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Warriors In Drag: Performing Gender And Remaking Men In Prisoner Of War Theater, Yücel Yanikdağ

History Faculty Publications

This chapter examines Ottoman prison camp theaters in Egypt, from where more sources have survived. With the exception of some passing mentions in scholarship, entertainment in general, and theatre in particular in the Ottoman military is a neglected subject. Scholars of European history studying troop and prisoner of war entertainment during the two world wars have produced a noteworthy amount of material. Many have even focused specifically on soldiers’ cross-dressing or female impersonation in theater on various fronts and prisoner of war camps. Older scholarship viewed female impersonation as mere entertainment, but more recent studies have taken up gender related …

Data Trends 2018-2019, Office Of Institutional Research, Seton Hall University

Fact Books

No abstract provided.

College Of Arts And Sciences Magazine: 2019, College Of Arts And Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

• Arts and Sciences News
• Eyes in the Sky
• Bringing Japanese Religion and Culture to Career
• Finding Fortune
• Sunny's Healing Power
• Drones in Geological and Environmental Sciences

Center For Grassland Studies, Volume 25, Issue 4, Winter 2019

Center for Grassland Studies: Newsletters

Ag Lenders Panel Provides Insight into Beef Systems Initiative

A Tribute to Jack Maddux

Science with a Story

Helping Cows Cope with Cold Stress

GRLS Internship: Intern and Provider Perspectives

PGAM Students Head to China in 2020

Nike's Corporate Social Advocacy (Csa) Practices As Related To Strategic Issues Management (Sim) And Threats To Organizational Legitimacy, Eve Heffron

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This research examined how corporate social advocacy (CSA) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts impacted perceptions of authenticity. Using an experimental survey, participants were randomly exposed to Nike's actions related to the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement via mock-online news articles. Participants completed a survey that contained Likert-type scale items regarding attitudes (perceived corporate intent, perceived authenticity, brand trust, and brand credibility) and behavioral intentions (word of mouth intentions (WOM), and purchase intention (PI)). Results indicated that positive attitudes significantly increased when Nike implemented an action step after taking a public stance on a controversial social-political issue. Further, results revealed …

An Abundance Of Boys: Addressing The Factors That Cause Gender Disproportionality In Special Education, Andrew James Almendinger

All Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The gender distribution in special education is skewed heavily toward boys, who outnumber girls at an overall rate of 2 to 1. The decision to place a student in special education programming has severe implications, whether it be positive or negative. In order to better understand why this ratio exists, it is necessary to determine the reasons behind the disproportion. Some of the main causative factors for gender disproportion in special education fall under the umbrella of genetics, physiology, and school structure. It appears that boys are overrepresented in special education, conversely it appears that girls are underrepresented, both of …

The Effect Of Patient Education On Oral Contraceptive Adherence Rates, Brook M. Anderson, Anmol G. Clairmont, Lydia Lutz

All Electronic Theses and Dissertations

We would like to acknowledge our project chair, Jeanne Szarzynski, PA-C, for dedicating her time, expertise, leadership and patience to truly guide the success of our research project. We appreciate her incredible insight, knowledge and skill in literature as well as clinical research to support our research project. Recognition to Barbara Leafblad, CNM, is also appropriate for her time and effort as a reader throughout the project. A very special thank you is appropriated to Lisa Naser, PA-C, and Wallace Boeve, PA-C, for lending their time and professional skills to editing this paper and providing invaluable feedback, with their help, …

Development Of Targeted Alpha Particle Therapy For Solid Tumors, Narges K. Tafreshi, Michael L. Doligalski, Christopher J. Tichacek, Darpan N. Pandya, Mikalai M. Budzevich, Ghassan El-Haddad, Nikhil I. Khushalani, Eduardo G. Moros, Mark L. Mclaughlin, Thaddeus J. Wadas, David L. Morse

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Abstract: Targeted alpha-particle therapy (TAT) aims to selectively deliver radionuclides emitting α-particles (cytotoxic payload) to tumors by chelation to monoclonal antibodies, peptides or small molecules that recognize tumor-associated antigens or cell-surface receptors. Because of the high linear energy transfer (LET) and short range of alpha (α) particles in tissue, cancer cells can be significantly damaged while causing minimal toxicity to surrounding healthy cells. Recent clinical studies have demonstrated the remarkable efficacy of TAT in the treatment of metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer. In this comprehensive review, we discuss the current consensus regarding the properties of the α-particle-emitting radionuclides that are potentially …

