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A Comparison Of Two Soft Tissue Gingivectomy Techniques, James R. Durham Jan 2009

A Comparison Of Two Soft Tissue Gingivectomy Techniques, James R. Durham

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No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of Allogenous Bone Graft Versus Particulate Autogenous Bone Graft To Gain Increase In Vertical And Horizontal Dimension Prior To Implant Placement. A Human Clinical Study., Elfa Gudmundsdottir Jan 2009

A Comparison Of Allogenous Bone Graft Versus Particulate Autogenous Bone Graft To Gain Increase In Vertical And Horizontal Dimension Prior To Implant Placement. A Human Clinical Study., Elfa Gudmundsdottir

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No abstract provided.


Development And Application Of A Technique To Measure Soft Tissue Changes Following Noncarious Cervical Lesion Restorations, Prabhavathi Jampani Jan 2009

Development And Application Of A Technique To Measure Soft Tissue Changes Following Noncarious Cervical Lesion Restorations, Prabhavathi Jampani

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Predictors Of Pedestrian Injury Risk In Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Combined Type, Despina Stavrinos Jan 2009

Predictors Of Pedestrian Injury Risk In Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Combined Type, Despina Stavrinos

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Unintentional injury is the leading cause of pediatric mortality, killing more children than the next 20 causes of death combined. In middle childhood, the second leading cause of unintentional injury is pedestrian injury. One group at particular risk of pedestrian injury is children with ADHD-Combined Type (ADHD-C). It is unknown why children with ADHD-C may be at elevated risk for pedestrian injury. The objective of the proposed research was to explore the underlying mechanisms for pedestrian injury risk in children with ADHD-C. We employed the ethically viable tool of virtual reality (VR) to measure the pedestrian behavior of 78 children …


Professional Develeopment: A Case Study Of Early Childhood Teachers' Implementation Of A Math Initiative Into Daily Practice, Kara Lindstrom Scholl Jan 2009

Professional Develeopment: A Case Study Of Early Childhood Teachers' Implementation Of A Math Initiative Into Daily Practice, Kara Lindstrom Scholl

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Professional development is intended to improve teaching practices. Every year school districts spend money sending teachers to professional development trainings. This study looked at a specific mathematics professional development training that took place in the southeastern United States during the summers of 2007 and 2008. This qualitative case study research study sought to answer the question: How do teachers describe their perceptions of how they implement what they learned in professional development into their teaching practices? The sub questions for this study were: 1) what elements of the professional development do teachers describe as being the most beneficial in helping …


Biological Characterization Of Fc Receptor-Like 6 (Fcrl6), Daniel M. Schreeder Jan 2009

Biological Characterization Of Fc Receptor-Like 6 (Fcrl6), Daniel M. Schreeder

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Members of the Fc receptor-like (FCRL) family are cell-surface proteins with ancient conservation, distinct lymphocyte expression patterns, and tyrosine-based signaling capa-bilities that imply a fundamental role for them in modulating immune responses. Though they share many features with the Fc receptors (FCR) for IgG and IgE, FCRLs have not been found to bind immunoglobulin. In these studies, we sought to characterize the cellu-lar expression pattern, binding partner, and function of a recently identified FCRL family member, human FCRL6. By developing specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) we determined that FCRL6 is dis-tinctly expressed by cytotoxic lymphocytes, namely NK cells, CD8+ T cells, …


Urban Perspectives And The Modern City In The Works Of Gustave Caillebotte And Childe Hassam, Nancy H. Wright Jan 2009

Urban Perspectives And The Modern City In The Works Of Gustave Caillebotte And Childe Hassam, Nancy H. Wright

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The Molecular Identification And Evaluation Of The Effects Of Cold Temperatures On Antarctic Pseudomonas Spp., Genola Burke Jan 2009

The Molecular Identification And Evaluation Of The Effects Of Cold Temperatures On Antarctic Pseudomonas Spp., Genola Burke

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The Effects Of Agricultural Disturbance On The Life History Of The Central Stoneroller ( Campostoma Anomalum ), Danyelle N. Dehner Jan 2009

The Effects Of Agricultural Disturbance On The Life History Of The Central Stoneroller ( Campostoma Anomalum ), Danyelle N. Dehner

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Design Of The Predictive Power Method With Two Endpoints, Kiya R. Hamilton Jan 2009

Design Of The Predictive Power Method With Two Endpoints, Kiya R. Hamilton

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Three reasons to review accumulating data in clinical trials include: ethical issues, financial concerns and administrative concerns. Interim analysis is a good way to monitor accumulating data in clinical trials. Interim analysis allows for the possibility that a study may be terminated early; that is, if the currently observed data convincingly favor the null or the alternative hypothesis then the study ends early. In addition, many clinical trials are conducted to compare a treatment group to a standard group on multiple endpoints. Combining interim analyses with multiple endpoints allows for more information to be provided from the trial than either …


Analysis Of The Malaria Vaccine Potential Of Plasmodium Falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein-3, Stephen James Jordan Jan 2009

Analysis Of The Malaria Vaccine Potential Of Plasmodium Falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein-3, Stephen James Jordan

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Malaria causes an estimated 1-3 million deaths each year, with the majority of deaths being a result of infection with Plasmodium falciparum. No commercially available vaccine currently exists, but multiple subunit-based vaccines are in development including one based on the promising vaccine candidate P. falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein-3 (PfMSP3). PfMSP3 varies in sequence between P. falciparum isolates, but all variation is restricted to the N-terminal domain. This observation has lead to the development of a PfMSP3-based vaccine comprised solely of the highly conserved, yet poorly immunogenic, C-terminal domain. The rationale for supporting the C-terminal domain relies entirely on its conserved …


