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Turkish Journal of Biology

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Transcriptional Regulation Of The Human Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Gene: Transcriptional Program, Chromatin Structure, And Suppression By Interferons., Zhendong Ma

All ETDs from UAB

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Synthesis, Structure, And Biological Evaluation Of Three Series Of Novel 4-C-Hydroxymethyl Pentopyranosyl Nucleosides As Anticancer And Antiviral Agents., Aaron Michael Stemphoski

All ETDs from UAB

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Review And Interpretation: Nitrogen Management Strategies To Reduce Nitrate Leaching In Tile-Drained Midwestern Soils, Dana L. Dinnes, Douglas L. Karlen, Dan B. Jaynes, Thomas C. Kaspar, Jerry L. Hatfield, Thomas S. Colvin, Cynthia A. Cambardella

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Balancing the amount of N needed for optimum plant growth while minimizing the NO₃ that is transported to ground and surface waters remains a major challenge for everyone attempting to understand and improve agricultural nutrient use efficiency. Our objectives for this review are to examine how changes in agricultural management practices during the past century have affected N in Midwestern soils and to identify the types of research and management practices needed to reduce the potential for nonpoint NO₃ leakage into water resources. Inherent soil characteristics and management practices contributing to nonpoint NO₃ loss from Midwestern soils, …

Adult Attachment Disturbances In Panic Disorder : A Comparison With Social Phobia And Specific Phobia , Jesus A. Salas

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

The present study used attachment theory as a framework to explore the role of attachment related constructs as potential risk factors for panic disorder. A group of panic disordered participants were compared with a group of social phobics, a group of specific phobics (fearful flyers), and a group of nonclinical controls. The groups were compared on attachment dimensions, fear of emotions, fear of bodily changes, death attitudes, information processing style and self-efficacy. Results indicated that the panic disorder group and control group differed in a number ofways. Panic disordered participants evidenced higher levels of attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance than …

Chronological Age-Grading Of House Flies By Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Joel Perez-Mendoza, Floyd E. Dowell, Alberto B. Broce, James E. Throne, Robert A. Wirtz, Feng Xie, Jeffrey A. Fabrick, James E. Baker

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The sensitivity and accuracy of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) was compared with that of the pteridine fluorescence technique for estimating the chronological age of house flies, Musca domestica (L.). Although results with both techniques were significantly correlated with fly age, confidence limits on predicted ages generally were smaller with NIRS. Young flies could be readily differentiated from old flies by using NIRS. Age predictions using the pteridine method are dependent upon size, sex, and temperature at which adult flies are exposed. In contrast, those factors do not need to be determined for age-grading using NIRS. Classification accuracy using the NIRS method …

Gendered Shades Of Property: A Status Check On Gender, Race & Property, Laura M. Padilla

Faculty Scholarship

This article explores the relationship between gender, race and property.Women in the United States continue to be economically disadvantaged, and women of color are even more disadvantaged. This article will open with a review of laws, past and present, which have shaped women's rights to own, manage and transfer property. It will then provide a status check of where women, including women of color, stand in the United States relative to the rest of the population vis-a-vis income and other indicators of economic well-being. The article will then discuss why economic inequality persists, trotting out the usual reasons of discrimination …

Phylogenetic Analysis And Review Of Panacea And Batesia Butterflies (Nymphalidae), Ryan I. Hill, Carla M. Penz, P. J. Devries

College of the Pacific Faculty Articles

Phylogenetic analysis of 53 morphological characte rs for five species of Panacea and Batesia hypochlora supports the separation of the two genera and showed that the monotypic genus Batesia is basal to Panacea. Male genitalia were Ilniform within Panacea and characters inir)f)llative for phylogeny reconstruction were restricted to wing coloration. Illustrations of adults and genitalia, a brief diagnosis, and distributions are provided le)r each species.

The Long-Term Effects Of Study Abroad Experiences On Career, Educational, And Travel Choices, Catherine A. Fagan

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Thousands of U.S. students travel to other countries each year to participate in study programs offered either by their home or the target country institutions. This study explores the effects that these study abroad experiences have on decisions that returning students make with regard to their future educational goals, career choices, and further foreign travel.