Mutations In Arl2bp, A Protein Required For Ciliary Microtubule Structure, Cause Syndromic Male Infertility In Humans And Mice, Abigal R. Moye, Nicola Bedoni, Jessica G. Cunningham, Urikhan Sanzhaeva, Eric S. Tucker, Peter Mathers, Virginie G. Peter, Mathieu Quinodoz, Liliana P. Paris, Luisa Coutinho-Santos, Pedro Camacho, Madeleine G. Purcell, Abbie C. Winkelmann, James A. Foster, Elena N. Pugacheva, Carlo Rivolta, Visvanathan Ramamurthy

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Cilia are evolutionarily conserved hair-like structures with a wide spectrum of key biological roles, and their dysfunction has been linked to a growing class of genetic disorders, known collectively as ciliopathies. Many strides have been made towards deciphering the molecular causes for these diseases, which have in turn expanded the understanding of cilia and their functional roles. One recently-identified ciliary gene is ARL2BP, encoding the ADP-Ribosylation Factor Like 2 Binding Protein. In this study, we have identified multiple ciliopathy phenotypes associated with mutations in ARL2BP in human patients and in a mouse knockout model. Our research demonstrates that spermiogenesis …

Monetary Cost Of The Myplate Diet In Young Adults: Higher Expenses Associated With Increased Fruit And Vegetable Consumption, Rashel L. Clark, Oluremi A. Famodu, Makenzie L. Barr, Rebecca L. Hagedorn, Jane Ruseski, Jade A. White, Caitlin M. Warner, Alexandra M. Morrell, Pamela J. Murray, I Mark Olfert, Joseph W. Mcfadden, Marianne T. Downes, Sarah E. Colby, Melissa D. Olfert

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Background. Cost is a commonly reported barrier to healthy eating. This is a secondary research analysis designed to examine the food expenditures of young adults on a university campus following the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) MyPlate guidelines for fruits and vegetables. Methods. Meal receipts and dietary intake were recorded weekly. Anthropometrics and clinical assessments were recorded before intervention. Researchers rated compliance based on the participant’s dietary food log, receipt matching, food pictures, and reports during weekly 1-hour consultations. Results. Fifty-three young adults (18–30 years old) at-risk of, or diagnosed with, metabolic syndrome (MetS) were enrolled in the study, …

Educational Intervention Improves Fruit And Vegetable Intake In Young Adults With Metabolic Syndrome Components, Rashel L. Clark, Oluremi A. Famodu, Ida Holásková, Aniello M. Infante, Pamela J. Murray, I. Mark Olfert, Joseeph W. Mcfadden, Marianne T. Downes, Paul D. Chantler, Matthew W. Duespohl, Christopher F. Cuff, Melissa D. Olfert

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

The FRUVEDomics study investigates the effect of a diet intervention focused on increasing fruit and vegetable intake on the gut microbiome and cardiovascular health of young adults with/at risk for metabolic syndrome(MetS). It was hypothesized that the recommended diet would result in metabolic and gut microbiome changes. The 9-week dietary intervention adhered to the US Department of Agriculture Dietary Guidelines for Americansand focused on increasing fruit and vegetable intake to equal half of the diet. Seventeen eligible young adults with/or at high risk of MetS consented and completed preintervention and postintervention measurements, including anthropometric, body composition, cardiovascular, …

Investigational Monoclonal Antibodies In The Treatment Of Multiple Myeloma: A Systematic Review Of Agents Under Clinical Development, Ahmad Iftikhar, Hamza Hassan, Nimra Iftikhar, Adeela Mushtaq, Atif Sohail, Nathaniel Rosko, Rajshekhar Chakraborty, Faryal Razzaq, Sonia Sandeep, Jason Neil Valent, Abraham Sebastian Kanate, Faiz Anwer

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Background: Immunotherapy for multiple myeloma (MM) has been the focus in recent years due to its myeloma-specific immune responses. We reviewed the literature on non-Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to highlight future perspectives. We searched PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane Library and ClinicalTrials.gov to include phase I/II clinical trials. Data from 39 studies (1906 patients) were included. Of all the agents, Isatuximab (Isa, anti-CD38) and F50067 (anti-CXCR4) were the only mAbs to produce encouraging results as monotherapy with overall response rates (ORRs) of 66.7% and 32% respectively. Isa showed activity when used in combination with …

Preschool Parent Training For Traumatic Brain Injury Prevention And Response, Susan C. Davies, Allie E. Hundley, Shauna M. Adams

Counselor Education and Human Services Faculty Publications

This study evaluated a training procedure designed to increase low-income parents’ awareness of traumatic brain injury (TBI), knowledge of what to do for a suspected head injury, and confidence related to TBI response. Participants included 40 parents from low-income households who attended one of six identical 1-hour training sessions about preschool injury and TBI. The training utilized direct instruction, videos, discussion of scenarios, and an in-person helmet fitting. Results of a pre- and post-test indicated that the training significantly increased parent awareness, knowledge, and confidence related to TBI. Suggestions are provided for how educators and mental health professionals can structure …

