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Audience Analysis: Learning About Student Motivations And Instructional Preferences, Krista Reynolds

CUP Faculty Research

The energy level in the room is high. Students work together diligently, examining their computer screens and sharing ideas to try to solve a problem. When the instructor asks them to share their findings, several students raise their hands and offer insightful observations. After the session is over, a couple of students take the time to tell the instructor the value of what they learned in class and how helpful it will be to them. This scenario is what we instructors strive for—that our students will be engaged in our sessions and leave feeling their time was well-spent.

University Of Northern Iowa Graduate Program Survey 2018-2019, Bailey Holm

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Contents
Overview: Graduate College and Degrees Awarded
UNI Graduate College Staff --- 1
Graduate Degrees Awarded Summer 2018 – Spring 2019 --- 2
Demographic Information of Summer 2018 – Spring 2019 Graduates --- 3
Number of Degrees Awarded over 5 Years --- 4
Number of Degrees Awarded over 5 Years (Breakdown by College) --- 5
Graduate Program Survey
Methodology & Demographics --- 6
Demographics Continued --- 7
Principal Activity & Location After Graduation --- 8
Activities Students Engaged in at UNI --- 9
Type of Research & Graduate College Events --- 10
Reasons for Going to Graduate School --- 11 …

Management Recommendations For Ecological Restoration On The Little River Parcel, Maya Sady Partain, Garitt Mathews

Environmental Science & Management Senior Capstones

Ecological restoration is an important aspect of land management. Data collection and ongoing monitoring help inform restoration decisions and determine their effectiveness. In this project, we followed a monitoring protocol provided by the Trinidad Coastal Land Trust to assess the 2019 status of their Little River parcel, a fifteen-acre area near the mouth of Little River in Trinidad, California. We performed a site analysis of invasive plant species and recorded their extent and location, as well as noting other observations of the ecology, topography, and biology of the site. After making our observations, we recommended land management methods woven together …

Determining Spatial Distribution And Habitat Use For Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus Kisutch) In Hoopa Tribal Streams Using Occupancy Modeling To Inform Restoration, Ely D. Boone, Seamus C. Frazer-Newcomb, Brit A. Taylor

Environmental Science & Management Senior Capstones

Pacific salmonid populations have faced significant decline due to poor management and human disturbance. Habitat restoration and monitoring is essential to the ongoing survival of these fish. This study examines population abundance of juvenile Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha) and steelhead trout (O. mykiss) in five tributaries of the Trinity River in Northern California to determine the success of recent restoration efforts. We used traditional snorkel survey methods paired with an occupancy model to compare populations of two restored streams and four unrestored streams. We found that despite Coho being detected …

Azalea State Reserve Vegetation Management Plan, Ethan Len Reibsome, Rosebelle Abuan Ines

Environmental Science & Management Senior Capstones

This comprehensive vegetation management plan for Azalea State Reserve was produced by Humboldt State University students Ethan Reibsome and Rosebelle Ines in partnership with the California State Parks. As a capstone senior project within the Environmental Science and Management department, these students collaborated to map existing habitat types and invasive species, and created a species list. In addition, this document contains their observations and recommendations which will inform future management actions as well as the conservation of the Reserve.

Should Robots Prosecute And Defend?, Stephen E. Henderson

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.

Artificial Wisdom? A Potential Limit On Ai In Law (And Elsewhere), Joshua P. Davis

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.

#Squadgoals: A Response To Seth Waxman, Amelia Rinehart

Utah Law Faculty Scholarship

Former Solicitor General Seth Waxman’s recent remarks, framing our current age of patent law in the Supreme Court as “interesting times,” unquestionably captures the exhilaration of an active Supreme Court in this area of the law. Waxman knows his way around patent cases decided by the Supreme Court — he presented arguments in four of the six patent cases in the 2016 Term — but he also has an extensive appellate practice before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”), which has exclusive appellate jurisdiction over patent cases. Given his substantial experience in patent appellate litigation, Waxman …

Plant Hormone Signaling Lab Module, Olivia Snyder

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Course material for universities constantly needs updating and refinement. One area that required new material at The University of Akron was the Principles of Biology II course, specifically in the laboratory section. A new laboratory module was created and centered around hormone signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana. Brassinosteroid mutants were used to show students the event hormones had on plants. Students were to test root lengths by completing growth plate analysis.

