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09. Environmental Science, Northeastern State University

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

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10. Forensic Science, Northeastern State University

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

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12. Kinesiology, Northeastern State University

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

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Designer Genes, Designer Drugs And Resources Designing “The New Biology”: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Fred Stoss

Upstate New York Science Librarians Conference

A seven-foot 1950s-style model of DNA hangs in my office, as a reminder of what we then knew about “The Molecule of Life.” We today marvel at how far we have come in our understanding of that molecule, its impact on the study of biology, and the new discoveries in “The New Biology” of the Post-Genomic Era. What resources, services, publications and training is required of science librarians to assist students, faculties, and staff. What are today’s driving forces directing “The Newest Biology?”

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Isolation Of Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells For Fabrication Of Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts: Evaluation Of Two Methods, Paul S. Bagi

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Objective: Tissue engineered vascular grafts (TEVGs) are useful in the surgical treatment of congenital heart defects. The development of TEVGs requires seeding of scaffolds composed of biodegradable polymers with bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells (BM-MNCs). The most common method used to isolate BM-MNCs involves density centrifugation in Ficoll. This process requires an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) class 7 clean room, is labor intensive, time intensive, and susceptible to operator variability. A recently developed filtration-based method for BM-MNC isolation uses a closed, sterile, and disposable system that removes the need for a clean room, decreases processing time, and is operator-independent. This …

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The Importance Of Context: An Exploration Of Factors Influencing The Adoption Of Student-Centered Teaching Among Chemistry, Biology, And Physics Faculty, Travis J. Lund, Marilyne Stains

Department of Chemistry: Faculty Publications

Background: Research at the secondary and postsecondary levels has clearly demonstrated the critical role that individual and contextual characteristics play in instructors’ decision to adopt educational innovations. Although recent research has shed light on factors influencing the teaching practices of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty, it is still not well understood how unique departmental environments impact faculty adoption of evidence-based instructional practices (EBIPs) within the context of a single institution. In this study, we sought to characterize the communication channels utilized by STEM faculty, as well as the contextual and individual factors that influence the teaching practices …

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Lifelines Winter 2015, Southern Adventist University

Lifelines - Biology Department Newsletter

The Winter 2015 issue of Lifelines features articles on student research at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, student missions to Peru over spring break, an alumni spotlight, and a pictorial directory of the 2015 biology and allied health graduates.

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Ecosystem-Scale Rainfall Manipulation In A Piñon-Juniper Forest At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico: Meteorological Data (2006-2013), William Pockman, Nathan Mcdowell

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Climate models predict that water limited regions around the world will become drier and warmer in the near future, including southwestern North America. We developed a large-scale experimental system that allows testing of the ecosystem impacts of precipitation changes. Four treatments were applied to 1600 m2 plots (40 m × 40 m), each with three replicates in a piñon pine (Pinus edulis) and juniper (Juniper monosperma) ecosystem. These species have extensive root systems, requiring large-scale manipulation to effectively alter soil water availability. Treatments consisted of: 1) irrigation plots that receive supplemental water additions, 2) drought plots that receive 55% of …

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Coloring In Nature’S Lines: An Exploration Of Color Mechanisms And Color-Related Applications Of Photonic Crystals, Stephanie A. Tonnesen

Theses & ETDs

Photonic crystals are periodic structures with the ability to direct the flow of light. In the realm of photonics, materials science has progressed exponentially over the past few decades, and shows no signs of slowing. This progress is due to increased interest in biomimicry, and the development of improved nano-machinery capable of fabricating biomimetic structures. This thesis first presents an overview of color mechanisms in nature and continues to an introduction of photonic crystals. Examples of natural photonic crystals are provided alongside the artificial products which they inspired. The steady rise of photonic crystal development in color science has profound …

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The Effect Of Sleep Deprivation On Memory, Brianna M. Brockell

Theses & ETDs

Sleep has always been known to be important to activities of daily function. It is also vital to maintain health and preserve cognition. Sleep serves to conserve energy, remove waste from the brain, aid in restoration processes, and benefit memory and cognition. Therefore, sleep deprivation is harmful to an individual, as well as society, since a sleep-deprived person would not function at an optimal level and pose a danger to others while driving, working, or performing other activities. Sleep benefits all aspects of memory, especially long-term memory. Slow-wave sleep has been shown to benefit implicit memory, and REM sleep affects …

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Patterns Of Dysfunction In Major Depressive Disorder, Demi Brown

