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Wmu Board Of Trustees Formal Session June 25, 2020, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes (April 23, 2020 and May 26, 2020 Meetings)
• Remarks by the Chair
• Remarks by the President
• Comments by the Faculty Senate President
• Comments by the Western Student Association President
• Comments by the Graduate Student Association President
• Presentation - WMU’s Investment in the Future – Academic Tenure and Promotion
• Public Comments Regarding Action Items
• Action Items
• Academic Tenure and Promotion
• Board of Trustees Assistant Treasurer Election
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Labor Agreement
• General Fund Budget, Fiscal Year 2020-2021
• Student Room, Board, and Apartment Rates (Dynamic Pricing Strategy)
• Interim Sexual and Gender-Based …

Conceptualizing One’S Self-Efficacy As Advocate: Parents’ Perceptions As Embodied In Social And Cultural Capitals, Karmen Binion

Doctor of Education in Special Education Dissertations

The purpose of the present study was to understand and generate theory relevant to educator-parents’ and non-educator parents’ perceptions of their efficacy as advocates for their own child(ren) with exceptionalities, as embodied in social and cultural capitals, as espoused by Bourdieu (1986). The present study was guided by the following research questions: How do educator-parents and non-educator parents perceive their efficaciousness as advocates for their own children with exceptionalities? How do educator-parents and non-educator parents construct the narrative of their efficaciousness as advocates as embodied in cultural and/or social capital?

Constructivist Grounded Theory (Charmaz, 2000, 2006) was chosen for the …

An In Silico Study Of Small Molecule Anti-Cancer Agents Targeting Dna G-Quadruplexes, Holli-Joi Sullivan

Theses and Dissertations

Free ligand binding molecular dynamic simulations are a powerful tool used to probe the ligand binding process, mechanism and pathway and the insight gained can help expedite the early stages of drug discovery. Using these methods, we model the binding of two small molecule anti-cancer agents BRACO19 and CX-5461 to a variety of DNA G-quadruplexes (G4s) and a DNA Duplex. The first study focuses on the binding of BRACO19 to three different topological folds (parallel, anti-parallel and hybrid) of the human telomeric G4s. Our detailed analysis identified the most stable binding modes were end stacking and groove binding for the …

Biological Activities And Health-Promoting Effects Of Pyracantha Genus: A Key Approach To The Phytochemical's Potential, Javad Sharifi-Rad, Yasaman Taheri, Seyed Abdulmajid Ayatollahi, Nima Naderi

Open Access archive

Pyracantha spp. are commonly called firethorn, and attract human attention due to their colorful berries. These berries are eaten globally as a traditional remedy for treating different stomach abnormalities, and as a cooking ingredient for folk diets. The present review aims to provide an overview on Pyracantha genus' geographical distribution and botanical description, traditional uses, phytochemical composition, biological activities and safety issues. Several biological activities have been reported to Pyracantha species, namely antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, larvicidal and cytotoxic properties, most of them attributed to the use of their fruits. Pyracantha species phytochemical composition reveal the presence of interesting bioactive molecules, …

Using Observations From The Uaw-Ford Ergonomic Assessment Tool To Predict Distal Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders, Zachariah T. Brandes-Powell

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Distal upper extremity (DUE) musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) affect thousands of workers annually. Job tasks can have a significant amount of MSD risk depending on the presence of certain risk factors The UAW-Ford Ergonomic Surveillance Tool (EST) is a method specifically designed for the UAW and Ford Motor Company to assess MSD risk in its facilities. The purpose of this report is to evaluate which risk factors in the UAW-Ford EST predict the risk of developing DUE MSDs. Data collected by a previous study on four UAW-Ford automotive manufacturing plants were analyzed. Target jobs were selected based on associated First Time …

Microbial Community Structures In Three Bahamian Blue Holes, Meghan J. Gordon

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study used 16S rDNA metagenomics and water chemistry to conduct an examination of microbial community dynamics and biogeochemistry in three physically adjacent, sunlit blue holes with variable hydrologic regimes on San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Church and Watling’s Blue Holes are holomictic with relatively clear waters, while Inkwell Blue Hole hosts density stratification and waters stained brown with tannins. Based on water color and clarity and physicochemical profiles, I hypothesized Church and Watling’s Blue Holes would be dominated by oxigenic photoautotrophs, and that the bottom layer of Inkwell would be characterized by euxinic (anoxic and sulfidic) conditions and host primarily …

Biogeochemical Cycling Of Nutrients And Carbon In Subtropical Wetlands, Lauren N. Griffiths

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

As human development intensifies, ecosystems around the word are being exponentially destroyed and degraded. Wetlands have the capacity to mitigate some of the possible problems by retaining nutrients and carbon, keeping them from harming downstream ecosystems or being released into the atmosphere. This project focuses on the processes that make wetlands successful by studying two unique ecosystems: 1) a created urban stormwater treatment wetland and 2) mangrove wetlands in Florida and Puerto Rico that were affected by hurricanes in 2017.

