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Late Quaternary Sea-Level History Of Saipan, Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands, Usa: A Test Of Tectonic Uplift And Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Models, Daniel R. Muhs, Eugene S. Schweig, Kathleen R. Simmons

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

In 1979, S. Uyeda and H. Kanamori proposed a tectonic model with two end members of a subduction-boundary continuum: the “Chilean” type (shallow dip of the subducting plate, great thrust events, compression, and uplift of the overriding plate) and a “Mariana” type (steep dip of the subducting plate, no great thrust events, tension, and no uplift). This concept has been used to explain variable rates of Quaternary uplift around the Pacific Rim, yet no uplift rates have been determined for the Mariana Islands themselves, one of the end members in this model. We studied the late Quaternary Tanapag Limestone, which …

Simultaneous Cognate Epitope Recognition By Bovine Cd4 And Cd8 T Cells Is Essential For Primary Expansion Of Antigen-Specific Cytotoxic T-Cells Following Ex Vivo Stimulation With A Candidate Mycobacterium Avium Subsp. Paratuberculosis Peptide Vaccine, Gaber S. Abdellrazeq, Lindsay M. Fry, Mahmoud M. Elnaggar, J. P. Bannantine, David A. Schneider, William M. Chamberlin, Asmaa H.A. Mahmoud, Kun-Taek Park, Victoria Hulubei, William C. Davis

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Studies in cattle show CD8 cytotoxic T cells (CTL), with the ability to kill intracellular bacteria, develop following stimulation of monocyte-depleted peripheral blood mononuclear cells (mdPBMC) with antigen-presenting cells (APC, i.e. conventional dendritic cells [cDC] and monocyte-derived DC [MoDC]) pulsed with MMP, a membrane protein from Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Map) encoded byMAP2121c. CTL activity was diminished if CD4 T cells were depleted from mdPBMC before antigen (Ag) presentation by APC, suggesting simultaneous cognate recognition of MMP epitopes presented by MHC I and MHC II molecules to CD4 and CD8 T cells is essential for development of CTL activity. To …

Mageb2 Antibody As Potential Diagnostic And Predictive Tool In The Progression Of Oral Cancer, Awang Hasyim Noratikah

Student Works (2020-2029)

Introduction: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) represents more than 90% of all oral cancer. Despite advances in diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, mortality and morbidity rates have not improved in the last decade. Hence, alternative diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are urgently needed. Cancer testes antigens (CTA) are proteins that are expressed in various malignant tumours but its expression in normal tissue is restricted to testes and occasionally placental trophoblast. Due to its exclusive presence in different types of malignant tumors, and their ability to trigger immune responses, CTA are considered promising biomarkers for cancer vaccines. A previous protein array study reported …

Differential Expression Of Mucin In Salivary Gland Tumours, Mahamad Apandi Nurul Inaas

Student Works (2020-2029)

Introduction: Varied alterations in types of secreted mucin may affect the regulation of cell growth, immune response and adhesion of cell. These changes may indirectly contribute to the ability of tumour invasion and metastasis. However, the expression of mucins in salivary gland tumours has not been explored in depth. Objectives: To investigate expressions of mucin in the salivary gland tumour microenvironment and make comparisons between benign and malignant, and minor and major salivary gland tumours. Methods: Special stains were used to stain neutral mucin (Periodic acid Schiff), sialomucin (Alcian Blue) and sulfomucin (Aldehyde Fuschin) within tissues from 6 normal salivary …

Metabolite Profiling Of Ganoderma-Infected Oil Palm Tree Grown On Ultisol And Oxisol Soil, Ahmad Muhamad Fadhil

Student Works (2020-2029)

The oil palm industry is a pillar of the Malaysian economy and plays a pivotal role in feeding and fueling a growing global population. In 2018, oil palm contributed 37.9% or RM37.7 billion to the country's' Gross Domestic Products (GDP) of agriculture sector. Despite achieving significant achievements in the industry, Ganoderma sp. infection that cause basal stem rot (BSR) and upper stem rot (USR) disease are considered a threat. The palm oil industry is expected to experience significant losses, thereby affecting yield production and ultimately the dead of trees. Some factors have been reported to affect the occurrence of the …

