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The Integration of the FAHSSMP and First Year AERO 1970 Research Project
No full textThe purpose of this study is to examine the Faculty of Art, Humanities and Social Sciences Mentorship Program’s (FAHSSMP) impact of mentors in with the integration of Aeronautics Leadership program at the University of Windsor would be beneficial to current and future students in the program. This study examines the potential impact of an in-class peer mentor program on first year students in the University of Windsor's Aeronautics Leadership program. Since 2005, peer mentors in the University of Windsor’s FAHSSMP have facilitated active learning in first-year classrooms. Originally established in one interdisciplinary transitional course, each Fall, approximately 100 mentors in FAHSSMP now facilitate learning for approximately 900 students in first year History, Psychology, Sociology, Drama, Labor Studies and Political Science courses, as well as the undeclared course, Understanding the Contemporary World. This multi-disciplinary academically embedded peer-mentorship model was established to support first-year learning, but may also have significant benefits for student mentors, instructors, and institutional culture. There is tremendous potential for this model to be embedded into AERO-1970, which is the Aeronautics program’s first year required ground school course. Past research (Pugliese et al., 2015; Pugliese et al., 2012; Bolton, Pugliese, & Singleton-Jackson, 2009) has indicated that the model has significant benefits to first year students, course instructors, and the senior students who take on the mentor role. The foundation of this study is based on one-on-one interviews targeted at currently involved students in the Aeronautics Leadership program
Mechanical Transduction of a Single Cell: Possible Applications for 3D Printed Lab-on-a-Chip
Full text linkMechanical signalling plays an important role in cell morphology, communication, migration, adhesion and differentiation. It is essential for the cell to translate mechanical forces into biochemical signals; known as mechanical transduction. This research offers a platform called 3D lab-on-a-chip for investigating the effects of mechanical confinement in cells growth, gene expressions, motility, stress and diffusion. Lab-on-a-chip devices are miniature device that can shrink a conventional bench-top laboratory into a small chip. Compared to existing glass/semiconductor based platforms for cell mechanical transduction, our aim is to develop an alternate cost-effective platform using 3D printed lab-on-a-chip. Such a platform is reconfigurable, adaptable with rapid manufacturing and cost effective. The 3D microfluidic devices allow for mechanical transduction of a single cell within three dimensional micro channels designed specifically to the researchers needs. It is crucial to understand the mechanical transduction of the cell to be analyzed as the amount of stress exerted should be moderated to avoid destroying valuable cellular components. An application of this research is isolation of cancer cells. As cancer cells progress, cytoskeletal proteins transform leading to a change in deformability, contraction and elasticity as compared to a regular cell. By understanding the differences between different types of cell morphology and deformability, a 3D printable lab on a chip device can be designed to isolate the cell and mechanically transduce it to release its components for analysis. Our research utilizes finite element based analysis to design such a 3D lab-on-chip. Based on the amount of stress required to break the cell into components, the state of the cell can be determined. Understanding the kinetics and components of the cell cytoskeleton is important in the use of lab-on-a-chip devices which can also allow for a wide variety of other applications such as cell isolation, cell lysis, genomics, and cell state detection
Multiliteracies Pedagogy in Second Language Learning: Examining How Canadian Elementary ESL Classrooms Can Empower Diverse English Language Learners
Full text linkCanada's socio-cultural landscape is changing every day due to the transitional migration of demographics from all over the world. The immigrant and refugee populations who enter Canadian society are mostly allophones who do not speak English or French- Canada's two official languages as their mother tongue. The allophone students who belong to this migrator group must learn the official languages to get equal access to the country's social and economic sectors. Thus, Canadian schools are entitled to provide adequate support in teaching English and French to these immigrant students to ensure their merging in broader society. But these immigrant students have diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Therefore, they are essentially various in their second language learning needs. For this reason, it is challenging for educators to support these learners considering their linguistic and cultural diversity. The given research paper conducts a systematic literature review with authentic, peer-reviewed resources to examine how multiliteracies pedagogy can inform second language teaching and learning in elementary classrooms of Ontario, Canada. This study deals with the English language learning of multilingual and multicultural allophone English Language Learners (ELLs) in the English as a Second Language (ESL) programs of Ontario elementary schools. This research paper reflects upon different aspects of multiliteracies approaches. It concludes that multiliteracies pedagogy has numerous potentials to address ELL’s diversity and the educators of Ontario elementary ESL programs can offer a better English language learning environment to the ELLs by ensuring proper implementation of multiliteracies pedagogy in their teaching-learning process
Electrochemical Detection of Ethyl Carbamate Using a Modified Graphite Electrode
No full textEthyl carbamate (EC) is a naturally occurring component in most fermented food/beverages. Since EC has been classified as a class 2A carcinogen by the World Health Organization, it's important to closely monitor and eventually regulate EC levels in all fermented products. Unfortunately, EC concentrations are low and may fluctuate over a broad range as it's formed through several precursors that arise naturally from maturing grain whiskey. The current EC detection protocol deployed by most distilleries such as Hiram Walker in Windsor requires several expensive instruments and tedious procedures, although the measurement is accurate. In an attempt to provide a more cost and time efficient detection method, we are exploring electroanalytical approaches. Electrochemical sensors are devices that operate by reacting with chemical solutions while producing electric signals proportional to the analyte concentration. Electrochemical sensors have been proven to have a very wide detection range; they possess extremely low power requirements and they can be very inexpensive. Our preliminary experimental data illustrate that a modified graphite electrode that was conveniently fabricated in an acidic solution was able to respond to ethyl carbamate at concentrations as low as 100ppb - Just below the Canadian legal limit, 150ppb. Further research is being conducted in order to optimize the modification of graphite electrodes, aiming of being used to improve current detection methods at distilleries like Hiram Walker
