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Evaluation Of Inseq To Identify Genes Essential For, Ramamoorthy Sivakumar, Jothi Ranjani, Udayakumar S Vishnu, Sathyanarayanan Jayashree, Gabriel L Lozano, Jessica Miles, Nichole A Broderick, Changhui Guan, Paramasamy Gunasekaran, Jo Handelsman, Jeyaprakash Rajendhran

Faculty Research 2019

The reciprocal interaction between rhizosphere bacteria and their plant hosts results in a complex battery of genetic and physiological responses. In this study, we used insertion sequencing (INSeq) to reveal the genetic determinants responsible for the fitness of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PGPR2 during root colonization. We generated a random transposon mutant library of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PGPR2 comprising 39,500 unique insertions and identified genes required for growth in culture and on corn roots. A total of 108 genes were identified as contributing to the fitness of strain PGPR2 on roots. The importance in root colonization of four genes identified in the INSeq …

Recommended Housing Densities For Research Mice: Filling The Gap In Data-Driven Alternatives., Karen L. Svenson, Beverly J Paigen

Faculty Research 2019

Space recommendations for mice made in the Guide for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals have not changed since 1972, despite important improvements in husbandry and caging practices. The 1996 version of the Guide put forth a challenge to investigators to produce new data evaluating the effects of space allocation on the well-being of mice. In this review, we summarize many studies published in response to this challenge. We distinguish between studies using ventilated or nonventilated caging systems and those evaluating reproductive performance or general well-being of adult mice. We discuss how these studies might affect current housing density considerations …

2019: Dr. Margie Pinnell, Jeremy Hill

Women of UD: 2018 to Present

During Women’s History Month, the University of Dayton Women’s Center coordinates, as an experiential learning opportunity for students, an annual exhibit highlighting the contributions women have made at the University of Dayton. Theme for 2019: Trailblazers.

2019: Dr. Westina Matthews Shatteen, Daria-Yvonne J. Graham

Women of UD: 2018 to Present

During Women’s History Month, the University of Dayton Women’s Center coordinates, as an experiential learning opportunity for students, an annual exhibit highlighting the contributions women have made at the University of Dayton. Theme for 2019: Trailblazers.

2019: Dr. Linda Rodgers, Meghan Rivera

Women of UD: 2018 to Present

During Women’s History Month, the University of Dayton Women’s Center coordinates, as an experiential learning opportunity for students, an annual exhibit highlighting the contributions women have made at the University of Dayton. Theme for 2019: Trailblazers.

2019: Sister Laura Leming, F.M.I., Ph.D., Amy Lopez-Matthews

Women of UD: 2018 to Present

During Women’s History Month, the University of Dayton Women’s Center coordinates, as an experiential learning opportunity for students, an annual exhibit highlighting the contributions women have made at the University of Dayton. Theme for 2019: Trailblazers.

Women's History Month [Poster], University Of Northern Iowa. Women's And Gender Studies Program.

Women’s and Gender Studies Program Documents

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of A Prototype For Indications-Based Prescribing With 2 Commercial Prescribing Systems, Pamela M. Garabedian, Joanna Abraham, Et Al

Open Access Publications

Importance: The indication (reason for use) for a medication is rarely included on prescriptions despite repeated recommendations to do so. One barrier has been the way existing electronic prescribing systems have been designed.

Objective: To evaluate, in comparison with the prescribing modules of 2 leading electronic health record prescribing systems, the efficiency, error rate, and satisfaction with a new computerized provider order entry prototype for the outpatient setting that allows clinicians to initiate prescribing using the indication.

Design, Setting, and Participants: This quality improvement study used usability tests requiring internal medicine physicians, residents, and physician assistants to enter prescriptions electronically, …

Association Of The Infant Gut Microbiome With Early Childhood Neurodevelopmental Outcomes: An Ancillary Study To The Vdaart Randomized Clinical Trial, Joanne E. Sordillo, Susan Korrick, Nancy Laranjo, Vincent Carey, George M. Weinstock, Diane R. Gold, George O'Connor, Megan Sandel, Leonard B. Bacharier, Avraham Beigelman, Robert Zeiger, Augusto A. Litonjua, Scott T. Weiss

Open Access Publications

Importance: In animal models, the early life gut microbiome influences later neurodevelopment. Corresponding data in human populations are lacking.

