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Watch Out For Putnam Scale, Diaspidiotus Ancylus, Alfred Daniel Johnson, Muhammad Ahmed,, Karla . M. Addesso

Extension Publications

No abstract provided.

Annual Report, 2023-2024, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. College Of Engineering

College of Engineering Annual Report

No abstract provided.

Inflammatory Protein Elicitation In Response To Whole-Body Vibration Exposure, Nicholas Miller

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

This study aimed to assess the effects of whole-body vibration (WBV) on the brain through changes in blood protein concentrations, seat and head accelerations, and symptomatology over time. Subjects were assigned to control, 1-hour, or 8-hour vibration exposure groups. Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and S100B concentrations were measured. Root mean square average weighted vibration (A_ws), vibration dose value (VDV), and seat-to-head transmissibility (STHT) were calculated. There were no differences in GFAP (p = 0.79) or S100B (p = 0.97) concentrations between 1-hour and 8-hour subjects (p = 0.79). Average weighted head acceleration (p …

Timber Talk, Vol. 62, No. 1, March 2024

Timber Talk: Nebraska Forest Industry Newsletter

Timber Talk, Vol. 62, No. 1, March 2024

Timber Talk, Vol. 62, No. 4, December 2024

Timber Talk: Nebraska Forest Industry Newsletter

Timber Talk, Vol. 62, No. 4, December 2024

Summer Research Fellowship Project Descriptions 2024, Clark Science Center's Summer Research Fellows Program

SURF Abstracts (Women in Science)

A summary of research done by Smith College’s 2024 Summer Research Fellowship (SURF) Program participants. Ever since its 1967 start, SURF has been a cornerstone of Smith’s science education. Supervised by faculty mentor-advisors drawn from the Clark Science Center and connected to its eighteen science, mathematics, and engineering departments and programs and associated centers and units. At summer’s end, SURF participants were asked to summarize their research experiences for this publication.

2023-2024 Lynn University Common Data Set, Lynn University

Lynn University Common Data Set

2023-2024 Lynn University Common Data Set (CDS), prepared by Lynn University Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment (AY2024)

Fish & Wildlife News: Winter 2024

Fish and Wildlife News

No abstract provided.

Existential Advocacy: Lawyering For Ai Safety And The Future Of Humanity, John Bliss

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

Lawyers have played a central role in a wide range of social movements aiming to provide legal voice to marginalized communities. How might this tradition of social-change lawyering apply to the protection of future generations— a population that cannot advocate for themselves? This is a pressing question in the movement to mitigate “existential risk,” which refers to events that would foreclose a meaningful existence for future generations either through human extinction or irreversible trajectories of human suffering. Over the past two decades, an Oxford-based academic community has been researching existential threats that could arise from emerging technology, such as advanced …

Bone Traces And Modifications From Feeding By Dermestes Maculatus, B. V. Adams, Leon G. Higley

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

That Dermestes maculatus feeding can leave marks on bones is established in the literature - that D. maculatus routinely mark bones is not. Our results here, exposing fleshed bones to D. maculatus adults and immatures for almost two months after complete tissue removal, indicate that under natural conditions D. maculatus do not feed on bones. The key issue seems to be the ability of D. maculatus to seek new food sources versus being confined (and eventually starving) on bones. In a natural setting, once a food supply is exhausted, D. maculatus would seek new food …

Moral Exemplars Attitude Surveys, Sam And Pearl Oliner

Moral Exemplars Study

No abstract provided.

Operational Terms, United States Army

United States Army: Field Manuals

Operational Terms, United States Army Field Manual FM 1-02.1

Literacy Teachers In The Making: A Look At Teacher Candidates’ Experiences As They Tutor Elementary Students, Hannah Carter, Jadelyn Abbott

Literacy, Language and Culture Faculty Publications and Presentations

The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher candidates’ perceptions of their first experience teaching literacy. Using a case study design, this research spans two consecutive semesters and investigates 34 teacher candidates’ reflections as they engaged in structured tutoring in a university-based literacy clinic. Qualitative analyses of various reflections revealed that teacher candidates largely focused on planning and delivering quality instruction, understanding students and families, and contemplating what it takes to become a teacher. We found that over the course of the tutoring experience, candidates’ reflections shifted from (1) being micro-focused on details to focused on their student, (2) …

Master Your Mind: Recognize And Overcome Cognitive Distortions, Melanie Guillen

ENGS 15.11: Design and Education

As depression and anxiety increase across the U.S., particularly within young adults, this workshop is intended to educate students on one of the elements that contributes to depressive symptoms: cognitive distortions. It will provide students with the vocabulary to identify ways in which their thoughts become distorted and give them strategies on how to overcome them using principle cognitive reframing, a principle of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) using an interactive activity and time for reflection.

