eBooks @ UM Libraries

Did you know that UM Libraries provides access to over 700,000 eBooks? This exhibit looks at the top 10 eBooks accessed over the last 10 years by UM patrons, packages of eBooks provided by different platforms, and a visualization of how much shelf space can be saved by just a dozen eBooks.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/jdw_exhibits/1006/thumbnail.jp

Managing User Needs and Librarian Expectations: Results of a Survey of User Behaviors in Summon

Since 2016, the University of Mississippi Libraries has used ExLibris’ Summon for their discovery service, locally known as One Search. During the implementation, customizations for the search results page were determined by a committee of librarians. As new settings and customizations were implemented over the years, librarians began to question if certain settings were appropriate or if the patrons were actually using them. An IRB approved survey was distributed asking library patrons about their use of One Search while library employees were asked to answer how they perceived patrons used it. Results showed the differences between library employee perception of use and how library patrons used specific facets and settings. This paper seeks to investigate the similarities or differences between library expectations regarding patron use of One Search versus those revealed by library patrons themselves

Recruitment and Essential Habitat of Juvenile Sand Seatrout (Cynoscion arenarius) in Four Estuaries Along the West Coast of Florida

The sand seatrout (Cynoscion arenarius) is an ecologically and economically important species common to estuarine and nearshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Currently, comprehensive information on the essential habitat of juvenile sand seatrout is limited. We analyzed data from a long-term fisheries-independent monitoring program to assess the spatial and temporal distributions of juvenile sand seatrout relative to various habitat parameters in four estuaries (Apalachicola Bay, the Suwannee River estuary, Tampa Bay, and Charlotte Harbor) along the gulf coast of Florida. A total of 25,668 sand seatrout (≤100 mm SL) were collected during monthly stratified-random sampling from Jan. 1996 through Dec. 1997 and Jan. 2001 through Dec. 2003. Specimens were collected with 21.3-m bag seines and 6.1-m otter trawls; the majority of specimens were captured in trawls from water ≥ 1.8 m deep. Juvenile sand seatrout primarily recruited into the estuaries from May through Oct., although recruitment began 1 mo earlier in Tampa Bay. Juveniles were most abundant over unvegetated mud bottoms, in mesohaline salinities, and near salt marsh vegetation. Highest abundances also occurred in small rivers, tidal creeks, and areas adjacent to the mouths of large rivers. Juveniles between 30 mm SL and 70 mm SL primarily occupied mesohaline salinities before shifting toward higher salinities as they approached 100 mm SL

Hyponatremia in the 2009 161-km Western States Endurance Run

Purpose:To determine the incidence of exercise-associated hyponatremia (EAH), the associated biochemical measurements and risk factors for EAH, and whether there is an association between postrace blood sodium concentration ([Na+]) and changes in body mass among participants in the 2009 Western States Endurance Run, a 161-km mountain trail run. Methods: Change in body mass, postrace [Na+], and blood creatine phosphokinase (CPK) concentration, and selected runner characteristics were evaluated among consenting competitors. Results: Of the 47 study participants, 14 (30%) had EAH as defined by a postrace [Na+] /L. Postrace [Na+] and percent change in body mass were directly related (r = .30, P = .044), and 50% of those with EAH had body mass losses of 3–6%. EAH was unrelated to age, sex, finish time, or use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs during the run, but those with EAH had completed a smaller (P = .03) number of 161-km ultramarathons. The relationship of CPK levels to postrace [Na+] did not reach statistical significance (r = –.25, P = .097). Conclusions: EAH was common (30%) among finishers of this 161-km ultramarathon and it was not unusual for those with EAH to be dehydrated. As such, changes in body mass should not be relied upon in the assessment for EAH during 161-km ultramarathons

Mechanisms Responsible for the Disparate Pathogenicity of Herpesvirus Papio 2 Subtypes in Mice

