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Environmental isolate developing antibiotic resistance by complementation
Get PDFAntibiotic resistance is a growing concern within the scientific community. With few new antibiotics being introduced and an increasing number of resistant microbes, routine bacterial infections are becoming more difficult to treat in clinics and hospitals. The purpose of this study is to compare the ability of two environmental isolates – Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Exiguobacterium undae (E. undae) to grow in solutions of increasing concentrations of tetracycline and ciprofloxacin. After the bacteria showed grow in the solutions, antibiotic susceptibility was tested by examining zones of inhibition on Trypticase Soy Agar (TSA) plates. Our results indicate both isolates were initially susceptible to each antibiotic. The isolates were grown individually and mixed to determine if the isolates could gain resistance to the antibiotics in either environment. Our results demonstrate that E. undae could grow and become resistant in mixed cultures when grown in the presence of S. aureus reflecting the ability of S. aureus to complement microbial growth. Along with the ability of S. aureus to complement the growth of E. undae, it was also able to develop resistance to both ciprofloxacin and tetracycline through repetitive exposure
Robert Glick: Public Reading and Conversation
No full textRobert Glick is the author of the short story collection Two Californias (C&R Press, 2019) and an Associate Professor of English at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he teaches creative writing, electronic literature, and the occasional course on zombies. His work has been published in Diagram, Denver Quarterly, and Gettysburg Review. More recently, excerpts from his just-completed novel, The Asterisms, have won competitions in Summer Literary Seminars and New Ohio Review. He lives in Rochester with his partner-in-crime Anne Royston, their new baby Evan, and their dog Toby. He spends much of his time looking out the snow-streaked window in search of foxes
Swayed Pines Festival, 1974-2000: Community Building through Music, Crafts, Food & Fun [2023]
Get PDFThe Swayed Pines Festival was a community event held at Saint John’s every spring for 27 years. Folk music, a fiddling contest, crafts, food, workshops, art and concerts brought thousands to campus
Hippopotamus (\u3ci\u3eHippopotamus amphibius\u3c/i\u3e) Aggressive Behaviors in the Retima Hippo Pool, Orangi River, Tanzania
Get PDFHippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphibius) are known to forage on land during the night and spend the daytime in shallow pools to thermoregulate and to protect their skin from UV radiation. Daily use of pools may lead to competition for space and facilitate aggressive interactions between hippopotamuses. In this study, we looked at the difference in occurrence of aggressive behavior in the morning and evening hours between hippopotamuses (hippos). Our hypothesis was that hippos will be more aggressive at different times of the day, and we predicted that the higher aggressive activity will be in the morning hours, as hippos our returning to the pool. Our data was collected at the Retima Hippo Pool, Orangi River, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania in May 2022. Aggressive behaviors were counted and recorded using transect methodology (six pairs of observers watched a transect across the pool and recorded at pre-set times). We defined aggressive behavior based on previous publications. Results showed that hippos were more aggressive during evening hours as compared to the morning (96 and 54, respectively). Based on these results, our hypothesis was not supported. A potential explanatory factor might be that the annual spring rains did not occur in 2022, so the pool level was extremely low. This may increase concentration of both hippos and fecal matter, and this may have altered when and how often aggressive behavior occurred. If we repeated this observational experiment, we would extend the study period to include more than one season
The Effects of Creatine Monohydrate Supplementation on Anaerobic Performance
Get PDFMultiple studies have been conducted on the effect of creatine monohydrate supplementation on muscular strength. However, evidence of the effect of creatine supplementation on anaerobic performance is less clear. PURPOSE: To determine if creatine supplementation impacts sprint speed and vertical jump height. METHODS: 10 females and 9 males (N=19) aged 21 ± 0 from the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University participated in this randomized single blind study. Participants ingested creatine monohydrate or a placebo for 21 days and were tested on days 1, 6, 14, and 21. Day one tests were completed prior to the consumption of creatine or a placebo. Each test day participants completed three vertical jump tests and two 30-meter sprints. For both assessments the best result was used. RESULTS: Participants ingesting creatine were not found to have improved anaerobic performance within sprints or jumps compared to participants ingesting the placebo. There was a significant main effect of time (p = .039) found for sprint time with both groups combined. Simple main effects showed a significant decrease in sprint time in the treatment group (p \u3c .05) however, no significance was found between the control and treatment groups (p = .091). There was not found to be a main effect of treatment (p = .402), time (p = .069), or treatment*time interaction (p = .423) for vertical jump height. CONCLUSION: Creatine supplementation significantly decreased sprint speed, however, there wasn’t a significant difference from the control group. Creatine supplementation did not significantly impact vertical jump height. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This study received funding from the OURS grant from the College of Saint Benedict Experiential Learning department
Incarnate Spirits: The Embodied Roots of Worship
Get PDFSpirituality is “how the Spirit of Jesus enables Christians to grow into fullness with God in this life and in particular historical circumstances.” The role of the community is definitive in shaping the spirituality of an individual and the interior dynamism of spirit is contextualized by incarnate experience. This piece employs the thought of Bernard Lonergan, SJ bolstered with the work of two Lonergan scholars, Ian Bell and Timothy Brunk, on the notion of a “worshipful” pattern of experience
Subsidiarity: A Central Principle for Justice, Peace, and Sustainability in Mining
Get PDFThe Catholic social teaching principle of subsidiarity states that problems should be dealt with at the lowest level possible, but the highest level necessary. It attempts to create structures of social power that can best protect the dignity of individuals and families and promote their human flourishing. In the case of mining, subsidiarity would say that the communities impacted by mining need to be centered and empowered to the greatest extent possible, but that the national, regional, and/or global nature of the issues at stake, like climate change, violent conflict, or economic justice, mean that community goals and decisions need to be weighed against other common goods or translated into broader frameworks. Subsidiarity can be an effective tool for adjudicating the best ways to optimize these goods within different contexts. This essay examines the role of subsidiarity in three key sectors related to mining: international law and human rights, regulation, and sustainability and the environment. After showing how subsidiarity applies to these problems, four additional recommendations are given for how to exercise subsidiarity for justice and peace in mining: focus on vertical integration, create opportunities for horizontal subsidiarity, build capacity in local communities, and support alternatives to industrial mining. Two examples of a subsidiary response to mining are detailed: Oro Verde in Colombia and Chartered Mediation in Extractive Industries in Kenya
