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Rising From The Ashes : Identity And The Aesthetics Of Hybridity In Zhu Tianwen's Notes Of A Desolate Man, Ling Chei, Letty Chen Jul 2000

Rising From The Ashes : Identity And The Aesthetics Of Hybridity In Zhu Tianwen's Notes Of A Desolate Man, Ling Chei, Letty Chen

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

No abstract provided.


Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Resource Planning: The Pitfalls And The Promises, James M. Burson Jul 2000

Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Resource Planning: The Pitfalls And The Promises, James M. Burson

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.


Columns Summer 2000, Southern Adventist University Jul 2000

Columns Summer 2000, Southern Adventist University

Alumni Newsletter

Features the article "To Touch the Past". An amazing tapestry of events has brought to the campus hundreds of ancient artifacts from the lands of the Bible.


Solid Phase Organic Synthesis: Investigation Of Resins And Linkers For Phenols, Laurie Seifert Jul 2000

Solid Phase Organic Synthesis: Investigation Of Resins And Linkers For Phenols, Laurie Seifert

Theses

A loading and cleaving study was performed on solid phase to determine the optimal linkers and conditions for phenols, a key functional group in photographic couplers. Fourteen different commercially available resins were analyzed. Of these, ArgoGel Wang CI was determined the best for loading and cleaving the model phenol coupler. Yields of 95% for both loading and cleaving were achieved as determined by MAS Nanoprobe NMR and HPLC respectively. A few others gave great loading (90- 100%) such as Merrifield, Brominated Wang, Bromo PPOA, and TentaGel COOH, however poor cleavage ability rendered these resins insufficient for phenols.


Preserving South Carolina's Beaches: The Role Of Local Planning In Managing Growth In Coastal South Carolina, Douglas T. Kendall Jul 2000

Preserving South Carolina's Beaches: The Role Of Local Planning In Managing Growth In Coastal South Carolina, Douglas T. Kendall

Southeastern Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Path Planning For Planar Articulated Robots Using Configuration Spaces And Compliant Motion, Elisha Sacks Jul 2000

Path Planning For Planar Articulated Robots Using Configuration Spaces And Compliant Motion, Elisha Sacks

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Long-Term Prevention Of Renal Insufficiency, Excess Matrix Gene Expression, And Glomerular Mesangial Matrix Expansion By Treatment With Monoclonal Antitransforming Growth Factor-Ss Antibody In Db/Db Diabetic Mice , Fuad N. Ziyadeh, Brenda B. Hoffman, Dong Cheol Han, M. Carmen Iglesias-De La Cruz, Soon Won Hong, Motohide Isono, Sheldon Chen, Tracy A. Mcgowan, Kumar Sharma Jul 2000

Long-Term Prevention Of Renal Insufficiency, Excess Matrix Gene Expression, And Glomerular Mesangial Matrix Expansion By Treatment With Monoclonal Antitransforming Growth Factor-Ss Antibody In Db/Db Diabetic Mice , Fuad N. Ziyadeh, Brenda B. Hoffman, Dong Cheol Han, M. Carmen Iglesias-De La Cruz, Soon Won Hong, Motohide Isono, Sheldon Chen, Tracy A. Mcgowan, Kumar Sharma

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

Emerging evidence suggests that transforming growth factor-(TGF-β) is an important mediator of diabetic nephropathy. We showed previously that short-term treatment with a neutralizing monoclonal anti-TGF-antibody (αT) in streptozotocin-diabetic mice prevents early changes of renal hypertrophy and increased matrix mRNA. To establish that overactivity of the renal TGF-system mediates the functional and structural changes of the more advanced stages of nephropathy, we tested whether chronic administration of αT prevents renal insufficiency and glomerulosclerosis in the db/db mouse, model of type 2 diabetes that develops overt nephropathy. Diabetic db/db mice and nondiabetic db/m littermates were treated intraperitoneally with α or control IgG, …


Reversal Of Rice Yield Decline In A Long-Term Continuous Cropping Experiment, Achim Dobermann, David Dawe, Reimund P. Roetter, Kenneth G. Cassman Jul 2000

Reversal Of Rice Yield Decline In A Long-Term Continuous Cropping Experiment, Achim Dobermann, David Dawe, Reimund P. Roetter, Kenneth G. Cassman

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

In a long-term continuous cropping experiment at Los Baños, Philippines, three rice (Oryza sativa L.) crops were grown each year with the goals of maximum annual grain production and high N use efficiency. Our objective was to identify the factors responsible for the restoration of yields occurring after 1991. From 1968 to 1991, grain yields declined at an annual rate of 1.4 to 2.0%. From 1991 to 1995, dry season (DS) yields in the highest N treatment increased to within 80 to 100% of the simulated yield potential; yields in the unfertilized control did not increase. Increased solar radiation, …


