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Biol 210: Nutrition (Syllabus), Sam Newberry Ph.D.

School of Arts & Sciences

This syllabus was developed by SUNY Geneseo Professor Sam Newberry during the spring 2026 semester.

Course Learning Objectives:

Students who are active participants and complete course requirements will be able to: 

1. Demonstrate familiarity with nutrients, their food sources, their functions, and signs and symptoms of deficiency or excess.
2. Demonstrate familiarity with biological, psychological, social and cultural factors that influence human diet and nutrition.
3. Describe and explain in class discussion and on exams the relationship between diet and health, particularly for selected public health issues.
4. Demonstrate familiarity with nutritional guidelines used in the United States, and the challenges of establishing such …

Biol 423-001: Physiological Mechanisms, John Yarotsky

Biology Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Biol 423-001: Physiological Mechanisms, John Yarotsky

Biology Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Circadian Rhythm And Exercises: How Time Of Day Effects Physiological Variables Responsible For Exercise Performance, Chidozie C. Nwankwo

2022 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

In contemporary physiology, the circadian rhythm influences more than the neurotransmitters melatonin and cortisol. Monitored from hypothalamic pacemakers and suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN), metabolic and physiological structures are under a biomolecular schedule. Likewise, peripheral tissues are coordinated through the hormonal, autonomic, and behavior stimuli that direct the metabolic processes that occur in the skeletomuscular system. The purpose of the current study was to determine whether the time of day could significantly affect the metabolic response to an anaerobic capacity test. Subjects had weight, height, and body fat percentage (BF%) recorded before the Wingate Anaerobic Test. Resting blood lactic levels were documented …

Representations And Perceptions Of Sexual Pleasure In Undergraduate Anatomy And Physiology (A&P) Courses, Brenda Kucha Anak Ganeng

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The World Health Organization defines sexual pleasure as an important part of positive sexual experiences and sexual health. Despite its importance, sexual pleasure is often omitted from sexual health programming and curricula. Undergraduate human anatomy and physiology (A&P) courses serve as avenues where students who intend to go into health care learn foundational knowledge about human body systems and health; however, to our knowledge, there has been no documentation of if and how A&P students learn about sexual pleasure. A&P textbooks serve as an important resource for curriculum design and learning. I sought to answer the following research question: How …

Biol 423-001: Physiological Mechanisms, John Yarotsky

Biology Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Asynchronous Video Content For Human Anatomy & Physiology: In Coordinance With A Global Shift To Online Education, Hailey Phillips

2021 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Working, short-term, and long-term memory are three of the essential brain functioning required to understand and master new material, whether online or in-person. My project is constructed to supplement Dr. Pollocks Anatomy & Physiology lecture for additional online reinforcement or independent study. The videos I have created strike the correct cognitive load balance for easy understanding while maintaining learning objectives. Videos were created via OneNote and additional effects were edited with Adobe Premiere Pro. The narration is recorded separately on a H2n Handy recorder and edited in audacity. The goal is to captivate and educate the viewer on the three …

The Benefits Of Activity-Based Learning Tools For Human Physiology And Anatomy Students In An Online Environment, Celine Pham

2021 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

With the transition to virtual learning, some students are finding difficulty in adapting to the online environment where there is a lack of face-to-face interactions and physical infrastructure. Therefore, alternative strategies need to be implemented for students to gain the most value out of their online education. To better enrich the learning experience, I created educational activity booklets, a type of teaching-learning strategy, for students taking courses in human anatomy and physiology. These booklets contain visual aids, crossword puzzles, flow charts, questions, and other active-learning tools to reinforce lecture material. This project is divided into 13 booklets, with each encompassing …

Evaluating The Impact Of Educational Videos On Higher Level Education: A Creative Research Approach, Veronica Camacho

2021 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

With increasing technological advancements, online resources such as educational videos have become an essential study tool for college students. Educational videos deliver information in the form of visual representations, animations and text which is organized in a condensed and organized manner. In this creative research project, two educational videos were created for a Human Physiology course at the University of Texas at Arlington. One video was over systemic and pulmonary gas transport/exchange and the other was over hemodynamics. The program, “Procreate,” was utilized to create the illustrations and “Explain Everything Whiteboard” was used for screen casting. This research paper evaluates …

The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Somatotropic And Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axes Educational Videos, Josphin Mouris

2021 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

The endocrine system is essential for it controls metabolism, reproduction, mood, growth, development, and many more functions of the body. Yet due to its vast functions it can be difficult to grasp and because most of the activities of the system are not seen, it can be difficult to visualize. To mitigate the difficulty of learning the endocrine system, information was collected from the Human Physiology course PowerPoints as well as various textbooks and lectures to create visually engaging educational videos for students. Specifically, two videos were created using iMovie and PowerPoint to cover a brief overview of the endocrine …

Creating Educational Videos Of The Physiology Behind The Human Reproductive System, Autumn Morgan

