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The Type 2 Iodothyronine Deiodinase Is Essential For Adaptive Thermogenesis In Brown Adipose Tissue, Lucia A. De Jesus, Suzy D. Carvalho, Mirian O. Ribeiro, Mark Schneider, Sung-Woo Kim, John W. Harney, P. Reed Larsen, Antonio C. Bianco

Dartmouth Scholarship

Type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase (D2) is a selenoenzyme, the product of the recently cloned cAMP-dependent Dio2 gene, which increases 10- to 50-fold during cold stress only in brown adipose tissue (BAT). Here we report that despite a normal plasma 3,5,3′-triiodothyronine (T3) concentration, cold-exposed mice with targeted disruption of the Dio2 gene (Dio2^–/–) become hypothermic due to impaired BAT thermogenesis and survive by compensatory shivering with consequent acute weight loss. This occurs despite normal basal mitochondrial uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) concentration. In Dio2^–/– brown adipocytes, the acute norepinephrine-, CL316,243-, or forskolin-induced increases in lipolysis, UCP1 mRNA, and …

Kiss And Tell: Making The Case For The Torious Transmission Of Herpes And Human Papillomavirus, Michele L. Mekel

Missouri Law Review

Recognizing theories of recovery for a tort committed an estimated six million times per year in the United States alone at an annual cost in excess of $4 billion is logical—if not imperative. Not all jurisdictions, however, recognize theories of recovery when the tort in question is the wrongful transmission of herpes and human papillomavirus (“HPV”), two of the most common, incurable sexually transmitted diseases (“STDs”) in America. Nevertheless, in Deuschle v. Jobe, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District of Missouri took a significant step by acknowledging an unmarried sexual partner’s right to bring negligence and intentional …

Medical Surfing, Latif A. Khan, Sarosh A. Khan

Saudi Medical Journal

The Internet has revolutionized information technology. Vast amounts of latest information are available on the Internet to medical professionals. Medical surfing is fast becoming part of a doctor9s profession. But the way to approach the Internet and retrieve useful information from myriads of medical websites seems a daunting task to many. This review aims to help the newcomer, the medical students and doctors in obtaining fruitful medical information while surfing. It will prevent them from the feeling of getting drowned in the ocean of medical information. As medical information is not restricted to books and journals, providing Internet addresses of …

The Diagnostic Value Of Seminal A-Glucosidase Enzyme Index For Sperm Motility And Fertilizing Capacity, Dawoud A. Yassa, Walid K. Idriss, Majed E. Atassi, Sambasiva K. Rao

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To find out the diagnostic value of seminal a-glucosidase enzyme index in the ejaculated semen samples of proven-fertility and primary infertility patients, for the sperm motility and fertilizing capacity. METHODS: The study which lasted approximately 2 years was carried out in the Andrology Department of the Arab Fertility Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Eighty-five healthy male patients (age 25-38 years) were admitted into the study. They were divided into 2 main groups as proven-fertility group and primary infertility group. Each group was again subdivided into 4 classes based on the sperm concentrations. The sperm motility assessment was carried …

Acute Renal Failure In An Intensive Care Unit, Hatem O. Qutub, Ibrahiem A. Saeed

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the clincal course and outcome of acute renal failure in an intensive care unit set-up. METHODS: All patients admitted to the intensive care until who developed acute renal failure were prospectively studied over a 3-year period from 1996 to 1999, at King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. They were investigated for the causes of their acute renal failure, given appropriate treatment and their course carefully documented until discharge from the intensive care unit. RESULTS: Forty-seven patients (29 male and 18 female) were studied. The majority were Saudis (81%). The age range …

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Of Normal Lumbar Intervertebral Discs, Maher T. Al-Hadidi, Darwish H. Badran, Azmy M. Al-Hadidi, Jamal H. Abu-Ghaida

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To study changes in midpoint lumbar disc heights in an asymptomatic Jordanian sample relative to age, sex, lumbar level and midvertebral heights. METHODS: A total of 153 asymptomatic patients (87 males, age range 20-65 years; mean 43±12.1 and 66 females, age range 22-68 years; mean 47±13.7) were selected during the study period. All underwent midsagittal magnetic resonance imaging to measure the midpoint disc height and midvertebral height of all lumbar spines. Values were statistically analyzed to obtain the significance of differences in the means of midpoint disc heights at different levels in every age group and among other age …

Transcript Of The Faculty Senate Meeting November 1, 2001, Elizabeth Kennedy

The University of Akron Faculty Senate Chronicle

Minutes of the regular meeting of The University of Akron Faculty Senate on November 1, 2001.

