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A Longitudinal Analysis Of The Impact Of Daily Hassles, Life Stressors, And Chronic Medical Conditions On Salivary Alpha Amylase In Young Adults, Anjana Jagpal

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Young adulthood is a critical point of transition accompanied by a number of different stressors. Exposure to a stressor activates two systems – the hypothalamic pituitary axis (HPA) and sympathetic adrenal medullary (SAM) system. Research has primarily examined HPA axis and its corresponding stress hormone, salivary cortisol with little attention on sympathetic nervous system (SNS) markers. However, emerging research has proposed salivary alpha amylase (sAA) as a potential surrogate for SNS activity. The existing neuroendocrine research on sAA has largely focused on acute stressors and it is important to understand how sAA behaves in response to different levels of stressors …

An Evaluation Of Reciprocal Associations Across The Mentoring Relationship For Mentors And Mentees With Attachment Needs, Molly Cory

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Mentoring programs are a popular approach for supporting low-income youth by providing them with an adult mentor who is intended to be a positive role model and fulfill unmet attachment needs. Low-income youth who become mentees are often understood through an attachment lens and treated as the focus of any mentoring intervention. Although significant research has been devoted to understanding the impact of the mentoring relationship on mentees, the function of the mentoring relationship for mentees remains unclear. Some studies have found direct effects of the mentoring relationship on mentee emotional and behavioral outcomes, while other studies have suggested indirect …

Black Adolescent Self-Perceptions: The Roles Of Ethnic Identity And Stress Exposure, Kailyn Bare

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

The effects of stressors during youth and adolescence have long been investigated as powerful experiences affecting adjustment and well-being. Stressful life events predict a range of psychological and physical outcomes, but their impact on adolescent self-perception has yet to be studied thoroughly. Adolescent strengths, such as ethnic identity, may serve as protection from threats and warrant exploration. Using resilience theory (Fergus & Zimmerman, 2005) and a stressor model of adolescent development (Grant et al., 2003), this study examines the influence of ethnic identity in the relationship between youth stressful experiences and different types of self-perception (social competence, behavioral conduct, and …

A Dual-Stack Coaxial Magnetic Gear For A Wave Energy Conversion Generator, Hossein Baninajar, Sina Modaresahmadi, Ho Yin Wong, Jonathan Z. Bird, Wesley B. Williams, Bertrand Dechant, Parker Southwick

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

This paper presents the electromagnetic and mechanical design and analyses of a 7.67:1 gear ratio magnetic gear for a wave energy converter demonstrator. A 2-D and 3-D magnetostatic finite element analysis (FEA) was conducted to maximize the mass torque density. To increase torque without increasing the diameter a unique dual-stack rotor topology was used along with a twelve-segment per pole-pair inner rotor Halbach array and a four-segment per pole-pair outer rotor Halbach topology. The eddy current loss within the magnetic gear was mitigated by using laminated magnets and a low-loss electrical steel. The experimentally tested magnetic gear had a peak …

Precision Irrigation Guide For Center Pivots, Elisa Flint, Matt Yost, Troy Peters, Clara Anderson, Burdette Barker, Neil Hansen

All Current Publications

This factsheet discusses the different variable rate irrigation (VRI) options for center pivots, when they might reduce water use and energy, produce higher crop yields, and when it might be unreasonable to expect these kinds of benefits.

Seasonality Of Precipitation In The Southwestern United States During The Late Pleistocene Inferred From Stable Isotopes In Herbivore Tooth Enamel, Matthew J. Kohn, Kathleen B. Springer, Jeffrey S. Pigati, Linda M. Reynard, Amanda E. Drewicz, Justin Crevier, Eric Scott

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

The late Pleistocene was a climatically dynamic period, with abrupt shifts between cool-wet and warmdry conditions. Increased effective precipitation supported large pluvial lakes and long-lived spring ecosystems in valleys and basins throughout the western and southwestern U.S., but the source and seasonality of the increased precipitation are debated. Increases in the proportions of C₄/(C₄+ C₃) grasses in the diets of large grazers have been ascribed both to increases in summer precipitation and lower atmospheric CO₂ levels. Here we present stable carbon and oxygen isotope data from tooth enamel of late Pleistocene herbivores recovered …

