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The Student Movement Volume 107 Issue 6: Night Market Lights Up Andrews Campus, Lauren Kim, Kavya Mohanram, Nora Martin, Aiko J. Ayala Rios, Wambui Karanja, Solana Campbell, Bella Hamann, Scott Moncrieff, Julia Randall, Alannah Tjhatra, Abigail Shim, Rachel Ingram-Clay, Zothile Sibanda, Amelia Stefanescu, Melissa Moore

The Student Movement v. 107 (2022-2023)

HUMANS

Meet Franky Paypa, AUSA Executive Secretary, Interviewed by: Lauren Kim

Meet 19-Year-Old Female CS Major: Andrea Stanko, Interviewed by Kavya Mohanram

Meet Jaden Leiterman, AFIA President, Interviewed by: Nora Martin

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

WAUS: A Michiana Music Oasis, Aiko J. Ayala Rios

Conductor Profile: Dr. Marc Élysée, Wambui Karanja

Currently..., Solana Campbell

That's What I Like! The Essential Filipino Jam Playlist, Bella Hamann

NEWS

Community Engagement Initiative Celebrates Third Year, Scott Moncrieff

Illegal Exports: Why Mexico is Suing US Arms Dealers, Julia Randall

KASA x SASA Night Market, Alannah Tjhatra

IDEAS

DeFINE Chapel: A Proposition, Bella Hamann

Docuseries: To …

Vista: October 27, 2022, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

Kenyon Collegian - October 27, 2022

The Kenyon Collegian

No abstract provided.

Health Communications Trial With A Resistant Population To Increase Public Health Compliance During A Pandemic, Alison Amoroso, Carlos A. O. Pavao, Russel E. Luke, Jennifer Mccoy, Sean Richey, Shenandoah Evans

Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association

Background: Georgia has among the worst rates of COVID-19 hospitalization and death rates in the nation. Many identifying as politically conservative resist public health mitigation measures, similar to populations in other politically conservative geographical areas. There are limited peer-reviewed public health communications designed for this population. We aimed to determine if an intervention using a fear appeal approach with efficacy during a pandemic can positively affect knowledge, attitude, perception, and/or behavior (KAP) in Georgia with this population.

Methods: We delivered online video stimuli tailored to the geocultural characteristics of the target population. designed to stimulate fear, encourage efficacy, and counter …

Orchestra Invitational

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

Program for the 2022 Orchestra Invitational

A Framework For Detecting Noncoding Rare-Variant Associations Of Large-Scale Whole-Genome Sequencing Studies, Zilin Li, Xihao Li, Hufeng Zhou, Sheila M. Gaynor, Margaret Sunitha Selvaraj, Theodore Arapoglou, Corbin Quick, John Blangero, Joanne E. Curran, Ravindranath Duggirala, Harald H. H. Goring

School of Medicine Publications

Large-scale whole-genome sequencing studies have enabled analysis of noncoding rare-variant (RV) associations with complex human diseases and traits. Variant-set analysis is a powerful approach to study RV association. However, existing methods have limited ability in analyzing the noncoding genome. We propose a computationally efficient and robust noncoding RV association detection framework, STAARpipeline, to automatically annotate a whole-genome sequencing study and perform flexible noncoding RV association analysis, including gene-centric analysis and fixed window-based and dynamic window-based non-gene-centric analysis by incorporating variant functional annotations. In gene-centric analysis, STAARpipeline uses STAAR to group noncoding variants based on functional categories of genes and incorporate …

Is The Reputation Of Eucalyptus Plantations For Using More Water Than Pinus Plantations Justified?, Donald A. White, Shiqi Ren, Daniel S. Mendham, Francisco Balocchi-Contreras, Richard P. Silberstein, Dean Meason, Andrés Iroumé, Pablo Ramirez De Arellano

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

The effect of Eucalyptus plantations on water balance is thought to be more severe than for commercial alternatives such as Pinus species. Although this perception is firmly entrenched, even in the scientific community, only four direct comparisons of the effect on the water balance of a Eucalyptus species and a commercial alternative have been published. One of these, from South Africa, showed that Eucalyptus grandis caused a larger and more rapid reduction in streamflow than Pinus patula. The other three, one in South Australia and two in Chile, did not find any significant difference between the annual evapotranspiration of E. …

Mcmanus V. Condren

All Decisions

No abstract provided.

Lucas V. Forlader

All Decisions

No abstract provided.

