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Effects Of Slope Upon Hind Limb Kinematics In Chukar Partridge (Alectoris Chukar), Anna T. Kenney

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

Ground dwelling birds must scale all kinds of complex terrain in order to survive in their natural environments. For instance, Alectoris chukar live on steep hillsides with slopes of up to 60° or 172.3% slope. We undertook the present study to improve understanding of how birds successfully traverse such complex terrain. Using a high speed camera, we analyzed the hind limb kinematics of chukars during normal locomotion on a 10° and 35° incline, decline, and level slope. We compared the data collected from the video recordings, which we had used to identify and digitize the bony landmarks, between all conditions. …

A Multistep Inquiry Approach To Improve Pre-Service Elementary Teachers’ Conceptual Understanding, Lloyd Mataka, Rex Taibu

Publications and Research

A quasi-experimental control group pre- and post-test study was used to determine the effect of a Multi-Step Inquiry (MSI) approach on pre-service elementary school teacher‘s conceptual understanding. The MSI study involved the development of a conceptual workbook, and a Physical Science Concept Inventory. The conceptual workbook has activities that explicitly target students‘ misconceptions in physical science. The inventory has three categories: forces and motion, heat and temperature, and electricity. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to interpret the data. Independent t-tests were used to compare the experimental and comparison groups. Further, Cohen‘s d and Hake‘s g effect sizes were used …

2020 F1rst Look, Nova Southeastern University

First Look

No abstract provided.

A New Genus Of Baetidae (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) From Southeast Asia, Thomas Kaltenbach, Jhoana M. Garces, Jean-Luc Gattolliat

Biology Faculty Publications

A new genus of Baetidae is described from Southeast Asia, Procerobaetis gen. nov. It has a wide distribution reaching from Indonesia (Sumatra) to the Philippines. Two new species are described from Indonesia, P. leptobranchius gen. et sp. nov. and P. petersorum gen. et sp. nov., and one new species from the Philippines, P. freitagi gen. et sp. nov. Procerobaetis gen. nov. is characterized by having seven pairs of elongate, apically pointed gills. At least gills I and II are very slender with strongly extended points, which is unique in Baetidae. Similar gills were described from Leptophlebiidae. Procerobaetis gen. nov. is …

Sediment Microbiomes Associated With Critical Habitat Of The Juvenile American Horseshoe Crab; Limulus Polyphemus, J. Petersen, Christina P. Colon, J. L. Joyner

Publications and Research

Plumb Beach, Brooklyn, New York in USA is an important horseshoe crab breeding and nursery ground that has experienced substantial anthropogenic influence, including pollution, erosion and subsequent restoration. Since little is known about the relationship between sediment microbial communities and juvenile horseshoe crab survival, next generation sequencing was used to characterize and compare the sediment microbiome of three distinct areas of Plumb Beach:- a tidal creek with abundant juveniles, East Beach with moderate number of juveniles, and West Beach- a highly disturbed area where juvenile crabs are rarely seen. The microbiome of juvenile crab intestinal content (both dissected gut content …

Real-Time Public Health Communication Of Local Sars-Cov-2 Genomic Epidemiology, Chaney C. Kalinich, Cole G. Jensen, Peter Neugebauer, Mary E. Petrone, Mario Peña-Hernández, Isabel M. Ott, Anne L. Wyllie, Tara Alpert, Chantal B. F. Vogels, Joseph R. Fauver, Nathan D. Grubaugh, Anderson F. Brito

Journal Articles: Epidemiology

Genomic epidemiology can provide a unique, real-time understanding of SARS-CoV-2 transmission patterns. Yet the potential for genomic analyses to guide local policy and community-based behavioral decisions is limited because they are often oriented towards specially trained scientists and conducted on a national or global scale. Here, we propose a new paradigm: Phylogenetic analyses performed on a local level (municipal, county, or state), with results communicated in a clear, timely, and actionable manner to strengthen public health responses. We believe that presenting results rapidly, and tailored to a non-expert audience, can serve as a template for effective public health response to …

University Assessment Services, Beginning College Survey Of Student Engagement: First-Year Student Institutional Report, 2020, Illinois State University

Student Success

Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement (BCSSE) First-Year Student Institutional Report, University Assessment Services, Illinois State University, 2020.

