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Spinning Beulah’S Bun, Steve Eskew

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

In The Bald Soprano, the avant-garde French playwright, Eugène Ionesco, took a satirical look at the “disgusting defects of the English language.” Oh, bloody bad idea.

The Heart Of The Matter, Jerry Zezima

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Love means never having to say you’re sorry for not doing the laundry.

Moderate Prenatal Ethanol Exposure, Sex, And Housing Modify Spatial Navigation Behavior And Hippocampal Cell Firing In Adult Rodents, Christy Magcalas

Psychology ETDs

Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) is associated with structural and physiological changes that impact the central nervous system and can result in persistent negative consequences in a broad spectrum of cognitive and behavioral domains including deficits in spatial learning and memory and behavioral flexibility. The current study focuses on examining the behavioral and mechanistic consequences of PAE, sex and housing. Rats were tested in the Morris Water Task where they were trained to navigate to a goal location and tested in a pool shift manipulation. There were no significant differences between PAE treatment, sex, or housing groups during training, but there …

Origins Of Heavy Metals, Brooks Payette

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Spirituality Countering Dehumanization: A Cypher On Asian American Hip Hop Flow, Brett J. Esaki

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

Flow—an artistic connection to the beat—is essential to the experience and cultural mix of Hip Hop. “Flow” is also a term from positive psychology that describes a special out-of-body state of consciousness, first articulated by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. When Hip Hop performers get into artistic flow, they sometimes become immersed in psychological flow, and this article examines the combination for Asian American Hip Hop. Based on my national survey of Asian Americans in Hip Hop, I argue that dual flow inspires spiritual transformation and mitigates the dehumanization of social marginalization. However, the combination of terms presents problematic possibilities, given that Hip …

Building The Path To Early Alzheimer's Prediction Using Machine Learning, Kincaid Rowbotham, Ling Li, Xusheng Wang

Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Showcase

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia and one of the most prominent challenges of precision healthcare is early identification of AD. To combat this latency in diagnosis, integration of machine learning has been exercised for more cost efficient and powerful diagnostic tools. Specifically, we have developed a workflow for identifying AD within a given sample. Utilizing cerebral cortex proteomic data as a baseline, we were able to test two different forms of feature selection and 6 different machine learning methods. The best performing of these combinations was using a Support Vector Machine (SVM) method with features …

Juvenile Alewife (Alosa Pseudoharengus) Feeding Habits, Movement And Residency In A Northern Temperate Estuary, Amy E. Webb

All Student Scholarship

River herring is a term applied collectively to both alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus, and blueback herring, A. aestivalis, anadromous fish that spend most of their life in the ocean and migrate upriver to freshwater to spawn each spring (NEFSC 2006). Juveniles spend their first summer in freshwater and are thought to migrate to the ocean in fall, where they remain until they are sexually mature and ready to spawn (three to five years; ASMFC 2012).

Lwd Belize: A Case Study For A Rapid Growth Community During The Terminal Classic Period In The Maya Lowlands, Rafael Alfredo Guerra

Anthropology ETDs

This dissertation examines the rise of Lower Dover (LWD) a Late Classic Polity in the middle Belize River Valley (BRV)in the Central Maya Lowlands, Belize. LWD was advantageously situated at the confluence of three important waters ways in the middle BRV to control riverine trade from the coast to the interior Maya heartland. Most large Maya centers developed over many centuries from Preclassic (ca. 400 BC) farming villages to polity capitals. LWD emerged in the Late Classic (ca. 600 AD) as many polities in the BRV were in decline. LWD was rapidly built by local elites and filled a power …

Recognizing The Unique Needs Of Women With Varied Pregnancy Loss Histories, Shalini Venkat

