Kevin Chiarizzio, Rebecca Moore, and Cindy Fuller in a Faculty Recital

This is the program for the faculty recital featuring trombone player Kevin Chiarizzio, pianist Rebecca Moore, and organist Cindy Fuller. This recital took place on January 30, 1996, in the Mabee Fine Arts Center Recital Hall

MADAM Protein Decreases Microsporidia Attachment to Host Cells

Microsporidia are an obligate, intracellular fungal pathogen that can cause devastating, disseminating infections in the immunocompromised. Because of the limitations of current medications, microsporidia’s abundant presence in the environment, and an increasing number of at-risk populations, investigation into decreasing microsporidia infectivity is needed. As an intracellular pathogen, microspridial attachment is a vital first step to infection, and if attachment is reduced, previous work shows that infectivity is mitigated. An in silico analysis of Encephalitozoon intestinalis revealed a predicted protein similar in sequence to ADAM (A Disintegrin And Metalloproteinase) proteins. This predicted protein is termed microsporidia ADAM or MADAM. ADAM proteins contain an integrin binding region, which is well known to bind to integrin proteins. Integrins are important receptors for attachment and cell signaling, and several pathogens utilize host integrins as a receptor to aid in attachment during infection. Immunoelectron microscopy demonstrates that MADAM protein is found on the plasma membrane, anchoring disk, and polar tube of E. intestinalis spores. Our hypothesis is that MADAM is involved in the key role of host cell attachment. To this end, a 17 amino acid long section of the MADAM protein was generated that surrounded the integrin binding domain. During spore adherence assays, pretreating host cells with this small peptide protein, significantly decreased E. intestinalis spore attachment to host cells as compared to control samples. These results suggest E. intestinalis cleverly exploits host integrins as a means to bind to host cells before infection

A Performing Arts Class Faculty Recital

This is the program for the Performing Arts Class faculty recital performance. The following faculty artists performed (in order of performance): trumpet player Doug Lockard; soprano Cindy Fuller accompanied by pianist Becky Moore; tenor Jon Secrest accompanied by pianist Cindy Fuller; tenor Stephen Garner accompanied by pianist Ouida Keck; duo pianists Cindy Fuller and Becky Moore; flutist Barry McVinney and organist Russell Hodges; and organist Russell Hodges. This recital took place on September 19, 1997, in the W. Francis McBeth Recital Hall

URA*: Uncertainty-aware Path Planning using Image-based Aerial-to-Ground Traversability Estimation for Off-road Environments

A major challenge with off-road autonomous navigation is the lack of maps or road markings that can be used to plan a path for autonomous robots. Classical path planning methods mostly assume a perfectly known environment without accounting for the inherent perception and sensing uncertainty from detecting terrain and obstacles in off-road environments. Recent work in computer vision and deep neural networks has advanced the capability of terrain traversability segmentation from raw images; however, the feasibility of using these noisy segmentation maps for navigation and path planning has not been adequately explored. To address this problem, this research proposes an uncertainty-aware path planning method, URA* using aerial images for autonomous navigation in off-road environments. An ensemble convolutional neural network (CNN) model is first used to perform pixel-level traversability estimation from aerial images of the region of interest. The traversability predictions are represented as a grid of traversal probability values. An uncertainty-aware planner is then applied to compute the best path from a start point to a goal point given these noisy traversal probability estimates. The proposed planner also incorporates replanning techniques to allow rapid replanning during online robot operation. The proposed method is evaluated on the Massachusetts Road Dataset, the DeepGlobe dataset, as well as a dataset of aerial images from off-road proving grounds at Mississippi State University. Results show that the proposed image segmentation and planning methods outperform conventional planning algorithms in terms of the quality and feasibility of the initial path, as well as the quality of replanned paths

Evaluation of Available Medical Interpretation Resources Available to Spanish-Speaking Patients in NJ AHEC Counties

