Background: The Wave~Ripples for Change: Obesity Prevention in High-School Soccer Players research project is a 5-Y USDA funded project focused on building healthy nutrition, physical activity and life skills for healthy weight maintenance. The intervention includes providing face-to-face sport nutrition, physical activity and life- skills lessons, assessments of body composition,...
Dibenzo[def,p]chrysene (DBC) is a highly potent, but less prevalent, environmental carcinogen belonging to a class of compounds known as Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs). They are highly ubiquitous and arise as a byproduct of natural and anthropogenic combustion processes. Previous studies have documented carcinogenic effects upon in utero exposure of PAHs....
The social and medical models of disability are sets of underlying assumptions explaining people's beliefs about the causes and implications of disability. The medical model is the predominant model in the United States that is associated with the belief that disability is an undesirable status that needs to be cured...
During the 1980s the sales and use of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) was on the rise. Many people used them for recreation, while others started using them on their ranch or farm for work-related purposes. As a result, morbidity and mortality rates also began to climb. It became apparent that the...
Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of Health Education for Persons with Multiple Sclerosis (HEMS) on increasing physical activity (PA) behavior and constructs of Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), such as outcome expectations, self-efficacy, social support, and goal achievement in individuals with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Results have shown there is little translational...
In this presentation Fernández describes two collaborative, community projects, the Chinese Disinterment Documents collection online exhibit and the Oregon Tribal Archives Institute, and how these projects can serve as models to assist communities in documenting their histories.
This poster was presented at the Linguistic Society of America Conference in Portland, Oregon, on January 11, 2015. The poster session was a part of the symposium “Utilization of language archives in endangered language research, revitalization, and documentation” which featured a number of presentations and accompanying posters. The poster explains...
"Exploring the Landscape: Continuing to Make a Difference as an Emeritus Faculty" is a poster presentation sharing the journey of Dr. Jean Moule, OSU Associate Professor Emeritus, since her retirement in 2010. The poster also shows the recently formed relationship between Moule and Natalia Fernandez, OSU's Oregon Multicultural Librarian.
Restoration ecology seeks to incorporate entire ecosystem functioning; primarily attempting to repair what has been degraded or altered. In order to reinstate ecological processes, biotic and abiotic components must be included, such as flora, fauna, hydrology, and of course, soil. Soil provides many functions in which all aspects of life...