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Supporting Blended Learning Teachers
Kristen Fitzsimmons
Mar 17, 2017
I began using blended learning four years ago as a secondary school teacher in Ontario. I started small, using one feature at a time, but quickly became hooked. The more I learned how to do, the more I wanted to explore and try...
Published by: The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis
Supporting Blended Learning Teachers
Kristen Fitzsimmons
Mar 17, 2017
I began using blended learning four years ago as a secondary school teacher in Ontario. I started small, using one feature at a time, but quickly became hooked. The more I learned how to do, the more I wanted to explore and try...
Published by: The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis
The Effects of ACC2 Deletion in Voluntary Wheel Running
Paige Ponzo
Jan 01, 0001
Fatty acids are an important energy source in long duration endurance exercise. From the blood, fatty acids enter cells in the skeletal muscle and enter the mitochondria to participate in metabolic pathways to regenerate...
Published by: Ursinus College
Direct Amination of Hydroxyfluorophores via One-Pot Smiles Rearrangement Hydrolysis
Paige D'Elia
Jan 01, 0001
Fluorophores, such as fluorescein, are economical and can be applied to many fields such as biochemical research, to label and track cells or to diagnose infections, environmental sciences, to track water movements in...
Published by: Ursinus College
Comparative biochemical analysis of three members of the Schistosoma mansoni TAL family
The tegumental allergen-like (TAL) proteins from Schistosoma mansoni are part of a family of calcium binding proteins found only in parasitic flatworms. These proteins have attracted interest as potential drug or vaccine...
Methods for Mapping Algal Blooms: Do They Produce Similar Results?
Paige Denney
Jan 01, 0001
Algal blooms occur when there is an overabundance of algae in a freshwater or saltwater body. Algal blooms often have negative effects on human health, the environment, and the economy. They increase during summer months due to...
Published by: Winthrop University
Endogenous Neurosteroid Hormone Production and Early Oligodendricyte Development
Paige Winokur
Jan 01, 0001
The field of neuroendocrinology grew immensely with the realization that steroid hormone production is not confined to the adrenal and reproductive glands but also occurs in the central nervous system (CNS). Steroids synthesized...
Published by: Rockefeller University
Corridor Cell Count in Medial Ganglionic Eminence Unaltered by Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
Paige Springmann
Jan 01, 0001
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is an umbrella term used for alcohol-related disorders resulting from prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). Such exposure can cause sensory and attention processing deficits, among other more...
Published by: Ursinus College
Injunctive and descriptive logics during newcomer socialization
Failure to adjust to a new organization has major personal, team and organizational costs. Yet, we know little about how newcomers’ pre-entry institutional assumptions influence and shape their subsequent socialisation. To...
Injunctive and descriptive logics during newcomer socialization
Failure to adjust to a new organization has major personal, team and organizational costs. Yet, we know little about how newcomers’ pre-entry institutional assumptions influence and shape their subsequent socialisation. To...
Using Click Chemistry to Assemble DNA-Conjugated Dendrimersomes for Targeted Delivery Applications
Paige Bristow
Jan 01, 0001
Among the current selection of modern drugs, most are hydrophobic causing insolubility in the bloodstream. In order to improve solubility, vesicles similar to a cell's lipid bilayer can be formed to carry the hydrophobic cargo...
Drug delivery biosynthesis janus dendrimer transferrin receptor Biochemistry Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology Life Sciences
Published by: Ursinus College
Using "Click Chemistry" to Assemble DNA-Conjugated Dendrimersomes
Paige Bristow
Jan 01, 0001
Among the current selection of modern drugs, most are hydrophobic causing insolubility in the aqueous bloodstream. In order to improve solubility, vesicles similar to a cell's lipid bilayer can be formed to carry the hydrophobic...
Janus dendrimers Drug delivery vesicles amphipathic cargo targeting ligands Biochemistry Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology Life Sciences Medicinal-Pharmaceutical Chemistry Molecular Biology Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides Pharmaceutical Preparations Polymer Chemistry
Published by: Ursinus College
Can Health Outcomes and Inequalities be Improved While Containing Costs? The Role of Voluntary Health Insurance in Universal Health Care Systems in the OECD
Paige Bristow
Jan 01, 0001
While European countries have improved health outcomes through universal healthcare systems (UHC), they also face pressures to contain the high cost of these systems. In order to control expenses, governments have reduced...
universal healthcare sex-based inequalities voluntary health insurance Poland Latvia Sweden Netherlands Health Services Administration International Relations Political Science Social and Behavioral Sciences Women's Health
Published by: Ursinus College
Fourth Annual York County Green Business Conference Scheduled on March 6
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
The conference is designed to give business people, engineers and architects ideas about innovative and sustainable techniques, and emerging efficient technologies and practices. Keynote speaker Paige Goff '99, vice president...