Honors Program Theses and Research Projects

Infertility is associated with psychological distress; women who experience miscarriage and recurrent miscarriage experience additional grief and trauma. Unfortunately, available psychological interventions for infertility are of limited efficacy; a new intervention is therefore needed. However, little is known about the psychotherapy preferences of women with infertility, and particularly whether miscarriage history is associated with treatment preferences. Thus, the current study evaluated the psychotherapy preferences of women with infertility as a function of miscarriage history. 410 North American women were recruited to complete an online survey assessing their quality of life, depressive symptoms, anxiety, and preferences of 14 psychotherapy techniques endorsed …

Mayor Randall Woodfin Helps Launch Reading Program At Uab And Children's Of Alabama, Hannah Echols

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Public Relations Capstone Class Concludes With A Campaign Competition, Making A Mark On Birmingham Community, Staff

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Emergence: Documents In Crisis, Wayne De Fremery

Barowsky School of Business | Faculty Scholarship

This essay suggests the etymologies of emergence, emergency, and crisis create a useful framework for theorizing documents. Indeed, the overlapping semantic associations of the words allow for the idea that documents emerge in crisis. The semantic overlap also allows a means for theorizing how documents descend into crisis. Theorizing documents in crisis, the essay argues, usefully complements documentalist theories of documentary representation suggested by thinkers like Paul Otlet and Suzanne Briet, as well newer conceptualizations of documentality as conceived by Michael Buckland and Maurizio Ferraris and documentarity as described by Ronald Day.

Il-4i1 Regulation Of Immune Protection During Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection., Lerato Hlaka, Mumin Ozturk, Julius E Chia, Shelby-Sara Jones, Shandre Pillay, Sibongiseni K L Poswayo, Thabo Mpotje, Justin K Nono, Simphiwe R N Simelane, Suraj P Parihar, Sugata Roy, Harukazu Suzuki, Frank Brombacher, Reto Guler

Faculty Research 2021

BACKGROUND: Interleukin 4 (IL-4i1)-induced gene 1 encodes L-phenylalanine oxidase that catabolizes phenylalanine into phenylpyruvate. IL-4i1 is mainly expressed by antigen-presenting cells (APCs), inhibits T-cell proliferation, regulates B-cell activation, modulates T cell responses, and drives macrophage polarization, but its role in bacterial infections is understudied.

METHODS: We evaluated IL-4i1 deletion in macrophages and mice on infection with virulent H37Rv and W-Beijing lineage hypervirulent HN878 Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) strains. The bacterial growth and proinflammatory responses were measured in vitro and in vivo. Histopathological analysis, lung immune cell recruitment, and macrophage activation were assessed at the early and chronic stages of Mtb infection. …

Hearing Before The United States Senate Committee On The Judiciary, Subcommittee On Competition Policy, Antitrust, And Consumer Rights: The Impact Of Consolidation And Monopoly Power On American Innovation, Roger P. Alford

Congressional Testimony

Originally published by the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

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2021-December-15-Bucky's Food Pantry Receives Nearly Donations During Coat Drive, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Bucky's Food Pantry Coat Drive Volunteers

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Dec. 15, 2021)  – East Tennessee State University non-profit Bucky’s Food Pantry received 1,394 donations for their winter coat drive after collaborating with organizers of the 4th Annual Miss Christmas Queen 2021 pageant. The event was held Saturday, Nov. 27 in Kingsport, Tennessee at the Renaissance Art Center. It was hosted by Wonder Images & Pageants.  

“Every year, we have a different community service drive at our pageant,” said Whitney Allen Carr, director of Wonder …

2021-December-15-Bucky's Food Pantry Receives Nearly Donations During Coat Drive, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Bucky's Food Pantry Coat Drive Volunteers

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Dec. 15, 2021)  – East Tennessee State University non-profit Bucky’s Food Pantry received 1,394 donations for their winter coat drive after collaborating with organizers of the 4th Annual Miss Christmas Queen 2021 pageant. The event was held Saturday, Nov. 27 in Kingsport, Tennessee at the Renaissance Art Center. It was hosted by Wonder Images & Pageants.  

