DigitalCommons@SHU Copyright (c) 2013 Sacred Heart University All rights reserved. http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu Recent documents in DigitalCommons@SHU en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 01:34:02 PDT 3600 God Gave Us the Right: Conservative Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, and Orthodox Jewish Women Grapple with Feminism http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/rel_fac/20 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/rel_fac/20 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:20:33 PDT What does it mean to be a religious conservative, particularly for a woman, in America today? Drawing on two years of ethnographic research in Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish communities, Christel Manning explores the diversity of views among women who have returned to tradition. Arguing that America has undergone profound cultural and economic changes in the last thirty years--changes that have created tension between women's lives and traditional gender roles--she demonstrates that conservative Catholics, Evangelical Protestants, and Orthodox Jews negotiate those tensions in a variety of ways. Manning explains how they deal with the contradictions arising from their attempts to integrate feminist and traditionalist norms. The comparative kaleidoscope that Manning presents of these women's views on feminism, however, shows them to be deeply rooted in the diverse theologies and historical experiences of their communities.

]]> Christel Manning The Challenge of Transportation http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/his_fac/63 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/his_fac/63 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:36:16 PDT Connecticut's severely congested transportation system is explored by William B. Kennedy in chapter two of Public Policy in Connecticut. The gridlock one experiences on Connecticut's highways is not only described in this chapter, but also explained. He explores alternative transportation strategies that would alleviate congestion, and examines the possible impact of an increase in telecommuting.

]]> William B. Kennedy Investigating Individual Differences in the Self-Regulation Behaviors among Preschoolers http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/psych_stu/2 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/psych_stu/2 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:16:40 PDT The present study investigated possible age and gender differences in the behavioral self-regulation of economically disadvantaged preschool children between 3- and 5-years-old. The children were assessed using a modified version of the Preschool Self-Regulation Assessment (PSRA). This version of the PSRA utilized five tasks, focused on compliance or impulse control. After controlling for intelligence, age, and parental education, males were significantly more impulsive than females on the two impulse control tasks but only performed lower than females on one of the three compliance tasks. Environmental and potential biological explanations for these findings are discussed.

]]> Jessica Baldizon et al. The Effectiveness of Programs Tested in Juvenile Drug Courts http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/psych_stu/1 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/psych_stu/1 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:43:39 PDT The effectiveness of treatment programs used in juvenile drug courts within the United States is often questioned. The two research articles that will be discussed tested two different treatment programs in hopes that they would lead to more favorable outcomes than the programs currently in place.

Research into effective drug and alcohol treatment programs to be used within the juvenile justice system needs to be a priority. There are too many kids who get lost in the system, rather than helped. Both of these studies were conducted based on the same belief of how vital this research is. The “Enhancing the Effectiveness of Juvenile Drug Courts by Integrating Evidence-Based Practices” research study was more effective and I believe will be more useful for the juvenile justice system going forward than the study, “Evaluation of a Court-Ordered MADD Presentation for Juvenile Alcohol and Drug Offenders”.

]]> Ashley Tiedemann Horizons, Volume 28, Spring 2013 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/stupub_horizons/6 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/stupub_horizons/6 Fri, 17 May 2013 05:59:00 PDT Sacred Heart University The Bride is Keeping Her Name: A 35-Year Retrospective Analysis of Trends and Correlates http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/wcob_fac/59 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/wcob_fac/59 Wed, 15 May 2013 11:27:29 PDT We used data obtained from wedding announcements in the New York Times newspaper from 1971 through 2005 (N=2,400) to test 9 hypotheses related to brides' decisions to change or retain their maiden names upon marriage. As predicted, a trend was found in brides keeping their surname, and correlates included the bride’s occupation, education, age, and the type of ceremony (religious versus nonsectarian). Partial support was found for the following correlates: officiants representing different religions, brides with one or both parents deceased, and brides whose parents had divorced or separated. There was mixed support for the hypothesis that a photograph of the bride alone would signal a lower incidence of name keeping. Results indicated that 14 out of the 30 hypothesized directional planned comparisons were statistically significant after Bonferroni adjustment.

]]> Richard J. Kopelman et al. The Spectral Radius of Submatrices of Laplacian Matrices for Trees and Its Comparison to the Fiedler Vector http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/math_fac/15 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/math_fac/15 Fri, 10 May 2013 11:24:29 PDT We consider the effects on the spectral radius of submatrices of the Laplacian matrix for graphs by deleting the row and column corresponding to various vertices of the graph. We focus most of our attention on trees and determine which vertices v will yield the maximum and minimum spectral radius of the Laplacian when row v and column v are deleted. At this point, comparisons are made between these results and results concerning the Fiedler vector of the tree.

