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Bre Anne Briskey is a graduate of Swanton High School in Swanton, Ohio. She is a second year Chapman Scholar, majoring in psychology. Bre Anne is a member of Phi Eta Sigma, the National Society of Leadership and Success, and Psi Chi. She is participating in the Honor Program at IPFW and is a member of its student group, the HonorDons. Bre Anne presented her statistics research project at the 2015 Student Research Symposium

A short biography of Johannes von Kries (1853–1928), followed by a bibliography of his works, containing more than 70 previously unknown works

We have studied the effect of guanidinium chloride (Gdn.Cl) and different osmolytes such as betaine, trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) and urea on the rate of chymotrypsin catalyzed reaction. The rates were measured using three synthetic chromogenic substrates, succinyl-ala-ala-pro-arg-pNA (AAPR), succinyl-ala-ala-pro-leu-pNA (AAPL), and succinyl-ala-ala-pro-phe-pNA (AAPF). Qualitatively, the results with the three substrates were identical. Guanidinium chloride and urea produced a linear decrease while TMAO produced a linear increase in the rate with increase in osmolyte concentration. Betaine had practically no effect on the rate of enzyme catalyzed reaction up to a concentration of 1.2 M. However, quantitatively the rate change per molar concentration of osmolyte (or Gdn.Cl) was significantly larger for AAPR that has a polar and cationic reactive site residue than the two substrates (AAPL and AAPF) that have non-polar reactive site residues. These results suggest that the chemical nature of the substrate (and presumably the active site of the enzyme) plays an important role in determining the effect of osmolytes in enzyme catalyzed reactions

In this paper, we get a Schwarz lemma for pluriharmonic mappings between the unit balls of any dimensions, which generalizes classical Schwarz lemma for bounded harmonic functions to higher dimensions. As an application of the Schwarz lemma obtained, a boundary Schwarz lemma is established for pluriharmonic mappings between unit balls with any dimensions

This study evaluates the potential health effects of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on tilapia physiology and immunology. Tilapia were fed diets supplemented with linseed oil (LO; high in omega-3s), sunflower oil (SO; low in omega-3s) or no extra oil (control) for 12 weeks. Blood glucose was significantly reduced in LO and SO over time and significantly lower than the control. Packed cell volume and spleen somatic index were significantly reduced in LO and SO over time but not different from the control. Plasma protein was significantly higher than the control for both LO and SO. Phagocytosis was increased only in LO and was significantly higher than SO. Higher dietary lipid levels confer some health benefits, and omega-3 supplementation enhances phagocytic activity

This research study addresses how general education teachers can effectively teach students with emotional and behavioral disorders. When teachers use effective instructional practices that promote positive teacher-student interactions and a positive classroom climate, they are minimizing problem behaviors in the classroom (Conroy, 2012). The four research based strategies that this project focuses on are: Positive Praise, self monitoring, token economies, and positive behavioral interventions and supports. Teachers do not feel prepared and are overwhelmed by the number of behavior challenges they are faced with within the general education setting

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Poor patient care skills are a persistent problem for medical professionals at multiple levels. Virtual environments that enable virtual rehearsal of targeted behaviors with simulated humans has been demonstrated to be effective in improving targeted interpersonal behaviors. In the case of patient care, the targeted behaviors include empathy, listening, showing respect, and offering support. This paper discusses the use of human in the loop simulation for medical health care training, as compared with other approaches. Essentially, the human in the loop simulation provides a standardized experience that authentically simulated a “real world” patient – provider interaction. A human in the loop solution would revolutionize the current medical education, in a way that can be directly linked with patient health, revenue, and reductions in medical malpractice

We tested a mediation model of weight bias that considers person attributes and contact experiences with overweight individuals. In Study 1, we administered a survey to assess Openness, Agreeableness, Attributional Complexity, contact experiences with overweight individuals, and weight bias. Mediation analyses found that Agreeableness predicted less weight bias through contact experiences. In Study 2, we asked participants to interact with a peer whose weight and attributions regarding the weight were experimentally manipulated. We then measured acceptance of the peer. Agreeableness was found to indirectly predict more acceptance of an overweight peer through Empathy and contact experiences. These results show that contact theory is applicable to the domain of weight bias, and support person-situation approaches to prejudice

Best Management Practices is a term that describes measures taken to control contaminants in a watershed when used in the context of soil and water conservation. Best Management Practices have come under fire by some, and yet are prized by others. This report investigates the effectiveness of four different Best Management Practices: no till farming, cover crop usage, controlled drainage systems, and the two-stage ditch. A small Adams County farm that utilizes these methods was chosen as the study site. Water and soil samples were collected from the farm, nearby neighbors that use conventional farming methods, and streams that run alongside both properties during the fall season. Comparisons of water quality parameters and soil hydraulic conductivity were made. Data from the soil test showed that soil using Best Management Practices can have greater hydraulic conductivity (K-value), with a K-value of 4.704 x 10-4 cm/sec compared to 1.734 x 10-4cm/sec from the field using conventional farming practices. There appears to be no trend or correlation between the locations when the water chemistry (nitrates, nitrites and phosphates) data was examined. The variability of the water chemistry results suggests that more observation and testing needs to be done throughout the planting and growing seasons. Session No. 20--Booth# 36 T28. Undergraduate Research I (Posters) Monday, 18 April 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM Illinois Ballroom AB (I Hotel and Conference Center) Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 48, No. 5 doi: 10.1130/abs/2016NC-27555

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Familial binary data are the dichotomous responses along with covariates collected from family members. The dependence among the members is very important in modeling this type of data. In this presentation, hierarchical Archimedian copula models are proposed to model the data with the dependence taken into consideration, and various hierarchy strategies are also compared using a real life example

This article describes the self-publishing journey, challenges and methods of development, impact, the value of a self-published e-textbook in tenure decisions, and recommendations. This journey led to the self-publishing of an e-textbook for iPad® delivery at a Midwest university for a course on electronic distribution and hotel management in the Consumer and Family Sciences curriculum. Factors leading to this decision included the context of the digital hospitality world, industry standards, technology use by students, lack of interest by major publishers, e-textbook and iPad learning research, and iPad technical and training support available to a cohort of faculty on campus

Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease in which depigmented skin results from the destruction of melanocytes, with epidemiological association with other autoimmune diseases. In previous linkage and genome-wide association studies (GWAS1 and GWAS2), we identified 27 vitiligo susceptibility loci in patients of European ancestry. We carried out a third GWAS (GWAS3) in European-ancestry subjects, with augmented GWAS1 and GWAS2 controls, genome-wide imputation, and meta-analysis of all three GWAS, followed by an independent replication. The combined analyses, with 4,680 cases and 39,586 controls, identified 23 new significantly associated loci and 7 suggestive loci. Most encode immune and apoptotic regulators, with some also associated with other autoimmune diseases, as well as several melanocyte regulators. Bioinformatic analyses indicate a predominance of causal regulatory variation, some of which corresponds to expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) at these loci. Together, the identified genes provide a framework for the genetic architecture and pathobiology of vitiligo, highlight relationships with other autoimmune diseases and melanoma, and offer potential targets for treatment