Carbon Nanotube-Based Nonvolatile Random Access Memory For Molecular Computing, Thomas Rueckes, Kyoungha Kim, Ernesto Joselevich, Greg Y. Tseng, Chin Li Cheung, Charles M. Lieber Jul 2000

Carbon Nanotube-Based Nonvolatile Random Access Memory For Molecular Computing, Thomas Rueckes, Kyoungha Kim, Ernesto Joselevich, Greg Y. Tseng, Chin Li Cheung, Charles M. Lieber

Barry Chin Li Cheung Publications

A concept for molecular electronics exploiting carbon nanotubes as both molecular device elements and molecular wires for reading and writing information was developed. Each device element is based on a suspended, crossed nanotube geometry that leads to bistable, electrostatically switchable ON/OFF states. The device elements are naturally addressable in large arrays by the carbon nanotube molecular wires making up the devices. These reversible, bistable device elements could be used to construct nonvolatile random access memory and logic function tables at an integration level approaching 1012 elements per square centimeter and an element operation frequency in excess of 100 gigahertz. The …


Ursinus Magazine, Spring / Summer 2000, Wendy Greenberg, Tisha Callery, Sally Widman, Jenepher Price Shillingford, Ellen Cosgrove, Erin Fitzgerald, Claire Furia, Joanna Doyle, Lori A. Olexa, Oana Nechita Jul 2000

Ursinus Magazine, Spring / Summer 2000, Wendy Greenberg, Tisha Callery, Sally Widman, Jenepher Price Shillingford, Ellen Cosgrove, Erin Fitzgerald, Claire Furia, Joanna Doyle, Lori A. Olexa, Oana Nechita

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art calendar • Ursinus among most wired colleges • Somebody out there likes us • Ursinus in the news • Field house progress • Davis Chair holder endorses inner spirit • Student report: The faces of Cape Town • Love's Labour's Lost: Two Shakespearean experts bid farewell • New faculty • Moving on: We send off the Class of 2000 • What a difference a year makes: A look at the Class of 1999 • Meet our newest alumni • Celebrating learning spaces: Ursinus' Nobel Laureate celebrates Pfahler completion • The Snell Symposium …


A Parent Handbook: How Parents Can Foster Learning To Enhance Formal Schooling, Janet M. Mckee Jul 2000

A Parent Handbook: How Parents Can Foster Learning To Enhance Formal Schooling, Janet M. Mckee

All Master's Theses

This project examined the role of fostering brain development before formal schooling begins.


Assets And The Poor: Evidence From Individual Development Accounts, Mark Schreiner, Michael Sherraden, Margaret Clancy, Lissa Johnson, Jami Curley, Min Zhan, Sondra Beverly, Michal Grinstein-Weiss Jul 2000

Assets And The Poor: Evidence From Individual Development Accounts, Mark Schreiner, Michael Sherraden, Margaret Clancy, Lissa Johnson, Jami Curley, Min Zhan, Sondra Beverly, Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Center for Social Development Research

Assets and the Poor: Evidence From Individual Development Accounts


Assets As A Measure Of Household Welfare In Developing Countries, David E. Sahn, David Stifel Jul 2000

Assets As A Measure Of Household Welfare In Developing Countries, David E. Sahn, David Stifel

Center for Social Development Research

This paper was commissioned for Inclusion in Asset Building: Research and Policy Symposium, an event hosted in September 2000 by the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis. The paper identifies and explores the use of an asset-based metric of welfare. The metric relies on assets data that are easy to collect and analyze. The authors demonstrate that the asset index functions well in identifying and profiling the poor, in targeting transfers, and even in estimating demand or production functions for outcomes that are useful for designing programs and policy.


Listening To African-American Students: An Exploratory Analysis Of Factors That Foster Academic Success, Julie Miller-Cribbs, Larry Davis, Stephanie Cronen, Sharon Johnson Jul 2000

Listening To African-American Students: An Exploratory Analysis Of Factors That Foster Academic Success, Julie Miller-Cribbs, Larry Davis, Stephanie Cronen, Sharon Johnson

Center for Social Development Research

This exploratory study assessed African-American freshman and sophomore students’ decisions to remain in school and their opinions regarding specific dropout prevention programs. Results indicated that students believed that school completion would prepare them for the future. the opinion of family members was consistently ranked as most important in supporting students' decisions to remain in school, and the primary barriers to completing school were related to family issues, academic problems and personal issues. Overall, students were most interested in intervention programs having to do with preparation for their futures—jobs and goals. The importance of tailoring education to meet the needs of …