]]> Jason J. Molitierno The Spectral Radius of Submatrices of Laplacian Matrices for Graphs with Cut Vertices http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/math_fac/14 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/math_fac/14 Fri, 10 May 2013 11:05:53 PDT We observed the effects on the spectral radius of submatrices of the Laplacian matrix L for a tree by deleting a row and column of L corresponding to a vertex of the tree. This enabled us to classify trees as either of Type A or Type B. In this paper, we extend these results to graphs which are not trees and offer a similar classification. Additionally, we show counterexamples to theorems that are true for trees, but not so for general graphs.

]]> Jason J. Molitierno Service Learning and Faculty Involvement http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/wcob_fac/58 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/wcob_fac/58 Fri, 10 May 2013 08:54:35 PDT This paper begins with an overview of service learning programs at colleges of business and specifically details faculty/student involvement in the service learning process at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT. and its positioning with regard to other similar programs. The paper also highlights three specific areas of program differentiation; its Problem Based Service Learning program, a Community Based Service Learning program nationally recognized by Campus Compact, and a globally focused service learning program established between its students in the College of Business and students in an elementary school in Nepal.

]]> Peter A. Maresco Addressing the Fertility Needs of HIV-Seropositive Males http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/psych_fac/9 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/psych_fac/9 Fri, 10 May 2013 06:12:51 PDT An increasing number of serodiscordant couples are utilizing advanced reproductive technologies to address their reproductive needs. Recent literature has demonstrated that it is not only technically possible but also safe to utilize sperm-washing techniques to allow for the creation of embryos, thereby preventing both horizontal and vertical transmission of HIV. This article addresses the strengths and weakness of various reproductive techniques and discusses our experience at Columbia University (NY, USA), the location of the largest HIV-focused fertility program in the USA.

]]> Brian A. Levine et al. Diagnostic Statistical Manual 5 Changes to the Autism Diagnostic Criteria: A Critical Moment for Occupational Therapists http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/ot_fac/2 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/ot_fac/2 Thu, 09 May 2013 10:55:57 PDT The new definition of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is expected to appear in May 2013 in the finalized Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM) -5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2012). The current DSM-IV criteria uses Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) as the umbrella term for autism, a classification that many professionals believe has been outdated for several years. ASD will be the new name for the category that includes “autistic disorder (autism), Asperger’s disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified” (APA, 2012). It will also serve to better differentiate autism spectrum disorder from typical development as well as from similar but otherwise "nonspectrum" disorders. The hope is to reduce variability in diagnosis and subject recruitment across sites, especially those criteria associated with severity, language level, or intelligence. The purpose of the new definition is to (a) view autism through a wider lens, (b) support better diagnosis, more clarity in patient-centered outcomes research, and targeted interventions, and (c) provide a classification system more responsive to evolving clinical and scholarly discoveries by moving to an online, more easily edited format.

]]> Heather Miller-Kuhaneck Lay Leaders in Catholic Higher Education: An Emerging Paradigm for the Twenty-first Century http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/shupress_bks/24 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/shupress_bks/24 Wed, 08 May 2013 14:15:01 PDT Since the Second Vatican Council, lay women and men are assuming greater responsibility for guiding the mission of the Catholic Church in the modern world. This is particularly the case in institutions of Catholic higher education in the United States. The eighteen essays in this volume, based on presentations at a conference sponsored by Sacred Heart University and the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, examine the many challenges facing lay leaders of Catholic institutions of higher learning. The volume begins with a report on a detailed study of the background of lay leaders; the essays that follow address such topics as spirituality and lay leadership, the relationship between a school and its sponsors, cultivating Catholic identity on campus, and defining and implementing the mission of a school.

Although the volume will be of particular interest to Catholic educators, its examination of broad topics such as academic and administrative leadership geared to public service as well as faith will be useful to all those working to shape the colleges and universities of the twenty-first century into communities of social engagement as well as personal growth.

