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John Hare, The Moral Gap, Eileen Sweeney Apr 2000

John Hare, The Moral Gap, Eileen Sweeney

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

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Multivariate Analysis Of Risk Factors Associated With Genital Ulcer Disease Among Incarcerated Males In Sindh, S Akhtar, S P. Luby, M H. Rahbar Apr 2000

Multivariate Analysis Of Risk Factors Associated With Genital Ulcer Disease Among Incarcerated Males In Sindh, S Akhtar, S P. Luby, M H. Rahbar

Community Health Sciences

Objective: To evaluate the potential risk behaviors associated with the lifetime risk of self reported genital ulcer disease (GUD) among prison inmates.SETTING: Prison inmates from 14 prisons of Sindh Province.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 3395 prison inmates during July to December, 1994. A questionnaire was used to assess the lifetime risk of self-reported GUD (whether or not the subject was ever affected with GUD up to present age) and to investigate demographic markers and risk behaviors for their possible association with lifetime risk of GUD using logistic regression analysis.Results: The reported lifetime risk of GUD in the study …

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Introduction, Alan Heinrich, Karl Manheim, David J. Steele Apr 2000

Introduction, Alan Heinrich, Karl Manheim, David J. Steele

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

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Membrane Cholesterol Content Modulates Activation Of Volume-Regulated Anion Current In Bovine Endothelial Cells., I Levitan, A E Christian, T N Tulenko, G H Rothblat Apr 2000

Membrane Cholesterol Content Modulates Activation Of Volume-Regulated Anion Current In Bovine Endothelial Cells., I Levitan, A E Christian, T N Tulenko, G H Rothblat

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty Papers

Activation of volume-regulated anion current (VRAC) plays a key role in the maintenance of cellular volume homeostasis. The mechanisms, however, that regulate VRAC activity are not fully understood. We have examined whether VRAC activation is modulated by the cholesterol content of the membrane bilayer. The cholesterol content of bovine aortic endothelial cells was increased by two independent methods: (a) exposure to a methyl-beta-cyclodextrin saturated with cholesterol, or (b) exposure to cholesterol-enriched lipid dispersions. Enrichment of bovine aortic endothelial cells with cholesterol resulted in a suppression of VRAC activation in response to a mild osmotic gradient, but not to a strong …

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Geist, Vol. Ii, Spring 2000, San Jose State University Apr 2000

Geist, Vol. Ii, Spring 2000, San Jose State University

Geist

GEIST is an academic journal sponsored by The Symposium, SJSU Philosophy Club, in cooperation with the Department of Philosophy at SJSU. The journal is focused on publishing philosophical papers by undergraduate and graduate students from both SJSU and the greater academic community.

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Development Of Organoiron Methodology For Preparation Of The Polyene Natural Product Macrolactin A, Heiko Bärmann, Vadapalli Prahlad, Chunlin Tao, Young K. Yun, Zhi Wang, William A. Donaldson Apr 2000

Development Of Organoiron Methodology For Preparation Of The Polyene Natural Product Macrolactin A, Heiko Bärmann, Vadapalli Prahlad, Chunlin Tao, Young K. Yun, Zhi Wang, William A. Donaldson

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

Methodology for the synthesis of the C7–C13 segment (19) and C14–C24 segment (41) of macrolactin A have been developed. Dicarbonyl(methyl 7-nitro-2E,4Z-heptadienoate)triphenylphosphineiron (19) is prepared by nucleophilic addition to a (1-methoxycarbonylpentadienyl)iron cation. The C23 stereocenter of 41 is established by introduction of a C20 stereocenter, chirality transfer from C20 to C23 followed by (diene)iron mediated selective ionic reduction of the C20 hydroxyl. The C15 stereocenter may be established by nitrile oxide–olefin cyclocondensation.

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Cytokines And The Anorexia Of Infection: Potential Mechanisms And Treatments, Donna O. Mccarthy Apr 2000

Cytokines And The Anorexia Of Infection: Potential Mechanisms And Treatments, Donna O. Mccarthy

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Anorexia during infection is thought to be mediated by immunoregulatory cytokines such as interleukins 1 and 6 and tumor necrosis factor. This article reviews the potential mechanisms of action by which these cytokines are thought to suppress food intake during infection and examines the proposition that blocking of cytokine activity might be one approach to improving food intake of the infected host.

