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Kenyon Collegian - October 23, 2020

The Kenyon Collegian

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Restoration Technologies To Improve The Grazing Capacity Of Degraded Arid‐And Semi‐Arid Rangelands In South Africa, Klaus Kellner, Loraine Van Den Berg

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

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The Role Of Sansevieria Intermedia In Degradation And Recovery In Kenyan Drylands, Elizabeth Gallant King

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

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Changes Of Persistent Soil Seed Bank In Degraded Seriphidium Transillens Desert Grassland, Guili Jin, Jinzhong Zhu, Honglai Liu

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

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The Study For Grassland Nutrition Of Typical Grasslands Difference Degradation Grade, Yushan Jia

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

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Efforts To Reduce Wind Erosion From Unpaved Roads Cut Through Environmentally Sensitive Alaskan And Hawaiian Rangelands, James P. Dobrowolski, Calvin F. Bagley

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

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Self-Organizing Maps For Quality Control, Anonymous

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure describes using self-organizing maps (SOMs) to perform unsupervised classification of unlabeled training data with a smaller number of labelled training data. A SOM can then be used to perform quality control of analytical instruments such as mass spectrometers.

Christmas Criminals: A Routine Activity Approach To Crime On U.S. Holidays, Wyatt Lam

James Madison Undergraduate Research Journal (JMURJ)

Based on Cohen and Felson’s 1979 routine activity theory, this study examines crime rates on prominent U.S. holidays. Little research exists that analyzes crime patterns on holidays, despite the mass disruption of routine activities. Using data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), this study compares the average daily number of offenses per state on 15 holidays with the average daily number of offenses per state on non-holiday weekdays for the 2016 calendar year. The crimes under investigation are economically motivated crimes: burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and robbery. Holidays are divided into groups for analysis based on where activities …

Reddyanus Justi Sp. N. From Laos (Scorpiones: Buthidae), František Kovařík, Graeme Lowe, František Šťáhlavský

Euscorpius

A new species Reddyanus justi sp. n. from Laos is described, fully complemented with color photographs of live and preserved specimens. The new species is characterized by the irregular quadrilateral shape of the subaculear tubercle in males. In addition to analysis of external morphology and hemispermatophore, we also describe the karyotype (2n=12)

Optimizing Wellness In Academic Emergency Medicine, Kristen E. Nordenholz, Al'ai Alvarez, Michelle D. Lall, Christine Stehman, Cindy C. Bitter, Emily L. Hirsh, Rita Manfredi, Rosanna D. Sikora, Dave W. Lu, Leon D. Sanchez, Matthew L. Wong, Steven Bird, Andra L. Blomkalns

Journal of Wellness

Introduction

Academic Emergency Physicians (EPs) face additional unique challenges in optimizing wellness compared to community EPs.

Objective

Our objective was to explore specific individual and systems challenges that academic EPs encounter that affect their wellbeing and professional fulfillment in emergency medicine (EM).

Methods

An expert group of academic EPs convened in 2019 at the annual meeting of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine to investigate the overall causes of burnout in healthcare providers, the effects of burnout on the healthcare system, specific causes of burnout in EM, and the distinct challenges facing academic emergency physicians.

Results

We outline specific causes …

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 62, Number 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

JOHN ELLIS, ROYAL AGENT FOR WEST FLORIDA Roy A. Rauschenberg
WAR COMES TO SAN MARCOS Lawrence Kinnaird and Lucia B. Kinnaird
A FRENCH WOULD-BE SETTLER ON LAFAYETTE’S FLORIDA TOWNSHIP Lucretia Ramsey Bishko
NOTES AND DOCUMENTS: JAMES THOMPSON, PENSACOLA’S FIRST REALTOR Robin F. A. Fabel
FLORIDA HISTORY IN PERIODICALS, 1982
BOOK REVIEWS
BOOK NOTES
HISTORY NEWS

Cardiovascular News And Views, V4 N1, 2015, Advocate Aurora Health

Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center Books, Documents, and Pamphlets

Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center: Newsletter from Aurora Cardiovascular Services and Aurora St Luke's Medical Center. Includes articles on the establishment of the Masood Akhtar Recognition Lecture, establishment of the Dr Masoos Akhtar Cardiac Research Fund and the Sullivan Cardiac Research Fund, clinical trial to assess stroke risk in heart failure patients with VADs, clinical trial of stem cells in heart failure patients, student researchers working with Aurora Cardiovascular Services scientists, hybrid technique to replace an aortic arch, number of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and MitraClip procedures for 2011-2014, and number of bridge-to-transplant and destination therapy ventricular assist devices …