A Mini Review Of Citrus Rootstocks And Their Role In High-Density Orchards, Faisal Hayat, Juan Li, Shahid Iqbal, Yang Peng, Leming Hong, Rashad Mukhtar Balal, Muhammad Nawaz Khan, Muhammad Azher Nawaz, Ummara Khan, Muhammad Asad Farhan, Caiqing Li, Wenpei Song, Panfeng Tu, Jiezhong Chen

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

Dwarfing is an important agricultural trait for intensive cultivation and effective orchard management in modern fruit orchards. Commercial citrus production relies on grafting with rootstocks that reduce tree vigor to control plant height. Citrus growers all over the world have been attracted to dwarfing trees because of their potential for higher planting density, increased productivity, easy harvest, pruning, and efficient spraying. Dwarfing rootstocks can be used to achieve high density. As a result, the use and development of dwarfing rootstocks are important. Breeding programs in several countries have led to the production of citrus dwarf rootstocks. For example, the dwarfing …

2022-10-27 Academic Issues Committee Recommendations To Uar 112, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., Academic Issues Committee.

Faculty Senate Records

Recommendations to the revised UAR 112 submitted by the Academic Issues Committee to the Faculty Senate on October 27, 2022.

Accuracy Of Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests For The Detection Of Significant And Advanced Fibrosis Stages In Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Systematic Literature Review Of The Us Studies, Dhaval Gosalia, Vlad Ratziu, Filip Stanicic, Djurdja Vukicevic, Vladimir Zah, Nadege Gunn, Dina Halegoua-De Marzio, Tram Tran

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

Background: The purpose of this systematic literature review (SLR) was to evaluate the accuracy of noninvasive diagnostic tools in detecting significant or advanced (F2/F3) fibrosis among patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) in the US healthcare context.

Methods: The SLR was conducted in PubMed and Web of Science, with an additional hand search of public domains and citations, in line with the PRISMA statement. The study included US-based original research on diagnostic test sensitivity, specificity and accuracy.

Results: Twenty studies were included in qualitative evidence synthesis. Imaging techniques with the highest diagnostic accuracy in F2/F3 detection and differentiation were magnetic …

Toward Structural Characterization Of Broadacre Crops Using Uas-Based 3d Point Clouds, Fei Zhang

Theses

The use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS)-based remote sensing methods in precision agriculture (PA) has seen rapid development in recent years. These technologies are expected to revolutionize crop management by capturing imagery data with a high spatial, temporal, and spectral resolution, thereby enabling the decision-making of farm inputs at the sub-field level and on an almost daily basis. However, in real-world operational applications, the potential of UAS-based remote sensing methods has not yet been fully exploited. One of the main research avenues is that of structural characterization of crops in order to assess plant density, leaf density, i.e., overall crop …

Discovery And Characterization Of Potent, Efficacious, Orally Available Antimalarial Plasmepsin X Inhibitors And Preclinical Safety Assessment Of Ucb7362, Martin A Lowe, Daniel E Goldberg, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Plasmepsin X (PMX) is an essential aspartyl protease controlling malaria parasite egress and invasion of erythrocytes, development of functional liver merozoites (prophylactic activity), and blocking transmission to mosquitoes, making it a potential multistage drug target. We report the optimization of an aspartyl protease binding scaffold and the discovery of potent, orally active PMX inhibitors with in vivo antimalarial efficacy. Incorporation of safety evaluation early in the characterization of PMX inhibitors precluded compounds with a long human half-life (

Ec Expression Of Activated K-Ras Leads To Capillary Deficiency Due To Excessive Lumen Formation, Reduced Pericyte Recruitment, And An Increased Susceptibility To Mmp-1-Dependent Vascular Regression, Zheying Sun

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Activated k-Ras mutations play a role in a variety of pathological conditions, such as arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). To study the effect of activated k-Ras mutation on lumen formation, we engineered human ECs to simultaneously express the activated k-Ras (G12V) mutation and compared their ability to form lumens with control ECs. We demonstrated that ECs with k-RasV12 lead to marked stimulation of EC lumen formation due to dramatic increases in intracellular vacuole formation and fusion, signaling changes including accelerated Src kinase activation, and MT1-MMP-dependent lumen expansion, all of which drive the process of lumen formation. The markedly accentuated lumen formation is …

Identifying Significant Factors Affecting The Likelihood And Severity Level Of Shared E-Scooter Crashes, Recep Can Cakici

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

• Objective: To identify significant factors that affect the possibility of shared e-scooter related crashes in Tampa and St. Petersburg, FL, and also to capture determinants contributing to the level of injury of shared e-scooter related crashes in Tampa, FL.
• Background: Over the past few years, shared e-scooters have become a common form of micromobility; however, safety concerns have been raised due to the increased number of injury accidents involving e-scooters.
• Data and data sources: Survey questionnaires were designed to collect data from the general public on e-scooter sharing programs in Tampa and St. Petersburg, FL. The collected data include respondents’ …

Impact Of Language Sampling Context On Language Productivity And Complexity, Trina J. Tolentino

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Language sampling is a familiar tool in the speech-language pathologist’s (SLP’s) repertoire, used to assess a student’s language ability and inform treatment targets. The current literature has several studies comparing various dimensions of language sampling context, but with relatively small samples. The goal of this study was to identify what sampling contexts elicit the most productive and complex language, thereby contributing insight into what conditions may yield the most accurate representation of a child’s language skill, as well as the resulting intervention focus.