Using the alumni database of Cultural Experiences Abroad, a student travel organization, data were gathered from 185 primarily undergraduate students who spent from two weeks to one year as participants in a study abroad program. The students were from various geographic locations in the United …

Pakej Pembelajaran Tajwid Al-Quran (Modul 1) / Khornelia Ramli, Ramli Khornelia

Student Works (2000-2009)

Tajwid al-Quran Modul 1 merupakan pakej pembelajaran ilmu tajwid secara multimedia yang dibangunkan untuk kegunaan golongan dewasa. Tujuan pakej ini diwujudkan adalah untuk menyed1akan alternatif kepada pengguna mempelajari asas ilmu tajwid dalam persekitaran yang interaktif, menarik dan mudah difahami. Di samping itu, pengguna boleh menilai tahap kefahaman mereka tentang ilmu tajwid dengan cuba menJawab kuiz dan teka silangkata yang disediakan. Pakej ini memfokus kepada topik cara-cara menyebut huruf-huruf arab dan hukum-hukum mad. Objektif projek adalah untuk membantu menarik minat dan meningkatkan lagi kefahaman pengguna dalam mempelajari ilmu tajwid dengan mewujudkan suasana pembelajaran yang lnteraktif, menarik dan mudah difahami, menyediakan suatu …

The Human Skeletal Multimedia System / Norhayati Suzari, Suzari Norhayati

Student Works (2000-2009)

This project named The Human Skeletal Multimedia System, is a medical web site that applying virtual reality in it presentation. This is an effort to integrate between medicine mystery and computing technology. Within this web site users will be able to explore beneath human muscular and skin, which is human skeletal system. This educational revealing knowledge will be delivered by multimedia interactive elements such as 30 graphics, animation and sounds. As to ensure that this project will fulfill users need to the fullest I have made a literal observation on the current web sites together with interview sessions with target …

Ensiklopedia: The Body System / Aizan Fareena Muhamad, Muhamad Aizan Fareena

Student Works (2000-2009)

Ledakan teknologi maklumat yang semakin pesat telah mengubah cara manusia berfikir dan melakukan kerja. Bidang pendidikan juga tidak terkecuali daripada menerima perubahan tersebut. Kewujudan teknologi maklumat dalam bidang pendidikan telah mengubah cara pembelajaran dan maklumat disampaikan kepada guru dan para pelajar. Lebih banyak perisian pembelajaran dan juga ensiklopedia yang menarik serta berinteraktif telah dibangunkan dengan menggunakan teknologi multimedia yang terkini. Dengan wujudnya maklumat yang melimpah ruah pada abad ini telah membolehkan pelajar untuk meneroka dan menjelajah pengetahuan dengan cara mereka yang tersendiri. Mereka lebih bebas untuk mempelajari dan memperoleh pengetahuan mengena i perkara yang diminati oleh mereka. Sumber maklumat yang …

Effects Of A Methanol Extract Of Eurycoma Longifolia On The Uptake And Release Of Dopamine In Rat Brain Synaptosomes / Lai Lee Ning, Lee Ning Lai

Student Works (2000-2009)

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Lecturing Materials Generating Tools (Lmagtool): Tools To Support Notes Generating Task / Law Yong Sein, Yong Sein Law

Student Works (2000-2009)

Education is always a concern of everyone, especially educator like teachers, lecturers and tutors. To ensure their students learn more efficiently, they need a set of good teaching materials. Learning Material Generating Tool (LMaGTool) is a tool that provides various features to help them produce better teaching materials in shorter time. This tool is designed to operate under Microsoft Office applications environment, which is their familiar environment. Teaching programming language is more efficient with materials generated by LMaGTool. Codes can be displayed highlighted, and focused block-by-block, line-byline or word-by-word. A code simulator will help student to understand the code execution …

Interactive Biology Learning System (Ibls) / Vija Kumar Ganapathy Pillay, Ganapathy Pillay Vija Kumar

Student Works (2000-2009)