What's The 411?, Liliana Ciraulo

ENGS 15.11: Design and Education

This class invites students to reflect on gossip and the role it plays in their lives. As they complete activities such as a game of telephone and round-table discussions, they will walk away with a further understanding of gossip’s history, benefits, consequences, and ethics. My hope as an educator is that students will take these lessons and apply them to their relationships and interactions, so that a more gossip-conscious community can be fostered.

Simulation Of Optimal Control Of Vaccination For Svihr Covid-19 Epidemic Model, Kantanop Yimfan

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Infectious disease modeling plays a crucial role in understanding and managing epidemic outbreaks. Mathematical models, combined with control strategies, can help guide effective interventions and policy making. In this study, we examined an epidemic model, so-called SV IHR, which is an extended SIR model with additional states to incorporate vaccination and treatment. Our goal is to determine parameters known as controls; specifically, the vaccination proportion, through the framework of the optimal control problems. We defined an objective function and explored the control strategies that optimize it. Numerical simulations were then performed to illustrate the dynamics of the epidemic both with …

The Relative Impacts Of Peer Disapproval, Parental Disapproval, And Perceptions Of Risk On Adolescent Marijuana Use, Sean P. Varano, Pamela Kelley, Laurie Becker

Justice Studies Faculty Publications

Adolescent drug use has consistently been a concern for researchers and policymakers for decades as its early onset and continued use can lead to a variety of negative life outcomes. Concerns related to marijuana use have emerged in recent years as states have begun to change laws regarding recreational cannabis use. The current study uses data from a cohort of students in Massachusetts to understand how these changes may impact marijuana use. Findings from this study suggest that nearly three years after the first recreational marijuana retail center opened, the protective features of parental norms toward marijuana use may no …

ประมวลศัพท์ที่เกี่ยวข้องกับยารักษาโรคมะเร็ง, อัจฉรียา คุ้มญาติ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

สารนิพนธ์ฉบับนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อนำเสนอประมวลศัพท์ที่เกี่ยวข้องกับยารักษาโรคมะเร็ง ซึ่งประกอบด้วยศัพท์ที่เกี่ยวข้องกับลำดับการรักษาโรคมะเร็ง วิธีการรักษาโรคมะเร็ง ยารักษาโรคมะเร็ง ตัวชี้วัดผลการรักษา โดยมีจุดมุ่งหมายเพื่อศึกษาทฤษฎีที่เกี่ยวข้อง และกระบวนการจัดทำประมวลศัพท์ และนำประมวลศัพท์ที่ได้มาใช้อ้างอิงสำหรับผู้ที่ต้องทำความเข้าใจข้อมูลยารักษาโรคมะเร็งในระดับที่เกี่ยวข้อง เช่น อาสาสมัครโครงการวิจัยยามะเร็ง นักศึกษา นักแปล และผู้สนใจ การจัดทำประมวลศัพท์ที่เกี่ยวข้องกับยารักษาโรคมะเร็งนี้ได้อ้างอิงจากทฤษฎีและแนวทางการทำประมวลศัพท์ที่นักศัพทวิทยาเสนอไว้ โดยแบ่งการทำงานออกเป็น 5 ขั้นตอน ได้แก่ 1) การกำหนดหัวข้อ วัตถุประสงค์และขอบเขตการศึกษาในการจัดทำประมวลศัพท์ 2) การทบทวนวรรณกรรมทางศัพทวิทยาและการศึกษาข้อมูลยารักษาโรคมะเร็ง 3) การสร้างคลังข้อมูลภาษา และการดึงศัพท์จากคลังข้อมูลภาษา 4) การกำหนดมโนทัศน์สัมพันธ์ของศัพท์ที่เกี่ยวข้องกับยารักษาโรคมะเร็งและ 5) การบันทึกข้อมูลศัพท์เบื้องต้น การบันทึกข้อมูลศัพท์ และการเขียนคำนิยามเพื่อกำหนดศัพท์เทียบเคียงในภาษาไทย ประมวลศัพท์ที่เกี่ยวข้องกับยารักษาโรคมะเร็งประกอบด้วยศัพท์ทั้งหมด 30 คำ โดยจัดเรียงตามกลุ่มมโนทัศน์สัมพันธ์ และลำดับของมโนทัศน์ในมโนทัศน์สัมพันธ์ การนำเสนอศัพท์แต่ละคำประกอบด้วยศัพท์ภาษาอังกฤษ ศัพท์ภาษาไทย ขอบเขตข้อมูลที่พบศัพท์ มโนทัศน์สัมพันธ์พร้อมคำอธิบาย บริบทที่พบศัพท์ นิยามศัพท์ รูปศัพท์อื่น ประเภทของคำทางไวยากรณ์ และข้อมูลอ้างอิง