2021 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

This project was designed to provide an optimal learning tool for future students in Human Physiology and Anatomy & Physiology by creating a visual representation of physiological processes. The task was to create two educational videos detailing the processes that take place within the human reproductive system. One video would be dedicated to the female reproductive system and the other would cover the male reproductive system. To pursue this project, the exact details to include in this video had to be discussed and outlined to create a script for the audio recording. Once the script was created and approved, a …

Characteristics Of Physiology And Physiology-Related Pre-Health Degree Programs In The Physiology Majors Interest Group, Yvonne Ogrodzinski, Erica A. Wehrwein, Kevin Kelly, James M. Poteracki, Valerie Vanryn, Anne R. Crecelius

Health and Sport Science Faculty Publications

The Physiology Majors Interest Group (P-MIG), a grassroots organization of educators, has collected data on the history and characteristics of Physiology and highly related undergraduate programs (ex: Human Biology, Pre-Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, etc.) that serve a common population of prehealth students. Data was obtained as part of an online survey sent out to P-MIG conference attendees at the 2017-2019 annual meetings (n=30). Participating institutions indicate that 25.9% have degrees called Physiology aligned with 28% being housed in a department of physiology, 75.9% are a Bachelor of Science program, 34.9% are affiliated with a College of Arts and Sciences, and 80% …

Biol 344-001: Physiological Mechanisms, John Yarotsky

Biology Syllabi

No abstract provided.

The Case For Coordinating Efforts To Establish Program Guidelines And Strengthen Physiology Undergraduate Degree Programs, Erica A. Wehrwein, Lisa C. Anderson, Anne R. Crecelius, Claudia I. Stanescu, James M. Poteracki, John R. Halliwill, Nancy M. Aguilar-Roca, Jennifer Rogers

Health and Sport Science Faculty Publications

Undergraduate degree programs named “Physiology” have existed for over 50 yr. The number of programs and enrolled students have been growing since ~2005 (5, 9). There are many thousands of students currently enrolled in physiology pro- grams across the United States and indeed across the world. Despite the long history and current popularity of the physiol- ogy major, there is no coordinated plan articulated for the design, administration, or assessment of degree programs in physiology at the undergraduate level.

Although several professional societies have invested in under- graduate physiology education in various ways, none has under- taken the task of …

Exploring The Regulation Of The Nuclear Hormone Receptor Nhr-114, Gufran Taha

2020 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

A significant threat in the medical field today is the rise of antibiotic resistance, which challenges physicians and can severely limit patient survival outcomes. Discovering new means of protecting the host against infection are therefore needed. Using the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans, we previously discovered that we could increase host survival during infection with the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa by simple supplementation with the branched chain amino acid leucine. Using genetics, we found that the nuclear hormone receptor NHR-114 mediated this pro-survival benefit of leucine supplementation. In an effort to understand the mechanism of NHR-114 function, we explored its spatial …

Identification Of Glycation-Susceptible Proteins In Human Plasma Using Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, David Smith

2020 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

The Maillard reaction has garnered attention in a wide variety of industries in chemistry, including food science, textiles, and pharmaceuticals. Most recently, the Maillard reaction has become medically relevant, mediating the irreversible addition of sugars to proteins. This non-enzymatic post-translational modification, called glycation, leads to the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs). AGE formation steadily increases with age and is known to mediate the pathogenesis of numerous agerelated diseases including cardiovascular, renal, ocular, and neurodegenerative diseases, especially in diabetic or uremic patients. The mechanisms of pathogenesis for these diseases, as well as the full extent of the impact of …

A Low-Intensity, Hybrid Design Between A "Traditional" And A "Course-Based" Research Experience Yields Positive Outcomes For Science Undergraduate Freshmen And Shows Potential For Large-Scale Application, Thushani Rodrigo-Peiris, Lin Xiang, Vincent M. Cassone

Biology Faculty Publications

Based on positive student outcomes, providing research experiences from early undergraduate years is recommended for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors. To this end, we designed a novel research experience called the “STEMCats Research Experience” (SRE) for a cohort of 119 second-semester freshmen with diverse college preparatory levels, demographics, and academic majors. The SRE targeted student outcomes of enhancing retention in STEM majors, STEM competency development, and STEM academic performance. It was designed as a hybrid of features from apprenticeship-based traditional undergraduate research experience and course-based undergraduate research experience designs, considering five factors: 1) an authentic research experience, 2) …

Undergraduate Student Perceptions And Awareness Of Genetic Counseling, Amanda Gerard

Dissertations and Theses (Open Access)

Genetic counseling (GC) is a rapidly expanding field, and the supply of certified genetic counselors is currently unable to keep up with job demand. Research is fairly limited regarding the awareness and perceptions potential genetic counseling program applicants have of the field and what factors most influence their interest in the field. This study aimed to examine some of these topics. The current study includes data collected from 1,389 undergraduate students in the sciences at 23 universities across the United States who were surveyed regarding information related to their awareness, perceptions, knowledge, and interest in GC. Data analysis was performed …

The Effects Of Passive, Active, And Beta-Alanine Supplemented Recovery On Blood Lactate During Anaerobic Exercise, Tracey Hampshire

