RSS 1.0Washington State University Academic Showcase 2008
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Academic Showcase is an annual exhibition that features scholarly and creative work by WSU faculty, staff and graduate/professional student scholars from all disciplines, campuses, and Extension offices. This collection comprises a sampling of faculty contributions to Academic Showcase in 2008. Student work is also displayed in conjunction with Academic Showcase but is typically featured in the GPSA Research Exposition (for graduate and professional students) or SURCA (for undergraduate students).
Recent Submissions
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Prime Time Television Exposure and Belief in Rape Myths
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Remote Sensing of Crop Residue Cover in Central Washington
(3/28/2008)Crop residue cover has long been important for erosion control in the dryland agriculture region of the Pacific Northwest. Monitoring of residue covers is essential to determine the success of tillage practices implemented ... -
The Information Literacy Education Project at WSU Libraries
(3/28/2008)WSU and other institutes of higher education are increasingly incorporating Information Literacy (IL) into their educational goals. Academic departments are actively seeking ways to incorporate IL into their curriculum ... -
Autonomic Nervous System, Cardiovascular and Circulatory Effects of Cool, Neutral and Warm Water Immersion
(3/28/2008)Purpose: Numerous studies have been conducted looking at the effects of water immersion temperatures on the cardiovascular system, but very little work has been done regarding the effects of immersion temperature on factors ... -
Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents: Time Differences and Component Analysis
(3/28/2008)Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) describes a cluster of characteristics associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Researchers adapted adult criteria to develop cutoffs for adolescents. Purposes of this ... -
Understanding and Describing Mathematics and Engineering Graduate Fellows Participation in a STEM Literacy Seminar: A Case Study
(3/28/2008)Twenty-nine percent of U.S. students score "below basic" in eighth-grade mathematics, with twenty-six percent of students "below basic" in reading (NAEP, 2007). One example of students' low ability in mathematics ... -
Viticulture and Enology Certificate Programs
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Progesterone Regulation of Primordial Follicle Assembly in Bovine Fetal Ovaries
(3/28/2008)Fertility in mammals is dependant on females having an adequate primordial follicle pool to supply oocytes for fertilization. The formation of primordial follicles is a process known as ovarian follicular assembly. In rats ... -
Monomeric Expression of Bovine β2-integrin Subunits Reveals their Role in Mannheimia haemolytica Leukotoxin-induced Biological Effects
(3/28/2008)The ruminant specific leukotoxin (Lkt) of Mannheimia haemolytica is the key virulence factor contributing to the pathogenesis of lung injury in bovine pneumonic pasteurellosis. Previous studies by us and others indicate ... -
Manifest Destinations: Tourist Encounters in the Late-Nineteenth-Century Urban American West
(3/28/2008)This interdisciplinary project addresses the often contentious relationship between the presentation of place and its experience through a study of urban tourism in the late-nineteenth-century American West. It investigates ... -
From Mismeasure of Man to Invisible Man: An examination of scientific racism in the U. S.
(3/28/2008)Our section of Western Civilization (UH 330) explores the impact of science on society in historical and current contexts. The course aligns with WSUâ s Six learning Goals of the Baccalaureate. We focus here on the ...