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Allometric Ant Foraging Data From The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2003), Melanie Moses Sep 2010

Allometric Ant Foraging Data From The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2003), Melanie Moses

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

The allometric ant foraging data was collected to test the allometric ant foraging model proposed by Jun et al. (2003). Key variables are the number of foragers in the colony, the time of an average foraging trip for the colony and the average distance a forager travels to collect a seed. Data on Pogonomyrmex rugosus and Pogonomyrmex maricopa were collected at the Sevilleta.

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Plant Phenology Monitoring Transects At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1991-1995), Ann Evans Sep 2010

Plant Phenology Monitoring Transects At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1991-1995), Ann Evans

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

This study was designed to monitor the occurrence of various phenological events of plant species at seven research sites on the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (i.e., Black Butte, Goat Draw, Five Points, Deep Well, Rio Salado, Sepultura Canyon and Los Pinos foothills watershed (Red Tank/222)). The phenological events monitored included germination, vegetative growth, budding (flowers), flowering, fruiting, dormancy, senescence, and death. All transects were placed close to Sevilleta LTER meteorological stations, allowing the coupling of biotic and abiotic data to detect relationships between climate and phenology.

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Plant Removal Study: Recovery Of Vegetation Following Disturbance At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1995-Present), Debra Peters Sep 2010

Plant Removal Study: Recovery Of Vegetation Following Disturbance At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1995-Present), Debra Peters

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

In 1995, a removal study was initiated at the Sevilleta LTER to examine the response of vegetation following the removal of dominant species. Five sites were selected that were dominated by either blue grama (site 1), blue and black grama (site 2), black grama (site 3), black grama and creosote (site 4), or creosote (site 5). A sixth site was later added in the blue grama community along the foothills of the Los Pinos Mountains (site 6). At sites 1, 3, 5, and 6, five 3m x 4m plots had all plants of the dominant species removed; five 3m x …

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Tree Mast Production In Pinyon-Juniper-Oak Forests At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1997- Present), Roman Zlotin Sep 2010

Tree Mast Production In Pinyon-Juniper-Oak Forests At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1997- Present), Roman Zlotin

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

The purpose of this study is to monitor the fruit production of three woody tree species that occur on the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). Two monoecious species, Pinus edulis and Quercus turbinella, are assessed, as is a dioecious species, Juniperus monosperma. In August, fruit production is estimated for the three species at five sites within the Sevilleta NWR. For each of the species different protocols are used for estimating fruit production: P. edulis estimates are made using the number of cones per mature tree, Q. turbinellla estimates utilize the number of acorns per 0.1m2 of canopy surface area, and …

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Livestock Exclosure Study: Plant Species Composition In A Chihuahuan Desert Grassland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2004-2007), Scott Collins, Lydia Zeglin Sep 2010

Livestock Exclosure Study: Plant Species Composition In A Chihuahuan Desert Grassland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2004-2007), Scott Collins, Lydia Zeglin

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Grazing in grasslands creates changes in plant community structure. The magnitude of these changes depends on the productivity and the intensity of grazing. Low productivity grasslands coupled with high grazing intensity may lead to shrub encroachment in some aridland ecosystems. We examined the effects of cattle grazing in arid grassland at the Sevilleta LTER site in central New Mexico USA where cattle were removed in 1973 and an area just north of the Sevilleta LTER where grazing by cattle still occurs. At each site we measured plant species composition and cover in permanent plots in the spring and fall from …

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Effect Of Habitat Restoration On Native Bee Communities At The Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2008-2010), Karen Wright Sep 2010

Effect Of Habitat Restoration On Native Bee Communities At The Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2008-2010), Karen Wright

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Native bees interact closely with their host plants and therefore, can be good indicators of habitat diversity and health. Due to the physical aspects of tamarisk removal, reintroduction of native vegetation (through seeding or natural recolonization) is a process that can take years to stabilize. The soil has been greatly disturbed and the recruitment of reproductively mature plants and therefore, the creation of a healthy seed bank takes time. Many types of adult insects, such as bees, wasps, flies, and beetles, use nectar as a source of energy. However bees dont just drink nectar, they also use the pollen as …

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15n Tracer Study In Grassland And Shrubland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1989-2002), Anne Cross Sep 2010

15n Tracer Study In Grassland And Shrubland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1989-2002), Anne Cross

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Because grasses and shrubs may induce different spatial distributions of nutrients in desert soils, this study was initiated to examine the redistribution of nitrogen in grassland and shrubland soils over a long time period. The stable isotope N15 was applied to plots in grassland and shrubland, and the plots were measured annually from 1989-1993 and again in 1999, 2001, and 2002.

