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Science, Sexuality, And The Novels Of Huxley And Houellebecq, Angela C. Holzer

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "Science, Sexuality, and the Novels of Huxley and Houellebecq," Angela C. Holzer begins with an introduction to recent discourse about contemporary culture by Francis Fukuyama, notably in his book Our Posthuman Future (2001). Next, Holzer introduces twentieth-century literary representations of genetic engineering. Focusing on Huxley's Brave New World (1932) and on Houellebecq's Les Particules élémentaires (1998), Holzer discusses differences in "utopian" literature when linked to metaphysical aspects of reproduction and that are owing to changes in the life sciences and medicine. Further, Holzer explores the implications for poetics resulting from scientific developments and relates Houellebecq's perspectives to …

On Water Bears, Frank A. Romano Iii

Research, Publications & Creative Work

Tardigrades, or “water bears” are microscopic invertebrates that require water in their environment and are found in freshwater, marine and terrestrial habitats. The morphology and phylogeny of this “little known phylum” is described as are ways the naturalist might collect water bears. Examples of species distributions in different locations in the southeastern USA are given.

John V. Baker And The Jurisdiction Of Tribal Sovereigns Without Territorial Reach, David M. Blurton

Alaska Law Review

No abstract provided.

Resistance Status Of House Flies (Diptera: Muscidae) From Southeastern Nebraska Beef Cattle Feedlots To Selected Insecticides, Paula C.R.G. Marcon, Gustave D. Thomas, Blair D. Siegfried, John B. Campbell, Steven R. Skoda

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

The status of resistance to three insecticides (permethrin, stirofos, and methoxychlor), relative to a laboratory-susceptible colony, was evaluated in Þeld populations of house flies, Musca domestica L., collected from two beef cattle feedlots in southeastern Nebraska. Topical application and residual exposure to treated glass surfaces were suitable methods for determining the resistance status of house flies to permethrin, stirofos, or methoxychlor. However, in most cases, residual exposure was more sensitive in resistance detection (i.e., higher resistance ratios). The field populations tested were moderately resistant to permethrin (RR = 4.9-fold and RR = 7.3-fold, for topical application and residual exposure, respectively) …

American Avocet Nesting On Constructed Islands In North Dakota, Ann L. Dahl, Douglas H. Johnson, Lawrence D. Igl, Kathy L. Baer, Terry L. Shaffer, Michael A. Johnson, Ronald E. Reynolds

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

We related American avocet (Recurvirostra americana) nesting on 30 earthen constructed islands in wetlands of the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota to characteristics of the islands and the surrounding landscape. We found 174 American avocet nests on 10 of the 30 islands; eight islands had four or more nests each. Most (85.9%) clutches contained four eggs. The majority of nests were found in upland graminoids (57.9%) or on unvegetated ground (31.6%). We found little evidence of nest predation or abandonment and concluded that most (84.5%) clutches hatched. Islands with beaches had a higher nest density (mean number …

Pheasants Of The World . . . Again, Brent E. Jamison

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

The newest edition of Johnsgard's overview of the pheasants of the world is arranged in two parts, as was the first edition. Part One is entitled Comparative Biology and is divided into eight chapters: relationships and classification, hybridization and zoogeographic patterns, growth and behavioral development, general and social behavior, ecology and population biology, comparative mating systems and social signaling devices, reproductive biology, and aviculture and conservation. Part Two, Taxonomic Keys and Species Accounts, forms the bulk of the text. Part Two begins with keys to subfamilies, tribes, and the 16 genera. An account for each species follows the generic key. …

Review Of Molecular Infection Biology: Interactions Between Mircoorganisms And Cells By Jörg Hacker And Jürgen Heesemann, Jeffrey D. Cirillo

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

Pathogenesis is one potential outcome of the constant struggle between host defenses and the desire of microorganisms to acquire a privileged niche. This mutually competitive evolutionary process has resulted in interactions among complex and often elegant systems throughout the course of infections. The complexity of these interactions and the large number of infectious agents that exist makes the introduction of students to infectious diseases, as well as a comprehensive review of the field, an extremely daunting task. This book provides just such a comprehensive and timely description of the field in a manner that is easily understandable and enjoyable to …

