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Board Of Directors Meeting Minutes (June 13, 2022), Dmacc

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

This file contains the minutes from the Des Moines Area Community College Board meeting held on June 13, 2022.

2022-June-13-James H. Quillen Chair Of Excellence In Teaching And Learning, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (June 13, 2022) – East Tennessee State University’s Clemmer College has announced that Dr. Dawn A. Rowe will serve as the James H. Quillen Chair of Excellence in Teaching and Learning. She will assume her position on July 1, 2022.

The James H. Quillen Chair of Excellence in Teaching and Learning, originally established in 1994, is an endowed chair in the Clemmer College created specifically to address issues related to teaching, its relationship to learning and innovative practice and problem solving to enhance the future and quality of life in the region and beyond. It honors former …

The Cgas-Sting Pathway Affects Vertebral Bone But Does Not Promote Intervertebral Disc Cell Senescence Or Degeneration, Olivia K. Ottone, C. James Kim, John A. Collins, Makarand V. Risbud

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty Papers

The DNA-sensing cGAS-STING pathway promotes the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) and mediates type-I interferon inflammatory responses to foreign viral and bacterial DNA as well as self-DNA. Studies of the intervertebral disc in humans and mice demonstrate associations between aging, increased cell senescence, and disc degeneration. Herein we assessed the role of STING in SASP promotion in STING gain- (N153S) and loss-of-function mouse models. N153S mice evidenced elevated circulating levels of proinflammatory markers including IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α, showed elevated monocyte and macrophage abundance in the vertebral marrow, and exhibited a mild trabecular and cortical bone phenotype in caudal vertebrae. Interestingly, …

Two New Late Quaternary Avifaunas From The East-Central Great Basin With The Description Of A New Species Of Falco, Steven D. Emslie, Jim I. Mead

Western North American Naturalist

We report 2 new late Quaternary avifaunas from cave deposits in Snake Valley, White Pine County, eastern Nevada, that provide new records of extinct and extant species in the east-central Great Basin. These avifaunas collectively represent at least 24 species, including the most northern inland record of California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) in western North America and a new species of kestrel (Falco sp.) described herein. Two extralimital living species also were identified—the Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) and Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)—and are the first fossil records of these species in the Great Basin. …

The Development And Validation Of The Practicing Faith Survey, Albert Cheng, Beth Green, David I. Smith

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

We introduce a new instrument, called the Practicing Faith Survey (PFS), to assess faith formation among students in K-12 Christian schools. We begin by describing the conceptual and theological background of the PFS, underscoring the ways it differs from existing instruments of faith formation because of its particular focus on Christian practice within the context of learning and the vocation of the student. We then describe the procedures behind developing the PFS and its five domains: Intellectual, Relational, Introspective, Beneficent, and Formational Practices. We then provide evidence of validity and reliability based on a pilot study that involved 1,200 US …

Preliminary Evaluation Of A Citizen Scientist Educational Curriculum Aimed At Engaging Black Men In Lung Cancer Early Detection Screening, Alicia Matthews, Josef Ben Levi, Other Co-Authors

Sociology Faculty Publications

This article describes an educational program to engage African American men as citizen scientists (CSs) and future research partners in a lung cancer screening project. We provide an overview of the curriculum used, the structure and format of the educational sessions, and associated educational outcomes. Furthermore, we describe lessons learned in the engagement of African American men as CS in community-based lung-health equity research. The CS educational program included five group-based sessions delivered through zoom. The educational curriculum was adapted from the University of Florida Citizen Scientist program and tailored to address lung health and the contextual experiences of African …

Citizen Science Education In Slovak Research Library: Case Study From Central Europe, Zuzana Stozicka, Maria Habrmanova, Silvia Sofianos, Matej Harvat, Jitka Dobbersteinova, Josef Dzivak

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Citizen science (CS) as the tool engaging people in scientific projects has a great potential for strengthening valuable relationships between academic community and public, democratization of science, building new specific competencies on both sides and supporting the values of civil society. Just now Slovakia, Central European country, is starting to discover its potential. Academic libraries have a unique position to promote CS. All over the world, many academic libraries take on the role of citizen science centers. The benefits include adding an attractive reason to visit the library, opportunities to gain new skills, networking library staff with scholarly community, increasing …