Long-Term Pyrene Exposure Of Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes Pugio, Affects Molting And Reproduction Of Exposed Males And Offspring Of Exposed Females, Eva Oberdörster, Marius Brouwer, Thea Hoexum-Brouwer, Steve Manning, John A. Mclachlan Jul 2000

Long-Term Pyrene Exposure Of Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes Pugio, Affects Molting And Reproduction Of Exposed Males And Offspring Of Exposed Females, Eva Oberdörster, Marius Brouwer, Thea Hoexum-Brouwer, Steve Manning, John A. Mclachlan

Faculty Publications

The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of long-term pyrene exposure on molting and reproduction in the model estuarine invertebrate, the grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio). Grass shrimp were exposed to measured concentrations of 5.1, 15.0, and 63.4 ppb (mu g/L) pyrene for 6 weeks, during which time we determined molting and survivorship. At the end of the exposure, we immediately sacrificed some of the shrimp for biomarker (CYP1A and vitellin) analyses. The remaining shrimp were used to analyze fecundity and embryo survivorship during an additional 6 weeks after termination of pyrene exposure. Male shrimp at the highest …


Catalog 2000-2001, Saint Mary's College Of California Jul 2000

Catalog 2000-2001, Saint Mary's College Of California

Undergraduate Academic Catalog

No abstract provided.


Law And The Biology Of Rape: Reflections On Transitions, Owen D. Jones Jul 2000

Law And The Biology Of Rape: Reflections On Transitions, Owen D. Jones

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

This Article serves is a sequel to a previous Article: Sex, Culture, and the Biology of Rape: Toward Explanation and Prevention, 87 Cal. L. Rev. 827 (1999). Part I briefly considers the threshold question: why consider the behavioral biology of sexual aggression at all? Part II proposes that the first step in transitioning to a more accurate and more useful model of rape behavior is to avoid a number of common definitional ambiguities that plague most rape discussions. Because those ambiguities are particularly likely to foster misunderstandings about biobehavioral perspectives, Part II also clarifies the scope of what biobehavioral theories …


Doubts About Daubert: Psychiatric Anecdata As A Case Study, Christopher Slobogin Jul 2000

Doubts About Daubert: Psychiatric Anecdata As A Case Study, Christopher Slobogin

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

In Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc., the Supreme Court sensibly held that testimony purporting to be scientific is admissible only if it possesses sufficient indicia of scientific validity. In Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael, the Court more questionably held that opinion evidence based on "technical" and "specialized" knowledge must meet the same admissibility threshold as scientific testimony. This Article addresses the implications of these two decisions for opinion evidence presented by mental health professionals in criminal trials.


Effects Of Estradiol And Progesterone On Susceptibility And Early Immune Responses To Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection In The Female Reproductive Tract, Charu Kaushic, Fan Zhou, Andrew D. Murdin, Charles R. Wira Jul 2000

Effects Of Estradiol And Progesterone On Susceptibility And Early Immune Responses To Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection In The Female Reproductive Tract, Charu Kaushic, Fan Zhou, Andrew D. Murdin, Charles R. Wira

Dartmouth Scholarship

We have used a previously described rodent model to examine the influence of hormonal environment on susceptibility and immune responses to genital Chlamydia infection. Ovariectomized rats were administered estradiol, progesterone, or a combination of both, infected with Chlamydia trachomatis via the intrauterine route, and sacrificed 5 days later. Histopathological examination showed severe inflammation in the uteri and vaginae of progesterone-treated animals, whereas animals receiving estradiol or a combination of both hormones showed no inflammation. Large numbers of chlamydiae were found in vaginal secretions of progesterone-treated and combination-treated animals, while estradiol-treated animals had none. Tissue localization showed that numerous chlamydial inclusions …


Productive Engagement Of Older Adults: Effects On Well-Being, Nancy Morrow-Howell Jul 2000

Productive Engagement Of Older Adults: Effects On Well-Being, Nancy Morrow-Howell

Center for Social Development Research

Productive Engagement of Older Adults: Effects on Well-Being


Labor Markets, Rationality, And Workers With Disabilities, Michael Ashley Stein Jul 2000

Labor Markets, Rationality, And Workers With Disabilities, Michael Ashley Stein

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


2000-2002 Lsu Health Sciences Center Catalog/Bulletin, Office Of The Registrar Jul 2000

2000-2002 Lsu Health Sciences Center Catalog/Bulletin, Office Of The Registrar

Catalogs and Bulletins

No abstract provided.