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Veritas Search For Vhe Gamma-Ray Emission From Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies, P. T. Reynolds, Et. Al. Sep 2010

Veritas Search For Vhe Gamma-Ray Emission From Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies, P. T. Reynolds, Et. Al.

Physical Sciences Publications

Indirect dark matter searches with ground-based gamma-ray observatories provide an alternative for identifying the particle nature of dark matter that is complementary to that of direct search or accelerator production experiments. We present the results of observations of the dwarf spheroidal galaxies Draco, Ursa Minor, Boötes 1, and Willman 1 conducted by the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS). These galaxies are nearby dark matter dominated objects located at a typical distance of several tens of kiloparsecs for which there are good measurements of the dark matter density profile from stellar velocity measurements. Since the conventional astrophysical background …

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The Role Of Background Behavior In Televised Debates: Does Displaying Nonverbal Agreement And/Or Disagreement Benefit Either Debater?, John S. Seiter, Harry Weger Jr., Andrea Jensen, Harold J. Kinzer Sep 2010

The Role Of Background Behavior In Televised Debates: Does Displaying Nonverbal Agreement And/Or Disagreement Benefit Either Debater?, John S. Seiter, Harry Weger Jr., Andrea Jensen, Harold J. Kinzer

Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications

This study examined the effects of background nonverbal behavior displayed with the purpose of undermining one's opponent in televised debates. Students watched one of four versions of a televised debate. In each, while the speaking debater appeared on the main screen, subscreens displayed her nonspeaking opponent's background nonverbal behavior. In one version, the non-speaking debater remained “stone faced” during her opponent's speech, while in the other three she nonverbally displayed occasional disagreement, nearly constant disagreement, or both agreement and disagreement. After viewing the debates, students rated the debaters' credibility, appropriateness, objectivity, and debate skills, in addition to judging who won …

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Ddasaccident759, Hd-Aid Sep 2010

Ddasaccident759, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

On 06 Sep 2010, when Mr. [the Victim] was working in his clearance lane and excavated a detected signal, during the excavation drill his excavation tool touched the mine and caused it to go off. According to investigation report the cause of the accident was the wrong excavation technique, as he started excavation drill close to the pinpointing target. He had gone down and did not expand the trench to allow entry from the side, which caused to stroke his excavation tool on the top of the mine. Due to the injuries sustained on his eyes, it seems that the …

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18F-Fallypride Binding Potential In Patients With Schizophrenia Compared To Healthy Controls, Douglas S. Lehrer, Bradley T. Christian, Cemil Kirbas, Meicheng Chiang, Shawn Sidhu, Holly Short, Binquan Wang, Bingzhi Shi, King Wai Chu, Brian Merrill, Monte S. Buchsbaum Sep 2010

18F-Fallypride Binding Potential In Patients With Schizophrenia Compared To Healthy Controls, Douglas S. Lehrer, Bradley T. Christian, Cemil Kirbas, Meicheng Chiang, Shawn Sidhu, Holly Short, Binquan Wang, Bingzhi Shi, King Wai Chu, Brian Merrill, Monte S. Buchsbaum

Psychiatry Faculty Publications

Background: Molecular imaging of dopaminergic parameters has contributed to the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia, expanding our understanding of pathophysiology, clinical phenomenology and treatment. Our aim in this study was to compare 18F-fallypride binding potential BPND in a group of patients with schizophrenia-spectrum illness vs. controls, with a particular focus on the cortex and thalamus. Methods: We acquired 18F-fallypride positron emission tomography images on 33 patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder (28 with schizophrenia; 5 with schizoaffective disorder) and 18 normal controls. Twenty-four patients were absolutely neuroleptic naïve and nine were previously medicated, although only four had a lifetime neuroleptic exposure of …

