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Supplement To Historical Profile For The Economy And Demographics Of Hardee County, 1990-2000 : Prepared By Center For Economic Development Research, College Of Business Administration, University Of South Florida, University Of South Florida. Center For Economic Development Research

College of Business Publications

No abstract provided.

Evidence That Acetyl Phosphate Functions As A Global Signal During Biofilm Development, Alan J. Wolfe, Dong Eun Chang, Jason D. Walker, Jeanine E. Seitz-Partridge, Michael D. Vidaurri, Charles F. Lange, Birgit M. Prüß, Margaret C. Henk, John C. Larkin, Tyrrell Conway

Faculty Publications

We used DNA macroarray analysis to identify genes that respond to the status of the intracellular acetyl phosphate (acP) pool. Genes whose expression correlated negatively with the ability to synthesize acP (i.e. negatively regulated genes) function primarily in flagella biosynthesis, a result consistent with observations that we published previously (Prüß and Wolfe, 1994, Mol Microbiol 12: 973-984). In contrast, genes whose expression correlated positively with the ability to synthesize acP (i.e. positively regulated genes) include those for type 1 pilus assembly, colanic acid (capsule) biosynthesis and certain stress effectors. To our knowledge, this constitutes the first report that these genes …

Hdl-Associated Estradiol Stimulates Endothelial No Synthase And Vasodilation In An Sr-Bi–Dependent Manner, Ming Gong, Melinda E. Wilson, Thomas Kelly, Wen Su, James Dressman, Jeanie Kincer, Sergey V. Matveev, Ling Guo, Theresa Guerin, Xiang-An Li, Weifei Zhu, Annette M. Uittenbogaard, Eric J. Smart

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death in the United States. Two factors associated with a decreased risk of developing cardiovascular disease are elevated HDL levels and sex — specifically, a decreased risk is found in premenopausal women. HDL and estrogen stimulate eNOS and the production of nitric oxide, which has numerous protective effects in the vascular system including vasodilation, antiadhesion, and anti-inflammatory effects. We tested the hypothesis that HDL binds to its receptor, scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI), and delivers estrogen to eNOS, thereby stimulating the enzyme. HDL isolated from women stimulated eNOS, whereas HDL isolated …

Age, Sex, And Socioeconomic Status: Related Factors In Motivations For Exercise, David G. Rochholz

Theses and Dissertations

The purposes of this study were (a) to determine if age, sex, and socioeconomic status were related factors in motivations for exercise in adults who participated in planned regular physical activity/exercise (b) to ascertain the differences in motivations/reasons given for participating in planned regular physical activity/exercise, during leisure time, between the regular exerciser and the non-regular exerciser, and (c) to gather demographic data pertinent to adult males and adult females who engage in planned regular physical activity/exercise, during their leisure time, and those who do not. A sample of 692 adults who identified themselves as regular exercisers (87.4%) or nonregular …

Effect Of Itraconazole Therapy In Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis, Raj Kumar, Pranav Singh, Rajan Arora, Shailendra N. Gaur

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Prevalence Of Hepatitis B Carrier State In Khorassan Province Of Iran, Ahmadshah Farhat, Gholamreza Khademi, Shahriar J. Mazouman

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Nebline, May 2003

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Grasshoppers Thrive in Drought Conditions
Grasshopper Identification
Reducing Energy Bills for Irrigation
2003 Pesticide Container Recycling Dates
Latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map
Buffalograss - The Other Green Grass
Careful Spraying is a Key to Preventing Foliage Damage
Squirrels Cause Spring Frustration
Weather & Climate Information on the Web
Weed Control Essential for New Seedlings
How to Fill Up, Not Out! (Part 2)
Healthy Eating: Enjoy Nebraska Foods
Fitness For You!
Web Resources of the Month
Lines from Lynn
Household Hints: Storing Garments
  Family Community Education (FCE) Council Meeting
Sizzling Summer Sampler
When Times are Tough: In the Aftermath of War …

Unopa Notes, Volume 41, Issue 9, May 2003

UNOPA: Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Libertarian Paternalism Is Not An Oxymoron, Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

