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Meaning-Making Among Intentionally Childless Women, Christine Brooks

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

This paper is a summary of a qualitative research project that focused upon meaningmaking processes as described by intentionally childless women. A grounded theory exploration, it involved semi-structured interviews with 30 cisgendered women aged 27–61 who chose childlessness early in life. Based on principles inherent to social constructivism and feminist theories, the subjective voices of the participants were analyzed as normative expressions of female identity. The main category that accompanied intentional childlessness was a sense of freedom. In addition, two additional thematic categories focused on ways the women view their contributions to their communities and experience belonging and a sense …

While They Waited: Pre-Obergefell Lives And The Law Of Nonmarriage, Michael J. Higdon

Scholarly Works

In the wake of Obergefell, the United States now has a large class of married, same-sex couples whose relationships began at a time when marriage was unavailable to them. The law must therefore wrestle with the question whether any portion of a pre-Obergefell relationship should count toward the length of the ensuing marriage — an important question given the number of marital benefits tied directly to this calculation. As courts and legislators alike wrestle with this difficult question, they will need to examine how these couples ordered their relationships during a time when “nonmarriage” was the only option. This Essay …

Diverse Conditions Support Near-Zero Growth In Yeast: Implications For The Study Of Cell Lifespan, Jordan Gulli, Emily Cook, Eugene Kroll, Adam Rosebrock, Amy Caudy, Frank Rosenzweig

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Baker’s yeast has a finite lifespan and ages in two ways: a mother cell can only divide so many times (its replicative lifespan), and a non-dividing cell can only live so long (its chronological lifespan). Wild and laboratory yeast strains exhibit natural variation for each type of lifespan, and the genetic basis for this variation has been generalized to other eukaryotes, including met-azoans. To date, yeast chronological lifespan has chiefly been studied in relation to the rate and mode of functional decline among non-dividing cells in nutrient-depleted batch culture. However, this culture method does not accurately capture two major classes …

September 2019 Cehd Newsletter, College Of Education And Human Development

College of Education and Human Development News

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Multigene Signatures Of Responses To Chemotherapy Derived By Biochemically-Inspired Machine Learning., Peter K. Rogan

Biochemistry Publications

Pharmacogenomic responses to chemotherapy drugs can be modeled by supervised machine learning of expression and copy number of relevant gene combinations. Such biochemical evidence can form the basis of derived gene signatures using cell line data, which can subsequently be examined in patients that have been treated with the same drugs. These gene signatures typically contain elements of multiple biochemical pathways which together comprise multiple origins of drug resistance or sensitivity. The signatures can capture variation in these responses to the same drug among different patients.

Mobile Media Beyond Mobile Phones, Jordan Frith, Didem Özkul

Publications

In this introduction, we argue for an expanded focus in mobile media and communication studies (MMCS) that accounts for the many types of mobile media that affect our lives. We begin by pointing out that mobile phone/smartphone research has dominated MMCS as a field. That focus makes sense, but it runs the risk of MMCS essentially turning into “smartphone studies,” which we argue would limit our impact. To make that case, we identify a few examples of the types of oft-ignored technologies that could add to the depth and breadth of MMCS research (e.g., RFID [radio frequency identification] tags, the …

Multispecialty Opioid Risk Reduction Program Targeting Chronic Pain And Addiction Management In Veterans, Ivana A Vaughn, Rebecca Beyth, Mary Lynn Ayers, Joseph E Thornton, Rajiv Tandon, Ted Gingrich, Stephen A Mudra

Project ECHO Bibliography

A primary care pain clinic and telehealth program manages veterans at high-risk for noncancer chronic pain and addiction, offering education and support to multidisciplinary health care providers to reduce dependence on high-level opioids.

Grandfathers And Fathers In Ukraine And Across Cultures, David W. Shwalb, Oleh Vasylenko

Online Readings in Psychology and Culture

This article begins with a review of international research on how cultures and contexts influence the roles of grandfathers and fathers (for book-length reviews, see Shwalb & Hossain, 2018; Shwalb, Shwalb, & Lamb, 2013). Subsequently, this article describes the historical and contemporary background of Ukrainian society, provides a review of the extremely limited existing literature on families in Ukraine, and describes the results of exploratory open-ended interviews with 20 fathers and 20 grandfathers in Lviv City and three nearby villages in western Ukraine. The main finding of the interviews was a confirmation of several contextual influences on grandfathers and fathers, …

Promoting Change In Common Tern (Sterna Hirundo) Nest Site Selection To Minimize Construction Related Disturbance., Peter C. Mcgowan, Jeffery D. Sullivan, Carl R. Callahan, William Schultz, Jennifer L. Wall, Diann J. Prosser

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

Due to the many challenges facing waterbird populations (Jia et al. 2018, Wetlands International 2018), it has become common practice to limit disturbance to breeding colonies whenever possible to maximize reproductive success. While this may require often unpopular management techniques including beach closures (Jorgensen et al. 2015, Mayo et al. 2015) and predator removal (Neuman et al. 2004, Stocking et al. 2017), such actions are sometimes necessary for the success of the colony. However, there are instances when eliminating disturbance is not possible and birds must be attracted to a new site. A common method for attracting waterbirds to a …

Bourbon Virus In Wild And Domestic Animals, Missouri, Usa, 2012–2013, Katelin C. Jackson, Thomas Gidlewski, J. Jeffrey Root, Angela M. Bosco-Lauth, R. Ryan Lash, Jessica R. Harmon, Aaron C. Brault, Nicholas A. Panella, William L. Nicholson, Nicholas Komar