Epico European Print Initiatives Collaboration And The 7th Kuopio Conference, Frederic G. A. Brodkom Dr

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

i. EPICo (European Print Initiatives Collaboration) is an informal network with the aim of keeping important printed library materials available in a time of pressure on library spaces and increasing use of electronic material. In Europe there are several national or regional initiatives to preserve and archive print research material for the user of today and the user of the future. These initiatives include repository libraries for the storage of print material, and collaborative journal preservation programmes. As a collaborative network, the most important attributes of EPICo are the people and schemes represented, actually our team is composed of 17 …

Warmstarting The Constrained Optimal Filter Design Problem For Active Noise Control Systems In Conic Formulation, Yongjie Zhuang, Zhuang Mo, Yangfan Liu

Publications of the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories

In practical active noise control (ANC) systems, constraints such as stability, need to be considered in the controller design process. The optimal control filters can be obtained by solving a constrained optimization problem, which requires a significant computational effort. Recently, a convex formulation in conic form was proposed for ANC applications which was shown to result in a computational time reduction by several orders. It is desirable to further improve its efficiency so that the optimal filter design process can be continuously repeated to achieve adaptive control for slow varying operating conditions. One potential way is to introduce a warmstart …

The Academic Library As Meeting Space: Story Time For The Recreational Room Of The Faculty Of Veterinary Medicine (Udelar-Uy), Alicia Diaz Costoff, Angela R. Botana

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

i. The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of the Republic implemented a recreational and care room during the month of February for the student’s, teachers’ and library staff’s children, between the ages of 5 to 12. Its purpose was to support parents with the care of the kids during the working day in school recess. The library in this context, participated with Story time. Firstly the children visited the facilities and then enjoyed listening to a story. Amongst the selected stories were “Camaleón ve los colores” by Anita Bijsterbosh and “El papá de Malena” by Helen Velando. Readings …

Do Book Consumers Discriminate Against Black, Female, Or Young Authors?, Dana B. Weinberg, Adam Kapelner

Publications and Research

The publishing industry shows marked evidence of both gender and racial discrimination. A rational explanation for this difference in treatment of both female and Black authors might relate to the taste-based preferences of book consumers, who might be less willing to pay for books by such authors. We ran a randomized experiment to test for the presence of discriminatory preferences by consumers based on authors’ race, gender and/or age. We collected ratings of 25,201 book surveys across 9,072 subjects on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, making this study the largest experimental study of the book market to date. Subjects were presented with …

Adolescent Sex Trafficking Screening Tool In An Emergency Department, Elizabeth Elliott, Tracy Ison

Group: Samford University Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing

Sexual trafficking (ST) is prevalent in the United States and Alabama (Polaris, 2019). According to U.S. law, any person under the age of 18 who is induced to perform a commercial sex act is a victim of ST regardless of whether there is force, fraud, or coercion. Once free from trafficking, up to 88% of victims report that they had been in contact with a healthcare provider while being trafficked. Of those, few reported being questioned regarding their ensnarement by traffickers, and more than half were treated in emergency care settings (Polaris, 2019). Most victims report ST began between the …

Zooming Into Breakout Rooms For Engaging Library Instruction Sessions, Sarah J. Hammill

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

i. With Covid-19 came the onset of social distancing, closed campuses, and limited open hours in physical libraries. Instruction librarians shifted to online instruction and had to modify the traditional way of teaching. In face-to-face settings it is easy to read the room. For example, a blank stare usually indicates that the student has “left the room” mentally. This is when an instruction librarian reengages the room by asking a question, changing their intonation, walking around the room, or calling on someone in order to bring back the stargazers. We quickly learned that most of our tried-and-true teaching tips do …

Faculty Perceptions Of Oa A Quantitative Analysis, Kara Jones, Alanna Ross, Jeneice Lusk, Veronique Lecat

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

A quantitative survey of faculty perceptions of Open Access (OA)

publishing was conducted at the American University of Sharjah (AUS), a

small liberal arts style University in the United Arab Emirates.

The survey aimed to assess faculty perceptions of the credibility and

quality of OA publishing. We were curious to discover the range of

interpretations and understanding of OA amongst our faculty members

in order to inform ongoing outreach and scholarly communications

activity.

