Digital Commons Network^™

Glucose Mediated Effects On Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Expression, Daryl Arkwright

Masters Theses

Circulating high glucose levels are believed to cause oxidative stress which is implicated in a number of pathological conditions such as cancer, aging, and diabetes. Oxidative stress regulates the expression of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH), the key enzyme in the pentose phosphate pathway which provides reducing equivalents in the form of NADPH. These reducing equivalents are also required by fatty acid synthase (FAS), the enzyme which catalyzes fatty acid biosynthesis. We examined whether glucose, a known inducer of oxidative stress, could regulate either G6PDH or FAS activity in primary rat hepatocytes. We tested the effects of glucose alone or in combination …

Analysis Of Hydric Pine Flatwood Ephemeral Pool Macroinvertebrate And Crustacean Assemblages Along A Temporal And Spatial Gradient From A Hypothesized Colonial Source, Henry Leon Griffith

Theses and Dissertations

A survey of the macroinvertebrate and crustacean assemblages in hydric pine flatwood wetlands during fill and drawdown periods was conducted from September to November 1998, in Lee County, Florida. Physical and chemical information, relationships between community composition and physical and chemical conditions were analyzed and a monitoring plan for detecting impacts of declining water supply in hydric pine flatwood communities was proposed. In addition, possible sources of colonists and patterns of community assemblage were investigated. Twelve ephemeral pools and three associated intermittently exposed cypress heads were sampled monthly, over three months, using 1 D-ring benthic sweep, 2 Hester-Dendy multiple plate …

Resident's Opinions About Montana, Their Community, And Tourism, Norma P. Nickerson

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

Excerpts from the 1997 CTAP Report 53. Montana residents provided opinions about how the state and their community is currently affected by tourism as well as perceived effects of tourism development. Results in this report address only the responses and comments provided by respondents to the statewide survey.

The Effects Of Reminiscence Therapy On The Elderly Client's Satisfaction With Nursing Care, Nancy Strong

Masters Theses

This study tested if reminiscence therapy would improve client satisfaction with nursing care. An experimental post test only design was used on 39 clients in a moderate sized home care agency in the Midwest. Ages ranged from 65 to 98. A single, one-on-one reminiscence session was done with 22 subjects in their homes after a routine nursing visit. The control group subjects did not receive the reminiscence intervention. The groups were homogeneous except for the number of hospitalizations experienced in the past year. The control group had a significantly higher number.

The Forbes Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire, modified for the home …

Bald Eagle Rescue, Steve Reed, Allan Haury

Maryland Birdlife

No abstract provided.

Final Report: Chamberlain Creek Elk Studies, 1977-1983 And 1993-1996, Milo G. Burcham

Wildlife Biology Faculty Publications

This is a report about elk in managed forest environments. In a sense, this project began in 1971 when the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) joined the Montana Cooperative Elk-Logging Study (MCELS). The MCELS was initiated in 1970 by formal agreement between the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station and Region One of the U.S. Forest Service, the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, and The University of Montana School of Forestry (Lyon 1971). BN Timberlands (now Plum Creek Timber Company) participated informally after 1974. The MCELS arose in response to the controversy over clear-cut logging, with an overall …

A Lua E O Domador: Símbolos Literários E Divisões Sociais Na Poesia Nacionalista De Cassiano Ricardo E Leopoldo Marechal, Luiza Franco Moreira

Comparative Literature Faculty and Student Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Third Annual Conference On Animals And The Law, Lisa Weinberg

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Future Of Electromagnetic Field Litigation, Michael C. Anibogu

Pace Environmental Law Review

This Article explores the dynamics and complexity of the electromagnetic field controversy. Presently, there are many unanswered questions with respect to the effects electromagnetic radiation has on people who live or work near power lines. This Article examines the state of domestic and international scientific evidence that exists regarding the risks of electromagnetic radiation. Ultimately, the Article concludes that although the present state of the legal and scientific field is not conducive to electromagnetic field litigation and plaintiffs will face difficulty in receiving settlement awards, the judicial route is not closed off to them.