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Evidence For A Sauropod-Like Metacarpal Configuration In Stegosaurian Dinosaurs, Phil Senter Sep 2010

Evidence For A Sauropod-Like Metacarpal Configuration In Stegosaurian Dinosaurs, Phil Senter

College of Health, Science, and Technology

The stegosaurian forelimb is usually portrayed with the metacarpals slanted and distally spread. However, manual manipulation of stegosaurian metacarpals reveals that in that configuration they do not articulate with each other nor with the rest of the forelimb. Rather, they do articulate with each other and with the rest of the forelimb when posed vertically and arranged in a compact, semi-tubular configuration, as in sauropods. This configuration agrees with data from articulated specimens and trackways. As with sauropods, this metacarpal configuration makes retention of phalanges awkward for locomotion and may be functionally related to the vestigiality of the manual phalanges …

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Po2 Dependant Resistance Switch Effect In Highly Epitaxial (Laba)Co2o5+[Delta] Thin Films, Jian Liu, Gregory Collins, Ming Liu, C L. Chen, Jiechao Jiang, Efsftathios Meletis, Qingyu Zhang, Chuang Dong Sep 2010

Po2 Dependant Resistance Switch Effect In Highly Epitaxial (Laba)Co2o5+[Delta] Thin Films, Jian Liu, Gregory Collins, Ming Liu, C L. Chen, Jiechao Jiang, Efsftathios Meletis, Qingyu Zhang, Chuang Dong

Material Science and Engineering Faculty Publications - Archive

Giant resistance switching behavior in mixed conductive LaBaCo2O5+ epitaxial thin film were discovered in high temperature and reducing environments during the reduction and reoxidation process. A reproducible resistance response of over 99% was achieved in the films during a change of 4% H2 /96% N2 to oxygen at temperature range of 400– 780 °C. The results indicate that at, low oxygen partial pressure, the extension of oxygen deficiency is an essential factor to the high temperature physical properties of LaBaCo2O5+ and demonstrates its potential application as a chemical sensor device for reducing environments at high temperature. © 2010 American Institute …

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Ovaries And Germline Cysts And Their Evolution In Dermaptera (Insecta), Wacław Tworzydło, Szczepan M. Biliński, Petr Kočárek, Fabian Haas Sep 2010

Ovaries And Germline Cysts And Their Evolution In Dermaptera (Insecta), Wacław Tworzydło, Szczepan M. Biliński, Petr Kočárek, Fabian Haas

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

We studied the ovary structure and initial stages of oogenesis in 15 representatives of several dermapteran taxa, including the epizoic Arixeniina. In all examined species, the ovaries are meroistic-polytrophic. The ovaries of the basal taxa ('Pygidicranidae', 'Diplatyidae', and Labiduridae) are composed of elongated ovarioles, attached to short lateral oviducts. In these groups, ovarioles contain several (more than 30) ovarian follicles in a linear arrangement. In the Eudermaptera, the ovaries are composed of 1-6 (Spongiphoridae) or 20-40 (Forficulidae, Chelisochidae) short ovarioles (containing 2 ovarian follicles only) that open to strongly elongated lateral oviducts. In all investigated dermapterans, the ovarian follicles are …

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New Biologically Active Compounds From Kenyan Propolis, Assya Petrova, Milena Popova, Christina Kuzmanova, Iva Tsvetkova, Hristo Naydenski, Eliud Muli, Vassya Bankova Sep 2010

New Biologically Active Compounds From Kenyan Propolis, Assya Petrova, Milena Popova, Christina Kuzmanova, Iva Tsvetkova, Hristo Naydenski, Eliud Muli, Vassya Bankova

