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The Effects Of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Over Multiple Days On Shooting Performance In Elite Deaflympic Athletes: A Case Series, Nicholas Pudar, Milan Pantovic, Sheniz Mooney, Brach Poston

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

Transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation method that has shown the ability to enhance motor learning in numerous studies. However, only a few of these studies have been conducted on elite level performers or in complex motor tasks that have been practiced extensively. Rifle shooting is a difficult motor task that has real-world implications in military, police, and sport settings. Although a few studies have investigated the influence of tDCS on shooting performance, these were all acute studies conducted on novice performers. The PURPOSE was to determine the effects of DLPFC-tDCS on motor learning over multiple days …

11-02-2021 Swosu Participating In Halloween Candy Collection For The Troops, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2021

No abstract provided.

Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements For Children Age 6-24 Months: A Systematic Review And Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis Of Effects On Developmental Outcomes And Effect Modifiers, Elizabeth L. Prado, Charles D. Arnold, K Ryan Wessells, Christine P. Stewart, Souheila Abbeddou, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Benjamin F. Arnold, Ulla Ashorn, Per Ashorn, Elodie Becquey, Kenneth H. Brown, Jaya Chandna, Parul Christian, Holly N. Dentz, Sherlie J L Dulience, Lia C H Fernald, Emanuela Galasso, Lotta Hallamaa, Sonja Y. Hess, Lieven Huybregts, Lora L Iannotti, Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez, Patricia Kohl, Anna Lartey, Agnes Le Port, Stephen P. Luby, Kenneth Maleta, Andrew Matchado, Susana L. Matias, Malay K. Mridha, Robert Ntozini, Clair Null, Maku E. Ocansey, Sarker M. Parvez, John Phuka, Amy J. Pickering, Andrew J. Prendergast, Abu A. Shamim, Zakia Siddiqui, Fahmida Tofail, Ann M. Weber, Lee S F Wu, Kathryn G. Dewey

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

BACKGROUND: Small-quantity (SQ) lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNSs) provide many nutrients needed for brain development.

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to generate pooled estimates of the effect of SQ-LNSs on developmental outcomes (language, social-emotional, motor, and executive function), and to identify study-level and individual-level modifiers of these effects.

METHODS: We conducted a 2-stage meta-analysis of individual participant data from 14 intervention against control group comparisons in 13 randomized trials of SQ-LNSs provided to children age 6-24 mo (total n = 30,024).

RESULTS: In 11-13 intervention against control group comparisons (n = 23,588-24,561), SQ-LNSs increased mean language (mean difference: 0.07 SD; 95% CI: 0.04, …

Impact Of Front-Of-Pack Labels On The Perceived Healthfulness Of A Sweetened Fruit Drink: A Randomised Experiment In Five Countries, Alejandra Jauregui, Christine M. White, Lana Vanderlee, Marissa G. Hall, Alejandra Contreras-Manzano, Claudia Nieto, Gary Sacks, Jim Thrasher Ph.D., Ma, Ms, David Hammond, Simón Barquera

Faculty Publications

Objective: Front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labelling is a globally recommended strategy to encourage healthier food choices. We evaluated the effect of FOP labels on the perceived healthfulness of a sweetened fruit drink in an international sample of adult consumers.

Design: Six-arm randomised controlled experiment to examine the impact of FOP labels (no label control, Guideline Daily Amounts (GDA), Multiple Traffic Lights, the Health Star Ratings (HSR), Health Warning Labels, and 'High-in' Warning Labels (HIWL)) on the perceived healthfulness of the drink. Linear regression models by country examined healthfulness perceptions on FOP nutrition labels, testing for interactions by demographic characteristics.

Setting: Online …

Consumers' Perception Of Food Containing Insect Protein Affected By Serving Condition And Questionnaire Protocol, Yupeng Gao

LSU Master's Theses

Edible insects are a new sustainable protein source compared to meat. Western consumers show aversion to the prospect of insects as food due to unfamiliarity, food neophobia, and negative emotions. This dissertation research explored consumers’ emotional perception of insect-based food products presented under different testing conditions and examined the influence of other people’s emotional expressions towards consumers’ purchase decisions. To identify and rate emotion intensities, tests were conducted using three presenting formats including text, image, and an actual product; all of which were applied for both cookies containing insects and without insects. In addition to these presenting formats, news of …

An Examination Of Coping Strategies And Intent To Leave Child Welfare During The Covid 19 Pandemic, Francie J. Julien‑Chinn, Colleen C. Katz, Eden Wall

