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Management Influences on Plant Community Composition in the Prairie Pothole Region
Get PDFRemnant prairies in the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) should serve as repositories of native plant species, yet disrupted ecological process, invasive species, potential nitrogen deposition, climate change, and numerous other factors threaten native species diversity in remnant prairies. This study sought to assess how historical and adaptive management practices influence plant community composition in remnant prairies. We grouped sites based on recent or long-term management histories, and explored differences in floristic diversity, quality, and the abundance of individual species and groups of species between site groupings. Our assessments determined that long-term management history determines present day species composition, and that reinstating native disturbance regimes following extended periods of rest is effective for shifting plant community composition to a more desirable state. A continued commitment to restoring ecological function is likely required to target invasive species and conserve native species diversity on remnant prairies in the PPR
Does Social Capital Always Affect Immigrant Employment? Analyzing the Mediating Effect of United States? Cultural Context on the Relationship Between Social Capital and Immigrant Employment
Get PDFThe paper investigates if culture mediates the relation between immigrants? social capital and the likelihood of employment in a host country. It applies Social Capital Theory to predict potential effects of culture and then, conducts statistical tests on data for two distinct periods in United States history. Results are consistent with prior findings that social capital enhances the likelihood of employment for immigrants. In general, culture did not affect the efficacy of social capital on increasing the likelihood of immigrant employment, though there was an effect of culture on the quantity of bridging capital and immigrants? trust in members of the host country. In particular, non-white immigrants had fewer bridging ties and lower levels of Trust in 2018, when the culture was significantly less hospitable to new immigrants on a number of factors
Indigenous Ecocriticism and the Relationships Between Humans and Nature in Catherine Knutsson?s Shadows Cast by Stars
Get PDFIn the midst of the climate crisis, Young Adult dystopian literature offers a glimpse of the possible dark futures in store for all of us. Yet Indigenous Young Adult literature revises the natural world not as the enemy of the survival of human beings, but as a possible ally. In Cassandra Knutsson?s Shadows Cast by Stars, a plague is raging and Indigenous blood is key to human survival. Through her journey to save her community, Cassandra demonstrates how she builds a more positive relationship with nature. By offering alternative possibilities for how to treat and interact with nature, Shadows Cast by Stars recreates nature as agentive and sentient rather than inert or bent on destroying human beings. Instead, Shadows educates its readers on the positive relationships with nature possible within Indigenous ecocritical epistemologies
Providing Postpartum Depression Resources at a Local WIC Agency
Get PDFPostpartum depression (PPD) is a significant mental illness that impacts 12.5% of all postpartum women. In women with low-income, the prevalence increases to 25% and 40-60% of low-income, adolescent mothers report depressive symptoms. Postpartum depression also presents a significant early risk to healthy child development and the bond between mother and child. Symptoms of PPD can present as soon as 2 weeks postpartum and as late as 3 years postpartum. Unfortunately, once delivered, women are typically not assessed by a medical provider until 6 weeks postpartum. Therefore, targeting additional opportunities for PPD education in low-income women may play a role in the early detection and treatment of PPD.
The purpose of the practice improvement project (PIP) was to increase knowledge of PPD and provide community resources for low-income pregnant and postpartum mothers presenting to the Grand Forks, North Dakota Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) office. An evidence-based, professional, and focus population-reviewed PPD education packet, inclusive of a list of local mental health resources, was created and distributed to women that presented to the WIC office in their last trimester of pregnancy up to 6 months postpartum.