The idea of libertarian paternalism might seem to be an oxymoron, but it is both possible and legitimate for private and public institutions to affect behavior while also respecting freedom of choice. Often people’s preferences are ill-formed, and their choices will inevitably be influenced by default rules, framing effects, and starting points. In these circumstances, a form of paternalism cannot be avoided. Equipped with an understanding of behavioral findings of bounded rationality and bounded self-control, libertarian paternalists should attempt to steer people’s choices in welfare-promoting directions without eliminating freedom of choice. It is also possible to show how a libertarian …

Rapid Effects Of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 On Calcium Uptake In Isolated Chick Enterocytes, Ruta Phadnis

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

25-Hydroxyvitamin D₃[25(OH)D₃] is a metabolite of vitamin D₃ that has long been considered to be an inactive precursor of the hormonally active metabolite 1,25- dihydroxyvitamin D₃[l,25(OH)₂D₃]; consequently very few studies have addressed the potential biological activity of 25(OH)₂D₃. However, it is known that 100 nM 25(OH)₂D₃ increases calcium transport in the perfused duodenal loop of the chicken to 200% of controls within 20 minutes. The hypothesis of the current study is that 25(OH)₂D₃ may be a hormonally active metabolite …

Phenotypic Plasticity And Interactions Among Plants, Ragan M. Callaway, Steven C. Pennings, Christina L. Richards

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

We know a great deal about the plastic responses of plant phenotypes to the abiotic and biotic environment, but very little about the consequences of phenotypic plasticity for plant communities. In other words, we know that plant traits can vary widely for a given genotype, but we know little about the importance of trait-mediated interactions (TMI) among plants. Here, we discuss three major factors that affect the expression of phenotypic plasticity: variation in the abiotic environment, variation in the presence or identity of neighbors, and variation in herbivory. We consider how plastic responses to these factors might affect interactions among …

Report, Supplement To Historical Profile For The Economy And Demographics Of Hardee County, 1990-2000, Usf Center For Economic Development Research

Center for Economic Development Research (CEDR) Collection

Commissioned by Cargill Crop Nutrition, Inc., this supplement from the Center for Economic Development Research at the University of South Florida analyzes Hardee County's economic and demographic structure. It includes comparisons with Hamilton County, demographic breakdowns by race, commuting patterns, and trends in agriculture and minerals extraction.

Influence Of Sickle Hemoglobinopathy On Growth And Development Of Young Adult Males In Southern Iraq, Abbas A. Mansour

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Addressing The Decline In Reproductive Performance Of Lactating Dairy Cows: A Researcher’S Perspective, William J. Silvia

Animal and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

No Other Choice: Litigating And Settling Homeless Education Rights Cases, Ryan J. Dowd

Northern Illinois University Law Review

This pragmatic article, the first exhaustive review of the issue, details how lawyer advocates can help homeless children have access to the education to which they are legally entitled. Topics discussed include: legal background and authority, seeking alternatives to litigation, litigating, settling, after a settlement is reached or a decision occurs, and the future of homeless education rights. Incorporating cases, personal interviews with the attorneys who litigated the cases, settlements, complaints, motions and other non-published court documents, state and federal statutes, state administrative codes, federal and state constitutions, congressional testimony, educational agency reports, law review articles, reports by homeless advocacy …

Review Of "The World Bank, A Case For Aid: Building A Consensus For Development Assistance," By James D. Wolfensohn & Nicolas Stern, Bryan Erickson

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

[Excerpt] "The World Bank’s new book, A Case for Aid: Building a Consensus for Development Assistance, indicates how dramatic and lasting the progress against global poverty has been in the past 50 years. It also shows how dramatically the Bank’s own understanding has risen, even in the past decade, of how to make its efforts more effective in relieving poverty and achieving other development goals. These two themes form the basis for the World Bank’s visionary thesis: that eradicating much of the poverty, ill health, and illiteracy around the world is within reach.

