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Ba Psychology, 2021-22, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Arts and others

No abstract provided.

Functional Analysis Of Virulence In Vibrio Coralliilyticus Re22 And Probiotic Mechanisms Of Phaeobacter Inhibens S4, Christian W. Schuttert

Open Access Dissertations

Infections by pathogenic marine bacteria present a major problem for both the shellfish and finfish aquaculture industries, resulting in severe disease and high mortality. Pathogen infection seriously affect aquaculture production, and cause significant economic loss. Marine pathogens like Vibrio coralliilyticus frequently cause disease in a variety of shellfish. The use of antibiotics in large-scale aquaculture settings leads to the development, and potential transfer, of antibiotic resistance. In order to mitigate this emerging threat, an understanding of pathogenic mechanisms of infection and novel preventative strategies, such as probiotic treatment, is paramount for understanding and preventing future disease.

In manuscript I, “Two …

A Quantitative Study On The Effect Restorative Practices Has On Student Discipline In Grades Three Through Five, Angela Harding

Doctor of Education Dissertations

This study aimed to understand the impact restorative practices (RP) has on student discipline. Additionally, this study intended to understand teacher perspectives on the effect RP has in the classroom as a management system. The overarching research sought to answer, “What is the impact of RP on classroom management, teacher perception, student discipline, and teacher-student relationships?” Individuals’ beliefs have a powerful impact on practice. Moreover, the study aimed to ascertain how educators can better understand what RP is and how it fosters safe learning environments through community building and constructive conflict resolution. The findings from this quantitative study indicated that …

Judicial Discretion Is Advised: The Lack Of Discretionary Appointments Of Counsel For Children In Washington State Dependency Proceedings, Marisa Forthun

Washington Law Review Online

State agencies initiate dependency proceedings when a child is alleged, often due to parental neglect or abuse, to be a dependent of the state. The state must intervene “[w]hen parents do not comply with [Child Protective Services] requirements, or when the state believes the child is at too great a risk to remain at home even if parents were to comply with services.” Dependency proceedings usually take place in juvenile courts and involve the local state agency, the parents, and the child. After the government files a petition alleging circumstances of neglect or abuse, “[t]he court issues temporary orders regarding …

Current Status Of The Management Of Plant Protection Product Containers In Cho Moi District, An Giang Province, Vietnam, Trung Thanh Nguyen, Son Dai Hai Cao, Quynh Anh Nguyen Thi, Phuoc Toan Phan, Ngoc Thach Tran, Le Ba Tran, Tri Thich Le, Quoc Thao Tran, Nhat Huy Nguyen

NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)

Every year, thousands of tons of plant protection product (PPP) containers are indiscriminately discharged into the environment as toxic waste that has a negative impact on the land, water, and air environment as well as public health. This study surveyed the use of PPPs in rice cultivation, and the generation of hazardous waste (HW) when using pesticides, specifically pesticide packaging and containers in Long Kien and Long Dien B communes, Cho Moi district, An Giang province, Vietnam.  Data collection was conducted through direct interviews, mainly collecting personal information of farmers in the surveyed area, the current situation with regard to …

Middle School Teachers’ Perceptions Of The Influence Of High Stakes Testing On Instructional Practices And Student Learning And Engagement In Rural Southwest Virginia, Kelli Mooney

Ed.D. Dissertations

In this qualitative study, I examined teachers’ perceptions of the influence of high stakes testing on instructional practices and student learning and engagement in middle schools in rural Southwest Virginia. Fourteen middle school teachers from three middle schools completed questionnaires, and seven teachers submitted lesson plans as part of this study. I analyzed the data and determined teachers expressed negative perceptions of the effects of high stakes testing on student learning and engagement. Teachers also stated high stakes testing limited instructional practices used in classrooms. Teachers perceived current instructional practices were not conducive for active student learning and engagement; however, …

Effect Of Chronic Pain On Prospective Memory Performance, Alexander Joseph Kuka

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Chronic pain is among the most widespread and disabling conditions worldwide. In the United States, approximately 50 million people suffer from chronic pain, and nearly half that number experience daily chronic pain. Diagnostic testing, treatments, and operations related to chronic pain cost Americans over $600 billion annually. Prospective memory, the process by which people remember to perform an action in the future after a delay, appears to be affected by the experience of pain, especially when a prospective memory task is more cognitively demanding. While self-report studies of individuals with chronic pain suggest that pain adversely affects both their retrospective …

Tninvestco Annual Report 2021, Tennessee. Department Of Economic And Community Development

Annual Reports

The TNInvestCo annual report reflects figures reported by each TNInvestCo related to investment activity. The summary section reflects adjusted figures of the TNInvestCo program where the duplication of jobs and follow-on capital have been removed.

Environmental Monitoring Plan, July 1, 2020 Through June 30, 2021, Tennessee. Department Of Environment And Conservation.

