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C-Dem Advisory Committee Meeting February 11, 2020, Consortium On Electoral Democracy

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Eleanor Roosevelt Addresses The South Dakota Farmers Union, Part 1

South Dakota Farmer’s Union Audio Recordings

Recording Date: 1954-04-21

File Identifier:MA012-AV-0177_01

Eleanor Roosevelt addresses the South Dakota Farmers Union about of her work with the American Association for the United Nations. She speaks about the United Nations and India. The recording cuts off in the middle of her speaking. Continues on Eleanor Roosevelt Addresses the South Dakota Farmers Union, Part 2 (MA012-AV-077_02).

Residential Preferences Study, Arthur Caplan, Krisopher Toll

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This study reports on estimates of residential preferences in the Mountain West region of the US. The estimates are derived from a choice experiment funded by the Utah Department of Transportation and Utah Transit Authority – an experiment based on large samples of both homeowners and renters who participated in a larger, statewide transportation study. The choice experiment and transportation study provides a rich set of household- and individual-specific demographic controls, enabling us to identify a host of factors contributing to heterogeneity in residential preferences. We leverage a percentage-change housing-cost attribute included in the experiment to obtain measures of marginal …

Ectopic Expression Of Rv0023 Mediates Isoniazid/Ethionamide Tolerance Via Altering Nadh/Nad+ Levels In Mycobacterium Smegmatis, Shailesh Kumar Gupta, Rajendra Kumar Angara, Suhail Yousuf, Chilakala Gangi Reddy

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Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) accounts for nearly 1.2 million deaths per annum worldwide. Due to the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mtb strains, TB, a curable and avertable disease, remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Isoniazid (INH) is a first-line anti-TB drug while ethionamide (ETH) is used as a second-line anti-TB drug. INH and ETH resistance develop through a network of genes involved in various biosynthetic pathways. In this study, we identified Rv0023, an Mtb protein belonging to the xenobiotic response element (XRE) family of transcription regulators, which has a role in generating higher …

Nonmedical Factors And Health-Related Quality Of Life In Ckd In India, Gopesh K. Modi, Ashok K. Yadav, Arpita Ghosh, Kajal Kamboj

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Background and objectives Patient-reported outcomes have gained prominence in the management of chronic noncommunicable diseases. Measurement of health-related quality of life is being increasingly incorporated into medical decision making and health care delivery processes. Design, setting, participants, & measurements The Indian Chronic Kidney Disease Study is a prospective cohort of participants with mild to moderate CKD. Baseline health-related quality of life scores, determined by the standardized Kidney Disease Quality of Life 36 item instrument, are presented for the inception cohort (n52919). Scores are presented on five subscales: mental component summary, physical component summary, burden, effect of kidney disease, and symptom …

Supplemental Material For: A Model-Based Approach To The Tempo Of “Collapse”: The Case Of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Robert J. Dinapoli, Timothy M. Reith, Carl P. Lipo, Terry L. Hunt

Anthropology Faculty Scholarship

Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile) presents a quintessential case where the tempo of investment in monumentality is central to debates regarding societal collapse, with the common narrative positing that statue platform (ahu) construction ceased sometime around AD 1600 following an ecological, cultural, and demographic catastrophe. This narrative remains especially popular in fields outside archaeology that treat collapse as historical fact and use Rapa Nui as a model for collapse more generally. Resolving the tempo of “collapse” events, however, is often fraught with ambiguity given a lack of formal modeling, uncritical use of radiocarbon estimates, and inattention to information embedded in …

Dietary Intake Of Sodium By Children: Why It Matters, Manjula Gowrishankar, Becky Blair, Michael J. Rieder

Paediatrics Publications

Dietary sodium is required in very small amounts to support circulating blood volume and blood pressure (BP). Available nutritional surveillance data suggest that most Canadian children consume sodium in excess of their dietary requirements. Approximately 80% of the sodium Canadians consume comes from processed and packaged foods. High sodium intakes in children may be an indicator of poor diet quality. Results from systematic reviews and meta-analyses have demonstrated that decreasing dietary sodium in children leads to small but clinically insignificant decreases in BP. However, population-level strategies to reduce sodium consumption, such as food product reformulation, modifying food procurement processes, and …

Expression, Purification And Characterization Of The Hepatitis E Virus Like-Particles In The Pichia Pastoris, Jyoti Gupta, Sheetal Kaul, Akriti Srivastava, Neha Kaushik