The purpose of this study was to identify viral determinants of the neuropathogenesis or avirulence of Herpesvirus papio/ 2 subtypes (HVP2nv and HVP2ap) in BALB/c mice. Experiments were conducted to determine if HVP2 subtypes were similar within the natural baboon host. Focus then turned to characterizing the temporal and spatial distribution of HVP2 subtypes within the central nervous system (CNS) of mice following different routes of inoculation. Serum anti-HVP2 IgG levels were measured by ELISA and tissues were examined microscopically with routine stains and immunohistochemistry. HVP2-specific quantitative real-time PCR was used to determine the amount of viral DNA within infected mouse tissues at various times post-infection. Primary mouse dermal fibroblast (PMDF) cell cultures were developed as a model system to examine early host responses to viral infection at the site of inoculation. Findings and conclusions./ HVP2 subtypes were indistinguishable in the natural baboon host. Experimental HVP2nv infeVeterinary Pathobiolog

Modulation of Cellular Tropism and Innate Antiviral Response by Viral Glycans

Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) are a significant cause of human and animal disease worldwide. Multiple interactions between virus and the host innate immune system ultimately determine the pathogenesis and clinical outcome of the infection. Evidence is rapidly emerging that suggests viral glycans play a key role in viral pathogenesis by regulating host cell tropism and interactions with the host innate immune response. Glycan-mediated interactions are especially important for arboviruses which must adapt to variable glycosylation systems and cellular receptors within both vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. This review focuses on emerging evidence which supports a crucial role for viral glycans in mediating host cell tropism and regulating the innate antiviral response

Community Partnership as a Foundation for Scholarship, Pedagogy, and Research—An Interactive Session

In Good Deeds Good Design, Roberta Feldman states that empowering community design facilitates effective, informed decision-making by “people who have traditionally had minimal say” (Feldman, 2003, 110). Doing this requires designers to consider communities as partners rather than clients and see their work as a collective endeavor rather than a professional gift. At Iowa State University, faculty in multiple departments are using partnership-based outreach methods to generate disciplinary and trans-disciplinary projects engaging studio teaching, research, and scholarship. Critical to these projects is the idea that partnership inverts the traditional power relationship between designers and underserved communities by valuing local knowledge equally with professional design skills. In these relationships, designers and design students bring important abilities to visualize alternatives and synthesize diverse types of knowledge to the table. Community partners bring equally valuable knowledge about history and place that the designers would be unable to access without local partners. This symposium will begin with a PechaKucha-style overview of panelists’ work followed by an interactive session in which panelists and audience members will collaboratively shift relationships to create new knowledge by examining a contemporary issue from multiple points of view. The underlying premise of this session is that spatial design is an instrumental praxis that can shape and potentially transform reality (Allen, 1999, 50). Doing so effectively requires dealing with instrumental tools such as function and materiality and understanding the broader context of social, economic, and political relationships that create place and can effectively only be accessed through local partnerships

The Moonraker Study: An Experimental Evaluation of Host-Based Deception

Cyber deception has been discussed as providing enhanced cyber defense. This human subjects research, one of the first rigorously controlled studies on this topic, found that host-based deception was effective at preventing completion of a specific exfiltration task against a virtual network. In addition to impeding progress and preventing success, the deception resulted in increased confusion and surprise in the participants. This study provided the necessary rigor to scientifically attest to the effectiveness of cyber deception for cyber defense with computer specialists

Executive functioning as a moderator of flossing behaviour among young adults: a temporal self-regulation theory perspective

Background - Flossing among young adults is often infrequent and barriers not completely understood. One explanation concerns the capacity for executive functioning (EF) during the self-regulation of behaviour. Methods - Using Temporal Self-Regulation Theory (TST) as a framework to explore EF, young adults from Norwegian universities completed a survey that measured monthly flossing frequency, flossing-related intentions and behavioural prepotency (BP), and EF using the Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function – Adult Version (BRIEF-A). Results - Data from 362 participants were analysed. The TST-model explained a substantial proportion of variance in monthly flossing (R2 = 0.74), and flossing was associated directly with intention and BP, and interactions between intention and both BP and global-EF. Sub-domains of EF were explored using the same model, revealing that behavioural regulation processes, specifically those related to emotional control and shifting between tasks, offered better fit. Simple slopes revealed that moderation effects were only present at lower levels of BP. Conclusion - EF plays a role in moderating the translation of intentions into flossing behaviour. Specifically, emotional control and task-shifting appear to be influential, and this influence increases when habitual and environmental support (i.e. BP) is reduced. Overcoming EF-barriers may represent a key step in establishing flossing behaviours