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A Simple Method For Estimating Alfalfa Fiber Content In The Field, Reuben M. Sulc, K. A. Albrecht, V. N. Owens

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Predictive equations for alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) quality (PEAQ) based on length of the longest stem and maturity stage of the most mature stem in a sample were developed and validated for estimating neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and acid detergent fiber (ADF) concentrations in alfalfa. The objective of this research was to validate PEAQ with a simplified maturity scale when estimating fiber content. Alfalfa samples varying in height and maturity were collected throughout the growing season from fields across six states in USA. Observed NDF and ADF values (determined via wet chemistry) were regressed on estimated values. The estimated …

Professional Caring In Affective Services; The Ambivalence Of Emotional Nurture In Practice, Niall Hanlon

Articles

Emotional nurturance is a fundamental feature of all forms of professional caring. As well as delivering expert social, health, education, practical or personal services, good caregivers possess an other-centred disposition, are emotionally intelligent and relationally skilled, and morally caring. Despite this, the value, role, and status of emotional nurturance in professional care is ambivalent. Drawing on feminist care theory, Hochchild’s emotional labour theory, and Bourdieusian social reproduction theory, as well as diverse empirical studies, this paper identifies how emotion is marginalised and misrecognised and calls for the reappraisal of emotion in professional care work in ways that appreciate tensions, contradictions, …

The Beacon, November 4, 2021, The Beacon Staff

The Beacon, 2021-2022

NW staff adoption journeys; Wellness Center provides student resources; The ginger strikes again with new album “=”; Dune: beyond what was always thought possible; Little Shop rocks out the Proscenium stage; Join the celebration led by the Symphonic Band; Education dept. welcomes Vasher; Student firefighter opportunity; The Christian case for geese; Northwestern top 10; Hot Takes: Which is better? Spotify, Apple Music, or Pandora? Why?; Men’s and women’s basketball season begins; Raiders football top Defenders in Sioux County match-up; Raiders volleyball in five set battle on senior day; Children’s illustrator visits campus; NW hosts Harvest Festival for family weekend

The Indiana Statesman, November 4, 2021, Indiana State University

Student Newspaper

Divisions among Democrats threaten immigration plan; Court may expand gun rights in public; Trouble for Holmes with second pilfered logo; Britney Spears claims mom “ruined my life” with conservatorship

Complete Genome Sequence Of The Pantoea Phage Ah07, Gregory P. Krukonis, Sam J. Roth, Veronique A. Delesalle

Biology Faculty Publications

Bacteriophages of the phyllosphere have not been extensively described, despite their role in bacterial communities on this plant organ. Here, we describe a temperate Pantoea phage, AH07, that was isolated from the leaves of horse chestnut trees. The 37,859-bp linear double-stranded DNA genome contains 58 putative genes, including an integration cassette.

Complete Genome Sequences Of Four Phages Of The Horse Chestnut Phyllosphere, Gregory P. Krukonis, Sam J. Roth, Veronique A. Delesalle

Biology Faculty Publications

Bacteriophages play important roles in determining bacterial communities, including plant microbiota. Here, we describe four lytic phages, three Siphoviridae and one Podoviridae, isolated from four different bacterial species found on the leaves of horse chestnut trees. Their double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) genomes range from 39,095 to 46,062 bp and contain 51 to 70 genes.

Parental Support And Monitoring As Associated With Adolescent Alcohol And Tobacco Use By Gender And Age, Rosalina Mills, Michael J. Mann, Megan L. Smith, Alfgeir L. Kristjansson

Public and Population Health Faculty Publications and Presentations

Background: Parental support (PS) and parental monitoring (PM) are known protective factors against adolescent substance use (SU). However, little is known about whether PS and PM may affect SU outcomes differently by gender and age. This study examined the relationship between PS and PM and adolescent SU, specifically alcohol and tobacco use, stratified by gender and age group.

Methods: Middle and high school students (n = 2351, 48.5% Female) completed surveys of self-reported SU, perceived PS and PM, and socioeconomic background. Age group was defined dichotomously as grade 7–8 Middle school and grade 9–10 High school students. PS and …

Genome Sequences Of Erwinia Phyllophages Ah04 And Ah06, Gregory P. Krukonis, Sam J. Roth, Veronique A. Delesalle

Biology Faculty Publications

Although crucial in shaping bacterial communities, few bacteriophages of the phyllosphere have been described. We provide genome data for two Myoviridae phages, AH04 and AH06, isolated on Erwinia billingiae strains. AH04 shares limited genetic similarity with previously described phages, while AH06 shares over 75% similarity with various Erwinia phages.

