 summer terms.

Vertical Marine Snow Distribution In The Stratified Hypersaline, And Anoxic Orca Basin (Gulf Of Mexico), Arne Diercks, Kai Ziervogel, Ryan Sibert, Samantha B. Joye, Vernon Asper

Faculty Publications

We present a complete description of the depth distribution of marine snow in Orca Basin (Gulf of Mexico), from sea surface through the pycnocline to within 10 m of the seafloor. Orca Basin is an intriguing location for studying marine snow because of its unique geological and hydrographic setting: the deepest ~200 m of the basin are filled with anoxic hypersaline brine. A typical deep ocean profile of marine snow distribution was observed from the sea surface to the pycnocline, namely a surface maximum in total particle number and midwater minimum. However, instead of a nepheloid (particle-rich) layer positioned near …

The Evolution Of Consanguineous Marriages In The Archbishopric Of Granada, Spain (1900–1979), Juan F. Gamella, Ana MaríA NúÑEz-Negrillo

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

In the twentieth century Spain maintained some of the highest rates of consanguineous marriage in Europe. In many regions these rates were still high in the 1950s and 1960s, but then decreased rapidly, and by the 1970s a generalized transformation in mating patterns was underway. In the following decades the marriage of persons closely related by birth became rare. Consanguinity and inbreeding have been much studied in Spain, but almost exclusively in the central and northern regions of the country. This is the first study of a whole large diocese in the southern region of Andalusia. This paper is based …

Brassica Glucosinolates Improve Metabolism Efficiency Of Drosophila Melanogaster By Promoting Efficient Mitochondrial Respiration, Jeremiah Nance, Slavko Komaryntsky

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Brassica Glucosinolates (GSL's) reduce accumulation of reactive oxygen species which suggests a reduction in damage to the metabolism of larval fruit flies fed a high fat diet.

Daily Eastern News: February 14, 2019, Eastern Illinois University

February

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Hawks' Herald -- Feb. 14 , 2019, Roger Williams University

Hawk's Herald

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A Visual Interactive Analytic Tool For Filtering And Summarizing Large Health Data Sets Coded With Hierarchical Terminologies (Viads)., Xia Jing, Matthew Emerson, David Masters, Matthew Brooks, Jacob Buskirk, Nasseef Abukamail, Chang Liu, James J. Cimino, Jay H. Shubrook, Sonsoles De Lacalle, Yuchun Zhou, Vimla L. Patel

Faculty Publications & Research of the TUC College of Osteopathic Medicine

BACKGROUND: Vast volumes of data, coded through hierarchical terminologies (e.g., International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision-Clinical Modification [ICD10-CM], Medical Subject Headings [MeSH]), are generated routinely in electronic health record systems and medical literature databases. Although graphic representations can help to augment human understanding of such data sets, a graph with hundreds or thousands of nodes challenges human comprehension. To improve comprehension, new tools are needed to extract the overviews of such data sets. We aim to develop a visual interactive analytic tool for filtering and summarizing large health data sets coded with hierarchical terminologies (VIADS) as an online, and publicly …

Critical Dietetics And Sustainable Food Systems, L Carlsson, K Mehta, C Pettinger

School of Health Professions

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Deep Sea Biofilms, Historic Shipwreck Preservation And The Deepwater Horizon Spill, Rachel L. Mugge, Melissa L. Brock, Jennifer L. Salerno, Melanie Damour, Robert A. Church, Jason Lee, Leila J. Hamdan

Faculty Publications

Exposure to oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill may have lasting impacts on preservation of historic shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico. Submerged steel structures, including shipwrecks, serve as artificial reefs and become hotspots of biodiversity in the deep-sea. Marine biofilms on submerged structures support settlement of micro- and macrobiota and may enhance and protect against corrosion. Disruptions in the local environment, including oil spills, may impact the role that biofilms play in reef preservation. To determine how the Deepwater Horizon spill potentially impacted shipwreck biofilms and the functional roles of the biofilm microbiome, experiments containing carbon steels disks (CSDs) …

Divergent Switchgrass Cultivars Modify Cereal Aphid Transcriptomes, Kyle G. Koch, Erin D. Scully, Nathan A. Palmer, Scott M. Geib, Gautam Sarath, Tiffany Heng-Moss, Jeff D. Bradshaw

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Schizaphis graminum Rondani (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and Sipha flava Forbes (Hemiptera: Aphididae) are two common pests of bioenergy grasses. Despite the fact that they are both considered generalists, they differ in their ability to colonize Panicum virgatum cultivars. For example, S. flava colonizes both P. virgatum cv. Summer and P. virgatum cv. Kanlow whereas S. graminum can only colonize Summer. To study the molecular responses of these aphids to these two switchgrass cultivars, we generated de novo transcriptome assemblies and compared the expression profiles of aphids feeding on both cultivars to profiles associated with feeding on a highly susceptible sorghum host …

Reproductive Hormone Dysfunction In Women With Substance Abuse Disorders, Alexandra L. Smallwood, Nancy Smee

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This project examines the link between female reproductive hormones and the use of illicit substances using peer-reviewed research and anecdotal report. Unpredictable levels of estrogen, progesterone, luteinizing hormone, and follicle stimulating hormone result in increased drug-seeking behavior and difficulty in predicting fertile periods for women who do not desire pregnancy.