The first phase of this study investigates the role of sedimentation and vegetative and algal uptake of nutrients to retain …

The Efficacy Of Clove And Thyme Against Experimentally Induced Candidiasis In Broilers, Ghada Abdel Fatah, Aza Hassan, Rasha Saleh, Magdy Amer

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

Objectives: The present study was designed to investigate the efficacy of clove powder and thyme oil against experimentally-induced candidiasis in broiler chicken.Design: Randomized controlled experimental study.Animals: One hundred and twenty five chicken of one month old were used in this studyProcedures: Chicken were randomly allocated into 5 equal groups of 25 bird each. The first group was used as a negative control which received no treatment. The second group was experimentally infected with candida (C. albicans), and served as a positive control. Meanwhile, the third, fourth and fifth groups were also experimentally infected with candida, in addition to receiving clove …

Impact Of Crossbreeding On Performance Traits In Two Breeds Of Rabbit Under Egyptian Conditions, Shaimaa Sakr, Hend Radwan, Adel El-Desoky, Ragab Darwish, Mohamed Fouda

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

Objective: The objectives of this study were to investigate the effect of breed (V-Line and Baladi Black) on doe reproductive traits and their crossbreeding on litter traits and economic efficiency.Design: Randomized controlled experimental study.Procedures: A total of twenty adult females and six males from each breed with 2.75-3.00 kg of live body weight and 5-6 months of age were used. Experimental animals were divided into four groups (ten females and three males per each treatment). The first treatment was specified to V-Line males with V-Line females (V×V), the second treatment contained Baladi Black males with V-Line females (B×V), the third …

Influence Of Teachers’ Psychological Safety, Principals’ Transformational Leadership, And Organizational Uncertainty On Schools As Learning Organizations, Lloyd D. Jackson

Theses and Dissertations

The primary function of a school is learning. What this causal-comparative and correlational study sought to resolve is whether schools which are designed for learning can learn. The purpose of the study was four-fold. First, to validate the Dimensions of a Learning Organization Questionnaire (DLOQ) as an instrument to be used to within the school context. Secondly, to ascertain if there was a difference in how the factors of the DLOQ loaded in relation to the achievement level of a school. Thirdly, the study was to assess whether the dimensions of learning organization—continuous learning, dialogue and inquiry, collaboration, embedded systems, …

Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Organochlorine Pesticides, And Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons In Snapper (Family Lutjanidae) From Cuba And The Wider Gulf Of Mexico, Brigid E. Carr

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Snapper species assemblage is economically and environmentally important to all three countries bordering the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were investigated in seven snapper species located in the GoM, with a specific focus on the those caught along the northwestern coast of Cuba. Hepatic samples were processed using QuEChERs extraction methodology and analyzed using gas chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS). Nearly all fish included in this study contained detectable amounts of all three groups of these contaminants, regardless of location, and across all regions of the Gulf, indicating …

Features Of Borderline Personality And Related Psychopathologies As A Contemporaneously And Temporally Connected Network, Haya Fatimah

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In contrast with the latent variable models, network psychometricians have proposed that symptoms co-occur not because of an underlying common cause but because of direct dynamic associations among symptoms. This empirical study aims to elucidate how features of with borderline personality disorder, depression, and anxiety interact with one another and form a network. Specifically, I aimed to identify a potential causal structure among the features of BPD, depression, and anxiety while identifying the most influential features. Participants were 37 undergraduate students between the ages of 18 and 26 recruited from University of South Florida SONA pool. Following baseline assessment, participants …

Sense Of Purpose In Life And Five Health Behaviors In Older Adults, Eric S. Kim, Koichiro Shiba, Julia K. Boehm, Laura D. Kubzansky

Psychology Faculty Articles and Research

Accumulating evidence shows that a higher sense of purpose in life is associated with lower risk of chronic conditions and premature mortality. Health behaviors might partially explain these findings, however, the prospective association between sense of purpose and health behaviors is understudied. We tested whether a higher sense of purpose at baseline was associated with lower likelihood of developing unhealthy behaviors over time. Prospective data were from the Health and Retirement Study, a national sample of U.S. older adults. Our sample included 13,770 adults assessed up to five times across eight years. Among people who met recommended guidelines for a …

