Marshall University Music Department Presents the Horn Studio, Huntington Horns

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Marshall Uinversity School of Music and Theatre presents the Marshall University Symphony Orchestra

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Marshall University Music Department Presents Stephen Lawson, horn

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How we say what we do and why it is important: An idiosyncratic analysis of mental health nursing identity on social media

This paper is the culmination of a qualitative research project into mental health nursing (MHN) identity via exploration of a social media campaign organized in 2018 by the UK Mental Health Nurses Association. Through engagement with this campaign and a multimethod approach, this paper proposes a new and novel heuristic framework for exploring MHN identity holistically, through what is termed the 6Ps of MHN identity. The 6Ps – encompassing the professional, personal, practical, proximal, philosophical, and political aspects of identity – were previously shared with members of the MHN research community at both the 2019 and 2020 proceedings of the International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference. To examine the identity expressed in the social media campaign, all contributions by nurses were amalgamated into one ‘text’ for analysis. When this text was examined, the focus was the particular language used by MHNs. This granular analysis concentrated on word choice, form, and frequency as the constituent aspects of meaning. Even when it was necessary to examine larger grammatical units, the key nouns – grammatical objects and subjects – were the primary focus of analysis. Following this, the author – a mental health nurse themselves – applied their personal understanding of the field of practice to the text to arrive at an understanding of its contents. This approach is the first in the field of MHN identity research to examine the profession’s identity as expressed by members on social media, as well as the linguistic form of that expression

Sublimation from snow packs in Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada and Dixie National Forest, Utah

A study was conducted to measure sublimation rates and concurrent meteorological parameters on snow packs at Kyle Canyon, Nevada; Brian Head, Utah; and Lee Canyon, Nevada. Over 730 individual gravimetric measurements were made using snow lysimeters and over 16,500 individual meteorological measurements were taken. The measured sublimation rates averaged 0.438 mm/day, 0.757 mm/day, and 0.586 mm/day for each site respectively, with a combined average of 0.647 mm/day for all sites. There was little or no correlation between measured sublimation rates and meteorological measurements with the exception of Kyle Canyon. However, the data set from Kyle Canyon was the most limited of the sites and may have produced spurious correlations. The Thornthwaite and Holzman equation was used to calculate sublimation values for each site, predicting average sublimation rates that were less than half of the measured values. The calculated sublimation rate averaged 0.281 mm/day for all sites and, excepting Kyle Canyon data, correlated poorly with measured values. Calculated sublimation rates from an empirical equation proposed by Avery et al. (1992) were correlated with the averaged measured rates at eleven field sites including the three sites in this study, giving a correlation value of 0.775. The measured sublimation rates from this study were within the range of sublimation rates observed by other researchers. Sublimation was shown to be responsible for a significant amount of water-equivalent loss from snow packs

Marshall University Music Department Presents the Concert of Soloists Competition, Final Round

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Analysis of trinitrophenylated adenosine and inosine using capillary electrophoresis-laser induced fluorescence detection and gamma-cyclodextrin

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2016Adenosine (Ado) and adenine ribonucleotides are essential in cell metabolism and energy production, cellular signaling, and DNA and RNA synthesis. The biosynthesis of these molecules takes place in both the intracellular and extracellular space via transphosphorylation reactions catalyzed by several distinct kinase enzymes like adenylate kinase. Several analytical detection methodologies have been developed to monitor these molecules in biological tissue, including both liquid chromatography (LC) and capillary electrophoresis (CE) techniques. However, many of these methodologies are limited by separation resolution and sample injection volume requirements. This thesis presents a novel capillary electrophoresis-laser induced fluorescence detection (CE-LIF) method with high separation power to analyze Ado and Inosine (Ino), a metabolite of Ado, by derivatization with 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid to form fluorescent trinitrophenylated complexes of Ado (TNP-Ado) and Ino (TNP-Ino). The development and validation of the CE-LIF method, optimization of the trinitrophenylation reaction, and fluorescence enhancement of TNP-Ado and TNP-Ino with γ-cyclodextrin will be discussed. Detection limits were 1.6 μM for Ado and 4 μM for Ino in rat brain tissue. Large-volume sample stacking (LVSS) was employed to further enhance the sensitivity of the CE-LIF method, with detections limits of 310 nM and 159 nm for Ado and Ino, respectively. The CE-LIF method offers promise for the analysis of Ado, Ino and potentially other adenine ribonucleotides in small volume generating biological experiments like in vivo microdialysis and single cell metabolomics.Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Biological Significance of Adenosine and Adenine Ribonucleotides -- 1.2 Current Methodologies to Detect Adenosine and Adenine Ribonucleotides -- 1.3 Summary of Research Aims -- 1.4 References -- Chapter 2: Analysis of Trinitrophenylated Adenosine and Inosine using Capillary Electrophoresis-Laser Induced Fluorescence Detection and γ-Cyclodextrin -- 2.1 Abstract -- 2.2 Introduction -- 2.3 Methods -- 2.3.1 Safety Considerations -- 2.3.2 Chemicals and Reagents -- 2.3.3 Preparation of TNP-Ado and TNP-Ino Standards -- 2.3.4 1H, HMQC and ROESY NMR Spectra -- 2.3.5 CE-LIF Analysis and LVSS Studies -- 2.3.6 Trinitrophenylation Reactions -- 2.3.7 Biological Sample Preparation -- 2.3.8 Statistical Analysis -- 2.4 Results and Discussion -- 2.4.1 CE-LIF Optimization -- 2.4.2 Determination of γ-CD Association Constants -- 2.4.3 Structural Determination of TNP-Ado and γ-CD Inclusion Complex -- 2.4.4 Trinitrophenylation Reaction Kinetics Monitored by CE-LIF -- 2.4.5 CE-LIF Method Validation -- 2.4.6 Analysis of Adenosine and Inosine in Rat Brain Tissue -- 2.4.7 Large-Volume Sample Stacking of TNP-Ado and TNP-Ino -- 2.5 Conclusions -- 2.6 Acknowledgments -- 2.7 References -- Chapter 3: Conclusion -- 3.1 Overview -- 3.2 Future Directions -- Appendix A Supporting Information for Chapter 2 -- Appendix B Trinitrophenylation and Capillary Electrophoresis Analysis of Adenine Ribonucleotides, N6-Cyclohexyladenosine, Guanosine, Cytidine, and Uridine

Marshall University Music Department Presents the MUSIC ALIVE!

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Marshall University Music Department Presents a Faculty Recital, featuring, Stephen Lawson, horn, assisted by J. Steven Hall, marimba, percussion, Kay Lawson, bassoon, Peggy Johnson, piano

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