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MS ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY CAPSTONE PROJECT
Get PDFChapter 1: Literature Review - Human-Wildlife Conflict: Comparing Lethal and Behavioral Mitigation in Agricultural Settings
Chapter 2: Grant Proposal - Evaluating the Effectiveness and Impacts of Predator Odor Repellants for Elk Management in Colorado
Chapter 3: Journal Manuscript - Examining Post-release and Seasonal Movements in Wyoming Toads (Anaxyrus baxteri) for Current Recovery Efforts
Chapter 4: Resolving the Success of Grizzly Bear Conservation in the Greater Yellowstone and Northern Continental Divide Ecosystems: Learning to Live with Large Terrestrial Predator
Sexual and Reproductive Health Literacy in Rwanda Kazo Sector Murusenyi Village
Get PDFUnplanned pregnancies and other reproductive health issues are global health problems. Nowadays, young people are highly exposed compared to last time. Internet and other sources of misleading sexual information are available to them. Parents who are supposed to be the health information providers are not responsible because they do not want, but because they have limited knowledge, and they also face different challenges which prevent them from fulfilling their responsibilities towards their children such as education level, income level, gender, and religion. All these issues to young people have increased the number of young people who get pregnancies before and unwillingly. Young people face different challenges, including STDs, suicide, poverty, and depression. Parents who should take the lead to educate them face different challenges which prevent them from providing or guiding their children such as lack of education, gender role, and income level. All over the world, young people suffer a lot; and Rwanda has not been left behind. The focus will be on young people aged 15-26 from Murusenyi Village, Kazo Sector, Ngoma District, Eastern Province of Rwanda
For Love of the Father: An Archetypal Exploration
Get PDFGreat stories articulate the movement of the individual and collective psyche and withstand the tests of time, location, cultural and gender distinctions. Through the study of myth, we recognize our shared humanity and the particularities that inform a life. As a depth psychotherapist, I come to archetypal stories with expectancy, hoping to re-cognize myself and my clients within the action of the other. The Biblical story of Jacob and Esau (Genesis 25-35) offers the scholar boundless opportunity for theological, ethical and historical analysis. However, this story of familial relationships requires of me a different kind of telling. This essay is intended not as a scholarly examination of a myth, but rather as a mythic exploration of self. Using Jacob as my guide, I will explore how the archetypal movements of longing, envy and love; deception, separation and reconciliation inform and reveal underlying themes within my life story, and in particular, how my relationship with my father determined much of the course of my life
MS ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY CAPSTONE PROJECT
Get PDF1. Impacts of Trout Stocking Practices on Colorado’s Alpine Ecosystems
2. Effects of Trout Presence on Alpine Lake Macroinvertebrate Emergence in Colorado
3. Post-Stocking Survival and Myxospore Evaluation of Whirling Disease Resistant Rainbow Trout Strains
4. A Compromise for the Planned Reservoir Expansion at Bear Creek Lake Park to Combat Denver’s Water Crisi
MS Environmental Biology Capstone Project
Get PDFChapter 1: Artificial light at night disrupts the biology of fishes. Chapter 2: Grant proposal to determine how artificial light at night affects Pumpkinseed fish. Chapter 3: Management of pinyon-juniper woodland impacts the occupancy of Pinyon Jays. Chapter 4: Stakeholder analysis of horseshoe crab fishing and its impacts on the Red Knot and biomedical industry
Program Book for the Celebration of Undergraduate Scholarship at Regis College
Get PDFThe program book includes a schedule overview of events, student talks, and poster presentations
Impact of COVID-19 on Education in Rwanda: The Case of Kepler Kigali
Get PDFThe arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many areas of life throughout the world, including the education sector. The pandemic brought on many changes that impacted both students and the instructors. To better understand the impact of COVID-19 on education in Rwanda, the research was made at Kepler Kigali; an education program that offers higher learning education. To collect the data, surveys and interviews were conducted with students and staffs. Forty-seven students and 18 staff members responded to the survey. The results indicated that 67% of the students found it hard to stay motivated and 77% of staff confirmed that they struggled with mental wellness during COVID-19. To address these challenges, I developed a program that targets students who are struggling with their academics, asking them to join a group with an academic advisor who can offer support and monitor their progress regularly. The program will be offered both online and in-person to make sure that whatever might come up, the student will still be able to access the program and the support and collaboration that they might be looking for. Students can be mandated to attend the program if they are not meeting academic expectations, but can also willingly join the program to get the motivation they might need from their colleagues, given threat so many students reported as the lack of motivation. To realize this, we will be working with stakeholders including Kepler academic advisors, GEM (Global Education Movement), students and others