Library Research & Adobe Scholars: Lifelong Learning Through Mentoring, Ava Brillat, Lauren Fralinger, Vanessa Rodriguez

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

i. The Library Research Scholars program pairs librarian faculty mentors with undergraduates on a yearlong journey of engaging with research and creating an intellectual product on a topic of their own devising. Each librarian mentor is paired with a Library Research Scholar whose research area of interest coincides with the librarian’s own area of expertise. As mentors, librarians work actively to guide their mentees through an open-ended, research inquiry process. Librarian faculty members from all departments of the library, including Technical Services, have served as mentors to Library Research Scholars. Librarian faculty mentors guide Research Scholars through a process of …

Zoomed Out? How Burnout Was Associated With Affect, Personality, And Job Satisfaction Among Library Employees During The Pandemic, Barbara M. Sorondo, Christopher M. Jimenez, Sarah J. Hammill

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

In March 2020, many libraries transitioned from onsite to remote work in an “abundance of caution” due to the coronavirus pandemic. Almost overnight, the varied interactions previously occurring across classrooms, conference rooms, offices, staff lounges, and cafes transformed into endless Zoom sessions. Many library employees consequently noted feeling greater stress, fatigue, and burnout, the latter of which is characterized by emotional exhaustion, cynicism, alienation from work activities, and reduced job performance. We measured how burnout related to affect, personality, job satisfaction, and various characteristics among library employees during this transition to remote work.

We distributed a survey to all library …

Weaving The Libraries Future Beyond Traditional Activities, Sarah J. Hammill

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

This poster will share different ways to engage students and

faculty beyond the traditional activities of instruction and

collections. It will explain how one urban public research

university library has become the nexus for sharing culture,

language, and music by connecting students and faculty from

diverse backgrounds through karaoke, trivia, conversation, and

more. It will detail how libraries of all sizes, budgets, and

locations can celebrate the diversity of the campus community

through a variety of events online and/or in person. Learn how

to create a campus buzz about the library beyond study rooms

and laptops. Included in the poster …

Experimental Aortic Fluid And Solute Transport Measurement System Independent Study, Ryan Allin

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Independent Study

This paper details the design, development, and preliminary experimental results of a device capable of measuring diffusion through aortic wall samples over time to determine permeability. Initial sketches and 3D CAD designs provided proof of concept. Initial trials showed effective waterproofing of inner and outer drum design in conjunction with the specified O-ring. Overall, the system was effective in measuring the diffusion across aortic membranes, but improvements to materials as well as experimental procedure would produce more accurate experimental results.

Michael Robert Tilleman, Appellant V. Michal Christine Tilleman, Appellee : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2020 –)

On appeal from the Fourth Judicial District Court, Honorable James Brady, District Court No. 164402522

Douglas Thayer, Andy Wright, Attorneys for Appellee

Julie J. Nelson, Attorney for Appellant Michael Robert Tilleman

How To Read Meister Eckhart’S Poverty Sermon, Ian Alexander Moore

Philosophy Faculty Works

This paper outlines a few strategies for reading Meister Eckhart’s famous sermon on the first beatitude (Pr. 52). It looks at the political and ecclesiastical background of Eckhart’s teaching on poverty, some ways to manage the role of paradox in his preaching, and how to navigate tensions between the spirit and the letter of his text.

The Rule Against Hearsay, Indigenous Claims And Story-Telling As Testimony In Canadian Courts, Zia Akhtar

American Indian Law Journal

No abstract provided.

A Watershed Moment: The Health And Economic Impact Of Water Sustainability In The Navajo Nation Post Pandemic, Onnaedo Nwankwo

American Indian Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Interview-Informed Synthesized Contingency Analyses On Challenging Problem Behavior: A Single-Case Meta-Analysis, Lauren Layman

Dissertations

The purpose of the current study was to conduct a thorough review of the literature on the Interview Informed Synthesized Contingency Analysis (IISCA) developed by Hanley et al. (2014) and its subsequent treatments. A total of 39 articles were identified as including an IISCA to assess the function of participants’ destructive problem behavior. Twenty-nine articles also conducted function-based interventions designed from the results of the IISCAs. Within those 39 studies, 235 participants participated in 293 synthesized contingency analyses (SCA) and 111 treatment evaluations. Results indicated that 95.56% of SCAs in the included studies were reported to be differentiated. Likewise, Tau-U …