A Theory-Derived Mmpi-2/Mmpi-2-Rf Scale Of Suicidality, Catherine A. Ebarb

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Clinicians and researchers have routinely searched for better ways to identify suicidal behaviors before an attempt to end ones life can occur. Decades of research have studied the question of what predisposes a person to suicidal behaviors and taking their own life. Researchers have sought to examine ways to capture these risk factors and features of suicidal behavior through assessment. Although various suicidal behavior measures exist, many of them only capture a snapshot view of suicidal risk. In addition, some measures in use are not derived from the most recent theories on suicidal behavior, which have expanded the understanding of …

Relationship Between Spiritual Struggles And Health Outcomes In Adult Chronic Pain Patient Populations, Brianna Marie Todd

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Chronic pain affects about one-fifth of the worlds population. Although a biopsychosocial model is often applied, religious and spiritual factors are frequently neglected in the conceptualization of pain and its impact. Prior research has identified how religious and spiritual (R/S) struggles are associated with depression, pain catastrophizing, and pain disability in pain patients. However, few investigations have assessed how struggles affect the relationship between pain and well-being. The present study explored how R/S struggles affect the relationship between pain and well-being when tested as mediators and moderators, while accounting for the effects of age, gender, race, income, education, and religious …

An Exploration Of Factors Influencing Emerging Adults’ Decision-Making Regarding Family Intentionality, Samantha Mckee

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this mixed methods study was to gain an understanding of factors that may influence emerging adults’ decision-making regarding family intentionality. Specifically, it aimed to answer two research questions: 1) What factors influence an emerging adults’ decision-making regarding family intentionality? 2) Is there a correlation between the number of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) an individual has experienced and their desire to have children? This study also examined how ACEs are factored into the different systems of Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory and how they affect the child at each level. This study utilized a sequential quan-->QUAL design, combining …

Aggregation And Oligomerization Characterization Of Ss-Lactoglobulin Protein Using A Solid-State Nanopore Sensor, Mitu C. Acharjee, Brad Ledden, Brian Thomas, Xianglan He, Troy Messina, Jason Giurleo, David Talaga, Jiali Li

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Protein aggregation is linked to many chronic and devastating neurodegenerative human diseases and is strongly associated with aging. This work demonstrates that protein aggregation and oligomerization can be evaluated by a solid-state nanopore method at the single molecule level. A silicon nitride nanopore sensor was used to characterize both the amyloidogenic and native-state oligomerization of a model protein ß-lactoglobulin variant A (βLGa). The findings from the nanopore measurements are validated against atomic force microscopy (AFM) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) data, comparing βLGa aggregation from the same samples at various stages. By calibrating with linear and circular dsDNA, this study …

Evolution Of A Self-Renewing, Participant-Centered Workshop Series In Bmb Assessment, Ludmila Tyler, Peter J. Kennelly, Shelly Engelman, Kirsten F. Block, Jennifer C. Bobenko, Jaclyn Catalano, Jesica A. Jones, Margaret I. Kanipes-Spinks, Yang Mooi Lim, Jennifer Loertscher, Tejiri Olafimihan, Hailey Reiss, Territa L. Upchurch-Poole, Yufeng Wei, Kimberly J. Linenberger Cortes, Victoria Del Gaizo Moore

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

We present as a case study the evolution of a series of participant-centered workshops designed to meet a need in the life sciences education community—the incorporation of best practices in the assessment of student learning. Initially, the ICABL (Inclusive Community for the Assessment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/BMB Learning) project arose from a grass-roots effort to develop material for a national exam in biochemistry and molecular biology. ICABL has since evolved into a community of practice in which participants themselves—through extensive peer review and reflection—become integral stakeholders in the workshops. To examine this evolution, this case study begins with a …

Modeling The Function Of Ryanodine Receptor Type 2 And Its Role In Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (Cpvt) Heart Disease​, Harani Ritesh Athwale, Dillen-Preetesh Jayanti Patel, Sai Puneeth Kothuru

Protein Modeling Reports

Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT) is a potentially fatal condition linked to a mutation in the Ryanodine receptor (RyR2), the largest calcium ion channel known, which is crucial for heart function. The RyR2 protein is made of four similar subunits. Mutations in RyR2 can cause the channels to "leak," disrupting normal heart rhythms. In individuals with this mutation, the combination of caffeine intake and exercise can worsen these effects, leading to sudden cardiac arrest. With the RyR2 receptor located on the sarcoplasmic reticulum of cardiac muscle, the mutation prevents the receptor from fully closing, which hyperpolarizes the membrane and disrupts …