Tallgrass Prairie Center Highlights 2019-2020, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Annual Reports

Contents:

--- Friends of the Tallgrass Prairie
--- In Memoriam: Bruce Stiles
--- From the Director
--- Botany Beginners
--- Research and Restoration
--- Publications
--- TPC Program Assistant: Jared Randall
--- Plant Materials Program
--- Prairie on Farms
--- Prairie Roots Project
--- Iowa Roadside Management
--- Irvine Prairie Project
--- Green Iowa AmeriCorps: Green Iowa AmeriCorps Land and Water Stewards help boost capacity
--- Science Teaching Externs: Science Teacher STEM Externs bring prairie back to the classroom
--- TPC Staff

Global Workspace Theory, Lida And Idyot, S. Franklin

CCRG Papers

No abstract provided.

Vision Loss Among Delaware Nursing Home Residents, Robert B. Å. Andersson, Mashael Al-Namaeh, William A. Monaco, Hongdao Meng

Aging Studies Faculty Publications

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of vision loss among Delaware nursing home residents for further data collection to expand the existing evidence about the vision loss among nursing home residents on a national level.

Methods: This cross-sectional study involved the statistical analysis of comprehensive eye examination records of 1,856 nursing residents residing in 20 Delaware nursing homes from 2005 to 2011. Descriptive statistical analyses were conducted to identify age-specific prevalence rates of vision loss (moderate-to-severe vision impairment and blindness).

Results: The mean age of nursing home residents was 82.54 years (range: 65–111 years), and 61.70% were over the age of …

Clinical And Pharmaceutical Applications Of Affinity Ligands In Capillary Electrophoresis: A Review, Chenhua Zhang, Ashley G. Woolfork, Kyungah Suh, Susan Ovbude, Cong Bi, Marawan Elzoeiry, David S. Hage

David Hage Publications

Affinity capillary electrophoresis (ACE) is a separation technique that combines a biologically-related binding agent with the separating power and efficiency of capillary electrophoresis. This review will examine several classes of binding agents that have been used in ACE and applications that have been described for the resulting methods in clinical or pharmaceutical analysis. Binding agents that will be considered are antibodies, aptamers, lectins, serum proteins, carbohydrates, and enzymes. This review will also describe the various formats in which each type of binding agent has been used in CE, including both homogeneous and heterogeneous methods. Specific areas of applications that will …

Predicting Future Handedness And Hemispheric Dominance During Infancy By Analyzing Sleep Spindles, Ali H. Alwadei, Turki F. Alosaimi, Manar A. Bayounis, Ghadd A Alhajaj, Fahad A. Bashiri

Neurosciences

Objectives: To investigate whether sleep spindles asynchrony (SSA) using scalp sleep electroencephalogram (EEG) among children below 2 years of age can predict future handedness. Methods: This is a retrospective study conducted from October 2016 until June 2017 at the King Fahad Medical City (KFMC), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We retrospectively reviewed 300 EEGs recorded at our neurophysiology laboratory.We included EEGs performed during sleep for infants aged 2 months to 2 years who have already attained their handedness or those aged above 2 years. We excluded records of children younger than 2 months or above 2 years of age (at …

Calcium Silicate-Based Cements As Root Canal Medicament, Okba Mahmoud, Walid Ali Al-Meeri, Mohideen Salihu Farook, Nashwan Abdullah Al-Afifi

Research Publications (2016 to 2020)

Purpose: This study aims to retard the setting reaction of CSC by mixing it with 2% chlorhexidine gel (CHX) which will be used as an intracanal medicament, and to evaluate the removal of the experimental medicaments from the root canal. Materials and Methods: White Portland cement, white ProRoot MTA and Biodentine were mixed with 2% CHX. The setting time, flowability and film thickness of the CSC/CHX mixture (experimental medicaments) were assessed and measured following the standards of ISO specification. Calcium ion release was measured using ICP-OES, while pH was tested using a pH meter. Moreover, twenty single-rooted teeth were filled …