One-thousand thirty-seven kindergarten, first-, second-, and third-grade students (mean age [years; months] ≈ 7;5; range = 5;0-10;9), …

Interactions Between Juvenile Estuary-Dependent Fishes And Microalgal Dynamics, Ian C. Williams

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The ontogenetic movement of juvenile estuary-dependent fishes upstream in estuarine settings is a phenomenon observed around the world. These movements usually coincide with a shift in diet from smaller prey, such as calanoid copepods, to larger prey, such as mysids. However, the mechanism that drives this pattern has yet to be conclusively described. Prior to the current study, zooplankton/hyperbenthos (“zooplankton”), primary production, and water quality data were collected from the Caloosahatchee River estuary in two concurrent and coordinated studies over a two-year period. One of the products of these sampling efforts was a classification of primary-producer types at the sediment-water …

Cluster Analysis Of Short Sensory Profile Data Reveals Sensory-Based Subgroups In Autism Spectrum Disorder, Ariel M Lyons-Warren, Michael F Wangler, Ying-Wooi Wan

Duncan NRI Faculty and Staff Publications

Autism spectrum disorder is a common, heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder lacking targeted treatments. Additional features include restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviors and differences in sensory processing. We hypothesized that detailed sensory features including modality specific hyper- and hypo-sensitivity could be used to identify clinically recognizable subgroups with unique underlying gene variants. Participants included 378 individuals with a clinical diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder who contributed Short Sensory Profile data assessing the frequency of sensory behaviors and whole genome sequencing results to the Autism Speaks’ MSSNG database. Sensory phenotypes in this cohort were not randomly distributed with 10 patterns describing 43% (162/378) …

Distinct Organization Of Two Cortico-Cortical Feedback Pathways, Shan Shen, Xiaolong Jiang, Federico Scala, Jiakun Fu, Paul Fahey, Dmitry Kobak, Zhenghuan Tan, Na Zhou, Jacob Reimer, Fabian Sinz, Andreas S Tolias

Duncan NRI Faculty and Staff Publications

Neocortical feedback is critical for attention, prediction, and learning. To mechanically understand its function requires deciphering its cell-type wiring. Recent studies revealed that feedback between primary motor to primary somatosensory areas in mice is disinhibitory, targeting vasoactive intestinal peptide-expressing interneurons, in addition to pyramidal cells. It is unknown whether this circuit motif represents a general cortico-cortical feedback organizing principle. Here we show that in contrast to this wiring rule, feedback between higher-order lateromedial visual area to primary visual cortex preferentially activates somatostatin-expressing interneurons. Functionally, both feedback circuits temporally sharpen feed-forward excitation eliciting a transient increase–followed by a prolonged decrease–in pyramidal …

Influence Of Hesperidin On The Physico-Chemical, Microbiological, And Sensory Characteristics Of Frozen Yogurt, Roberto Antonio Cedillos Hernández

LSU Master's Theses

Frozen yogurts contain yogurt culture bacteria which might impart health benefits to its consumers. Global frozen yogurt market sales are expected to grow 4.8% by 2028 which represents an important opportunity for the industry, consumers, and researchers. Polyphenols are metabolites found in plants which have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and might prevent chronical diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. The objective of this study was to elucidate the effect of the polyphenol hesperidin on the physico-chemical, microbiological, and sensory characteristics of frozen yogurts. Hesperidin was incorporated in frozen yogurt at three concentrations (500, 250 and 125 mg/90g of …

Understanding Motivations Among Sustained Cooperative Extension Partners For Obesity Prevention In Rural Louisiana, Catherine R. Losavio

LSU Master's Theses

Louisiana consistently has one of the highest rates of obesity in the nation with higher concentrations of obesity in many rural parishes (i.e., counties). Due to over a century of visibility and engagement in rural communities, Cooperative Extension (Extension) is uniquely poised to reach remote rural communities disproportionately impacted by obesity. As Extension increases its use of community coalitions and implements its new National Framework for Health Equity and Well-Being, understanding motivations and communication preferences among long-term rural coalition partners for obesity prevention and health promotion has become essential for duplicating successful local-level policy, system, and environmental (PSE) changes. This …

Overcoming Gifted Student Underachievement Through Teacher Best Practices, Samantha Simmons Webre

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The goal of this study is to collect the best practices being utilized by gifted teachers affecting change amongst their gifted underachieving students. Data collected will explore trends deemed significant among the successful best practices being utilized by academically gifted certified teachers.