Development Of Microfluidic Thermal Gel Electrophoresis For Biological Analysis, Mario Ambrocio Cornejo

Wayne State University Dissertations

ABSTRACTDEVELOPMENT OF MICROFLUIDIC THERMAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS FOR BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS by MARIO AMBROCIO CORNEJO May 2024 Advisor: Dr. Thomas H. Linz Major: Chemistry (Analytical Chemistry) Degree: Doctor of Philosophy The molecular biology that takes place within cells is vital to the over function of an organism. Healthy cellular function is crucial to a wide web of interconnected processes that need to be balanced and regulated. When these processes become abnormal, disease states are developed. The mapping of biological networks has led to the development of gene therapy and more accurate diagnostic tests. However, there are still vital biomolecules that due to …

Microbial Prevalence And Antibiotic Resistance Associated With Urban Food Production Systems, Nirosha Ruwani Amarasekara

Wayne State University Dissertations

Despite the increasing popularity of urban agriculture and farmers’ markets, there is a lack of scientific data on microbial prevalence and antibiotic resistance associated with this unique food production system. The overall goal of this research is to understand antibiotic resistance and microbial prevalence in soil and fresh produce associated with urban agriculture. Specifically, we aim to investigate ARG in association with resistance genes to metals and other compounds in urban agricultural soil as well as antibiotic resistome and Listeria contamination in fresh produce distributed in urban communities.

In the initial phase of this research, soil samples were collected from …

Exploiting Light To Probe Biological Processes, Madeline Denison

Wayne State University Dissertations

Metal complexes have many advantages as biochemical tools due to their rich photophysical properties and unique geometry. Metal-based complexes are commonly reported as emissive probes or photoactivatable biological agents. Long emission lifetimes of metal complexes allow for the use of lifetime gating which eliminates autofluorescence found in assays, a distinct advantage over short-lived organic fluorophores. This work utilizes this powerful technique to generate reversible, emissive probes for monitoring CYP3A4 active site occupancy. In addition to the emissive properties of metals, metals can also be used as photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photochemotherapy (PCT) agents. These light-activated strategies provide important spatiotemporal control …

Numerical Design, Fabrication, And Characterization Of Porous Tissue Scaffolds For Bone Regeneration, Brandon Coburn

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

With the recent advancements within biomedical engineering of bone tissue scaffolds, there is still a need to develop mechanically robust and biocompatible with low immunogenicity for bone regeneration. Additionally, the evaluation of the fluid dynamics of the porous Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces (TPMS) bone scaffold also shows the need for investigation due to the complex fluid interaction of hemodynamics that occurs with the scaffold internal and external domains. To aid in the development of treating bone fractures, defects, and diseases. Furthermore, with the induction of a wide variety of TPMS architecture that yields different topologies, the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) …

Synthesis Of Leishmania Spp Antigens For The Development Of Vaccine Candidates, Dipesh Budhathoki

Theses and Dissertations

Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by the protozoan parasite of the genus Leishmania. Presently no vaccine against Leishmaniasis is available, so there is a need for new anti-leishmanial treatments, including an effective preventive vaccine. We focus on developing vaccine candidates based on leishmania’s cell surface carbohydrate antigens. Saccharides heavily envelop the cell surface of Leishmania, lipophosphoglycan (LPG) becoming a significant glycan in most leishmania species. Its intrinsic antigenicity makes this polysaccharide a useful target for developing conjugated vaccine candidates against all leishmaniasis variants. In this report, we present our progress towards the synthesis of the fragments of LPG …

Locus-Specific Differential Expression Of Human Satellite Sequences In The Nuclei Of Cancer Cells And Heat-Shocked Cells, Christina Rabeler, N. Paterna, Rajiv Potluri , '20, Lia R. D’Alessandro , '21, Anusha Bhatia , '24, Shu Yi Chen , '24, Johanna Lee , '23, Bereketab Abeje , '23, Benjamin Lipchin , '25, B. R. Carone, Dawn M. Carone

Biology Faculty Works

Human satellites (HSats) are pericentric, tandemly repeating satellite DNA sequences in the human genome. While silent in normal cells, a subset of HSat2 noncoding RNA is expressed and accumulates in the nucleus of cancer cells. We developed a FISH-based approach for identification of the distribution of three subfamilies of HSat2 (A1, A2, B) sequences on individual human chromosomes. Further, using the HSat subfamily annotations in the T2T completed centromere satellite (CenSat) sequence, we isolated, defined and mapped differentially expressed sequence variants of nuclear-restricted HSat2 and HSat3 RNA from cancer cell lines and heat-shocked cells. We identified chromosome-specific and subfamily-specific expression …