Environmental Monitoring Plans

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), Division of Remediation, Oak Ridge (DoR-OR), submits the annual Fiscal Year 2021 (FY2021) Environmental Monitoring Plan (EMP) for the period of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. This report is submitted as a comprehensive plan for DoR-OR monitoring and assessment activities in FY2020 across the ORR in accordance with the terms of both the Environmental Surveillance and Oversight Agreement (ESOA), as well as in support of activities being conducted under the Federal Facilities Agreement (FFA).

Sensitray: An Integrated Measuring Device For Monitoring Children’S Mealtime Dietary Intake, Hunter S. Guru, Anthony D. Weng, Santosh Pitla, Dipti Dev

Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications

Childhood nutrition establishes consumption norms that affect an individual’s health over the course of their lives. However, early nutrition interventions to establish such norms are uncommon owing to the various inefficiencies associated with current methods of measuring childhood nutrition. Here, we present an IoT measuring device, called the SensiTray, which accurately tracks mealtime intake in a child-friendly and cost-effective fashion. Principal technologies underlying the SensiTray (including mass-sensing technologies, microcontrollers) are identified and analyzed, along with other design choices. Operation of the SensiTray is explained with special attention given to SensiTray software peripherals and algorithms. Preliminary testing consisted of static and …

Does Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy Violate Laws Against Human Cloning?, Kerry Lynn Macintosh

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

Preparation Of Glutathione Loaded Nanoemulsions And Testing Of Hepatoprotectiveactivity On Thle-2 Cells, Ozan Yeşi̇ltepe, Emi̇ne Güler Çeli̇k, Caner Geyi̇k, Zi̇nar Pinar Gümüş, Di̇lek Odaci Demi̇rkol, Hakan Coşkunol, Suna Ti̇mur

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

To improve bioavailability and stability of hydrophobic and hydrophilic compounds, nanoemulsions are good alternatives as delivery systems because of their nontoxic and nonirritant nature. Glutathione (GSH) suffers from low stability in water, where its encapsulation in nanoemulsions is a powerful strategy to its stability in aqueous systems. The aim of this study was to obtain nanoemulsions from the hydrophobic/hydrophilic contents of N. sativa seed oil so as to improve GSH stability along with bioavailability of N. sativa seed oil. Then, the prepared nanoemulsions were tested for in vitro hepatoprotective activity against ethanol toxicity. To the best of our knowledge, there …

Synthesis And Characterization Of Biodegradable Palm Palmitic Acid Based Bioplastic, Abd Al-Wali Japir, Nadia Salih, Jumat Salimon

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

This study involves the quantitative analysis of high free fatty acid crude palm oil, the separation of palmitic acid and synthesis of palm palmitic acid-based bioplastic. Synthesis of dimethyl 2-tetradecylmalonate (DMTDM) using methyl palmitate (MP) with sodium hydride (NaH) in the presence of reactive solvent of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) was carried out. The reaction conditions comprise at a mole ratio of MP: DMC: NaH: dimethylformamide (DMF) (0.1:2:0.25:1) at 60 °C for 14 h with 88.3 ± 1.4% yield. FTIR spectra of DMTDM showed the ester carbonyl group at 1740 cm-1. The polymerization of DMTDM with 1,6-hexandiol or 1,12-dodecandiol was carried …

3-Hydroxy-7,8,9,10-Tetrahydro-6h-Benzo[C]Chromen-6-One And 3-Hydroxy-6h-Benzo[C] Chromen-6-One Act As On-Off Selective Fluorescent Sensors For Iron (Iii) Under In Vitro And Ex Vivo Conditions, Karar Shukur, Amirhossein Fallah, Kerem Terali, Rasi̇me Kalkan, Mustafa Gazi, Hayretti̇n Ozan Gülcan

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Regarding the abundant use of metals for different purposes, it becomes more critical from various scientific and technologi¬cal perspectives to discover novel agents as selective probes for the detection of specific metals. In our previous studies, we have shown that aqueous solutions of natural urolithins (i.e., hydroxyl-substituted benzo[c]chromen-6-one derivatives) are selective Iron (III) sen¬sors in fluorescence assays. In this study, we have extrapolated these findings to another coumarine compound (i.e., 3-Hydroxy-7,8,9,10- tetrahydro-6H-benzo[c]chromen-6-one) and compared the selective metal binding properties with Urolithin B (i.e., 3-Hydroxy-6H-benzo[c]chromen-6-one). Following the synthesis and structure identification studies, the fluorometric studies pointed out that the lactam group …

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Turkish Journal of Chemistry

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Surface And Chemical Characteristics Of Platinum Modified Activated Carbon Electrodesand Their Electrochemical Performance, Tuğrul Yumak, Serap Yumak, Abdulkeri̇m Karabulut