Theses & ETDs

Major depressive disorder is often characterized by disrupted cognitive control, a psychological symptom which can be traced to metabolic dysfunction in specific brain regions. Such biological disturbances come in the form of increased and decreased metabolism in regions which exhibit anticorrelated activity. These alterations are often seen in conjunction with regional volumetric reductions, which may be a result of neuronal and glial degradation. This thesis provides a review of the current research in each of these areas, offering a glimpse at the patterns of metabolic and volumetric dysfunction seen in major depressive disorder, as well as an array of probable …

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Sensory Modality In Horticultural Therapy: A Study On Resting Heart Rate And Blood Pressure In Six Therapeutic Gardens, Michael J. Flowers

Theses & ETDs

This in-depth physiological study (N = 30) of the people-plant interaction aims to answer some questions and ask many more about the role that various stimuli play in horticultural therapy. Two butterfly gardens, two herb gardens and two water gardens were used in this study to investigate the proposed role of different sensory modalities. The butterfly gardens emphasize visual stimuli, while the herb gardens emphasize olfactory and mechanoreceptive stimuli and the water gardens emphasize auditory stimuli. A wooded area was used as a negative control, although it was found to have similar effects to the experimental gardens in some cases. …

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Raising Texas State Biology Exam Achievement Scores For Students With Disabilities, Nancy Kay Larkin

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The No Child Left Behind Act changed the way educators taught students with disabilities (SWD), as this population has now become part of all districts' annual yearly progress. The problem this qualitative study addressed was that many biology teachers in a Texas suburban district were not effectively implementing evidence-based strategies for SWD. The study's conceptual foundation was based on Vygotsky's cognitive development theory that students achieve at higher levels when working in their zone of proximal development with support from peers or adults. The guiding question was intended to determine what strategies biology teachers were using to provide this support …

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Effects Of Cobalt On Dna Double Strand Break Repair-Deficient Cells, Sean Raph Ms

All Student Scholarship

Epidemiology studies of human workers exposed to particulate cobalt have found increased incidence of lung cancer. A hallmark of lung cancer, chromosome instability(CIN) manifests as either numerical or structural abnormalities, which are thought to result from unrepaired or miss-repaired DNA double strand breaks, homologous recombination (HR) and non homologous end joining (NHEJ). Previous studies have shown that HR protects cells against metal induced CIN while NHEJ does not. We investigated whether this outcome occurs for cobalt.

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Integration Of Biosensors Based On Microfluidic: A Review, A.T. Yousefi, Samira Bagheri, Nahrizul Adib Kadri

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

Purpose - Biotechnology is closely associated to microfluidics. During the last decade, designs of microfluidic devices such as geometries and scales have been modified and improved according to the applications for better performance. Numerous sensor technologies existing in the industry has potential use for clinical applications. Fabrication techniques of microfluidics initially rooted from the electromechanical systems (EMS) technology. Design/methodology/approach - In this review, we emphasized on the most available manufacture approaches to fabricate microchannels, their applications and the properties which make them unique components in biological studies. Findings - Major fundamental and technological advances demonstrate the enhancing of capabilities and …

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Evolution, Systematics & Geographic Parthenogenesis Of Ilyodromus (Crustacea, Ostracoda), Rylan James Shearn

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Most multicellular organisms reproduce sexually at some point in their life cycle. This is paradoxical because being asexual is theoretically far more advantageous. Asexual organisms do not need to find and court new mates, they reproduce at a faster rate, and with no males, all members of the population contribute toward population growth rate. With over 20, often mutually exclusive hypotheses, this paradox resists a synthesised explanation, and continues to represent one of the largest gaps in our understanding of fundamental evolutionary theory. Clearly, more real world studies are required that document the selective mechanisms underlying differences in evolutionary fitness …

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Evaluating Targeted And Immunomodulatory Therapies For Melanoma In A Genetically Engineered Mouse Melanoma Model, Billy Lockhart

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Melanoma therapy has changed rapidly due to the emergence of new therapies: MAPK-pathway targeted drugs and immunomodulatory agents. Given the relative success of these new individual drugs, this work set out to evaluate and develop effective melanoma treatments using combination therapies in a preclinical mouse melanoma models. Therapies tested include BRAF kinase inhibition in combination with: immune checkpoint inhibitors anti-CTLA4, anti-PDL1, and with the topical TLR7/8 agonist imiquimod. Drugs efficacies were tested in established melanomas in a conditional inducible mouse melanoma model based on activation of Braf and beta catenin and loss of Pten.  BRAF inhibition in combination with anti-CTLA-4/anti-PD-L1 …

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Hannah Huddle: Visually Comparing Art And Science, Mark Hardison

AUCTUS: The Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship

Hannah Huddle, a junior at VCU majoring in communications arts with a concentration in scientific illustration, has been working on a research project with VCU biology professor Dr. Lesley Bulluck, and a group of six students, researching the Prothonotary Warbler. Unlike most researchers, Huddle is both studying the biology of the bird and making illustrations of the bird and the research involving the Warbler.