Between Memory And Invention An Interview With Nietq Sobejano Arquitectos, Luis Sacristán Murga

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

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Going Dutch Duplication, Authencity And Reprogrammed Experience, Iris Mach

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

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Million Donkey Hotel And Other Memories Of Stone, Michela Bassanelli

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

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A Future Of Pilgrimage, Andy Lockyer

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

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Alternate Hospitality A New Frontier, Tiziano Aglieri Rinella

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

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Bikini Berlin Becoming An Icon Of Post-War Reconstruction, Dionys Ottl

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

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More Of Something Else Conjecture One-Thirty (Tu), Jeffry Burchard

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

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Postindustrial Spectacle Reconnecting Image And Function, Patrick Ruggiero, Jr.

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

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Cathedrals Of Consumerism Experiencing Corporate Interiors And Brands, Sylvia Leydecker

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

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A Visual History Of Dining A Timeline, Eli Feldman

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

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The Changing Roles Retail In The Experience Economy, Ann Petermans, Bie Plevoets, Koenraad Van Cleemopoel

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

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Approximations To A Working Space Around But Not Inside El Museo De Los Sures, Laura F. Gibellini

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

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New Pasts, Old Experiences The Spectacle Of Authenticity At Cairo's Museum Of Agriculture, Samaa Elimam

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

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2022 Alfie Scholars Senior Conference Program, Seattle University

Alfie Scholars Conferences

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Library Resources Accessibility And Ict Adeptness: Case Study Of Federal University Otuoke Library., Luqman Ayanlola Atanda, Cecilia Oyebola Olafimihan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Information needs arise when an individual finds himself in a problem situation, when he or she no longer can manage with the knowledge that he or she possess. Library patrons repeatedly find themselves in situations where information is needed, sought and gathered, organized, retrieved, processed, evaluated, and used. The objectives of this study are to examine the information requirements of students and researchers in Federal University Otuoke, to asses both human and material resources in the library; to determine the level at which the library satisfies the information needs of the users; and to find out best way(s) to meet …

Proceedings Of The Rust-Edu Workshop, Bart Massey

Rust-Edu Workshop

The 2022 Rust-Edu Workshop was an experiment. We wanted to gather together as many thought leaders we could attract in the area of Rust education, with an emphasis on academic-facing ideas. We hoped that productive discussions and future collaborations would result. Given the quick preparation and the difficulties of an international remote event, I am very happy to report a grand success. We had more than 27 participants from timezones around the globe. We had eight talks, four refereed papers and statements from 15 participants. Everyone seemed to have a good time, and I can say that I learned a …

The Unintended Effects Of Tamper-Evident Food Closures, Marissa Orlowski, Sarah Lefebvre, Laura Boman

Faculty & Staff Research and Creative Activity

Restaurant-to-consumer food delivery has experienced disruption with the growth of third-party services such as DoorDash and Uber Eats. However, this platform-to-consumer delivery method introduces increased opportunities for food tampering and contamination due to additional touchpoints in the delivery process. To mitigate these concerns, more restaurants are implementing tamper-evident closures such as seals attached to the food containers used for delivery items. Drawing on signaling theory, we examine the effect of tamper-evident closures in the third-party delivery context through two experimental studies and a focus group. Our results revealed a negative effect of tamper-evident seals on willingness to pay through lowered …

Stabilizing The Empire: Western Calendric Astronomy As Statecraft During The Kangxi Reign, 1667-1720, Xiaoqiao Xu

The Quiet Corner Interdisciplinary Journal

In the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Catholic missionaries arrived in China to preach Christianity. Suspected by the ruling emperors, figures like Matteo Ricci (1552-1519) approached royal authorities by introducing scientific knowledge to them. This trend continued to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), and was deployed extensively by the Emperor Kangxi (reign 1667-1722), especially in the field of calendric knowledge. Previous research contended that Kangxi’s adoption of western calendric knowledge was mainly out of Kangxi’s own interest or his concern of empire-building. This paper argues that Kangxi utilized the western calendric astronomy as statecraft to stabilize the Qing empire through perspectives of …