Research With Older People In A World With Covid-19: Identification Of Current And Future Priorities, Challenges And Opportunities, Sarah J. Richardson, Camille B. Carroll, Jacqueline Close, Adam L. Gordon, J O'Brien, Terence J. Quinn, Lynn Rochester, Avan A. Sayer, Susan D. Shenkin, Der Velde N Van, Jean Woo, Miles D. Witham

Peninsula Medical School

Older people are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had a profound impact on research as well as clinical service delivery. This commentary identifies key challenges and opportunities in continuing to conduct research with and for older people, both during and after the current pandemic. It shares opinions from responders to an international survey, a range of academic authors and opinions from specialist societies. Priorities in COVID-19 research include its specific presentation in older people, consequences for physical, cognitive and psychological health, treatments and vaccines, rehabilitation, supporting care homes more effectively, the impact of social distancing, lockdown policies …

The Costs Of Covid-19: Loneliness, Coping, And Psychological Distress In The United States Population, Lauren Hammond

Clinical Psychology Dissertations

The first reported cases of the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) occurred in late December 2019 in Wuhan, China, with the World Health Organization officially declaring the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic in March 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic presents a significant public health challenge, an important part of which is the effects of the outbreak and related efforts to contain the outbreak (e.g., social distancing) on mental health. As such, the current study sought to better understand the psychological impact of the outbreak on the United States population. Participants were 2,284 individuals (78.7% female, 78.7% Caucasian) 18 years of age and older. …

Exploiting The Circuit Breaker Cancer Evolution Model In Human Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma, James J Hsieh, Emily H Cheng

Open Access Publications

The incessant interactions between susceptible humans and their respective macro/microenvironments registered throughout their lifetime result in the ultimate manifestation of individual cancers. With the average lifespan exceeding 50 years of age in humans since the beginning of 20

Information Biopolitics: Copyright Law And The Regulation Of Life In The Network Society, N Gervassis

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Online settings illustrate our truest passing into the information age, with cultural development and social relationships being mediated exclusively via ‘palpable’ digital information artefacts, like texts, images, videos, webpage links and social networking accounts. Suspended between its intangible nature and its various ‘tangible’ expressions, and according to Drahos constituting ‘the daily lifeblood of human agents as communicating beings’, information regulated under familiar legal conceptions of property suggests arguably ‘biopolitical’ developments: the hold, which one exerts on information items, extends to administering essentially life in its social and cultural aspects. The propertisation of information in copyright laws authorises long-term exercises of …

Front Matter, Unm Department Of Orthopaedic Surgery

Western Journal of Orthopaedics

No abstract provided.

Pronator Quadratus Rotational Muscle Flap Technique For Coverage Of Hardware After Distal Radius Orif, Camille Aubin-Lemay, Henry Ran, Deana Mercer

Western Journal of Orthopaedics

Flexor tenosynovitis and tendon rupture are rare. Yet these occurrences can be serious complications after treatment of a fractured distal radius with a volar plate. The highest incidents of rupture are associated with the plate on or distal to the watershed line of the radius. Although studies have shown that reattachment of the pronator quadratus (PQ) following plating does not lead to improved measures in grip strength or range of motion, it is possible that doing so may reduce the incidence of flexor tendon irritation or rupture. Reattachment of the PQ after a standard approach does not often capture the …

Systematic Review Of Cost-Effective Analyses In Sports Medicine From 2014 To 2020, Casey Slattery, Mia S. Hagen, Amy Cizik, Albert O. Gee

Western Journal of Orthopaedics

The quality of recent cost-effectiveness studies and whether there is sufficient evidence to achieve valuebased health care in sports medicine are unknown. The purpose of this study was to perform a systematic review of recent cost-effective analyses (CEA) in sports medicine to determine the quality of publications from the last 6 years. A literature search was conducted for CEA studies on diagnostic tests, treatment options, and surgical procedures for sports medicine-related conditions between 2014 and 2020 in the United States. Two reviewers scored each study using the Quality of Health Economic Studies (QHES) instrument to assess methodological quality. Eighteen CEA …

Malreductions Following Intramedullary Nail Fixation Of Femur Shaft Fractures, Jory Wasserburger, Christopher Kurnik, Thomas A. Decoster

Western Journal of Orthopaedics

Femur shaft fractures are common injuries frequently treated with intramedullary fixation. Although satisfactory alignment is usually achieved, malreductions can happen in sagittal and coronal planes, as well as along the longitude axis. The causes of malposition with femoral nailing include fracture location, comminution, and suboptimal technique. We identify the most common patterns of malreduction of nailed femu