The Future Of The Public Trust: The Muddied Waters Of Rockweed Management In Maine, Sarah M. Reiter, Dillon Post, Lisa Wedding, Aaron L. Strong

Ocean and Coastal Law Journal

Seaweeds, or more properly, intertidal macroalgae have never been easy to classify—by law or by science: they are not part of the animal kingdom, nor part of the plant kingdom (and scientific controversies about their phylogenetic placement abound), they are not completely on terra firma, nor completely submerged in ocean water. One such organism that exists at the space in between land and sea—the brown alga commonly known as Rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) presents an intriguing legal question with implications that extend far beyond the shoreline. Recently, in Ross v. Acadian Seaplants Ltd. , the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine (Court) …

Spatial Fingerprint Of Younger Dryas Cooling And Warming In Eastern North America, David Fastovich, James M. Russell, Stephen T. Jackson, Teresa R. Krause, Shaun A. Marcott, John W. Williams

Faculty Authored Articles

The Younger Dryas (YD, 12.9–11.7 ka) is the most recent, near‐global interval of abrupt climate change with rates similar to modern global warming. Understanding the causes and biodiversity effects of YD climate changes requires determining the spatial fingerprints of past temperature changes. Here we build pollen‐based and branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether‐based temperature reconstructions in eastern North America (ENA) to better understand deglacial temperature evolution. YD cooling was pronounced in the northeastern United States and muted in the north central United States. Florida sites warmed during the YD, while other southeastern sites maintained a relatively stable climate. This fingerprint is …

Distinct Distribution Of Archaea From Soil To Freshwater To Estuary: Implications Of Archaeal Composition And Function In Different Environments, Hualong Wang, Raven Bier, Laura Zgleszewski, Marc Peipoch, Emmanuel Omondi, Atanu Mukherjee, Feng Chen, Chuanlun Zhang, Jinjun Kan

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

In addition to inhabiting extreme territories, Archaea are widely distributed in common environments spanning from terrestrial to aquatic environments. This study investigated and compared archaeal community structures from three different habitats (representing distinct environments): agriculture soils (from farming system trials FST, PA, United States), freshwater biofilms (from White Clay Creek, PA, United States), and estuary water (Chesapeake Bay, United States). High-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA genes indicated that Thaumarchaeota, Euryarchaeota, Nanoarchaeota, Crenarchaeota, and Diapherotrites were the commonly found dominant phyla across these three environments. Similar to Bacteria, distinct community structure and distribution patterns for Archaea were observed in soils vs. …

Seasonality Fingerprint On Global Trading Of Food-Commodities. A Data-Mining Approach, Stefania Quaini, Sebastiano Saccani, Sergio Vergalli, Luigi Assom, Marco Beria, Alessandro Codello, Maurizio Monaco, Riccardo Sabatini

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

We analyze the United Nations commodities trade database (UN comtrade), comprised of international commodities exchanges in volume and price with monthly resolution. We introduce a trade impact index to quantify the impact, in terms of distance travelled, of importing a specific food raw commodity in a specific period of the year and in a specific country of the world. This index captures the seasonal exchange of raw commodities in an insightful and concise manner.

Extraction And Phytochemicals Determination Of Traditional Medicinal Plants For Anti-Microbial Susceptibility Test, Admasu Hailu Firew, Petros Israel, Murad Abdurezak

Health Sciences

Abstract: The study was conducted at Dilla University, College of Natural Sciences, Biological Sciences laboratories. Background: Ethiopia is a country with many ethnic groups, cultures, and beliefs which in turn have contributed to the high diversity of traditional health care knowledge and practices of traditional medicine from local growth plants, animals, and minerals for various physical and mental disorders of human and livestock population that passed from generation to generation for centuries. Medicinal plants are contributors to the pharmaceutical, agricultural, and food industries in the world. The use of medicinal plants in industrialized societies has been traced to the extraction …

The Rattler (Volume 109, Issue 3), St. Mary's University

The Rattler (Previous issues)

Founded in 1919, The Rattler is the student voice of St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. The newspaper documents campus life, academic and social issues, student opinion, and local and national events as they relate to the University community. Content typically includes news articles, editorial commentary, arts and culture coverage, sports reporting, and advertisements.

