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1、GoreckiCenterA,B&C,CSBCenterforGlobalEducationKatherineE.Nystrom(MarahJacobson-Schulte,CenterforGlobalEducation)LaGentedeMaíz:CultureandtheRoleofMaizeinNeuralTubeDefectsAmongRuralMayanGuatemalansWhilestudyingabroadinGuatemala,researcherbeganprojectth
2、atelucidatesthelinkbetweenMayanGuatemalansandthehighprevalenceofspinabifidainruralGuatemala.Astaplefoodandculturalicon,maizeisequaltonootherfoodintheMayanwayoflife.TheMayanpeopleofGuatemalaandsouthernMexicobelievethattheywerecreatedfromcorn;thePopolV
3、uh,theMayanreligioustextcomparabletotheChristianBible,tellsacreationstoryexplaininghowhumanswerefirstconstructedofmaize.However,ahazardousmycotoxin(asecondarymetaboliteproducedbyfungi)ispresentinhighamountsoncornkernelsgrowninGuatemala.Studieshavesho
4、wnthatthismycotoxininhibitscertainenzymesinthehumanbodyfrombeingabletoproperlyutilizefolicacid,ultimatelyleadingtoadebilitatingneuraltubedefectinthedevelopingfetusofapregnantmother.WhilelivinginGuatemala,researcherinterviewedanumberofpeoplefamiliarwi
5、ththeGuatemalanhealthcaresystem,culturalbeliefsaboutdisability,andgovernmentalsupportofdisabledcitizens.ExerciseScienceandSportStudyCoreyBabcock,RoyePhilipp,SecorDuncan(DonFischer,ExerciseScienceandSportStudy)FirstStepLengthand20-MeterSprintTimeinMal
6、eCollegiateTrack&FieldSprintersSteplengthhasbeenshowntobeacontributingfactortooverallsprintperformance.PURPOSE:Toexaminetherelationshipbetweenfirststeplengthandsprintspeedthroughthestartandaccelerationphasesofsprinting.METHODS:Eightmalecollegiatetrac
7、kandfieldsprinters(agerange18-22yrs.)consentedtoparticipateinthestudy.Followingadynamicwarm-up,eachparticipantperformedthreetrialsofa20-metersprint,with6minutesrestbetweentrials.Eachparticipant’sfirststepwascapturedonvideoandanalyzedusingDartfishsoft
8、ware.Firststeplengthwascomparedtoa1-metermarkerplacedadjacenttothestartingblock;fromthecomparisonmarker,firststeplengthwascalculatedtothenearestcentimeter.Steplengthwasthennormalizedtoeachparticipant’sleglength,definedasthedistancefromanteriorsuperio