Publications and Research

Child welfare work is inherently difficult, and child welfare agencies are known to experience high rates of turnover. We sought to expand the existing literature on intention to leave one’s child welfare agency and commitment to child welfare work through examining the coping mechanisms of frontline workers. Having and utilizing healthy coping mechanisms has proved beneficial to child welfare workers in previous research. In this paper, we examine specific coping mechanisms identifed in the Comprehensive Organizational Health Assessment and how they were associated with child welfare workers’ intent to leave their agency and their commitment to remain in the field …

Understanding Nutrition Education And Physical Activity Instruction In Rural Elementary Schools, Allison Harris, J. Dusti Linnell

Journal of Extension

We surveyed K-6 classroom teachers in four rural counties in Oregon to ascertain current nutrition and physical activity and/or physical education (PA/PE) instruction, barriers to teaching these subjects, and interest and need for professional development. Although most respondents reported teaching nutrition and PA/PE in their classrooms and appear to place high importance on teaching these subjects, reported delivery time was low. Extension can play an influential role in ensuring that students receive adequate nutrition and PA/PE instructional time by providing support to teachers through professional development, direct education in the classroom, and policy, systems and environmental change.

Improving Emirati Students’ Social Responsibility Competence Through Global Citizenship Education, Shytance T. Wren

All Works

Purpose: The purpose of this study is twofold: to determine if implementing a global citizenship education curriculum can aid the development of Emirati students’ social responsibility competence and to experiment with different instructional strategies that aim to yield improvement in the social responsibility of students. Design/methodology/approach: The intervention research study used a mixed-methods quasi-experimental approach to examine Emirati students’ social responsibility gains and overall perceptions of a global citizenship education curriculum. Conceptual frameworks for instructional design of service-learning were used as theoretical underpinnings. The data were collected from student reflections, field notes, questionnaires and interviews. Findings: Both the quantitative and …

Hsu Staff Cookbook 2020 - 2021, Hsu Staff Council, Sulaina Banks

Trade & Scholarly Monographs

Recipes from the staff at Humboldt State University. These recipes were compiled during the 2020-2021 school year, and organized by the Humboldt State University Staff Council.

Excitotoxic Lesions Of The Perirhinal Cortex Leave Intact Rats’ Gustatory Sensory Preconditioning, Jasper Robinson, Peter M. Jones, Emma J. Whitt

School of Psychology

We report findings from two sensory preconditioning experiments in which rats consumed two flavoured solutions, each with two gustatory components (AX and BY), composed of sweet, bitter, salt, and acid elements. After this pre-exposure, rats were conditioned to X by pairing with lithium chloride. Standard sensory preconditioning was observed: Consumption of flavour A was less than that of B. We found that sensory preconditioning was maintained when X was added to A and B. Both experiments included one group of rats with lesions of the perirhinal cortex, which did not influence sensory preconditioning. We discuss our findings in the light …

Influential Periods In Longitudinal Clinical Cardiovascular Health Scores, Amy E Krefman, Vito M R Muggeo, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

The prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) among adults in the United States is low and decreases with age. Our objective was to identify specific age windows when the loss of CVH accelerates, to ascertain preventive opportunities for intervention. Data were pooled from 5 longitudinal cohorts (Project Heartbeat!, Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, The Bogalusa Heart Study, Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults, Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project) from the United States and Finland from 1973 to 2012. Individuals with clinical CVH factors (i.e., body mass index, blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose) measured from ages 8 …

Bark- And Wood-Infesting Insects (Coleoptera And Hymenoptera) And Associated Parasitoids Reared From Yellow Birch (Betula Alleghaniensis) In Ingham County, Michigan, Robert A. Haack

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Four species of bark- and wood-infesting borers (two Coleoptera and two Hymenoptera) and six parasitoid species (Hymenoptera) were reared from yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britton) one year after the trees were cut and left standing in a woodlot in Ingham County, Michigan in 1986–87. The borers were species of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) and Xiphydriidae (Hymenoptera), and hymenopteran parasitoid species of Aulacidae, Braconidae, Chalcididae, and Pteromalidae. Xiphydriophagus meyerinckii (Ratzeburg) (Pteromalidae) is a new Michigan state record. For the borers, yellow birch is a new host record for the cerambycid Sternidius alpha (Say) and the xiphydriid Xiphydria tibialis Say. Seasonal emergence data …

Spiraling Flight Behavior May Integrate The Biological Compass Systems Of Migratory North American Monarch Butterflies, (Danaus Plexippus, L.), Matthew M. Douglas

