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Parent Involvement In Diet Or Physical Activity Interventions To Treat Or Prevent Childhood Obesity: An Umbrella Review, Emily J. Tomayko, Alison Tovar, Nurgul Fitzgerald, Carol L. Howe, Melanie D. Hingle, Michael P. Murphy, Henna Muzaffar, Scott B. Going, Laura Hubbs-Tait

Nutrition Faculty Publications

Parents substantially influence children’s diet and physical activity behaviors, which consequently impact childhood obesity risk. Given this influence of parents, the objective of this umbrella review was to synthesize evidence on effects of parent involvement in diet and physical activity treatment and prevention interventions on obesity risk among children aged 3–12 years old. Ovid/MEDLINE, Elsevier/Embase, Wiley/Cochrane Library, Clarivate/Web of Science, EBSCO/CINAHL, EBSCO/PsycInfo, and Epistemonikos.org were searched from their inception through January 2020. Abstract screening, full-text review, quality assessment, and data extraction were conducted independently by at least two authors. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of diet and physical activity interventions that …

Multifactorial Media Analysis Via Design Of Experiment For Type Ii Collagen In Primary Rabbit Chondrocytes, Javier A. Velez Toro

Honors Undergraduate Theses

Osteoarthritis is a prevalent disease that affects the articular cartilage of the joints. Millions of people suffer worldwide and it is a major cause of disability in the United States. Current research for treatments of osteoarthritis are studying tissue-engineered cartilage in vitro generated by articular chondrocytes. A challenge faced in vitro for cartilage tissue engineering is the failure of chondrocytes to produce adequate expression of type II collagen. Surprisingly, the media commonly used in vitro lacks 14 vitamins and minerals present in the physiological environment of chondrocytes. Therefore, studying the interactions between micronutrients and chondrocytes may help in potentially increasing …

Prevalence Rates Of Antisocial Behaviors In Generation Z, Adrianna J. Valencia

Honors Undergraduate Theses

A review of the scholarly literature suggests that mental health struggles in Generation Z have escalated in recent years. However, there is a lack of psychological research that examines antisocial behaviors in Generation Z. This study aims to determine the prevalence rates of antisocial behaviors in Generation Z. It was hypothesized that our sample of Generation Z students would show higher prevalence rates of antisocial behaviors than previous generations. We examined the data collected from our survey, which was composed of demographic and antisocial personality disorder questions. A one-way ANOVA, revealed significant differences in the categories of age, gender, school …

"Euphoria" And The Spectrum Of Gender And Sexuality, Shaelyn Fritzler

2021 Undergraduate Presentations

No abstract provided.

The Evolution Of Global Pandemics And Partnership With Medieval Literature, Patience Vadakin

2021 Undergraduate Presentations

No abstract provided.

Cannabigerol (Cbg) Inhibits Fibrosis Induced By Methionine/Cholinedeficient (Mcd) Diet In C57bl/6 Mice, Ailaina Suppes

2021 Undergraduate Presentations

No abstract provided.

Classification Of Activity Patterns In Small Neural Networks In Terms Of Network Architecture, Devon Olds

2021 Undergraduate Presentations

No abstract provided.

Cannabigerol Inhibits Cellular Senescence In Methionine-Choline Deficient Diet Induced Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis Mice Model, Brexton Cone

2021 Undergraduate Presentations

No abstract provided.

Incrimination Of Shrews As A Reservoir For Powassan Virus, Heidi K. Goethert, Thomas N. Mather, Richard W. Johnson, Sam R. Telford Iii

Plant Sciences and Entomology Faculty Publications

Powassan virus lineage 2 (deer tick virus) is an emergent threat to American public health, causing severe neurologic disease. Its life cycle in nature remains poorly understood. We use a host-specific retrotransposon-targeted real time PCR assay to test the hypothesis that white-footed mice, considered the main eastern U.S. reservoir of the coinfecting agent of Lyme disease, is the reservoir for deer tick virus. Of 20 virus-infected host-seeking nymphal black-legged ticks 65% fed on shrews and none on mice. The proportion of ticks feeding on shrews at a site is positively associated with prevalence of viral infection, but not the Lyme …