Framework For Improving Complex System Performance, Charles B. Keating, Polinpapilinho F. Katina, Ra'ed Jaradat, Joseph M. Bradley, Richard Hodge

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

This paper introduces a framework for improvement of complex system performance. Complex systems are besieged with conditions marked by increasing uncertainty, emergence, and ambiguity. Additionally, demands for increased productivity, resource efficiencies, and performance improvement make new approaches paramount for modern systems engineers. In response, a framework to improve complex system performance is developed. Following an introduction, the paper pursues four objectives: (1) introduction of Complex System Governance (CSG) as a foundation to describe essential system functions, (2) suggest system `pathologies' as an explanation for deep system performance issues, (3) exploration of system performance improvement as a function of `requisite variety' …

Healthcare Robotics: Key Factors That Impact Robot Adoption In Healthcare, Sujatha Alla, Pilar Pazos

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

In the current dynamic business environment, healthcare organizations are focused on improving patient satisfaction, performance, and efficiency. The healthcare industry is considered a complex system that is highly reliant of new technologies to support clinical as well as business processes. Robotics is one of such technologies that is considered to have the potential to increase efficiency in a wide range of clinical services. Although the use of robotics in healthcare is at the early stages of adoption, some studies have shown the capacity of this technology to improve precision, accessibility through less invasive procedures, and reduction of human error during …

Përdorimi I Rrjetave Neurale Në Gërmimin E Të Dhënave, Abdylkadri Maksuti

Theses and Dissertations

Për një kohë të gjatë kompani apo biznese të ndryshme kanë mbledhur të dhëna të shumta të fushave të ndryshme. Shumë pak kompani apo biznese janë në dijeni për vlerën e këtyre të dhënave që mund të iu ofrojnë përfitime shumë të mëdha. Kështu që përmes teknologjive të ndryshme sic janë: gërmimi i të dhënave, rrjetat neurale ku kanë algoritme dhe teknika të ndryshme është arritur mundësia për ti nxjerrur këto të dhëna. Kështu që në ditët e sotme kanë marrur hov shumë të madh këto teknologji të cilat janë shumë të ndërlikuara.

Përmes kësaj teme diplome sqarohen se cka …

Litter Carbon Pool Variation Between Restored And Disturbed Coastal Habitats In Manatee County Florida, Angela Mctigue

Theses & ETDs

Coastal ecosystems provide key services, such as carbon storage, but compete with development in natural areas. For this reason, increasing their value requires restoring coastal habitats that have been degraded. After the ecosystem has been restored, a goal is that it will start to store more carbon in its soils over time. Specifically, in this thesis I sought to see if litter mass and decomposition change over time in restored habitats, and if litter mass and decomposition change between restored and disturbed habitats. By using the Tea Bag Index, and analyzing the litter fall in respective disturbed and restored habitats …

Kinetic Characterization Of C. Elegans G97n Mutant Idh-1, Sierra Schwabach

Theses & ETDs

Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) is a critical enzyme in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle and other metabolic processes. IDH catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of isocitrate to ⍺-ketoglutarate (⍺-KG) with the reduction of NAD(P)+ to NAD(P)H. Mutations in IDH-1 are found in approximately 80% of grade II-III gliomas and secondary glioblastomas in humans. Mutant IDH-1 is characterized by a gain of function activity where ⍺-KG is reduced to 2-hydroxyglutarate (2-HG) by NADPH. This neomorphic activity results in altered cell metabolism. 2-HG also binds competitively with many α-KG dependent dioxygenases, including some essential histone demethylases. IDH-1 mutations are thought to occur early in, …

Conflicts Of Interest And Academic Research, Jorge L. Contreras, Mark Rinehart

Utah Law Faculty Scholarship

This chapter discusses financial conflicts of interest in academic research. After exploring the definition of conflicts of interest, the chapter focuses on the manner in which conflicts are addressed by policies promulgated by the U.S. federal government, research institutions and scholarly journals. It concludes with suggestions for further research and policy analysis.

Trickster Law: Promoting Resilience And Adaptive Governance By Allowing Other Perspectives On Natural Resource Management, Robin Kundis Craig

Utah Law Faculty Scholarship

The Anthropocene requires a new approach to natural resources law and policy, an approach that this short article terms "trickster law." Trickster law incorporates insights from resilience theory, adaptive governance scholarship, and cultural/anthropological studies of trickster tales to create a legal approach to natural resource management that is precautionary, engaged in proactive planning, based in principled flexibility, and pluralistic. This article focuses on the "pluralism" component, presenting three examples of how law modified to be more inclusive and respect different value systems has generated new approaches to natural resources management that better promote social-ecological resilience to climate change and other …

Empirical Studies Of Claim Construction, Jonas Anderson, Peter Menell

Utah Law Faculty Scholarship

Patent claims define the scope of the patent right and hence are central to the operation of the patent system. Patent prosecutors devote substantial effort to crafting patent claims so as to maximize the scope of their right without “reading on” prior art (and thereby defeating novelty). Businesses seeking to enter a technology marketplace must be careful to avoid encroaching patent claims. Thus, when patentees enforce their rights, the interpretation of claim boundaries guides both validity and infringement analysis.

