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Catholic church involvement across different cultures
No full textThere is a widespread religious deconversion in Western culture (Hardy & Taylor, 2024).
• Data from The Unites States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) shows that 29.7 million US Hispanics identify as Catholic, which translates to approximately 59% of the Hispanic population in the Unites States (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, n.d.).
• This study examined the difference between Catholic church involvement in predominantly Hispanic cities versus predominantly Caucasian cities.https://commons.stmarytx.edu/rscpos25/1044/thumbnail.jp
Acute Physiological Responses to an Infrared Sauna Blanket Towards Home Based Passive Heat Therapy
No full textRepeated passive heat exposure can improve cardiovascular health outcomes. A novel infrared sauna blanket may enable home-based heat therapy, but these devices are yet understudied. By closely monitoring blood pressure, heart rate, core body temperature, and perceptual responses, it could be determined how a participant\u27s body reacts to the infrared treatment. We found elevated cardiovascular activity in response to the sauna blanket, similar to that observed during moderate-intensity exercise. Therefore, the infrared sauna blanket may have potential for inducing long-term cardiovascular adaptations and become an accessible and costeffective way of treating/preventing chronic illness.https://commons.stmarytx.edu/rscpos25/1035/thumbnail.jp
Reentry reinvented: The Dayton, Ohio Foodbanks approach
Get PDFAs of 2024, there are currently 621 incarcerated people per 100,000 people in the general population of Ohio. Due to collateral consequence, many returning citizens have found it difficult to reenter society effectively. The lack of support in safe housing, food assistance, transportation, family support, and much more has increased the percentage of recidivism. Over the years, the Foodbank Inc. of Dayton, Ohio (the Foodbank) has adapted to providing support for people who are leaving the incarceration system to help returning citizens reenter society.https://commons.stmarytx.edu/rscpos25/1090/thumbnail.jp
Mindful Lawyering: Incorporating Mindfulness into the American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct
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Spiking Frequency Dependence on Input Current in Relation with The Leaky Integrate-and-fire Neuron Model
Get PDFNeurons are the most fundamental part of the nervous system and are diverse in structure and function containing a cell body, dendrites, and axons (Ludwig, et al., 2022). These electrically excitable cells receive and transmit electrical and chemical signals. These electrical impulses are known as action potentials in response to an input, and aids in the transmission of neurological information to neighboring neurons. An action potential (AP) is a rapid sequence of changes in the voltage across a membrane and it\u27s an all-or-nothing event. It has three main stages: depolarization, repolarization, and hyperpolarization (Grider et al., 2023). Threshold depends on the shape of the sodium activation function near spike initiation (Platkiewicz & Brette, 2010). The value of that threshold sets the firing rate and determines the way neurons compute. The neuronal firing rate is defined as the number of spikes, divided by the duration of given spikes in a time interval (Tomar, 2019).https://commons.stmarytx.edu/rscpos24/1028/thumbnail.jp
Understanding the Evolutionary Conservation of Ilp3 Gene Across Drosophila
Get PDFDrosophila melanogaster is a commonly used model organism in genetics and developmental biology. Research on the insulin signaling pathway in D. melanogaster provides evidence that it is similar to the human pathway and involved in metabolism, growth and lifespan regulation (5). The Genomic Education Partnership’s (GEP) Pathways Project is a network analysis that focuses on insulin signaling in the genus Drosophila through the annotation of genes (1). The approach of the project is to understand the evolutionary change in genes across species over time in biological pathways and look at the growth and metabolic homeostasis (2). Insulin, in Drosophila, is produced by secretory cells in the median eminence of the brain called insulin- producing cells (IPC’s). IPC’s release insulin-like peptides in response to hormones and bind to insulin receptors to regulate metabolism and reproduction. Drosophila insulin-like peptides (llp) promote an abundance of glycogen and lipids inducing glycolysis in cells (3). Glycolysis is the process of breaking down glucose and converting it into pyruvate and is important for growth and development in the fruit fly. There are eight different Drosophila insulin-like peptides (llp) that are responsible in growth conditions and produce a phenocopy of type 1 diabetes in humans. (3). The gene of interest in this study is the llp3 gene which is important for controlling nutrient- dependent growth control during development. We are interested in studying how evolutionarily conserved the llp3 gene is and investigated the llp3 in D. rhopaloahttps://commons.stmarytx.edu/rscpos24/1024/thumbnail.jp
In God We Trust but Not the US Executive Branch
Get PDFOne of the most polarizing topics in the United States is politics, especially regarding the Executive Branch of the United States of America. Trust in the President is at an all time low, and we wonder what has provoked this change. The role of media in spreading information is essential to understanding levels of trust. While we know the press can alter politics through information, the validity of this information is uncertain. In today\u27s society, confidence in the press is questioned as even the media is polarized. This caused me to hypothesize, there is a relationship between confidence in the media and trust in the executive branch such that the less confidence in the media the less trust in the executive branch.https://commons.stmarytx.edu/rscpos24/1023/thumbnail.jp