Neoliberalism And Contemporary American Literature, Liam Kennedy, Stephen Shapiro

Dartmouth College Press

How has American literature responded to the dominance of neoliberalism? Does it make sense to speak of an "American" literature in neoliberal times? Can literature function as either a neutral category or a privileged narrative of national imagination in a time when paradigms of the nation-state and of liberal capitalism are undergoing a prolonged shift? In the United States, as elsewhere, the association between the nation-state, liberal capitalism, and literary form has a long history, reflecting determinate relations between writer and reader within imagined national community. As this community loses its symbolic efficiency in the age of neoliberal capital, the …

White Paper: The Effects Of Block Scheduling And Traditional Scheduling On High School Student Achievement, Lesley Mizhquiri

EDUC 17: What Works in Education?

Since the National Education Commission on Time and Learning published Prisoners of Time in 1994, which criticized the use of traditional schedules and asked readers to think differently about class scheduling in schools, the use of block scheduling in high schools has increased. However, there is still a lack of well-implemented and well-designed studies that explore the effects of block scheduling on high school student achievement. The purpose of this white paper is to investigate the effects of block and traditional scheduling on high school student achievement, as measured by grade-point averages and standardized test scores, by analyzing ten research …

Engineering News, Winter 2019, School Of Engineering

Engineering News

No abstract provided.

Fusion, 2019, George Washington University, William H. Beaumont Medical Research Honor Society

Fusion

No abstract provided.

Beyond Four Forces: The Evolution Of Psychotherapy, Colette Fleuridas, Drew Krafcik

Kalmanovitz School of Education Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

“Closer To The Objective”: Following Helen From Troy To Chicago, Jillian Boger

Master’s Theses and Projects

“Closer to the Objective”: Following Helen from Troy to Chicago looks at the function of women in war and war-adjacent texts. Women are contextualized against the figure of Helen of Troy, who sets the standard for how women in war narratives have historically been treated in literature in film. The war narrative has existed as long as literature itself as existed, and in the Western canon, storytellers are constantly looking back at the Iliad, which serves as an Ur text in terms of how the war narrative--and in particular, the American war narrative--continues to be told today. Those American-centric war …

Traditional Gender Roles: The Culture Of Toxic Masculinity And The Effect On Male Rape Victims, Michael Nelson

Master’s Theses and Projects

Sexual assault is not a new topic of discussion. It has increasingly become a popular topic to discuss especially with larger cases being more prevalent in the media. However, the discussion about adult male victims has just begun. There has been little to no discussion about adult male victims and their experiences and it is important do research. Research needs to begin looking at new topics that have previously been ignored. Some of these topics include adult male victims’ personal experiences, male rape myths, female on male victimization, and societal perceptions. This research attempts to examine societal perceptions about adult …

Impact Of Two Forms Of Daily Preventive Zinc Or Therapeutic Zinc Supplementation For Diarrhea On Hair Cortisol Concentrations Among Rural Laotian Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Guy Marino Hinnouho, M. Bernstein, Maxwell A. Barffour, Charles D. Arnold, K. Ryan Wessells, Kethmany Ratsavong, Bangone Bounheuang, Sengchanh Kounnavong, Sonja Y. Hess

College of Health and Human Services

Zinc supplementation has been shown to reduce the morbidity burden among young children, and may reduce chronic stress. Hair cortisol has been promoted as an indicator of chronic stress. We assessed the impact of different strategies for delivering supplementary zinc on hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) in young Laotian children and examined risk factors associated with HCC. In a randomized double-blind controlled trial (NCT02428647), children aged 6–23 mo were randomized to one of four intervention groups and followed for ~36 weeks: daily preventive zinc (PZ) tablets (7 mg/day), daily multiple micronutrient powder (MNP) sachets (containing 10 mg zinc and 14 other …

Technozarks: Essays In Technology, Regional Economy, And Culture, Thomas A. Peters, Paul L. Durham

Faculty Books

Co-edited by Thomas Peters and Paul Durham, MSU faculty members, with contributions by numerous other MSU faculty.

The first section, “Regional History through the Mid-Twentieth Century,” recounts the conquest of the rugged Ozarks terrain (by railroad, automobile, and hydroelectricity) and the development of “big machine” industry. The second section, “From the Later Twentieth Century to the Present,” explores communication technologies in radio and television (which made Springfield, for a time, the epicenter of country music broadcasting in America); other themes include urban Springfield’s transition from an industrial to a service economy and the transformation of the “lake country” landscape through …

Insight Into The Microbial Co-Occurrence And Diversity Of 73 Grapevine (Vitis Vinifera) Crown Galls Collected Across The Northern Hemisphere, Han Ming Gan, Ernõ Szegedi, Rabeb Fersi, Samir Chebil, László Kovács, Akira Kawaguchi, André Hudson, Thomas J. Burr, Michael A. Savka