Endangered Democratic Institutions And Instrumental Inquiry: Remarks Upon Receiving The Veblen-Commons Award, F. Gregory Hayden

College of Business: Faculty Publications

In the 1890s, British cattle companies drove large herds into the sparsely settled grasslands of Nebraska like an invading army. Immediately, the drovers started killing homesteaders, who were always shot on the homesteader’s land at the plow or mower to clarify that it was the homesteading that was the capital offense. The cattle companies fenced public lands and paid others to file claims on their behalf, all in clear violation of the law but protected because they controlled the courts, bought political influence, and continued to intimidate. Many homesteaders refused to be intimidated. They contested the phony homesteads and testified …

Racb Regulates Cytoskeletal Function In Dictyostelium Spp., Eunkyung Lee, David J. Seastone, Ed Harris, James A. Cardelli, David A. Knecht

Department of Biochemistry: Faculty Publications

Thus far, 14 homologues of mammalian Rac proteins have been identified in Dictyostelium. It is unclear whether each of these genes has a unique function or to what extent they play redundant roles in actin cytoskeletal organization. To investigate the specific function of RacB, we have conditionally expressed wild-type (WT-RacB), dominant negative (N17-RacB), and constitutively activated (V12-RacB) versions of the protein. On induction, cells expressing V12-RacB stopped growing, detached from the surface, and formed numerous spherical surface protrusions while cells overexpressing WT-RacB became flattened on the surface. In contrast, cells overexpressing N17-RacB did not show any significant morphological abnormalities. …

Observations On The Life History And Descriptions Of Coccidia (Apicomplexa) From The Western Chorus Frog, Pseudacris Triseriata Triseriata, From Eastern Nebraska, Matthew G. Bolek, John J. Janovy Jr., Armando R. Irizarry-Rovira

John J. Janovy, Jr. Publications

Two hundred and twenty-four anurans of 6 species (47 adults and 16 tadpoles of Rana blairi, 35 R. catesbeiana, 31 Hyla chrysoscelis, 30 adults and 46 tadpoles of Pseudacris triseriata triseriata, 11 Bufo woodhousii, and 8 Acris crepitans) from Pawnee Lake, Lancaster County, Nebraska, were surveyed for coccidian parasites during March 2001 to May 2002. Of these, 23 of 30 (77%) adults and four of 46 (9%) tadpoles of P. t. triseriata shed oocysts of Isospora cogginsi n. sp. Oocysts of I. cogginsi were ovoid, 19.3 × 15.1 (18-23 × 11-20) μm, with a …

Breast Diseases In The Northern Region Of Saudi Arabia, Lawrence C. Chiedozi, Imad A. El-Hag, Sharanamma M. Kollur

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The incidence and pattern of breast diseases varies within countries. There is virtually no information on breast diseases found in the Northern region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). This study hopes to provide data in this area. METHODS: We reviewed the histological and clinical records of 708 patients who presented to General Surgery in Prince Abdul-Rahman Al-Sudairy Central Hospital, Sakaka, Al-Jouf, KSA, with breast complaints over an 8-year period (June 1994 and June 2002). Breast findings were categorized in terms of benign, inflammatory, malignant, congenital and functional. Benign diseases were also evaluated in terms of their proliferative status and …

Cisplatin And Etoposide Alternating Ifosfamide, Vincristine, Epirubicin In Small Cell Lung Cancer, Meftun Unsal, Didem Erturk

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects and toxicity of alternating cisplatin+etoposide (EP) and ifosfamide+vincristine+epirubicin (IVE) combination regimen in patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC). METHODS: We have treated 38 SCLC patients with 6 courses of alternating chemotherapy consisting of cisplatin 100 mg/m2 on day one and etoposide 80 mg /m2 on the first, second and third days in courses of first, third and fifth, alternating with ifosfamide 4 g/m2, vincristine 2 mg/day and epirubicin 60 mg/m2 intravenously on day one in courses of second, forth and sixth. The courses were administrated every 3 weeks. …

