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Grassroots Journalism In Your Own Backyard: How Citizen Reporters Build Hyperlocal Communities, Jan Lauren Boyles May 2006

Grassroots Journalism In Your Own Backyard: How Citizen Reporters Build Hyperlocal Communities, Jan Lauren Boyles

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Americans are flocking to the Internet for news and information. However, the majority of online journalism targets a national audience, thereby lacking a proximate focus.;Hyperlocal media sites---online news outlets that form small, virtual communities of citizen reporters to cover real-world, geographic spaces---are multiplying on the web. The sites aspire to bring neighborhood news to the net through the work of citizen journalists.;In order to further investigate the emerging grassroots media phenomenon, the researcher conducted interviews with hyperlocal practitioners. In the pages that follow, the insider perspective behind hyperlocal media will be illumed through the eyes of the pioneers who aim …

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The Evolution Of Product Placement: Consumer Awareness And Ethical Considerations, Leigh Ann Hornick May 2006

The Evolution Of Product Placement: Consumer Awareness And Ethical Considerations, Leigh Ann Hornick

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Found today in virtually every type of media, the practice of product placement has been around since the First World War. The concept of this form of advertising stems from the idea that studio executives are constantly seeking out cost effective ways to produce movies and marketers' are supporting ways to get their products seen. Moreover, advertisements are becoming a thing of the past with new technological devices that allow viewers to skip commercials. It was found throughout this study that although consumers are aware of the practice and deem it ethical, they still vastly believe it can be a …

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The Impact Of Reservoir Properties On Mixing Of Inert Cushion And Natural Gas In Storage Reservoirs, Balaji S. Srinivasan May 2006

The Impact Of Reservoir Properties On Mixing Of Inert Cushion And Natural Gas In Storage Reservoirs, Balaji S. Srinivasan

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Underground natural gas storage is a process which effectively balances a variable demand market with a nearly constant supply of energy provided by the pipeline system. Cushion gas in storage reservoirs provide the necessary pressure for the withdrawal of working gas and it makes up for the largest part of investments in underground storage reservoirs. Usually, a part of the cushion gas is replaced by an inert gas such as Nitrogen in order to reduce the investment costs. Due to this replacement there might be problems caused by the mixing of inert cushion and natural gas, which is a cause …

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Assessing Student Learning Outcomes In Health Professions Service -Learning Courses, Tracey K. Anderson May 2006

Assessing Student Learning Outcomes In Health Professions Service -Learning Courses, Tracey K. Anderson

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Service learning is a pedagogical method that is currently on the rise in health professions schools as a method of meeting Healthy People 2010 objectives (Narsavage, Lindell, Chen, Savin & Duffy, 2002). The intended result for participating students is an increased awareness of health care issues, civic responsibility, and course content in this learning experience. However, there is no clear assessment documentation that shows health professions students are meeting the intended learning outcomes. Eyler (2000) indicates that outcomes in service learning have not been "well studied and relatively little attention has been given to defining learning outcomes that would be …

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Factors Affecting Teachers' Level Of Classroom Internet Use And Teachers' Self -Efficacy Regarding Classroom Internet Use, George R. Watson May 2006

Factors Affecting Teachers' Level Of Classroom Internet Use And Teachers' Self -Efficacy Regarding Classroom Internet Use, George R. Watson

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This study examined the factors that affect teacher classroom Internet use and teacher self-efficacy with using the Internet. With regards to classroom Internet use, the factors examined were grade taught, years of teaching experience, type of school technical support, Internet-related professional development training, number of Internet-accessible computers in the classroom, student socioeconomic status, and teacher Internet self-efficacy. For teacher Internet self-efficacy, the factors examined were years of teaching experience, type of school technical support, and Internet-related professional development training. This study surveyed 419 public school teachers, across grades K-12, using stepwise multiple regression to analyze the factors and their relationships …

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Dewatering Of Fine Coal Slurries By Selective Heating With Microwaves, Aashish Kalra May 2006

Dewatering Of Fine Coal Slurries By Selective Heating With Microwaves, Aashish Kalra