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Molecular Taxonomy Of The Lichen Genus Heterodermia, Linda Hirschberger Apr 2000

Molecular Taxonomy Of The Lichen Genus Heterodermia, Linda Hirschberger

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

Heterodermia is lichen consisting of a fungus and algae. Morphology and chemistry cannot provide definitive evidence for the identity of Heterodermia because various species have very similar morphologies that cannot always be distinguished. Other species only differ by the presence or absence of secondary chemicals detected. by specific chemical tests, which makes distinguishing between two species difficult. The objective of this project is to use Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms (RFLPs) to determine how closely related each Heterodermia species is to one another. RFLPs will also be used to determine how closely related a species is to its equal in another …

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The Hp1 Protein Family: Getting A Grip On Chromatin, J Eissenberg, Sarah C.R. Elgin Apr 2000

The Hp1 Protein Family: Getting A Grip On Chromatin, J Eissenberg, Sarah C.R. Elgin

Biology Faculty Research

HP1 was first described in Drosophila as a heterochromatin-associated protein with dosage-dependent effects on heterochromatin-induced gene silencing. Recently, membership of the HP1 protein family has expanded tremendously. A number of intriguing interactions between HP1 and other proteins have been described, implicating HP1 in gene regulation, DNA replication, and nuclear architecture.

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Honors Program Newsletter, Spring 2000, Illinois State University, Honors Program Apr 2000

Honors Program Newsletter, Spring 2000, Illinois State University, Honors Program

Honors Program Newsletter

Honors Program Newsletter

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Research Into The Relationships Among Multicultural Training, Racial And Gender Identity Attitudes And Multicultural Competencies For Counselors, Debbie Koeltzow Apr 2000

Research Into The Relationships Among Multicultural Training, Racial And Gender Identity Attitudes And Multicultural Competencies For Counselors, Debbie Koeltzow

Dissertations

This study explored the relationships among multicultural training, racial identity attitudes, gender identity attitudes, and multicultural competencies in counseling trainees. Two principal research hypotheses were generated. The first generally stated hypothesis was that racial identity and gender identity represent parallel processes for those whose racial and gender identities share a cultural status (minority-minority or majority-majority) and are independent processes for those whose identities do not share a cultural status (minority-majority). The second generally stated hypothesis was that multicultural training predicts racial identity attitudes, gender identity attitudes, and multicultural competencies, and that both racial and gender identity attitudes predict multicultural competencies. …

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Divalent Metal Binding Properties Of The Methionyl Aminopeptidase From Escherichia Coli, Ventris M. D'Souza, Brian Bennett, Alicja J. Copik, Richard C. Holz Apr 2000

Divalent Metal Binding Properties Of The Methionyl Aminopeptidase From Escherichia Coli, Ventris M. D'Souza, Brian Bennett, Alicja J. Copik, Richard C. Holz

Physics Faculty Research and Publications

The metal-binding properties of the methionyl aminopeptidase from Escherichia coli (MetAP) were investigated. Measurements of catalytic activity as a function of added Co(II) and Fe(II) revealed that maximal enzymatic activity is observed after the addition of only 1 equiv of divalent metal ion. Based on these studies, metal binding constants for the first metal binding event were found to be 0.3 ± 0.2 μM and 0.2 ± 0.2 μM for Co(II)- and Fe(II)-substituted MetAP, respectively. Binding of excess metal ions (>50 equiv) resulted in the loss of ∼50% of the catalytic activity. Electronic absorption spectral titration of a 1 …

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A Longitudinal Assessment Of Temperament In Octopus Bimaculoides, David Loyd Sinn Apr 2000

A Longitudinal Assessment Of Temperament In Octopus Bimaculoides, David Loyd Sinn

Dissertations and Theses

Cephalopods, including Octopus spp., are highly intelligent molluscs that play major roles in many marine food webs, both as top-level feeders (Ambrose, 1984) as well as by constituting a major source of protein for the animals above them (Lang, Hochberg, Ambrose, & Engle, 1997). They also are fascinating organisms for behavioral studies, with elaborate repertoires of behavior based on plasticity and learning (Wells, 1962a; 1962b; 1978) which in complexity rivals that of the vertebrates. The study of individual differences in behavior is a facet of behavioral research that has recently gained attention in the literature (Gosling & John, 1999). Traditionally, …