“Every year, we have a different community service drive at our pageant,” said Whitney Allen Carr, director of Wonder …

Deep Learning Approach To Improved Image Quality For Medical Diagnostics, Olivia Loesch, Katie Leyba, Halyley Chan, Craig Goergen

Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship

The United Nation’s health-related Sustainable Development Goals are difficult to achieve in low- and middle-income countries due to workforce shortages and inadequate health surveillance systems. However, with the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and computer algorithms, it is possible to apply AI to healthcare technologies to improve progress towards these UN standards. This project aims at using and improving computer algorithms and deep learning to aid in the extraction of important structural and functional information from murine carotid artery ultrasound and photoacoustic images. First, we created a large database of simulated photoacoustic images to optimize the algorithms. These images were …

Persistent Polypharmacy And Fall Injury Risk: The Health, Aging And Body Composition Study, Lingshu Xue, Robert M. Boudreau, Julie M. Donohue, Janice C. Zgibor, Zachary A. Marcum, Tina Costacou, Anne B. Newman, Teresa M. Waters, Elsa S. Strotmeyer

Health Management and Policy Faculty Publications

Background

Older adults receive treatment for fall injuries in both inpatient and outpatient settings. The effect of persistent polypharmacy (i.e. using multiple medications over a long period) on fall injuries is understudied, particularly for outpatient injuries. We examined the association between persistent polypharmacy and treated fall injury risk from inpatient and outpatient settings in community-dwelling older adults.

Methods

The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study included 1764 community-dwelling adults (age 73.6 ± 2.9 years; 52% women; 38% black) with Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) claims at or within 6 months after 1998/99 clinic visit. Incident fall injuries (N = 545 in …

Exploring Differences Of Age And Gender On Perceived Experience Of Active Participation Cybersecurity Learning, James Lakko

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Many organizations including the United States government have identified a shortage of cybersecurity professionals in the workforce. This thesis explores the effectiveness of escape room/simulation based learning in an active participation and immersive education to motivate pursuing cybersecurity. A survey was administered to the participants of the 2021 BYU Cybersecurity Camp regarding their experience in the Interactive Cybersecurity Experience (ICE). The ICE is a simulator/escape room that challenges participants to complete a Star Trek themed mission by overcoming cybersecurity obstacles. The three demographics that were surveyed included a camp for educators, a camp for boys, and a camp for girls. …

Uni Scholarworks Readership Snapshot, December 2021, Bepress

Library Documents & Reports (entire collection)

No abstract provided.

Measuring Science Teachers' Emotional Experiences With Evolution Using Real World Scenarios, William Lee Romine, Rutuja Mahajan, Amber Todd

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Low acceptance of evolution remains an obstacle to quality biology instruction. We develop and utilize a novel assessment which measures emotional experience in light of real-world evolution education scenarios. We presented 296 science teachers 4 pro-evolution and 8 anti-evolution scenarios and asked them to rate their levels of joy, anger, sadness, fear, disgust, shame, and guilt elicited by that scenario on an ordinal 5-point scale. We used exploratory factor analysis to extract the most important dimensions in the teachers’ responses, Rasch analysis to explore the validity of the extracted subscales, and stepwise regression to find the most important factors driving …

Traffic Crash Prediction Using Machine Learning Models, Yifeng Chen

Dissertations and Theses

Traffic crashes account for most of casualties and injuries worldwide, and there has been growing concerns and studies regarding the contributing factors of traffic crashes. There are many factors causing or related to an occurrence of traffic crash, e.g., land use, traffic flow conditions, driver behavior and weather condition. This paper studied the spatial and temporal distribution of crashes on highway and developed real-time prediction models for crash occurrence. Traffic flow data, weather data, and crash data from multiple data sources were collected and processed to develop the model. Multiple machine learning models, such as SVM model and Decision Tree …

Queerificando A Cristo: Manifestando La Gloriosa PasióN
 Y Promiscuidad Amorosa De La EncarnacióN, Lisa Isherwood

Conexión Queer: Revista Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Teologías Queer

This article looks at the trajectory of queer theologies, especially highlighting the challenges and opportunities they offer to the Christian tradition. It examines the way in which a queer eye on doctrine and church history yields different perspectives. These benefit the LGBTIQ+ community and the whole Christian community through deepening and broadening our understanding of the incarnate divine. While acknowledging the existence of a fluid rupturing core in Christianity —a queerness that begs for its embracing— the analysis concludes that Incarnation and queer theory are splendid passionate and risk compelling companions towards the deconstruction of Christ.