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

Crown gall (CG) is a globally distributed and economically important disease of grapevine and other important crop plants. The causal agent of CG is Agrobacterium or Allorhizobium strains that harbor a tumor-inducing plasmid (pTi). The microbial community within the CG tumor has not been widely elucidated and it is not known if certain members of this microbial community promote or inhibit CG. This study investigated the microbiotas of grapevine CG tumor tissues from seven infected vineyards located in Hungary, Japan, Tunisia, and the United States. Heavy co-amplification of grapevine chloroplast and mitochondrial ribosomal RNA genes was observed with the widely …

Hybridization And Rapid Differentiation After Secondary Contact Between The Native Green Anole (Anolis Carolinensis) And The Introduced Green Anole (Anolis Porcatus), Johanna E. Wegener, Jessica N. Pita-Aquino, Jessica Atutubo, Adam Moreno, Jason J. Kolbe

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

In allopatric species, reproductive isolation evolves through the accumulation of genetic incompatibilities. The degree of divergence required for complete reproductive isolation is highly variable across taxa, which makes the outcome of secondary contact between allopatric species unpredictable. Since before the Pliocene, two species of Anolis lizards, Anolis carolinensis and Anolis porcatus, have been allopatric, yet this period of independent evolution has not led to substantial species‐specific morphological differentiation, and therefore, they might not be reproductively isolated. In this study, we determined the genetic consequences of localized, secondary contact between the native green anole, A. carolinensis, and the introduced …

Reduced Compsilura Concinnata Parasitism Of New England Saturniid Larvae, Alex K. Baranowski, Catherine Conroy, Goerge H. Boettner, Joseph S. Elkinton, Evan L. Preisser

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

1. In the northeastern U.S.A., the non‐native generalist parasitoid Compsilura concinnata, introduced in the early 20th Century to control forest pests, has been linked to the decline of giant silk moths (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae).
2. Field research conducted in New England in the late 1990s on two saturniid species, Hyalophora cecropia and Callosamia promethea, found that C. concinnata parasitized 81% and 68%, respectively, when larvae were reared outdoors and replaced weekly. These parasitism rates, extrapolated over the larval period, would prevent any larvae from reaching pupation.
3. In 2017 and 2018, this field experiment was repeated using these same two saturniid species …

Genome-Wide Annotation And Comparative Analysis Of Cuticular Protein Genes In The Noctuid Pest Spodoptera Litura, Jianqiu Liu, Shenglong Li, Wanshun Li, Li Peng, Zhiwei Chen, Yingdan Xiao, Huizhen Guo, Jiwei Zhng, Tingcai Cheng, Marian R. Goldsmith, Kallare P. Arunkumar, Qingyou Xia, Kazuei Mita

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Insect cuticle is considered an adaptable and versatile building material with roles in the construction and function of exoskeleton. Its physical properties are varied, as the biological requirements differ among diverse structures and change during the life cycle of the insect. Although the bulk of cuticle consists basically of cuticular proteins (CPs) associated with chitin, the degree of cuticular sclerotization is an important factor in determining its physical properties. Spodoptera litura, the tobacco cutworm, is an important agricultural pest in Asia. Compared to the domestic silkworm, Bombyx mori, another lepidopteran whose CP genes have been well annotated, …

Twenty-Three Unsolved Problems In Hydrology (Uph): A Community Perspective, Eric Lindquist

University Author Recognition Bibliography: 2019

This paper is the outcome of a community initiative to identify major unsolved scientific problems in hydrology motivated by a need for stronger harmonisation of research efforts. The procedure involved a public consultation through online media, followed by two workshops through which a large number of potential science questions were collated, prioritised, and synthesised. In spite of the diversity of the participants (230 scientists in total), the process revealed much about community priorities and the state of our science: a preference for continuity in research questions rather than radical departures or redirections from past and current work. Questions remain focused …

Tracking Growth Of Brain Metastases, Benjamin Ciccarelli

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Capstone Projects

Background: Literature is relatively sparse on the growth rate of brain metastases. This is an important concept, given that the time delay between imaging and treatment may result in clinically significant tumor growth that could alter treatment planning. Understanding the growth rate of brain metastases is also useful in determining the value of radiation therapy for poor performance patients. This study will potentially shed light on this subject and spur further research.

Methods: This qualitative study includes 21 patients treated with Gamma Knife therapy at MD Anderson of Cooper University Hospital. These 21 patients had various amounts of …

Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Dysregulation And The Development Of Pelvic Organ Prolapse (Poster), Colin Sperling

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.

Preliminary Behavioral, Biochemical And Neuropathological Characterization Of A New Epilepsy Mutant (Poster), Lauren K. Young, Rrita Daci

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.