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Survival Of Extreme Pre-Term Infants In An Intensive Care Set Up

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Twins And Cystic Fibrosis, Hanaa Banjar

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Connexin-32 Contributes To Radiation Resistance In Thyroid Follicles, Da-Thao Dinh Tran

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The objective of this study was to examine the role of gap junctions in the radiation resistance of thyroid follicles. The question of whether gap junctional intercellular communication plays an important role in the “contact effect”, wherein cells in direct apposition are more resistant to the damaging effects of radiation, has been debated for years. We used the Fischer rat thyroid cell line (FRTL-5) to carry out our experiments. This thesis is divided into two parts: 1) characterization of gap junctional properties in FRTL-5 cells and, 2) exposure of these cells to radiation.

We found that, unlike primary thyroid cells, …

Identification And Characterization Of The Cis-Acting Elements Around The Murine Cd4 Cnhancer, Xin Dong

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The cluster determinant 4 (CD4) molecule is a transmembrane glycoprotein. CD4 is essential for normal T helper cell function and plays an important role in T cell development and activation. CD4 is encoded by a single gene located on chromosome 6 in the mouse and chromosome 12 in the human. Both human and murine CD4 genes are divided into ten exons spanning more than 25 kb and have a large non-coding region in the first and third intron. CD4 gene expression is controlled primarily at the transcriptional level during T cell development and activation.

An enhancer has been identified approximately …

Mechanisms Of Calcium Buffering And Aging In Neurons: Testing The Limits Of Homeostasis, William James Pottorf Ii

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Intracellular calcium ([Ca²⁺]i) is an ubiquitous second messenger that integrates multiple and diverse neuronal pathways that include development and maturation, gene expression, synaptic plasticity, transmitter release, excitability, and even cell death. Upon neuronal excitation the [Ca²⁺]i increases rapidly and the calcium buffering system reacts quickly to restore [Ca²⁺]i to basal levels in order to reset the cell for the next stimulus and avoid prolonged exposure to cytotoxic levels of high [Ca²⁺]i. The aging process appears to causes multiple changes in the ability of neurons to regulate [Ca²⁺]i homeostasis and an …

School Deans, Department Chairpersons, And Program Directors 2000-2001, Saint Mary's College Of California

Chairs and Program Directors lists

No abstract provided.

Between Principles And Practice: The Need For Certified Court Interpreters In North Carolina, Deborah M. Weissman

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Articles/Essays, North Carolina Law Review

North Carolina Law Review

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Subjects, North Carolina Law Review

North Carolina Law Review

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The Cardiac Correlates Of Attention In The Denervated Heart: A Study Of Infant Heart Transplant Recipients, Stephanie Dianne Griffone

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The cardiac correlate of attention is a deceleration in heart rate, controlled by the parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system. This has been extensively studied in infants; the findings indicate that this deceleration is affected by a number of factors, several mediated by the vagus nerve. However, the effects of denervation on this response are not known. Studies with adult heart transplant recipients have shown attenuated acceleration in response to stressful mental tasks. This study investigated the cardiac response to attention in infants who had received a heart transplant, using a habituation paradigm. The hypothesis that they would show …

Uop Graduate School Bulletin Catalog 2000-01, University Of The Pacific

Catalogue, Bulletin, Catalog

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The Monument To Brigham Young And The Pioneers : One Hundred Years Of Controversy, J. Michael Hunter

Faculty Publications

For more than a century, the Brigham Young Monument in Salt Lake City has been the center of sometimes acrimonious controversy. The idea and organization to create a monument were begun in 1891. The statue of Brigham Young was completed by Cyrus Dallin in 1893. Many delays in raising funds caused the monument not to be finished until 1900. Thereafter it often became the target of those trying to improve traffic conditions in the downtown area. In 1993, the monument was moved just north of the intersection to improve the flow of traffic. On the monuments one hundredth anniversary, "The …

Braving The Waters Of Supreme Court Takings Jurisprudence: Will The Fifth Amendment Protect Western Water Rights From Federal Environmental Regulation?, Marcus J. Lock

Water Law Review

No abstract provided.