Exploring leadership styles and behaviours in the medical field
Full text linkI will be the only presenter. No special considerations are needed!Defining leadership has proven to be quite difficult, as no universal definition currently exists (Northouse, 2021). Leadership is a complex concept described by many theories, each taking a different viewpoint on what makes a leader successful (Northouse, 2021). As an aspiring medical student and pediatric physician with a passion for leadership, I sought to understand which leadership theory, if any, has resulted in more success over others when used in a variety of medical settings. To answer this question, I completed an Individual Study course during the Fall 2021 semester. For this course, I conducted research on various leadership topics within a medical context and wrote four papers that summarized my findings and critically reflected on how they could inform my personal leadership style. Research topics included determining if leader-member exchange theory or transformational leadership is more effective; how a leader can employ servant leadership behaviours to improve the confidence of others; and why a leader being friends with their colleagues can make it very difficult for them to fulfill their leadership duties. Results were then interpreted in terms of personal, team, organizational, and patient outcomes. Finally, an informational interview with a prominent Canadian leader in a medical profession was conducted to understand how my research findings apply to real-world scenarios. It became clear from my research that the most effective leadership incorporates concepts from multiple theories to develop one's own leadership style. In doing so, a leader should understand and develop their personal core values and lead by them daily. References: Northouse, P. G. (2021). Leadership: Theory and practice (9th ed.). SAGE Publications, Inc
Socialization Agents that Introduce, Encourage, or Pressure Women to Sell Sexual Services Online
No full text['UNSDG 5: Gender Equality (https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal5)']Viable, Healthy and Safe CommunitiesWhat's better than being paid to be at home? The COVID-19 lockdown has restricted access to job opportunities for women. The research aims to identify the socialization agents responsible for introducing, encouraging, or coercing women to sell sexual services online. Although online forms of sex work are physically safer, customers who, empowered by their paying ability, are argued to behave in a coercive manner. The severity of this effect is attributed to self-boundary, which is the awareness of perimeters marking the distinction between one's personality, memories, and feelings, in comparison to those that exist within other people. Life in cyberspace can easily disrupt factors that support self-boundary, such as the absence of the physical body and its 5 senses, and asynchronous communication. Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory is effective in explaining how various socialization agents interact with each other. Results suggest that the most influential socialization agents are friends, social media, and mass media. However, there is a deeper cultural influence that contributes to why women choose to reclaim their sexuality in this manner, that spans on the chronosystem. This will transform into a theme in the research once thematic data analysis has been completed
The Epicurean Notion of Death: Modern Day Support of an Ancient Idea
No full textThe premise that ‘death is annihilation’ in Epicurus’ argument that death is of no harm to us was justified using his atomistic conception of the soul. In modern times, this conception of the soul isn’t feasible, making his premise unacceptable and his argument unsound. This paper will use the modern notion of the Mind-Brain Dependence Theory to provide justification for his claim that death is the annihilation of the self in order to preserve the soundness of his argument
Ubisol-Q10 (A Nanomicellar Water-Soluble Formulation of CoQ10) Supplementation Inhibits Behavioural and Pathological Symptoms in Double Transgenic Mouse Models of Alzheimer's Disease
No full textViable, Healthy and Safe CommunitiesCulmone, L., Vegh, C., Wear, D., Huggard, R., Okaj, I., Pandey, S., Cohen, J. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder and is characterized by the progression of debilitating symptoms which affect the daily lives of those afflicted. Alzheimer's disease has been heavily researched, however, researchers have yet to discover an effective treatment which halts its neurodegenerative progression and recent clinical trials have failed to provide promising results. Due to the rapidly aging global population, the prevalence of AD is increasing dramatically and, therefore, it is imperative that a treatment which reduces the progression of this disease is discovered. Although the molecular mechanisms of AD are not fully understood, mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and the accumulation of dysfunctional proteins are known to be involved in its pathology. It has previously been demonstrated that a water-soluble formulation of Coenzyme Q10 (Ubisol-Q10), which is an integral part of the election transport chain, stabilizes mitochondria and prevents neuronal death by reducing the generation of free radicals. This has been displayed both in vitro and in vivo (Muthukumaran et al., 2014). In the present study, researchers report that providing Ubisol-Q10 (∼6 mg/kg/day) to transgenic mouse models of AD (TgAPEswe, PSEN1E9) reduced circulating amyloid-β peptide and amyloid-β plaques, increased microglia activation, and upregulated Beclin-1, which is a regulator of autophagosome formation. Additionally, the Ubisol-Q10 treated mice showed improved long-term memory and working spatial memory. Based on the results of the current study, it is evident that the Ubisol-Q10 supplementation has the potential to reduce the neurodegenerative progression that is characteristic of AD, which could lead to a better quality of life for individuals living with this disease
Assumption College Review: Vol. 1: no. 1 (1908: Feb.)
No full text31 numbered pagesTo view online at the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/assumptioncollegereview19080