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Platinum (Pt) loaded activated carbons (ACs) were synthesized by the thermal decomposition of platinum (II) acetylacetonate (Pt(acac)2) over chemically activated glucose-based biochar. The effect of Pt loading on surface area, pore characteristics, surface chemistry, chemical structure, and surface morphology were determined by various techniques. XPS studies proved the presence of metallic Pt0 on the AC surface. The graphitization degree of Pt loaded ACs were increased with the loaded Pt0 amount. The electrochemical performance of the Pt-loaded ACs (Pt@AC) was determined not only by the conventional three-electrode system but also by packaged supercapacitors in CR2032 casings. The capacitive performance of Pt@AC …

Volatile Constituents Of Three Thymus Sipyleus Boiss. Subspecies From Different Sites In Turkey, Hale Gamze Ağalar, Mi̇ne Kürkçüoğlu, Kemal Hüsnü Can Başer, Kenan Turgut

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

This study was designed to reveal the chemical diversity of some Thymus sipyleus subspecies growing wild in Turkey and to compare the volatile compound profiles by using micro(hydro)distillation technique. For this purpose, volatile compounds isolated by microdistillation from nine samples (three plant samples collected from different regions in Antalya) of Thymus sipyleus Boiss. subsp. sipyleus var. sipyleus, T. sipyleus Boiss. subsp. sipyleus var. davisianus Ronniger, and T. sipyleus Boiss. subsp. rosulans (Borbas) Jalas were analyzed by GC and GC-MS systems. 1,8-Cineole, p-cymene, α-terpineol and carvacrol were identified as major compounds in T. sipyleus subsp. sipyleus var. sipyleus samples. Geranial, neral, …

A General Multipatch Model Of Ebola Dynamics, Jorge Rebaza

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

A model for the transmission dynamics of Ebola virus in a multipatch network setting is studied. The model considers the contribution to the dynamics by people who are susceptible, infectious, isolated, deceased but still infectious and not yet buried, as well as the dynamics of the pathogen at interacting nodes or patches. Humans can move between patches carrying the disease to any patch in a region of n communities (patches). Both direct and indirect transmission are accounted for in this model. Matrix and graph-theoretic methods and some combinatorial identities are used to construct appropriate Lyapunov functions to establish global stability …

Transcriptome Profile Alterations With Carbon Nanotubes, Quantum Dots, And Silver Nanoparticles: A Review, Cullen Horstmann, Victoria Davenport, Min Zhang, Alyse Peters, Kyoungtae H. Kim

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology has revolutionized sequence-based research. In recent years, high-throughput sequencing has become the method of choice in studying the toxicity of chemical agents through observing and measuring changes in transcript levels. Engineered nanomaterial (ENM)-toxicity has become a major field of research and has adopted microarray and newer RNA-Seq methods. Recently, nanotechnology has become a promising tool in the diagnosis and treatment of several diseases in humans. However, due to their high stability, they are likely capable of remaining in the body and environment for long periods of time. Their mechanisms of toxicity and long-lasting effects on our …

Towards Automatic Detection And Quantification Of Mildew On Grape Leaf Disks, Razib Iqbal, Kyle Sargent, László G. Kovács

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

Downy and powdery mildews are the most serious diseases of the grapevine. A sustainable way to control these pathogens is the breeding and deployment of resistant grape cultivars. For breeding efforts to be effective, accurate quantification of the resistance phenotype is essential. In this paper, we present a computer-based image recognition, processing, and analysis technique for enhancing the detection and quantification of Plasmopara viticola and Erysiphe necator the causal agents of downy and powdery mildew, respectively. We propose a multi-step approach that utilizes background removal and Hue-Saturation-Value (HSV) masking as opposed to multi-faceted color channel breakdowns, photo texture evaluations, or …

Global Stability Analysis Of A General Model Of Zika Virus, K. Bessey, M. Mavis, Jorge Rebaza, J. Zhang

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

Mathematical models of Zika virus dynamics are relatively new, and they mostly focus on either vector and horizontal, or vector and vertical transmission only. In this work,we first revisit a recent model that considers vector and vertical transmission, and we provide an alternative proof on the global stability of the disease-free equilibrium point. Then, a new and general model is presented which includes vector, horizontal and vertical transmission. For this new model, existence of both a disease-free and an endemic equilibrium is studied. Using matrix and graph-theoretic methods, appropriate Lyapunov functions are constructed and results on the global stability properties …

Here And There, A Story Of Women’S Internationalism, 1948-1953, Elisabeth Armstrong

Study of Women, Gender, & Sexuality: Faculty Books

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Investigation Of Inflammation Related Gene Polymorphism Of The Mannose-Binding Lectin 2 In Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder, Hasan M. Aytac, Menekse S. Yazar, Ayse Erol, Sacide Pehlivan