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

From propolis samples from Kenya, two new arylnaphtalene lignans were isolated, tetrahydrojusticidin B 1 and 6-methoxydiphyllin 2, along with four known phenolic compounds 5-8, found for the first time in propolis. The structures of the compounds were elucidated based on their spectral properties. The geranylstilbenes 7 and 8 demonstrated antibacterial activity against S. aureus, and the geranylflavon macarangin 6 possessed antiradical activity against DPPH radicals. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Object Discrimination Using A Multi-Wavelength Photonic Sensor, Kavitha Venkataraayan, Sreten Askraba, Kamal E. Alameh, Clifton L. Smith Aug 2010

Object Discrimination Using A Multi-Wavelength Photonic Sensor, Kavitha Venkataraayan, Sreten Askraba, Kamal E. Alameh, Clifton L. Smith

International Cyber Resilience conference

A bench prototype photonic-based sensor for object discrimination is described. A combination module, which allows five laser diodes of different wavelengths to overlap and sequentially emit identically-polarised light beams through a common aperture, is presented. The key visible and infrared wavelengths are selected from sample objects spectral signatures. A cylindrical optical quasi-cavity structure is designed to generate 15 laser spots for each laser. The intensity of the reflected light from each spot is detected by a high speed line scan image sensor. Object discrimination is accomplished by calculating the slope values between selected wavelengths in the blue to infrared range.

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What Are You Looking For: Identification Of Remnant Communication Artefacts In Physical Memory, Matthew Simon, Jill Slay Aug 2010

What Are You Looking For: Identification Of Remnant Communication Artefacts In Physical Memory, Matthew Simon, Jill Slay

International Cyber Resilience conference

Law enforcement has sound methods for investigating and obtaining data about targets that are using traditional communication services such as the Public Switched Telephone Network. The Internet as a data transfer medium is a vastly different paradigm to that of traditional telephony networks. Information about targets using Internet communication technologies cannot be obtained using the same methods used for traditional communication. There has been an identified need for methods to obtain information on targets that have been using Internet communication methods. The acquisition and analysis of physical memory has been proposed as a vector for the recovery of such information. …

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Arm-In-Cage Testing Of Natural Human-Derived Mosquito Repellents, James G. Logan, Nina M. Stanczyk, Ahmed Hassanali, Joshua Kemei, Antônio E.G. Santana, Karlos A.L. Ribeiro, John A. Pickett, A. Jennifer Mordue Aug 2010

Arm-In-Cage Testing Of Natural Human-Derived Mosquito Repellents, James G. Logan, Nina M. Stanczyk, Ahmed Hassanali, Joshua Kemei, Antônio E.G. Santana, Karlos A.L. Ribeiro, John A. Pickett, A. Jennifer Mordue

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Background. Individual human subjects are differentially attractive to mosquitoes and other biting insects. Previous investigations have demonstrated that this can be attributed partly to enhanced production of natural repellent chemicals by those individuals that attract few mosquitoes in the laboratory. The most important compounds in this respect include three aldehydes, octanal, nonanal and decanal, and two ketones, 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one and geranylacetone [(E)-6,10-dimethylundeca-5,9-dien-2-one]. In olfactometer trials, these compounds interfered with attraction of mosquitoes to a host and consequently show promise as novel mosquito repellents. Methods. To test whether these chemicals could provide protection against mosquitoes, laboratory repellency trials were carried out to …

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Technoscholar: The Librarian As Digital Professional, Rafia Mirza Aug 2010

Technoscholar: The Librarian As Digital Professional, Rafia Mirza

UTA Libraries Staff Publications - Archive

No abstract provided.