Academic Catalog: 2021-22, Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois

Academic Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Methods Of The Michigan State University Motor Performance Study, Karin A. Pfeiffer, Larissa True, Eric Martin, Shannon R. Siegel, Crystal F. Branta, John Haubenstricker, Vern Seefeldt

Kinesiology Faculty Publications and Presentations

The Michigan State University Motor Performance Study (MPS) was initiated in 1967 and lasted 32 years. Three central components existed: 1) Educational component, in which students experienced applied work with youth; 2) Instructional component, whereby enrolled youth received sport-specific skill instruction; and 3) Research component. The primary goals of the research component of the MPS were to examine: 1) the changes over time that occur in the physical growth, biological maturity, and motor skill acquisition of children and youth; 2) the processes involved in the attainment of basic and complex motor skills; and 3) the influence of changes in the …

Budget For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2021, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Budget for the Fiscal Year

No abstract provided.

“A Very Great Penalty”: Mexican Immigration, Race, And 8 U.S.C § 1326, Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Neurogenic Hypertension Mediated Mitochondrial Abnormality Leads To Cardiomyopathy: Contribution Of Upr Mt And Norepinephrine-Mir- 18a-5p-Hif-1Α Axis, Shyam Sundar Nandi, Kenichi Katsurada, Sushil K. Mahata, Kaushik K. Patel

Journal Articles: Cellular & Integrative Physiology

Aims: Hypertension increases the risk of heart disease. Hallmark features of hypertensive heart disease is sympathoexcitation and cardiac mitochondrial abnormality. However, the molecular mechanisms for specifically neurally mediated mitochondrial abnormality and subsequent cardiac dysfunction are unclear. We hypothesized that enhanced sympatho-excitation to the heart elicits cardiac miR-18a-5p/HIF-1α and mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPR^mt) signaling that lead to mitochondrial abnormalities and consequent pathological cardiac remodeling. Methods and Results: Using a model of neurogenic hypertension (NG-HTN), induced by intracerebroventricular (ICV) infusion of Ang II (NG-HTN; 20 ng/min, 14 days, 0.5 μl/h, or Saline; Control, 0.9%) through osmotic mini-pumps in Sprague-Dawley …

Global Stability Of A Delayed Fractional-Order Sei Epidemic Model With Logistic Growth, Saad Z. Rida, Ahmed A. Farghaly, Shaimaa A. Azoz, Fatma Hussien

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

In this paper, we investigate the qualitative behavior of a fractional-order susceptible-exposed-infected (SEI) model with logistic growth and time delay. In the proposed epidemic model, we assumed that the susceptible individuals grow logistically and introduced time delay in latent infected individuals equation. The basic reproduction number R0 is derived using next generation matrix to study the dynamics of the disease free and endemic equilibrium points of the system. Based on the characteristic equations and conditions of the stability of fractional-order differential systems, local stability of the two equilibrium points is discussed. Furthermore, a suitable Lyapunov function is proposed to investigate …

Runge-Kutta Fehlberg Method For Solving Linear And Nonlinear Fuzzy Fredholm Integro-Differential Equations, Porpattama Hammachukiattikul, Bundit Unyong, R. Suresh, Grienggrai Rajchakit, R. Vadivel, Nallappan Gunasekaran

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

A study on the parametric form of fuzzy numbers is presented in this paper. The Runge-Kutta Fehlberg method is exploited to yield the approximate solution with respect to the second type of fuzzy Fredholm integro-differential equations. Both linear and nonlinear numerical examples are provided in our analysis. The results ascertain the effectiveness and precision of the proposed method.

