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Kenyon Collegiate - September 9, 2022

Kenyon Collegiate

No abstract provided.

2022-09-09 Institutional Animal Care And Use Committee Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., Institutional Animal Care And Use Committee.

Faculty Senate Records

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee meeting minutes from September 9, 2022.

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Thin Sections

No abstract provided.

International Engagement, September 9, 2022, University Of Northern Iowa. Office Of International Engagement.

Office of International Engagement newsletter

In this Issue:

--- Self Care & Community Wellness
--- Mental Health Awareness at UNI
--- We're taking a trip to Minneapolis
--- Beware the Scammers
--- Improve Academic Performance
--- Opportunity to Host Students for a Month
--- Class Exchange Program
--- Getting to Know Graduate Student Polina Syadeyskaya
--- What's Going on around UNI?
--- Relax with Some Music
--- Joy Cole Corning Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series Presents Jon Meacham
--- Afternoon at the Farm
--- Upcoming Career Fairs at UNI
--- Around UNI: Explore UNI Campus Online

David Esleck Trio, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

No abstract provided.

Measurements Of B → D(∗)−,0d(∗)+,0k+Π− Branching Fractions In The K∗0 Mass Window, Harris Bernstein

Dissertations - ALL

This thesis presents measurements of 11 branching fractions of the form B →D(∗)−,0D(∗)+,0K+π− within the K∗0 mass window using LHCb data taken in 2016, 2017 and 2018. All 11 branching fractions are measured simultaneously and are reported alongside the covariance and correlation matrices for the final measurement.

Mississippi Sbdc Expands Into Marion County, Michelle Thompson

University of Mississippi News

State office joins forces with Marion County Development Partnership to offer services, resources

Incisional Hernia Following Colorectal Cancer Surgery According To Suture Technique: Hughes Abdominal Repair Randomized Trial (Hart), J Torkington, R. Harries, S. O'Connell, L. Knight, S. Islam, N. Bashir, A. Watkins, G. Fegan, J. Cornish, B. Rees, H. Cole, H. Jarvis, S Jones, I. Russell, D. Bosanquet, A. Cleves, B. Sewell, A. Farr, N. Zbrzyzna, N. Fiera, R. Ellis-Owen, Z Hilton, C. Parry, A. Bradbury, P. Wall, J. Hill, D. Winter, K. Cocks, D. Harris, J Hilton

Peninsula Medical School

Background Incisional hernias cause morbidity and may require further surgery. HART (Hughes Abdominal Repair Trial) assessed the effect of an alternative suture method on the incidence of incisional hernia following colorectal cancer surgery. Methods A pragmatic multicentre single-blind RCT allocated patients undergoing midline incision for colorectal cancer to either Hughes closure (double far–near–near–far sutures of 1 nylon suture at 2-cm intervals along the fascia combined with conventional mass closure) or the surgeon’s standard closure. The primary outcome was the incidence of incisional hernia at 1 year assessed by clinical examination. An intention-to-treat analysis was performed. Results Between August 2014 and …

Timely Intervention, Monitoring And Education Matters In Ms (Time Matters In Ms): Development Of A Globally Applicable Quality Improvement Tool, Jeremy Hobart, Helmut Butzkueven, Jodi Haartsen, Tjalf Ziemssen, Thirusha Lane, Gavin Giovannoni

Peninsula Medical School

Background Previously, consensus MS care standards were defined by MS specialist neurologists from 19 countries. We developed, piloted and refined an Excel-based quality improvement tool to enable MS services to benchmark against these standards. Here, we examine the refined tool. Objective To determine the applicability of the quality improvement tool in different healthcare settings. Methods MS centres across the globe were invited to pilot the quality improvement tool by coding the medical records of 36 adults with MS. We invited feedback on user friendliness, quality improvement tool usefulness and relevance of data collected. Results Seventeen centres from 14 countries participated; …

Wave Interaction And Energy Absorption From Arrays Of Complex-Shaped Point Absorbers, Y Liu, S Zheng, H Liang, P Cong

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Water wave interactions with arrays of wave energy converters are numerically investigated based on the interaction theory. The converter is a heaving point absorber that can harness the ocean wave energy through up-and-down movements. A semi-analytical hybrid method is developed that combines the boundary element method and the interaction theory. The developed numerical method is verified against theoretical solutions for arrays of truncated vertical circular cylinders. Three different array layouts are studied in detail. It is found that trapped waves exist at critical wave numbers just below the cutoff values, and the peak load on the middle device increases with …

Improving Ideation Of User Actions Using A Novel Ideation Method, Thomas L. Ashworth

