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Outcomes Of Prenatal Marijuana Use, Sierra Clark

Scholarship in Medicine - All Papers

Holistic therapy is becoming a national trend and a lot of people are turning to marijuana for its potential benefits. Even pregnant women are using marijuana to manage nausea and vomiting. 1 Currently, medical marijuana is legal in 33 states and the District of Columbia, with 10 states also legalizing its recreational use. 1 In the US, between 16.2% of pregnant women are using marijuana daily.2 In a study surveying 785 pregnant women, 79% reported perceiving little to no harm in prenatal marijuana use.3 Due to the increase in its use and the common perception of being harmless, it is …

"Assault Weapon" Lethality, E. Gregory Wallace

Scholarly Works

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Speech Inequality After Janus V. Afscme, Charlotte Garden

Indiana Law Journal

This Article explores the growing divide between the Roberts Court’s treatment of the free speech rights of wealthy individuals and corporations in campaign finance cases as compared to its treatment of the rights of public-sector labor unions and their members. First, it highlights some internal contradictions in the Janus Court’s analysis. Then, it discusses the growing—yet mostly ignored—divergence in the Court’s treatment of corporate and labor speakers with respect to the use of market influence to achieve political influence.

The Article has two Parts. In Part I, I explain how the Court reached its decision in Janus before critiquing the …

Gymnosperm Species Richness Patterns Along The Elevational Gradient And Its Comparison With Other Plant Taxonomic Groups In The Himalayas, Suresh C. Subedi, Khem Raj Bhattarai, Timothy M. Perez, Jay P. Sah

Faculty Publications - Biological Sciences

Phylogenetic constraints on ecophysiological adaptations and specific resource requirements are likely to explain why some taxonomic and functional groups exhibit different richness patterns along climatic gradients. We used interpolated species elevational distribution data and climatic data to describe gymnosperm species richness variation along elevational and climatic gradients in the Himalayas. We compared the climatic and elevational distributions of gymnosperms to those previously found for bryophytes, ferns, and angiosperm tree lineages to understand the respective drivers of species richness. Our study location was divided into three regions: Eastern; Central; and Western Himalayas. In each region, the sum of gymnosperm species richness …

Divergent Immune Responses In Behaviorally-Inhibited Vs. Non-Inhibited Male Rats, Kerry C. Michael, Robert H. Bonneau, Rebecca A. Bourne, Ladara Godbolt, Michael J. Caruso, Christine Hohmann, Sonia A. Cavigelli

Psychology Publications

Stable behavioral traits (temperament, personality) often predict health outcomes. Temperament-specific differences in immune function could explain temperament-specific health outcomes, however, we have limited information on whether immune function varies by personality. In the present study, we examined the relationship between a basic behavioral trait (behavioral-inhibition vs. non-inhibition) and two immune responses (innate inflammation and delayed-type hypersensitivity, DTH) in a rodent model. In humans, behavioral inhibition (fearful temperament) is associated with altered stress physiology and allergies. In laboratory rats, the trait is associated with elevated glucocorticoid production. We hypothesized that behavioral inhibition is associated with glucocorticoid resistance and dampened T-helper 1 …

"Good Job, But Bulgarian": Identifying "Bulgarian-Ness" Through Cultural Discourse Analysis, Nadezhda Sotirova

Communication, Media, and Rhetoric Publications

By using cultural discourse analysis and ethnography, naturally occurring talk and interviews were examined for local constructions of “Bulgarian-ness” in order to formulate explicit and implicit cultural propositions about being “Bulgarian,” and cultural premises about being (“Bulgarian-ness” as problematic) and emotion (anger, frustration) as connected. This article illustrates the notion of the phrase as a local cultural symbol within Bulgarian discourse that evokes deep cultural meanings for a way of being (“Bulgarian-ness” and the West/East dichotomy), emotions (frustration, hopelessness), and a social world (the “Bulgarian situation”) as continuously negotiated in relation to conceptualizations of “Balkanism.”

The Fate And Removal Of Pharmaceuticals And Personal Care Products Within Wastewater Treatment Facilities Discharging Upstream From The Great Bay Estuary, Alexandria Christine Hidrovo

Master's Theses and Capstones

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are contaminants of emerging concern that derive primarily from combined sewer overflows and discharges from industrial and municipal wastewater treatment facilities (WWTFs). One major concern of PPCPs in surface water is their potential toxicity to sensitive receptors, such as aquatic organisms, at trace concentrations due to their incomplete removal from conventional wastewater treatment technologies. However, most PPCP removal occurs during secondary treatment through biodegradation by a diverse aerobic microbial community (activated sludge). Additionally, studies have shown secondary treatment designs that effectively remove nutrients tend to exhibit a positive relationship on PPCP removal. In this …

Evsc 416-102: Environmental Toxicology, Pradyot Patnaik

Chemistry, Environmental and Forensic Science Syllabi

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Evsc 616-102: Toxicology, Pradyot Patnaik

Chemistry, Environmental and Forensic Science Syllabi

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The Trans-Resolutionary Efficacy Of The Subjectively Contrived, Aditya Mehta

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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Production Profile, Lizzy Jones

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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Truth Games: Naturalizing The Neoliberal Subject, Hanneke Van Deursen