According to the US Census Bureau Spanish is the most common non-English language spoken in the US. Despite the growing population of Spanish-speaking individuals, most healthcare providers can only communicate in English. Linguistic differences between patients and providers have been identified to impact the quality of care received, therefore, it is not surprising that Spanish-speaking patients have been found to be less satisfied with healthcare. Language barriers in healthcare lead to poor compliance and underuse of services which eventually negatively impact health outcomes. Several studies found that the most effective communication tools are often underutilized, with healthcare providers relying on untrained interpreters instead, oftentimes leading to medical errors, incorrect treatment and misdiagnosis. The purpose of this study is to investigate the availability of interpretation services offered by New Jersey healthcare providers in Camden, Gloucester, Atlantic, Salem, and Cumberland County and increase awareness of interpretation services available in these healthcare settings

Leaving professional competition on the field: Professional collaboration in promoting college athlete mental health

The wide range of challenges facing college athletes often results in the need for micro and macro mental health services. This article examines a competency-based model of integrated care. A team of mental health professionals must be intentionally created to support athletes throughout various aspects of their unique experience. Interprofessional practice benefits college athletes by providing them with a broad spectrum of care throughout their college experience

The Ursinus Weekly, January 10, 1978

Ursinus news in brief: Craft attempts prior restraint; Lilly Endowment scratched; Band hangs Mandel; Dishes returned; Cornell students march for time off • Library may curtail hours • Task force considers curriculum • Bankruptcy negates loans • C.I.A. investigates U.C. • Directory published • Tobin appointed • Employment curtailed • Opinion: Ursinus safety • Letters to the editor • A Vegetarian\u27s view • Censorship vs. student rights • Movie attack: Close encounters of the third kind • Dr. Parsons working on new book • Matty Simmons: The Man behind National Lampoon • Dylan to tour in the new year • Ursinus b-ball: marked improvement • Wrestling opens season • Men\u27s swimming • Study before you sleephttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1080/thumbnail.jp

Software-Defined Radio for Space-to-Space Communications

A paper describes the Space- to-Space Communications System (SSCS) Software- Defined Radio (SDR) research project to determine the most appropriate method for creating flexible and reconfigurable radios to implement wireless communications channels for space vehicles so that fewer radios are required, and commonality in hardware and software architecture can be leveraged for future missions. The ability to reconfigure the SDR through software enables one radio platform to be reconfigured to interoperate with many different waveforms. This means a reduction in the number of physical radio platforms necessary to support a space mission s communication requirements, thus decreasing the total size, weight, and power needed for a mission

Interprofessional collaboration in college athlete mental health care: addressing the need for a competency-based framework of integrated care

College athletes are susceptible to mental health symptoms and disorders. Many athletes lack knowledge of mental health symptoms, have negative views of mental health and help seeking, and have limited confidence in being able to access professional mental health support. Unfortunately, many athletes will not seek the mental health support they need. With a need to provide mental health support across college sports, strategies are needed to harness the professional competencies of everyone in the arena. This requires the need for integrative approaches that promote interprofessional coordination and collaboration for mental health education and practice. Drawing on the professional experience of sport social workers and practitioner sport psychologists, the Competency-Based Interprofessional Educational framework designed by the Interprofessional Education Collaborative was adapted to address college athlete mental health needs. The framework identifies four key competencies to help establish and promote coordinated training opportunities and efficient and effective mental health care amongst an interprofessional care team: 1) understanding of the values and ethics of different members with respect to professional cultures, training, and expertise; 2) clearly defined roles and responsibilities of different members delineated by scopes of practice, including limitations in care provisions; 3) interprofessional communication that enhances mental health service availability and access; and 4) continual team development that evolves with the exploration of contemporary challenges faced by athletes. Competency-based interprofessional approaches to mental health care in sport are emerging in the United States and the United Kingdom with future research exploring strategies to strength interprofessional service provisions