Investigation Of Inflammatory Responses Following The Use Of Novel Anisotropic Hydrogel Tissue Expander In The Skin Of Maxillofacial Region, Salim Igdayir Kholoud Mohamed Ali

Student Works (2020-2029)

Background: The purpose of tissue expander is to grow healthy supplementary tissue under the controlled of mechanical force exerted by the tissue expander. In the field of reconstructive and plastic surgery, the use of soft tissue expanders are important for growing healthy supplementary tissue. However, the molecular mechanism associated with the inflammatory response associated with the force generated from the use of tissue expanders is still not characterized. Among the many types of tissue expanders, anisotropic type of hydrogel tissue expander was chosen due to its ability to produce controlled incremental inflation on the tissue that enhance cellular adaptation and …

Polymicrobial Interactions Between Selected Microbes Of Oral Biofilm And Differential Expression Of Als Genes And Their Related Proteins, Fahim Ayesha

Student Works (2020-2029)

More than 700 different types of microorganisms dwell in human oral mucosal surfaces. The interactions between these microorganisms contribute to formation of polymicrobial communities on hard and soft tissues as well as on dentures and implants. Candida albicans, a pleomorphic fungus inhabiting oral and gastrointestinal (GIT) mucosa becomes pathogenic in favourable conditions causing local or systemic disease. Since streptococci are early colonisers, the ability of Candida albicans to adhere to streptococci paves the way for an additional surface for candidal colonization and propagation. This study was aimed to investigate polymicrobial interactions between C. albicans, S. sanguinis and S. mitis on …

Potential Of Human Deciduous Periodontal Ligament Stem Cells For Use In Hepatic Lineage And Their Exosome Application On Hepatic Injuries, R. Vasanthan Punitha

Student Works (2020-2029)

Introduction: Human deciduous periodontal ligament stem cells represent as another source of stem cells from the dental origin. These cells were shown to have multi-potential attributes and also self renewing ability. These easily accessible stem cells candidate could also resolve issues concerning ethical and compatability for the use in regenerative purposes. However, their efficiency towards hepatic lineage differentiation has not been addressed so far. Meanwhile, the main contributor for regenerative properties were supposedly mediated by soluble factors and extracellular vesicles such as exosomes secreted by cells. Objectives: The aims of this study are to isolate, characterize and also to investigate …

Future Of Thailand's Captive Elephants, Antoinette Van De Water, Michelle Henley, Lucy Bates, Rob Slotow

Animal Sentience

Removal from natural habitat and commodification as private property compromise elephants’ broader societal value. Although we support Baker & Winkler’s (2020) plea for a new community-based rewilding conservation model focused on mahout culture, we recommend an expanded co-management approach to complement and enhance the regional elephant conservation strategy with additional local community stakeholders and the potential to extend across international borders into suitable elephant habitat. Holistic co-management approaches improve human wellbeing and social cohesion, as well as elephant wellbeing, thereby better securing long-term survival of Asian elephants, environmental justice, and overall sustainability.

วาทกรรมชุมชนต่อความเป็นแม่และการเลี้ยงดูเด็ก ในพื้นที่ชุมชนแห่งหนึ่งในภาคเหนือของไทย, นิตยา พันธ์งาม, ขนิษฐา นันทบุตร

Journal of Nursing Research, Innovation, and Health

วัตถุประสงค์: เพื่อศึกษากระบวนการสร้างวาทกรรมความเป็นแม่และการเลี้ยงดูเด็กในชุมชน และผลกระทบของวาทกรรมต่อความเป็นแม่และการเลี้ยงดูเด็กในชุมชน

แบบแผนการวิจัย: การศึกษานี้ดำเนินการวิจัยโดยใช้การวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพแบบวาทกรรมวิเคราะห์เชิงวิพากษ์