Latino Police Officers: Negotiating The Police Role, Dawn M. Irlbeck Jul 2000

Latino Police Officers: Negotiating The Police Role, Dawn M. Irlbeck

Student Work

Tension and mistrust have characterized relations between the police and Latino communities. Civil rights leaders and community groups argue that increased employment of Latino police officers will improve the quality of police services, based on the assumption that Latino officers will be better able to relate to Latino community members and will not engage in discriminatory behavior. This assumption presupposes that Latinos are a relatively homogenous group, readily encompassed by clear ethnic boundaries and a shared sense of ethnic identity. In addition to presupposing a unidimensional “Latino” identity, it also presumes that Latino police officers share a common vision of …


A Police Probation Partnership: One City's Response To Serious Habitual Juvenile Offending, Kimberly D. Hassell Jul 2000

A Police Probation Partnership: One City's Response To Serious Habitual Juvenile Offending, Kimberly D. Hassell

Student Work

The purpose of this study is to explore a police/probation collaboration in a large Western police department. While many of these collaborative approaches to crime and disorder have been formed, there has been scant empirical research conducted on their effectiveness. As such, this study explores the implementation and impact of a formal collaboration on both the police and probation departments, the juveniles targeted by the collaboration and the local juvenile justice system. In addition, this thesis addresses whether police and probation departments can maintain coordinating relationships to equitably, efficiently and effectively control delinquency in one Western city. This study is …


Review Of Romancing The Universe: Theology, Science, And Cosmology By Jeffrey G. Sobosan, Jame Schaefer Jul 2000

Review Of Romancing The Universe: Theology, Science, And Cosmology By Jeffrey G. Sobosan, Jame Schaefer

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Ethics And The Accountants’ Code Of Conduct, Michael D. Akers, Don E. Giacomino Jul 2000

Ethics And The Accountants’ Code Of Conduct, Michael D. Akers, Don E. Giacomino

Accounting Faculty Research and Publications

Although the AICPA has established the Professional Code of Conduct to deal with the behavior of CPAs, research has also shown that an individual's behavior is affected by his or her personal values. While there has been considerable research of the ethical behavior of business professionals and business students, there has been limited research of the personal values of public accountants. This study was designed to examine the values and value types underlie the ethics of Big Six public accountants. A survey instrument, consisting of 56 values, developed and validated by Schwartz was administered to audit and tax professionals at …


David Chalmers, The Conscious Mind: In Search Of A Fundamental Theory, John Dupré Jul 2000

David Chalmers, The Conscious Mind: In Search Of A Fundamental Theory, John Dupré

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


The Purification And Characterization Of Threonine Dehydrogenase From Klebsiella Pneumoniae And Enterobacter Aerogenes, Laith Ali Jul 2000

The Purification And Characterization Of Threonine Dehydrogenase From Klebsiella Pneumoniae And Enterobacter Aerogenes, Laith Ali

Theses

Threonine dehydrogenase has been purified to apparent homogeneity from Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter aerogenes. Purification was achieved by sequential chromatography on DEAE ion exchange, Blue Sepharose affinity gel, and Toyopearl HW-55s gel filtration. The amino-terminus for the enzyme in both organisms has been sequenced and placed the enzyme from K. pneumoniae with a class of long chain alcohol dehydrogenase family. The subunit molecular mass was estimated as 38.8 kDa by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, while an apparent native molecular mass of 154 kDa was shown by gel filtration chromatography, suggesting a tetrameric structure. As for the enzyme from E. …


Mechanistic Characterization Of The Mitochondrial Type I Dna Topoisomerase And A Study Of Genes Containing Type I Dna Topoisomerase-Related Domains, Jaydee Dones Cabral Jul 2000

Mechanistic Characterization Of The Mitochondrial Type I Dna Topoisomerase And A Study Of Genes Containing Type I Dna Topoisomerase-Related Domains, Jaydee Dones Cabral

Theses and Dissertations in Biomedical Sciences

The mitochondrial type I DNA topoisomerase (mt-topo I) serves an important function in the mitochondrion by relaxing mtDNA supercoils to allow for replication of the mitochondrial genome as well as for gene expression. The mt-topo I's role in essential processes, such as replication and transcription, makes it an ideal candidate as a target for antitumor or antifungal drugs. To gain further insight into mt-topo I mechanism, a cleavage assay and drug inhibition studies were performed. As well, a search for the mt-topo I gene or genes containing type I topoisomerase-related domains was conducted. To characterize the mt-topo I mechanism, the …


Aku Newsletter : July 2000, Volume 1, Issue 3, Aga Khan University Jul 2000

Aku Newsletter : July 2000, Volume 1, Issue 3, Aga Khan University

The Aga Khan University Newsletters

No abstract provided.