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• Georgia Southern Awards Art Students in 'Undergraduate Juried 2022' Exhibition

“I See Myself”: Craving Imagery Among Individuals With Addictive Disorders, Viktor Månsson, Jackie Andrade, Nitya Jayaram-Lindström, Anne H. Berman

School of Psychology

No abstract provided.

Hsp90-Cdc37 Functions As A Chaperone For The Oncogenic Fgfr3-Tacc3 Fusion, Tao Li, Farideh Mehraein-Ghomi, M Elizabeth Forbes, Sanjeev V Namjoshi, E Ashley Ballard, Qianqian Song, Ping-Chieh Chou, Xuya Wang, Brittany C Parker Kerrigan, Frederick F Lang, Glenn Lesser, Waldemar Debinski, Xuejun Yang, Wei Zhang

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The FGFR3-TACC3 (F3-T3) fusion gene was discovered as an oncogenic molecule in glioblastoma and bladder cancers, and has subsequently been found in many cancer types. Notably, F3-T3 was found to be highly expressed in both untreated and matched recurrence glioblastoma under the concurrent radiotherapy and temozolomide (TMZ) treatment, suggesting that targeting F3-T3 is a valid strategy for treatment. Here, we show that the F3-T3 protein is a client of heat shock protein 90 (HSP90), forming a ternary complex with the cell division cycle 37 (CDC37). Deprivation of HSP90 or CDC37 disrupts the formation of the ternary complex, which destabilizes glycosylated …

Sex And Starvation Influences Latrotoxin Expression In The Brown Widow Spider, Mattie Harris

Honors College Theses

Widow spiders (genus Latrodectus) are well-known for their potent venom. Seven latrotoxin proteins constitute the main components of widow spider venom. The vertebrate specific (α-latrotoxin) and insect specific (α-latroinsectotoxin) latrotoxins have been well-characterized with respect to structure and function. Regulation of latrotoxin gene expression is not well understood but sex and feeding could be factors influencing production. In this study, I used quantitative qPCR to (1) characterize the expression patterns of both the insect and vertebrate specific latrotoxins in male and female brown widow spiders (Latrodectus geometricus) to characterize sex-biased expression and to (2) study expression patterns …

Adults’ Perceptions Of Children: Expectations Of Children With Disabilities And History Of Sexual Abuse, Asha L. Harp

Honors College Theses

Adult perceptions greatly affect children, especially those most in need of help (e.g., children with sexual abuse histories (CSA); children with disabilities). It is important to examine how these perceptions can shape children’s lives. This study investigated adults’ perceptions to further understand views of children with CSA and disabilities. Children with histories of disabilities, compared to CSA or “normal” backgrounds, were perceived as having more externalizing behaviors. Children labeled with CSA were perceived to have more internalizing symptoms (compared to both “disabled” and “normal” and less competence (compared to “normal”). Further results are discussed.

Fingerprints Of Feeling: The Romantic Influence On Later Poetry, Brooke M. Neal

Honors College Theses

Most readers and critics see the historical sequence of Western literature as a series of discrete literary periods and perceive these periods as reacting against one another like a pendulum swinging, each successive period countering its predecessor. This thesis interrogates that common understanding by demonstrating the persistence of Romantic themes in subsequent literary periods through the scope of British poetry. I trace three overarching tenets of the Romantic ideal through subsequent literary periods. literary periods: Romanticism, Victorianism, Modernism, and Postmodernism or the Contemporary era.

The Romantic ideal primarily emphasizes the importance of emotion over logic and reason. This ideal is …

Assessing Frequency Discrimination Ability In Ephrin-B2 Mutant Mice, Shayma Smaoui

Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium

Tonotopy is when neurons at various levels of the auditory pathway are topographically arranged by their responses to different sound frequencies. Disruption of tonotopy leads to difficulty processing sound information. Ephrins/Eph receptors are molecules that are vital to axon guidance and topographic mapping during neural development. To investigate a role of ephrin-B2 in auditory circuit formation, I am assessing the ability of ephrin-B2 mutants to discriminate between frequencies. These assays will allow me to evaluate whether ephrin-B2 mutant mice have any deficits in discriminating between sound frequencies and whether ephrin-B2 plays an essential role in frequency map formation.

Accessing Gap Detection & Frequency Discrimination In Mice Utilizing The Acoustic Startle Reflex, Lynn Tran, Aniruth Senthilkumar

Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium

Gap detection and frequency analysis of acoustic stimuli provide the basis for sound discrimination. Patients with impaired gap detection or frequency discrimination are often associated with several hearing disorders, including tinnitus, auditory processing disorders, language impairment, and dyslexia. Mice have emerged as the most common experimental animal model for studying human hearing impairments because of the ability to manipulate their genomes. As a result, developing an experimental setup to reliably assess gap detection and frequency discrimination abilities of mice offers the opportunity to screen animal models for understanding the pathogenic mechanisms of hearing disorders and learning disabilities.