Theses and Dissertations

During early stages of the design process, ideation methods are used to generate a set of potential solutions based on a particular need. Solutions to design problems generally require both technology and user actions (or tactics) of some sort, although solution ideas may omit explicit mention of either technology or tactics. Previous research suggests that an explicit consideration of tactics in early-stage ideation enables design teams to improve the quantity, quality, variety, and novelty of their idea sets. In this paper, a novel ideation method known as the Random Prompts method is presented, and its performance is evaluated against a …

Social Predictors Of Doctoral Student Mental Health And Well-Being, Feng Zhang, Kaylee Litson, David F. Feldon

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

Graduate students' mental health and well-being is a prominent concern across various disciplines. However, early predictors of mental health and well-being in graduate education, specifically doctoral education, have rarely been studied. The present study evaluated both the underlying latent classification of individuals' mental well-being and predictors of those classifications. Results estimated two latent classes of students' mental health and well-being: one class with generally high levels of mental well-being and one with lower levels of mental well-being. Regression analyses showed that mentoring in the second year of doctoral study, certainty of choice in the thrid year, and both academic development …

Cct Professional Development Bulletin September 2022, Marie O' Neill

Teaching and Learning Bulletins

The CCT Professional Development Bulletin gives an overview of upcoming professional development events including recordings of recent ones.

Resonant Plasmonic–Biomolecular Chiral Interactions In The Far-Ultraviolet: Enantiomeric Discrimination Of Sub-10 Nm Amino Acid Films, Tiago Ramos Leite, Lin Zschiedrich, Orhan Kizilkaya, Kevin M. Mcpeak

Faculty Publications

Resonant plasmonic–molecular chiral interactions are a promising route to enhanced biosensing. However, biomolecular optical activity primarily exists in the far-ultraviolet regime, posing significant challenges for spectral overlap with current nano-optical platforms. We demonstrate experimentally and computationally the enhanced chiral sensing of a resonant plasmonic–biomolecular system operating in the far-UV. We develop a full-wave model of biomolecular films on Al gammadion arrays using experimentally derived chirality parameters. Our calculations show that detectable enhancements in the chiroptical signals from small amounts of biomolecules are possible only when tight spectral overlap exists between the plasmonic and biomolecular chiral responses. We support this conclusion …

Professor Uses Israel Fellowship To Sharpen Insights For Students, Edwin B. Smith

University of Mississippi News

Joseph 'Jody' Holland participated in summer Faculty Fellowship Program

Atherogenic Potential Of Microgravity Hemodynamics In The Carotid Bifurcation: A Numerical Investigation, Philippe Sucosky, Varun Vinayak Kalaiarasan, Graham B. Quasebarth, Patricia Strack, Jason A. Shar

Open Access Publishing Fund Collection

Long-duration spaceflight poses multiple hazards to human health, including physiological changes associated with microgravity. The hemodynamic adaptations occurring upon entry into weightlessness have been associated with retrograde stagnant flow conditions and thromboembolic events in the venous vasculature but the impact of microgravity on cerebral arterial hemodynamics and function remains poorly understood. The objective of this study was to quantify the effects of microgravity on hemodynamics and wall shear stress (WSS) characteristics in 16 carotid bifurcation geometries reconstructed from ultrasonography images using computational fluid dynamics modeling. Microgravity resulted in a significant 21% increase in flow stasis index, a 22–23% decrease in …

Student Body President And Vice President Set Goals For Creating Change On Campus, Kaylin Moriarty

Digital Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire.

An Assessment Of Academic Database Subscription Management In Nigerian Tertiary Institutions: Challenges And Prospects, Kenneth O. Irenoa Cln, Oyinkepreye E. Sawyerr-George Ph.D

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Research has remained a key expectation of universities all over the globe, and supporting the research effort of academics is a key goal of libraries. Most of the support services is shown by the availability of current information provided by journals and current research output. The paper is an overview of the concept, types of databases and vendors of popular databases, current practices and some identified bias in the subscription process in most universities in Nigeria. The methodology adopted for the study is a descriptive survey research with questionnaires used to solicit responses from participants using Google form. The paper …

The Pioneer Advantage: Filling The Blank Spots On The Map Of Genome Diversity In Europe, Taras K. Oleksyk, Walter Wolfsberger, Khrystyna Schubelka, Serghei Mangul, Stephen James O'Brien

Biology Faculty Articles

Documenting genome diversity is important for the local biomedical communities and instrumental in developing precision and personalized medicine. Currently, tens of thousands of whole-genome sequences from Europe are publicly available, but most of these represent populations of developed countries of Europe. The uneven distribution of the available data is further impaired by the lack of data sharing. Recent whole-genome studies in Eastern Europe, one in Ukraine and one in Russia, demonstrated that local genome diversity and population structure from Eastern Europe historically had not been fully represented. An unexpected wealth of genomic variation uncovered in these studies was not so …