Interactive Biology Learning System (IBLS) is a web-based learning-teaching system for upper secondary school level specifically to students who are taking the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE). Secondary school students and teachers are the target of this system. It can be a teaching tool or as a self-learning program. The strenght if IBLS is that it provides lessons to educate users on the meaning of biology specifying on the topics namely Life Processes, Green Plants, Human as an Organism, Varition, Inheritance and Evolution. There are tutorials that test the student’s and worksheets that canbe downloaded for further practice. Games …

Sistem Jadual Waktu Elektronik / Mohd Nizam Mohd Noh, Mohd Noh Mohd Nizam

Student Works (2000-2009)

Projek llmiah Tahap Akhir II (WXES3182) ini merupakan salah satu keperluan kursus yang perlu diambil sebelum seseorang pelajar Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains Komputer itu bergelar graduan unversiti. Bagi tujuan itu saya telah membuat keputusan membina suatu sistem pentadbiran jadual waktu untuk FakuJti Sains Komputer & Teknologi Maklumat dan sistem ini saya namakan sebagai Sistem Jadual Waktu Elektronik (SJWE). SJWE ini dibangunkan oleh dua orang dan setiap orang membuat domain yang berlainan. Rakan saya Mohd. Sirhan Shabrani Bin Mt. Salleh membuat bahagian pentadbiran jadual waktu (Administration) di mana bahagian ini meliputi kerja-kerja yang perlu mempertimbangkan proses-proses yang perlu dijalankan sebelmn suatu …

Structure And Function Analysis Of Par-4, Nadia M. El-Guendy

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

Par-4 is a leucine zipper domain protein that induces apoptosis on its own in certain cancer cells and in Ras-transformed cells, but not in normal or immortalized cells. Par-4 induces apoptosis by activation of the Fas death receptor pathway and co-parallel inhibition of NF-B transcription activity. Cells that are resistant to apoptosis by Par-4 alone, however, are greatly sensitized by Par-4 to the action of other pro-apoptotic insults such as growth factor withdrawal, TNF, ionizing radiation, intracellular calcium elevation, or those involved in neuronal degeneration such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's and Stroke. Previous studies have suggested that the apoptosis-sensitization potential …

2002-2003 Lynn University Academic Catalog, Lynn University

Academic Catalogs

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Creation Of A Bacterial Mutagenicity Assay Highly Sensitive To Dialkylnitrosamines, Matthew Troy Cooper

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

Although dialkylnitrosamines are environmentally significant carcinogens, the use of short-term bioassays to assess the mutagenic potential of these compounds remains problematic. The Ames test, a mutagenicity assay based on the reversion of Salmonella typhimurium histidine auxotrophs, is the most widely used bioassay in genetic toxicology, but the traditional Ames tester strains are largely insensitive to dialkylnitrosamine mutagenicity. I have constructed several mutagenicity tester strains that co-express combinations of full-length human cytochrome P450 2E1, rat cytochrome P450 reductase, and human cytochrome b5 in S. typhimurium lacking ogt and ada methyltransferases (YG7104ER, ogt-; and YG7108ER, ogt-, ada-). These new strains are susceptible …

Roles Of The Jak Pathway In Follicular Patterning In Drosophila, Rongwen Xi

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

The JAK-STAT pathway is an intracellular signaling pathway that is found to have crucial roles in hematopoiesis, immune response and the development of many other tissues in mammals. The pathway is conserved in Drosophila melanogaster, and is much simpler: there is only one Drosophila JAK (Hopscotch, Hop) and STAT (STAT92E) respectively, while there are at least 4 JAKs and 7 STATs in mammals. The pathway has been intensively studied in Drosophila, and has been implicated in many tissue development and cellular processes. In this work, I present several roles of JAK signaling in oogenesis.First, JAK signaling is required for cell …

Lsu General Catalog 2002-2003, Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College

LSU General Catalog

The LSU General Catalog describes all undergraduate and graduate departments and programs with degree requirements and courses offered for each one. The General Catalog includes information on registration and financial aid as well as academic services offered to all students.

