230 research outputs found
Duchowość maryjna Fultona J. Sheena
Get PDFThe article concerns the Marian aspect of the spirituality of a well known American bishop, author of many publications, and famous preacher, Servant of God Fulton Sheen. The author shows, on the basis of Sheen’s most important publications, the bishop’s dogmatic teaching on Mother of God, the main forms of Marian piety put forward by him, and the idea of Her as a role model in the Christian spirituality. The Marian spirituality of Fulton Sheen, as early as in the pre‑conciliar time, realized generally ten aspects of devotion to the Blessed Virgin, which later Pope Paul VI indicated in his apostolic exhortation Marialis cultus, in 1974.Autor artykułu bada znaczenie Najświętszej Maryi Panny w duchowości amerykańskiego biskupa Fultona J. Sheena. Pokazuje duchowość maryjną jako aspekt duchowości chrześcijańskiej, opartej na wzorze postawy Matki Bożej. Jego duchowość, oparta na biblijnych i dogmatycznych podstawach, realizuje się w specyficznej pobożności maryjnej. Autor najpierw ukazuje obraz Maryi, jaki wyłania się z pism Sheena. Następnie omawia najważniejsze formy pobożności maryjnej. Na koniec, ukazując jej wzorczość, zastanawia się, na ile ta forma duchowości spełnia zasady pogłębionej pobożności maryjnej zawartej w adhortacji Marialis cultus
Confidence in Motion: Building Leadership and Visibility in Exercise Science Careers
No full textSuccess in exercise science and kinesiology requires more than academic excellence or technical skill—it requires confidence, visibility, and the ability to communicate your expertise. In this keynote, WSJ-bestselling author Sheena Yap Chan (The Tao of Self-Confidence, Bridging the Confidence Gap) shares how students can overcome self-doubt, advocate for themselves in research and professional spaces, and step into leadership roles early in their careers. Drawing from her own journey and stories from hundreds of professionals she has interviewed, Sheena will equip students with tools to present research confidently, network authentically, and translate their knowledge into impact. This session inspires the next generation of exercise science leaders to not only excel academically but also become visible voices advancing health and human performance.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session, students will be able to:
1. Identify confidence barriers that affect how they present their skills, research, and professional goals.
2. Apply visibility strategies—storytelling, presence, and advocacy—in academic and career advancement.
3. Create a personal “Confidence Roadmap” to prepare for graduate school applications, interviews, and professional opportunities
P2X7 Receptor Dependent Tuning of Gut Epithelial Responses to Infection
No full textInfection and injury of the gut are associated with cell damage and release of molecules such as extracellular adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP), which is recognised by the purinergic P2X7 receptor (P2X7R). P2X7R is widely expressed in the gut by antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and epithelial cells, but the role of the P2X7R on epithelial cells is poorly understood. We investigated P2X7R in intestinal epithelium in vitro and in vivo using two model infections, Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella spiralis. Lipopolysaccharide and ATP treatment of intestinal epithelial cells and infection with T. gondii in vitro did not promote inflammasome-associated interleukin-1β (IL-1β) or IL-18 secretion, but promoted C–C motif chemokine ligand 5 (CCL5), tumour necrosis factor-α and IL-6 production that were significantly reduced when the P2X7R was blocked. Similarly, in vivo, infection with either T. spiralis or T. gondii induced rapid upregulation of epithelial CCL5 in wild-type (wild-type (WT)) mice that was significantly reduced in P2X7R−/− littermate controls. The effects of reduced epithelial CCL5 were assayed by investigating recruitment of dendritic cells (DCs) to the epithelium. Infection induced a rapid recruitment of CD11c+CD103+ DC subsets into the epithelial layer of WT mice but not P2X7R−/− mice. In vitro chemotaxis assays and bone marrow chimeras demonstrated the importance of epithelial P2X7R in DC recruitment. P2X7R signalling in epithelial cells mediates chemokine responses to promote initiation of host immunity to infection
Retracted article: Students' learning styles and academic performance in Readings in Philippine History: Basis for a proposed course syllabus enhancement
No full textThe article entitled “Students’ learning styles and academic performance in Readings in Philippine History: Basis for a proposed course syllabus enhancement” (Volume 4, Issue 1, December 2022, pp. 45-51) written by Adrian Ote, Margie M. Lepangge, Nobelen Joy M. Marsonia, Sheena Joy C. Pagran, Jennilyn C. Se, and Jason A. Romero has been retracted at the request of the Corresponding Author