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Where Is The Love?, Hyveth Williams Aug 2010

Where Is The Love?, Hyveth Williams

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Anopheles Larval Abundance And Diversity In Three Rice Agro-Village Complexes Mwea Irrigation Scheme, Central Kenya, Joseph M. Mwangangi, Josephat Shililu, Ephantus J. Muturi, Simon Muriu, Benjamin Jacob, Ephantus W. Kabiru, Charles M. Mbogo, John Githure, Robert J. Novak Aug 2010

Anopheles Larval Abundance And Diversity In Three Rice Agro-Village Complexes Mwea Irrigation Scheme, Central Kenya, Joseph M. Mwangangi, Josephat Shililu, Ephantus J. Muturi, Simon Muriu, Benjamin Jacob, Ephantus W. Kabiru, Charles M. Mbogo, John Githure, Robert J. Novak

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Background. The diversity and abundance of Anopheles larvae has significant influence on the resulting adult mosquito population and hence the dynamics of malaria transmission. Studies were conducted to examine larval habitat dynamics and ecological factors affecting survivorship of aquatic stages of malaria vectors in three agro-ecological settings in Mwea, Kenya. Methods. Three villages were selected based on rice husbandry and water management practices. Aquatic habitats in the 3 villages representing planned rice cultivation (Mbui Njeru), unplanned rice cultivation (Kiamachiri) and non-irrigated (Murinduko) agro-ecosystems were sampled every 2 weeks to generate stage-specific estimates of mosquito larval densities, relative abundance and diversity. …

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What We Can Intend: Recognition And Collective Intentionality, Caroline Arruda Aug 2010

What We Can Intend: Recognition And Collective Intentionality, Caroline Arruda

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

The concept of recognition plays an integral role in political philosophy, often serving as a standard by which to secure a community's unity or to remedy injustice. It also plays a role in ethics, where it is understood as something we owe to others by virtue of their status as persons. In my dissertation, I argue that most views of recognition suffer from their inability to describe what recognition is. By drawing on literature in the philosophy of action, I argue that recognition is better described as an intentional action to count another person as a legitimate, self-determining agent. We …

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Ghoul, Dominick Quartuccio Aug 2010

Ghoul, Dominick Quartuccio

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

This thesis is a novel that plunges into the depths of one man's obsession with death, dying, and the past as he struggles with guilt over the accidental killing of his parents. Through his seemingly narrow view of the world, traversing back and forth in time and place, the importance and meaning of objects, the transience of life, and the inevitability of mortality are examined.

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Terrorism And Counterterrorism: A Comparative Cross-National Analysis, Eran Shor Aug 2010

Terrorism And Counterterrorism: A Comparative Cross-National Analysis, Eran Shor

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

What factors influence with the way in which particular countries at specific times respond to the threat of terrorism? This dissertation shows that the answer for this question is more multifaceted than the literature on state counterterrorist policies often suggests. Many scholars of terrorism follow an (often implicit) assumption that when faced with the threat of terrorism governments simply do everything they can to minimize this threat, and therefore, that declared counterterrorist policies are directed first and foremost at preventing future terrorist acts. This instrumental rational-action logic is especially dominant in the public domain, and in the rhetoric of politicians, …

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Decolonize Philosophy/Being Life: The Power Of Discourse In Western And Africanist Epistemologies Of Life And The Revolution Of Language In Aids Narratives, David Clinton Wills Aug 2010

Decolonize Philosophy/Being Life: The Power Of Discourse In Western And Africanist Epistemologies Of Life And The Revolution Of Language In Aids Narratives, David Clinton Wills

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Since Plato, Western Philosophy has offered accounts of creation entwining discussions from the philosophy of history, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of race. These particular discussions are implicated by Africana Philosophy as the impetus for colonization and the Scramble for Africa. Together, with these accounts of creation from Western Philosophy and the critical theory of Africana Philosophy, this dissertation reads aspects of linguistic, epistemological, and ontological violence applied to Africa by the European imaginary. This dissertation argues that there is a legacy of that colonialist violence through Western Philosophy, as discussed in Africana Philosophy, and manifested in the …

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Making The Vulnerable: Role Of The State In Creating Inequalities In Urban China, Zheng Zhao Aug 2010

Making The Vulnerable: Role Of The State In Creating Inequalities In Urban China, Zheng Zhao

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

In the sociological literature of stratification structure in post-reform China, the market transition debate in the 1990s has dominated this field by proposing competing arguments on who, redistributors or direct producers, had been and would be more benefited economically after the Economic Reform initiated since 1978. Sociologists participated in this debate framed their arguments into a state vs. market theoretical dichotomy, and used redistributors and direct producers as empirical representatives of state and market respectively. Therefore, the rise of economic statuses of people in these two groups indicates whether market mechanism or state redistributive power is more responsible for changes …