An End To Insanity: Recasting The Role Of Mental Disability In Criminal Cases, Christopher Slobogin

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

This article argues that mental illness should no longer be the basis for a special defense of insanity. Instead, mental disorder should be considered in criminal cases only if relevant to other excuse doctrines, such as lack of mens rea, self-defense and duress, as those defenses have been defined under modern subjectively-oriented codes. With the advent of these subjectively defined doctrines (a development which, ironically, took place during the same period that insanity formulations expanded), the insanity defense has outlived its usefulness, normatively and practically. Modern official formulations of the defense are overbroad because, fairly construed, they exculpate the vast …

Human Rights, Foreign Policy, And Religious Belief: An Asiaflacific Perspective, Pamela A. Jefferies

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Religions, Human Rights, And Civil Society: Lessons From The Seventeenth Century For The Twenty-First Century, J. Paul Martin

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Development Of Religious Liberty In Chile, 1973-2000, Patrick J. Thurston

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Nature And Minimum Standards Of Freedom Of Religion Or Belief, Natan Lerner

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Tarpley V. Keistler: Patronage, Petition, And The Noerr-Pennington Doctrine, James Filkins

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Politics, Religion, And The First Amendment , Mark W. Cordes

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Women's Voice, September 2000, Women's, Gender, And Sexuality Studies Program

Women's Voice (1991-2006)

No abstract provided.

Usd Magazine Fall 2000 16.1, University Of San Diego

University of San Diego Magazine (1992- )

Homecoming 2000; Features; Alcala Almanac; Our 15 Minutes; A Dream Comes True; The Match Game; Who Will Care? Alumni Gallery; Calendar

International Environmental Harmonization - Emergence And Development Of The Andean Community, Victor Tafur-Dominguez

Pace International Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Control Of Insider Trading-Smoke And Mirrors!, Barry A.K. Rider

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

No abstract provided.

Sept. 2000

NASIG Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Ethics Of Placebo-Controlled Trials In Developing Countries To Prevent Mother-To-Child Transmission Of Hiv, John N. Williams

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Placebo-trials on HIV-infected pregnant women in developing countries like Thailand and Uganda have provoked recent controversy. Such experiments aim to find a treatment that will cut the rate of vertical transmission more efficiently than existing treatments like zidovudine. This scenario is first stated as generally as possible, before three ethical principles found in the Belmont Report, itself a sharpening of the Helsinki Declaration, are stated. These three principles are the Principle of Utility, the Principle of Autonomy and the Principle of Justice. These are taken as voices of moral imperative. But although each has intuitive appeal, it can be shown …

September 2000: Dacus Enjoys Banner Year, Information Literacy, Lifelong Learning, Dacus Library

Dacus Focus

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Resummation Of Qed Perturbation Series By Sequence Transformations And The Prediction Of Perturbative Coefficients, Ulrich D. Jentschura, Jens Becher, Ernst Joachim Weniger, Gerhard Soff

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We propose a method for the resummation of divergent perturbative expansions in quantum electrodynamics and related field theories. The method is based on a nonlinear sequence transformation and uses as input data only the numerical values of a finite number of perturbative coefficients. The results obtained in this way are for alternating series superior to those obtained using Padé approximants. The nonlinear sequence transformation fulfills an accuracy-through-order relation and can be used to predict perturbative coefficients. In many cases, these predictions are closer to available analytic results than predictions obtained using the Padé method.

Concept Of Local Polaritons And Optical Properties Of Mixed Polar Crystals, Lev I. Deych, Alexey Yamilov, Alexander A. Lisyansky

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

The concept of local polaritons is used to describe the optical properties of mixed crystals in the frequency region of their restrahlen band. It is shown that this concept allows for a physically transparent explanation of the presence of weak features in the spectra of so-called one-mode crystals and for one-two mode behavior. The previous models Were able to explain these features only with the use of many fitting parameters. We show that under certain Conditions new impurity-induced polariton modes may arise within the restrahlen of the host crystals, and study their dispersion laws and density of states. Particularly, we …

Short-Pulse Laser-Induced Stabilization Of Autoionizing States, Heider N. Ereifej, J. Greg Story

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Atoms in doubly excited states above the first ionization limit can decay via autoionization in which an electron is emitted leaving an ion, or by photoemission which leaves the atom in a singly excited state. In this paper, it is demonstrated that interaction between the atoms and a laser pulse that is short compared to the autoionization lifetime can lead to large enhancement of the photoemission process by stimulating the atoms to emit a photon. Since the resultant singly excited atoms do not autoionize, this process can be viewed as an enhancement of the stabilization of the doubly excited atoms …