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Since water is used extensively in coal preparation and cleaning, dewatering of coals is required prior to shipment to power plants. However, finer fractions of coals are difficult to dewater and consequently these fractions are stored in settling ponds, causing environmental problems and loss of a large fraction of coals. Thermal drying of coals is not an efficient process since hot air heats both coal and water. Mechanical processes for dewatering fine coal slurries have a limit for dewatering coal. Consequently, dewatering using selective heating by conventional microwaves at 2.45 GHz and IR heating at 10 14 Hz was undertaken …

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Analysis Of Computer Science Curriculum Through Development Of An Online Crime Reporting System, Linda Kress May 2006

Analysis Of Computer Science Curriculum Through Development Of An Online Crime Reporting System, Linda Kress

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There are inherent differences in appropriate methodologies for developing hardware-oriented and software-oriented projects. Due to a recent change in the curriculum requirements for computer science students, the need to revise the senior design curriculum for students working on software-oriented projects has arisen. With graduate student supervision, a senior design team developed an online crime reporting system. The need for revision was apparent throughout the development process. This paper discusses difficulties encountered by the team and offers solutions to those obstacles, particularly in the areas of scheduling, documentation, development environment, and the security of software applications.

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Development Of Gas Production Type Curves For Horizontal Wells In Coalbed Methane Reservoirs, Allen Ekahnzok Nfonsam May 2006

Development Of Gas Production Type Curves For Horizontal Wells In Coalbed Methane Reservoirs, Allen Ekahnzok Nfonsam

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Coalbed methane is an unconventional gas resource that consists of methane production from coal seams. The unique difference between CBM and conventional gas reservoirs is that it is a dual-porosity system characterized by complex interaction of the coal matrix and cleat system that are coupled through the desorption process. Coalbed methane reservoir performance is controlled by a complex set of reservoir, geologic, completion and operation parameters. To date there are very little tools to help with predicting the performance of CBM wells.;The purpose of this research was to develop a simple and reliable tool to help with gas production predictions …

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Soft Drink Intake, Television, Video Viewing And Video Game Playing Compared Among Normal Weight And Overweight Preschool-Aged Children In Rural West Virginia, Meredythe Barrick May 2006

Soft Drink Intake, Television, Video Viewing And Video Game Playing Compared Among Normal Weight And Overweight Preschool-Aged Children In Rural West Virginia, Meredythe Barrick

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Recently, there has been a rise in overweight in children. Overweight in children is associated with chronic diseases in childhood and adulthood. This study aimed to analyze factors that may influence weight of children. Specifically, average soft drink consumption, average hours of television/video viewing/video game playing, and mothers' BMI were compared among overweight and normal weight preschool-aged children in rural West Virginia.;Children, mean age 52 months, residing in McDowell or Mercer counties in West Virginia. Parents or other caregivers completed 24-hour dietary recalls. They also provided average hours of TV/video viewed/video games played by children. Subjects consisted of overweight, BMI …

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High School Football Player's Nutritional Knowledge And Application, Kimberly A. Molnar May 2006

High School Football Player's Nutritional Knowledge And Application, Kimberly A. Molnar

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Objective. The purpose of this study is to determine the nutritional knowledge of high school football players and to determine the application of this knowledge through their food choices. A total of 56.1% participants (n=32) answered 17 or more questions correctly on the nutritional knowledge questionnaire. There was a significant difference between the number correct on the nutritional knowledge questionnaire and year in school between freshman and sophomores. A significant difference was found between year in school and responses for question number seven on the diet recall between freshman and seniors, and juniors and seniors. High School football players lack …

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High Frequencies Of Hiv-1 Recombination And The Evolutionary Potential Of A Hybrid Retrovirus, Terence D. Rhodes May 2006

High Frequencies Of Hiv-1 Recombination And The Evolutionary Potential Of A Hybrid Retrovirus, Terence D. Rhodes

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Retroviruses have a great capacity to evolve in order to over come selection pressures in the environment. Such evolutional power comes from the high mutation rate and the high viral titers that can ensue during an infection. Mutation generates variation in the viral genome. In addition, previous reports found that retroviruses recombine at a relatively high rate. These sources of variation can then be exploited by the population to ensure the presence of advantageous mutations, which become amplified during virus propagation. Because the adaptability is based on the evolutionary potential of the virus, it is essential to study the mechanisms …