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On Listening To The Kulturkampf, Or, How America Overruled Bowers V. Hardwick, Even Though Romer V. Evans Didn’T, Jay Michaelson Apr 2000

On Listening To The Kulturkampf, Or, How America Overruled Bowers V. Hardwick, Even Though Romer V. Evans Didn’T, Jay Michaelson

Duke Law Journal

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Effects Of Peeling Methods On The Quality Of Ready-To-Use Carrot Slices, Catherine Barry-Ryan, David O'Beirne Apr 2000

Effects Of Peeling Methods On The Quality Of Ready-To-Use Carrot Slices, Catherine Barry-Ryan, David O'Beirne

Articles

The effects of methods used for peeling and physiological age (over-wintering) on the quality and storage life of carrot disks packaged in modified atmosphere were examined. Commercial mechanical abrasion peeling using fine or coarse carborundum plates, was compared with carrots peeled by hand, before slicing into disks. Slices which had been peeled by abrasion had higher respiration rates, greater microbial contamination and growth rates, higher pH values, higher rates of weight loss and shorter microbiological shelf-lives than those which had been hand peeled. These results reflected the higher quality of the manually peeled carrots. Micrographs of the peeled surfaces confirmed …

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Adolescent Perceptions Of Parent-Adolescent Communication And Adolescent Pregnancy, Susan L. Tohm Lloyd Phd, Ms, Rn Apr 2000

Adolescent Perceptions Of Parent-Adolescent Communication And Adolescent Pregnancy, Susan L. Tohm Lloyd Phd, Ms, Rn

Dissertations

Identification of adolescent perceptions of parent-adolescent communication, a significant factor in family functioning and connectedness, is important if effective interventions are to be provided by health care professionals related to decreasing the number as well as the adverse effects of adolescent pregnancy in the United States. The purpose of this descriptive, non-experimental, triangulated study was to examine the relationship between the perceived quality and effectiveness of parent-adolescent communication and pregnancy from the perspective of pregnant adolescent women in the Banning/Beaumont area of southern California. The theoretical framework for this study was based on adolescent and family developmental theories, family communication …

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University Of San Diego Swimming & Diving Media Guide 1999-2000, University Of San Diego Athletics Department Apr 2000

University Of San Diego Swimming & Diving Media Guide 1999-2000, University Of San Diego Athletics Department

Swimming & Diving (Women)

16 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21.5 x 28 cm

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Advocate 2000 Volume 17 Number 1, Office Of Development And Alumni Affairs, Usd School Of Law Apr 2000

Advocate 2000 Volume 17 Number 1, Office Of Development And Alumni Affairs, Usd School Of Law

Advocate

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Millipedes, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe Apr 2000

Millipedes, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe

All Current Publications

Millipedes are related to trilobites, spiders and ticks, sowbugs, and crayfish, centipedes, and insects. Each group represents a different class of arthropods. Millipedes or "thousandlegged worms" include over 800 species of the class Diplopoda in North America.

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African-American And White Female Homicide Offenders: Women Who Kill Intimate Partners Versus Non-Intimate Partners In Chicago Between 1980-1995, Shauntey James Apr 2000

African-American And White Female Homicide Offenders: Women Who Kill Intimate Partners Versus Non-Intimate Partners In Chicago Between 1980-1995, Shauntey James

Dissertations

The research that examines female homicide offenders goes little further than investigating whether or not offenders were previously victimized by those whom they kill. This research project is designed to contribute to this extant body of literature and theory in two ways. The first is to add and provide a comprehensive picture of African-American and white female homicide offenders in intimate versus non-intimate relationships in homicidal events. The second manner of contribution lies in the testing of a creative and integrative theoretical model. This model addresses race, underclass context, alcohol use, social disorganization and prior arrest record of female homicide …

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Molecular And Biological Characterization Of A Tanapox Virus Tnf-Binding Protein And The Complete Nucleotide Sequence Of The Psti-J Genomic Fragment, Mini Paulose-Murphy Apr 2000

