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Supplemental Material, Bauer_Supplemental_Fig_1,2 - Reduction in FSH Throughout the Menstrual Cycle After Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation in Young Normal Weight but not Obese Women
No full textSupplemental Material, Bauer_Supplemental_Fig_1,2 for Reduction in FSH Throughout the Menstrual Cycle After Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation in Young Normal Weight but not Obese Women by Jessica L. Bauer, Katherine Kuhn, Andrew P. Bradford, Zain A. Al-Safi, Mary A. Harris, Robert H. Eckel, Celeste Y. Robledo, Anahit Malkhasyan, Joshua Johnson, Nancy R. Gee, and Alex J. Polotsky in Reproductive Sciences</p
Trabecular and cortical bone structure of the talus and distal tibia in Pan and Homo.
No full textObjectives: Internal bone structure, both cortical and trabecular bone, remodels in response to loading and may provide important information regarding behavior. The foot is well suited to analysis of internal bone structure because it experiences the initial substrate reaction forces, due to its proximity to the substrate. Moreover, as humans and apes differ in loading of the foot, this region is relevant to questions concerning arboreal locomotion and bipedality in the hominoid fossil record.
Materials and methods: We apply a whole-bone/epiphysis approach to analyze trabecular and cortical bone in the distal tibia and talus of Pan troglodytes and Homo sapiens. We quantify bone volume fraction (BV/TV), degree of anisotropy (DA), trabecular thickness (Tb.Th), bone surface to volume ratio (BS/BV), and cortical thickness and investigate the distribution of BV/TV and cortical thickness throughout the bone/epiphysis.
Results: We find that Pan has a greater BV/TV, a lower BS/BV and thicker cortices than Homo in both the talus and distal tibia. The trabecular structure of the talus is more divergent than the tibia, having thicker, less uniformly aligned trabeculae in Pan compared to Homo. Differences in dorsiflexion at the talocrural joint and in degree of mobility at the talonavicular joint are reflected in the distribution of cortical and trabecular bone.
Discussion: Overall, quantified trabecular parameters represent overall differences in bone strength between the two species, however, DA may be directly related to joint loading. Cortical and trabecular bone distributions correlate with habitual joint positions adopted by each species, and thus have potential for interpreting joint position in fossil hominoids
E. Gordon Gee - President, The Ohio State University
No full textE. Gordon Gee is president of The Ohio State University, a world-class public research institution and one of the nation’s most distinguished land-grant universities. As chief executive officer, he oversees Ohio State’s six campuses, 65,000 students, and 48,000 faculty and staff. Gee is among the most highly experienced and respected leaders in higher education, having been named in 2009 by Time magazine as one of the top 10 university presidents in the United States. Prior to his service at Ohio State, he led Vanderbilt University (2001–2007), Brown University (1998–2000), The Ohio State University (1990–97), the University of Colorado (1985–90), and West Virginia University (1981–85).
Born in Vernal, Utah, Gee graduated from the University of Utah with an honors degree in history and earned his J.D. and Ed.D. degrees from Columbia University. He clerked under Chief Justice David T. Lewis of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals before being named a judicial fellow and staff assistant to the U.S. Supreme Court. In this role, he worked for Chief Justice Warren Burger on administrative and legal problems of the court and federal judiciary. Gee returned to Utah as an associate professor and associate dean in the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, and was granted full professorship in 1978. One year later, he was named dean of the West Virginia University Law School, and, in 1981, was appointed to that university’s presidency.
Gee is a member of several education-governance organizations and committees, including the Big Ten Conference Council of Presidents, the Inter-University Council of Ohio, the Business-Higher Education Forum, and the American Association of Universities. He is chair of the American Council on Education’s Commission on Higher Education Attainment and serves as co-chair of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities’ Energy Advisory Committee. In 2009, Gee was invited to join the International Advisory Board of King Adbulaziz University in Saudi Arabia. Active in a number of national professional and service organizations, he also serves on the boards for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc., Limited Brands, and the National 4-H Council. In 2011, Gee was appointed to serve as secretary on the Board of Directors of Ohio’s economic development program, JobsOhio.
Gee has received a number of honorary degrees, awards, fellowships, and recognitions. He is a fellow of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest science organization. In 1994, Gee received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Utah, as well as from Teachers College of Columbia University. He is the co-author of 11 books, including the recentLaw, Policy and Higher Education, which is currently in press. He is also the author of numerous papers and articles on law and education.