2020 October 22 - Academic Council Agenda And Minutes, Academic Council, East Tennessee State University

Academic Council Agenda and Minutes

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Gardner-Webb Junior Conducts Literature Review To Prepare For Hands-On Research In Lab, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Microbiomes are tiny organisms that live on the skin, keeping it healthy and protected. Chloe Loth, Class of 2022 at Gardner-Webb University, chose to study these microbes for her Undergraduate Research Scholar Project. “Once you get past the idea that you have a bunch of living organisms on your body, you discover how much we need these little guys,” Loth asserted. “I mean these creatures help protect our skin from developing nasty harmful infections, alter our T-Cells (immune function cell), and help us adapt to our environment. Their capabilities are astounding for a single cell organism.”

Searching For A “Home”: Examining The Experiences Of Confucian Asian College Students With Third Culture Kid Backgrounds, Yuima Mizutani

Dissertations

Third culture kids (TCKs) spend their childhood and adolescence outside of their home countries. Because of their unique backgrounds, TCKs and adult TCKs face challenges including identity development, low self-esteem, lack of connection with their home countries, posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, adjustment disorder, and others. Although the number of TCKs is increasing due to globalization, this population has been understudied. Moreover, most existing research has focused on TCKs in Western countries. Few researchers have studied Confucian Asian adult TCKs; that is, adult TCKs from China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and others. Confucian Asian countries have collectivistic cultures …

Mir-504 Modulates The Stemness And Mesenchymal Transition Of Glioma Stem Cells And Their Interaction With Microglia Via Delivery By Extracellular Vesicles, Ariel Bier, Xin Hong, Simona Cazacu, Hodaya Goldstein, Daniel Rand, Cunli Xiang, Wei Jiang, Hiba Waldman Ben-Asher, Moshe Attia, Aharon Brodie, Ruicong She, Laila M. Poisson, Chaya Brodie

Neurosurgery Articles

Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly aggressive tumor with poor prognosis. A small subpopulation of glioma stem cells (GSCs) has been implicated in radiation resistance and tumor recurrence. In this study we analyzed the expression of miRNAs associated with the functions of GSCs using miRNA microarray analysis of these cells compared with human neural stem cells. These analyses identified gene clusters associated with glioma cell invasiveness, axonal guidance, and TGF-β signaling. miR-504 was significantly downregulated in GSCs compared with NSCs, its expression was lower in GBM compared with normal brain specimens and further decreased in the mesenchymal glioma subtype. Overexpression of …

Gestational Diabetes Status And Dietary Intake Modify Maternal And Cord Blood Allostatic Load Markers, Chauntelle Jack-Roberts, Patricia Maples, Betul Kalkan, Kaydine Edwards, Ella Gilboa, Ikhtiyor Djuraev, Shuli Zou, Lori Hoepner, Lawrence Fordjour, Wen-Ching Lee, John Kral, Mudar Dalloul, Xinyin Jiang

Publications and Research

Introduction: Allostatic load (AL) defines cardiometabolic, inflammatory, and neuroendocrine changes in the body in response to internal and external stressors. It is largely unknown whether gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) alters maternal and fetal AL, which in turn affects GDM outcomes. Whether dietary intakes and quality can modify AL and thus influence GDM progression is also unknown.

Research: design and methods In this study, we recruited 35 GDM and 30 non-GDM women in gestational week 25–33. Fasting blood samples were collectedat enrollment, and cord venous blood samples were collected at delivery for the measurement of a series of AL biomarkers to …

Antiplasmodial Activity Of Ketotifen-Artemether-Lumefantrine On Plasmodium Berghei Infected Mice, Udeme O. Georgewill, Chidi E. Ezerioha, Elias Adikwu

Health Sciences

Introduction: The development of new antimalarial drugs is time-consuming and costly, thus repurposing of drugs with initial indications for possible antimalarial indication is imperative. This study assessed the antiplasmodial effect of ketotifen (KT) in combination with artemether/lumefantrine (A/L) in Plasmodium bergei infected mice. Materials and Methods: Adult mice (25-30g) were parasitized with Plasmodium berghei, grouped, and treated per oral (p.o) with KT (0.1mg/kg), A/L (2.3/13.7mg/kg), and KT/A/L daily in curative, suppressive and prophylactic studies. The negative control (NC) and the positive control (PC) were treated daily p.o with normal saline (0.2mL) and chloroquine (CQ) (10mg/kg) for 4 days respectively. After …