Published by: Winthrop University
Computational and Literature Analysis of Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Fluorophores Containing Nitrogen Donors
Paige D'Elia
Jan 01, 0001
The rational design of chemical tools that only fluoresce when they react with a desired analyte is useful for biological imaging, detection, as well as for creation of other luminescent materials. These chemical tools are...
Published by: Ursinus College
Text and Paratext: Analyzing Edith Wharton's Hudson River Bracketed in its Periodical Context
Paige Szmodis
Jan 01, 0001
Studying a novel in the context of its paratexts -- including the illustrations, advertisements, and captions surrounding the fiction -- reveals how the publication context can shape a literary work. This project examines Edith...
Edith Wharton Hudson River Bracketed Periodical Studies paratext Delineator women's magazines publishing industry consumerism middle class advertising Arts and Humanities English Language and Literature Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies fiction Literature in English, North America Women's Studies
Published by: Ursinus College
Riot Grrrl and Girl Zines: Intersectional Feminist Art in Action
Paige Szmodis
Jan 01, 0001
This project examines the Riot Grrrl punk feminist movement of the 1990s and its production of girl zines as artistic, cultural, and political artifacts. Zines, or self-produced and self-published magazines, allowed young women...
Riot Grrrl girl zines third-wave feminism women's magazines feminism Gender Studies Arts and Humanities Digital Humanities Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Women's Studies
Published by: Ursinus College
Transgenic Adipose-specific Expression of the Nuclear Receptor RORα Drives a Striking Shift in Fat Distribution and Impairs Glycemic Control.
Zewen Kelvin Tuong, Rebecca Fitzsimmons, Shu-Ching Mary Wang, Tae Gyu Oh, Patrick Lau, Frederik Steyn, Gethin Thomas, George EO Muscat
Sep 02, 2019
RORα is a member of the nuclear receptor (NR) superfamily and analysis of the (global) RORα-deficient mouse model revealed this NR has a role in glycemic control and fat deposition. Therefore, we generated an adipose-specific...
Collagen Fibrosis Hepatomegaly obesity RORα Subcutaneous adipose Adipose Tissue Adiposity Animals Biomarkers Blood Glucose Cluster Analysis Extracellular Matrix Fibrosis Gene Expression Gene Expression Profiling Genotype Glucose Tolerance Test Hepatomegaly Humans Insulin Resistance Lipid Metabolism Lipids Liver Mice Mice Transgenic Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1 Group F Member 1 Organ Specificity Phenotype Splenomegaly T-Lymphocyte Subsets Transgenes Weight Gain
Have you been served? The impact of university entrepreneurial support on start-ups’ network formation
University-based entrepreneurial support organizations devote increasing efforts to create a context and opportunities for interaction among start-up firms. The basic assumption behind these efforts is that networks...
Winthrop Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2016 Announced
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
The 2016 Athletics Hall of Fame inductees are Bob Bowen (men's soccer), Daniel Carte (baseball), Ronda Cline (softball), Coach Joel McCartney (volleyball), Torrell Martin (men's basketball), Paige Nichols (softball), and Franco...
Published by: Winthrop University
Lipoprotein(a) and incident type-2 diabetes
Ellie Paige, Katya L Masconi, Sotirios Tsimikas, Florian Kronenberg, Peter Santer, Siegfried Weger, Johann Willeit, Stefan Kiechl, Peter Willeit
May 05, 2017
AIMS: We aimed to (1) assess the association between lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] concentration and incident type-2 diabetes in the Bruneck study, a prospective population-based study, and (2) combine findings with evidence from...
A Social Media Give and Take
This study explored social media (SM) usage amongst young adults. Participants (N = 750) completed an online survey about their usage of/relationship with SM and the sacrifices they would make to remain on SM. Almost half of...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
The Grizzly, February 23, 2017
Brian Thomas, Sarah Hojsak, Courtney A DuChene, Paige Szmodis, Katrina O'Donnell, Steve Mohapp, Jordan Scharaga, Andrew Simoncini, Johnny Cope
Jan 01, 0001
Laptop Program Comes to an End Digital Humanities Opportunities Take Off Here's Why the Wi-Fi has Been so Rough This Semester International Perspective: A Student's Thoughts on Technology Use While Living Abroad Exploring...
Ursinus College Collegeville Pennsylvania newspaper laptop program Digital Humanities Bears Make History Internet study abroad Social Media ENIAC John Mauchly Deborah Feairheller cultural history Higher Education Liberal Studies Social History United States History
Published by: Ursinus College
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