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Bridging The Gap Between African-American Families And School Personnel: Effective Home-School Partnerships In Urban Schools, Danita D. Webb

CUP Ed.D. Dissertations

Parent involvement is a known strategy for school improvement and student success. However, there is a lack of parental involvement in urban schools and among African-American families. The purpose of this qualitative study case study was to explore parent and school personnel voice in an urban school, as it related to their perspectives of parental involvement. Through focus groups and interviews, school personnel and African-American parents shared their lived experiences with parental involvement. Participants discussed their perspectives of their roles, revealing the importance of relationship building, communicating, and the support of students at home and school. In addition, the role …

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, February 7, 2019, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Program Proposals

• Offering a Minor in Hunger and Food Security Studies
• Discontinuing the Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences
• Changing Parks and Recreation program name to Recreation Management program
• Offering an RN to BSN Completion Program
• Offering a Minor in Mechanical Engineering
• Establishing a Center for Anticipatory Intelligence
• Offering an (undergraduate) Emphasis in Anticipatory Intelligence
• Changing the department name from Geology to Earth Sciences

Semester Course Approval Reviews

Other

• EPC/Curriculum Handbook

Autodissemination Of Pyriproxyfen As A Method For Controlling The House Fly Musca Domestica, Haim Biale, Elad Chiel, Christopher J. Geden

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

House fly (Musca domestica) control is a major challenge in animal agriculture. Here, we tested the feasibility of applying pyriproxyfen (PPF), an insect-growth regulator that controls house flies effectively, using autodissemination methods, in which the flies themselves deliver PPF to their oviposition sites. First, we tried baiting gravid female flies to walk-through stations, where flies would self-treat with PPF and distribute it. This concept worked well in laboratory and indoor cage experiments, but not in the field, as flies appeared reluctant to alight on and collect PPF. Therefore, we tested a different concept of actively coating flies with PPF and …

Population Connectivity Of Pelagic Megafauna In The Cuba-Mexico-United States Triangle, Jay R. Rooker, Michael A. Dance, R.J. David Wells, Matthew J. Ajemian, Barbara A. Block, Michael R. Castleton, J. Marcus Drymon, Brett J. Falterman, James S. Franks, Neil Hammerschlag, Jill M. Hendon, Eric R. Hoffmayer, Richard T. Kraus, Jennifer A. Mckinney, David H. Secor, Gregory W. Stunz, John F. Walter

Faculty Publications

The timing and extent of international crossings by billfishes, tunas, and sharks in the Cuba-Mexico-United States (U.S.) triangle was investigated using electronic tagging data from eight species that resulted in >22,000 tracking days. Transnational movements of these highly mobile marine predators were pronounced with varying levels of bi- or tri-national population connectivity displayed by each species. Billfishes and tunas moved throughout the Gulf of Mexico and all species investigated (blue marlin, white marlin, Atlantic bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna) frequently crossed international boundaries and entered the territorial waters of Cuba and/or Mexico. Certain sharks (tiger shark, scalloped hammerhead) displayed prolonged periods …

Carboxylic Acids Accelerate Acidic Environment-Mediated Nanoceria Dissolution, Robert A. Yokel, Matthew L. Hancock, Eric A. Grulke, Jason M. Unrine, Alan K. Dozier, Uschi M. Graham

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Ligands that accelerate nanoceria dissolution may greatly affect its fate and effects. This project assessed the carboxylic acid contribution to nanoceria dissolution in aqueous, acidic environments. Nanoceria has commercial and potential therapeutic and energy storage applications. It biotransforms in vivo. Citric acid stabilizes nanoceria during synthesis and in aqueous dispersions. In this study, citrate-stabilized nanoceria dispersions (∼4 nm average primary particle size) were loaded into dialysis cassettes whose membranes passed cerium salts but not nanoceria particles. The cassettes were immersed in iso-osmotic baths containing carboxylic acids at pH 4.5 and 37 °C, or other select agents. Cerium atom material …

Micrornas In Bovine Milk Exosomes Are Bioavailable In Humans But Do Not Elicit A Robust Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Response, Ezra Mutai, Amanda E. Ramer-Tait, Janos Zempleni

Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Faculty Publications

Background: Bovine milk exosomes are studied for their roles as bioactive food compounds and as vehicles for drug delivery. Both lines of investigation converge on immune function, e.g., immune regulation by absorption of microRNAs encapsulated in milk exosomes across species boundaries, and the possibility of exosomes and their cargos triggering an immune response if used in drug delivery. This study assessed the bioavailability of immune-related microRNAs from bovine milk and changes in plasma cytokine concentrations after milk consumption in humans, and the secretion of cytokines by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) cultured with milk exosomes transfected with immune-relevant microRNAs. …

Chemistry Lab, Larry Burgess

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Students work in chemistry lab.

Ilc2s Are The Predominant Source Of Intestinal Ilc-Derived Il-10, Jennifer K Bando, Susan Gilfillan, Blanda Di Luccia, José L Fachi, Cristiane Sécca, Marina Cella, Marco Colonna

Open Access Publications

Although innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) functionally analogous to T helper type 1 (Th1), Th2, and Th17 cells are well characterized, an ILC subset strictly equivalent to IL-10-secreting regulatory T cells has only recently been proposed. Here, we report the absence of an intestinal regulatory ILC population distinct from group 1 ILCs (ILC1s), ILC2s, and ILC3s in (1) mice bred in our animal facility; (2) mice from The Jackson Laboratory, Taconic Biosciences, and Charles River Laboratories; and (3) mice subjected to intestinal inflammation. Instead, a low percentage of intestinal ILC2s produced IL-10 at steady state. A screen for putative IL-10 elicitors …

Cortical And Subcortical Contributions To Neuroplasticity After Repetitive Transspinal Stimulation In Humans, Lynda M. Murray, Anamul Islam Md., Maria Knikou

Publications and Research

The objectives of this study were to establish cortical and subcortical contributions to neuroplasticity induced by noninvasive repetitive transspinal stimulation in human subjects free of any neurological disorder. To meet our objectives, before and after 40 minutes of transspinal stimulation we established changes in tibialis anterior (TA) motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) in response to paired transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) pulses at interstimulus intervals (ISIs) consistent with I-wave periodicity. In order to establish to what extent similar actions are exerted at the spinal cord and motor axons, changes in soleus H-reflex and transspinal evoked potential (TEP) amplitude following transspinal and group Ia …

Using The Cornell Note-Taking System Can Help Eighth Grade Students Alleviate The Impact Of Interruptions While Reading At Home, Bradley Evans, Christopher Thomas Shively

Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education

A large group of eighth-grade social studies students (N=-101) received instruction and practice using the Cornell note-taking system and were assigned to one of three note-taking groups or one non-note-taking group. Students were asked to read an article about persuasion and use their assigned note-taking system to take notes at home. A 10-question multiple choice reading comprehension test and questionnaire were given. A one-way ANOVA found a significance in the group’s means and a Tukey HSD found significant differences between each note-taking group and the non-note-taking group. The students’ self-reported feelings of preparedness, their time spent reading and taking notes, …

The Cowl - V.83 - N.16 - Feb 7, 2019

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 83 No. 16 - February 7, 2019. 24 pages.

Contemporary Chemical Weapons Use In Syria And Iraq By The Assad Regime And The Islamic State, Robert J. Bunker Dr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

This monograph focuses on an understudied, but yet a critically important and timely component of land warfare, related to the battlefield use of chemical weapons by contemporary threat forces. It will do so by focusing on two case studies related to chemical weapons use in Syria and Iraq by the Assad regime and the Islamic State. Initially, the monograph provides an overview of the chemical warfare capabilities of these two entities; discusses selected incidents of chemical weapons use each has perpetrated; provides analysis and lessons learned concerning these chemical weapons incidents, their programs, and the capabilities of the Assad regime …

Environmental And Agricultural Relevance Of Humic Fractions Extracted By Alkali From Soils And Natural Waters, D. C. Olk, P. R. Bloom, E. M. Perdue, D. M. Mcknight, Y. Chen, A. Farenhorst, N. Senesi, Y.-P Chin, P. Schmitt-Kopplin, N. Hertkorn, M. Harir

