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Enhancing Melatonin Secretion: The Methodical Consumption Of Tryptophan From Whole Cow’S Milk To Regulate Sleep Quality In Individuals Aged 18-30 With Delayed Sleep-Wake Phase Disorder, Shraddha Patel

Virginias Collegiate Honors Council Conference

Young adults in the United States are increasingly affected by DSPD (delayed sleep-wake phase disorder), a circadian rhythm disorder that delays evening sleep and morning wake times. Although medicinal supplements have shown to produce effective results on sleep induction, they come with unwanted side-effects. A review of the literature on clinical nutrition and endocrinology suggests that dietary alterations through the timed consumption of tryptophan-abundant whole cow’s milk could be a supplemental means of improving sleep quality. Studies on chrono nutrition indicate that dietary components absorbed by the bloodstream can change the circadian schedule of melatonin secretion from the pineal gland, …

Managing Depression In The Workplace Using Ecotherapy And Psychotherapy, Benjamin Mello

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Theoretical Proposal

Count Leo Tolstoy: A Tragedy Of The Times, Earl Clement Davis

Manuscripts

A relatively long discussion of Tolstoy's life and, in Davis' view, ultimately unfinished spiritual growth. There is analysis of two books, Anna Karenina and The Resurrection. Davis concludes Tolstoy failed to shed the need for dogma, and that this is a tragedy of our times because we are in change.

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Assessing The Effects Of Age And Sex On Mtbi Severity, Jennifer Harrell

Undergraduate Research Conference at Missouri S&T

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a serious problem affecting soldiers in training and during deployment. Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) accounts for over 80% of the TBIs recorded in soldiers in the last two decades. While symptoms may be mild initially,subjection to continued mTBIs could result in severe comorbidities appearing years later. Examination of current research available on mTBI shows an overwhelming skewing of murine animal models used as being solely male and of one age. With age and sex being known to have an affect on TBI, this project set out to explore the differences in severity in various …

Effect Of Dbf2 On Phosphorilation, Christian Bigler

Undergraduate Research Conference at Missouri S&T

Cytokinesis refers to the separation of two daughter cells after mitotic division. An important signaling pathway that enables this process is called the Mitotic Exit Pathway, or MEN. Of particular interest in this pathway is the Dbf2 protein kinase. Dbf2 essentially acts as a middleman within the cascade of messengers and activates proteins that physically separate the cells. The kinase activity of Dbf2 is regulated by other cellular kinases, including the cell cycle regulator kinase. Using mutant alleles of the dbf2 gene, we can manipulate this protein's ability to be phosphorylated or dephosphorylated, thereby altering the downstream effects of the …

Designing A Tool And Cooperative Learning: A Macos Inspired Activity, Jeffrey Byford, Jennifer Cordero, Alisha Milam, Kate Chambers, Presley Shilling

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

This simulation activity presents how elements of Man: A Course of Study (MACOS) can be implemented into the social studies classroom. Inspired by the Tool-Making Activity found in MACOS, this modified simulation activity prompts students to design an instrument to peel an orange as they discuss life and daily tasks related to the Great Plains settlement.

Nextgen Stats Confirm That All Fossil Horses Belong To The Same Created Kind, Jack Gregory, Luke Ragan, Mary-Elizabeth Tallman, Timothy R. Brophy

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Applied

Coping With The Loss Of A Beloved Pet: A Different Type Of Grief, Sheri Cobarruvias

Liberty University Research Week

Doctoral

Theoretical Proposal

Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea Stoebe) Pollen Use-Availability By Bumble Bees In Western Montana, Rustin Bielski

RURALS: Review of Undergraduate Research in Agricultural and Life Sciences

Northwest Montana (United States) also known as the last best place, is one of the most pristine habitats for bumble bees, as well as other keystone pollinators. Though, due to anthropogenic influences, wildflower populations in recent years have been fragmented and captivated by exotic invasive plants, which will likely alter and reduce the fecundity of these pollinator species. In Montana, Centaurea stoebe (Spotted Knapweed) has been a very prolific non-native plant due to its ability to displace entire native plant populations. Pollen, due to its nutritional properties, is the most important resource to bumble bees. While some invasive forbs may …

17th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference Abstract Book, Missouri University Of Science And Technology

Undergraduate Research Conference at Missouri S&T

No abstract provided.