Table of contents: Leadership and the age of the laity : emerging patterns in Catholic higher education / Melanie M. Morey and Dennis H. Holtschneider -- Responses to Melanie M. Morey and Dennis H. Holtschneider / John J. DeGioia, Marilou Eldred, Alice B. Hayes -- Sent out to serve : disciples of Jesus as leaders of Catholic colleges and universities in a new era / Anthony J. Cernera -- Responses to Anthony J. Cernera / John E. Thiel, Diana L. Hayes -- Spirituality and lay leaders in academe / Lawrence S. Cunningham -- Responses to Lawrence S. Cunningham / Zeni Fox, Monika K. Hellwig -- Trustess [i.e., Trustees] and leadership for mission / Charles L. Currie -- Sponsorship and the religious congregation / Karen M. Kennelly -- Sponsorship in the twenty-first century / Sheila Megley -- Catholic through and through / William J. Sneck -- Cultivating Catholic identity on campus / Kevin E. Mackin -- The mission of the College of New Rochelle / Joan E. Bailey -- Expanding notions of Catholic identity / Sally M. Furay -- Shaping leaders for the future : Native American students at Creighton / Tami Buffalohead-McGill and Raymond A. Bucko.

]]> Anthony J. Cernera, ed. The Intricacy of Death and Destiny http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/rel_sp/2 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/rel_sp/2 Wed, 08 May 2013 09:24:34 PDT It is our eternal shadow and our ultimate judge. It is our shared destiny and greatest fear; death. The conceptualization of death has always been a fascination of man; we have forever explored it, pondered it, dissected it, but never conquered it. We know how to live, but yet very few of us know how to die.

Two of the most brilliant explorations of this dynamic are vastly different yet inherently important works. The genius of both George Orwell’s political satire 1984, and Albert Camus’ The Plague is their accessibility to the imagination regarding dying, the authors ability to paint such a bleak picture of destitution and the finality of life is an invitation to the reader to contemplate our own brief stint on this earth and in turn measure the very fiber of our societal discourse.

]]> Christopher Rogers Protest http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/rel_sp/1 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/rel_sp/1 Wed, 08 May 2013 09:15:10 PDT Protest is a method used to oppose power or enact change. It is a multifaceted idea in that the type of protest used depends directly on the attainability of the goal. I will discuss the properties of protest and then show how individuals in Enrique’s Journey and Dorothy Day's Loaves and Fishes approach the act of protesting differently based on the actuality of the goals to be accomplished.

]]> Alexandria Abel The Effect of Size-limited Brood Capacity on Brood Size in a Freshwater Bivalve http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/bio_fac/18 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/bio_fac/18 Tue, 07 May 2013 13:34:51 PDT Size limited brood capacity is common among species with hard exoskeletons or shells. In these species, brood size is limited by the physical capacity to hold offspring. Here we present evidence that brood size is limited by physical constraints in Sphaerium striatinum , a small brooding bivalve. Sphaerium striatinum is a sequential brooder and produces offspring throughout the year. Offspring are brooded in marsupial sacs located on the inner demibranch. In an unconstrained brooder one would predict that brood size would increase as a function of adult length cubed, a volumetric relationship. In S. striatinum, brood size increases as less than a function of adult length squared. We demonstrate that brood size is limited by two general constraints: marsupial sacs and the retention of extra-marsupial offspring. The number of marsupial sacs increases as less than a function of adult length squared. This relationship may be a result of physiological process such as feeding and respiration. Offspring size at independence is a crucial factor in determining offspring survivorship. The retention of extra-marsupial offspring promotes growth inside a safe environment and increases survivorship upon independence. However, the exponent relating brood size to adult length is significantly less for adults that contain extra-marsupial offspring than compared to adults that do not contain extra-marsupial offspring. Although the evolution of brooding in S. striatinum has resulted in severe constraints on brood size, the benefits of brooding outweigh the cost of limited brood capacity. We discuss our results in relation to brooding strategies and size limited brood capacity in other brooding bivalves.

]]> Mark Beekey Abelian Groups with Partial Decomposition Bases in L<sup>δ</sup><sub>∞ω</sub>, Part I http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/math_fac/13 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/math_fac/13 Tue, 07 May 2013 11:10:21 PDT We consider the class of abelian groups possessing partial decomposition bases in Lδ∞ω for δ an ordinal. This class contains the class of Warfield groups which are direct summands of simply presented groups or, alternatively, are abelian groups possessing a nice decomposition basis with simply presented cokernel. We prove a classification theorem using numerical invariants that are deduced from the classical Ulm-Kaplansky and Warfield invariants. This extends earlier work by Barwise-Eklof, Göbel and the authors.