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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Tangaza Magazine: A Publication Dedicated To Highlighting East Africa's Urban And Contemporary Music Scene, Monica Savanne

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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Race, Media, And Storytelling: The Making Of Black Excellence In The Face Of Adversity, Naiya Campbell

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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The Gender Pay Gap: Newsroom Edition, Shoshana Stahl

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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La Empresa No Va Si La Mujer No Est?: The Interplay Between Democracy, Culture, And Entrepreneurship, Cafui Awasu

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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Heat For The Masses: Thermal Ecology Of The Western Tent Caterpillar, Victoria Dahlhoff

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

A unique feature of some gregarious, colonial insects is their ability to create external structures that alter environmental conditions for the entire (often family) group. A combination of physical alteration of local microhabitats and behavioral thermoregulation allows many of these animals to actively control their body temperatures, which allows them to regulate energy use and metabolism in variable thermal environments. Here I describe mechanisms of microhabitat modification and thermal regulation in the western tent caterpillar, Malacosoma californicum pluviale. Tent caterpillars build communal silk tents, whose temperatures can rise substantially above ambient air temperature. I experimentally manipulated colony sizes and examined …

An Enhanced Ebook Facilitates Parent-Child Talk During Shared Reading By Families Of Low Socioeconomic Status, Georgene Troseth, Gabrielle Strouse, Israel Flores, Zachary Stuckelman, Colleen Russo Johnson

School of Education Faculty Publications

Language input plays a key role in children’s language development, but children from families of low socioeconomic status often get much less input compared to more advantaged peers. In “dialogic reading” (Whitehurst et al., 1988), parents are trained to ask children open-ended questions while reading, which effectively builds expressive vocabulary in at-risk children. In the research reported here, a dialogic questioning character in a narrated eBook provided effortless support for parents to ask questions while reading. Parents of lower socioeconomic status talked more than three times as much with their children using significantly more utterances and unique words when using …

A Review Of Technologies For Malt Flour And Sourdough From Brewery Spent Grain, Zachary Christman

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The utilization of brewer's spent grain for the production of malt flour is the focus of this article. The reader is presented with superheated steam and extrusion as technologies to reduce mycotoxin contamination and improve shelf life. Another option is the fermentation of brewer's spent grain with a cereal grade lactic acid bacteria for the production of sourdough bread. Milling of the brewer's spent grain for the production of bread is also covered.

Carrying The Mantle Green: Storytelling Authority In The Ballad Of "Tam Lin", Abigail Metzler

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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On The Interior Design Of Healthcare Environments, Liam Owens

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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Characterization Of Seizure Threshold In System Xc- Astrocyte-Conditional Null Mice, Myles Morgan

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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Nature Does It Better: Biomimicry In Structural And Architectural Design, Michael Yacubov

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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Examining The Wealth Trends In Kombewa, Kenya, Alizee Mclorg

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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Repetitive Behavior In Maternally Separated Cd-1 Mice, Sarina Wallace

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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Philippe And The Syracuse State School: Psychiatry And The Moral Treatment In France And The United States, 1750-1850, Taylor Mckinney

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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Counterculture Dystopia: A Comparative Study Of The Rajneesh-Osho Movement And The Counterculture, Junjie Ren

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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Controlled Substance Regulation For The Covid-19 Mental Health Crisis, Mason Marks

Scholarly Publications

The COVID-19 pandemic is producing widespread loss of life, unemployment, and social isolation that is triggering a mental health crisis. Experts warn there could be record levels of depression, suicide, and substance use disorders. The U.S. healthcare system is not prepared. It lacks the resources to provide prolonged psychotherapy at scale, and existing drug treatments are ineffective in about half the people who ty them. Amid worsening mental health-related morbidiy and mortaliy, the experimental drugs psilocybin and 3,4- Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) are an untapped resource. These drugs belong to a class of compounds called the psychedelics, which has been criminalized and …

Leaders Are Not Fiduciaries, Kelli Alces Williams

Scholarly Publications

Leaders have long been described as fiduciaries because they are entrusted with the power to make decisions that significantly affect the lives and welfare of others. While trustworthiness is an admirable and necessary quality in a leader, fiduciary doctrine describes neither the bounds of a leader's behavior nor the protections enjoyed by the governed Fiduciary doctrine does not occupy the field of trusting relationships. Leaders sell both the goals and priorities thy will pursue in their positions and their own trustworthiness - that is, the combination of ability, integrity, and benevolence they bring to the task. In order to win …

Intraspecific Aggression Towards Common Bottlenose Dolphin Calves, Northern Gulf Of Mexico, Errol Ronje, Sarah Piwetz, Heidi Whitehead, Keith D. Mullin

Gulf and Caribbean Research

Infanticide has been widely documented throughout the animal kingdom, and has generally been viewed as an evolved, or adaptive behavior for the perpetrators. Infanticide motivated by increased sexual access to females with calves, or the elimination of potential genetic competition in the form of calf-directed aggression or infanticide, has been proposed for delphinids including killer whales, Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, Guiana dolphins, and bottlenose dolphins. However, reports of intraspecific aggression towards bottlenose dolphin calves are relatively infrequent, and accounts of confirmed infanticide are rarer still. Reporting instances of intraspecific calf-directed aggression aids researchers to better understand the socio-behavioral context of these …