A Deep Neural Approach For Real-Time Malignant Melanoma Detection, Samy Bakheet, Aml El-Nagar

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

Recently, several potentially useful computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems have become feasible and are now used widely to help physicians in automated cancer detection and grading from dermoscopy images. In this paper, we present a real-time CAD framework using a deep neural network (DNN) for fine-grained classification and grading in dermoscopic skin cancer images. The input skin image is first preprocessed for removing the noise and enhancing the image quality. An adaptive segmentation scheme based on the well-established Otsu thresholding method is performed to accurately extract suspected skin lesion regions from the enhanced input image. Then, a reduced set of visual …

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Airpg: Automatically Accessing The Inverted Repeats Of Archived Plastid Genomes, Tilman Mehl, Michael Gruenstaeudl

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

In most flowering plants, the plastid genome exhibits a quadripartite genome structure, comprising a large and a small single copy as well as two inverted repeat regions. Thousands of plastid genomes have been sequenced and submitted to public sequence repositories in recent years. The quality of sequence annotations in many of these submissions is known to be problematic, especially regarding annotations that specify the length and location of the inverted repeats: such annotations are either missing or portray the length or location of the repeats incorrectly. However, many biological investigations employ publicly available plastid genomes at face value and implicitly …

Why Lyme Disease Is Common In The Northern Us, But Rare In The South: The Roles Of Host Choice, Host-Seeking Behavior, And Tick Density, Howard S. Ginsberg, Graham J. Hickling, Russell L. Burke, Nicholas H. Ogden, Lorenza Beati, Roger Lebrun, Isis M. Arsnoe, Richard Gerhold, Seungeun Han, Kaetlyn Jackson, Lauren Maestas, Teresa Moody, Genevieve Pang, Breann Ross, Eric L. Rulison, Jean I. Tsao

Plant Sciences and Entomology Faculty Publications

Lyme disease is common in the northeastern United States, but rare in the southeast, even though the tick vector is found in both regions. Infection prevalence of Lyme spirochetes in host-seeking ticks, an important component to the risk of Lyme disease, is also high in the northeast and northern midwest, but declines sharply in the south. As ticks must acquire Lyme spirochetes from infected vertebrate hosts, the role of wildlife species composition on Lyme disease risk has been a topic of lively academic discussion. We compared tick–vertebrate host interactions using standardized sampling methods among 8 sites scattered throughout the eastern …

Predicting Objective Career Success: An Examination Of Leadership And Proactive Personality, Isabella M. Guerrero

Honors Undergraduate Theses

The overall purpose of this study is to examine whether proactive personality and leadership style (transactional and transformational) of university students help predict their academic and professional success. Students from the University of Central Florida were recruited through SONA to participate in an online Qualtrics survey. Proactive personality was measured using the Proactive Personality Scale developed by Crant and Bateman (1993). Leadership was measured using the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) created by Bernard M. Bass (1985). Academic success was measured using GPA. Professional success was measured by the given promotions (raises) a student experienced in their specific job divided by …

Pacs Viewbook 2021-2022, Program In Audiology And Communication Sciences

PACS News

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Data To Accompany: "Keeping It Cool To Take The Heat: Tropical Lizards Have Greater Thermal Tolerance In Habitats With Lower Ambient Temperatures", Lindsey Swierk

Biological Sciences Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Bioscatter Transport By Tropical Cyclones: Insights From 10 Years In The Atlantic Basin, Matthew S. Van Den Broeke

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

Tropical cyclones (TCs) can transport birds and insects near their center of circulation. In this study, we examined the maximum altitude, area and density of the radar-derived bioscatter signature across a set of 42 TC centers of circulation sampled from 2011 to 2020. All TC events contained at least one time when a bioscatter signature was present. More intense hurricanes with closed eyes typically had taller and denser bioscatter signatures, and sometimes larger areas dominated by bioscatter. This indicated a larger number of organisms within the circulation of more intense hurricanes, supporting the speculation that those storms were most likely …

Good For Me And The Bees? High Plains Landscaping To Conserve Water, Beautify Your Space, And Support Pollinators, Annie Epperson

Fall Kickoff

This presentation focuses on the benefits of re-thinking the way we use the domestic landscape, including lawn space, patios, and balconies, to improve the quality of life for ourselves and others, as well as to support the wide variety of pollinators in Northern Colorado. Framed around the City of Greeley’s Life After Lawn grant program, the presentation includes plant recommendations, irrigation techniques, soil health, and simple steps you can take to be hospitable to beneficial insects. Attendees will come away with a host of resources to guide planning for their own spaces, no matter how large or small .