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Soluble Metals Of Residual Oil Fly Ash Alter Pulmonary Host Defense In Rats, Jenny Renee Roberts May 2006

Soluble Metals Of Residual Oil Fly Ash Alter Pulmonary Host Defense In Rats, Jenny Renee Roberts

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Incidences of high levels of air pollution have been correlated with increased morbidity and mortality in susceptible populations. Inhalation of the combustion-derived pollutant, residual oil fly ash (ROFA), has been shown to impair lung defense mechanisms in laboratory animals and susceptible populations. The hypothesis of these studies was that the soluble metals in ROFA would increase susceptibility to pulmonary infection in rats, and that the primary metal responsible for the increase is soluble Ni. To investigate the hypothesis, three specific aims were established: (1) determine if soluble metals in ROFA cause a decrease in bacterial clearance from the lungs of …

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Women's Body Image, Patriarchy, And Photography: A Pictorial Content Analysis Of National Geographic's Representation Of Women., Kathryn D. Newhouse Jan 2006

Women's Body Image, Patriarchy, And Photography: A Pictorial Content Analysis Of National Geographic's Representation Of Women., Kathryn D. Newhouse

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Women have been depicted within media outlets such as magazines as domestic caretakers for generations. While history has at times been positive in its representation of women, especially during World War II and the government’s plea for women to work in industry, the vast majority of media outlets after the war again created the housewife image from the years before the war for women to follow. The popular governmental posters with “Rosie the Riveter” stating, “We Can Do It!” were replaced with images of a happy wife tending house for her husband fresh from the war. While the posters were …

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Female Politicians In The Media: Hillary Rodham Clinton And Hsiu-Lien Lu. An Examination Of Patriarchal And Feminist Word Usage In Political News: Case Analyses Of "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, Ny)" And "China Times (Taiwan)"., Yi-Ting Chen Jan 2006

Female Politicians In The Media: Hillary Rodham Clinton And Hsiu-Lien Lu. An Examination Of Patriarchal And Feminist Word Usage In Political News: Case Analyses Of "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, Ny)" And "China Times (Taiwan)"., Yi-Ting Chen

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This thesis examined newspapers’ coverage of two female politicians. One is U.S. Senator and former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. The newspaper is The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY). The other is Hsiu-Lien Lu, the first female vice president of Taiwan. The newspaper is China Times (Taiwan). The research analyzed articles in these two newspapers to determine whether the terms associated with Clinton and Lu were gender neutral, feminist or patriarchal. The study compares how media represent female politicians in the two societies, and further illustrates the similarities and differences in the American and Taiwanese societies. The study found that Hillary Rodham …

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Aqueous Geochemistry Of Springs Along Peters Mountain In Monroe County, West Virginia., Brian G. Richards Jan 2006

Aqueous Geochemistry Of Springs Along Peters Mountain In Monroe County, West Virginia., Brian G. Richards

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A hydrologic and hydrochemical investigation of aquifer characteristics beneath Peters Mountain in Monroe County, West Virginia is presented. Hydrologic zones were classified into three groups based on surface geology. Springs and seeps were located within the Second Creek and Indian Creek watersheds and their waters analyzed for chemistry to interpret the similarities and differences between springs. The three geological classes were Silurian/Devonian clastic rocks on the east slopes of Peters Mountain (Group 1), the Martinsburg Formation near the top of Peters Mountain (Group 2), and Ordovician carbonate aquifers on the west slopes of Peters Mountain (Group 3). Groundwater chemistry differed …

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Error Resilient Transmission Of Three-Dimensional Dct Coded Video., Supriya Dilip Sawant Jan 2006

Error Resilient Transmission Of Three-Dimensional Dct Coded Video., Supriya Dilip Sawant