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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is associated with acute hepatitis disease, which may lead to chronic disease in immunocompromised individuals. The disease is particularly severe among pregnant women (20–30% mortality). The only licensed vaccine against HEV, which is available in China, is the Escherichia coli purified recombinant virus-like particles (VLPs) encompassing the 368–660 amino acids (aa) of the viral ORF2 protein. The viral capsid is formed by the ORF2 protein, which harbors three glycosylation sites. Baculo virus expression system has been employed to generate a glycosylated VLP, which encompasses 112–608aa of the ORF2 protein. Here, we sought to produce a recombinant …

Mauvais Coulee Basin Hydrologic Data (Observation And Simulation), Diane F. Van Hoy, Taufique H. Mahmood, Paul E. Todhunter, Tyson L. Jeannotte

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The authors collected snow water equivalent (SWE) data and compiled a hydrologic model for the Mauvais Coulee Basin using Cold Region Hydrologic Platform. The datasets include observed SWE, observed streamflow, simulated SWE, simulated streamflow, simulated SWE maps (Feb 26, Jan 29, Jan 8 and Mar 26 of 2017), land use maps and hydrological representative unit maps (HRU) maps. This study detected a mechanism of hydrologic change to recent wetting using a cold region hydrologic model.

National Farmers Union 1973 Convention, Part 1

South Dakota Farmer’s Union Audio Recordings

Recording Date: 1973

File Identifier:MA012-AV-0027_01

National Farmers Union President Tony Dechant, speaks at the annual convention about the outlook of rural America, the lack of legislative support from the federal government, international grain trade, and education. The recording is continued on National Farmers Union 1973 Convention, Part 2 ( MA012-AV-0028_01).

Bedsect: An Integrated Web Server Application To Perform Intersection, Visualization, And Functional Annotation Of Genomic Regions From Multiple Datasets, Gyan Prakash Mishra, Arup Ghosh, Atimukta Jha, Sunil Kumar Raghav

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A large number of genomic regions, such as transcription factor binding sites (TFBSs) captured from next generation sequencing (NGS) data analyses or those available from the public resource database ENCODE, are generally overlapped to answer a variety of biological questions. Though several command-line tools are available to perform such an analysis, there is a notable lack of an integrated webserver application with which to identify genomic region intersections, generate publication-ready plots depicting subsets of the overlapped regions, and perform functional annotation. Thus, there is an ardent need for a comprehensive and user-friendly webserver application that allows the users to either …

Is The Coronavirus A Pandemic, And Does That Matter? 4 Questions Answered, Brian Labus

Environmental & Global Health Faculty Research

Editor’s note: The new coronavirus has now affected more than 20,000 people in China and claimed more lives as of Feb. 4 than the SARS epidemic from 2002 to 2004. Hong Kong has reported its first death. Some public health officials have said the outbreak is likely to soon be a pandemic, but the World Health Organization said Feb. 4 that it isn’t, yet. Just what is a pandemic anyway? An epidemiologist and public health researcher explains.

Documents From The February 5, 2020 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

Agenda and meeting minutes from the February 5, 2020 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM). The following resolutions were discussed during the meeting:

SB54-19/20: Resolution Amending Board on Member Organizations Bylaws

SB55-19/20: Resolution Amending Personnel Policy for the ASUM Secretary

SB56-19/20: Resolution Renaming the Yellow Classroom of ASUM Child Care

SB57-19/20: Resolution Amending Section 9.7.4 of ASUM Fiscal Policy

SB58-19/20: Resolution Regarding an Increase to the ASUM Student Activity Fee

SB59-19/20: Resolution Regarding Restructuring the ASUM Activity Fee

New Magnetic Field Models Of The Moon, Dhananjay Ravat, Michael E. Purucker, Nils Olsen

Earth and Environmental Sciences Research Data

We use L1-norm model regularization of |B_r| component at the surface on magnetic monopoles bases and along-track magnetic field differences alone (without vector observations) to derive high quality global magnetic field models at the surface of the Moon. The practical advantages to this strategy are: monopoles are more stable at closer spacing in comparison to dipoles, improving spatial resolution; L1-norm model regularization leads to sparse models which may be appropriate for the Moon which has regions of localized magnetic field features; and along-track differences reduce the need for ad-hoc external field noise reduction strategies. We examine also the …

Introduction To The Study Of World Religions, Mark Luttio

Lynn University Digital Press Books

Introduction to the Study of World Religions, by Mark Luttio, is a prolegomenon to the study of the religions of the world from a historical perspective, focusing especially on the culture and geography of each religion and their respective practices which express the essential core of each tradition. In addition to an introductory chapter on the nature of religion, and a concluding chapter on the future of religion, an examination will be made of Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Sikhism, Shinto, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and New Religious Movements. Course: HUM 335