Clinico-Pathological Presentations Of Cystic And Classic Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumors, Primali Rukmal Jayasooriya, Inoka Krishanthi Rambukewella, Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Tilakaratne, Balapuwaduge Ranjit Rigobert Nihal Mendis, Tommaso Lombardi

Research Publications (2016 to 2020)

The objective of the study is to present the clinico-pathological features of cystic and classic adenomatoid odontogenic tumors (AOTs) in order to identify the differences between the two variants of AOT. Materials and method: The study sample comprised of 41 AOTs, which were categorized into cystic and classic AOTs. Cystic AOTs are diagnosed as such when macroscopic and microscopic evidence of a cyst is present together with histopathological criteria of AOT (WHO-2017). Results: The study sample comprised of eleven cystic and thirty classic AOTs. Eight cystic AOTs were regarded as arising from dentigerous cysts as these lesions were attached to …

Isolation, Identification, And Optimization Of Γ-Aminobutyric Acid (Gaba)-Producing Bacillus Cereus Strain Kbc From A Commercial Soy Sauce Moromi In Submerged-Liquid Fermentation, Wan Abd Al Qadr Imad Wan-Mohtar, Mohamad Nor Azzimi Sohedein, Mohamad Faizal Ibrahim, Safuan Ab Kadir, Poh Suan Ooi, Alan Weng Loen Wong, Soumaya Sassi, Zul Ilham

Research Publications (2016 to 2020)

A new high γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) producing strain of Bacillus cereus was successfully isolated from soy sauce moromi. This B. cereus strain named KBC shared similar morphological characteristics (Gram-positive, rod-shaped) with the reference B. cereus. 16S rRNA sequence of B. cereus KBC was found to be 99% similar with B. cereus strain OPWW1 under phylogenetic tree analysis. B. cereus KBC cultivated in unoptimized conditions using De Man, Rogosa, Sharpe (MRS) broth was capable of producing 523.74 mg L-1 of GABA within five days of the cultivation period. By using response surface methodology (RSM), pH level, monosodium glutamate (MSG) concentration and …

Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (Snps) Study On X-Chromosome In Thai Sle Populations, Krisana Jaiwan

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is common autoimmune disease in Thailand which dominantly in females in ratio 9:1 of patients. Previous study has shown that the genetic components especially in X chromosome contributed a lot to the disease development. However, the susceptibility loci in Thai population have not been fully examined. Here, we conducted genome-wide association study (GWAS) on X chromosome using the data from two independent cohorts: primary dataset (controls = 1,683, SLE = 487) and secondary dataset (controls = 1,711, SLE = 455). Through meta-analyzing and imputation base on 1 KGP the two data set, SNP rs1059702 in IRAK1- …

Justice In A Brave New World?, Jean R. Sternlight

Connecticut Law Review

No abstract provided.

2020 - 2021, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog, Gardner-Webb University

Academic Catalogs (Combined Undergraduate & Graduate)

2020 - 2021, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog. William Downs, president.

Gardner-Webb, The Magazine 2020, Fall (Volume 55), Noel T. Manning

Gardner-Webb, The Magazine

Gardner-Webb, The Magazine, previously titled The Webb Magazine, focuses on alumni news and campus events from Gardner-Webb College; now Gardner-Webb University. This issue includes articles on the COIVD-19 pandemic, alumnus Clayton King's mission work in Africa, GWU students standing against racism, the installation of new football coach Tre Lamb, the Fay Webb Gardner Collection and O. Max Gardner Foundation, and the Brinkley gift of the GWU Marching Band uniforms.

Issue was awarded the Davey Award. The Davey is sanctioned and judged by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts.