Development Of An Instrument To Assess The Predisposing Factors Of Sun Protection With Adolescent Athletes: An Exploratory Mixed Methods Study, Jason S. Fulmore Jan 2009

Development Of An Instrument To Assess The Predisposing Factors Of Sun Protection With Adolescent Athletes: An Exploratory Mixed Methods Study, Jason S. Fulmore

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Purpose: In 2005, one in three cancers worldwide was skin-related with an estimated 132,000 malignant melanoma and more than three million non-melanoma cancers. The primary cause of photocarcinogenesis is exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Seven million secondary school students who participate in athletics annually and their coaches are at elevated risk for ultraviolet radiation. The purpose of this study was to use a two-phase sequential exploratory mixed methods design to explore adolescent athletes' views about sun protection and skin cancer. Method: Two research questions guided the study: (a) what factors affect adolescent athletes' knowledge, outcome expectations, and behaviors of sun protection; …


Oxidative Stress-Stimulated Vascular Calcification, Chang Hyun Byon Jan 2009

Oxidative Stress-Stimulated Vascular Calcification, Chang Hyun Byon

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Oxidative stress plays a critical role in pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. However, the effect of oxidative stress-induced molecular signaling in development of vascular calcification, a feature of advanced atherosclerosis, has not been defined. Osteogenic differentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) is critical in development of vascular calcification. We determined hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-induced oxidative stress promoted a phenotypic switch of mouse primary VSMC from contractile to osteogenic phenotype. This effect was associated with increased expression and transactivity of Runx2, a key transcription factor for osteogenic differentiation. Inhibition of Runx2 using short hairpin RNA blocked oxidative stress-induced VSMC calcification. By contrast, adenovirus-mediated …


Intracellular Trafficking Of The Hantaviral Nucleocapsid Protein And Its Function In Modulation Of Immune Signaling, Steven Joe Ontiveros Jan 2009

Intracellular Trafficking Of The Hantaviral Nucleocapsid Protein And Its Function In Modulation Of Immune Signaling, Steven Joe Ontiveros

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Old World and New World hantaviruses, family Bunyaviridae, mature intracellularly within cellular compartments. Although it is generally accepted they assemble and bud in the Golgi apparatus the site remains controversial for New World hantaviruses, because some studies have raised the possibility of their maturation at the plasma membrane. Furthermore, the site of assembly hantaviruses still remains undetermined. The nucleocapsid (N) protein has been proposed to play a key role in facilitating assembly. To gain insight into the assembly pathways of Old World hantaviruses, we examine the intracellular trafficking of the Hantaan (HTN) virus N protein. We show progressive redistribution of …


Inquiro 3 (Front Matter), Inquiro Staff Jan 2009

Inquiro 3 (Front Matter), Inquiro Staff

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. -3


New Gene Therapy To Repair Damaged Lungs For Transplantation, Timmy Wang Jan 2009

New Gene Therapy To Repair Damaged Lungs For Transplantation, Timmy Wang

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

p. 4


Worlds's Most Powerful X-Ray Laser Created, Natalie Mitchell Jan 2009

Worlds's Most Powerful X-Ray Laser Created, Natalie Mitchell

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 4-5


Melting On Mount Kilamanjaro, Natalie Mitchell Jan 2009

Melting On Mount Kilamanjaro, Natalie Mitchell

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

p. 4


Inquiro 3 (Complete Issue), Inquiro Staff Jan 2009

Inquiro 3 (Complete Issue), Inquiro Staff

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

No abstract provided.


Cancer Vaccinations, Ashruta Patel Jan 2009

Cancer Vaccinations, Ashruta Patel

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 6-8


Laser-Scanning Microscope Images Brain Cells In Freely Moving Animals, Courtney Sparkman Jan 2009

Laser-Scanning Microscope Images Brain Cells In Freely Moving Animals, Courtney Sparkman

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

p. 6


Ips Cells Yield A Live Mouse, Atbin Doroodchi Jan 2009

Ips Cells Yield A Live Mouse, Atbin Doroodchi

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

p. 8


Nobel Prizes Are Awarded, Atbin Doroodchi Jan 2009

Nobel Prizes Are Awarded, Atbin Doroodchi

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

p. 9


Which Way Is North?, Matt Morton Jan 2009

Which Way Is North?, Matt Morton

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

p. 10


Father Of Green Revolution Dies At 95, Aaron Neal Jan 2009

Father Of Green Revolution Dies At 95, Aaron Neal

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

p. 5


Artificial Germ Cells May Hold The Key To Studies Of Early Human Development, Timmy Wang Jan 2009

Artificial Germ Cells May Hold The Key To Studies Of Early Human Development, Timmy Wang

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

p. 9


Finding A Lab: My Niche, Toral Patel Jan 2009

Finding A Lab: My Niche, Toral Patel

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 10-11


Translational Research For Undergraduate Students, Nicole Guyette, Karin Tran Jan 2009

Translational Research For Undergraduate Students, Nicole Guyette, Karin Tran

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 17-18


You're Not In High School Anymore, Russell K. Fung Jan 2009

You're Not In High School Anymore, Russell K. Fung

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 19-20


Adventures In Deutschland: Laboratory Learning, Elise Ottenfeld Jan 2009

Adventures In Deutschland: Laboratory Learning, Elise Ottenfeld

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 21-22