Gee’s daughter, Rebekah, is the director of the Louisiana Birth Outcomes Project, and an assistant professor of Public Health and Medicine at Louisiana State University. She is also a Norman F. Gant/American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology/IOM Anniversary Fellow.https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/archives_presidential_lecture_series/1017/thumbnail.jp
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The decline and fall of the human empire ::why our species is on the edge of extinction /
No full text"By the award-winning author of A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: a history of humanity on the brink of decline. We are living through a period that is unique in human history. For the first time in more than ten thousand years, the rate of human population growth is slowing down. In the middle of this century population growth will stop, and the number of people on Earth will start to decline - fast. In this provocative book, award-winning science writer Henry Gee offers a concise, brilliantly-told history of our species--and argues that we are on a rapid, one-way trip to extinction. The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire narrates the dramatic rise of humanity, how a scattered range of small groups across several continents eventually inbred, interacted, fought, established stable communities and food supplies, and began the process of dominating the planet. The human story is relatively brief-the oldest fossils of H. Sapiens date to approximately 300,000 years ago-yet the spread of our species has been unstoppable...until recently. As Gee demonstrates, our population has peaked, and is declining; our environment is becoming inimical to human life in many locations; our core resources of water, arable land, and air are diminishing; and new diseases, simmering conflicts, and ambiguous technologies threaten our collective health. Can we still change our course? Or is our own extinction inevitable? There could be a way out, but the launch window is narrow. Unless Homo sapiens establishes successful colonies in space within the next two centuries, our species is likely to stay earthbound and will have vanished entirely within another ten thousand years, bringing the seven-million-year story of the human lineage to an end. With assured narration, dramatic stories, and his signature sprightly humor, Henry Gee envisions new opportunities for the future of humanity-a future that will reward facing challenges with ingenuity, foresight, and cooperation"-
Risk of emergency department re-presentation following introduction of ambulant care for suspected TIA
No full textBackground and Aims: Urgent ambulant care is recommended following suspected TIA, but unintended consequences including ED re-presentations are poorly investigated. We aimed to assess the effects of an ambulatory care pathway following emergency department (ED) TIA presentation on 90-day stroke and ED re-presentations. Methods: Hospital administrative datasets were linked across the Sunshine Coast Health Service (Queensland, Australia. 4 hospitals [2 rural], 10,000 km2), 5 years before (control) and 2 years after (intervention) a censored six-month implementation phase (2015). Interrupted time series analysis was used to assess the effects on outcomes. Results: Included were 2020 presentations with an ED TIA diagnosis (1476 control, 564 intervention). In the control phase 58% were admitted. In the intervention phase, 71% were either admitted (35%) or received ambulant review (36%, at median 5days; IQR 3, 9). Initially 21% of patients re-presented within 90 days. An increasing trend in re-presentation became significant in the intervention phase with 1.5 more patients re-presenting/100/quarter than control phase (95%CI 0.8, 2.6); reaching 32% at study end. One third of re-presentations were stroke/TIA related in both study periods; occurring earlier in the intervention (2days IQR 1, 2) than control period (5days IQR 1, 5). Recurrent stroke declined non-significantly from 0.9/100 presentations in control period, rose by 1.3/100 (95%CI 0.6, 2.1) in the first intervention quarter, then declined to 0.9/100 by study end. Conclusions: Increased ED representation may be an unintended consequence of ambulant care models. Ensuring complete and early follow up is essential in providing safe and effective ambulant TIA care.No Full Tex
Investigating the effects of typical rowing strength training practices on strength and power development and 2,000m rowing performance
No full textThis study aimed to determine the effects of a short-term, strength training intervention, typically undertaken
by club-standard rowers, on 2,000 m rowing performance and strength and power development. Twenty-eight male
rowers were randomly assigned to intervention or control groups. All participants performed baseline testing involving assessments of muscle soreness, creatine kinase activity (CK), maximal voluntary contraction (leg-extensors) (MVC),static-squat jumps (SSJ), counter-movement jumps (CMJ), maximal rowing power strokes (PS) and a 2,000 m rowing ergometer time-trial (2,000 m) with accompanying respiratory-exchange and electromyography (EMG) analysis.