Effect Of Ammoniation And Harvest Method On Waste And Consumption Of Corn Residue Bales Fed To Cows In A Round Bale Feeder, Ashley C. Conway, Zachary E. Carlson, Fred H. Hilscher Jr, J. C. Macdonald, Terry J. Klopfenstein, Mary E. Drewnoski

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

To determine the effects of harvest method and ammoniation (3.7% of dry matter) on consumption and waste of baled corn residue, a 6 × 6 Latin square with a 3 × 2 factorial treatment structure was conducted. Six treatments consisted of either nonammoniated or ammoniated residue, harvested one of three ways: conventional rake and bale (CONV), New Holland Cornrower with two rows of stem chopped into the windrow with tailings (2ROW), or EZBale system (EZB) with a disengaged combine spreader and tailings dropped in a windrow. Open cows were grouped by body weight to produce a light block of two …

Beef Cows With Atypical Estrous Cyclicity At Puberty Produced Calves With Deficits In Preweaning Muscling, Metabolic Indicators, And Myoblast Function But Not In Feedlot Performance, Rebecca M. Swanson, Rachel L. Gibbs, Caitlin Cadaret, Galen E. Erickson, Ty B. Schmidt, Andrea Cupp, Dustin T. Yates

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

In cattle, age at puberty and number of estrous cycles prior to first breeding contribute to lifetime reproductive success (Perry et al., 1991). In our university beef herd, we have identified a subset of cows that exhibited irregular pubertal cyclicity patterns between weaning and their first breeding season, which we postulate is associated with high androstenedione in follicular fluid (Cupp et al., 2019). Cows with high androstenedione are subfertile but wean calves that average 17 kg heavier than the herd average (Summers et al., 2014). We hypothesized that this additional weight at weaning in their offspring is due to superior …

Beta-Adrenergic Agonists Increase Maximal Output Of Oxidative Phosphorylation In Bovine Satellite Cells, Renae L. Sieck, Leah K. Treffer, Martonio Ponte Viana, Oleh Khalimonchuk, Ty B. Schmidt, Dustin T. Yates, Jessica L. Petersen

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Beta-adrenergic agonists (βAA), Ractopamine HCl (RH) and Zilpaterol HCl (ZH), are FDAapproved supplements utilized in pigs and cattle to improve growth performance, carcass weight, and longissimus muscle area (Arp et al., 2014; Lean et al., 2014). Previous studies within our group have focused on understanding molecular changes in skeletal muscle due to βAA supplementation. This work has shown that βAA supplementation increases glucose oxidation in muscle from thermoneutral and heat-stressed lambs (Barnes et al., 2019) and in rat skeletal muscle stimulated with ZH (Cadaret et al., 2017). Skeletal muscle transcriptomics of lambs supplemented ZH revealed upregulation of genes associated with …

Heat Stress And Β-Adrenergic Agonists Alter The Adipose Transcriptome And Fatty Acid Mobilization In Ruminant Livestock, Rachel R. Reith, Renae L. Sieck, Pablo C. Grijalva, Erin M. Duffy, Rebecca M. Swanson, Anna M. Fuller, Kristin A. Beede, Joslyn K. Beard, Duarte E. Diaz, Ty B. Schmidt, Dustin T. Yates, Jessica L. Petersen

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Growth and feed efficiency of cattle are improved by supplementation with the beta-adrenergic agonists (βAA), ractopamine hydrochloride (RH; β₁AA) or zilpaterol hydrochloride (ZH; β₂AA) (Elam et al., 2009). βAA supplementation alters adipose deposition by inhibiting fatty acid biosynthesis and promoting lipolysis of stored triacylglycerols into free fatty acids (FFAs) (Johnson et al., 2014). However, β₂ adrenoceptors (βAR) desensitize with chronic activation (Re et al., 1997); supplementation is thus limited to the last 20 to 40 d of feeding.