Autofluorescence Microscopy: Identifying Bacterial Signals On Rock Samples, Noel Case

University Honors Theses

One common method for identifying microbes present in fluid and non-fluid samples is fluorescent dye staining, in which samples are stained with a fluorophore - a molecule excited by an external light source that re-emits energy as higher-wavelength light. The excitation wavelength used greatly impacts the observability of microbes in the resulting fluorescence images, and deep ultraviolet excitation (200-280 nm) seems to provide the highest signal-to-noise ratio of any excitation range. By inoculating rock samples (gypsum and marble) with B. subtilis, staining with SYTO 9, Acridine Orange and FM 1-43 dyes, and imaging with deep UV (275 nm), near …

Boston Tremont Housing Development Fund Corporation V. Garcia

All Decisions

Grants tenant's motion to dismiss a breach of lease and nuisance holdover alleging that the tenant’s dogs were constantly barking and causing foul odor to emanate from the apartment. Court found the notices insufficiently fact specific-failing to detail dates and times of the disturbances that the court noted were not necessarily within respondent’s knowledge.

Coastal Buffers, Rebecca Irelan

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Examining Perceived Stress And Diet Quality Among Low-Income Families Engaged With A Nutrition-Based Food Assistance Program, Kelsey R. Wolfe, Kathryn L. Dambrino, David Phillippi, Laura Gray

DNP Projects

Abstract

Introduction: Evidence suggests poor-quality diets and high levels of stress have negative impacts on health, especially in low-income families in the southern United States. Nutrition-based food assistance programs were developed to meet nutritional needs of food insecure clients. The purpose of this scholarly project was to explore the relationship between perceived stress and diet quality among low-income families engaged with a nutrition-based food assistance program.

Methods: A retrospective and observational design was used to analyze previously collected survey responses from clients participating in a nutrition-based food assistance program in Nashville, TN (N = 425). Descriptive statistics and Spearman’s …

Characterizing The Chemical And Microbial Fingerprint Of Unsheltered Homelessness In An Urban Watershed, Daniel Gerrity, Katerina Papp, Eric Dickenson, Meena Ejjada, Erica Marti, Oscar Quinones, Mayra Sarria, Kyle Thompson, Rebecca A. Trenholm

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction Faculty Research

Unsheltered homelessness is rapidly becoming a critical issue in many cities worldwide. The worsening situation not only highlights the socioeconomic plight, but it also raises awareness of ancillary issues such as the potential implications for urban water quality. The objective of this study was to simultaneously leverage diverse source tracking tools to develop a chemical and microbial fingerprint describing the relative contribution of direct human inputs into Las Vegas' tributary washes. By evaluating a wide range of urban water matrices using general water quality parameters, fecal indicator bacteria (FIB), human-associated microbial markers [e.g., HF183, crAssphage, and pepper mild mottle virus …

Contrasting A Mobile App With A Conversational Chatbot For Reducing Alcohol Consumption: Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial, Patrick Dulin, Robyn Mertz, Alexandra Edwards, Diane K. King

ISER Articles

Background: Mobile apps have shown considerable promise for reducing alcohol consumption among problem drinkers, but like many mobile health apps, they frequently report low utilization, which is an important limitation, as research suggests that effectiveness is related to higher utilization. Interactive chatbots have the ability to provide a conversational interface with users and may be more engaging and result in higher utilization and effectiveness, but there is limited research into this possibility. Objective: This study aimed to develop a chatbot alcohol intervention based on an empirically supported app (Step Away) for reducing drinking and to conduct a pilot trial of …

Sand Microtextures As Indicators Of Depositional Environment – A Comparison Of Fluvial, Marine And Aeolian Sediments, Brian Hanson, Diane M. Burns

The Compass: Earth Science Journal of Sigma Gamma Epsilon

The Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) has been used to examine sediment surfaces since the late 1960’s. More recently, results of SEM analyses of grains have been used to link depositional environments and modes of transport for sediments and sandstones (Krinsely and Trusty, 1986; Mahaney and Kalm 2000; Mahaney et al., 2001). This technique has been considered to be a viable, though time consuming, option for researchers interpreting depositional environments. V-pits are a microfeature which is claimed to indicate a littoral deposition environment (Krinsley and Trusty, 1986; Middleton and Kassera, 1987), while others claim it is a result of fluvial processes …