The Impact of Nutrition and Physical Activity Education on the Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior of Muslim Youth from Various Ethnic Backgrounds

The Islamic Foundation of Lincoln is a growing population within Lincoln including many different racial backgrounds, ethnic identities, and languages. Due to these various backgrounds communication may impair the education of families as well as their attitudes and behaviors. Although there are programs developed for many other minority groups, the Muslim (population comprising the Islamic Foundation of Lincoln) population does not have any data obtained from the community in terms of nutrition and physical activity behaviors, attitudes, and knowledge. This study seeks to understand if there are barriers to communication and if the intervention enhanced nutrition knowledge. This poster reflects the data method collections and purpose of research

The Impact of Nutrition and Physical Activity Education on the Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior of Muslim Youth from Various Ethnic Backgrounds

The Islamic Foundation of Lincoln is a growing population within Lincoln including many different racial backgrounds, ethnic identities, and languages. Due to these various backgrounds communication may impair the education of families as well as their attitudes and behaviors. Although there are programs developed for many other minority groups, the Muslim (population comprising the Islamic Foundation of Lincoln) population does not have any data obtained from the community in terms of nutrition and physical activity behaviors, attitudes, and knowledge. This study seeks to understand if there are barriers to communication and if the intervention enhanced nutrition knowledge. This poster reflects the data method collections and purpose of research

The Effect of Al Doping on the Sensitivity of SnO2 Films Prepared by Chemical Spray Pyrolysis

Pure and Al-doped SnO2 as gas sensors with properties characteristics provoking gas sensitivity were used for measuring CO2 atmospheres. In this paper we discussed the optical properties of undoped and Al (each 3, 5 and %) doped SnO2 thin films were synthesized by spray pyrolysis on glass substrate. The samples were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and gas sensitivity. The XRD analysis reveals that the Al dopants were substituted into rutile SnO2 nanoparticles without forming any secondary phase. The average particle size of the samples was increasing with increasing Al concentration. From XRD and AFM micrograph it was confirmed, the grain size in the range of 22.4-34.4 nm. The study reveals polycrystalline structure with prominent peaks. In particular, 7% Al-SnO2 films have a higher sensitivity (30%). Keywords: Structural, gas sensitivity properties, Aluminum (Al) doped , Tin oxide (SnO2) nanocrystal. DOI: 10.7176/APTA/76-02 Publication date:March 31st 201

Chosen Trauma, Emotions and Memory in Movements: The Ogoni and Ijaw in the Niger Delta

This paper presents a critical analysis of ‘Chosen Trauma’ theory and its applicability to social movement responses to oil resource extractive activities in Nigeria. Volkan’s (1985, 1997, 2005) formulations on ‘collective calamity of groups’ ancestors, defined in terms of shared pains suffered at the hands of an enemy is explored using the case of Ogoni and Ijaw movement activities against the Federal Government and oil companies operating in the Niger Delta. The framing of traumas focuses on the role played by leaders of both groups in their protests against calamitous environmental problems resulting from the activities of oil companies in the region. For the Ogoni, the memory of trauma is adaptive to non-violence while, for the Ijaw it is a fluid construction between non-violence and violence. Volkan’s theory is analytically helpful, but at the same time demands refinement to better explain the nuances in these cases

Body Image Implications on Mental and Health Well-Being

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Ammonium Fluoride as a Hydrogen-disordering Agent for Ice

The removal of residual hydrogen disorder from various phases of ice with acid or base dopants at low temperatures has been a focus of intense research for many decades. As an antipode to these efforts, we now show using neutron diffraction that ammonium fluoride (NH4F) is a hydrogen-disordering agent for the hydrogen-ordered ice VIII. Cooling its hydrogen-disordered counterpart ice VII doped with 2.5 mol% ND4F under pressure leads to a hydrogen-disordered ice VIII with ~31% residual hydrogen disorder illustrating the long-range hydrogen-disordering effect of ND4F. The doped ice VII could be supercooled by ~20 K with respect to the hydrogen-ordering temperature of pure ice VII after which the hydrogen-ordering took place slowly over a ~60 K temperature window. These findings demonstrate that ND4F-doping slows down the hydrogen-ordering kinetics quite substantially. The partial hydrogen order of the doped sample is consistent with the antiferroelectric ordering of pure ice VIII. Yet, we argue that local ferroelectric domains must exist between ionic point defects of opposite charge. In addition to the long-range effect of NH4F-doping on hydrogen-ordered water structures, the design principle of using topological charges should be applicable to a wide range of other 'ice-rule' systems including spin ices and related polar materials.Comment: 23 pages, 4 figures, 2 table