The annual economic impact of heat stress (HS) has been estimated to exceed $2.4 billion (St-Pierre et …

Age Related Extracellular Matrix And Interstitial Cell Phenotype In Pulmonary Valves, Shaohua Wu, Vikas Kumar, Peng Xiao, Mitchell Kuss, Jung Yul Lim, Chittibabu Guda, Jonathan Butcher, Bin Duan

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Heart valve disease is a common manifestation of cardiovascular disease and is a significant cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide. The pulmonary valve (PV) is of primary concern because of its involvement in common congenital heart defects, and the PV is usually the site for prosthetic replacement following a Ross operation. Although effects of age on valve matrix components and mechanical properties for aortic and mitral valves have been studied, very little is known about the age-related alterations that occur in the PV. In this study, we isolated PV leaflets from porcine hearts in different age groups (~ 4–6 …

Perception Of Expectation States And Teaching Diversity In Higher Education: Insights From A Qualitative Study, Jun Fu, Sue C. Jacobs

Papers from the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Conferences

There are many benefits from fostering interaction among students of diverse backgrounds in classrooms. To enhance students’ potential psycho-social and intellectual development, instructors need to do more than foster group interaction. They need to encourage and teach skills for diverse students to be able to genuinely communicate their differences in knowledge, perspectives, and expectation states. An expectation state is defined as an anticipation of the quality of group members’ future task performances and is shaped by socially ascribed characteristics. Researchers who based their studies on Expectation States Theory found ample evidence that expectation states exert multi-level effects on social dynamics, …

The Bright Triad And Five Propositions: Toward A Vygotskian Framework For Deaf Pedagogy And Research, Michael E. Skyer

Articles

L.S. Vygotsky’s contributions to social research shifted paradigms by constructing now-foundational theories of teaching, learning, language, and their interactions in education. This manuscript contextualizes and elucidates a nearly-forgotten, century-old component of Vygotskian deaf education research. The Fundamentals of Defectology compiles decades of Vygotsky’s experimental, methodological, and theoretical research about deafness, the psychology of disability, and special methods of pedagogy. Drawing on Defectology, two arguments are developed using the method of dialectics; they first synthesize Vygotsky’s deaf research corpus, then juxtapose it against contemporary theories and evidence. The first argument describes three principles that exemplify Vygotsky’s optimistic framework for deaf pedagogy: …

News From Hope College, Volume 52.2: Winter, 2020, Hope College

News from Hope College

No abstract provided.

Validity Of Plasma Collection Cards For Ferritin Assessment—A Proof-Of-Concept Study, Karsten Koehler, Eileen Marks-Nelson, Camila Pereira Braga, Safiya E. Beckford, Jiri Adamec

Department of Biochemistry: Faculty Publications

Objectives: Iron depletion is common around the world and among certain risk groups in developed countries. The overall purpose was to test the suitability of a novel plasma collection card for minimally invasive iron status assessment.

Methods: Twenty participants (10 f/10 m) participated in this cross-sectional study. Ferritin and hemoglobin were measured from blood collected from a forearm vein, serving as reference method. Blood was also collected from the fingertip using the NoviplexTM Plasma Prep Card as well as capillary collection tubes.

Results: There was substantial concordance between ferritin measured from samples collected via NoviplexTM and venous ferritin (concordance correlation …

History Of Involvement With Combat Sports And Severity Of Subtypes Of Psychopathy, Allen Hagen

Honors Undergraduate Theses

Combat sports can be defined as sports that involve the physical domination of opponents in order to win. Previous research on combat sports as they relate to psychopathy and anti-social behavior has produced limited information regarding subtypes of trait psychopathy. While there is evidence suggesting participation in certain combat sports can lead to an increase in anti-social behavior (Endresen & Olweus, 2005), there has never been a direct investigation into primary psychopathy, which has other distinct features such as fearless dominance and lack of remorse. These traits may be useful in the further examination of psychopathologies within a sports context. …

Developmental Effects Of Terpenes On Vanessa Cardui At Varying Temperatures, Mari Irving

Honors Undergraduate Theses

Secondary metabolites are organic compounds produced by plants that are not essential in growth, development, or reproduction. While they are not strictly necessary to complete the plant life cycle, secondary metabolites play key roles in functions like defense against herbivory and the moderation of symbiotic relationships. Terpenes are a major class of secondary metabolites present in all plants, and this class is hypothesized to have diversified in response to specific plant-herbivore interactions. These complex interactions are further complicated by changes in abiotic conditions experienced seasonally. Herbivory is a major biotic interaction that plays out across broad temporal and spatial scales …