วิธีดำเนินการวิจัย: ผู้ให้ข้อมูล จำนวน 90 คน ประกอบด้วย 1) ผู้ให้ข้อมูลหลัก เป็นผู้ที่มีความรอบรู้ข้อมูลอย่างลึกซึ้ง จำนวน 84 คน ได้แก่ ปราชญ์ ผู้นำชุมชน บุคลากรสุขภาพ แกนนำกลุ่มองค์กร ครูในศูนย์พัฒนาเด็กเล็กและในโรงเรียน ผู้นำศาสนา หญิงตั้งครรภ์ แม่หลังคลอด สมาชิกในครอบครัวแม่และเด็ก อาสาสมัคร ผู้บริหารและเจ้าหน้าที่ในองค์กรปกครองส่วนท้องถิ่น แกนนำศูนย์พัฒนาครอบครัว และ 2) ผู้ให้ข้อมูลทั่วไป 6 คน ได้แก่ สมาชิกในชุมชนและผู้ที่เกี่ยวข้องในการดูแลแม่และเด็ก คัดเลือกแบบเจาะจงและแบบสโนว์บอลล์ เก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลโดยการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึก การสังเกตแบบมีส่วนร่วม สนทนากลุ่ม วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลโดยวิธีการวิเคราะห์วาทกรรมเชิงวิพากษ์และวิเคราะห์เชิงเนื้อหา

ผลการวิจัย: ผลการศึกษาแบ่งเป็น 3 ส่วน ได้แก่ 1) ความหมายของความเป็นแม่และการเลี้ยงดูเด็ก เป็นกระบวนที่สะท้อนถึงการตีความและสะท้อนอัตลักษณ์ความเป็นแม่และการเลี้ยงดูเด็กผ่านมุมมองเชิงวัฒนธรรมของทั้งแม่ ครอบครัว และผู้ที่มีส่วนเกี่ยวข้องในการดูแลแม่และเด็กในชุมชน โดยถูกถ่ายทอดในรูปแบบของภาษาและใช้สื่อสารในชุมชนพบว่ามีความหมายเชื่อมโยงกัน 2) วาทกรรมความเป็นแม่และการเลี้ยงดูเด็กเป็นกระบวนการสะท้อนถึงการแสดงออกทางความคิดความเชื่อผ่านคำพูด ภาษาหรือวาทกรรม มี 2 อัตลักษณ์ คือ วาทกรรมเสริมพลังอำนาจและวาทกรรมพึ่งพา และ 3) ผลกระทบของวาทกรรมความเป็นแม่และการเลี้ยงดูเด็กเป็นภาคปฏิบัติทางสังคมวัฒนธรรมของวาทกรรมที่ทำให้เกิดการปรับเปลี่ยนพฤติกรรมความเป็นแม่และการเลี้ยงดูเด็กที่เหมาะสม รวมทั้งการเกิดแนวทางใหม่ในการดูแลแม่และเด็กในชุมชน

สรุป: ผลการศึกษาสะท้อนให้เห็นองค์ความรู้ใหม่ที่ว่าความหมายของความเป็นแม่และการเลี้ยงดูเด็กมีความเชื่อมโยงกันเมื่อถูกสะท้อนผ่านมุมมองเชิงวัฒนธรรม และกระบวนการตีความหมายของแม่และการเลี้ยงดูเด็กที่ถูกถ่ายทอดในรูปแบบภาษานั้นสะท้อนให้เห็นถึงการผลิตสร้างวาทกรรมใหม่ที่เป็นวาทกรรมเสริมพลังอำนาจอันนำไปสู่การปรับเปลี่ยนพฤติกรรมการดูแลสุขภาพของแม่ที่ดีและแนวทางในการดูแลแม่และเด็กในชุมชน ซึ่งพยาบาลและผดุงครรภ์ผู้ที่มีบทบาสำคัญในการขับเคลื่อนการพัฒนาระบบการดูแลแม่และเด็กสามารถนำใช้เป็นเครื่องมือในการเสริมสร้างความเข้มแข็งของชุมชนในการพัฒนาระบบการดูแลแม่และเด็กและส่งเสริมความเป็นแม่และการเลี้ยงดูเด็กอย่างเป็นระบบได้