The developed packet included signs and symptoms of PPD, helpful strategies, local resources, screening tools, treatment, and emergency numbers. The packet was reviewed by a multidisciplinary team consisting of medical providers who had experience caring for women, children, and mental health patients along with local postpartum mothers (N=10). All packet reviewers agreed that the packet contained information that was accurate, pertinent, and comprehensive and that they would distribute in their own communities. The packet was distributed by WIC staff to eligible participants. Participants who received the packet were asked to complete a voluntary survey that evaluated packet effectiveness. Eight of ten eligible women accepted the packet. Of participants that accepted the packet, two returned the survey. The two packet recipients who returned the survey reported the packet and list of resources as helpful. Although eligible women participants were few, the project was effective in distributing applicable PPD information and resources that are recommended to continue to be distributed through other venues involving postpartum women
Optimizing Prediction Power of RNA-seq on Intrinsic Characteristics in Breast Cancer
Get PDFBreast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, and accurate and early detection of breast cancer is vital in characterizing the disease. Transcriptomic expression is embedded abundant tumor and cell state information. However, selecting a good pipeline in applying mRNA expression is critical in downstream characteristics prediction. We designed a study that focused on determining the best combinations of preprocessing processes in predictions. We tested six normalization methods, two gene selection methods, and over ten machine learning algorithms. By using appropriate evaluation metrics, we recommend using FPKM normalization method combined with either gene selection method and employing RF for the purpose of breast cancer downstream prediction
Freedom High
Get PDFIn this paper, I am proposing an alternative education high school for youth involved in the juvenile justice system, Freedom High. Freedom High combines counseling, family involvement, positive youth development, and education to promote desistance. The first section of the paper is a literature review that details how counseling, family involvement, positive youth development, and education combat juvenile recidivism. The second section details how Freedom High will incorporate each method into the school and lower reoffense rates
Fargo Flood Oral History; Mark McCourt
No full textMark McCourt describes his experience in the 1997 and 2009 floods in Fargo, ND.Oral history by Mark McCourt describes his experience in the 1997 and 2009 floods in Fargo, ND. This oral history was collected as part of a exhibit Disasters: Stories we share, a traveling exhibit funded by the NEH.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this oral history collection, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities (www.neh.gov).National Endowment for the Humanities (www.neh.gov)
Synergy: Integrating Performance and the Fine Arts
Get PDFMusic has proven to be beneficial to
students, both academically and socially,
as has arts education in general.
Over the years, the arts have proven to
take giant strides when the artists are a
part of an environment that encourages
collaboration within and between artistic
disciplines and social backgrounds.
This design strives to create a contemporary
and sustainable environment
that encourages an enjoyable, collaborative,
and educational experience for
performance and fi ne arts students of
various backgrounds and nationalities.
This includes designing a performance
and fi ne arts educational facility as
well as revamping current lodging for
campers and staff
Square One Rehabilitation and Wellness: The Effects Architecture Has on Treating TBI
Get PDFTraumatic Brain Injury, TBI, is an injury that affects how the
brain works. These injuries may impact individuals? behavior,
mobility, memory, language, problem solving and empathy. TBI
patients also tend to feel isolated because cognitive,
physical, and social disabilities prevent them from engaging in
their pre-injury activities in a normalized way. Depending on
how severe one?s injuries may be, one may recover from a
traumatic brain injury. However, most will live with permanent
effects from their injuries. Recovery at any level may involve
years of relearning how to do daily tasks. Throughout a TBI
survivor?s recovery process, they will need substantial support
to learn, live and work with their disability. Healthcare
professionals along with community, family and friends can
help the survivor regain confidence when returning to the
outside world to live and work with their disability.
Through design, innovative rehabilitation methods are
combined with connections to nature and community to create
a holistic and supportive atmosphere for patients to recover
from their traumas in this facility. A focus on overall community
health and wellness is also provided to benefit a wider
population and create space for interaction between TBI
patients and the community to assist in breaking stigmas. TBI
survivors, family, friends and the broader community will be
able to interact and learn in an environment that encompasses
whole body wellness
Green-Line: Nature in an Urban Setting
Get PDFMany cities lack one of the most beautiful and important aspects of life, nature. When people think of cities they think of traffic and concrete and congestion. It can be a big turn off to people who are used to trees and grass and the empty sounds of nature. With the ever-expanding construction of cities nature gets pushed farther and farther out. Grass turns into concrete, trees get chopped down and in their place businesses are built. Thus, the question arises: how can architecture help bring nature back into the city?
For the past century cities have been designed around vehicles rather than pedestrians. In turn cities become bigger and more spread out. Three lanes of traffic on either side zip by as you try to cross the street making the average walk downtown more time consuming and more dangerous. This thesis proposes an elevated park that uses a bridge system to help add vegetation, gardens, recreational spaces and help make the city more walkable. By adding a second layer of nature to cities, this idea could help bring back some of that lost green space that once occupied the entirety of the city, helping to improve the environment and the ecosystem as a whole. It offers a safer and more efficient path for pedestrians to wander the city while still connecting to the street level businesses