Graduate Research Award Research Articles

Visualizing Temporal Relationships of Body Cavity Partitioning with an Interactive Timeline

Birth defects and prematurity are the leading causes of disability and infant mortality (Sadler, 2012). It is therefore essential for future health-care providers to understand embryological processes. A clear understanding of embryology can also allow health professions students to make sense of adult anatomical structures and relationships. Despite its clinical significance, medical schools have decreased focus on embryology (Cassidy, 2015; Hamilton & Carachi, 2014; Scott, Charles, & Holland, 2013). Therefore, it is important to provide effective and engaging tools to supplement class material and allow students to learn the material efficiently. The lack of methods to organize the vast amount of existing material presents a barrier to discovering embryonic relationships quickly and efficiently. With recent developments in technology, use of web-based, interactive media has been a powerful supplement in medical education, allowing learners more control and customization for their needs (Ruiz, Mintzer, & Leipzig, 2006). The visual solution presented here is an interactive timeline that curates embryology information within a web-accessible, open access resource available to students for further exploration of both normal and abnormal embryonic development. Body cavity partitioning was chosen as the area of focus, as the development of relevant organ systems are directly related to the spaces in which they grow. The interactive timeline includes the ability to select specific events for more information, highlight related structures with visual cues, and reveal alternate events as defects. This method allows users to quickly access information on embryonic relationships and efficiently discover key developmental landmarks of both normal and abnormal embryonic development. Utilizing an interactive timeline may decrease the amount of time needed for students to identify key developmental relationships, may increase user knowledge of embryonic relationships and congenital defects, and may also provide an efficient and usable resource to display temporal embryonic relationships to medical and dental students. The author aims to address the learning challenges presented by this complex material, and the lack of resources available for students to learn embryology in a more flexible environment. This project sets the foundation for inclusion of more body systems with longer developmental periods into a larger-scale timeline to educate future health-care professionals on clinically relevant embryology. By expanding on a limited amount of quality resources for embryology education, this project will provide a basic framework that can be used to create more interactive timelines for different aspects of embryology. Support or Funding Information This research has currently received $5000 of support from the University of Illinois at Chicago through the Chancellor's Graduate Research Award. Diagrammatic overview of the three key features of the timeline This abstract is from the Experimental Biology 2018 Meeting. There is no full text article associated with this abstract published in The FASEB Journal.

Maximal Fat Oxidation Rate and Fatmax in Boys and Girls at Two Different Maturity Levels

Improving fat oxidation rate (FOR) may have positive implications for weight management. It has been suggested that exercise training at the intensity (Fatmax) that elicits maximal fat oxidation rate (MFO) can improve FOR in obese adults and adolescents. There have been relatively few Fatmax studies of children, and the effect of sex and maturation is not well-established. PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of sex and pubertal maturation on MFO and Fatmax in children. METHODS: Boys (n=13) and girls (n=18) volunteered for this study. Boys were pubertal stage 1-2 (YB, n=9) and ≥3 (OB, n=4) according to Tanner. Girls were premenarcheal (YG, n=12) and menarcheal (OG, n=6). Subjects performed a Fatmax test on a cycle ergometer followed by a maximal exercise test. FORs were calculated for each stage of the Fatmax test and were graphed against exercise intensity. A best-fit polynomial curve was applied to the data. MFO was interpolated as the peak of the curve, and the corresponding exercise intensity was deemed Fatmax. Effects of maturation and sex on Fatmax and MFO were evaluated, and specific group differences were isolated. RESULTS: Absolute MFO was 0.18±0.08 g/min, 0.15±0.04 g/min, 0.14±0.06 g/min, and 0.18±0.06 g/min in the YB, YG, OB, and OG groups, respectively. MFO relative to body mass (BM) was 5.6±2.7 mg/kg/min, 4.8±1.7 mg/kg/min, 2.7±1.0 mg/kg/min, and 3.3±1.1 mg/kg/min in the YB, YG, OB, and OG groups, respectively. MFO relative to fat-free mass (FFM) was 7.2±3.6 mg/kgFFM/min, 6.7±2.2 mg/kgFFM/min, 3.2±1.2 mg/kgFFM/min, and 4.9±1.6 mg/kgFFM/min in the YB, YG, OB, and OG groups, respectively. Fatmax was 45±11%, 43±10%, 36±6%, and 38±5% of VO2max in the YB, YG, OB, and OG groups, respectively. There was no sex effect for any of the four metrics, or a maturation effect for absolute MFO. There was a significant maturation effect on MFO relative to BM and on MFO relative to FFM, and a maturation effect approached significance for Fatmax. The less-mature groups had significantly higher MFO relative to BM and FFM than had the more-mature groups, with a trend toward a higher Fatmax. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that sex may not have an effect on MFO or Fatmax in children, but that there is likely a maturation influence. Funded by the Graduate Research Award from the Midwest Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine.