Faculty Senate Chronicle November 1, 2001, Heather M. Loughney

The University of Akron Faculty Senate Chronicle

Minutes for the regular meeting of The University of Akron Faculty Senate on November 1, 2001.

The Weekly Challenger, November 1, 2001, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The November 1, 2001, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Illinois State University Report, November 1, 2001, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Report (1966-2012)

Illinois State University bi-weekly employee newsletter.

University Of Dayton Senior Shot-Putter Chosen To Carry Torch For The 2002 Olympic Games, University Of Dayton

News Releases

News release announces that University of Dayton shot-putter Jodi Borges was chosen as a torchbearer for the Olympic games.

Les Commandes Bimanuelles, Réal Bourbonnière

Vulgarisation

À première vue, le choix et la conception d’un dispositif de commande bimanuelle peuvent paraître simples, mais comme pour la très grande majorité des solutions en matière de sécurité des machines, ils doivent reposer sur une analyse des risques telle que proposée par la norme ISO 14121.

Oncolog, Volume 46, Number 11/12, November-December 2001, Karen Stuyck, Kerry L. Wright

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues) Archives

• Multidisciplinary Team Helps Patients with Cancer Overcome Cognitive Problems
• Protocols: Studies Focus on Cognitive Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment
• House Call: Simple Steps Can Put Patients on the Road to Well-Being
• Highly Selective Synthetic Binding Agents Target Different DNA Conformations

We Must Defeat Terrorism, Try To Under Stand It., David R. Bowen

News Columns

Editorial columns by David R. Bowen, U.S. Representative from Mississippi (D)' 1973-1983.

Quantifying Smt Decoupling Capacitor Placement In Dc Power-Bus Design For Multilayer Pcbs, Jun Fan, James L. Drewniak, James L. Knighten, Norman W. Smith, Antonio Orlandi, Thomas Van Doren, Todd H. Hubing, Richard E. Dubroff

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Noise on a dc power-bus that results from device switching, as well as other potential mechanisms, is a primary source of many signal integrity (SI) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) problems. Surface mount technology (SMT) decoupling capacitors are commonly used to mitigate this power-bus noise. A critical design issue associated with this common practice in high-speed digital designs is placement of the capacitors with respect to the integrated circuits (ICs). Local decoupling, namely, placing SMT capacitors in proximity to ICs, is investigated in this study. Multilayer PCB designs that employ entire layers or area fills for power and ground in a …

Dc Power-Bus Modeling And Design With A Mixed-Potential Integral-Equation Formulation And Circuit Extraction, Jun Fan, James L. Drewniak, Hao Shi, James L. Knighten

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Application of a circuit extraction approach based on a mixed-potential integral equation formulation (CEMPIE) for dc power-bus modeling in high-speed digital designs is detailed herein. Agreement with measurements demonstrates the effectiveness of the approach. Dielectric losses are included into the calculation of Green's functions, and thus, incorporated into the rigorous first principles formulation. A SPICE model is then extracted from the discretized integral equation. A quasistatic approximation is used for Green's functions to keep the extracted circuit elements frequency independent. Previous work has established a necessary meshing criterion in order to ensure accuracy for a given substrate thickness and dielectric …

Search For Narrow Diphoton Resonances And For Γγ+W/Z Signatures In Pp̅ Collisions At √S=1.8 Tev, T. Affolder, Kenneth A. Bloom, Collider Detector At Fermilab Collaboration

Kenneth Bloom Publications

We present results of searches for diphoton resonances produced both inclusively and also in association with a vector boson (W or Z) using 100 pb^-1 of pp̅ collisions using the CDF detector. We set upper limits on the product of cross section times branching ratio for both pp̅→ γγ+X and pp̅→ γγ+ W/Z. Comparing the inclusive production to the expectations from heavy sgoldstinos we derive limits on the supersymmetrybreaking scale √F in the TeV range, depending on the sgoldstino mass and the choice of other parameters. Also, using a NLO prediction for the associated …