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

To study the structure and function of soil organic matter, soil scientists have performed alkali extractions for soil humic acid (HA) and fulvic acid (FA) fractions for more than 200 years. Over the last few decades aquatic scientists have used similar fractions of dissolved organic matter, extracted by resin adsorption followed by alkali desorption. Critics have claimed that alkaliextractable fractions are laboratory artifacts, hence unsuitable for studying natural organic matter structure and function in field conditions. In response, this review first addresses specific conceptual concerns about humic fractions. Then we discuss several case studies in which HA and FA were …

Complete Genome Sequences Of Mycobacterium Smegmatis Phages Chewbacca, Reptar3000, And Riparian, Isolated In Las Vegas, Nevada, Alicia Salisbury, Erin Cassin, Kevin Ayala-Pineda, Nicolas Barroga, Vanessa Cadiz, Ramiro Cisneros, Joseph Fersini, Tiffany Jeanite, Jonathan Juste, Juvie Ines, Gabriel Leyva, Dyanne Macalinao, Spencer Muscelli, Sophia Nhan, Gustavo S. Reyes, Heather Rhoden, Rodney Tan, Erika Torres, Krystal Tran, Georgette Uriarte-Valle, Christopher Wallace, Simon Wong, Kurt Regner, Christy Strong, Philippos K. Tsourkas

Life Sciences Faculty Research

Here, we present the complete genome sequences of Mycobacterium smegmatis phages Chewbacca, Reptar3000, and Riparian, isolated from soil in Las Vegas, NV. The phages were isolated and annotated by undergraduate students enrolled in the Phage Discovery course offered by the School of Life Sciences at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Does Work-Induced Fatigue Accumulate Across Three Compressed 12 Hour Shifts In Hospital Nurses And Aides?, Brennan J. Thompson

Kinesiology and Health Science Faculty Publications

Fatigue-related impairments in the nursing workforce contribute to a multitude of health, safety, and economic consequences at the individual, organizational and societal levels. Long and compressed work schedules are commonly worked in the healthcare industry, but more research is needed to understand the cumulative effects of multiple work shifts on physiology-based performance outcomes in nurses. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of a single nursing work shift versus three compressed (one every 24 hours) 12 hour shifts on performance-based fatigue in nurses and aides. Twenty-six fulltime hospital working nurses and aides (age = 36.1 ± 13.3 …

February 2019 Faculty Senate Packet, University Of Nebraska At Kearney Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Packets

No abstract provided.

Kenyon Collegian- February 7, 2019

The Kenyon Collegian

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Feeding A Novel Multistrain Yeast Fraction On European Seabass (Dicentrachus Labrax) Intestinal Health And Growth Performance, Mark D. Rawling, Nicola Pontefract, Ana Rodiles, Ilektra Anagnostara, Eric Leclercq, Marion Schiavone, Mathieu Castex, Daniel L. Merrifield

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

© Copyright by the World Aquaculture Society 2019 Fish were fed a single-strain yeast fraction (SsYF; 2 g/kg) or a multistrain yeast fraction (MsYF; 0.8 g/kg) for 10 weeks. The results demonstrated significant (p ≤ 0.03) elevations in weight gain, specific growth rate, protein efficiency ratio, and feed conversion ratio in fish fed the yeast fraction-supplemented diets. In the distal intestine, a significant elevation in microvilli density was observed after 5 and 10 weeks of dietary supplementation with MsYF and SsYF, respectively, compared to control fed fish (p < 0.001). A significant elevation (p = 0.02) in the perimeter ratio was observed in fish fed diets supplemented with the yeast fractions. After 10 weeks of feeding on the experimental diets, Rt-qPCR demonstrated a significant downregulation (p < 0.05) in the stress response genes, heat-shock protein 70 (hsp70) and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (pcna), in fish fed diets supplemented with the yeast fractions. Significant (p < 0.05) elevations in interleukin 1-beta (il1β) and interleukin-10 (il10) gene expression were observed in fish fed diets supplemented with the MsYF compared to the other dietary groups. These findings suggest that feeding an MsYF specifically at a lower incorporation rate < 1 g/kg, compared to a commercial SsYF at 2 g/kg, is effective in improving the intestinal health status and growth performance of European seabass.