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Current multimedia applications involve video transmission over unprotected noisy channels where the video stream is contaminated with errors thereby requiring advanced error concealment/correction strategies. Our objective in this research is to devise error resilient strategies that will help combat channel errors and produce a quality video reconstruction. In this thesis we investigate two error resilient techniques, namely, unequal error protection (UEP) and multiple description coding (MDC) for video transmission. Unlike the traditional video coding system that uses two dimensional transformations accompanied with motion estimation and compensation, we focus on the three dimensional discrete cosine transform (3D DCT). We propose video …

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Characterization Of A Catalase Gene Associated With Ergot Alkaloids In Aspergillus Fumigatus, And, Studies On An Alternate Lysergyl Peptide Synthetase Gene And Ergopeptine In Neotyphodium Coenophialum., Kerry E. Goetz Jan 2006

Characterization Of A Catalase Gene Associated With Ergot Alkaloids In Aspergillus Fumigatus, And, Studies On An Alternate Lysergyl Peptide Synthetase Gene And Ergopeptine In Neotyphodium Coenophialum., Kerry E. Goetz

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Ergot alkaloids, a category of mycotoxins produced by various fungi, adversely affect both humans and animals. Several plant-associated fungi in the genera Claviceps, Neotyphodium, and Epichloe (order Hypocreales) produce an array of ergot alkaloids. Another fungus, Aspergillus fumigatus that occupies a completely different ecological niche and is classified under the order Eurotiales, also produces ergot alkaloids. The gene clusters predicted to encode the enzymes required for ergot alkaloid production within these species are strikingly similar, however, they are poorly understood. In this study, a gene knockout of the easC gene that encodes a putative catalase resulted in the loss of …

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Active Inaction: Symbolic Politics, Agenda Denial Or Incubation Period. Twenty Years Of United States Workplace Violence Research And Prevention Activity., Eleanor Lynn Watson Jenkins Jan 2006

Active Inaction: Symbolic Politics, Agenda Denial Or Incubation Period. Twenty Years Of United States Workplace Violence Research And Prevention Activity., Eleanor Lynn Watson Jenkins

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Workplace violence has always existed in the U.S.---indeed, during some periods of our history, fear, intimidation, and physical violence were commonplace in work settings. Contemporary expectations in industrialized democracies, however, are that all workers are entitled to a workplace free from recognized hazards. During the time period from the mid 1980s to the present, a range of actors from local, state, and Federal government, industry, labor, academic, as well as professional societies and organizations became active in the area of workplace violence. Government efforts have stopped short of regulatory efforts with an emphasis instead on symbolic and learning tools. The …

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"Mirror Worlds": Transpacific Inspiration And Mimetic Rivalry In American And East Asian Literature, 1945-2005., Matthew J. Packer Jan 2006

"Mirror Worlds": Transpacific Inspiration And Mimetic Rivalry In American And East Asian Literature, 1945-2005., Matthew J. Packer

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One conspicuous trend during the world economy's shift to the Pacific Rim in the late twentieth century has been the increased reciprocal inspiration and mimetic rivalry between American and East Asian cultures. For much of the past century, for example, the Japanese have been stereotyped as cultural copycats, when transpacific imitating actually has been mutual: as East Asians have looked to the West for models of development and the imagination, so have Americans looked to the Far East---as even representing the future, according to novelist William Gibson. Americans have drawn inspiration from Eastern aesthetics, while East Asians have copied Western …

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A Description And Comparison Of The Fund-Raising Practices Of Ncaa Division Ii Baseball And Football Programs., Randall A. Nichols Jan 2006

A Description And Comparison Of The Fund-Raising Practices Of Ncaa Division Ii Baseball And Football Programs., Randall A. Nichols

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The five purposes of this study were to: (1) describe the fund-raising efforts of head coaches at NCAA Division II baseball and football programs; (2) describe the general fund-raising similarities and differences that presently exist between NCAA Division II football and baseball programs; (3) determine which fund-raising activities are the most financially successful; (4) describe how money that is raised through fund-raising is utilized by NCAA Division II baseball and football programs; (5) describe the duties and responsibilities of NCAA Division II head football and baseball coaches including their fund-raising responsibilities. The fund-raising practices of NCAA Division II Baseball and …