Graduate Research Award: Music therapy as Procedural Support for Young Children Undergoing Immunizations: A Randomized Controlled Study

Graduate Research Award: Music therapy as Procedural Support for Young Children Undergoing Immunizations: A Randomized Controlled Study

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Lists the most recent recipients of the IEEE AP-S Undergraduate and Graduate Research Awards.

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Undergraduate and Graduate Research Awards

The IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society will award up to ten undergraduate scholarships of $1000 and five graduate fellowships of $2500 each year. These awards are made to encourage and motivate promising undergraduate or graduate students to pursue a career and/or graduate program in electromagnetics (or closely related fields) by providing funds to support project work directed by a faculty member. Eligibilig Undergraduate or graduate students in electrical engineering or related field. Undergraduates must have taken at least one electromagnetics course. Graduate students must have a curriculum with significant EM depth. Must show strong interest in a career or graduate education in electromagnetics, microwaves, antenna engineering, RF engineering, or a closely related area. Students doing or planning to do research or a project related to EM will receive preference. Endorsement of a university/college faculty member who is a member of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. Previous winners will not be eligible for a second award. Awardees are expected to provide a short report describing the outcomes of their project one year after receiving their funds. Selection Criteria (a) Merit of the candidate's proposal. (b) Academic merit of the candidate. (c) Recommendation of faculty advisor (who is a member of IEEE AP Society). The primary criterion will be how well the proposed project serves to introduce, prepare, and encourage the student to undertake a career and/or graduate study in electromagnetics or related areas. Research or senior projects in electromagnetics with potential student pnblication/presentation in a conference or journal are preferred. Students are encouraged to consult and work closely with a faculty member while preparing their proposals. Successful candidates will be announced and will receive the award within sixty days of announcement. Application Material: 1) A cover sheet with the complete contact information for the student and faculty advisor. Specify GRADUATE or UNDERGRADUATE standing. 2) A current transcript showing all courses taken and grades. Graduate students should include both undergraduate and graduate transcripts. 3) A one-page curriculum vita or resume. 4) A two-page description of the proposed project (proposal). The applicant should include one paragraph that describes how the scholarship support and project will impact the applicant's decision to pursue a career and/or graduate study in a field related to electromagnetics.

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society undergraduate and graduate research awards

The IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society will award up to ten undergraduate scholarships of $1000 and five graduate fellowships of $2500 each year. These awards are made to encourage and motivate promising undergraduate or graduate students to pursue a career and/or graduate program in electromagnetics (or closely related fields) by providing funds to support project work directed by a faculty member. Eligbiliw Undergraduate or graduate students in electrical engineering or related field. Undergraduates must have taken at least one electromagnetics course. Graduate students must have a curriculum with significant EM depth. Must show strong interest in a career or graduate education in electromagnetics, microwaves, antenna engineering, RF engineering, or a closely related area. Students doing or planning to do research or a project related to EM will receive preference. Endorsement of a universityicollege faculty member who is a member of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. Previous winners will not be eligible for a second award. Awardees are expected to provide a short report describing the outcomes of their project one year after receiving their funds. Selection Criteria (a) Merit of the candidate’s proposal. @) Academic merit of the candidate. (c) Recommendation of faculty advisor (who is a member of IEEE AP Society). The primary criterion will be how well the proposed project serves to introduce, prepare, and encourage the student to undertake a career andor graduate study in electromagnetics or related areas. Research or senior projects in electromagnetics with potential student publicatiodpresentation in a conference or journal are preferred. Students are encouraged to consult and work closely with a faculty member while preparing their proposals. Successhl candidates will be announced and will receive the award within sixty days of announcement.

Graduate Research Award

Graduate Research Award