ประสบการณ์ชีวิตของผู้ป่วยโรคซึมเศร้าที่มีอาการสงบ, ภัทรานิษฐ์ ยิ่งธนฐานนันท์, เพ็ญพักตร์ อุทิศ, รัชนีกร อุปเสน

Journal of Nursing Research, Innovation, and Health

วัตถุประสงค์: เพื่อศึกษาประสบการณ์ชีวิตของผู้ป่วยโรคซึมเศร้าที่มีอาการสงบ

รูปแบบการวิจัย: การวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพแบบปรากฎการณ์วิทยาของ Husserl

วิธีการดำเนินการวิจัย: ผู้ให้ข้อมูล คือ ผู้ป่วยที่ได้รับการวินิจฉัยว่าป่วยเป็นโรคซึมเศร้า ที่เข้ารับการรักษาตัวแบบผู้ป่วยนอก สถาบันจิตเวชศาสตร์สมเด็จเจ้าพระยา โดยใช้เกณฑ์การคัดเลือกผู้ให้ข้อมูล แบบเจาะจง (Purposive sampling) จำนวน 10 ราย ทั้งเพศชายและหญิง ซึ่งมีคุณสมบัติตามเกณฑ์การคัดเลือก และมีคะแนนภาวะซึมเศร้า (HRSD-17) ฉบับภาษาไทยอยู่ในระดับปกติ (0-7 คะแนน) โดยมีค่าสัมประสิทธิ์แอลฟาของครอนบาค เท่ากับ 0.738 ซึ่งนำมาเพื่อคัดกรองผู้ที่มีคุณสมบัติตามเกณฑ์เท่านั้น และเก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลโดยวิธีการสัมภาษณ์แบบเจาะลึก (In-depth interview) แบบมีแนวทางการสัมภาษณ์ ร่วมกับการบันทึกเทป วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลตามวิธีของ Colaizzi

ผลการวิจัย: การศึกษาประสบการณ์ชีวิตของผู้ป่วยโรคซึมเศร้าที่มีอาการสงบ ประกอบด้วย 4 ประเด็นหลัก ดังนี้ 1) การรับรู้อาการเปลี่ยนแปลง 2) การจัดการและการดูแลตนเอง 3) เรียนรู้ที่จะปล่อยวาง ไม่คาดหวัง และ 4) มองโลกในแง่ดี

สรุป: ผลการศึกษาครั้งนี้ นำมาเป็นข้อมูลพื้นฐานให้บุคลากรทางด้านสุขภาพ ปรับปรุง พัฒนาแนวทางการให้การดูแลผู้ป่วยโรคซึมเศร้าที่อยู่ในระยะอาการสงบให้ดียิ่งขึ้น เพื่อช่วยให้ผู้ป่วยกลุ่มนี้สามารถผ่านเข้าสู่ระยะการฟื้นหายต่อไปได้

Repaying The Education Debt Through Professional Development: An Equity Audit, Jenai Choi, Britney D. Holmes, Todd Martinez-Simmons

Educational and Organizational Learning and Leadership Dissertations

Dr. Ladson-Billings has reframed the commonly understood achievement gap as an education debt that is owed to all students, especially Black and Brown students. Research suggests the difference in achievement as measured by assessment, attendance, and graduation is marked by racial lines. One-way school districts have tried to address race-based injustices is by providing equity-focused professional development (PD) for district employees. This is a qualitative critical case study focused on understanding how a school district located in Western, Washington is working toward creating a more equitable education for all students. The research team used components of an equity audit to …

Women Leaders In Social Entrepreneurship: Leadership Perception, And Barriers, Almas Aldawood

Educational and Organizational Learning and Leadership Dissertations

Social entrepreneurship increases women’s social inclusion and empowerment by providing self-employment opportunities (Datta & Gailey, 2012). There is growing attention, locally and globally, to social entrepreneurship from economic, social, environmental, and industrial lenses (Cornforth, 2014.) Grounded by feminist and empowerment theories, this phenomenological case study investigated the perceptions of women social entrepreneurs about leadership. In addition, the study explored the barriers to effective leadership in social entrepreneurship.