Syllabus: Queer Mississippi (Fall 2022), Amy Mcdowell

Course Events, Presentations, and Syllabi

Course syllabus for Queer Mississippi, Fall 2022. Cross-listed as SOC596/HST596/GST596/SST596 (Sociology, History, Gender Studies, Southern Studies)

Course description: Current scholarship on LGBTQ+ lives emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach, combining archival methods with oral histories, and employing a wide range of source materials. This cross-listed course, aimed at graduate students and upper-level undergraduates, focuses on Queer Mississippi lives, communities, and movements from a historical and sociological perspective. It trains students how to conduct and analyze interview and archival research, and gives students experience with creating a community engaged research exhibition on Queer Mississippi. The first part of the course introduces students to …

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces And Capacity Optimization: A Large System Analysis, Aris L. Moustakas, George C. Alexandropoulos, Mérouane Debbah

Machine Learning Faculty Publications

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs), comprising large numbers of low-cost and almost passive metamaterials with tunable reflection properties, have been recently proposed as an enabling technology for programmable wireless propagation environments. In this paper, we present asymptotic closed-form expressions for the mean and variance of the mutual information metric for a multi-antenna transmitter-receiver pair in the presence of multiple RISs, using methods from statistical physics. While nominally valid in the large system limit, we show that the derived Gaussian approximation for the mutual information can be quite accurate, even for modest-sized antenna arrays and metasurfaces. The above results are particularly useful …

Identification Of Lethal Inhibitors And Inhibitor Combinations For Mono-Driver Versus Multi-Driver Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells, Geng Chia Ku, Abygail G. Chapdelaine, Marina K. Ayrapetov, Gongqin Sun

Cell and Molecular Biology Faculty Publications

There are no signaling-based targeted therapies for triple-negative breast cancer. The development of targeted cancer therapy relies on identifying oncogenic signaling drivers, understanding their contributions to oncogenesis and developing inhibitors to block such drivers. In this study, we determine that DU-4475 is a mono-driver cancer cell line relying on BRAF and the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway for viability and proliferation. It is fully and lethally inhibited by BRAF or Mek inhibitors at low nM concentrations, but it is resistant to inhibitors targeting other signaling pathways. The inhibitory lethality caused by blocking Mek or BRAF is through apoptosis. In contrast, MDA-MB-231 …

A Comprehensive Comparison Of Machine Learning And Feature Selection Methods For Maize Biomass Estimation Using Sentinel-1 Sar, Sentinel-2 Vegetation Indices, And Biophysical Variables, Chi Xu, Yanling Ding, Xingming Zheng, Yeqiao Wang, Rui Zhang, Hongyan Zhang, Zewen Dai, Qiaoyun Xie

Natural Resources Science Faculty Publications

Rapid and accurate estimation of maize biomass is critical for predicting crop productivity. The launched Sentinel-1 (S-1) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and Sentinel-2 (S-2) missions offer a new opportunity to map biomass. The selection of appropriate response variables is crucial for improving the accuracy of biomass estimation. We developed models from SAR polarization indices, vegetation indices (VIs), and biophysical variables (BPVs) based on gaussian process regression (GPR) and random forest (RF) with feature optimization to retrieve maize biomass in Changchun, Jilin province, Northeastern China. Three new predictors from each type of remote sensing data were proposed based on the correlations …

Little Boar's Head District Annual Report August 20, 2022, Little Boar's Head Village District Representatives

Little Boar's Head Village District of North Hampton, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a district in the state of New Hampshire.

The Dating And Hooking Up Experience Of Black Women At Predominantly White Institutions: A Phenomenological Study, Patricia P. Carver Ph.D., Cpa, Donald Mitchell Jr., Ph.D.

Executives, Administrators, & Staff Publications

Within this study, we explored the dating and hooking up experiences of Black women interested in dating men while attending predominantly White institutions. Using a phenomenological approach, we investigated how participants’ dating and hooking up experiences influenced their college experiences. We used intersectionality, thriving, and belongingness to theoretically frame the study. Five themes emerged: defining dating and hooking up, the value of education, Black women’s wants, Black women’s experiences, and men’s expectations. We close with implications for practice and recommendations for future research.