Wyoming’S Ucross Ranch: Its Birds, History, And Natural Environment, Jacqueline Lee Canterbury, Paul Johnsgard

Zea E-Books Collection

This book profiles 60 of the most abundant, characteristic, and interesting birds that have been regularly reported from the Ucross Ranch and the adjacent Powder River Basin. The 20,000-acre Ucross Ranch lies on the western edge of the Powder River Basin of northeastern Wyoming. Ucross is a textbook example of the prairie grassland/ shrubland habitat type referred to as the sagebrush steppe, a landscape that is an icon of Wyoming’s vast open spaces. We focus especially on those species that occur year-round or are present as breeders during the summer months, and we place emphasis on a unique group of …

Predictive Factors In Postpartum Depression: Developing A Tool To Aid Nurses In A Preventative Role, Tyler Elias Doumaney, Eleanor Anne Pringle

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

A literature review was conducted to develop a predictive tool for postpartum depression (PPD), primarily to be used immediately postpartum in the nursing role. A variety of factors were identified as having a significant risk on the development of PPD, and were used to develop a novel instrument.

Childhood Adversity That Impacts Coping And Stress In Adulthood, Victoria Smith

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The study findings are essential to addressing modifiable risk factors that precipitate negative health outcomes in adulthood that can lead to early mortality based on exposure to adverse childhood experiences.

A Network Pharmacology Approach For The Identification Of Common Mechanisms Of Drug-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy, Guillermo De Anda Jauregui, Brett A. Mcgregor, Kai Guo, Junguk Hur

Biomedical Sciences Faculty Publications

Drug-induced peripheral neuropathy is a side effect of a variety of therapeutic agents that can affect therapeutic adherence and lead to regimen modifications, impacting patient quality of life. The molecular mechanisms involved in the development of this condition have yet to be completely described in the literature. We used a computational network pharmacology ap-proach to explore the Connectivity Map, a large collection of transcriptional profiles from drug perturbation experiments to identify common genes affected by peripheral neuropathy-inducing drugs. Consensus profiles for 98 of these drugs were used to construct a drug–gene perturbation network. We identified 27 genes significantly associated with …

The Cowl - V.83 - N.17 - Feb 14, 2019

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 83 No. 17 - February 14, 2019. 28 pages.

The Legacy Of Natural Species And Substantial Form For Thomistic Evolution, James R. Hofmann

Forum Lectures

Exploration of theistic evolution within a Thomistic framework has taken on the label of Thomistic evolution. Although the conceptual boundaries of this approach are not precise, a historical trajectory of its scholastic methodology can be traced back to the views of Aquinas himself. An enduring central concept in this tradition has been the idea of substantial form. For Aquinas, distinct substantial forms were associated with the kinds of animals and plants that have no prior ancestry and are ascribed to God's production during the Genesis days of adornment. Later in the tradition, the early twentieth century Jesuit Erich Wasmann referred …

Advances In Geometric Techniques For Analyzing Blebbing In Chemotaxing Dictyostelium Cells, Zully Santiago, John Loustau, David Meretzky, Devarshi Rawal, Derrick Brazill

Publications and Research

We present a technical platform that allows us to monitor and measure cortex and membrane dynamics during bleb-based chemotaxis. Using D. discoideum cells expressing LifeAct-GFP and crawling under agarose containing RITC-dextran, we were able to simultaneously visualize the actin cortex and the cell membrane throughout bleb formation. Using these images, we then applied edge detect to generate points on the cell boundary with coordinates in a coordinate plane. Then we fitted these points to a curve with known x and y coordinate functions. The result was to parameterize the cell outline. With the parameterization, we demonstrate how to compute data …

Implementation And Evaluation Of An Antimicrobial Stewardship Program In The Outpatient Setting, Carey Marie Phelan

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The rapidly emerging crisis of antibiotic resistance has created a prodigious global health threat. To address this crisis, an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program was designed and implemented. Through various interventions, the DNP lead program optimized the prescription of antibiotics, enhanced clinical outcomes, supported providers, and decreased adverse events.

Alumni Say "I Do" At Iwu, Megan Baker

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

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The Diamond, February 14, 2019, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Students Provide a Magical Night of Talent for TX; Dordt Cancels Classes Due to Winter Weather; Business Club Losing Sales
• News: Campus Construction Continues; Man Accused of Burning Orange City Public Library's LGBTQ Books Pleads Not Guilty; Sioux Center Passes Bond to Build New High School; Engineering Students Construct Canoe of Concrete; Just Dancing on the Steps of Jacob's Ladder; Trump Delivers Belated State of the Union Address; Why Do Students Drop Out?
• Feature: Robert Taylor: The Dean of Drums; Dordt Competes at PAS 2019; Review: The Lego Movie 2; The Complete Guide to Valentine's Day at Dordt; …

In Defense Of Cities: On Negative Presentation Of Urban Areas In Environmental Preference Studies, Anu Besson

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

This paper critiques a common research method, image-based studies, in assessing environmental references. The method is used, in particular, in the fields of environmental psychology, landscape studies, and health studies, here called empirical environmental preference studies or EEP studies. I argue that the established view in the EEP field that nature is inherently experienced as more aesthetically appealing and restorative than urban environments may be biased because of the image-based method. This paper presents a literature review of EEP studies, discussing them in a framework of environmental and everyday aesthetics. The conclusion is that EEP studies may strip cities of …

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