The occasion for pronouncing this message in …

The Peripheral And Central Auditory Performance Of A Child With Brachmann-De Lange Syndrome, Anne R. Burgard

Theses and Dissertations

This study evaluated the peripheral and central auditory performance of a 13 year-old male with Brachmann-de Lange Syndrome (BdLS). Clinical, behavioral, and peripheral audiometric tests, and a central auditory processing test battery consisting of seven subtests were administered. The results from the peripheral tests and central auditory processing test battery are reported. This study provides a detailed profile of the auditory performance of one individual with BdLS. In addition, it contributes to the limited literature available on hearing as a characteristic of Brachmann-de Lange Syndrome. The results of this study also provide useful information about the hearing characteristics of a …

Isolated Ventricular Myocyte Contractile Function Is Depressed In Rats Fed High Fat And/Or Marginally Copper -Deficient Diets., David P. Relling

Theses and Dissertations

Obesity is influenced by dietary consumption of fat while much of the population consumes a diet deficient of the trace mineral copper. Obesity and copper deficiency can alter cardiovascular function; including cardiac hypertrophy, increased myocyte lipid droplet volume, and cardiac contractile depression. Interestingly, lipotoxic dysfunction is characterized by many of the same mechanistic alterations that are observed in obesity and copper deficiency. Additionally, the sphingolipid ceramide is elevated in lipotoxic dysfunction. However, functional leptin:leptin receptor signaling prevents lipotoxic dysfunction. The purpose of my dissertation was to determine the role of a high fat and marginal copper deficient diet on cardiac …

Libertarian Paternalism Is Not An Oxymoron, Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

The idea of libertarian paternalism might seem to be an oxymoron, but it is both possible and legitimate for private and public institutions to affect behavior while also respecting freedom of choice. Often people’s preferences are ill-formed, and their choices will inevitably be influenced by default rules, framing effects, and starting points. In these circumstances, a form of paternalism cannot be avoided. Equipped with an understanding of behavioral findings of bounded rationality and bounded self-control, libertarian paternalists should attempt to steer people’s choices in welfare-promoting directions without eliminating freedom of choice. It is also possible to show how a libertarian …

Mainecare Services For Workers With Disabilities Chart Book, Susan M. C. Payne, Larry Glantz, Carolyn E. Gray, Robert G. Keith, Sara T. Salley

Disability & Aging

No abstract provided.

Rolled-Leaf Hispine Herbivory Of Heliconia Spp. (Heliconiaceae) Over An Altitudinal Gradient, May 2003, Sarah Bachman

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Hispine beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Hispinae) are herbivores of the Order Zingiberales (Strong 1977a). In Monteverde area there are three known species of Heliconiaceae (Zingiberales): Heliconia monteverdensis, H. tortuosa, and H. vaginalis (Haber, 1990). H. monteverdensis is a high elevation species (1500 – 1800m) whose range does not overlap with H. vaginalis, a low elevation species (700-1300m). H. tortuosa occurs along the elevational gradient from San Luis (1000m) to the forest behind the Estación Biológica de Monteverde (1760m) where this study was performed, and overlaps in geographical range with the other two species. In this study I looked at patterns of …

Influence Of Sward Height, Daily Timing Of Concentrate Supplementation And Grazing Time Management On Pasture Utilization Of Lactating Beef Cows, Ondieki James Gekara

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

To establish the effect of sward height, concentrate feeding time and grazing time management on performance of grazing cattle, thirty-two cross-bred beef (24 Angus and 8 Hereford) cows (632 kg BW) and calves (104 kg BW) were grouped by weight and calving date. They were randomly assigned to two sward height (SH) treatments (4 to 8 or 8 to 12 cm), replicated four times. The cows were fed a concentrate supplement (4.1 kg DM·cow -1·d-1) in the AM at 0700 h or PM at 1800 h (T), and either restricted to 12 h/d grazing (0700 to 1900 h) or unrestricted …

Regulation Of P-Glycoprotein And Abcp Transporters, Dhanashri Ramkrishna Kolwankar