Potential Benefits Of Combined Statin And Metformin Therapy On Resistance Training Response In Older Individuals, Douglas E. Long, Kate Kosmac, Cory M. Dungan, Marcas M. Bamman, Charlotte A. Peterson, Phillip A. Kern

Clinical and Translational Science Faculty Publications

Metformin and statins are currently the focus of large clinical trials testing their ability to counter age-associated declines in health, but recent reports suggest that both may negatively affect skeletal muscle response to exercise. However, it has also been suggested that metformin may act as a possible protectant of statin-related muscle symptoms. The potential impact of combined drug use on the hypertrophic response to resistance exercise in healthy older adults has not been described. We present secondary statin analyses of data from the MASTERS trial where metformin blunted the hypertrophy response in healthy participants (>65 years) following 14 weeks …

Early Childhood Intervention Curriculum Creation: Using Playful Project-Based Learning, Hannah Shullenberger Million

Masters Theses/Capstone Projects

The purpose of this study is to present an early intervention curriculum incorporating Project-Based Learning (PBL) and opportunities for play. The project aims to answer the questions: What does a Project-Based Learning curriculum model look like in high quality early childhood special education? How does PBL curriculum work in conjunction with play? The created curriculum answers these questions based on a review of research and guidance from three theoretical frameworks: a Vygotskian Tools of the Mind approach (Bodrova & Leong, 1996), implementation of PBL in early childhood (Lev et al., 2020) and the early intervention Building Blocks framework (Sandall et …

Spartan Daily, April 14, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 158, Issue 31

Q&A With Madeline Mcmahan (Mfa Painting), Madeline Mcmahan

Q & A Interviews with Art Students

No abstract provided.

Molecular Approaches For The Validation Of The Baboon As A Nonhuman Primate Model For The Study Of Zika Virus Infection, Emma Mask, V. L. Hodara, Jessica E. Callery, L. M. Parodi, V. Obregon-Perko, S. Yagi, J. Glenn, P. Frost, E. Clemmons, J. L. Patterson, L. A. Cox, Luis D. Giavedoni

Biology Faculty Research

Nonhuman primates (NHP) are particularly important for modeling infections with viruses that do not naturally replicate in rodent cells. Zika virus (ZIKV) has been responsible for sporadic epidemics, but in 2015 a disseminated outbreak of ZIKV resulted in the World Health Organization declaring it a global health emergency. Since the advent of this last epidemic, several NHP species, including the baboon, have been utilized for modeling and understanding the complications of ZIKV infection in humans; several health issues related to the outcome of infection have not been resolved yet and require further investigation. This study was designed to validate, in …

Impaired Microcirculatory Function, Mitochondrial Respiration, And Oxygen Utilization In Skeletal Muscle Of Claudicating Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease, Song-Young Park, Elizabeth J. Pekas, Cody Anderson, Tyler N. Kambis, Paras K. Mishra, Molly Schieber, Tesean Wooden, Jonathan R. Thompson, Kyung-Soo Kim, Iraklis Pipinos

Health and Kinesiology Faculty Publications

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is an atherosclerotic disease that impairs blood flow and muscle function in the lower limbs. A skeletal muscle myopathy characterized by mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative damage is present in PAD; however, the underlying mechanisms are not well established. We investigated the impact of chronic ischemia on skeletal muscle microcirculatory function and its association with leg skeletal muscle mitochondrial function and oxygen delivery and utilization capacity in PAD. Gastrocnemius samples and arterioles were harvested from patients with PAD (n = 10) and age-matched controls (Con, n = 11). Endothelium-dependent and independent vasodilation was assessed in response …

Uab Joins International Drug Trial For Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Alicia Rohan

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Settler-Author Allyship In Centering Indigenous Ecologies: Communal Will Through Collective Environmental Guilt In This Tender Land And Caleb's Crossing, Elena Marie Arana

Theses and Dissertations

The January 2021 edition of PMLA housed an entire cluster on "Indigenous Literatures and the Anthropocene," in which at least four of the eight non-Indigenous contributors directly addressed and supported a call for learning from and collaborating with Indigenous voices. The unanimity of the discussion dissolves somewhat drastically when considering exactly how this should be done, leading Melanie Taylor to voice one of the framing questions of the cluster: "If it is increasingly clear that not all members of Anthropos are equal drivers of the Anthropocene, and that not all are uniformly compromised by its havoc, how can we begin …

Covid-19 And The Americans With Disabilities Act: When Might The Disease Be Considered A Disability For Which Employees Have Legal Protections In The Workplace?, Kimberly J. Jones, Emma M. Feeney

Denver Law Review

Since the coronavirus pandemic began in the United States in early 2020, employers, legal practitioners, federal and state agencies, and the courts have wrangled with whether and in what circumstances workers impacted by COVID-19 (COVID) may have legal protections at work. Because the virus is novel, case law and other legal authorities are scarce. However, these questions are likely to persist well into the future as the virus continues to evolve and the pandemic rages on. This Article explores whether and in what circumstances courts in the Tenth Circuit are likely to treat COVID as a “disability” under the Americans …

The Comment, April 14, 2022, Bridgewater State University

The Comment

No abstract provided.

The World, Rebecca Dawn Billings

Theses and Dissertations

A poem comes into the world when an obsession takes hold of a person who must write about it. These twenty-eight original poems are products of obsession and pleasure.

Mucormycosis: Covid-19 And Corticosteroids, Mittal Savaliya, Nivedita Jha, Steven B Lippmann

The University of Louisville Journal of Respiratory Infections

No abstract provided.