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The Expected Value Of Catastrophes In Underground Coal Mines, 1987-2001., Danrick W. Alexander Jan 2006

The Expected Value Of Catastrophes In Underground Coal Mines, 1987-2001., Danrick W. Alexander

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Eighteen fires, explosions, a flood and an explosives blow-out caused catastrophes during the 15 year period from 1987 to 2001 and led to significant interruptions of production. Three of these events were also disasters that caused 5 or more fatalities. The number of catastrophes per year has held steady while the number of mines has decreased. This has led to a doubling of the number of catastrophes per 1000 mine operating years from 0.77 to 1.65. This growing problem is largely unrecognized. Catastrophes are the largest, most costly single property loss events in the underground coal industry. However, because major …

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George Eliot And The Anxious Construction Of The Domestic Other: Racial Inheritance, Radical Femininity And Masculinity, And National Identity In "The Spanish Gypsy" And "Daniel Deronda"., Christina E. Godlewski Jan 2006

George Eliot And The Anxious Construction Of The Domestic Other: Racial Inheritance, Radical Femininity And Masculinity, And National Identity In "The Spanish Gypsy" And "Daniel Deronda"., Christina E. Godlewski

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This dissertation seeks to articulate the extent to which George Eliot engages in an active dialogue with contemporary scientific thought, particularly in respect to England's Jewish and Gypsy populations. I examine The Spanish Gypsy and Daniel Deronda to determine Eliot's position in relation to ideologies on race, gender, and class. Eliot's texts manage to expose some of the contradictions regarding these two "domestic others" within the dominant discourses of the Victorian period. Chapter one sets out my critical and methodological framework and foregrounds the discursive proximity between the Gypsies, the Jews, the working classes, and women in the Victorian period. …

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Effects Of Various Environmental Parameters On The Reduction Of Arsenic(V) To Arsenic(Iii) By Dissolved Organic Matter., Tsanangurayi Tongesayi Jan 2006

Effects Of Various Environmental Parameters On The Reduction Of Arsenic(V) To Arsenic(Iii) By Dissolved Organic Matter., Tsanangurayi Tongesayi

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The objective of this study was to investigate the reduction of inorganic As(V) with Suwannee River fulvic acid (FA) in aqueous solutions and in real samples. Samples of inorganic As(V) were incubated with FA under various solution conditions and aliquots from the incubated samples were taken at various time intervals and analyzed for As(III) using square wave cathodic stripping voltammetry at a hanging mercury drop electrode. The study demonstrated the following important aspects of As speciation: (1) FA can significantly reduce As(V) to As(III), (2) Reduction of As(V) to As(III) is a function of pH, (3) Reduction of As(V) to …

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Shape Based Automated Mapping Of Histological Mouse Brain Sections, Manasa Danda Jan 2006

Shape Based Automated Mapping Of Histological Mouse Brain Sections, Manasa Danda

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In the development of an automatic image mapping system for mouse brain images, we focus on obtaining the best match in the two dimensional atlas images for the query image of a mouse brain section. The matching issue has to deal with the tissue distortions and tears, which are routinely encountered and possible scale, rotation and shear changes. With the goal to achieve high performance for image matching, a dual-stage approach is proposed which is based on radial distributions and region-based template matching.;Our main challenge is identifying shape features and corresponding distance metrics that produce effective characterization of 2D sections …

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Transition-Metal Ions In Ii-Vi Semiconductors: Zinc Selenide And Zinc Telluride., Ming Luo Jan 2006

Transition-Metal Ions In Ii-Vi Semiconductors: Zinc Selenide And Zinc Telluride., Ming Luo

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II-VI semiconductors doped with transitional-metal (TM) ions have received much research interest for applications such as broadly tunable mid-infrared lasers and saturable absorber for 1.5 μm eyesafe lasers. In this work, several characterization techniques including absorption, photoluminescence (PL), time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) were applied to study some TM-ion-doped samples. These samples include a set of Cr-doped ZnTe epilayers prepared by the molecular-beam epitaxy technique (MBE) and seven bulk polycrystalline ZnSe samples doped with Fe and/or Co. The PL study in the visible region applied on the set of Cr-doped ZnTe film samples revealed the possible contaminants …