2015 Fall Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

It is widely shown through experimentation and knowledge of human physiology that an active recovery following high-intensity exercise removes lactic acid (BLa) more quickly than passive recovery. Some research suggests that Beta-Alanine (BA) supplementation can decrease BLa levels following supramaximal exercise. The purpose of this study was to assess whether passive, active, or Beta-Alanine supplemented recovery was more effective at lowering BLa accumulation anaerobic exercise. Nine subjects participated in this experiment (one subject was excluded). Each completed three sessions of active, passive, or supplemented Wingate protocols. Results were determined using SPSS (p < 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between active and passive recovery (p = .292) or between BetaAlanine and placebo groups (p = .962). The results of this study indicated that there were no differences between BLa in passive and active recovery, and no benefits of Beta-Alanine supplementation on BLa accumulation following supramaximal exercise.

The Effects Of Passive, Active, And Beta-Alanine Supplemented Recovery On Blood Lactate During Anaerobic Exercise, Tracey Hampshire

Kinesiology Student Research - Archive

INTRODUCTION: It is widely shown through experimentation and knowledge of human physiology that an active recovery following high-intensity exercise removes lactic acid (BLa) more quickly than passive recovery. Some research suggests that Beta-Alanine (BA) supplementation can decrease BLa levels following supramaximal exercise. PURPOSE: The purpose of this research was to assess whether passive, active, or Beta-Alanine supplemented recovery is more effective at lowering blood lactate accumulation following supramaximal anaerobic exercise. METHODS: Five male (M, 21.2 ±1.48 yrs, 178.25 ±6.36 cm, 85.59 ±10.30 kg) and three female subjects (F, 22 ±1.73 yrs, 164.23 ±1.50 cm, 70.9 ±12.56 kgs) at UTA volunteered …

Human Anatomy And Physiology Preparatory Course (1st Edition), Carlos Liachovitzky

Open Educational Resources

The overall purpose of this preparatory course textbook is to help students familiarize with some terms and some basic concepts they will find later in the Human Anatomy and Physiology I course.

The organization and functioning of the human organism generally is discussed in terms of different levels of increasing complexity, from the smallest building blocks to the entire body. This Anatomy and Physiology preparatory course covers the foundations on the chemical level, and a basic introduction to cellular level, organ level, and organ system levels. There is also an introduction to homeostasis at the beginning.

Effects Of A Mental-Health Clinical Simulation Experience Using Standardized Patients And Two Debriefing Styles On Prelicensure Nursing Students' Knowledge, Anxiety, And Therapeutic Communication And Psychiatric Assessment Skills, Debrayh Gaylle

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study was to compare the effects of two debriefing styles (insimulation and postsimulation) on (a) students’ knowledge of psychiatric assessment and therapeutic communication, (b) students’ performance of a psychiatric assessment using therapeutic communication, (c) students’ perceived anxiety related to a clinical rotation in psychiatric mental-health, and (d) students’ perceptions of the efficacy of the insimulation debriefing. The participants (n = 67) were senior, prelicensure nursing students enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program. Students were assigned randomly to either the treatment or the compression group and participated in a series of simulated interviews using student …

Incorporating Industry Needs Into The Development Of An Undergraduate Degree In Commercial Space Operations, Yash Bipinchandra Mehta

Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses

The rapid expansion of the commercial space industry, not unlike the aviation industry in the early 20^th century, has left the industry facing unique challenges. As companies continue to expand, the need for a well-trained workforce becomes critical. The needed workforce must be specifically educated to enter the commercial space industry at graduation. To have a successful industry, a workforce must be trained in skills that meet the industry's needs. In that regard, this study consisted of a survey of leaders in the commercial space industry to identify the different skill-sets sought by the industry. The results of the …

Contact Point, Arthur A. Dugoni School Of Dentistry

Contact Point

No abstract provided.

Multidisciplinary Approach To Research: An Interview With Dr. Bradley Newcomer, Toral Patel

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 96-97

A Study Of Undergraduate Filial Piety As A Predictor Of Academic Achievement, Yan Kuang

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In order to enhance learning outcome, filial piety is explored in this study as a holistic approach to optimize human internal conditions and performance and reach human potential. Through a synthesis of modern life science and Eastern philosophies and beliefs, a Theory of Human Prosperity by filial piety was proposed. A bio-social model of the relationship between the nature and the culture of filial piety was established and the notion of filial piety was reconceptualized. Based on the Theory of Human Prosperity by filial piety, a hypothesis of filial piety that predicts undergraduate academic achievement (represented by their SAT total …

The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin Spring 2002 Course Schedule, The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin

Course Schedules

No abstract provided.

The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin Spring 1999 Class Schedule, The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin

Course Schedules

No abstract provided.

The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin Spring Semester 1998 Schedule, The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin

Course Schedules

No abstract provided.

The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin Crosswalk Of The Course Inventory March 6 1997, The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin

Course Schedules

No abstract provided.