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Mechanisms Of Satiation In The Nudibranch Melibe Leonina, Colin Lee

Master's Theses and Capstones

In recent years, scientists have begun to study satiation as a means of understanding changes in motivational state. Satiated animals not only show a reduction in feeding behaviors, but also in locomotion, and even show changes in their responses to various stimuli. Therefore, satiation is a qualitative change in the behavioral state of an animal. Although the behavioral characteristics of satiation are well understood, as are the changes in hormone release following a meal, the neural correlates of satiation are less understood. In particular, few studies have attempted to determine how satiating signals reconfigure feeding neural networks. To begin to …

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Full Issue: Volume 8, Number 2

The Science Journal of the Lander College of Arts and Sciences

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Full Issue: Volume 9, Number 1

The Science Journal of the Lander College of Arts and Sciences

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Effects Of Substrate Material On Marine Fouling Community Composition And Ascidian Larval Settlement, Anna Lindsey Chase

Master's Theses and Capstones

Driven by the rising global population and shoreline development, man-made marine structures are becoming ubiquitous in coastal areas. These alterations may have enormous ecological consequences, as anthropogenic structures provide novel habitat for marine organisms and often host communities that differ from those on natural substrates. These community differences are frequently driven by non-native species, which can be more prevalent on man-made marine structures than on adjacent natural surfaces. Although multiple factors, including light intensity, surface orientation, predation exposure, and habitat type, are known to contribute to these patterns, relatively few studies have directly examined the influence of substrate material on …

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The Effects Of Temperature On Cyp19a1a, Foxl2, Dmrt1 And Amh Expression During Sex Differentiation In Summer Flounder (Paralichthys Dentatus), Catherine Curro Caruso

Master's Theses and Capstones

Female summer flounder grow considerably faster and larger than males, and a tremendous increase in performance can therefore be realized through production of monosex female populations. Rearing temperature has been shown to affect sex differentiation in other teleost species by influencing expression of genes encoding transcription factors, hormones or enzymes involved in endocrine function such as cyp19a1a, foxl2, dmrt1 and amh. These genes have been linked to female (cyp19a1a, foxl2) or male (dmrt1, amh) development, and exhibit sexually dimorphic expression in some species. In the present study, summer flounder (37 days post hatch; DPH) were raised at 13°C, 16°C or …

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Antisense Regulation And Tissue-Specific Roles Of Peg3 In Lactation And Maternal Care, Wesley D. Frey

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Genomic imprinting is characterized by the restrictive expression of a gene from one of the two inherited parental alleles. Many of these genes have been implicated in neonatal growth and mammalian reproduction. The two studies discussed in this dissertation focus on the tissue-specific contributions of Paternally Expressed Gene 3 (Peg3) on lactation and maternal care as well as the regulation of this gene through an antisense RNA (APeg3). In the first study, a conditional knockout allele has been developed to further characterize these known functions of Peg3 in a tissue-specific manner. The mutant line was first crossed with germline Cre, …

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Dividing Nature By The Joints, Chad Wiener

Philosophy Faculty Publications

Most scholars of Aristotle’s biology have accepted the view of D. M. Balme and Pierre Pellegrin that the History of Animals is devoid of any systematic classification of animals. I challenge this reading. I show that Aristotle can produce a taxonomy of animals kinds that are found in the essences of atomic species, or, to borrow from Plato, divide nature by the joints. I start from Aristotle’s positive views of division stated in APo. II.13–14 and how they imply a taxonomic order of a genus. I then develop my interpretation of how Aristotle can divide nature by the joints in …

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Biology: Inquiry-Based Learning Assignment, Richa Gupta

Open Educational Resources

Students perform a literature review on a biology topic, choose 2-3 papers published in scientific journals to discuss in their assignment, provide a final opinion on the topic, and some voluntarily present on their selected topic.

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Introduction To Neuroscience, Charles Keller

Open Educational Resources

Working with a partner from the class, students will choose a topic of interest relevant to the field of neuroscience, explore the relevant literature, write a 5-7 page paper on the topic, and present the results of their research to the class in the form of a 5-10 minute oral presentation.

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Human Anatomy And Physiology I (Laboratory), Cecilia Ortiz

Open Educational Resources

Students will be able to understand and do the following: describe the mechanism by which osmosis and different types of diffusion occur and compare and contrast the effects of hypertonic, isotonic and hypotonic conditions on cells.