Employing Plant Functional Groups To Advance Seed Dispersal Ecology And Conservation, Clare Aslan, Noelle G. Beckman, Haldre S. Rogers, Judie Bronstein, Damaris Zurell, Florian Hartig, Katriona Shea, Liba Pejchar, Mike Neubert, John Poulsen, Janneke Hillerislambers, Maria Miriti, Bette Loiselle, Edu Effiom, Jenny Zambrano, Eugene W. Schupp, Et Al.

Biology Faculty Publications

Seed dispersal enables plants to reach hospitable germination sites and escape natural enemies. Understanding when and how much seed dispersal matters to plant fitness is critical for understanding plant population and community dynamics. At the same time, the complexity of factors that determine if a seed will be successfully dispersed and subsequently develop into a reproductive plant is daunting. Quantifying all factors that may influence seed dispersal effectiveness for any potential seed-vector relationship would require an unrealistically large amount of time, materials and financial resources. On the other hand, being able to make dispersal predictions is critical for predicting whether …

Spartan Daily, February 7, 2019, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2019

Volume 152, Issue 7

Tackling The Lionfish Invasion In The Mediterranean. The Eu-Life Relionmed Project: Progress And Results, P Kleitou, J Hall-Spencer, S Rees, S Sfenthourakis, A Demetriou, N Chartosia, C Jimenez, L Hadjioannou, A Petrou, Y Christodoulides, A Georgiou, V Andreou, C Antoniou, I Savva, D Kletou

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, February 7, 2019, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee
• EPC/Curriculum Handbook

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

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The Possible Connection Of Periodontal Diseases (Pd) With Cardiovascular Disease (Cvd) And Prostatitis In Sample Of Iraqi Patients, Jasim Mohammed Muhsin, Maha Mohammed Al-Sayyid

Muthanna Medical Journal

Periodontitis is a chronic inflammation that effect the tissue that surround and support theteeth, and this is prevalent cause of teeth loss in adults while prostatitis is a comparativelycommon issue affecting about 12 percent of men, and it’s the most common prostate-relatedhealth issue in men under age fifty. Researches showed that the heart diseases spread in thepersons that have periodontitis about 25-50% higher than healthy persons. Recent studieshave connected periodontal disease with plenty of systemic health risks, including heartdisease and prostatitis but their results were varied. The recent study aimed to explore thelinking of gum diseases with heart diseases and …

18 Update: Survey Feedback 2-8-19 On Drafts Of Mission Statement And Learning Outcomes, University Of Northern Iowa. General Education Re-Envisioning Committee.

General Education Re-envisioning Committee Documents

The feedback on the survey on the drafts of the mission statement and learning outcomes from February 2019.

Teacher Perceptions Of Emergent Bilingual Students And Connection To Pedagogical Resources And Strategy Use, Sarah A. Rozny

Theses and Dissertations

This research considers what informs a teacher's dispositions towards his/her emergent bilingual students and in what way these dispositions influence the resources the teacher calls upon and strategies that he/she employs to teach these students. The findings for this study indicate that more positive dispositions towards their emergent bilingual students is connected to exposure to a foreign culture, attempts to learn a foreign language, experiencing teaching emergent bilingual students, and the way the teacher views his or her role as a teacher. More positive teacher dispositions were also connected to a greater use of Just Good Teaching and Linguistically Responsive …

Duchamp And The Science Of Art, Miklos Legrady

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

No abstract provided.

Keys Of The Kingdom Of The Mind, Daniel L. Marsh

Naval War College Review

"Mens Regum Bona Possidet," said Seneca, a Roman Phil­osopher of nineteen hundred years ago. Translated into English, this is what he said: "A good mind possesses a kingdom." A sim­ilar sentiment was expressed by Francis Quarles, an English poet of three hundred years ago: "My mind's my kingdom."

We Are ... Marshall, February 6, 2019, Office Of Marshall University Communications

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

No abstract provided.

Volume 115 Issue 3, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

No abstract provided.