Human-Human Hand Interactions Aid Balance During Walking By Haptic Communication, Mengnan Wu, Luke Drnach, Sistania M. Bong, Yun Seong Song, Lena H. Ting

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Principles from human-human physical interaction may be necessary to design more intuitive and seamless robotic devices to aid human movement. Previous studies have shown that light touch can aid balance and that haptic communication can improve performance of physical tasks, but the effects of touch between two humans on walking balance has not been previously characterized. This study examines physical interaction between two persons when one person aids another in performing a beam-walking task. 12 pairs of healthy young adults held a force sensor with one hand while one person walked on a narrow balance beam (2 cm wide x …

Gender Differences In Urothelial Bladder Cancer: Effects Of Natural Killer Lymphocyte Immunity, Charles T. Lutz, Lydia Livas, Steven R. Presnell, Morgan Sexton, Peng Wang

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Faculty Publications

Men are more likely to develop cancer than women. In fact, male predominance is one of the most consistent cancer epidemiology findings. Additionally, men have a poorer prognosis and an increased risk of secondary malignancies compared to women. These differences have been investigated in order to better understand cancer and to better treat both men and women. In this review, we discuss factors that may cause this gender difference, focusing on urothelial bladder cancer (UBC) pathogenesis. We consider physiological factors that may cause higher male cancer rates, including differences in X chromosome gene expression. We discuss how androgens may promote …

Faculty Senate Chronicle November 4, 2021, Heather M. Loughney

The University of Akron Faculty Senate Chronicle

Minutes for the regular meeting of The University of Akron Faculty Senate on November 4, 2021

November 4, 2021, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Hawks' Herald -- Nov. 4, 2021, Roger Williams University

Hawk's Herald

No abstract provided.

Assessing The Role Of Photochemistry In Driving The Composition Of Dissolved Organic Matter In Glacier Runoff, Amy D. Holt, Anne M. Kellerman, Wenbo Li, Aron Stubbins, Sasha Wagner, Amy Mckenna, Jason B. Fellman, Eran Hood, Robert G. Spencer

Faculty, Staff, and Students

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in glacier runoff is aliphatic-rich, yet studies have proposed that DOM originates mainly from allochthonous, aromatic, and often aged material. Allochthonous organic matter (OM) is exposed to ultraviolet radiation both in atmospheric transport and post-deposition on the glacier surface. Thus, we evaluate photochemistry as a mechanism to account for the compositional disconnect between allochthonous OM sources and glacier runoff DOM composition. Six endmember OM sources (including soils and diesel particulate matter) were leached and photo-irradiated for 28 days in a solar simulator, until >90% of initial chromophoric DOM was removed. Ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry was used to …

Wmu Board Of Trustees Formal Session November 4, 2001, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

Acceptance of the Agenda – Chen-Zhang

Approval of the Minutes (September 17, 2021 Meeting) – Chen-Zhang

Remarks by the Chair – Chen-Zhang

Remarks by the President – Montgomery

Updates by the Faculty Senate President – Kritzman

Updates by the Western Student Association President – Morris

Updates by the Graduate Student Association Vice President – Braman

Transforming Relationships: The Power of Faculty and Student Engagament in Research – Bott

Public Comments Regarding Action Items – Schuemann

Action Items – Chen-Zhang

• Permanent Easement Request from the Road Commission of Kalamazoo County – Scarff
• Western Michigan University External Audit – Rinvelt

Consent Items …

Investigating Values In Discourse: Ideals And Social Plans, Luke Edward Hanst

Dissertations and Theses

Social scientists argue that values enable group coordination. I explore two theories of values before turning to evidence provided by Amanda Gorman's inaugural poem, "The Hill We Climb." First, the paradigm of Shalom Schwartz describes values as transsituational goals which enable groups to coordinate action and evaluate the world. I argue the Schwartz paradigm zooms out from values into categories while I need a means to zoom in to understand values in discourse. I turn to the Pragmatic Prospection paradigm to elaborate the cognitive ontology of goals and to understand the function of language. I argue that values are shared …

Research Sites Get Closer To Field Camps Over Time: Informing Environmental Management Through A Geospatial Analysis Of Science In The Mcmurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, Stephen M. Chignell, Madeline E. Myers, Adrian Howkins, Andrew Fountain

Geology Faculty Publications and Presentations

As in many parts of the world, the management of environmental science research in Antarctica relies on cost-benefit analysis of negative environmental impact versus positive scientific gain. Several studies have examined the environmental impact of Antarctic field camps, but very little work looks at how the placement of these camps influences scientific research. In this study, we integrate bibliometrics, geospatial analysis, and historical research to understand the relationship between field camp placement and scientific production in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of East Antarctica. Our analysis of the scientific corpus from 1907–2016 shows that, on average, research sites have become less …

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Preventing Substance Abuse Among Pregnant And Gestating Mothers In Texas State, Latosha Belton

Selected Social Change Portfolios in Prevention, Intervention, and Consultation

Nationally, substance use during pregnancy “…increased from 1.19 to 5.63 per 1,000 hospital births.” (SAMHSA, 2016) Infants born with substance withdrawal symptoms leading to a diagnosis of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) affect infant mortality rate (IMR) data. Statewide research shows that in 2015, Texas’ PHR 2/3’s IMR surpassed that of the state and national average. Gleeson, (2017) Further research documents the concentration of high IMR averages being located in communities at or below the poverty line representative of underrepresented, minority populations. Bishop, Borkowski, Couillard, et al., (2017) In efforts to reduce the amount of infants born with substance ab/use diagnoses …