Prevalence Of Antibodies To Human T- Lymphotropic Viruses Types I And Ii Among Healthy Blood Donors, Mohammad A. Taha, Layla A. Bashawri, Malik S. Ahmed, Mirghani A. Ahmed

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I and type II antibodies in blood donors donating blood for various reasons in a University hospital and to compare the results with other reports from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), and elsewhere. METHODS: A 7-year retrospective review of blood bank records for results of serological tests at the King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, KSA, from January 1995 to December 2001 was conducted. The study included review of blood donor questionnaire cards as well as extraction of any other relevant information. RESULTS: The results showed that …

Spirometric Evaluation Of Lung Function (Maximal Voluntary Ventilation) In Welding Workers, Sultan A. Meo

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The present study was designed to study the effects of welding fumes on maximal voluntary ventilation (MVV) and to determine its severity in relation to duration of exposure. Additional objective was to reduce the potential health risks of welding workers by providing them with information concerning the hazards of welding fumes. METHODS: This study was conducted in the Department of Physiology, Basic Medical Sciences Institute, Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan in 1999. In this study, the MVV was studied in 50 male control subjects and 50 male arc welding workers and all participants were non-smokers with an …

The State Of Domestic Violence Protective Orders In Hidalgo County, Texas, Cindy Noel Berner

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

Domestic violence has long been an issue for the criminal justice system and society. Despite decades of research, activism, and intervention programs, much remains to be accomplished. There are many facets to studying domestic violence. However, there are few studies that specifically deal with protective orders and what, if any, effect they have on the occurrence of domestic violence. The goal of this researcher was to discover whether there were any relationships between variables such as age, gender, and employment status and the decision to not issue a protective order. The data used in this study were obtained from the …

Nh Department Of Environmental Services Shellfish Program Activities, January 2002 – June 2003, Chris Nash

PREP Reports & Publications

This report summarizes the activities of the NHDES Shellfish Program for the period of January 2002 to June 2003. The NHDES Shellfish Program conducts a number of activities to minimize the health risks associated with consuming shellfish, and to continue to comply with National Shellfish Sanitation Program guidelines. Basic program functions included program administration, routine water quality monitoring (more than 700 samples collected at over 70 sites in 2002), “red tide” monitoring at two sites (49 weekly samples in 2002), pollution source identification and evaluation (233 properties inspected, and 106 new potential pollution sources identified in 2002), and a number …

Battered By Equality: Could Minnesota's Domestic Violence Statutes Survive A Fathers' Rights Assault, Shannon M. Garrett

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

No abstract provided.

Inside Unlv, Kevin Force, Gian Galassi, Carol C. Harter, Stuart Mann

Inside UNLV

No abstract provided.

Shame: Bergman On Responsibility And Blame, Leonard V. Kaplan

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

Predators And Life Histories Shape Lestes Damselfly Assemblages Along A Freshwater Habitat Gradient, Robby Stoks, Mark A. Mcpeek

Dartmouth Scholarship

Survey data from New England showed that assemblages of Lestes damselflies are organized along the entire gradient of pond permanence and predator presence. One assemblage occupies vernal ponds lacking large dragonfly predators and fish; four are largely confined to temporary ponds that typically contain dragonfly predators; one dominates fishless permanent ponds and lakes where dragonflies are the top predators; and one dominates permanent ponds and lakes where fish are the top predators. We determined the role of life history and predation in maintaining this striking pattern by conducting a series of transplant experiments in the field and a laboratory experiment …

The Role Of The Dielectric Barrier In Narrow Biological Channels: A Novel Composite Approach To Modeling Single-Channel Currents, Artem B. Mamonov, Rob D. Coalson, Abraham Nitzan, Maria G. Kurnikova

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

A composite continuum theory for calculating ion current through a protein channel of known structure is proposed, which incorporates information about the channel dynamics. The approach is utilized to predict current through the Gramicidin A ion channel, a narrow pore in which the applicability of conventional continuum theories is questionable. The proposed approach utilizes a modified version of Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) theory, termed Potential-of-Mean-Force-Poisson-Nernst-Planck theory (PMFPNP), to compute ion currents. As in standard PNP, ion permeation is modeled as a continuum drift-diffusion process in a self-consistent electrostatic potential. In PMFPNP, however, information about the dynamic relaxation of the protein and the …

Water Resources Review - Summer 2003 Vol 16, No 1, Annis Water Resources Institute

AWRI Reviews

No abstract provided.