L'Importance De L'Apport Alimentaire En Sodium Chez Les Enfants, Manjula Gowrishankar, Becky Blair, Michael J. Rieder

Paediatrics Publications

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Conundrum Or Paradox: Deconstructing The Spurious Case Of Water Scarcity In The Himalayan Region Through An Institutional Economics Narrative, Rinan Shah, Shrinivas Badiger

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Water scarcity in mountain regions such as the Himalaya has been studied with a pre-existing notion of scarcity justified by decades of communities’ suffering from physical water shortages combined by difficulties of access. The Eastern Himalayan Region (EHR) of India receives significantly high amounts of annual precipitation. Studies have nonetheless shown that this region faces a strange dissonance: an acute water scarcity in a supposedly ‘water-rich’ region. The main objective of this paper is to decipher various drivers of water scarcity by locating the contemporary history of water institutions within the development trajectory of the Darjeeling region, particularly Darjeeling Municipal …

Plant-Derived Bioactives And Oxidative Stress-Related Disorders: A Key Trend Towards Healthy Aging And Longevity Promotion, Bahare Salehi, Elena Azzini, Paolo Zucca, Elena Maria Varoni

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Plants and their corresponding botanical preparations have been used for centuries due to their remarkable potential in both the treatment and prevention of oxidative stress-related disorders. Aging and aging-related diseases, like cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and neurodegenerative disorders, which have increased exponentially, are intrinsically related with redox imbalance and oxidative stress. Hundreds of biologically active constituents are present in each whole plant matrix, providing promissory bioactive effects for human beings. Indeed, the worldwide population has devoted increased attention and preference for the use of medicinal plants for healthy aging and longevity promotion. In fact, plant-derived bioactives present a broad spectrum …

Long-Term Variations Of Air Quality Influenced By Surface Ozone In A Coastal Site In India: Association With Synoptic Meteorological Conditions With Model Simulations, C. T. Resmi, T. Nishanth, M. K. Satheesh Kumar, M. Balachandramohan

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Atmospheric ozone (O3) in the surface level plays a central role in determining air quality and atmospheric oxidizing capacity. In this paper, we review our comprehensive results of simultaneous measurements of surface ozone (O3) and its precursor gas (NOx) and weather parameters that were carried out continuously for a span of six years (January 2013-December 2018) at a typical rural coastal site, Kannur (11.9° N, 75.4° E) in South India. Surface O3 concentration reached its maximum during daytime hours and minimum during the night time. The influence of solar radiation and water content on variations of O3 are discussed. A …

A Scalable, Self-Sustaining Model For Screening And Treatment Of Diabetic Retinopathy In Rural Karnataka, Krishna Murthy, Praveen Murthy, Bhargavi Murali, V. Basavaraju

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The Indian health infrastructure is struggling to handle the burgeoning number of people with diabetes. Managing the complications of diabetes in an organized manner through the government health programs is still a distant reality. Here, we describe a program aimed at addressing the problem of diabetic retinopathy in rural areas of Tumkur district in Karnataka. By amalgamating telescreening and our own novel distributive care model, we were able to screen 85% of the registered diabetics in the Government noncommunicable disease clinics and treat 95% of those needing laser therapy. We also describe the importance of using electronic medical records in …

Impact Of Regular Whole-Blood Donation On Body Iron Stores, Vijayram Reddy K, Shamee Shastry, Manish Raturi, Poornima Baliga B

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Background and Objectives: Regular and repeat blood donations may cause reduced body iron stores (BIS), which may lead to a shrinking donor pool. Furthermore, hemoglobin (Hb) itself is quite an inadequate measure to detect iron deficiency. Hence, our primary aim was to understand the effect of repeated blood donations on BIS in regular blood donors. Study Design and Setting: We conducted a prospective study on voluntary whole-blood donors (September 2015 through August 2017). Donor demographics were noted. Donors were further divided into four groups, depending on their number of donations. Their samples were tested for Hb, red cell indices, and …

Wart Treatment Decision Support Using Support Vector Machine, Md. Mamunur Rahman, Yuan Zhou, Shouyi Wang, Jamie Rogers