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Bourbon virus (BRBV) was first isolated from a febrile patient with a history of tick bites in Bourbon County, Kansas, USA; the patient later died from severe illness in 2014 (1). Several additional human BRBV infections were reported subsequently from the midwestern and southern United States (2). BRBV belongs to the family Orthomyxoviridae, genus Thogotovirus, which is distributed worldwide and includes Araguari, Aransas Bay, Dhori, Jos, Thogoto, and Upolu viruses (1,3). Thogoto and Dhori viruses have been associated with human disease (4–6). Viruses within the genus Thogotovirus have been associated with hard or soft ticks (7). Recent studies suggest that …

Public Access For Pheasant Hunters: Understanding An Emerging Need, Lyndsie S. Wszola, Anastasia E. Madsen, Erica F. Stuber, Christopher J. Chizinski, Jeffrey J. Lusk, J. Scott Taylor, Kevin L. Pope, Joseph J. Fontaine

Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Staff Publications

Ring‐necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus; i.e., pheasant) hunting participation is declining across North America, reflecting a larger downward trend in American hunting participation and threatening benefits to grassland conservation and rural economies. To stabilize and expand the pheasant hunting population, we must first identify factors that influence pheasant hunter participation. We used an extensive in‐person hunter survey to test the hypothesis that hunter demographics interact with social‐ecological traits of hunting locations to affect hunter decisions, outcomes, and perceptions. We built a series of Bayesian mixed effects models to parse variation in demographics, perceptions, and hunt outcomes of pheasant hunters interviewed at …

Using Community-Engaged Research To Explore Social Determinants Of Health In A Low-Resource Community In The Dominican Republic: A Community Health Assessment, Arelis Moore De Peralta, Lauren Davis, Katherine Brown, Michelle Fuentes, Suzanne Falconer, Jenneil Charles, Michelle Eichinger

Publications

Introduction:

Previously published community health assessments (CHA) have explored social determinants of health in low-resource, Haitian-majority Dominican communities. The present CHA was conducted in Las Malvinas II, a Dominican-majority low-resource community, and represented a first step for developing a building a healthier community process.

Method:

A binational community–academic partnership adapted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s CHANGE (Community Health Assessment and Group Evaluation) guide to conduct a CHA through community-engaged, mixed-methods research. Data were collected on five community selected public health priorities (i.e., education, sanitation, unwanted pregnancies, chronic disease management, and vaccine-preventable diseases) and community assets through focus groups, …

Is 698-001: Data Visualization And Interpretation, Aritra Dasgupta

Informatics Syllabi

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Hist 214-001: Technology And Culture In American History, Stephen Pemberton

History Syllabi

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Ie 655-851: Concurrent Engineering, Paul Ranky

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Syllabi

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Ie 673-101: Total Quality Management, Paul Ranky

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Syllabi

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Ie 681-001: System Safety Engineering, Arijit Sengupta

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Syllabi

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Ie 673-851: Total Quality Management, Paul Ranky

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Syllabi

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Mtse 301-001: Materials Science, Halina Opyrchal

Physics Syllabi

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Association Between The Infection By Cytomegalovirus (Cmv) With Acute And Chronic Toxoplasmosis Among Random Sample Of Aborted Women At Baghdad Province, Salah Mehdi Hassan, Amany M. Al-Kaysi, Amal Kamel

Al-Nisour Journal for Medical Sciences

This study was carried out during the periods from September 2017 to march 2018 in laboratories Department of different hospitals /Baghdad Teaching Hospital, and Abn-Abalady hospital in 70 women ages ranged from 20 year to 33 years .Bio-ELISA immuno-enzymatic assay was used for Cytomegalovirus Ab sera Immunoassay for the detection of Toxoplasma antibodies IgG and IgM also were carried out to all samples included.The results showed No significant differences between age group studied in pregnant and non-pregnant women in all sample studied and recoded that 25(46.3%) out of 34(63%) of pregnant women studied had Toxo-IgG antibodies and pregnant women who …

Math Biology Seminar | Periodic Solutions For Class Of Nonlinear Differential Systems, Sept. 24, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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How To Assign Grades To Tasks So As To Maximize Student Efforts, Laxman Bokati, Vyacheslav Kalashnikov, Nataliya Kalashnykova, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

In some classes, students want to get a desired passing grade (e.g., C or B) by spending the smallest amount of effort. In such situations, it is reasonable for the instructor to assign the grades for different tasks in such a way that the resulting overall student's effort is the largest possible. In this paper, we show that to achieve this goal, we need to assign, to each task, the number of points proportional to the efforts needed for this task.

Phys 204-001: Biophysics Of Life, Gordon Thomas

Physics Syllabi

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Phys 350-001: Biophysics I - Quantitative Biophysics Of Life, Gordon Thomas

Physics Syllabi

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Math 707-001: Optimal Transport, Brittany Hamfeldt

Mathematical Sciences Syllabi

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Math 371-001: Physiology And Medicine, Bruce Bukiet

Mathematical Sciences Syllabi

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Phen 603-101: Pharmaceutical Unit Operations - Processing Of Liquid And Dispersed-Phase Systems, Piero M. Armenante

Chemical and Materials Engineering Syllabi

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Che 365-001: Chemical Engineering Computing, Roman S. Voronov

Chemical and Materials Engineering Syllabi

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Hum 211-001: The Pre-Modern World, William O'Sullivan

Humanities Syllabi

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Ene 262-001: Introduction To Environmental Engineering, A. Brook Crossan

Civil and Environmental Engineering Syllabi

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