Religious emotion and practice as expressed in the Psalter

Typewritten sheets in cover. Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University, 1931. Bibliography: p. [58]-6

The influence of microclimate and local adaptation for a climate-sensitive species (Aplodontia rufa)

Climate change models and analyses predict a disproportionate impact on climatically sensitive species such as the mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa). Mountain beavers have physiological constraints that limit their distribution to cool, moist climates. While mountain beavers have persisted through past periods of climate change, increasing temperature since the last glacial maximum is believed to have had a strong influence in reducing their range. This is particularly true for the Point Arena subspecies (A. r. nigra, “PAMB”), found towards the southwestern edge of their range on the coast of California. Here, I examined the climatic niche of mountain beavers at four scales: range-wide; by clade; PAMB rangewide; and PAMB microclimates to test whether PAMB exhibit different climatic requirements than other subspecies. I examined the climatic space occupied by mountain beavers at four scales using the machine learning method MaxEnt and occurrence points from museum records, previous surveys conducted by USFS, and personal survey data. First, I modeled the distribution of mountain beaver range-wide and the distributions of the five individual genetic clades (Coastal, Californica, Olympica, Pacifica, and Rufa). To examine the microclimate use of PAMB, I developed fine-scale climate surfaces using temperatures recorded from dataloggers and topographic variables calculated from LiDAR data. These layers were incorporated with PAMB occurrence data to model distribution. Finally, I examined pairwise differences in microhabitat use between burrows and available space. At all scales high temperatures were a limiting factor in distribution. Despite a low level of niche overlap at broad scales, mountain beavers appear to display some level of niche conservatism. PAMB does seem to exist in a warmer climate than other mountain beavers; however, they apparently persist by selecting the coolest places within that range. This suggests that niche overlap between the Coastal clade and all other clades may be higher than what is detected at the coarser scale. Further research is needed to understand the mechanisms limiting this distribution, but it may be that mountain beavers in marginal habitat are more adaptable to changes in climate

Developing enterprise budgets for sustainable school gardens: Service learning in a global context

Service learning programs are becoming a part of curricula in universities throughout the United States. The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, (UAF) established a service learning program that targeted the educational, health, social, and agricultural needs of a community. The focus of this research aimed to provide students, faculty, community members, school officials, and students with a template for crop budgets. These crop budgets are used to evaluate the costs and returns of producing multiple crops at a school. Crops produced in a sustainable garden must meet three criteria: 1) have minimal negative environmental impact, 2) provide just-in-time production of quality crops to meet school needs, 3) be solvent, i.e. the garden generates net positive revenue from the sale of crop or provides cost savings by growing crops at the school rather than purchasing them elsewhere. This proposal focuses on developing enterprise budgets for four crops: chili peppers, cabbage, corn, and tomatoes, and an interactive Excel® budgeting tool to evaluate revenues and expenses of crop production. The design of the interactive budgets is to provide a framework that students at UAF can use in their service learning courses when examining the costs and benefits of agriculturally based projects, while also being a functional aid for the recipients of the service learning program

It Opened My Eyes... : The Potential of an Embedded Clinical Experience in Teacher Preparation

Teacher candidates (TCs) often feel underprepared for their first teaching positions. Teacher education programs are, at least partially, responsible for the level of readiness of their graduating TCs. Fortunately, teacher educators have the capacity to positively change teacher education, creating a more effective, better prepared teaching force. Embedded clinical experiences connected to university literacy courses are one innovative approach to create more purposeful and engaging learning opportunities for TCs. TCs in an early childhood and special education program participated in an embedded clinical experience focused on reading and assessment, which allowed them to implement course content directly with elementary students, effectively connecting theory and practice. This qualitative study explored the impacts of an embedded clinical experience on TCs’ beliefs, content knowledge, and instructional practices related to reading and assessment. Content analysis was used to analyze data collected through semistructured interviews, participants’ reflective journal entries, weekly lesson plans, audio-recorded Socratic seminars, and video-recorded reading lessons. This inquiry revealed an increase in TCs’ pedagogical knowledge and confidence. The authors found that implementing an embedded clinical experience working with elementary students in conjunction with university coursework contextualized and meaningfully integrated course content in practical teaching experiences, encouraging TCs to refine their philosophical and pedagogical beliefs