Will Giraffe Laugh?, Krista Alletto

Children's Book and Media Review

Giraffe is having a bad day. He does not feel like laughing, even when his friends try to cheer him up. They come by one by one, each with a new idea to get Giraffe laughing. One friend juggles, another puts on a puppet show, and another makes Giraffe a balloon animal. Despite these efforts, Giraffe still refuses to laugh. Giraffe’s grumpy mood begins to cause his friends to feel discouraged and sad themselves. When Giraffe realizes that he has hurt his friends, roles reverse, and Giraffe begins to cheer up his friends. By the end of the story, everyone …

The Whale, The Sea And The Stars, Jessica Mellor

Children's Book and Media Review

Gerda lives with her family in the great big blue, but soon, she must go off to find her own special place. With her mother’s song in her heart, she sets off to explore. Gerda plays with some penguins she meets, but remembering her mother’s song, she heads off once again. Encountering all kinds of other animals, she can't find one place she fits until she is advised to go ask the wise narwhal of the North Pole. He tells her how to follow her heart, and she sets off, reconnecting with family and other whales to a place where …

Celebrate You!, Audrey Lowther

Children's Book and Media Review

While Celebrate You! may be meant as an indirect celebration of the reader’s accomplishments, the sweet illustrations that accompany the congratulatory message tell the story of a young penguin finally leaving the nest. His parents and friends lovingly recount how he hatched, and later learned to walk, talk, and even ice fish! Mama and Papa penguin, and the young penguin’s polar bear, fox, and owl friends proudly reflect on his many achievements, and encourage him to keep learning, growing, and becoming the best penguin he can be.

Camp Panda: Helping Cubs Return To The Wild, Maryn Wheeler

Children's Book and Media Review

Camp Panda explores the adventure of the iconic panda conservation. The well-written introduction to pandas illustrates the history and need for conservation of these important mammals. The courageous and determined scientists at Wolong Nature Reserve in China overcome setbacks and persevere with the Chinese Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) to build an effective reintroduction program. Collaboration brings growth and success to not only the panda population but also to the critical habitat that is home to many diverse species.

Born In The Wild, Krista Alletto

Children's Book and Media Review

Born in the Wild follows a variety of baby animals—like giraffes, panda bears, and otters—as they are born and explains how those animals grow with their families in their respective environments. Baby animals have many needs like food, shelter, protection and play, just like baby humans.

Beatrix Potter And The Unfortunate Tale Of A Borrowed Guinea Pig, Elizabeth Bingham

Children's Book and Media Review

Young Beatrix Potter loves animals and has quite the collection. In fact, she has a whole menagerie, the extent of which is likely unknown to her parents. Despite the several that die in her care, Beatrix believes herself capable of caring for any animal. However, that theory is tested when she asks to borrow her neighbor Miss Paget’s guinea pig, Queen Elizabeth, to make sketches. Accompanying the story are beautiful yet simple watercolor illustrations that both engage and delight the reader.

Bat And The End Of Everything, Jessica Mellor

Children's Book and Media Review

Bat loves animals, especially Thor, his pet skunk; but is it time to return him to the wild? Lots of changes are happening in Bixby Alexander Tam’s (aka Bat’s) life. Between being offered to take care of the classroom rabbit for the summer, his dad’s new girlfriend, working at his mom’s veterinary clinic, and worrying about being separated from Thor—it’s a lot for a kid with autism to take care of. The bond between skunk and boy is not to be underestimated though, as everything finds its place in the end.

Adopting A Dinosaur, Lindsey Smith

Children's Book and Media Review

Ali wants a dog, a cat, a parrot, an elephant, really any animal will do; but the pet that she ends up with is a baby dinosaur. When Ali’s parents refuse to get her a pet, she is despondent, until she comes across a giant egg on her way home from school. Ali cares for her egg until it hatches into a dinosaur, then she sneakily convinces her parents to let her keep it. Playing with her new friend is fun until the dinosaur’s parents show up to take it home, and Ali is left petless again. Yet, in true …

December 2019 Cbmr Book Reviews, Various Reviewers

Children's Book and Media Review

Contains all 30 book reviews for December 2019 in one pdf.

The Chickens Are Coming!, Deborah Le Starge

Children's Book and Media Review

The chickens are coming, and Sophie and Winston are excitedly telling everyone in town. Once the coop is ready and the chickens have arrived, the siblings try everything they can think of to encourage the chickens to lay eggs. In a surprising turn of events, the first eggs finally arrive, but now the chickens are the ones missing. Luckily, Sophie has an idea that helps them find their new pets and everything is settled again.