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Warts are noncancerous benign tumors caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). The success rates of cryotherapy and immunotherapy, two common treatment methods for cutaneous warts, are 44% and 72%, respectively. The treatment methods, therefore, fail to cure a significant percentage of the patients. This study aims to develop a reliable machine learning model to accurately predict the success of immunotherapy and cryotherapy for individual patients based on their demographic and clinical characteristics. We employed support vector machine (SVM) classifier utilizing a dataset of 180 patients who were suffering from various types of warts and received treatment either by immunotherapy …

Final Project Report, David Noyce, Yu (Fred) Song

CTEDD Final Project Reports - Archive

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Multimodality Screening For Lower Genital Tract Infections Between 18 And 24 Weeks Of Pregnancy And Its Efficacy In Predicting Spontaneous Preterm Delivery, Vidyashree Ganesh Poojari, Samantha Dawson, Akhila Vasudeva, Nivedita Hegde

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Background: Predicting spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB) during mid-trimester would be very useful. We used a multimodality screening approach mainly focusing on urogenital infections among unselected obstetric population between 18 and 24 weeks in a tertiary center. Method: Diagnosis of lower genital tract infection (LGTI) was attempted among 228 pregnant women using several factors—symptom of vaginal discharge, characteristic appearance of discharge on speculum, point of care tests using Amsel’s criteria and gram staining of vaginal swab. Nugent’s scoring was taken as gold standard. Urine microscopy/culture was obtained. Serum inflammatory markers were done. Total leukocyte count, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and C-reactive protein were …

Artificial Intelligence Techniques For Automated Diagnosis Of Neurological Disorders, U. Raghavendra, U. Rajendra Acharya, Hojjat Adeli

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Background: Authors have been advocating the research ideology that a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system trained using lots of patient data and physiological signals and images based on adroit integration of advanced signal processing and artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning techniques in an automated fashion can assist neurologists, neurosurgeons, radiologists, and other medical providers to make better clinical decisions. Summary: This paper presents a state-of-the-art review of research on automated diagnosis of 5 neurological disorders in the past 2 decades using AI techniques: epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, and ischemic brain stroke using physiological signals and images. Recent research articles …

Solar Fed Bldc Motor Drive For Mixer Grinder Using A Buck-Boost Converter, Deekshitha S. Nayak, R. Shivarudraswamy

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In existing mixer grinders, the universal motor is used due to its high starting torque than the induction motor. To achieve higher speed for smaller devices, the implementation of the universal motor becomes cheaper. The absence of brushes and the reduction of noise in the BLDC extends its lifetime, making it ideal for a mixer grinder. The solar-powered BLDC motor drive for a mixer grinder is presented in this paper. A DC-DC Buck Boost (BB) converter is utilized to operate the PV (photovoltaic) array at its highest power. The proposed hysteresis current (HC) control BLDC system is developed in the …

Humboldt Bay Area Plan Consolidation Of Key Sea Level Rise Information By Hydrologic Unit, Aldaron Laird

Geospatial Data

Consolidation of region-wide geospatial data of sea level rise vulnerability, assets, and hydrographic units from previous assessments.

Hybrid Photovoltaic And Wind Mini-Grids In Kenya: Techno-Economic Assessment And Barriers To Diffusion, Rasmus Magni Johannsen, Poul Alberg Østergaard, Rebecca Hanlin

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Mini-grids have been widely developed for rural electrification purposes in Kenya, predominantly as systems combining photovoltaic modules (PV), a diesel generator, and battery capacity. (Small) wind turbines have been largely neglected in such setups and are basically non-existent in Kenyan mini-grids despite potential complementarity with PV due to different temporal production profiles of PV and wind power. This study investigates why small wind turbines have largely been omitted from Kenyan mini-grids from both a techno-economic and diffusion theoretical perspective. A techno-economic model is used for backtesting the feasibility of a hybrid PV/wind system, and building upon theories of innovation and …

The Old Iron Curtain Split Our Continent In Half: The New Ones Could Tear Apart Our Nations, Rok Hrzic, Helmut Brand

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Mainstream Media's Framing Of #Metoo Campaign In India, Manjushree G. Nai, Usha M. Rodrigues, Padma Rani

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The #metoo campaign became a worldwide phenomenon, through the tweet made against the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein by the actress Alyssa Milano on October 15, 2017. In India, the campaign took off on October 7, 2018, when actress Tanushree Dutta made serious allegations against the actor Nana Patekar, narrating her experiences while she was working with him in a film in 2008. The impact of the awareness created by the #metoo campaign was such that well-known personalities including, then Union minister M J Akbar had to step down when the sexual harassment charges levelled against him. In the backdrop of …