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Here I report a unique spiraling flight and orientation behavior (comprising multiple clockwise and counterclockwise circles coupled by extended figure-8 patterns) observed in free-flying “late” migratory monarchs released under sunny ambient field conditions from a location with an unobstructed view of the sky. Following this spiraling flight, migrants continue to fly at very high altitudes until a final orientation and migratory flight direction is established with vanishing bearings statistically concentrated to the SW/W. These results provide preliminary evidence for the possible calibration and use of an inclination magnetic compass that can be used under all local free-flying field conditions. During …

Susceptibility, Preference, And Suitability Of Carpinus And Ostrya Taxa For Gypsy Moth Larvae (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae), Fredric Miller, Susan Wiegrefe

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Twenty Carpinus taxa and three Ostrya taxa, growing in the tree breeding production area at The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL, were evaluated in laboratory bioassays for feeding susceptibility, preference, and suitability for gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar, L.) larvae. No-choice and multiple-choice laboratory feeding studies revealed that C. coreana, C. fargesii, C. laxiflora, and the hybrid C. caroliniana x C. orientalis were the least suitable for larval development and pupation, and were less preferred by gypsy moth larvae. Suitability rankings for gypsy moth larval development time were highly correlated with larval longevity, but the proportion of …

Influence Of Age On Decision Making By Ovipositing Pieris Rapae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)., Brett Breitkreutz, Tracy Le Wagner, Rodrigo J. Mercader

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Due to its effect on the time available for host selection and learning, butterfly age is expected to alter the degree of host specificity and potentially niche breadth. Here, we use the small cabbage white, Pieris rapae L., to test the effect of age on ovipositional specificity and decision-making time. Specifically, we examined the ovipositional behavior of P. rapae 4, 8, and 12 days post-emergence. Females were recorded in thirty-minute trials using leaves of two hosts, mustard leaves, Brassica juncea, and collard greens, Brassica oleracea Acephala group, and the non-host common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris. Subsequently, we measured …

Full Issue For Tgle Vol. 54 Nos. 1 & 2

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Full issue for TGLE Vol. 54 Nos. 1 & 2

Risk And Resilience Of Somali Children In The Context Of Climate Change, Famine, And Conflict, Charles Oberg, Hopewell Hodges, Ann S. Masten

Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk

Climate change is an existential threat to all of humanity. Its impact on the children of Somalia provides insights into the severity of risks posed by climate change to current and future generations. Globally, there has been a continuous increase in mean annual temperatures since 1991 and scientists anticipate an increase of up to 4.3 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. Concomitantly, Somalia has experienced a decrease in annual rainfall, resulting in recurrent droughts. According to the UN’s emergency aid coordination office, these droughts have grown in frequency and intensity over the past three decades, fueling increased frequency …

Seeking Food Justice For College Students: The Prevalence Of Food Insecurity, Risk Factors And Paths Forward, Ashlie B. Delshad, Marybeth Gilbo, Jodi Roth-Saks, Lynn Monahan

Journal of Access, Retention, and Inclusion in Higher Education

This study investigated the prevalence of food insecurity among college students at a Mid- Atlantic state university, as well as what factors can help predict vulnerability to food insecurity. We surveyed a stratified random sample of 7,216 students; 26% (n=1,874) completed the online questionnaire. Results demonstrated that 31.7% (n=594) were food insecure. Race, financial aid, housing instability, students’ annual income and prior use of food assistance were significantly associated with food insecurity. Proposed solutions to address food insecurity include reforms to federal and state food assistance programs, as well as additional uniform support services for food insecure students at the …

Chemical Composition, Total Phenolic Content, Free Radical Scavenging And Antimicrobial Activities Of Resins- Juniperus Procera Resins And Relevant Propolis Produced By Apis Mellifera Jementica In Al-Baha Province, Saudi Arabia, Noofal Ibrahim Bayaqoob, Ahmed Ibrahim Rushdi, Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ghamdi

Hadhramout University Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences

The purpose of this study was to investigate the chemical compositions, total phenolic contents (TPC), free radical scavenging (FRSA), and antibacterial activities of Juniperus procera resins and the relevant propolis produced by Apis mellifer jementica in Al-Baha Province, Saudi Arabia. The results showed that both the resin and propolis samples, which were collected during April to June of 2014 and 2015, contained different compounds and included mono-, sesqui-, di-, and triterpenoids, wax esters, n-alkane, and n-alkene. The TPC levels of the resin and propolis samples were high for samples collected in 2014 relative to the samples collected in 2015. Also, …

The Effects Of Partial Replacement Of Fish-Meal With Mesquite Pods On Growth Parameters Of Tilapia Fry, Oreochromis Mossambicus, Mohammed Abdullah Al-Dohai, Balqees Saleh Bin Breek, Mazan Saleh Bamatraf