The Rules Of Inference, Lee Epstein, Gary King

University of Chicago Law Review

Although the term "empirical research" has become commonplace in legal scholarship over the past two decades, law professors have in fact been conducting research that is empirical--that is, learning about the world using quantitative data or qualitative information--for almost as long as they have been conducting research. For just as long, however, they appear to have been proceeding with little awareness of, much less compliance with, many of the rules of inference, and without paying heed to the key lessons of the revolution in empirical analysis that has been taking place over the last century in other disciplines. The tradition …

Drawing The Line In Regulatory Takings Law: How A Benefits Fraction Supports The Fee Simple Approach To The Denominator Problem, Benjamin Allee

Fordham Law Review

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Not Quite A Family: The Second Circuit Decides Against Recognizing Procedural Due Process Rights For A Pre-Adoptive Foster Family In Rodriguez V. Mcloughlin, Katherine S. Wilson

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Large-Scale Multi-Agent System For Navy Personnel Distribution, L. Mccauley, S. Franklin

CCRG Papers

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Prevalence Of Multidrug Resistant Shigella Isolated In Malaysia, Kwai Lin Thong, C.H. Hoe, Y.T. Koh, R.M. Yasin

Research Publications (2000 to 2005)

Shigellosis, a disease caused by Shigella spp., is endemic in Malaysia. Its low infective dose and ease of spread through person-to-person transmission by the faecal-oral route make this infection difficult to control in outbreak situations. Antimicrobial therapy is recommended for shigellosis because it can shorten the severity and duration of illness, reduce shedding of the organism, and prevent secondary complications and deaths. However, due to the global emergence of drug resistance, the choices of antimicrobial agents for empiric therapy for shigellosis are now limited. Although antimicrobial resistance of Shigella spp. is well-documented in many countries (2-4), there is a lack …

Medical, Social And Legal Implications Of Treating Nausea And Vomiting Of Pregnancy, Robert L. Brent

The Selected Works of Robert Brent

This article will deal with medical, social, and legal implications of treating nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP). Clinical problems occur when the symptoms become exaggerated and result in debilitation, dehydration, and hospitalization. The treatment of NVP in its early stages has the implication that it will prevent the more serious complications, including hospitalization. Therapeutic modalities discussed in this conference that have been used or are being tested are primarily symptomatic treatments (antihistamines, Bendectin (Merrell Dow; Cincinatti, Ohio), phenothiazines, hyponosis, accupressure, relaxation behavioral modification, audiogenic feedback training, newer medications, diet, and nutritional support). Bendectin is probably the most studied medication …

Technology Knowledge And Use: A Survey Of Science Educators, A. Louis Odom, John Settlage, Jon E. Pedersen

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to determine the current state of technology use and know-how among members of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science. A web-based survey site and an e-mail merge invited members to participate in the study. The survey examined the differences between current and desired levels of knowledge about using technology as an instructional tool, to support research, to enhance productivity in classroom applications, and to enhance data collection and analysis. Large mean differences about using technology as an instructional tool were found, including: (1) teaching students at a distance, (2) database applications, …

Collaborating To Study Science Teaching: A Case Study, Frank E. Crawley, Jon E. Pedersen

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to form a science teacher and graduate-student researcher team in which its members engaged in a study of science teaching, and to examine the progress of the team's work through the creation of a case study. A graduate student and science teacher team was formed in one high school, and used collaborative action research methods to investigate students' learning in a general education biology course. As well, the action research project was used to examine the attempt of the research team (graduate student and teacher) to change instructional patterns in the teacher's classroom. Records …

Beach Crawl Width As A Predictive Indicator Of Carapace Length In Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta Caretta)., Dawn M. Miller

HCNSO Student Theses and Dissertations

Carapace lengths and widths of nesting loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) were measured at Pompano Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida to determine if plastron and/or track crawl widths were predictive of carapace size. Straight and curved carapace measurements were taken.

Plastron and track crawl width were measured at four points on each crawl: 1) emerging at the tide line; 2) mid-way to the nest; 3) mid-way returning to the surf; and 4) at the tide line returning to the surf. All four measurements were significantly different from each other (P < 0.005) along each crawl. Crawl width was the most variable factor in all comparisons.

Maximum straight carapace length correlated with emergent track …