Following the Supreme Court’s decision in Markman v. Westview Instruments (517 U.S. 370 (1996)), holding that “the construction of a patent, …

Is Meat The New Tobacco? Regulating Food Demand In The Age Of Climate Change, Lingxi Chenyang

Utah Law Faculty Scholarship

Switching from a meat-heavy to a plant-based diet is one of the highest-impact lifestyle changes for climate mitigation and adaptation. However, conventional demand-side energy policy has focused on increasing consumption of efficient machines and fuels. Regulating food demand has key advantages. First, food consumption is biologically constrained, thus switching to more efficient foods avoids unintended consequences of switching to more efficient machines, like higher overall energy consumption. Second, food consumption, like smoking, is primed for normshifting because it occurs in socially conspicuous environments. Indeed, while place-based bans and information regulation were essential in lowering the prevalence of smoking, the same …

Atomizing The Clean Water Act: Ignoring The Whole Statute And Asking The Wrong Questions, Robert W. Adler, Brian House

Utah Law Faculty Scholarship

When attempting to resolve difficult issues of statutory construction involving complex statutes, courts sometimes focus on individual words and phrases without evaluating how they fit within the text and structure of the whole statute. We call this “atomization” of the statutory text. Judges have fallen into this trap in construing the Clean Water Act (CWA) and other lengthy, complex federal environmental statutes. That tendency contributes to ongoing confusion about the scope and coverage of the CWA. During the 2019-2020 Term, the U.S. Supreme Court will resolve a circuit split in the most recent line of cases exhibiting this tendency. Courts …

Population Law And Policy: From Control And Contraception To Equity And Equality, Victoria Mather

Faculty Articles

As a young professor at St. Mary's University School of Law in the 1980s, I had the opportunity to teach in our summer program in Innsbruck, Austria. At the time, faculty members were required to teach an international or comparative law course, and I developed a mini-course in population law and policy. Over the last thirty years, I have had the opportunity to rethink and redevelop the course and to teach it during fifteen summers in the beautiful Austrian Alps. Our summer program became known as the St. Mary's Institute on World Legal Problems, and my course developed into a …

Opportunities Of Covalent Organic Frameworks For Advanced Applications, Yanpei Song, Qi Sun, Briana Aguila, Shengqian Ma

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are an emerging class of functional nanostructures with intriguing properties, due to their unprecedented combination of high crystallinity, tunable pore size, large surface area, and unique molecular architecture. The range of properties characterized in COFs has rapidly expanded to include those of interest for numerous applications ranging from energy to environment. Here, a background overview is provided, consisting of a brief introduction of porous materials and the design feature of COFs. Then, recent advancements of COFs as a designer platform for a plethora of applications are emphasized together with discussions about the strategies and principles involved. …

Hormone Replacement Therapy Attenuates Hearing Loss: Mechanisms Involving Estrogen And The Igf-1 Pathway, Tanika T. Williamson, Bo Ding, Xiaoxia Zhu, Robert D. Frisina

Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

Estradiol (E) is a multitasking hormone that plays a prominent role in the reproductive system, and also contributes to physiological and growth mechanisms throughout the body. Frisina and colleagues have previously demonstrated the beneficial effects of this hormone, with E-treated subjects maintaining low auditory brainstem response (ABR) thresholds relative to control subjects (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2006;103:14246; Hearing Research, 2009;252:29). In the present study, we evaluated the functionality of the peripheral and central auditory systems in female CBA/CaJ middle-aged mice during and after long-term hormone replacement therapy (HRT) via …

Polycofs: A New Class Of Freestanding Responsive Covalent Organic Framework Membranes With High Mechanical Performance, Zhifang Wang, Qi Yu, Yubo Huang, Hongde An, Yu Zhao, Yifan Feng, Xia Li, Xinlei Shi, Jiajie Liang, Fusheng Pan, Peng Cheng, Yao Chen, Shengqian Ma, Zhenjie Zhang

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Traditional covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are prepared via polymerization based on small molecular monomers. However, the employment of polymers as building blocks to construct COFs has not been reported yet. Herein, we create a new concept of polymer covalent organic frameworks (polyCOFs) formed by linear polymers as structural building blocks, which inherit the merits from both COFs and linear polymers. PolyCOFs represent a new category of porous COF materials that demonstrate good crystallinity and high stability. More importantly, benefiting from the flexibility and processability of a linear polymer, polyCOFs can spontaneously form defect-free, flexible, and freestanding membranes that exhibit excellent …

Functional Inhibition Of Acid Sphingomyelinase Disrupts Infection By Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens, Chelsea L. Cockburn, Ryan S. Green, Sheela R. Damle, Rebecca K. Martin, Naomi N. Ghahrai, Punsiri M. Colonne, Marissa S. Fullerton, Daniel H. Conrad, Charles E. Chalfant, Daniel E. Voth, Elizabeth A. Rucks, Stacey D. Gilk, Jason A. Carlyon

