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The New Penicillin?, Nikki Huynh Apr 2017

The New Penicillin?, Nikki Huynh

Nikki Huynh

Clostridium difficile infects and kills 30,000-40,000 people a year in the United States. In order to target and minimize the spread of C. difficile we are screening puupehenone, a natural marine product that is excreted from some species of sponges and coral as a defense mechanism, and repurposing its role for medical use. Our research primarily focuses on determining puupehenone’s antimicrobial properties. This was determined by testing the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of puupehenone as it relates to a single strain of C. difficile, and then observing whether the antimicrobial properties hold across multiple strains of the bacterium. The strain …

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Back To School With Celiac, Suad Fahad Alfuraih Sep 2014

Back To School With Celiac, Suad Fahad Alfuraih

Dr. Suad Fahad AlFuraih

Back to school with a celiac kid is a big issue for parents, especially in Arabic region where gluten free food and awareness about the disease is so rare

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العودة للمدارس مع السلياك, Suad Fahad Alfuraih Sep 2014

العودة للمدارس مع السلياك, Suad Fahad Alfuraih

Dr. Suad Fahad AlFuraih

Back to school with a celiac kid is a big issue for parents, especially in Arabic region where gluten free food and awareness about the disease is so rare

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Celiac Disease For Kids‏, Suad Fahad Alfuraih Aug 2014

Celiac Disease For Kids‏, Suad Fahad Alfuraih

Dr. Suad Fahad AlFuraih

Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder causes an immune reaction that damages the intestines in patients suffering from the disease.

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Ua Scholar Poster Final.Ppt, Mary Jo Maccracken Dec 2013

Ua Scholar Poster Final.Ppt, Mary Jo Maccracken

Dr. Mary J. MacCracken

P.A.C.E. (Physical Activity/Tennis and Character/Health/Nutrition Education) is a service-learning project funded by Tennis Serves.  This poster details how PACE has excelled at “growing the game of tennis” since 2009 by teaching over 3,409 minority, disadvantaged youth in Akron, Ohio. Quantitative and qualitative evidence gives support to the view that PACE is one of the best of its kind in the nation. 

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Assessing Tissue Characterization Of Abdominal Organs Using Fuzzy C-Means Cluster Analysis Of Color- Fusion Mr Images, Terrance D. Weeden, H. Keith Brown Apr 2013

Assessing Tissue Characterization Of Abdominal Organs Using Fuzzy C-Means Cluster Analysis Of Color- Fusion Mr Images, Terrance D. Weeden, H. Keith Brown

Terrance Weeden

Color fusion MRI is being investigated for its value in automatic segmentation of tissues. An existing color fusion MRI data set of the liver, pancreas, and kidney of a normal male volunteer was analyzed both visually and statistically. Automatic tissue segmentation can allow better differentiation of abdominal pathologies, as well as pathologies associated with other organs. My research hypothesis is that fuzzy c-means clustering can be used to quantify the confidence levels of the correct classification of renal, pancreatic, and hepatic tissues visualized by the color fusion MRI method. Results from data show that fuzzy c-means clustering can be used …

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Mama What Is Celiac, Suad Fahad Alferaih Feb 2012

Mama What Is Celiac, Suad Fahad Alferaih

Dr. Suad Fahad AlFuraih

قصة ماما ماهو السلياك

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Understanding And Using Advanced Statistics, Jeremy Foster, Emma Barkus, Christian Yavorsky Dec 2011

Understanding And Using Advanced Statistics, Jeremy Foster, Emma Barkus, Christian Yavorsky

Emma Barkus

The spread of sophisticated computer packages and the machinery on which to run them has meant that procedures which were previously only available to experienced researchers with access to expensive machines and research students can now be carried out in a few seconds by almost every undergraduate. Understanding and Using Advanced Statistics provides the basis for gaining an understanding of what these analytic procedures do, when they should be used, and what the results provided signify. This comprehensive textbook guides students and researchers through the transition from simple statistics to more complex procedures with accessible language and illustration.

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Indian Sport Policy,Their Implementations And Its Loopholes, Biplab Kumar Lenin Oct 2010

Indian Sport Policy,Their Implementations And Its Loopholes, Biplab Kumar Lenin

Biplab kumar Lenin

Sport is no longer confined to proverb like “all work no play makes Jack a dull boy” rather it’s a tool to extend international diplomacy, showcasing economic might and maintain youth culture in the society. Common Wealth Games 2010 put India in the same League of Nations capable of organizing mega sporting events showcasing their economic muscle power. No doubt CWG has made the billion populations proud after the spectacular closing event. But consider this: The amount spent games related infrastructure is whooping Rs 55,398 crore of which only Rs 638 crore was spent for training sportspersons. Of the 41 …

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A Fine Mapping Theorem To Refine Results From Association Genetics Studies, Steven J. Schrodi Dec 2008

A Fine Mapping Theorem To Refine Results From Association Genetics Studies, Steven J. Schrodi

Steven J Schrodi

No abstract provided.

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Dengue And Aedes Aegypti: A Public Health Problem Along The United States-Mexico Border (Lecture Number 1 - A Series Of Dengue Lectures), Frank Cortez Flores Dec 1999

Dengue And Aedes Aegypti: A Public Health Problem Along The United States-Mexico Border (Lecture Number 1 - A Series Of Dengue Lectures), Frank Cortez Flores

Frank Cortez Flores

My primary public health interest is the reemerging arboviral infections (e.g., dengue) that are increasing in incidence, expanding into new geographic areas, affecting new populations, and are threatening to increase in the near future, especially following a natural disaster (e.g., hurricanes). The goal of the dengue lecture series is to promote the recognition of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever and improve the understanding of factors involved in prevention, surveillance and control of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the principal mosquito vector of dengue virus. The purpose of these lectures is to accelerate learning and development of an effective dengue prevention and …

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