Objective: To study associations between the gut microbiome in infants and development at preschool age measured by the Ages and Stages Questionnaire, third edition (ASQ-3).

Design, Setting, and Participants: This ancillary cohort study of the Vitamin D Antenatal Asthma Reduction Trial (VDAART) used data from 715 participants who had development assessed at 3 years of age by the ASQ-3, which included scores in 5 domains (gross motor skills, fine motor skills, problem solving, communication, and personal and social skills). A total …

The Demographic And Life-History Costs Of Fear: Trait-Mediated Effects Of Threat Of Predation On Aedes Triseriatus, Geoffrey D. Ower, Steven A. Juliano

Faculty Publications – Biological Sciences

1. Predators alter prey populations via direct lethality (density-mediated effects), but in many taxa, the indirect nonlethal threat of predation may be almost as strong an effect, altering phenotypically plastic traits such as prey morphology, behavior, and life history (trait-mediated effects). There are costs to antipredator defenses and the strength of prey responses to cues of predation likely depends on both the perceived level of risk and food availability.
2. The goal of this study was to test the hypothesis that the costs of nonlethal trait-mediated interactions impacting larvae can have carryover effects that alter life-history traits, adult characteristics, and ultimately population …

Usa V. Jeffrey Bado

2019 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Monetary Liability Of Public School Employees Under The Idea And Section 504/Ada, Perry A. Zirkel

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Federal Role In Universal Pre-K, Brian Mcwalters

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Separating The Wheat From The Tares: The Supreme Court's Premature Strict Scrutiny Of Race-Based Remedial Measures In Public Education, Hayden Smith

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Armed And Dangerous - Teachers? A Policy Response To Security In Our Public Schools, Todd A. Demitchell, Christine C. Rath

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Context Is Critical: K-5th Grade Three-Act Math Tasks, Lindsey Herlehy

Publications & Research

Mathematicians view mathematics within interesting and natural contexts. In this session, participants will engage and explore Three-Act Math Tasks; a story-telling pedagogical strategy that elicits student curiosity, collaboration, and questioning while redefining the term “real-world context” and the role that students play in the learning process. Resources will be provided

Teaching With A Full Deck: Card Sorts, Lindsey Herlehy

Publications & Research

Card sorts tend to make students do the “thing” we value most: talk. Beyond making matches, card sorts provide opportunities for students to classify, rank, sequence, and mind map while setting a natural context for argumentation and use of the claim-evidence-reasoning framework. Join me for a series of card sorts to explore how this easy-to-prep tool will encourage your students to reason and think critically. Math and science resources will be shared.

Resources available below for download include all cards used in the training.

Create Pretty Documents With Latex!, Evan Brummet, Patrick Davis, Micah Fogel

Faculty Publications & Research

LaTeX is a typesetting system for the educator who wants to create documents with beautifully typeset mathematics. It is free, available for all major platforms, and cross-platform compatible.

In this workshop, we will introduce participants to LaTeX, and then demonstrate how to typeset a variety of documents (e.g., tests or presentations). We are happy to tailor the demonstration to answer any specific questions raised by participants.

Please bring your laptop to get hands-on experience.