Friends Of The Earth V. Crown Central Petroleum: The Surrogate Enforcer Must Be Allowed To "Stand Up" For The Clean Water Act, John Dolgetta

Pace Environmental Law Review

This Case Note examines the doctrine of standing in light of the Fifth Circuit's decision in Friends of the Earth v. Crown Central Petroleum. The Crown Central decision addressed whether the environmental organization, Friends of the Earth (FOE), met the requirements of standing necessary to bring a lawsuit under the Clean Water Act. The Fifth Circuit in Crown Central seems to have created a new requirement for establishing the "fairly traceable" prong of the standing analysis. On a summary judgment motion, the Fifth Circuit denied standing to FOE because it did not present scientific evidence to establish an "injury-in-fact." This …

Attempting To Legislate Attempted Environmental Crimes, Helen M. Maher

Pace Environmental Law Review

The Environmental Crimes and Enforcement Act of 1996 (ECEA) bill was recently proposed for consideration by Congress. The ECEA, if adopted, will have a pervasive effect on the entire spectrum of environmental statutes, reflecting a legislative effort to create more uniform enforcement and penalty provisions. Most importantly, the bill creates liability for any person who attempts to violate an environmental statute. This Comment analyzes the ECEA and focuses specifically on the attempt provision and its impact on the Clean Water Act. The underlying rationales and social purposes of common law approaches to environmental regulation will be compared with the proposed …

Brief For Respondent: Tenth Annual Pace National Environmental Moot Court Competition, Ryan Blanch, Julie Davis, Wendy Stephens

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

Developmental Expression Of Rat Target Of The Antiproliferative Antibody (Rtapa) Protein In The Brain, Clyde Dale Sullivan

Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

The present study defines the expression pattern of rTAPA (CD81) in the developing rat brain. rTAPA is a member of the tetramembrane spanning family of proteins, and like other members of this family, appears to be associated with the stabilization of cellular contacts. On immunoblots of the brain, rTAPA is present in higher levels than any other tissue examined: muscle, tendon, peripheral nerve, cartilage, liver, kidney, skin, and testicle. Immunohistochemical methods were used to define the distribution of rTAPA in the brain. This protein is expressed by ependyma, choroid plexus, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes, and rTAPA is dramatically upregulated at the …

Book Review: Nada Yada, Charles F. Angell

Bridgewater Review

Book Review of:

• David Foster Wallace A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (Little, Brown and Company, 1997)

Mirroring The Life Of Their Times: The Group Legacy In The Changing Face Of Theatre, Christopher J. Stephens

Theses

Christopher J. Stephens’ thesis, Mirroring the Life of Their Times: The Group Legacy in the Changing Face of Theatre, explores the enduring influence of the Group Theatre on American theatre practice, particularly in actor training and ensemble performance. Founded during the Great Depression, the Group Theatre was inspired by the work of Stanislavski and the Moscow Art Theatre, but evolved its own distinct ideology rooted in realism, political engagement, and emotional truth on stage. Stephens traces the formation of the Group through the efforts of Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford, and Lee Strasberg, examining their emphasis on ensemble acting, psychological …

The Mid-Life Crisis Of The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Hilary Charlesworth

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Kierkegaardian Understanding Of Self And Society: An Existential Sociology, Chris L. Jakway

Dissertations

In examining the history and development of existential sociology, it becomes clear that in its initial phases it was not intended to oppose traditional sociological research, but to complement it. I intend to show that the contemporary chasm between the methodologies can be narrowed with a reconsideration of their common roots in the work of G.H. Mead and the symbolic interactionists. Existential sociologists today offer a practical synthesis that combines that theoretical heritage with philosophic ontology dating back to the writings of Soren Kierkegaard.

My conceptual goal is reveal how the existential philosophy of Kierkegaard, while not irrational or solipsistic, …

Castor Canadensis Summer 1998, Jed Smith Society

Castor Canadensis - Jedediah Smith Society

No abstract provided.

Vol. 21 No. 1-2 (1998): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

Disruption Of The Discriminative Stimulus Effects Of (+)-3, 4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (Mdma) By (± )-Mdma Neurotoxicity: Protection By Fluoxetine, Thomas B. Virden Iii

Dissertations

It is well established that repeated, high doses of 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) result in the long-term depletion of serotonin levels and destruction of serotonergic terminals in various locations in the brains of a variety of species. Further, it is also well known that concomitant injections of the serotonin reuptake inhibitor, fluoxetine, prevents this deterioration. It has recently been noted that such MDMA neurotoxicity disrupts stimulus control in rats trained to discriminate MDMA from saline in a drug discrimination procedure (Schechter, 1991a).