Nebline, November 2001

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Celebrate Family Connections!
Take Time to be Thankful
Hints for Fruit Storage
Harvesting Popcorn
Winter Care For Strawberry Plants
Aloes, Easy and Fun to Grow
Horticulture information center
Pine Cones For Decoration
Combing: a Safe, Non-Toxic Method of Lice Control
Celebrate America Recycles Day
Head Lice Resources Available from the Extension Office
Asthma and Indoor Air Contaminants
Extension Record-Keeping Workshop Receives Award
Year End Financial Analysis and Planning
Beware of Entrapment in Moving Grain
Winterize Equipment Before Storing
Storing Leftover Pesticides
Heavy Water Use May Harm Septic Systems
Reduce Orchard Woes
Beware of Wood Heating Dangers]
T-U-R-K-E-Y Tips
Healthy Eating: …

Imua Polenisia (2001-11) "Special Issue", Polynesian Cultural Center

Imua Polenisia

No abstract provided.

The Black Power Movement In Trinidad: An Exploration Of Gender And Cultural Changes And The Development Of A Feminist Consciousness, Victoria Pasley

Journal of International Women's Studies

In February 1970 the Black Power movement in Trinidad exploded as thousands of young people took to the streets in massive demonstrations that rocked the island. The government responded by arresting activists and ultimately declaring a state of emergency. At the same time a group of young army officers, sympathetic to the Black Power movement, mutinied. Prime Minister Eric Williams and the People’s National Movement (PNM) government emerged from the uprising, severely shaken but still with a firm grip on powers. Women played an active role in the demonstrations and within the activist groups that were a part of the …

Returns To Native Lands, Reclaiming The Other’S Language: Kincaid And Danticat, Gerise Herndon

Journal of International Women's Studies

No abstract provided.

Book Review: Mental Health Of Indian Women – A Feminist Agenda, G. Asha

Journal of International Women's Studies

Review of Mental Health of Indian Women – a Feminist Agenda by Bhargavi V. Davar

Of Artifical Intelligence And Legal Reasoning, Cass R. Sunstein

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

Can computers, or artificial intelligence, reason by analogy? This essay urges that they cannot, because they are unable to engage in the crucial task of identifying the normative principle that links or separates cases. Current claims, about the ability of artificial intelligence to reason analogically, rest on an inadequate picture of what legal reasoning actually is. For the most part, artificial intelligence now operates as a kind of advanced version of LEXIS, offering research assistance rather than analogical reasoning. But this is a claim about current technology, not about inevitable limitations of artificial intelligence; things might change in the future.

Pulitzer Prize Winner Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Will Read From Her New Book Nov 14, Kim Billings

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Meeting Notes 2001-11-01 [Part A] , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet November 2001, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The November 2001 Monthly packet includes the November agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held October 2001.

Discounting In The Long Term, Coleman Bazelon, Kent Smetters

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Variational Transition State Theory Evaluation Of The Rate Constant For Proton Transfer In A Polar Solvent, Robin P. Mcrae, Gregory K. Schenter, Bruce C. Garrett, Zoran Svetlicic, Donald G. Truhlar

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Variational transition state theory (VTST) is used to calculate rate constants for a model proton transfer reaction in a polar solvent. We start from an explicit description of the reacting solute in a solvent, and we model the effects of solvation on the reaction dynamics by a generalized Langevin equation (GLE) for the solute. In this description, the effects of solvation on the reaction energetics are included in the potential of mean force, and dynamical, or nonequilibrium, solvation is included by solvent friction. The GLE solvation dynamics are approximated by a collection of harmonic oscillators that are linearly coupled to …

Catholic Deaf Newsletter, November 2001

Catholic Deaf Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Harford, CT

Catholic Deaf Newsletter Finding Aid

Newsletter Catholic Deaf Of Detroit, November 2001

Newsletter Catholic Deaf of Detroit

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Detroit, MI

Newsletter Catholic Deaf of Detroit Finding Aid