A total of five participants participated in this study. The participants were five women leaders in social enterprise with experience in the field ranged from 3-40 years. Data was collected through multiple avenues …

University Of North Florida Environmental Center Annual Report 2020, James W. Taylor, Erin Largo-Wight, Kelly Rhoden

Annual Reports

2020 Annual Report of the Environmental Center at the University of North Florida

Underachieving Profoundly Gifted Adolescents, Marisa Soto Harrison

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Underachieving Profoundly Gifted Adolescents is a phenomenological study that explores the lived experiences of five underachieving profoundly gifted adolescents. Profoundly gifted individuals are those whose IQ scores are at the 99.9th percentile. This study was a means to explore factors that contribute to underachievement among this subpopulation of gifted students. In-depth interviews with young adults provided insight into the personal experiences of underachievement in profoundly gifted adolescents. Parents also took part in interviews to provide an additional perspective on the underachievement experience. Findings indicated five themes that contribute to underachievement among this population. Expectations were a major contributor to underachievement. …

Wolves In Sheep’S Clothing: How Religious Exemption Laws For Discriminatory Private Agencies Violate The Constitution And Harm Lgbtq+ Families, Kharis Lund

Student Articles & Notes

For LGBTQ+ parents who live in states where a select few faith-based private agencies control the placement of a majority of the state’s children, religious organizations that refuse to place children with LGBTQ+ prospective parents pose a particularly concerning barrier to fostering and adoption. To turn away otherwise qualified prospective parents solely based on their sexual orientation or gender identity is to further deprive a system that is already burdened of one of its key components, directly antithetical to the primary goal of the child welfare system. Although religious child welfare agencies have played, and continue to play, an important …

Puff, Puff, Patent: Identifying And Addressing The Tensions Between The Medical Marijuana Industry, Patent Law, And The Controlled Substances Act, Dustin Boone

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

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Allelic Variation In Rice Fertilization Independent Endosperm 1 Contributes To Grain Width Under High Night Temperature Stress, Balpreet K. Dhatt, Puneet Paul, Jaspreet Sandhu, Waseem Hussain, Larissa Irvin, Feiyu Zhu, Maria Arlene Adviento-Borbe, Argelia Lorence, Paul Staswick, Hongfeng Yu, Gota Morota, Harkamal Walia

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

A higher minimum (night-time) temperature is considered a greater limiting factor for reduced rice yield than a similar increase in maximum (daytime) temperature. While the physiological impact of high night temperature (HNT) has been studied, the genetic and molecular basis of HNT stress response remains unexplored.

We examined the phenotypic variation for mature grain size (length and width) in a diverse set of rice accessions under HNT stress. Genome-wide association analysis identified several HNT-specific loci regulating grain size as well as loci that are common for optimal and HNT stress conditions.

A novel locus contributing to grain width under HNT …

Leveraging Genome-Enabled Growth Models To Study Shoot Growth Responses To Water Deficit In Rice, Malachy T. Campbell, Alexandre Grondin, Harkamal Walia, Gota Morota

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

lucidating genotype-by-environment interactions and partitioning its contribution to phenotypic variation remains a challenge for plant scientists. We propose a framework that utilizes genome-wide markers to model genotype-specific shoot growth trajectories as a function of time and soil water availability. A rice diversity panel was phenotyped daily for 21 d using an automated, high-throughput image-based, phenotyping platform that enabled estimation of daily shoot biomass and soil water content. Using these data, we modeled shoot growth as a function of time and soil water content, and were able to determine the time point where an inflection in the growth trajectory occurred. We …