Preventing Adolescent Suicide In Washington State, Kevin Mangat

Selected Social Change Portfolios in Prevention, Intervention, and Consultation

The population that I am addressing is the adolescent population within Washington State. The problem is that suicide rates for adolescents in Washington State have been increasing in the past decade. After doing research, some key findings are that our society and with Washington State, we focus more on acute care for mental illness than using preventative measures to help with mental illness. The recommendations are to find and implement resources through preventative measure that can help prevent adolescent suicide in Washington State.

An Examination Of Freshman Non-Nursing Students' Attitude Toward Nursing As A Career Choice For Males In The Southeastern United States, Tiffany Gordon Cox

Dissertations

The nursing shortage is predicted to continue into the year of 2030. Governmental and nongovernmental healthcare stakeholders have recognized a key factor in decreasing the shortage is to increase the recruitment and retention of males in nursing. The United States has a workforce comprising 3.5 million nurses. Yet, males represent only 9% of the working nurses in the United States. To decrease the nursing shortage, males must be a part of the equation. Male patients typically feel more comfortable discussing certain conditions, especially those related to sexual and reproductive health with other men than with women. Male nurses add to …

Machine Learning For Species Habitat Analysis, Abigail Lavallin

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Management and conservation initiatives will always be controlled by finite resources, whether financialor temporal. Understanding a species’ spatial ecology, and how its requirements vary across habitats and locations is key to a successful species management plan. During recent decades, it has been noted how many species populations have declined, despite conservation practices working to increase their numbers. The most prevalent impacts affecting fauna populations have come from anthropogenic change in the form of habitat loss and destruction, along with fragmentation, and global climate change. There is a clear need for management practices to now operate on an entire landscape instead …

The Forgotten Ocean: Why Cop26 Must Call For Vastly Greater Ambition And Urgency To Address Ocean Change, Dan Laffoley, John M. Baxter, Diva J. Amon, Joachim Claudet, Craig A. Downs, Sylvia A. Earle, Kristina M. Gjerde, Jm Hall‐Spencer, Heather J. Koldewey, Lisa A. Levin, Chris P. Reid, Callum M. Roberts, Rashid U. Sumaila, Michelle L. Taylor, Torsten Thiele, Lucy C. Woodall

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Insights Into Abscisic Acid And Phosphatidic Acid Signal Transduction Dynamics In Arabidopsis Thaliana, Ruth Wanjiru Ndathe

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Abscisic acid (ABA) is a plant hormone that triggers a signaling transduction in response to drought, salinity, and cold. The core components in the ABA signaling pathway that lead to downstream ABA responses have been identified.

Phosphatidic acid (PA) is a membrane phospholipid that is involved in the signaling pathway for ABA-induced stomatal closure. We tested whether PA is involved in the signaling pathway for ABA-induced gene expression as well, using model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. We selected the RD29A gene which is a canonical drought gene that is induced by ABA. We found that PA is not involved in …

A Decade Of Change In The Maine Woods: An Appalachian Mountain Club Ecologist Considers The Progress, David Publicover

Appalachia

The Appalachian Mountain Club's Maine Woods Initiative has led to various protections of wilderness land and scientific research projects there since it began in 2004.

Harriet E. Freeman, White Mountain Conservationist: A Secret Romance Obscured Her Legacy, Sara Day

Appalachia

A researcher and writer unearths the secret affair between the married minister Edward Everett Hale (after whom Mount Hale in the White Mountains is named) and a Boston conservationist who fell in love with him.

Distance: How Far Have You Come?, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

During dinner at Mizpah Spring Hut in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, three Appalachian Trail thru-hikers arrive, silent and dripping.

A Bear Ponders My Edibility: The Too-Old-And-Stringy Hypothesis, Richard Leblond

Appalachia

On the shore of a remote Labrador pond, a biologist encounters a hungry black bear.

Appalachia Winter/Spring 2016: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Winter/Spring 2016 - Volume LXVII, Number 1 - Issue #241. Commitment: One Time, Many Times, Over a Lifetime

An Investigation Of Gene Regulatory Network State Space Variability, Sara Liesman, Olcay Akman, Daniel Hrozencik

Spora: A Journal of Biomathematics

Genes are segments of DNA that provide a blueprint for cells and organisms to effectively control processes and regulations within individuals. There have been many attempts to quantify these processes, as a greater understanding of how genes operate could have large impacts on both personalized and precision medicine. Current biological methods cannot easily reveal the details of gene interactions. Therefore, we use gene expression data to infer networks of interactions, which are called gene regulatory networks or GRNs. These methods are designed to bypass the need for large amounts of data and extensive knowledge about a network. In this work, …