Hadhramout University Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences

This study was carried out to determine the effect of partial replacement of fish-meal with 15%, 30% and 45% of Mesquite pods (MP) in testing diets on growth parameters of Tilapia fries, Oreochromis mossambicus which reared in glass aquarium for 12 weeks. Twenty O. mossambicus fries (Mean initial weight 3.33 g) were randomly distributed into each 12 glass aquariums (measuring 50 x 50 x 50 cm) filled with tap water to 40 cm depth. Four treatments were formulated in this experiment. The first treatment was controlled and three testing diets contain 15%, 30% and 45% of MP. The results showed …

Risk Factors, Comorbidities And Outcomes Of Severe Acute Malnutrition Among Children In Mukalla Maternity And Child Hospital, Hadhramout, Yemen, Saleh Awad Bahwal, Mazin Ahmed Jawass, Faiza Salmeen Naji

Hadhramout University Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences

Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is one of the major health problems in Yemen. The aim of this study is to determine the risk factors, comorbidities and outcomes of SAM in Mukalla Maternity and Child Hospital (MMCH) in AlMukalla city, Hadhramout Governorate, Yemen. We conducted a case-control study on 200 children aged 6 to 59 months (100 cases and 100 controls) who were admitted to the pediatric nutrition departments (MMCH) between September 2018 and August 2019. The risk factors for SAM were children age 6-24 months (OR 2.99; CI: 1.66 - 5.36), residing in rural areas (OR= 1.83; CI: 1.04 - …

The Effect Of Ethanol Extract For Tamarindus Indica L. Leaves And Capparis Spinosa L Leaves In Fighting Culex Pipiens (Diptera: Culiciae) Under A Laboratory Conditions, Aref Mohammed Al-Hasani

Hadhramout University Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences

This research was conducted during the second semester of 2017 in the Biology Laboratory / Faculty of Education / Radfan - the University of Aden, in order to study the effect of the extract of raw ethanol extracted from the leaves of the tamarind plant T. indicaL. and the plant C. spinosa L as a pesticide against the first, second, third and the fourth larvae of C. pipiens mosquitoes with the concentrations (2500, 5000, 7500 ppm). After 48 hours of treatment, the mortality of mosquito larvae were takenThe results of the experiment indicated that the crude ethanol extract of the …

Proximate And Fatty Acid Composition Of Three Tuna Species From Hadhramout Coast Of The Arabian Sea, Yemen, Osan Maroof Bahurmiz

Hadhramout University Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences

The Proximate and fatty acid composition were evaluated in three species of tuna; Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), longtail tuna (T. tonggol), little tuna (Euthynnus affinis) caught from Hadhramout coast of the Arabian Sea. The results of proximate composition showed high protein content in the flesh of all species, ranged from 22.52% to 24.36%. The average moisture, lipid and ash contents in the flesh of the three fish species were in the range of 70.13–74.0%, 2.34–4.66% and 1.25–1.37%, respectively. The fatty acid profile of all fish was dominated by saturated fatty acids, (31.76–36.77%), followed by polyunsaturated fatty acids (31.21–31.59%) and then …

Poverty In A North American Context, Nathanael Snow, Benjamin Pettus

White Papers

From the Introduction

Understanding the impact of poverty can be aided by careful measurement. Statisticians and economists, both within the government and in the private sector, collect and analyze such statistics.

Disagreement about the interpretation of those figures can make it difficult for most people to know how they should respond to specific cases of poverty they encounter. For a meaningful discussion to take place, the existing understanding should be presented. This report summarizes the existing research on poverty and provides the interested reader with resources to continue learning about the topic. This report does not offer policy advice or …

Wellness Through Answers News V36:No.6 November-December 2021, Wendy Urciuoli

Articles - Patient Care

No abstract provided.

Ucc Minutes, 03/11/2020, Lon Smith

UCC 2010

Minutes from the 03/22/2010 meeting of the University Curriculum Committee.

Ucc Minutes, 02/23/2010, Lon Smith

UCC 2010

Minutes from the 02/23/2010 meeting of the University Curriculum Committee.

Ucc Minutes, 11/09/2006, Lon Smith

UCC 2006

Minutes from the 11/09/2006 meeting of the University Curriculum Committee.

Ucc Minutes, 10/01/2009, Lon Smith

UCC 2009

Minutes from the 10/01/2009 meeting of the University Curriculum Committee.

Ucc Minutes, 11/05/2009, Lon Smith

UCC 2009

Minutes from the 11/05/2009 meeting of the University Curriculum Committee.