The Mars Desert Research Station - ERAU Crew 160 Expedition

The Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) is a research program which is owned and operated by the Mars Society. The MDRS is located in Hanksville, Utah which hosts simulations that are typically two weeks long for professional scientists and engineers as well as college students of all levels, in training for human operations specifically on Mars. This space analog facility is in isolation, allowing for rigorous field studies regarding research that represents a true mission as if the crew members are conducting a real expedition on Mars. Participants are assigned specific roles and tasks that are typically aligned with their research topics as well as their educational backgrounds. Six students were selected from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to attend in December of 2015. Two main studies were conducted at the station which included memory tracking in isolated environments and the monitoring of solar radiation levels with the corresponding consequences on personality/characteristic traits. The results showed that the isolated environment as well as social factors may have attributed to the data obtained, including induced stress that may have occurred from daily tasks

Simulation on Mars - Mars Desert Research Station ERAU Crew 160 Rotation

The Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) is a research program which is owned and operated by the Mars Society. MDRS is a space analog facility located in Hanksville, Utah that hosts field seasons that are two weeks long where professional scientists as well as undergraduate students may attend. The relative isolation of the facility allowed for rigorous field studies for research in a two week simulation that acts as if the crew members are conducting a real expedition on Mars. Participants are assigned specific roles and tasks that are typically aligned with their research topics as well as their educational backgrounds. Six students were selected from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to attend in December of 2015. Two main studies were conducted at the station which included memory tracking in isolated environments which included survey questions as well as timed puzzles to observe any consequences, and monitoring solar radiation levels and the corresponding consequences on personality/characteristic

Harnessing Quantitative Eye Tracking Data to Create Art: Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Data Visualization

Interdisciplinary collaboration in the use of digital tools serves to illuminate new means to employ humanities and social science technology to produce aesthetic objects. Eye tracking technology permits volumes and types of data that were hitherto unimaginable in cognitive science-based methodologies, and the software tools of an eye tracker such as ours allow for interesting and useful empirically-based understandings of the data. Yet, in our explorations of the data we conclude that a purely empirically-based output has limitations: the data can be put to further uses, pushing into the realms of data visualization, art, as well as into epistemological considerations for the processes involved in managing and exploring data. How can eye-tracking data serve both objectively-based aims and artistic ones? Our specific focus in this paper is to document our deliberate move to shift the data toward ‘data art’, ‘mind art’, and other aesthetically-oriented modes as we develop interventions with the large volumes of data that the advanced technology of our eye-tracker produces

Multi-class phytohormone analysis in rice cultivars using liquid chromatography high-resolution Orbitrap mass spectrometry operating in different scan modes

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Advanced practice providers versus medical residents as leaders of rapid response teams:A 12-month retrospective analysis

Purpose In a time of worldwide physician shortages, the advanced practice providers (APPs) might be a good alternative for physicians as the leaders of a rapid response team. This retrospective analysis aimed to establish whether the performance of APP-led rapid response teams is comparable to the performance of rapid response teams led by a medical resident of the ICU. Material and methods In a retrospective single-center cohort study, the electronic medical record of a tertiary hospital was queried during a 12-months period to identify patients who had been visited by our rapid response team. Patient- and process-related outcomes of interventions of rapid response teams led by an APP were compared with those of teams led by a medical resident using various parameters, including the MAELOR tool, which measures the performance of a rapid response team. Results In total, 179 responses of the APP-led teams were analyzed, versus 275 responses of the teams led by a resident. Per APP, twice as many calls were handled than per resident. Interventions of teams led by APPs, and residents did not differ in number of admissions (p = 0.87), mortality (p = 0.8), early warning scores (p = 0.2) or MAELOR tool triggering (p = 0.19). Both groups scored equally on time to admission (p = 0.67) or time until any performed intervention. Conclusion This retrospective analysis showed that the quality of APP-led rapid response teams was similar to the quality of teams led by a resident. These findings need to be confirmed by prospective studies with balanced outcome parameters

Mast Cell–Derived Particles Deliver Peripheral Signals to Remote Lymph Nodes

During infection, signals from the periphery are known to reach draining lymph nodes (DLNs), but how these molecules, such as inflammatory cytokines, traverse the significant distances involved without dilution or degradation remains unclear. We show that peripheral mast cells, upon activation, release stable submicrometer heparin-based particles containing tumor necrosis factor and other proteins. These complexes enter lymphatic vessels and rapidly traffic to the DLNs. This physiological drug delivery system facilitates communication between peripheral sites of inflammation and remote secondary lymphoid tissues

The Grizzly, February 22, 2007

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The Grizzly, March 1, 2007

Media Lecture: The Jailhouse Doesn\u27t Rock • Peanut Butter Recall Update • Annual UC Job and Internship Fair • Living in Sin • Creating Communication Elation • Spotlight on Coach Kevin Small • Laramie Hits Big at Ursinus • Nutrition Tips: Fad Diets • Opinions: English as the Official Language? • Bears Capture Centennial Conference Title • Men\u27s Lacrosse Season Previewhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1733/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, April 26, 2007

Crimes on the Web • Capoeira Performance Brings Brazil to Ursinus • Relay for Life Raises $47,000 for American Cancer Society • Holocaust Survivor Speaks at Ursinus • The Fonts, They are a Changin\u27 • International Experience • Breakaway from a Nightmare • How to Have a Great Summer • Opinions: Goodbye, Ursinus • Men\u27s Tennishttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1739/thumbnail.jp