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Human Anatomy And Physiology Ii, Jhonny Ordonez

Open Educational Resources

Students will learn and understand the importance of reflexes in human body, understand how the nerve impulse travels through the nerves and how to test a reflex.

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Childhood Incidence Rates For Lymphoma In California: Rural Versus Urban County Comparison, Natalie Edelman

Whittier Scholars Program

Cancer use to be more rare in children, but now we are dealing with an increased rate for Childhood Cancer in the United States. Adults and children are both at risk for these potentially deadly diseases. The problem with cancer is that there is still so much about this disease that is unknown. There are many different speculations as to how cancer enters the body and things that can trigger cancer. The environment in which a child is raised in has long since been questioned as being a link or cause for specific childhood cancers. To understand this potential link …

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Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network

09. Environmental Science, Northeastern State University

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

10. Forensic Science, Northeastern State University

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

12. Kinesiology, Northeastern State University

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

Designer Genes, Designer Drugs And Resources Designing “The New Biology”: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Fred Stoss

Upstate New York Science Librarians Conference

Isolation Of Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells For Fabrication Of Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts: Evaluation Of Two Methods, Paul S. Bagi

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

The Importance Of Context: An Exploration Of Factors Influencing The Adoption Of Student-Centered Teaching Among Chemistry, Biology, And Physics Faculty, Travis J. Lund, Marilyne Stains

Department of Chemistry: Faculty Publications

Lifelines Winter 2015, Southern Adventist University

Lifelines - Biology Department Newsletter

Ecosystem-Scale Rainfall Manipulation In A Piñon-Juniper Forest At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico: Meteorological Data (2006-2013), William Pockman, Nathan Mcdowell

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Coloring In Nature’S Lines: An Exploration Of Color Mechanisms And Color-Related Applications Of Photonic Crystals, Stephanie A. Tonnesen

Theses & ETDs

The Effect Of Sleep Deprivation On Memory, Brianna M. Brockell

Theses & ETDs

Patterns Of Dysfunction In Major Depressive Disorder, Demi Brown

Theses & ETDs

Sensory Modality In Horticultural Therapy: A Study On Resting Heart Rate And Blood Pressure In Six Therapeutic Gardens, Michael J. Flowers

Theses & ETDs

Raising Texas State Biology Exam Achievement Scores For Students With Disabilities, Nancy Kay Larkin

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Effects Of Cobalt On Dna Double Strand Break Repair-Deficient Cells, Sean Raph Ms

All Student Scholarship

Integration Of Biosensors Based On Microfluidic: A Review, A.T. Yousefi, Samira Bagheri, Nahrizul Adib Kadri

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

Evolution, Systematics & Geographic Parthenogenesis Of Ilyodromus (Crustacea, Ostracoda), Rylan James Shearn

Theses

Evaluating Targeted And Immunomodulatory Therapies For Melanoma In A Genetically Engineered Mouse Melanoma Model, Billy Lockhart

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Hannah Huddle: Visually Comparing Art And Science, Mark Hardison

AUCTUS: The Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship

Mechanisms Of Satiation In The Nudibranch Melibe Leonina, Colin Lee

Master's Theses and Capstones

Full Issue: Volume 8, Number 2

The Science Journal of the Lander College of Arts and Sciences

Full Issue: Volume 9, Number 1

The Science Journal of the Lander College of Arts and Sciences

Effects Of Substrate Material On Marine Fouling Community Composition And Ascidian Larval Settlement, Anna Lindsey Chase

Master's Theses and Capstones

The Effects Of Temperature On Cyp19a1a, Foxl2, Dmrt1 And Amh Expression During Sex Differentiation In Summer Flounder (Paralichthys Dentatus), Catherine Curro Caruso

Master's Theses and Capstones

Antisense Regulation And Tissue-Specific Roles Of Peg3 In Lactation And Maternal Care, Wesley D. Frey

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Dividing Nature By The Joints, Chad Wiener

Philosophy Faculty Publications

Biology: Inquiry-Based Learning Assignment, Richa Gupta

Open Educational Resources

Introduction To Neuroscience, Charles Keller

Open Educational Resources

Human Anatomy And Physiology I (Laboratory), Cecilia Ortiz

Open Educational Resources

Human Anatomy And Physiology Ii, Jhonny Ordonez

Open Educational Resources

Childhood Incidence Rates For Lymphoma In California: Rural Versus Urban County Comparison, Natalie Edelman

Whittier Scholars Program