Molecular And Biological Characterization Of A Tanapox Virus Tnf-Binding Protein And The Complete Nucleotide Sequence Of The Psti-J Genomic Fragment, Mini Paulose-Murphy

Dissertations

Most of the poxvirus encoded virulence factors have been identified as proteins that are secreted from infected host cells. Some of these secretory proteins impede host immune defenses. We have previously demonstrated that tanapox virus (TPV) infected cells secrete a 38 kDa glycopeptide that binds to human (h) interferon-γ, h-interleukin (IL)-2, and hIL-5. We now show an additional activity in the supernatant from TPV infected cells that down-regulates the expression of tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-α) induced cell adhesion molecule gene expression. This activity was not detected in mock infected cells. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) on primary human endothelial cells, …

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Diffusion Problems In Wound Healing And A Scattering Approach To Immune System Interactions, Julia Suzanne Arnold Apr 2000

Diffusion Problems In Wound Healing And A Scattering Approach To Immune System Interactions, Julia Suzanne Arnold

Mathematics & Statistics Theses & Dissertations

A theoretical model for the existence of a Critical Size Defect (CSD) in certain animals is the focus of the majority of this dissertation. Adam [1] recently developed a one-dimensional model of this phenomenon, and chapters I–V address the exist the CSD in a two-dimensional model and a three-dimensional model. The two dimensional (or 1-d circular) model is the more appropriate for a study of CSD's. In that model we assume a circular wound of uniform depth and develop a time-independent form of the diffusion equation relevant to the study of the CSD phenomenon. It transpires that the range of …

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Meaning In Sexual Behavior: Associating Personal Constructs With Condom Use, David W. Indest Apr 2000

Meaning In Sexual Behavior: Associating Personal Constructs With Condom Use, David W. Indest

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

Thirty-seven female and 30 male heterosexual undergraduates responded first to vignettes of sexual behavior in which they were asked to describe the partners' behaviors using their own personal constructs and using the researcher-provided constructs safe sex, unsafe sex, intimate, and impersonal; participants then responded to questions about condom use. Sixty-one percent of participants reported using condoms at least 75% of the time, and 64% reported use on last intercourse. Women reported a higher percentage of intercourse without condoms than did men. Within-subject principal components analysis was used to identify the extent to which an individual's personal constructs loaded …

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Characterization Of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus 1 Reverse Transcriptase, Pinky Gundayao Agbuya Apr 2000

Characterization Of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus 1 Reverse Transcriptase, Pinky Gundayao Agbuya

Theses and Dissertations in Biomedical Sciences

Human T-cell leukemia virus 1 (HTLV-1) is a type C human retrovirus which has been the causative agent of Adult T-cell leukemia. Replication of the retrovirus; requires a reverse transcriptase which converts the retroviral RNA into DNA which is later incorporated into the host's genome. Very little is known about the reverse transcriptase of HTLV-1. Researchers have attempted to purify HTLV-1 RT by isolating the enzyme from human cell lines. Because large amounts of protein could not be produced by this isolation method, the reverse transcriptase cannot be fully characterized. In this research, a recombinant protein expressed in E. coli …

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The Bates Student - Volume 129 Number 19 - March 31, 2000, Bates College Mar 2000

The Bates Student - Volume 129 Number 19 - March 31, 2000, Bates College

The Bates Student

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Reporter - March 31st 2000, Rit Reporter Staff Mar 2000

Reporter - March 31st 2000, Rit Reporter Staff

University Publications

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The Murray State News, March 31, 2000, The Murray State News Mar 2000

The Murray State News, March 31, 2000, The Murray State News

Murray State University Collection

No abstract provided.

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The Tiger Vol. 93 Issue 19 2000-03-31, Clemson University Mar 2000

The Tiger Vol. 93 Issue 19 2000-03-31, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

No abstract provided.

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Daily Eastern News: March 31, 2000, Eastern Illinois University Mar 2000

Daily Eastern News: March 31, 2000, Eastern Illinois University

March

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The New Hampshire, Vol. 89 [90], No. 44 (Mar. 31, 2000), The New Hampshire Mar 2000

The New Hampshire, Vol. 89 [90], No. 44 (Mar. 31, 2000), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 89, but it is the 90th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

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