The Bear Who Wasn't There, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

There may not be a bear in this book, but there is most definitely a duck. A very persistent duck who doesn't think you really need to see a bear, or find a bear, or read about a bear. You should read HIS book, The Duck Who Showed Up. He presents and pushes the book many times. This book is a shameless tool for the duck to promote his own agenda. But wait, what is that at the very end? Hiding under the book jacket? That's a bear! There IS a bear in this book! That attention-seeking quack had better …

Serafina And The Twisted Staff, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

Serafina considers herself the protector of the Biltmore, the Vanderbilt's home hidden in the forests of North Carolina. There she and her best friend Braeden, the Vanderbilt's nephew, have defeated the Black Cloak that had kidnapped generations of men, women, and children. But now, as they try to distinguish friend from foe to uncover the dark force controlling the animals of Biltmore, they face a different enemy. Facing a twisted staff and shape-changing owl sorcerers requires of all of their courage and strength, and they unite to defeat them. Then, just when Biltmore seems secure, Serafina sees a form in …

November 2019 Cbmr Reviews, Various Reviewers

Children's Book and Media Review

No abstract provided.

Night Ride, Jonathan Krant

Exile

No abstract provided.

Internship At Paws Medical Center, Brianna Plecki

Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium

The PAWs Medical Center Internship has interns work in their Animal Care, Shelter Medicine, and the Spay and Neuter Clinic. This presentation looks at the experience of an intern in these departments.

The Role Of Caffeine, Nicotine And Theobromine In The Biodiversity And Function Of The Human Gut Microbiome, Thomas Gabriel Stanila

Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium

The human gut microbiome plays a fundamental role in the regulation and maintenance of physiological processes and homeostatic relationships in the body, with research thoroughly proving its effects beyond gastrointestinal functioning such as in immune response, psychological operation, and nutritional metabolism. Caffeine, nicotine, and theobromine—the principal bioactive compounds in regularly consumed products like coffee, cigarettes, and dark chocolate, respectively—may yield significant and variable influences on human health beyond their normal pharmacodynamics through affecting gut microbiota. Using metagenomic modeling, predictions can be determined regarding intestinal community activity as well. I hypothesize that caffeine, nicotine, and theobromine will alter microbial community composition …

Neither, Haley Singleton

Children's Book and Media Review

Neither is a mix between a rabbit and a bird. He lives in the land of This and That, where there are only rabbits or birds—not both. Neither struggles to fit in with the rabbits because he's not "rabbity" enough to play with them. He has the same problem fitting in with the birds, because he is not "birdy" enough. Tired of his friendless state, Neither travels to the land of All, where he is accepted and finds friends who love him for his diversity.

Nerdy Babies: Ocean, Amanda Morgan

Children's Book and Media Review

Have you ever wondered what’s in the ocean? Follow the nerdy babies as they explore! In this book, you will learn about what the water in the ocean is like and who the creatures that live in it are. Do you know how deep the ocean is? Do you know how animals keep warm when the water is cold? You’ll find plenty of fun facts to satisfy your curiosity about the ocean.

Musk Ox Counts, Lindsey Smith

Children's Book and Media Review

One musk ox, two yaks, and three elephants might work well as a counting book for most people, but not for Musk Ox. Musk Ox is alone on the first page of the book, so he sets out to find ways to join each of the other pages. In order to make his plan work, he has to do some creative counting - such as combining five goats and one musk ox to make six relatives - but this infuriates Zebra, who just wants to live in a typical counting book.

Mr. Biddles, Kimberly Jackson

Children's Book and Media Review

Mr. Biddles is a content cat. He enjoys inventing in the peace and quiet of his home, until one day someone unexpected shows up. Hobson, the lobster from Maine who appears on Mr. Biddles doorstep, almost immediately becomes useful with his multi-tool lobster claws. He becomes the assistant, roommate, and friend Mr. Biddles didn’t know he was missing. But soon Mr. Biddles notices something is wrong with his new friend. When Hobson confesses that he misses his family back in Maine, Mr. Biddles gets to work. After many failed attempts he invents the “Super Lobster Sightseeing Sidecar!” The two road …

More Short & Sweet Skits For Student Actors: Fifty Sketches For Teens, Jessica Mellor

Children's Book and Media Review

Beginning with an introduction geared towards parents and teacher, More Short and Sweet Skits for Student Actors teaches students how to create an acting resume, what callbacks are, and how to help teenagers succeed if they desire an acting career. The next 113 pages are skits for teenagers to practice with that highlight life as a high-schooler or even as an animal. Some skits include stereotypical girls obsessed with boys and shopping and boys who only care about food; yet there is always the foil character provide some contrast.

Monkey On The Run, Lindsey Smith

Children's Book and Media Review

Who wants to be stuck in a traffic jam when there’s a whole world to see? Definitely not Monkey. When he and his father get stuck on the road, Monkey decides he’s had enough, and takes off. Running through the pages of the book, he encounters all sorts of crazy animals in surprising places, including a lion having a feast, a thieving cow, and raccoons doing laundry. Eventually Monkey makes it back to his father, just in time to arrive at home.