Reframing Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence At The Intersections Of Law & Society, Jane S. Bailey, Carys Craig, Suzie Dunn, Sonia Lawrence

Articles & Book Chapters

This special issue of the Canadian Journal of Law and Technology focuses on the growing problem of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV): an expansive, dynamic, and rapidly evolving phenomenon that Jane Bailey and Carissima Mathen have defined as “a spectrum of behaviours carried out at least in some part through digital communications technologies, including actions that cause physical or psychological harm.” The collection of articles in this issue offers multi-disciplinary insights on TFGBV by bringing together the work of emerging scholars in information and media studies, communications, and law. This approach reflects our firm belief that in order to be meaningful …

Acknowledging The Relevance Of Elephant Sensory Perception To Human–Elephant Conflict Mitigation, Robbie Ball, Sarah L. Jacobson, Matthew S. Rudolph, Miranda Trapani, Joshua M. Plotnik

Publications and Research

Elephants are well known for their socio-cognitive abilities and capacity for multi-modal sensory perception and communication. Their highly developed olfactory and acoustic senses provide them with a unique non-visual perspective of their physical and social worlds. The use of these complex sensory signals is important not only for communication between conspecifics, but also for decisions about foraging and navigation. These decisions have grown increasingly risky given the exponential increase in unpredictable anthropogenic change in elephants’ natural habitats. Risk taking often develops from the overlap of human and elephant habitat in Asian and African range countries, where elephants forage for food …

“From The Beginning Of Time”: The Colonial Reconfiguration Of Native Habitats And Indigenous Resource Practices On The British Columbia Coast, Chief Adam Dick (Kwaxsistalla Wathl’Thla), Daisy Sewid-Smith (Mayanilth), Kim Recalma-Clutesi, Douglas Deur, N.J. Turner (Galitsimġa)

Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Indigenous Peoples’ lives, cultures, and values are defined largely by their long-term relationships with the lands, waters, and lifeforms of their territories. Their stories, names, ceremonies, and connections with the plants and animals on which they have depended over countless generations are cornerstones of their knowledge systems, systems of governance and decision-making, traditions of intergenerational knowledge transmission, and values and responsibilities associated with natural and human domains alike. For First Nations of North America’s Northwest Coast, as for many other Indigenous Peoples, the arrival of European newcomers disrupted both the natural world and associated cultural practices in interconnected ways. The …

The Proposal For The Development Of A Minimal Viable Product (Mvp) Repository Website Containing Authentic Texts In Video Format For The Use Of Language Teachers In The Twenty-First Century, Rute Maria Baptista

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis project proposed the building of a website as a repository of authentic texts in video format for teaching foreign or second languages. The project planned the building of a minimal viable product or MVP with authentic videos both in English and Spanish, organized by the ACTFL levels with particular attention to the Intermediate level. Data were collected from a survey of 42 respondents in the United States and 89 combined from Spain and Mexico. The responses collected suggest that there is a need for this MVP. Additionally, the data indicated which features were most wanted by these teachers. …

Improving Belonging Through Occupation In Individuals Within The Substance Use Disorder Population, Michelle Perkins, Susan Macdermott

Spring 2022 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium

This capstone project focused on improving belonging through occupation in individuals within the substance use disorder population. Based on site-based needs assessment findings and informed by the Recovery Model and the Doing, Being, Belonging, and Becoming framework, the Elevate 4-week pilot program was created. The Elevate program successfully demonstrated the feasibility of improving belonging through occupations, as evidenced by changes in pre and post-program client questionnaire scores. The client’s self-report scores in sense of belonging, satisfaction of belonging, and connection to housemates and staff demonstrated noticeable improvement. While the Elevate program demonstrated noticeable improvement in participants’ sense of belonging, satisfaction …

Synthesis, Characterization, And In Vivo Cytokinome Profile Of Il-12-Loaded Plga Nanospheres, Ryan A. Lacinski, Justin E. Markel, Jabeen Noore, Hillary G. Pratt, Brock A. Lindsey

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

We report the successful encapsulation and elution of recombinant murine IL-12 (rmIL-12) from poly(lactide-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA) nanospheres (IL-12-NS) synthesized using the double emulsion/solvent evaporation (DESE) technique with microsphere depletion through ultracentrifugation. Images obtained with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showcased a characteristic spherical shape with a mean particle diameter of and zeta potential of . These values suggest minimal flocculation when in solution, which was reflected in an in vivo biodistribution study that reported no observed morbidity/mortality. Encapsulation efficiency (EE) was determined to be with average particle concentration obtained per batch of particles/mL. Disparate zeta (ζ) potentials obtained from …

The Montclarion April 14, 2022, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

Mohs Micrographic Surgery For Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans In 15 Patients: The University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Experience, Blake St. Clair, Abigale Clark, Benjamin Rollins, Thomas A. Jennings

Student Publications

Background: Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is an uncommon, locally aggressive malignancy with wide local excision (WLE) or Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) representing the treatment of choice. This article illustrates the experience of a single academic institution in treating DFSP with MMS and adds two particularly large, difficult closures of the glabella/central forehead and sternum to the body of literature.

Objective: To report the results of 15 patients with DFSP treated with MMS over a five-year period by a single Mohs surgeon at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

Methods: A total of 15 patients between the ages of 16 …