Molecular Biosciences Faculty Publications

Intracellular bacteria that live in host cell–derived vacuoles are significant causes of human disease. Parasitism of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is essential for many vacuole-adapted bacteria. Acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) influences LDL cholesterol egress from the lysosome. Using functional inhibitors of ASM (FIASMAs), we show that ASM activity is key for infection cycles of vacuole-adapted bacteria that target cholesterol trafficking—Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Chlamydia pneumoniae. Vacuole maturation, replication, and infectious progeny generation by A. phagocytophilum, which exclusively hijacks LDL cholesterol, are halted and C. burnetii, for which lysosomal cholesterol accumulation is bactericidal, …

Functional Analysis Of The Replication Fork Proteome Identifies Bet Proteins As Pcna Regulators, Sarah R. Wessel, Kareem N. Mohni, Jessica W. Luzwick, Huzefa Dungrawala, David Cortez

Molecular Biosciences Faculty Publications

Identifying proteins that function at replication forks is essential to understanding DNA replication, chromatin assembly, and replication-coupled DNA repair mechanisms. Combining quantitative mass spectrometry in multiple cell types with stringent statistical cutoffs, we generated a high-confidence catalog of 593 proteins that are enriched at replication forks and nascent chromatin. Loss-of-function genetic analyses indicate that 85% yield phenotypes that are consistent with activities in DNA and chromatin replication or already have described functions in these processes. We illustrate the value of this resource by identifying activities of the BET family proteins BRD2, BRD3, and BRD4 in controlling DNA replication. These proteins …

P53 Phosphomimetics Preserve Transient Secondary Structure But Reduce Binding To Mdm2 And Mdmx, Robin Levy, Emily Gregory, Wade Borcherds, Gary W. Daughdrill

Molecular Biosciences Faculty Publications

The disordered p53 transactivation domain (p53TAD) contains specific levels of transient helical secondary structure that are necessary for its binding to the negative regulators, mouse double minute 2 (Mdm2) and MdmX. The interactions of p53 with Mdm2 and MdmX are also modulated by posttranslational modifications (PTMs) of p53TAD including phosphorylation at S15, T18 and S20 that inhibits p53-Mdm2 binding. It is unclear whether the levels of transient secondary structure in p53TAD are changed by phosphorylation or other PTMs. We used phosphomimetic mutants to determine if adding a negative charge at positions 15 and 18 has any effect on the transient …

The Caricomp Network Of Caribbean Marine Laboratories (1985–2007): History, Key Findings, And Lessons Learned, Jorge Cortes, Hazel A. Oxenford, Brigitta I. Van Tussenbroek, Eric Jordan-Dahlgren, Aldo Croquer, Carolina Bastidas, John C. Ogden

Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications

Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity (CARICOMP) was a basin-wide cooperative, international network of marine laboratories established in 1985. Recognizing major trends of change in coastal ecosystems and the importance of the linkages among them, our goal was to monitor synoptically with standardized methods the physical environment and to document trends in measures of the structure and functioning of coral reefs, seagrasses and mangroves. Between 1985 and 1993, the CARICOMP Steering Committee established a data management center and wrote a methods manual. Marine laboratories joined the program by appointing a Site Director and signing an agreement specifying the cost sharing and responsibilities …

Comparison Of Dna Methylation In Vibrio Vulnificus Cells Grown In Human Serum With Those Grown In Seawater, James W. Conrad, Valerie J. Harwood

Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications

The chromosomal methylation statuses of the highly virulent Vibrio vulnificus strain CMCP6 grown in human serum and in seawater are compared here. Growth in seawater resulted in ∼4 times as much methylation as that in human serum, primarily N⁴-methylcytosines.

Through The Eyes Of Faculty: Using Personas As A Tool For Learner-Centered Professional Development, Patricia Zagallo, Jill Mccourt, Robert Idsardi, Michelle K. Smith, Mark Urban-Lurain, Tessa C. Andrews, Kevin Haudek, Jennifer K. Knight, John Merrill, Ross Nehm, Luanna B. Prevost, Paula P. Lemons

Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications

College science instructors need continuous professional development (PD) to meet the call to evidence-based practice. New PD efforts need to focus on the nuanced blend of factors that influence instructors’ teaching practices. We used persona methodology to describe the diversity among instructors who were participating in a long-term PD initiative. Persona methodology originates from ethnography. It takes data from product users and compiles those data in the form of fictional characters. Personas facilitate user-centered design. We identified four personas among our participants: Emma the Expert views herself as the subject-matter expert in the classroom and values her hard-earned excellence in …

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McNair Scholars Research Journal

No abstract provided.