Viajes Sagrados: Una Lectura Desde Las TeologíAs Queer
 De La PelíCula Santitos
 De Alejandro Springall, Hugo Córdova Quero

Conexión Queer: Revista Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Teologías Queer

This article analyzes immigrants’ genderized and sexualized experiences intermingling with theological discourses by exploring the film Santitos [little saints]. Queer theory and queer/indecent theologies provide theoretical tools to interrogate those experiences in the movie. The analysis explores how religious institutions have traditionally denied the intersectionality of gender/sexuality and religion/theology that bind up the everyday lives of the faithful. Thus, it explores alternatives to view those issues from a perspective that could still be considered «Christian.» Furthermore, it contributes to a perspective that could enforce and promote the spiritual growth of the faithful amidst situations of migration and sexual work.

Fasting From Jeans, For A Cause, Joya Breems

Student Work

"A dress is a conversation starter, and conversations are the foundation of social change."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the message behind Dressember from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/fasting-from-jeans-for-a-cause/

Understanding Proximity Mobile Payments Adoption In South Africa: A Perceived Risk Perspective, Charlene Eksteen, Michael Humbani

Journal of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour in Emerging Markets

Although existing literature claims that consumers are ready for proximity mobile payments, the reality is that adoption is still low in South Africa. Service providers’ attempts to translate this potential into profi t is hindered by consumers’ perception of risks associated with proximity mobile payments. The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceived risk dimensions as possible inhibitors of proximity mobile payment adoption, as well as to investigate the role of gender diff erences, drawing from the perceived risk and push-pull theories. Using a convenience sample, data was collected from South African smartphone users, from whom 284 valid …

“Deployment Of Data Analytics To Support Manufacturing At Janssen”, Patrick T. O'Sullivan, Marcus O'Mahony

Level 3

This paper describes two key areas of value that data analytics supported for Janssen: yield optimisation and Tech. Transfer. By focusing on two key business areas the definition of success and scope was clearly understood by all stakeholders from key business leaders to shopfloor operators. Thus, the value of data analytics was apparent. The paper discusses key pitfalls to avoid and identifies two key investments for success.

“Connecting The Dots To A Digital Future, Transitioning From Data To Informed Decisions”, Marcus O'Mahony, Anne Greene

Level 3

No abstract provided.

“Holistic Risk-Based Site Surveillance – A Data-Based Approach To Site Quality Risk Identification And Assessment In The Pharmaceutical Industry”, Matteo Bernasconi, Thomas Friedli, Nuala Calnan (Editor)

Level 3

Effective quality risk management is fundamental in guaranteeing the development and manufacture of high-quality drugs, reducing drug shortages, and avoiding harm to patients’ health. The ability to accurately assess the actual risk environment, predict potential product quality or supply disruption issues and act to eliminate, prevent, reduce or mitigate them is key to improvements in quality management maturity. This paper illustrates a just-launched research project aimed at developing a comprehensive framework for how to assess and predict risks by leveraging a range of diverse factors.

Eliminating Paper-Based Processes During Manufacturing With A Fit-For-Purpose Digital Tool, Andrius Ramanauskas

Level 3

Digital transformation has been a growing priority in the Life Sciences industry, and with Covid it never has been more necessary. This paper presents a technical solution which eliminates paper-based processes during manufacturing with a fit-for-purpose digital tool.