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Aberrant Igg Galactosylation Precedes Disease Onset, Correlates With Disease Activity, And Is Prevalent In Autoantibodies In Rheumatoid Arthritis, Altan Ercan, Jing Cui, Dereck E.W. Chatterton, Kevin D. Deane, Melissa M. Hazen, William Brintnell, Colin I. O'Donnell, Lezlie A. Derber, Michael E. Weinblatt, Nancy A. Shadick, David A. Bell, Ewa Cairns, Daniel H. Solomon, V. Michael Holers, Pauline M. Rudd, David M. Lee Aug 2010

Aberrant Igg Galactosylation Precedes Disease Onset, Correlates With Disease Activity, And Is Prevalent In Autoantibodies In Rheumatoid Arthritis, Altan Ercan, Jing Cui, Dereck E.W. Chatterton, Kevin D. Deane, Melissa M. Hazen, William Brintnell, Colin I. O'Donnell, Lezlie A. Derber, Michael E. Weinblatt, Nancy A. Shadick, David A. Bell, Ewa Cairns, Daniel H. Solomon, V. Michael Holers, Pauline M. Rudd, David M. Lee

Bone and Joint Institute

Objective. To examine the association between aberrant IgG galactosylation and disease parameters in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods. Analysis of N-glycan in serum samples from multiple cohorts was performed. The IgG N-glycan content and the timing of N-glycan aberrancy relative to disease onset were compared in healthy subjects and in patients with RA. Correlations between aberrant galactosylation and disease activity were assessed in the RA cohorts. The impact of disease activity, sex, age, anticyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibody titer, disease duration, and C-reactive protein level on aberrant galactosylation was determined using multivariate analysis. The N-glycan content was also compared between epitope …

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Exploring The Structure And Dynamics Of Hiv-1 Pr By Md Simulations, Fangyu Ding Aug 2010

Exploring The Structure And Dynamics Of Hiv-1 Pr By Md Simulations, Fangyu Ding

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Proteins are known to be dynamic molecules that undergo conformational fluctuations. A fundamental issue that remains to be clarified is whether there is a linkage between the dynamic nature of proteins and their catalytic function. Of particular interest are those conformations accessible near global free energy minima which are in equilibrium and separated by low energy barriers, also called substates. Because proteins only function in their native state, interconversions between these substates are important. As a result, a complete understanding of the mechanisms governing the interconversions between these substates not only sheds light on how the enzyme works, but also …

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Grassroots Human Rights Activism In Contemporary Colombia, Louis Edgar Esparza Aug 2010

Grassroots Human Rights Activism In Contemporary Colombia, Louis Edgar Esparza

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Activists who become involved in radical politics often put themselves in dangerous situations to achieve objectives that seem highly improbable. More often than not, their efforts are thwarted, yet many activists keep trying. How does one sustain the vision that drives high-risk activists over the long-term in the face of such resistance to change? Using interviews with grassroots human rights activists in Bogota, Colombia, this dissertation explores theories of high-risk political behavior. It argues that the analysis of processes of coming to engage in high-risk activism lends robust insights into what makes a person decide to participate in high-risk activism. …

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The Untenable Subjectivity Of Ptsd: A Foucauldian Analysis, Sarah B. Flink Aug 2010

The Untenable Subjectivity Of Ptsd: A Foucauldian Analysis, Sarah B. Flink

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

The field of problems that comprise Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) here in the early 21st Century may best be described as a maelstrom, one that implicates public health policy, the epistemological status of mental illness, and the way Western subjects constitute themselves in and through these discourses and practices. Juxtaposing discursive examples from each of these three domains reveals several conceptual irresolvabilities that permeate this tri-partite structure, such that it produces an untenable subjectivity of PTSD. Upon closer examination, this untenability reflects and exemplifies a much broader set of problems within our practices for studying, treating, and managing mental illness. …

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