A changed climate created by Title IX within HBCU
No full textFor the last six months, I have researched Title IX and its impact on athletics within historical black colleges and universities (HBCU) specifically race. African-American women including all minorities have participated in college athletics as a direct result of Title IX. African-American women eventually graduate from college and are offered professional opportunities as either coaches or administrators. In 1972 Title IX became a federal law and banned sex discrimination in federally funded educational programs. I asked whether Title IX had a different impact on historical black colleges and universities (HBCU) vs. historical white colleges and universities (HWCU). My research suggests that the impact of Title IX on higher education is complicated. The primary focus of this paper is the institutional response to Title IX, and the institutions’ aspirations for black women leaders. I examined the institutional response at three colleges/universities: Spellman College, Howard University, and Rutgers University – New Brunswick. Through this research process, I have discovered that historical white colleges’ and universities’ response to Title IX has been to expand women’s varsity athletics but historical black colleges and universities have chosen to de-emphasize college sports and create physical educational activities. HBCU’s communities have provided learning centers, wellness programs, and career workshops to prepare their female student athletes for their future goals as leaders in society. This new revived role of physical education that has been created by HBCUs suggests that the institutions have not responded to Title IX by expanding women’s sports for gender equality but in fact HBCUs have put more emphasis on the racial uplift ideology. M.A.Includes bibliographical referencesby Sheena Pierc
Health impact assessment of coal-fired boiler retirement at the Martin Drake and Comanche power plants
Get PDFIncludes bibliographical references.Health impact assessment (HIA) is a suite of tools used to characterize potential health effects of policies, projects, or regulations. The objective of this HIA was to understand the impact of decommissioning units at two large coal-fired power plants on mortality and morbidity in the Southern Front Range region of Colorado. Based on Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) chemical transport models of fine particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 μm (PM2.5) and ozone (O3), we modeled five potential emissions reductions scenarios and estimated the potential health benefits of reduced exposures to PM2.5 and ozone for premature deaths, cardiovascular and respiratory hospitalizations, and other health outcomes for ZIP codes in the Southern Front Range region, including the cities of Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo. Health Benefits Scenarios 1 and 2 estimated the health benefits of shutting down most units at the Comanche plant in Pueblo, CO (one newer unit remained operational) relative to a baseline scenario using emissions from 2011 (Scenario 1) or a counterfactual baseline scenario that accounted for sulfur dioxide emissions controls (scrubbers) installed at the Martin Drake plant in Colorado Springs in 2016 (Scenario 2). Health Benefits Scenario 3 estimated the benefits of shutting down the Martin Drake plant relative to the 2011 baseline. Health Benefits Scenario 4 estimated the health benefits of shutting down the Martin Drake power plant and shutting down all but one boiler at the Comanche power plant relative to a 2011 emissions baseline. Health Benefits Scenario 5 estimated the marginal health benefits of decommissioning these plants (with one remaining coal-fired boiler at Comanche) relative to a counterfactual baseline year that considered emissions controls installed at the Martin Drake facility in 2016. In addition to estimating the number of deaths, hospitalizations, and other health outcomes that would potentially be avoided by reducing emissions at these facilities, we also estimated the monetary impact using outcome valuations typically used in US EPA health benefits analyses and examined the environmental justice implications of reduced emissions and exposures across the Southern Front Range. • For Health Benefits Scenario 1 (Comanche Units 3 and 4 were “zeroed out” and compared to a baseline where all other emissions were at 2011 levels), we estimated that reducing population exposures to PM2.5 would result in 1 (95% CI: 0 - 1) fewer premature death each year. Reductions in PM2.5 and O3 exposures would also result in fewer restricted activity days among adults [5 (95% CI: -3 – 95)] and fewer missed school days for children [27 (95% CI: -19- 582)]. Benefits of retiring the Comanche units were similar when emissions controls at Martin Drake are taken into account (Health Benefits Scenario 2).
