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Can polyamorous families meet state best interest of children in custody litigation?
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Orienting identity
No full textPhilosophy & Religious Studies panel: The mere concept of orientation is one that can be exemplified in many different ways-physically, directionally, emotionally, sexually, and through identity. Furthermore, orientation presumes some sense of direction. Thus, I will argue that direction is an extension of our emotive conscious, or perception, in which intent lies from our apprehension. Using “every day scenarios”, I will explore how we orient ourselves toward or away from objects evolving from our perception, or understanding, in which, we project our emotions that reside within our experienced consciousness’. Conclusively, I will argue how we orient ourselves serves to demonstrate our sense of self and how/what we identif
The art of not knowing: a mastering of anxiety and depression
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Perceptions of a culinary intervention among middle school students in a community setting
No full textCulinary interventions with adolescent populations have been shown to be effective forms of nutrition education. This study will assess the effectiveness of a community-based culinary intervention with an underserved adolescent population
Preserving privacy in healthcare data through anonymization
No full textIt is critical to preserve privacy in sharing healthcare data while retaining utility of the data. The goal of this study is to develop a lab to help students understand common data anonymization techniques and evaluate their effectiveness
Job crafting: who and where?
Get PDFJob crafting, a type of employee-initiated job design concerned with job tasks, relationships, and mindsets about the job, is a relatively new concept that workplaces should be looking into. Job crafting has implications for how work is conducted and in what fashion, but little research has examined what external and internal factors could influence an individual’s inclination to job craft. Using a qualitative and quantitative approach, this study examines the possible relationships among task crafting, relational crafting, organizational culture, affect, and emotional stability. This study finds that organizational culture, affect, and emotional stability do impact how much an employee feels empowered to task craft and relational craft. The findings provide insights to what employers and employees should take notice of when considering how to facilitate job crafting and thus contributes to the general knowledge of job crafting
Mindful yoga as a means of reducing college student stress
Get PDFThousands of years ago, yoga was intended to refocus and prepare an individual for self-exploration. Today, the “colloquial yoga” has manifested as an exercise fad. The aim of this study was to further investigate yoga as a stress reducing technique among a sample of college students. This study examined yoga as a distinct discipline by comparing 3 separate conditions (yoga, active-control, and neutral-control). This research aimed to demonstrate an overall decrease in perceived stress, increase in self-esteem, and increase in ability to psychologically detach from stressors after engaging in a yoga practice, as compared to the two control conditions. Overall, evidence from this research suggests that a single yoga session had a significant effect on detachment from psychological stressors but little effect on perceived stress or self-esteem. The results of this study strengthen the literature on the benefits of a mindful yoga practice, particularly by examining pre, post, and next day effects
Development of an auto-bioluminescent lung cell line for evaluation of in vitro effects of e-cigarette compounds on normal cell proliferation
Get PDFThe effects of smoking have long been studied; however, with the rise of electronic cigarettes there is a growing interest in the effects of this smoking substitute. Marketed as a safer alternative to tobacco cigarettes, the popularity of electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use has dramatically increased. This has demanded regulatory methods to be put into effect, however, scientific study is only beginning on the new fad to determine the impacts of its use on the human body. The present study aims to examine the biological effects of lung cell exposure to tobacco alkaloids found in electronic cigarette filling solutions. We hypothesize that e-cigarette alkaloids, namely nicotine, cotinine, myosmine, and anabasine singularly and in combination can contribute to changes in normal cell proliferation. To address the aims of this study, two directions for evaluating cell proliferation by luminescent output were pursued. One of these was a genetically engineered stable lung cell line with the pCMVlux system, whose plasmid confers an auto-bioluminescent phenotype, allowing for analysis of cell proliferation through detection of a luminescent signal. The other direction of pursuit was the Promega Cell-Titer Glo® Luminescent Viability Assay. Experimental conditions were evaluated in triplicate after 48 and 96 hours of exposure. Potential synergistic and antagonistic effects were examined by alkaloid exposure in combination. A two-tailed, 2-sample t-test (α = 0.05) was used to evaluate statistically significant differences between experimental conditions and controls. Statistically significant differences in cell proliferation were found in exposures to all four alkaloids, but trends of their effects in combination were difficult to discriminate. Anabasine and myosmine have potential synergistic effects in stimulating cell growth, while cotinine has the potential to act as an antagonist against their activity increasing cellular proliferation
A comparative analysis of Appalachian and Chukchi folktales
Get PDFComparative folktale studies have revealed high quality emic data in past Anthropological study, but not nearly enough studies have been done. This thesis proposes an ideal avenue of study for delineation of patterns to reveal historically particular emic data as well as universal ideals. The avenue of study is that of comparative analysis of six folktales from two vastly different cultures. The people of the icy Chukotka peninsula in Northern Russia and the people of the temperate Appalachian Mountains share rich folktale traditions that provide a look into the cultural valuables and undesirables within both of these cultures. Through a comparison of both cultures’ folktales framed within their sociohistorical backgrounds, this thesis seeks to add to a gap in Anthropologic research
Accelerated, graft-based germplasm conservation of American chestnut (Castanea dentata) in the South
Get PDFAsexual propagation through grafting is a low-tech, noninvasive method for conservation of rare American chestnut germplasm. Particularly when in situ conditions prevent trees from reaching sexual maturity, graft-propagation allows release from shade conditions and disease pressure to promote flowering. Collection of pollen from containerized grafted trees allows conservation of genetic resources that were previously unavailable to breeders or difficult to access. Additionally, the use of high light environments may be able to reduce the generation time needed to develop a population of disease-resistant trees for restoration. As many new American chestnut individuals are required to advance both the current American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) backcross breeding program and the potential transgenic outcross program, the use of these methods provides an important proof of concept: accelerated conservation of novel genotypes from under-sampled southern populations is possible though graft propagation and the use of high light conditions