The researcher will administer surveys, conduct interviews, and classroom observations to collect data from a sample of participants who are currently employed as academically gifted certified teachers. This study will focus on these academically gifted certified teacher’s definitions and recognition of underachievement, identified causes for underachievement, best practices employed to re-engage underachieving students, as well as perceptions of …

Strategies For De-Implementation Of Low-Value Care-A Scoping Review, Sara Ingvarsson, Henna Hasson, Ulrica Von Thiele Schwarz, Per Nilsen, Byron J Powell, Clara Lindberg, Hanna Augustsson

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: The use of low-value care (LVC) is a persistent problem that calls for knowledge about strategies for de-implementation. However, studies are dispersed across many clinical fields, and there is no overview of strategies that can be used to support the de-implementation of LVC. The extent to which strategies used for implementation are also used in de-implementing LVC is unknown. The aim of this scoping review is to (1) identify strategies for the de-implementation of LVC described in the scientific literature and (2) compare de-implementation strategies to implementation strategies as specified in the Expert Recommendation for Implementing Change (ERIC) and …

Mindfulness Training For Depressed Older Adults Using Smartphone Technology: Protocol For A Fully Remote Precision Clinical Trial, Abigail Schweiger, Thomas L Rodebaugh, Eric J Lenze, Katie Keenoy, Jason Hassenstab, Jeanne Kloeckner, Torie R Gettinger, Ginger E Nicol

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: Precision medicine, optimized interventions, and access to care are catchphrases for the future of behavioral treatments. Progress has been slow due to the dearth of clinical trials that optimize interventions' benefits, individually tailor interventions to meet individual needs and preferences, and lead to rapid implementation after effectiveness is demonstrated. Two innovations have emerged to meet these challenges: fully remote trials and precision clinical trials.

OBJECTIVE: This paper provides a detailed description of Mindful MyWay, a study designed to test online mindfulness training in older adults with depression. Consistent with the concept of fully remote trials using a smartphone app, …

Risk Factors And Treatment Strategy For Retinal Vascular Occlusive Diseases, Ryo Terao, Ryosuke Fujino, Tazbir Ahmed

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Retinal occlusive diseases are common diseases that can lead to visual impairment. Retinal artery occlusion and retinal vein occlusion are included in the clinical entity, but they have quite different pathophysiologies. Retinal artery occlusion is an emergent eye disorder. Retinal artery occlusion is mainly caused by thromboembolism, which frequently occurs in conjunction with life-threatening stroke and cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, prompt examinations and interventions for systemic vascular diseases are often necessary for these patients. Retinal vein occlusion is characterized by retinal hemorrhage and ischemia, which may impair visual function via several complications such as macular edema, macular ischemia, vitreous hemorrhage, and …

Genetic Addiction Risk And Psychological Profiling Analyses For "Preaddiction" Severity Index, Kenneth Blum, Mark S Gold, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Since 1990, when our laboratory published the association of the

Genetic Population Structure Of The Blue Sea Star (Linckia Laevigata) And The Boring Giant Clam (Tridacna Crocea) Across Malaysia, Zarinah Waheed, Arthur R. Bos, Marc Kochzius, Bert W. Hoeksema

Faculty Journal Articles

Various studies on population genetics in the Indo-Pacific that include the Coral Triangle region have revealed phylogeographic patterns in marine species populations. However, little is known about the population structure and connectivity pattern among the coral reefs in four seas surrounding Malaysia: the Strait of Malacca (Andaman Sea), the South China Sea, the Sulu Sea, and the Sulawesi Sea. In view of this, we examined the genetic population structure of two invertebrate species: the blue sea star (Linckia laevigata) and the boring clam (Tridacna crocea) from seven localities across Malaysia, including Pulau Layang-Layang in the Spratly Islands. Additional samples of …

Empirical Study On The Acceptance Of Mobility As A Service (Maas) Based On The Utaut2 Model, Masaki Toyama

Asia Marketing Journal

To achieve the widespread use of Mobility as a Service (MaaS), a novel transportation platform, it is important to increase consumers’ intention to use MaaS. Therefore, this study clarifies the determinants of consumers’ intention to use MaaS based on the UTAUT2 model. The research model is tested using structural equation modeling based on data from a web-based questionnaire survey of Japanese consumers. The results show that performance expectancy, social influence, hedonic motivation, and price value have significant effects on the intention to use MaaS. Moreover, the relationship between the intention to use MaaS and independent variables is moderated by old …

Why You Should Have Story Time With Your Child Today, Lindsay Medaris

Family Perspectives

No abstract provided.