This web page contains links to the handouts and the sample files: staff.imsa.edu/~fogel/latex

Hadron, Devika Prasad '19, Caitlyn Castillo '20

Hadron Magazine

• Pg 6 : Climate Change: How it Shapes Our Future
• Pg 9 : A Grecian Goddess and a Gene: Klotho
• Pg 10 : ISSF in Singapore
• Pg 11 : Bacterial Metabolism as a Potential Source of Electricity
• Pg 12 : The Search for Life in Binary solar Systems
• Pg 13 : The Influence of the Introduction of Nitric Oxide on Cancer Tumors
• Pg 15 : Amateur Findings on Lebesgue's Universal Covering Problem
• Pg 16 : 2D Materials and Applications

Situation-Aware Left-Turning Connected And Automated Vehicle Operation At Signalized Intersections, Sakib Mahmud Khan, Mashrur Chowdhury

Publications

One challenging aspect of the Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) operation in mixed traffic is the development of a situation-awareness module for CAVs. While operating on public roads, CAVs need to assess their surroundings, especially the intentions of non-CAVs. Generally, CAVs demonstrate a defensive driving behavior, and CAVs expect other non-autonomous entities on the road will follow the traffic rules or common driving behavior. However, the presence of aggressive human drivers in the surrounding environment, who may not follow traffic rules and behave abruptly, can lead to serious safety consequences. In this paper, we have addressed the CAV and non-CAV …

Teaching Students To Critically Read Digital Images: A Visual Literacy Approach Using The Dig Method, Dana Statton Thompson

Faculty & Staff Research and Creative Activity

This innovative teaching idea, the Digital Image Guide (DIG) Method, addresses the pressing need to develop visual pedagogies in the university classroom by providing a technique for students to use to critically read digital images. This article also introduces the concept of shallow and deep images. It then explains the difference between the two types of images and how to use the DIG Method to dig deeper in order to understand deep images. By utilizing the DIG Method, students can learn to analyze, interpret, evaluate and comprehend images found on social media sites and around the web, increasing …

International Student Adjustment Framework: Improvement Through Educational Leadership, Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre

Journal of Educational Leadership in Action

The ever-growing student population diversity in American universities demands better comprehension to meet international graduate students' academic, sociocultural, and personal needs. Based on prior international student adaptation models, this researcher proposed a conceptual framework of international students’ adjustment in graduate studies. Such adaptation process was analyzed through four stages: vulnerability, self-awareness, alliances, and synergy. Additionally, the importance of student affairs professionals and faculty leadership in supporting this student population was addressed as well. Lastly, this paper included implications and recommendations to smooth the adjustment process of international students to the education settings in the United States; hence, helping in their …

Bacterial Contents Of Seminal Fluid Of Iraqi Infertile Men, Aya Zuhair, Ghanim Hussein, Anwar N. Al-Bassam

Al-Nisour Journal for Medical Sciences

This study aimed to estimate the percentage of bacterial infection among infertile males in Iraq with special reference to the predominant bacterial type.One hundred and five samples were collected from infertile patients as well as fertile individual, Seventy samples were collected from male individuals suffering from infertility either primary or secondary, as well as 35 samples were collected from fertile persons serve as a control group .All samples collected in this study were subjected to inoculation on proper media to investigate bacterio-spermia. Seminal plasma of liquefied samples were collected from all samples by centrifugation at 3000 rpm for 7min, plasma …

Antibiotics Resistance Among Clinical Isolates Of Staphylococcus Aureus, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa And Escherichia Coli, Mohammed Hayder Hashim, Marwa Hameed Alkhafaji

Al-Nisour Journal for Medical Sciences

The pattern of antibiotic susceptibility of nine isolate of (E. coli, P. aerugensa and S. aureus) to five antibiotics ceftazidime (CAZ), azithromycin (AZM), amoxicillin-clavulanate (AMC), ciprofloxacin (CIPR), and cefoxitin (CTX) was determined using disc diffusion method. The results showed that S. aureus isolates were 100% resistant all to antibiotics AMC, CAZ, CTX (Extended-spectrum β-lactamases). While 66.6% of isolates were AZM resistant and 33.3% of S. aureus isolates resist CIP. All E. coli isolate (100%) were resistant to (CTX and CAZ) and 66.6% of E. coli isolates were resistant to CIPR and AMC. P. aerugensa were 100% resistant to AMC and …

The Effect Of Some Biochemical Parameters On Patients With Renal Failure, Inas Sattar Abd