Neurosciences

Objectives: To investigate the association between mannose-binding lectin 2 (MBL2) codon 54 polymorphism and clinical features of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia (SCZ) or bipolar disorder (BD). Methods: One hundred and eighteen patients with SCZ, 100 patients with BD, and 100 healthy volunteers were included in the case-control study. The patients consecutively admitted to the outpatient clinic in December 2017-May 2018 and were evaluated with some scales for clinical parameters. Polymerase chain reaction and RFLP were used to determine MBL2 polymorphism in DNA material. Results: The MBL2 gene polymorphism distributions in SCZ or BD patients were significantly different from the control …

Who Statement On Advancing The Next Series Of Studies To Find The Origins Of Sars-Cov-2

Neurosciences

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An Exploratory Analysis Of A Treatment Based Classification Algorithm To Treat Patellar Tendinopathy, Monica Matocha, Patti Syvertson, Janet Mcmurray, Emily R. Dietz, Russell T. Baker, Alan Nasypany, Don Reordan, Darcy Downey

Clinical Practice in Athletic Training

The general and athletic populations commonly experience patellar tendon pain, which is frequently treated with a gold standard 12-week eccentric exercise protocol. The present research study was designed to determine the effects of a treatment based classification (TBC) algorithm utilizing indirect treatment techniques in patellar tendinopathy participants. Ten participants (seven females, three males, mean age = 19.6 ± 1.07, mean symptom duration = 2.14 years with a range of one week to six years) with patellar tendinopathy were evaluated and included in this study. Each participant underwent a thorough evaluation process to aid in determining inclusion: participant medical history, range …

Academic Performance Of Children With Sickle Cell Disease In The United States: A Meta-Analysis, Andrew M Heitzer, Latacha Hamilton, Claire Stafford, Jeffrey Gossett, Lara Ouellette, Ana Trpchevska, Allison A King, Guolian Kang, Jane S Hankins

Library Staff Publications

Background: Students with sickle cell disease are at risk for poor academic performance due to the combined and/or interactive effects of environmental, psychosocial, and disease-specific factors. Poor academic performance has significant social and health consequences.

Objective: To study academic achievement and attainment in children with sickle cell disease in the United States.

Design: Medline, Embase, SCOPUS, CINAHL, ERIC, and PsycINFO were searched for peer-reviewed articles. Studies of children (ages 5–18) diagnosed with sickle cell disease of any genotype reporting academic achievement (standardized tests of reading, math, and spelling) or attainment (grade retention or special education) outcomes were included. Outcomes were …

The Application Of Adult Learning Theory For Staff Education In Dementia Care Excellence, Courtney Aherns

OTD DEx Reports - College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

"Dementia is considered a clinical syndrome that is characterized by a cognitive impairment that leads to a decrease in physical, functional abilities, and behavioral and psychiatric disturbances. There is currently no cure for dementia, only medications to subdue symptoms associated with the individual's specific type of dementia⁽¹⁾. Dementia can also be characterized as a progressive neurodegenerative brain disorder that can be caused by several conditions including, Alzheimer's disease (AD), Vascular dementia (VaD), Lewy body (DLB), Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD)⁽¹⁾."

Philippine Medicinal Plants With Potential Immunomodulatory And Anti-Sars-Cov-2 Activities, Fabian M. Dayrit, Armando M. Guidote Jr, Nina Gloriani, Sheriah Laine M. De Paz-Silava, Irene M. Villaseñor, Rene Angelo S. Macahig, Mario A. Tan, John Ross N. Chua, Isidro C. Sia

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to devastate the world’s health and economy, affecting all aspects of life leading to widespread social disruption. Even as several vaccines have been developed, their availability in developing countries is limited and their efficacy against the variants of SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome–coronavirus 2) needs to be continuously assessed. The World Health Organization (WHO) has acknowledged that vaccines alone will not overcome the global challenges of COVID-19. Medicinal plants may provide the needed support. Herein, we identify Philippine medicinal plants that possess phytochemicals with potential anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity and/or immunomodulatory properties that may strengthen one’s immune …

Exploring The Dynamics Of Small Pelagic Fish Catches In The Marmara Sea In Relation Tochanging Environmental And Bio-Optical Parameters, Eki̇n Akoğlu

Turkish Journal of Zoology

The Marmara Sea has a large drainage basin that includes cities with heavy industrialisation and agricultural land use. Therefore, it is under the influence of significant anthropogenic activities that adversely affect the well-being of its ecosystem. The Marmara Sea is also an important fishing ground with many commercially important fish species. These fish species are also under the influence of the adverse impacts of anthropogenic activities. Fisheries catches in the Marmara Sea had experienced severe fluctuations since the onset of the 2000s. In this study, possible underlying reasons for these fluctuations were investigated between 2000 and 2019 using remotelysensed environmental …

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Turkish Journal of Zoology

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