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Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Signaling Pathway And Angiogenesis, Zongxian Cao Jan 2006

Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Signaling Pathway And Angiogenesis, Zongxian Cao

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Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from preexisting ones, is tightly controlled under physiological conditions, and deregulated angiogenesis contributes to many pathological situations. This study investigates the role of PI3K/Akt pathway in both physiological and pathological angiogenesis. Angiopoietin-1 (Ang1) is an endothelial specific growth factor that plays a critical role in vessel maturation and stabilization during angiogenesis. We found that Ang1 potently induced p70S6K1 activation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). p70S6K1 is a downstream target of PI3K, but its role in angiogenesis has not be defined. In the work shown in Chapter 2, p70S6K1 activity in HUVECs …

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Investigation Of Techniques And Effects Of Diesel Particulate Filter Cleaning, Nathaniel Moles Jan 2006

Investigation Of Techniques And Effects Of Diesel Particulate Filter Cleaning, Nathaniel Moles

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As the emissions standards placed on diesel engine exhaust become more stringent, the use of exhaust aftertreatment devices such as diesel particulate filters has become a more attractive means to meet those standards. During the use of these filters some of the particulate captured, usually ash, begins to restrict the flow through the filter. This increases the backpressure in the exhaust system and requires routine cleaning maintenance. This study reviewed engine technology used to reduce particulate emissions and investigated the effects of off-line cleaning of diesel particulate filters using compressed air and water flowing in the reverse direction of the …

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College Dating And Social Anxiety: Using The Internet As A Means Of Connecting To Others, Sarah B. Stevens Jan 2006

College Dating And Social Anxiety: Using The Internet As A Means Of Connecting To Others, Sarah B. Stevens

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With the advent and widespread use of the Internet, various online media are being used to connect and maintain social relationships in individuals of all ages. Social relationships are vital to healthy development, and individuals with social and/or dating anxiety may have marked difficulty in establishing appropriate, supportive relationships due to fear of negative evaluation by others. For these individuals, the Internet may open up avenues of communication, and provide an outlet through which relationships can be formed and preserved. This study investigated the characteristics of computer and Internet use in young adults, to determine whether individuals who were high …

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Cytosolic Phospholipases A2 (Cpla2: Izoenzyme Expression And Regulation In A Human Breast Cancer Cell Model., Maricica Pacurari Jan 2006

Cytosolic Phospholipases A2 (Cpla2: Izoenzyme Expression And Regulation In A Human Breast Cancer Cell Model., Maricica Pacurari

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Breast cancer remains one of the most widespread cancers among women worldwide. Despite the existing evidence that implicates arachidonic acid (AA) metabolites, collectively called eicosanoids, in cancer onset and progression, little attention has been given to the enzymes, the cytosolic PLA2 (cPLA2), that usually provide free AA for eicosanoid biosynthesis. The present studies were undertaken to study the expression and regulation of the cPLA2-α, -β, -γ isoenzymes at the mRNA and protein levels, and of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and platelet 12-Lipoxygenase (12-LO) at mRNA level, the AA utilizing enzymes in MCF-7 cells. The present study shows that in MCF-7 cells the …

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A Qualitative Study Of Mcdowell County West Virginia: Exploring Technological Determinism, Technophobia, And Fear As Deterrents Of The Utilization Of Computer Technology In Rural Communities., Christopher Ryan Walls Jan 2006

A Qualitative Study Of Mcdowell County West Virginia: Exploring Technological Determinism, Technophobia, And Fear As Deterrents Of The Utilization Of Computer Technology In Rural Communities., Christopher Ryan Walls

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Computers play an important role in our everyday lives. Rural areas are being left behind the digital divide due to the lack of money, infrastructure, and educational resources. The current study will explore the role of fear among individuals who do not utilize computer technology. It will try to better understand the psyche of individuals in rural communities and their opinions about computers. This research will also try to provide solutions on how to narrow the digital divide in rural areas such as McDowell County, West Virginia. This research included an in-depth interview along with a survey regarding computer use …

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