Intervention group participants subsequently performed three identical strength training (ST) sessions, in the space of five days, repeating all assessments 24 h following the final ST. The control group completed the same testing procedure but with no ST. Following ST, the intervention group experienced significant elevations in soreness and CK activity, and decrements in MVC, SSJ, CMJ and PS (p < 0.01). However, 2,000 m rowing performance, pacing strategy and gas exchange were unchanged across trials in either condition. Following ST, significant increases occurred for EMG (p < 0.05), and there were non-significant trends for decreased blood lactate and anaerobic energy liberation (p = 0.063 – 0.086). In summary, club-standard rowers, following an intensive period of strength training, maintained their 2,000 m rowing performance despite suffering symptoms of muscle damage and disruption to muscle function. This disruption likely reflected the presence of acute residual fatigue, potentially in type II muscle fibres as strength and power development were affected
An Investigation Into The Use Of E-Learning Resources Within An Environmental Context For Schools
No full textThe premise of this study was to take a game-based learning and investigate whether pupil engagement was enhanced through an environmental context and a competitive environment. Despite game-based learning being an active research area, there appears to be a relatively slow uptake by teachers (Axe & Routledge, 2011) which perhaps gives light to a certain pragmatism amongst teachers to adopt games in education. However, credibility is given to this body of research by a number of prominent authors (Becta, 2001; Kirriemuir & McFarlane, 2003; Shaffer, Squire, Halverson & Gee, 2004). Research has shown the most effective way of integrating game-based learning is to firstly identify the pedagogy for the learning tool and then wrap this with gamified elements (Gee 2003; Gee 2004). What this study aimed to do was provide a system where pupils could learn about environmental topics through a series of educational activities during a prescribed set of trials in school but also have the opportunity to use the system as much or as little as they liked outside of school hours. In addition, this study introduced a contextualised scenario which challenged participants to make decisions based on both moral and competitive judgement in order to determine whether there was an underlying pattern of competitive behaviour or whether users were motivated by more than just winning, a suggestion made by Deen & Schouten 2011).
As a concept, gaming strategies are ways that participants utilise an educational tool to win or succeed at the game-based element without explicitly fulfilling the pedagogical purpose. Literature suggests mixed results with previous studies as to the demographic profiles of participants who employ gaming strategies and also their motivations behind those strategies (Baker et al, 2004; Baker et al, 2005). This study aimed to identify basic demographic information for participants who used gaming strategies throughout the usage of this contextual e-learning system as well as the ways in which various strategies were used.
One of the fundamental parts of this study was a feature designed to test whether participants were more likely to exhibit selfish or morally responsible behaviour when posed with a number of environmental disaster scenarios. The questions took the form of Environmental Decision Points and provided users with an environmental disaster scenario and three options carrying different points values. The decision participants had to make was whether they chose the more selfish option (and progressed further up their class league table) or whether they took the socially responsible option (where they could perhaps feel better inside but had nothing tangible to show).
Overall, this study was designed to further learning in the areas of game-based learning, contextualised learning and gaming strategies within a cohort of Primary and Secondary school pupils
Human islets after 24 h culture on different GEE concentrations.
No full text<p>Intracelullar ROS was evaluated using carboxy-H<sub>2</sub>DCFDA and flow cytometry. Membrane integrity was evaluated by Syto green/Ethidium bromide. Fractional beta-cell viability was assessed using Newport Green, 7-AAD and TMRE.</p>*<p><i>p</i><0.05;</p>**<p><i>p</i><0.01;</p>***<p><i>p</i><0.001 in comparison to control.</p
Academic Perspectives on Agribusiness: An International Survey
No full textThe IFAMR is published by (IFAMA) the International Food and Agribusiness Management Review. www.ifama.orgpromotion and tenure, agribusiness, teaching, grantsmanship, research, Agribusiness, Institutional and Behavioral Economics, Productivity Analysis, Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession, Q130,
Ashley Forest Supervisor and staff
No full textA rare shot of the Ashley Forest Supervisor and his ranger staff stand together. They are gathering for the annual spring meeting. From L to R are Supervisor, Andrew R. McConkie;Manila ranger Richard O. Benjamin, Assistant Ranger Richard P. Webster of the Manila district; William P. Gee, Duchesne district ranger Allan W. Ashton, Roosevelt district ranger G. Val Simpson, and Vernal district ranger Thomas H. Sevy
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