Physiological effects of activity-based anorexia in female rats and an overview of eating disorders
Get PDFThe aim of this thesis is to bring AN to the foreground of conversation both in a scientific and sociological framework. Nearly 40 million Americans suffer from anxiety disorders, which is characterized by the feeling of a loss of control. In some cases, another disorder called anorexia nervosa (AN) can codevelop. AN is characterized by a refusal, and inability, to maintain a healthy body weight. Some suffering from anxiety may restrict caloric intake and increase exercise to cope with stress. This results in extreme caloric deprivation. AN can be modeled in rats using an activity-based anorexia (ABA) method. In this study, we sorted 32 adolescent female rats into four main groups. One group had no running wheel and full food access (sedentary), one had a running wheel and full food access (exercise), one had no running wheel but restricted food access (chronic food restricted), and one had a running wheel and restricted food access (ABA). Over a period of two-weeks, the ABA rats reached the anorexic phenotype. From there, we will investigate the possible neural mechanisms behind anorexia by looking at two specific populations of neurons in the brainstem: glucagon-like peptide 1 and prolactin-releasing peptide. There is evidence that societal factors can trigger AN to form such as social media; however, the exact causes of AN are not well understood which makes its treatment very difficult within humans. By better understanding possible neural mechanisms that contribute to AN, we can more holistically treat patients suffering with it
Impact of Evidence Based Practice Resource Guide on Nursing Faculty\u27s Report of Selfefficacy
Get PDFImpact of Evidence Based Practice Resource Guide on Nursing Faculty\u27s Report of Self-efficacy
Abstract
Nurses transitioning from the clinical setting to the classroom are often experts in content but need mentoring for their role in the classroom. To help faculty proactively develop competency in their academic role, they were provided with an electronic resource guide based on the National League of Nursing (NLN) Nurse Educator Core Competencies. This quality improvement pilot project used a Qualtrics pre- and post-self-efficacy survey (Cronbach alpha 0.947) to measure if the use of the self-directed resource guide would make an impact. The pre-survey consisted of three demographic questions and 27 questions based on the NLN Nurse Educator Competency categories and Bandura’s self-efficacy theory, and two open-ended reflective questions. Faculty then used the self-directed resource guide during the academic fall semester 2021 and at the start of spring semester 2022. A post-self-efficacy survey was then administered, duplicating the 27 questions in the pre-survey and one open-ended question to invite faculty to give additional insight on usefulness of resource guide and identify future needed support. The results were statistically significant (t=2.133, p=0.034), implying the intervention may have made a difference (
Keywords: DNP Project, Novice Nurse Educator, Self-efficacy, Employee Satisfaction, Mentorship and Transitioning of Rol
DYING TO BE MASCULINE: THE BARRIERS MEN FACE TO ACCESSING GENETIC COUNSELING
Get PDFThere is a crisis in healthcare that is often not discussed: men’s health. Men die younger, are more burdened by illness during life, fall ill at a younger age, and have more chronic illnesses than women. Contradictory concepts of health, struggles with help-seeking, and worse healthcare outcomes and life expectancies for men can be traced back to attempts to conform to hegemonic masculine ideals or social norms. Although researchers have studied the stigma of help-seeking in men, these ideas have yet to be extended to the field of genetic counseling. This review outlines the barriers that men face when accessing genetic counseling, using a socioecological conceptual framework. Through pursuing genetic counseling, men are supported through their healthcare decisions, empowered to seek personalized care, and taught the skills to communicate their health challenges to healthcare providers and important people in their lives. Accessing genetic counseling presents an opportunity to challenge narratives of hegemonic masculinity to improve healthcare for men