Voxel Carving-Based 3d Reconstruction Of Sorghum Identifies Genetic Determinants Of Light Interception Efficiency, Mathieu Gaillard, Chenyong Miao, James Schnable, Bedrich Benes

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Changes in canopy architecture traits have been shown to contribute to yield increases. Optimizing both light interception and light interception efficiency of agricultural crop canopies will be essential to meeting the growing food needs. Canopy architecture is inherently three-dimensional (3D), but many approaches to measuring canopy architecture component traits treat the canopy as a two-dimensional (2D) structure to make large scale measurement, selective breeding, and gene identification logistically feasible. We develop a high throughput voxel carving strategy to reconstruct 3D representations of sorghum from a small number of RGB photos. Our approach builds on the voxel carving algorithm to allow …

Genome-Wide Identification And Analysis Of Heterotic Loci In Three Maize Hybrids, Hongjun Liu, Qin Wang, Mengjiao Chen, Yahui Ding, Xuerong Yang, Jie Liu, Xiaohan Li, Congcong Zhou, Qilin Tian, Yiqi Lu, Danlin Fan, Junpeng Shi, Lin Zhang, Congbin Kang, Mingfei Mingfei Sun, Fangyuan Li, Yujian Wu, Yongzhong Zhang, Baoshen Liu, Xiang Yu Zhao, Qi Feng, Jinliang Yang, Bin Han, Jinsheng Lai, Xian Sheng Zhang, Xuehui Huang

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Heterosis, or hybrid vigour, is a predominant phenomenon in plant genetics, serving as the basis of crop hybrid breeding, but the causative loci and genes underlying heterosis remain unclear in many crops. Here, we present a large-scale genetic analysis using 5360 offsprings from three elite maize hybrids, which identifies 628 loci underlying 19 yield-related traits with relatively high mapping resolutions. Heterotic pattern investigations of the 628 loci show that numerous loci, mostly with complete–incomplete dominance (the major one) or overdominance effects (the secondary one) for heterozygous genotypes and nearly equal proportion of advantageous alleles from both parental lines, are the …

Impacts Of The Reproductive Cycle On The Microbiome: Lessons From Peromyscus Maniculatus, Stephania Jimenez-Castro

McNair Scholars

This low-cost pilot study performed in an animal model attempts to answer the question of whether the estrous cycle affects skin bacteria population size and diversity. In the study, deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) are models because the University of Northern Colorado maintains a colony at the animal research facility, and the rodents have a conveniently short reproductive cycle. Vaginal swabs and flushes were collected for two full estrous cycles to obtain cells for determination of the phase of the cycle and flora samples to examine diversity and population size. We witnessed the vaginal flora fluctuate throughout the entire cycle …

Stages Of Racial Identity Development Among Multiracial Undergraduates, Olivia Bobbitt

McNair Scholars

Individuals who identify as multiracial have been on the rise since interracial marriages became legal in 1967. 2000 was the first Census year in which “two or more races” was an option for individuals to identify themselves. Most previous research focuses on individuals whose racial heritage is a mixture of Black and white. While this research is rich and informative, it fails to incorporate individuals that identify as two or more marginalized racial identities such as Black/African American and Hispanic or Asian Pacific and Native American. The current study will address this gap in research by focusing on individuals who …

Assessing Latinx Colorism And Skin Tone Dating Preferences, Yessica M. Berumen Martinez

McNair Scholars

Colorism is favoring by individuals of lighter skin over darker skin. This differs from racism because racism is discrimination directed towards racial or ethnic minorities, while colorism typically refers to within-group prejudice. The purpose out of this study is to find out whether and how Latinx individuals’ self-perceived skin color, family, and friends influence their dating skin color preference. 145 respondents ages 18 and over completed the In-group Colorism Scale by Harvey, Banks, and Tennial (2017) and answered additional questions on skin tone perceptions on dating, and parent and friend influences. There was no significant connection between self-perceived skin color …

Marxist And Socialist Feminism, Elisabeth Armstrong

Study of Women, Gender, & Sexuality: Faculty Publications

Beginning in the 1840s, Marxism has analyzed unpaid, reproductive “women’s work” as an integral part of capitalism. Marxist feminism historicizes reproduction in relation to production to better understand women’s exploitation and oppression in capitalism. Marxist feminism also theorizes revolutionary subjectivity and possibilities for an anti-capitalist future. Particularly important to Marxist feminism are its theories of imperialism and primitive accumulation, or theft, of land, resources and women’s unpaid labor to the reproduction of lives and generations.