In order to extend Schechter's findings to the optical isomers of MDMA and to explore the potential of fluoxetine …

Transcriptional Regulation Of The Bombyx Mori A3 Cytoplasmic Actin Promoter In Insect And Mammalian Cells, Karoly Fatyol

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

In this study we have analyzed the activity of the silkworm A3 cytoplasmic actin promoter in homologous insect and heterologous mammalian expression systems. To study the expression of the A3 actin promoter in insect cells we have isolated and characterized a stably transformed Bombyx mori cell line containing a novel selectable marker gene, puromycin N-acetyl transferase under control of transcriptional regulatory signals from the A3 cytoplasmic actin gene. Integration of the transfected plasmids into the host genome was demonstrated by Southern and in situhybridizations. By using this cell line we have identified alternative transcriptional initiation sites for the A3 …

The Relation Of Weight Loss And Improved Fitness To Survival In Healthy Males, Joanna Lynn Bokovoy

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Obesity is a critical public health problem because of its prevalence, medical and psychosocial effects, and resistance to intervention. Weight loss in overweight individuals has been encouraged by the United States Public Health Service and by the medical community as a means for improving health. However, recent studies have suggested either positive or negative effects of weight loss on survival. It is possible that physical fitness may have a confounding effect, or be an effect modifier on survival in weight loss studies.

This study used Cox Regression analysis to address the separate and combined association of weight loss and improved …

An Evaluation Of Root End Filling Materials Using Endotoxin, Hong-Ming Tang

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Mineral Trioxide Aggregates (MTA) was recently developed at Loma Linda University. It has been shown to possess good sealing ability when tested with dye, bacteria, and a fluid filtration technique.

Endotoxin is a component of the cell wall of Gram negative bacteria. It has been proposed that it may play a role in the pathogenesis of periradicular lesions. Previous studies have demonstrated that MTA can prevent the leakage of bacteria. However, the bacterial products were not tested during these studies.

This study used endotoxin to compare the sealing ability of SuperEBA, IRM, amalgam, and MTA.

The results showed that MTA …

A Model Using Radiation And Pws4-Htnf-Α Gene Therapy For Treatment Of Glioblastomas, Angelo G. Baher

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The efficacy of radiotherapy for cancer is limited by the dose that can be safely delivered to the tumor without causing debilitating side effects. In addition, successful treatment of highly malignant tumors such as glioblastomas is likely to require adjunctive therapies to enhance tumor response to radiation. Previous studies have shown immunomodulation and a synergestic reduction in tumor volume of malignant tumors when tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) protein is administered prior to radiation. The major goal of the present investigation was to evaluate the efficacy of pWS4-human TNF-α (pWS4-hTNF-α), a new plasmid construct that expresses human TNF-α protein, together with …

Analysis Of Serotonin And Postural Instability In Parkinson’S Disease, Sandra Kuniyoshi

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Postural instability is one of the most debilitating symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and the best clinical prognostic indicator of progressive disease. Significant differences in neuropathology, neurochemistry, response to L-dopa therapy and stereotactic surgery as well as prognosis have been identified in subtypes when patients with predominant postural instability and gait difficulty (PIGD)/Type B were differentiated from those with predominant symptoms of tremor and rigidity/Type A. Postural instability is resistant to the therapeutic effects of L-dopa, despite its continued efficacy on other Parkinson’s symptomatology, implicating the nondopaminergic mechanism of postural instability in Parkinson’s disease. Patients with significant postural instability and gait …

Mediation And Multicultural Reality, Michelle Lebaron

Peace and Conflict Studies

Excerpt

Mediation and multiculturalism arise from separate histories and serve different ends. Mediation is a collaborative alternative to the legal system for resolving all kinds of conflicts. Multiculturalism is the philosophy and practice of honouring cultural difference through developing systems that institutionalize pluralism (Roberts and Clifton, 1990). While each of these ideas have animated programs and literatures, little attention was given to the connections between them until the early nineties.¹ Since that time, conflict resolution systems and processes have been scrutinized for embedded cultural values and implications for who is included and excluded. Training programs in mediation have progressed …

Review Of: Leonard W. Doob, Sustainers And Sustainability, Courtney J. Merrill

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of: Leonard W. Doob, Sustainers and Sustainability (Praeger Publishers 1995). Bibliography, index, notes. LC 95-7982; ISBN 0-275-95314-9 [167 pp. $52.95 Cloth, .88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881.]

Causation In Occupational Disease: Balancing Epidemiology, Law And Manufacturer Conduct, Richard M. Lynch, Mary S. Henifin

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Drs. Lynch & Henefin examine evolution of disease causation theory and its impact on public health, as well as how these relate to the courtroom admissibility of expert opinion evidence.

The Fourth Amendment And Facilities Inspections Under The Chemical Weapons Convention, Robert F. Greenlee

University of Chicago Law Review

No abstract provided.

"Ea, Desnudémonos Y Ataquemos Los Anapestos": La Comedia Antigua En La Fenomenología Del Espíritu De Hegel, Daniel A. Attala

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

No abstract provided.