Female Mate Choice is Influenced by Male Sport Participation

Sexual selection theory argues that females invest more heavily in reproduction than males and thus tend to be choosier in terms of mate choice. Sport may provide a context within which females can gain information about male quality to inform this choice. Males may be able to display attractive traits such as athleticism, strength, and physique to females while participating in sport. We predicted that females would favor males that participated in team sports over individual sports and non-athletes because team sport athletes may be more likely to display qualities such as the ability to work well with others and role acceptance. We used a questionnaire, a photograph, and manipulated descriptions to gauge the effects of sport involvement, attractiveness, and status on 282 females’ willingness to participate in various types of relationships. Team sport athletes were perceived as being more desirable as potential mates than individual sport athletes and non-athletes. It is suggested that team sport athletes may have traits associated with good parenting such as cooperation, likeability, and role acceptance, and/or these athletes may be better able to assert dominance in a team setting. Results are discussed in terms of further implications and future research

Compliance with the 2015 American Diabetes Association Screening Guidelines for Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 in Primary Care

Purpose: The purpose of this project was to evaluate provider use of hemoglobin (HgA1c) measurement as a method of screening for Type Two Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) per the 2015 American Diabetes Association screening guidelines in a multidisciplinary primary care clinic in Kentucky. Methods: A retrospective electronic medical record review was conducted in a large ambulatory care clinic. A master list was compiled of all patients aged 45-89 years who were seen for any reason the first week of November 2015. A total of 127 records that met inclusion criteria were randomly selected. The proportion of patients who were appropriately screened in the past three years with HgA1c measurement was calculated. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: Approximately 60% of all of the patients who met both the age and BMI screening criteria were screened in the past three years using HgA1c. Of those patients who were screened, 3.9% met criteria for the diagnosis of diabetes, and approximately 40% met criteria for the diagnosis of pre-diabetes based on the HgA1c results. Conclusions: Using only the HgA1c as a method of screening, providers in this clinic appropriately screened 60% of all patients who met the criteria of BMI and age which exceeds the projected compliance rate in the literature

Impulse

Features:[Page] 2 Expo proves to be vital recruiting tool[Page] 4 Bridge designers span indoor river[Page] 5 EET, MNET students learn from the experts[Page] 6 BattleBot team creates new, manner battling robotCollege: [Page] 10 Solberg Hall set to open its historic doors once more[Page] 12 Activated Guard members awaken campus to Iraqi conflict[Page] 16 College writes new software engineering degreeStudents: [Page] 18 ME students design 65-foot tower at Kirby Science Center[Page] 22 Engineers Without Borders created to help needy areas 22[Page] 23 Students form CEO, a new entrepreneurship group [Page] 24 The ASCE chapter earns a clean sweep of the Regents awards[Page] 25 Dynamic Doer lives up to award\u27s nameFaculty: [Page] 26 Nadim Wehbe directs equipping of high-bay structures lab[Page] 27 New civil engineering head experienced with accreditation[Page] 28 Former Deere worker named as department head[Page] 29 A familiar name, Dennis Helder, heads new departmentAlumni: [Page] 32 Forsyth directs major efforts at the National Severe Storm Lab[Page] 34 Holt, Madden, Weaver named distinguished engineers[Page] 35 Phonathon cashes in on contactsContributors: [Page] 36-38 Dean\u27s Club[Page] 39-48 Donorshttps://openprairie.sdstate.edu/coe_impulse/1018/thumbnail.jp

Assessing Structure Activity.Relationships of Polyhalogenated Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Endometriosis as an Endpoint