• For Health Benefits Scenario 3 (emissions at Martin Drake were “zeroed out”), we estimated that reducing population exposures to PM2.5 and O3 would result in 4 (95% CI: 2 - 5) and < 1 (95% CI: 0 - 1) fewer premature deaths each year, respectively. Reductions in PM2.5 and O3 exposures would also result in fewer restricted activity days among adults [10 (95% CI: 0 – 74)] and fewer missed school days for children [4 (95% CI: 2- 5)]. • For Health Benefits Scenario 4, we estimated that reducing population exposures to PM2.5 and O3 would result in 4 (95% CI: 2 - 6) and < 1 (95% CI: 0 - 1) fewer premature deaths each year, respectively. Among the largest annual health benefits are avoided asthma symptom days among children [16 (95% CI: -1 – 141) due to PM2.5 and 13 (95% CI: -348 - 972) due to O3] and minor restricted activity days among adults [69 (95% CI: 0 - 488) due to PM2.5 and 71 (95% CI: -31 - 750) due to O3]. We also estimated that, for Health Benefits Scenario 1, children in the study area would miss 77 (95% CI: -77 - 1180) fewer days of school each year due to lower O3 exposures. • Annual health benefits were lower for Health Benefits Scenario 5 compared to Scenario 4 due to the smaller change in exposure concentration after accounting for the control technologies installed at Martin Drake in 2016. For Health Benefits Scenario 5, we estimated that reducing population exposures to PM2.5 and O3 would result in 2 (95% CI: 1 - 3) and < 1 (95% CI: 0 - 1) fewer premature deaths each year, respectively. Other annual benefits under Health Benefits Scenario 2 included 2 (95% CI: -17 – 44) and 9 (-242 – 678) avoided asthma symptom days due to PM2.5 and O3 exposures, respectively; 28 (95%CI: -2 – 188) and 48 (95%CI: -16 – 513) minor restricted activity days due to PM2.5 and O3 exposures; and 53 (95% CI: -48 – 833) avoided school absences among children due to O3 exposures. • Monetized health benefits when both plants were “zeroed out” ranged from 2.1 million - 1.7 million (95% CI: $0.8 million – 3.2 million) for Health Benefits Scenario 5. Benefits tended to be smaller when only one plant was considered. In all of the analyses, the monetized impacts were driven by the value of avoided premature mortality. In addition, we found that ZIP codes with lower median incomes tended to receive a greater share of the health benefits of decreasing exposures to PM2.5 and O3 resulting from power plant shutdowns. This finding suggests that reducing emissions at the power plants could potentially alleviate some environmental justice concerns in the area
Soil PH and clay content associated with chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer in northern Illinois
Get PDFSoil is an important reservoir for chronic wasting disease (CWD) which is a prion disease that infects cervids through both direct contact with infected animals and contact with contaminated environments. I built a boosted regression tree model that accurately predicted (AUC = 0.954) the probability of CWD presence in northern Illinois based on soil characteristics (soil texture, pH, cation exchange capacity, organic matter, and water content), then used the outcome to assess possible pathways by which soil characteristics increase the probability of transmission via environmental contamination. The model indicates CWD is likely to be present where: soil pH is greater than 6.6, percent clay is lower than 20%, cation exchange capacity (CEC) is lower than 15 meq/100g, and soil organic matter is less than 4.5%. Soil pH and the abundance of clays and associated soil organic matter and CEC appear to alter the availability of prions immobilized in soil. The results suggest that exposure to prions through probable routes of infection such as inhalation or ingestion is greatest where pH is greater than 6.6 and the percent clay is less than 20%.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2018-12-01The student, Sheena Dorak, accepted the attached license on 2016-12-06 at 09:48.The student, Sheena Dorak, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2016-12-06 at 09:59.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2016-12-06 at 14:21.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #10445 on 2018-08-14 at 16:00:19Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T21:37:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3
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A culture shift to support public involvement and engagement in research
Get PDFThe need to empower people to understand their health and well-being has never been greater. However, current research culture does not necessarily prioritize public involvement and engagement, and many scientists are left under-equipped to reap its benefits. Here, we outline both the positive need for purposeful public involvement and engagement in biomedical research and major systemic challenges. While some of our examples stem from the UK, we believe the learnings from them have global significance
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