The Oil Extractive Industry in The Niger Delta: Impacts on the Livelihoods of Women

How is the oil extractive industry affecting the livelihoods of women in the Niger Delta? This study explores the nature of the oil extractive industry in Nigeria and its impact on the livelihoods of women. The paper further focuses on the role of civil society in reconciling the interest of the oil industry and local economy of women in the Niger Delta. Relying on primary and secondary data as well as feminist theories, the study examines the case of Ijaw, Ogbia and Ogoni women, who have traditionally relied on fishing and farming as major means of income. The paper argues that women are the most affected by the oil industry through frequent spilling of crude oil in creeks, rivers, swamps and farmlands, where their sources of income is derived from. In addition, the civil society with women as active participants has only achieved little in terms of social justice

Planetary Gearbox Fault Diagnosis Using an On-Rotor MEMS Accelerometer

Conventional accelerometers installed on housing often give out less accurate diagnostic results for planetary gearbox because the mesh excitation of planet gears change with carrier movement. Recent significant advancements in low-power and low-cost Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technologies make it possible and easier to mount MEMS accelerometers directly on the rotating shaft, enabling more accurate dynamic characteristics of the rotating machine to be acquired and used for condition monitoring. In this paper, two tiny MEMS accelerometers are installed diametrically opposite each other on the lowspeed input shaft of a planetary gearbox to measure the acceleration signals. The acceleration signals sensed by each MEMS will contain both the tangential acceleration and gravitational acceleration, but the latter can be removed by summing the acceleration signals from both sensors in order to characterise the rotor dynamics precisely. The experimental results show that the tangential acceleration measured on the low-speed input shaft of a planetary gearbox can clearly indicate faults, thus providing a reliable and lowcost method for planetary gearbox condition monitoring

Long-term biocompatibility, imaging appearance and tissue effects associated with delivery of a novel radiopaque embolization bead for image-guided therapy

The objective of this study was to undertake a comprehensive long-term biocompatibility and imaging assessment of a new intrinsically radiopaque bead (LC Bead LUMI™) for use in transarterial embolization. The sterilized device and its extracts were subjected to the raft of ISO10993 biocompatibility tests that demonstrated safety with respect to cytotoxicity, mutagenicity, blood contact, irritation, sensitization, systemic toxicity and tissue reaction. Intra-arterial administration was performed in a swine model of hepatic arterial embolization in which 0.22–1 mL of sedimented bead volume was administered to the targeted lobe(s) of the liver. The beads could be visualized during the embolization procedure with fluoroscopy, DSA and single X-ray snapshot imaging modalities. CT imaging was performed before and 1 h after embolization and then again at 7, 14, 30 and 90 days. LC Bead LUMI™ could be clearly visualized in the hepatic arteries with or without administration of IV contrast and appeared more dense than soluble contrast agent. The CT density of the beads did not deteriorate during the 90 day evaluation period. The beads embolized predictably and effectively, resulting in areas devoid of contrast enhancement on CT imaging suggesting ischaemia-induced necrosis nearby the sites of occlusion. Instances of off target embolization were easily detected on imaging and confirmed pathologically. Histopathology revealed a classic foreign body response at 14 days, which resolved over time leading to fibrosis and eventual integration of the beads into the tissue, demonstrating excellent long-term tissue compatibility

Seasonal characterization of the nutrients state in Oualidia Lagoon (Moroccan Atlantic coast)

The nutrient cycle in Oualidia lagoon, on the Atlantic Moroccan coast, was studied at both spatial and temporal scales, covering spring and summer conditions. Water samples were collected bimonthly at high tide from March to August during years 2011 and 2012 at six stations distributed throughout the lagoon. The physico- chemistry (temperature, salinity, dissolved O2) and nutrient enrichment of the lagoon surface water were monitored. The average nutrient concentration of surface water were 14.4 μmol.l-1 and 28.1 μmol.l-1 for NH4+, 20.4 μmol.l-1 and 19.9 μmol.l-1 for PO43- and 3.7 μmol.l-1 and 7.6 μmol.l-1 for NO2- in 2011 and 2012, respectively. Strong seasonal differences of nutrient distribution at the different stations were noticed. Temperature, salinity and dissolved O2 were correlated with nutrient concentrations, all parameters showing low spatial (inter-station) variability. Hydrological conditions exert a major control on the nutrient cycling in the lagoon. Results of this study are important to increase the richness on the scientific knowledge of nutrient dynamics along the Moroccan Atlantic coast, particularly in the semi-enclosed lagoons that are important transitional systems.Peer reviewe