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The placenta plays an important role in modulating xenobiotic passage from mother to fetus. Smoking is known to induce cytochrome P450 1Al (CYP1A1) expression in the placenta, however its effect on P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and ABC transporter in placenta (ABCP) levels in placenta is not known. In-vitro studies in hepatocytes have reported induction of P-gp mRNA by some polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. To examine whether smoking can affect placental P-gp and ABCP, their expression and activity were determined in placentas from smokers and non-smokers. Uptake of [3H]-vinblastine and [3H]-mitoxantrone was used to measure P-gp and ABCP function, respectively and CYP1A1 activity (positive …

Increasing Diabetes Awareness In Adolescents Through Educational Programs., Sandra J. Reese

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to increase knowledge of diabetes and promote healthy lifestyle behaviors to reduce diabetes onset in a community with a relatively high incidence of type 2 diabetes. Three hundred eighty seven students grades 7 – 12 participated in the program and taste test. Changes in knowledge before and after an educational program focusing on diabetes prevention were measured by comparison of identical pre, post, and retention tests. Students were also asked to name specific behaviors they could use to decrease the risk of diabetes. Responses were analyzed using Chi square analysis and content analysis. Overall, …

Conjugated Linoleic Acids In Dairy Products: Effect Of Lactic Acid Cultures, Fat Concentration And Heat, Julian E. Nixon

All Theses

No abstract provided.

Neonatal Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome Complicating Ileal Atresia, Adnan A. Mohammed, Musa A. Al-Gadi

Saudi Medical Journal

Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome is a toxin mediated Staphylococcal infection, the toxin produced by staphylococcus aureus type 2 phage types (55,71,3A,3B,3C). There is a generalized tender erythema which commences on the head and neck, accompanied by fever, irritability, continuous cry and miserable look. The erythema is followed by cleavage of the upper epidermis in a large sheets mainly in the head, neck and the flexures, with formation of bullae (Nikolsky sign). It is most common in infants and children under 5 years. Most cases respond to antibiotics with other supportive measures. The prognosis is good, and the skin lesions disappear …

Socio-Economic Discrepancies In Growth Status Of Jordanian Children In Military-Run Schools At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century, Hassan Majali, Anwar M. Batieha, Hashem Y. Jaddou, Abdelkareem Khawaldeh, Kamel M. Ajlouni

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Get It Out Of My Backyard! Why We Need To Proactively Plan For “Sensitive” Uses, Tara A. Kelly

Master's Projects

Today’s planning literature is ripe with articles and books proclaiming the value of “Smart Growth” and to a lesser degree New Urbanism. Planning conferences*, magazines and websites repeatedly proclaim the need for planners and municipal leaders to adopt Smart Growth practices and New Urbanist design guidelines as they shape the futures of their regions.

Broadly, Smart Growth is a set of planning principles largely defined and popularized in reaction to what is seen as the failures of sprawling single-family development which has dominated post-World War II housing construction in the United States.

Smart Growth’s counterpart, New Urbanism, was developed primarily …

Operation G.R.U.B.: Gardens Replace Urban Blight - An Ecological Alternative For Addressing The Health, Socio Economic, And Environmental Needs Of At-Risk Communities, Neil S. Brantley

Master's Projects

The issue of urban sustainability is a crucial one, particularly in poorer urban communities with limited socio-economic and environmental resources. The underlying goal of this research project is to provide a framework of relevant information for the development of sustainable urban agriculture systems as a tool for improving the quality of life of the urban poor.

Two different infrastructure contexts will be presented, with the intent of relating the applicability of Urban Agriculture initiatives to the enhancement of destitute urban communities in both the developed and developing worlds. A number of successful case studies will be referenced in each developmental …

Sustainability Issues For Agriculture In Western Australia, Anne Bennett, Ross Kingwell, Ross George

Agriculture reports

This paper describes briefly the main challenges to the sustainability of agriculture in Western Australia and outlines some means of responding the the challenges: market-based approaches; agricultural and environmental research and development; accelerated adjustment; and global and national policy initiatives. Challenges include: land resource quality (salinity, soil acidity), biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, water availability, food safety, and pests and diseases.