Al-Nisour Journal for Medical Sciences

This study was carried out for ninety patients with renal failure in Al karama hospital/ Baghdad compared with (fifty) healthy as control group. To determine hemaglobulin PCV, and serum urea, glucose, albumin, potassium, glutamic pyruvic transminase (GPT) and glutamic oxaloacetic transminase (GOT) were measure for both group. The patients had known from its disease on based history and clinical examination. This study showed elevated in significant difference of mean value (p<0.01) at all level serum (Na+, K+) concentration, albumin, urea and glutamic pyruvic transminase (GPT) between patients group and healthy control. the result also appeared no significant (p<0.05) in level of glutamic oxaloacetic transminase GOT between them.

Determining Levels Of Rheumatoid Factor (Rf) And C - Reactive Protein (Crp) In A Blood Sample Of Iraqi Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis (Ra), Muataz Mohammed Al-Taee, Duaa Ibrahim Mohmood, Mayada Mahmood Muhammed

Al-Nisour Journal for Medical Sciences

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation and joint destruction. The aim of this study was to investigate levels of Rheumatoid factor (RF) and C- Reactive protein in Iraqi RA patients. Blood samples were obtained from 50 RA patients (males and females) referred to Rheumatology consultation clinic in Baghdad teaching hospital, Medical city, with a mean age of 40.88±18.75 years. On the other hand, blood samples were obtained from 50 healthy controls with a mean age of 38.90±14.73 years. Results showed that Rheumatoid factor (RF) was detected in all serum samples taken from RA patients …

Species Specificity Between The Trematoda Fasciola Hepatica And The Molluscan Host, Ilham Abdulwahid Majeed

Al-Nisour Journal for Medical Sciences

Larval development of Fasciola hepatica in abnormal snail intermediate host Lymnaea palustris was studied. This incompatible host-parasite relationship was investigated under Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) to determine the fate of penetrated miracidia. It is believed that no larval development beyond the sporocyst was allowed to proceed by the defense system of L. palustris. This reaction was in the form of defense cell (haemocytes) aggregation around sporocyst. These haemocytes vary in appearance under TEM, some have a vary electron dense cytoplasm, others are much more electron lucid. These appeared to correspond to granulocytes and amoebocytes respectively, as described by other workers. …

Model Simulation Of Cucumber Yield And Microclimate Analysis In A Semi-Closed Greenhouse In China, Xiaotao Ding, Yuping Jiang, Dafeng Hui, Lizhong He, Danfeng Huang, Jizhu Yu, Qiang Zhou

Biology Faculty Research

Adequate greenhouse environmental management is very important for improving resource use efficiency and increasing vegetable yield. The objective of this study was to explore suitable climate and cultivation management for cucumber to achieve high yield and build optimal yield models in semi-closed greenhouses. A fruit cucumber cultivar Deltastar was grown over 4 years in greenhouse and weekly data of yields (mean, highest and lowest) and environmental variables, including total radiation, air temperature, relative humidity, and carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration were collected. Regression analyses were applied to develop the relationships and build best regression models of yields with environmental variables using …

Broadening The Use Of Perennial Native Vegetation For Nutrient Reduction On Marginalf Farmland, Justin Meissen, Ashley Kittle, Laura Jackson

Tallgrass Prairie Publications and Reports

Project highlights:

• Key prairie species establish well even in dry conditions
• Seed mixes customized for dry soils result in more ecological functions at similar price
• Cost-effectiveness of native perennial vegetation comparable in productive vs. marginal soils

How To Create Individual Development Plans For Business Success, Carol Wittmeyer

Business Faculty/Staff Publications

Editor's Note: This is the third article in a series on professional development opportunities for potential family business successors. The first article considered the value of outside experience, discussing career paths inside and outside of the family business; the second discussed the importance of onboarding. This article addresses individual development planning based on a potential successor’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

Liam Stevens was third generation in the Stevens Corporation, started by his grandfather and expanded by his father, and located in a small upstate New York town. They invented the narrow isle forklifts used in most warehouses. At a …