]]> Carol Jacoby et al. Abelian Groups with Partial Decomposition Bases in L<sup>δ</sup><sub>∞ω</sub>, Part II http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/math_fac/12 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/math_fac/12 Tue, 07 May 2013 11:05:18 PDT We consider abelian groups with partial decomposition bases in Lδ∞ω for ordinals δ. Jacoby, Leistner, Loth and Str¨ungmann developed a numerical invariant deduced from the classical global Warfield invariant and proved that if two groups have identical modified Warfield invariants and Ulm-Kaplansky invariants up to ωδ for some ordinal δ, then they are equivalent in Lδ∞ω. Here we prove that the modified Warfield invariant is expressible in Lδ∞ω and hence the converse is true for appropriate δ.

]]> Carol Jacoby et al. Eastern Equine Encephalitis: An Assessment of Vermont’s Treatment Plan and the Lack of Preventative Treatment http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/wac_prize/5 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/wac_prize/5 Tue, 07 May 2013 08:33:20 PDT When an avian host and the Culiseta melanura mosquito meet in fresh water hardwood swamps, the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus (EEE) is spread to the bird community. When that same bird is bitten by a mosquito that feeds on humans, such as the Aedes, Coquillettidia, and Culex species, the EEE virus has found its bridge vector. EEE is a rare disease in humans; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in 2010 that the virus affects an average of 6 people per year (Epidemiology & Geographic Distribution section, para 2). In 2010, blood collected from deer and moose tested positive for the disease. In 2011, several emus in a large flock were affected. Last summer, two people in Rutland County died from complications of EEE, an 87 year-old man and a 49 year-old man. Vermont chose to address the problem with an aerial spraying of pesticides and reported a 50% reduction in the Culiseta melanura mosquito. Many Vermont residents, however, have expressed a concern over the extensive pesticide exposure.

This paper will look at the rates and effects of the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus on humans, the health affects of aerial pesticide spraying, and the lack of an acceptable vaccine or antiviral treatment medication.

]]> Lauren E. Bierman Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/nurs_fac/3 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/nurs_fac/3 Mon, 06 May 2013 14:00:19 PDT This text provides nurses in advanced practice roles with the required core knowledge they need to build upon as they proceed into their unique specialty.

Table of contents: The slow march to professional practice -- Advanced practice nursing: moving beyond the basics -- The evolution of doctoral education in nursing -- Leadership development through mentorship and professional development planning -- Managing personal resources: time and stress management -- A distinctive system of health care delivery -- Beliefs, values, and health -- The evolution of health services in the United States -- Financing health care -- Managing financial resources -- Managed care -- The future of health services delivery -- Advanced practice nurses and public policy, naturally -- Making the political process work -- Health care quality -- Contributions of the professinal, public, and private sectors in promoting patient safety -- Information technology for advanced nursing practice -- Theory-based advanced nursing practice -- Values-based practice and evidence-based care: pursuing fundamental questions in nursing philosophy and theory -- Fundamental patterns of knowing in nursing -- Patterns of knowing: review, critique, and update -- Multiple paradigms of nursing science -- Research: how health care advances -- Knowledge development in nursing: our historical roots and future opportunities -- Moving toward a culturally competent profession -- Race, race relations, and the emergence of professional nursing, 1870-2004 -- Introduction to ethics -- The role of codes of ethics in nursing's disciplinary knowledge.

]]> Anne M. Barker Effect of Carbohydrate-Protein Supplement Timing on Acute Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/pthms_fac/19 http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/pthms_fac/19 Mon, 06 May 2013 11:25:27 PDT Purpose:

To determine if timing of a supplement would have an effect on muscle damage, function and soreness.

Methods:

Twenty-seven untrained men (21 ± 3 yrs) were given a supplement before or after exercise. Subjects were randomly assigned to a pre exercise (n = 9), received carbohydrate/protein drink before exercise and placebo after, a post exercise (n = 9), received placebo before exercise and carbohydrate/protein drink after, or a control group (n = 9), received placebo before and after exercise. Subjects performed 50 eccentric quadriceps contractions on an isokinetic dynamometer. Tests for creatine kinase (CK), maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) and muscle soreness were recorded before exercise and at six, 24, 48, 72, and 96 h post exercise. Repeated measures ANOVA were used to analyze data.

Results:

There were no group by time interactions however, CK significantly increased for all groups when compared to pre exercise (101 ± 43 U/L) reaching a peak at 48 h (661 ± 1178 U/L). MVC was significantly reduced at 24 h by 31.4 ± 14.0%. Muscle soreness was also significantly increased from pre exercise peaking at 48 h.

Conclusion:

Eccentric exercise caused significant muscle damage, loss of strength, and soreness; however timing of ingestion of carbohydrate/protein supplement had no effect.

]]> James P. White et al.