Population Pharmacokinetics Of Ribavirin In Lung Transplant Recipients And Examination Of Current And Alternative Dosing Regimens, Eliza Milliken

Theses

Ribavirin is used in the treatment of respiratory paramyxovirus infection in lung transplant recipients; however, its pharmacokinetic profile in the transplant population is unknown despite the potential for alterations due to underlying pathology. Furthermore, the ability of current regimens to meet exposure targets has not been established. This study examined the pharmacokinetics of ribavirin in a lung transplant population from which current and alternate dosing regimens were assessed. Population pharmacokinetic modelling was conducted in NONMEM using concentrationtime data from 24 lung transplant recipients and 6 healthy volunteers. Monte Carlo simulation was used to assess the ability of dosing regimens to …

Active Rehabilitation In Sports-Related Concussions: An Educational Intervention For Primary Care Providers, Lior Habinsky

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Background and Review of Literature: Sports-related concussion (SRC) is a form of traumatic brain injury caused by a blow to the head and remains a prevalent issue across the 11-18-year-old age group within the United States. Historically, total physical and cognitive rest has been the preferred method to help individuals recover after suffering a concussion. However, recent data have shown that incorporating active rehabilitation or aerobic exercise therapy as part of acute post-concussion treatment is safe. Further investigation into these methods could provide valuable insight into prognosis as well as promote clinical recovery.

Purposes/Goal: This project involved delivering an educational …

Using Digital Health Technology To Optimise Older People’S Pain Self-Management Capabilities: A Mixed Methods Study (The Digitech Pain Project), Priyanka Bhattarai

Theses

Background

Arthritic pain is a major cause of illness and disability among older people. As the use of smartphones and apps increases in the lives of older people, there is an opportunity to explore the role of these apps in helping older people better manage their arthritic pain.

Aim

To explore the feasibility and acceptability of older people using an arthritic pain selfmanagement app to improve their pain symptoms.

Methods

A parallel convergent, mixed methods design underpinned by Bandura’s Self-Efficacy Theory and the Technology Acceptance Model 2; comprising of the following five studies:

(i) Study 1a: an integrative review;

(ii) …

Causes Of Variable Jarrah (Eucalyptus Marginata) And Marri (Corymbia Calophylla) Seedling Density At Establishment Following Bauxite Mining In The Northern Jarrah Forest Of Western Australia, Tai White-Toney

Theses

Seedling densities at establishment of jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata D. Don ex Sm.) and marri (Corymbia calophylla (Lindl). K. D. Hill & L. A. S. Johnson) following bauxite mining in the Northern Jarrah Forest of south-western Australia are variable and few factors explored during 40 years of field studies have explained this variability. This study explored establishment within the framework of limitation due to amount of seed supply and number of suitable microsites for establishment. First, relationships were identified between seedling establishment densities on 654 mine sites restored between 1998 and 2017 and restoration practices (seed and fertiliser application rates), climate …

Times Of The Multitude And The Antichrist, Gary Shapiro

Philosophy Faculty Publications

In Nietzsche’s Europeanism Gary Shapiro discerns key resonances of his “great politics of the Earth” out of which those capable of “re-thinking the direction of the earth” may ultimately deploy a “philosophy of the Antichrist” to realize their vision of the future. In considering how philosophers of the future may create the opportune moment in which to revalue all values in such a new direction, Shapiro accounts for Nietzsche’s rejection of the priestly philosophers’ teleological conception of time. He also explicates Nietzsche’s notion of the multitude (Menge), whose diversity contrasts with the homogenous masses and mitigates against the reactionary state.