Miele Hudspeth: Making A Difference, Edwin B. Smith

University of Mississippi News

Nurse practitioner brings expertise and enthusiasm to UM Health Center

Managing Risk: A Hermeneutic Phenomenology On The Experiences Of Corporate Instructors When Planning And Developing Disaster Driven Training Content, Seeke Diana Hughes

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This phenomenological study aimed to understand and interpret corporate trainers' perspectives when developing disaster or pandemic-driven training content for remote situations and suggest a baseline response to identified deficits. Using the disaster risk management theory by Kim and Sohn (2018), with specific emphasis on Petak's (1985) and McLoughlin's (1985) framework, data from the participants was collected using semi-structured individual interviews, document analysis, and observations. While corporate trainers have used years of experience and seasoned pedagogy to enhance learning for their participants to achieve corporate objectives, almost no content exists regarding the process. Due to increased remote learning resulting from the …

Fort Hays State University Tiger Weekly, September 09, 2022, University Relations

Tiger Weekly Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Static To Dynamic: Reconceptualizing A Library Mentoring Program, Jennifer Mayer, Annie Epperson

University Libraries Publications

In 2008, three members of the faculty at the University of Northern Colorado Libraries created a document with the purpose of providing overarching mentoring guidance for their peers. In 2019, a small group of faculty librarians, with input from their colleagues, completely revised the document to create a community-sourced program reflecting the evolution in mentoring philosophies. Attendees of this interactive session should be interested in building a new program or revising a static document into a dynamic mentoring program. You will learn how we used an inclusive process that involved all librarians in our organization and a short-term assessment to …

2022 September 9, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes; September 9, 2022

Call for Nominations – Spring 2022  Faculty Senate Senator Seats and FS Committees

Building God's Kingdom, Shannon Shelton Miller

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Crystal Caruana Sullivan, executive director of Campus Ministry at University of Dayton, was named the 2022 recipient of the Forsyth Award.

2022-09-09, Board Of Regents, Murray State University

Board of Regents Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Active And Passive Immunization With An Anti-Methamphetamine Vaccine Attenuates The Behavioral And Cardiovascular Effects Of Methamphetamine, Colin N. Haile, Kurt J. Varner, Xia Huijing, Reetakshi Arora, Frank M. Orson, Thomas R. Kosten, Therese A. Kosten

School of Medicine Faculty Publications

Background: Methamphetamine use disorder (MUD) is a growing health concern with no FDA-approved treatment. The present series of studies build upon our previous work developing an anti-methamphetamine (MA) vaccine for MUD. We determined the effects of a formulation that included tetanus-toxoid (TT) conjugated to succinyl-methamphetamine (TT-SMA) adsorbed onto aluminum hydroxide (alum) in combination with the novel Toll-Like Receptor-5 agonist, entolimod. Methods: Mice were vaccinated (0, 3, 6 weeks) with TT-SMA+alum and various doses of entolimod to determine an optimal dose for enhancing immunogenicity against MA. Functional effects were then assessed using MA-induced locomotor activation in mice. Experiments using passive immunization …

Choosing Evidence Over Theory: How The Evidence For The Resurrection Undermines A Priori Arguments Against Miracles, Benjamin D. Graber

Masters Theses

For centuries, the prevailing arguments against miracles have been based on David Hume and others’ a priori arguments. These theoretical arguments continue to be debated as they are not especially persuasive to those who are ideologically opposed. Because these arguments are theoretical in nature, they exclude the possibility of miraculous events. As such, there are two ways of arguing against a priori arguments. First, one can argue from an opposing theoretical viewpoint and debate the logic within the arguments. Second, one can argue for the probability of one miraculous event. If one event can be proven likely to have occurred, …

Associations Of 24-Hour Movement Behaviors, Parental Academic Support, And Academic Achievement In Alaskan Adolescents, You Fu, Ryan D. Burns, Nora Constantino, Xavier Lopez, Samantha Dyer

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between meeting recommendations for 24-hour movement behaviors, parental academic support, and student academic achievement in a sample of Alaskan adolescents. Data were obtained from the 2019 Alaska Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS; N = 1,897; mean age = 15.8 ± 1.3 years old). The associations between meeting recommendations for the 24-hour movement behaviors of physical activity, screen use, and sleep with high academic achievement (mostly A’s and B’s) were examined using weighted multivariable logistic regressions. Subpopulation analyses determined if associations differed by levels of parental academic support. Approximately 18.8% of …

Wrongfully Accused: Germany And The Origins Of World War I, Jauschua Curtis Stout

Masters Theses

By examining the events that led to the outbreak of the First World War, one can determine whether any one nation was responsible for starting the war or failed to exercise its ability to prevent it. The origins of The First World War have seen no shortage of attention from historians in the hundred-plus years since its conclusion. Nevertheless, none have successfully presented a case that explains how what should have been a relatively minor diplomatic crisis transformed into the First World War. Instead, the traditional stance of blaming Germany for the war has been the de facto argument since …