Aspetic Nonunion Of Long Bones In Children: A Report Of Twelve Cases, Rami Khalifa, Amr Abdelgawad, Ahmed M. Thabet

Western Journal of Orthopaedics

Background: There are very few reports in the literature that directly address nonunion in children. The current study aimed to present a series of long bones nonunion in children following fractures and corrective osteotomies. Methods: This was a retrospective study that included pediatric patients diagnosed with nonunion following long bone fractures or corrective osteotomies. Patients with nonunion following femoral neck or lateral humeral condyle fractures were excluded. The clinical and radiological records were retrospectively analyzed. Results: Eight patients developed nonunion after fractures, while four patients had nonunion after corrective osteotomies. The mean age at the time of surgical procedure for …

The University Of New Mexico Orthopaedics Research Journal 2020, Unm Department Of Orthopaedic Surgery

Western Journal of Orthopaedics

No abstract provided.

Research Project Looks To Understand How Exercise Affects Your Body All The Way Down To Your Molecules, Alicia Rohan

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Retrospective Evaluation Of The Survival Rate Of Buccal Mini-Implants And The Factors Associated With Their Survival, Ledjo Palo

Master's Theses

ABSTRACT

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the success rate of common mini-implants used on the buccal side of both the maxilla and mandible for orthodontic purposes. All orthodontic mini-implants placed at the University of Connecticut residency from July of 2013 till April of 2020 by various residents and faculty. The location and outcome of the implant was measured as success if the implant was stable or if it failed.

Materials and Methods: Records of all mini-implants placed on the buccal aspect of both maxilla and mandible of patients receiving orthodontic treatment at the University of Connecticut …

Simultaneous Effects Of Rice Husk Silica And Silicon Carbide Whiskers On The Mechanical Properties And Morphology Of Sodium Geopolymer, Akm Rahman, Chirag Shah, Nihkil Gupta

Publications and Research

The current research is focused on developing a geopolymer binder using rice husk ash–derived silica nanoparticles. Four types of rice husks were collected directly from various rice fields of Bangladesh in order to evaluate the pozzolanic activity and compatibility of the derived rice husk ashes with precursors of sodium-based geopolymers. Silicon carbide whiskers were introduced into sodium-based geopolymers in order to evaluate the response of silicon carbide whiskers to the interfacial bonding and strength of sodium-based geopolymers along with rice husk ashes. Compression, flexural and short beam shear tests were performed to investigate the synergistic effect of rice husk ashes–derived …

Lysophosphatidylcholine Acyltransferase 2 (Lpcat2) Co-Localises With Tlr4 And Regulates Macrophage Inflammatory Gene Expression In Response To Lps, W. Abate, H. Alrammah, M. Kiernan, A. J. Tonks, S. K. Jackson

School of Biomedical Sciences

Despite extensive investigations, an efective treatment for sepsis remains elusive and a better understanding of the infammatory response to infection is required to identify potential new targets for therapy. In this study we have used RNAi technology to show, for the frst time, that the inducible lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 2 (LPCAT2) plays a key role in macrophage infammatory gene expression in response to stimulation with bacterial ligands. Using siRNA- or shRNA-mediated knockdown, we demonstrate that, in contrast to the constitutive LPCAT1, LPCAT2 is required for macrophage cytokine gene expression and release in response to TLR4 and TLR2 ligand stimulation but not …

The Role Of Plant Richness & Diversity On Ecological Equilibrium Of Rangeland Habitats On Alborz Mountain (North Of Iran), D. Asgarizadeh, M. H. Jouri, V. Rahimi, J. Shahi

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Relationships Between Veresk Rangeland Vegetation And Environmental Characteristic Using Multivariate Analysis Methods, E. Shahriary, M. Beniaz, A. Tavili, H. M. Asgari, H. Khedrigharibvand

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Combined Power Band Resistance Training On Sprint Speed, Agility, Vertical Jump Height And Strength In Collegiate Soccer Players, Edgar T. Katushabe, Mark Kramer

International Journal of Exercise Science

International Journal of Exercise Science 13(4): 950-963, 2020. Soccer involves explosive physical actions requiring strength, power, and agility for optimal performance. Such attributes may be trained several ways, of which power-band resistance training has received limited attention regarding the potential for performance improvement in soccer players. This study serves to determine the effect of power-band resistance training on 1-repetition maximal (1RM) strength, speed, standing vertical jump (SVJ) height, and agility of collegiate soccer players. Seventeen male players (age: 20.47 ± 1.85 years, height: 1.77 ± 0.08 m, mass: 70.49 ± 4.15 kg) were matched and randomly allocated into either a …