Quantitative Assessment Of Aphid Parasitoids And Predators In Central Oklahoma Wheat Fields During Five Growing Seasons, Norman C. Elliott, Kristopher L. Giles, Kristen A. Baum, Sarah Elzay

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the most widely grown crop in Oklahoma and typically is planted in autumn and harvested in June. Wheat in Oklahoma is often infested by insect pests, the most important of which are the cereal aphids – greenbug, Schizaphis graminum (Rondani), and bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi (L.). We sampled a total of 69 wheat fields in central Oklahoma during five wheat-growing seasons. The number of wheat fields sampled ranged from seven in the 2016-2017 growing season to 24 fields in the 2009-2010 growing season. We used a D-vac suction sampler to collect aphids …

Healthy Nebraska: Advancing Human Health And Developing Healthy Communities, Laura E. Young, Mary Garbacz, Kelli Mashino, Michael J. Boehm, Amanda Ramer-Tait, Jessica Rudolph, Heather Rasmussen, Abigail Durheim, Kaustav Majumder, Taryn Sehnert, Dipti Dev, Krista Ott, Martha Rhoades, Morgan Leefers, Richard Wilson, Mya Donelson, James Schnable, Brent Lemmer, Virginia Chaidez, Rebecca Reagan, Helen Fagan, Bailee Tucker, Jean Ann Fischer, Molly Suhr

Strategic Discussions for Nebraska

Healthy Nebraska: Advancing Human Health and Developing Healthy Communities

Every day, the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR) is putting together a wickedly complex puzzle, in which each faculty member, researcher, Extension educator, student, staff member, partner and stakeholder is a vitally important piece. As the pieces come together, we see a picture of the world in which IANR is making a meaningful difference in sustainable food, fuel, feed, and fiber production.

Benefits Of Child Life Procedural Preparation In Postoperative Long Term Recovery Of Pediatric Patients, Adriana Silva-Nevers

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This literature review is an examination of the benefits of child life preparation in children undergoing surgery, and the significant minimization of trauma from such interventions from the framework of family-centered care. This article also explores the harmful consequences of accumulated trauma, such as not receiving appropriate interventions prior to surgery. The cultural implications surrounding family centered care serve to suggest options for adapting to the particular needs of children and families. Consideration of current research in child life services and the reported benefits to patients, families, staff, and hospitals are included.

Dance Training And Delayed Maturation, Shira Heavenrich

The Science Journal of the Lander College of Arts and Sciences

The physiological effects of early childhood dance training are constantly being explored and adjusted. It was observed that children in training experience a higher than normal percentage of delayed maturation, both in puberty and bone development. It was suggested that the environmental conditions in which dancers practice, such as malnutrition and too much time spent indoors, as well as biological factors, contribute to the hormonal and cellular disruptions responsible for late development. Undernourishment, as is common in dancers, was found to have a direct correlation with reproductive hormone levels, including reduction in gonadotropin- releasing hormone secretion as well as lower …

What Is The Safest And Most Effective Method Of Repairing Myelomeningocele?, Matti Klein

The Science Journal of the Lander College of Arts and Sciences

Spina bifida is one of the most common NTD’s (neural tube defects) to occur during embryonic development, when the neural tube fails to close properly during neurulation. Myelomeningocele is the most severe form of spina bifida. Characterized by an open posterior neuropore with meninges and parts of the spinal cord protruding from the fetus’s body, it manifests in a variety of physical and neurological symptoms that vary both by the individual and by the state of the lesion. Until the late 1990’s, the standard course of treatment was surgical closure of the lesion at birth, followed by standard protocols and …