Previous studies have shown that exposure to the environmental contaminant, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-ρ-dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD) enhances the development of endometriotic lesions. In this study, we assessed the structure activity relationships (SARs) and mechanism(s) of endometriotic proliferation by 2,3,7,8-TCDD and related polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons with ligands with varying degrees of affinity for the Ah receptor. B6C3F1 female mice were treated with 0, 1, 3, or 10 ug 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-ρ-dioxin/kg of body weight (bw); 3 or 30 mg 2, 4, 5, 2', 4', 5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB 153)/kg bw; 100, 300, or 1000 ug 3, 4, 5, 3', 4'-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB126)/kg of bw; 10, 30, or 100 ug 2, 3, 4, 7, 8-pentachlorodibenzofuran (4-PeCDF)/kg of bw; or 2 or 20 mg 1, 3, 6, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-ρ-dioxin (l,3,6,8-TCDD)/kg of bw at 10 ml/kg. The animals were dosed by oral gavage a total of five times with three weeks between each dosing and terminated three weeks after the last dose. At the conclusion of sixteen weeks, endometriotic lesion diameters and weights were measured. In addition, ovaries, uterine horn, and thymus were removed from each animal. Lesions, uterine horns, and ovaries were fixed for histopathology. Livers were also excised for enzymatic analysis. Analysis of lesion diameters with the Dunnett's test revealed statistically significant results for animals treated with 1 or 3 ug 2,3,7,8-TCDD/kg bw or 100 ug 4-PeCDF/kg bw. However, animals treated with 10 ug 2,3,7,8-TCDD per kg bw did not have significantly larger lesion diameters than control animals possibly due to ovarian atrophy. Animals treated with PCB 126 showed a trend of lesions with larger mean diameters than control animals, but due to variability the increases were not statistically significant. No effect on lesion diameter was apparent in animals dosed with PCB 153 or 1,3,6,8-TCDD. Statistically significant increases in lesion diameters of animals dosed with 2,3,7,8-TCDD supports previous work stating exposure to 2,3,7,8-TCDD induces proliferation of endometriotic lesions. Because neither of the "non-dioxin-like" chemicals induced increased proliferation and both "dioxin-like" chemicals caused increased lesion diameters, the data are consistent with the hypothesis that the mechanism of increased proliferation of endometriotic lesions is Ah receptor-mediated.Master of Science in Public Healt

\u3ci\u3eN\u3c/i\u3e\u3csup\u3e5\u3c/sup\u3e-Phosphonoacetyl-L-ornithine (PALO): A convenient synthesis and investigation of influence on regulation of amino acid biosynthetic genes in \u3ci\u3eSaccharomyces cerevisiae\u3c/i\u3e

A scalable four-step synthesis of the ornithine transcarbamylase inhibitor N5-phosphonoacetyl-L-ornithine (PALO) is achieved through boroxazolidinone protection of ornithine. Investigations in the model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae found that, in contrast to a previous report, PALO did not influence growth rate or expression of genes involved in arginine metabolism

Racial and ethnic heterogeneity in self-reported diabetes prevalence trends across Hispanic subgroups, National Health Interview Survey, 1997–2012

INTRODUCTION: We examined racial/ethnic heterogeneity in self-reported diabetes prevalence over 15 years. METHODS: We used National Health Interview Survey data for 1997 through 2012 on 452,845 adults aged 18 years or older. Annual self-reported diabetes prevalence was estimated by race/ethnicity and education. We tested for trends over time by education and race/ethnicity. We also analyzed racial/ethnic and education trends in average annual prevalence. RESULTS: During the 15 years studied, diabetes prevalence differed significantly by race/ethnicity (P < .001) and by Hispanic subgroup (P < .001). Among participants with less than a high school education, the 5-year trend in diabetes prevalence was highest among Cubans and Cuban Americans (β(5YR) = 4.8, P = .002), Puerto Ricans (β(5YR) = 2.2, P = .06), non-Hispanic blacks (β(5YR) = 2.2, P < .001), and non-Hispanic whites (β(5YR) = 2.1, P < .001). Among participants with more than a high school education, non-Hispanic blacks had the highest average annual prevalence (5.5%) and Puerto Ricans had the highest 5-year trend in annual diabetes prevalence (β(5YR) = 2.6, P = .001). CONCLUSIONS: In this representative sample of US adults, results show ethnic variations in diabetes prevalence. The prevalence of diabetes is higher among Hispanics than among non-Hispanic whites, unevenly distributed across Hispanic subgroups, and more pronounced over time and by education. Findings support disaggregation of data for racial/ethnic populations in the United States to monitor trends in diabetes disparities and the use of targeted, culturally appropriate interventions to prevent diabetes