A Vaccine Targeting The Rbd Of The S Protein Of Sars-Cov-2 Induces Protective Immunity, Jingyun Yang, Wei Wang, Zimin Chen, Shuaiyao Lu, Fanli Yang, Zhenfei Bi, Linlin Bao, Fei Mo, Xue Li, Yong Huang, Weiqi Hong, Yun Yang, Yuan Zhao, Fei Ye, Sheng Lin, Wei Deng, Hua Chen, Hong Lei, Ziqi Zhang, Min Luo, Hong Gao, Yue Zheng, Yanqiu Gong, Xiaohua Jiang, Yanfeng Xu, Qi Lv, Dan Li, Manni Wang, Fengdi Li, Shunyi Wang, Guanpeng Wang, Pin Yu, Yajin Qu, Li Yang

Division of Basic Science Faculty Publications

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes a respiratory disease called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the spread of which has led to a pandemic. An effective preventive vaccine against this virus is urgently needed. As an essential step during infection, SARS-CoV-2 uses the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the spike protein to engage with the receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) on host cells1,2. Here we show that a recombinant vaccine that comprises residues 319–545 of the RBD of the spike protein induces a potent functional antibody response in immunized mice, rabbits and non-human primates (Macaca mulatta) as early as 7 …

Report: Native Seed Stakeholder Meeting 2020, Laura E. Fischer Walter

Tallgrass Prairie Publications and Reports

There were 27 invited participants from Iowa and other Midwestern states (Indiana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin). In addition, the TPC director, TPC staff members, AmeriCorps associates, and UNI students participated in organizing the meeting.

Meeting participants represented various stakeholder groups with connections to the native seed system of Iowa and the Midwest region:

 Seed consumers – need access to diverse, regionally appropriate, and affordable native seed to meet demand for restoration in various contexts.

 Seed producers and service providers – need to sustain business viability while responding to changing policy and demand for native seed and services.

 Researchers, …

The Grizzly, October 22, 2020, Simra Mariam, Ava Compagnoni, Morgan Grabowski, Shelsea Deravil, Layla Halterman

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Tie-dye a Face Mask with U-Imagine • Radio Plays • RBG's Impact on Hillel • Daily Practice of Yoga • Opinion: Ursinus or Urscience?; Heteronormative Education is Not Inclusive • Ursinus' New Partnership with F45 • Patterson Misses Football

Pharmacy Student Receives Gateway To Research Fellowship, Whitney Tarpy

University of Mississippi News

Karli Anders' work includes drug discovery to slow the onset of dementia

Mitochondrial Function And Protein Turnover In The Diaphragm Are Altered In Llc Tumor Model Of Cancer Cachexia, Megan E. Rosa-Caldwell, Conner A. Benson, David E. Lee, Jacob L. Brown, Tyrone A. Washington, Nicholas P. Greene, Michael P. Wiggs

Health & Kinesiology Faculty Publications and Presentations

It is established that cancer cachexia causes limb muscle atrophy and is strongly associated with morbidity and mortality; less is known about how the development of cachexia impacts the diaphragm. The purpose of this study was to investigate cellular signaling mechanisms related to mitochondrial function, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, and protein synthesis during the development of cancer cachexia. C57BL/J6 mice developed Lewis Lung Carcinoma for either 0 weeks (Control), 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, or 4 weeks. At designated time points, diaphragms were harvested and analyzed. Mitochondrial respiratory control ratio was ~50% lower in experimental groups, which was …

Perceptions Of The Indonesia National Curriculum In Relation To Integrated Stem Education At The High School Level, Andinisa Rahmaniar

Theses and Dissertations

High school students need 21st-century skills to be competitive in the global economy. STEM education, coupled with problem-solving, critical thinking, innovation, and written and oral communication skills are essential for high school students. In Indonesia, STEM education is not as common as in the United States; some teachers in Indonesia use STEM as a learning method, but it is not included as a major component in the Indonesian curriculum. This study aimed to analyze (a) how teachers implement STEM-based lessons, including hands-on activities and project-based learning in relation to the Indonesian National Curriculum and (b) teachers’ prior knowledge about integrating …