Infusing Technology throughout Teacher Preparation Programs to Support Preservice Teacher Development

Teacher preparation programs must be systematic in the way they teach content and pedagogy while providing preservice teachers the tools they need to both be successful and want to stay in the field. Reports such as the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE, 2010) Blue Ribbon Panel report call for teacher preparation programs to use technology to support preservice teacher development of best practice. However, research indicates that there is a disconnect between what is expected of preservice teachers and the way they are taught, especially in the area of technology (Barak, 2017). In an effort to guide teacher preparation programs in their efforts, the authors use the components of the Joyce and Showers (1980) model of professional development (i.e., study of theory and best practice, observation of best practice, one-on-one coaching, and group coaching) to create a guiding framework of how teacher preparation programs can systematically infuse technology throughout their programs to support preservice teachers’ knowledge and skill acquisition in early, mid, and late candidacy. Examples of technology and supporting research are provided and aligned with Joyce and Showers’ (1980) model

2010 Scholars and Artists Bibliography

This bibliography was created for the annual Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library Scholars and Artists Reception, recognizing scholarly and creative achievements of Cleveland State University faculty, staff and emeriti. Jennie Jones was the guest speaker at the reception

2010 Scholars and Artists Bibliography

This bibliography was created for the annual Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library Scholars and Artists Reception, recognizing scholarly and creative achievements of Cleveland State University faculty, staff and emeriti. Jennie Jones was the guest speaker at the reception

Impact of amoxicillin-clavulanate followed by autologous fecal microbiota transplantation on fecal microbiome structure and metabolic potential

The spread of multidrug resistance among pathogenic organisms threatens the efficacy of antimicrobial treatment options. The human gut serves as a reservoir for many drug-resistant organisms and their resistance genes, and perturbation of the gut microbiome by antimicrobial exposure can open metabolic niches to resistant pathogens. Once established in the gut, antimicrobial-resistant bacteria can persist even after antimicrobial exposure ceases. Strategies to prevent multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) infections are scarce, but autologous fecal microbiota transplantation (autoFMT) may limit gastrointestinal MDRO expansion. AutoFMT involves banking one’s feces during a healthy state for later use in restoring gut microbiota following perturbation. This pilot study evaluated the effect of amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (Amox-Clav) exposure and autoFMT on gastrointestinal microbiome taxonomic composition, resistance gene content, and metabolic capacity. Importantly, we found that metabolic capacity was perturbed even in cases where gross phylogeny remained unchanged and that autoFMT was safe and well tolerated.Strategies to prevent multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) infections are scarce, but autologous fecal microbiota transplantation (autoFMT) may limit gastrointestinal MDRO expansion. AutoFMT involves banking one’s feces during a healthy state for later use in restoring gut microbiota following perturbation. This pilot study evaluated the effect of autoFMT on gastrointestinal microbiome taxonomic composition, resistance gene content, and metabolic capacity after exposure to amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (Amox-Clav). Ten healthy participants were enrolled. All received 5 days of Amox-Clav. Half were randomized to autoFMT, derived from stool collected pre-antimicrobial exposure, by enema, and half to saline enema. Participants submitted stool samples pre- and post-Amox-Clav and enema and during a 90-day follow-up period. Shotgun metagenomic sequencing revealed taxonomic composition, resistance gene content, and metabolic capacity. Amox-Clav significantly altered gut taxonomic composition in all participants (n = 10, P  0.05, compared to enrollment). Alterations to microbial metabolic capacity occurred following antimicrobial exposure even in participants without substantial taxonomic disruption, potentially creating open niches for pathogen colonization. Our findings suggest that metabolic potential is an important consideration for complete assessment of antimicrobial impact on the microbiome. AutoFMT was well tolerated and may have contributed to phylogenetic recovery. (This study has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov under identifier NCT02046525.