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 52, Number 3, June 2003

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 52, Number 3, June 2003 Dean's Column by Dean Thomas J. Nasca ’75, page 4 Update on Transplant Surgery, page 5 The New Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience and Farber Institute for Neurosciences, page 6 Researchers Show That Human Neural Stem Cells Can Become Dopamine-Making Brain Cells in the Lab, page 8 Evidence of Greater Sensitivity to Addictive Drugs in Adolescence, page 8 New Hope for Patients with Late Stage Parkinson's, page 10 Above and Beyond the Call: Three Alumni Heroes, page 11 The Mother in The Gross Clinic: A Medical Explanation of Her Hand, page …

2003 June, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases for June of 2003.

Microspectrophotometry Of Respiratory Pigments, Karen Yvonne Kavanagh

Doctoral

This research thesis describes the design, construction and optical testing of three fibre-optic microspectrophotometer systems to monitor the reduction of mitochondrial respiratory pigments. The optical and biochemical characteristics of mitochondrial respiration are discussed and the current optical techniques employed in the biochemical analysis of respiratory enzymes are presented. The primary focus of this study is the system parameters surrounding the spectrophotometric determination of mitochondrial respiratory activity. Three separate fibre-optic set-ups are described, which use visible spectrophotometry to measure the reduction of mitochondrial electron carriers from a range of biological sources. Each system is based around the Ocean Optics S1000/S2000 series …

Fear, Hope, And Longing For The Fututre Of Authorship And A Revitalized Public Domain In Global Regimes Of Intellectual Property, Rosemary J. Coombe

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Qualitative Research - Airy Fairy Or Fundamental?, Adri Labuschagne

The Qualitative Report

For many scientists used to doing quantitative studies the whole concept of qualitative research is unclear, almost foreign, or 'airy fairy' - not ' real' research. Clinical scientists sometimes find it difficult to accept this research method where the generation of hypotheses often replaces the testing thereof, explanation replaces measurement, and understanding replaces generalisability. Since qualitative research is becoming a prominent tool in medical research, it will be worthwhile to have a closer look at what it is and how it works.

Innovative Motivational Profiling: Comparing Marketing Projective Techniques Versus Linguistic Forensic Techniques, Joseph Yeager

The Qualitative Report

Motivational profiling is commonly done in both marketing and forensic contexts. In an unabashed quest for creativity, many marketer s use projective psychological techniques to search for inspiration that leads to ad concepts that will, ultimately, sell more products. Forensic professionals also seek predictive information about motivation in search of facts that will effectively lead to the capture and handling of criminals by using the recent advances found in linguistic technology. Projective profiling techniques produce very soft, opinionated data that are open to interpretation and which has only random relevance to predicting customer behavior. In contrast, linguistic profiling techniques produce …

Are Asian Thinking Styles Different? Acculturation And Thinking Styles In A Chinese-Canadian Population, Jenny M. Tang

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

This research examined the theory of mental self-government and its various thinking styles. The theory of mental self-government (Sternberg, 1988a) has established its utility in verbal contexts including education, occupation, partner choices, and cross-culturally. The Associated Thinking Style Inventory (TSI; Sternberg & Wagner, 1991; 1992) has also demonstrated its reliability and validity in a Hong Kong population (Zhang, 1999; Zhang & Lcks, 1997; Zhang & Sternberg, 1998), but it has not been used with Chinese-Canadians. It was hypothesized that as Chinese individuals become more acculturated to the North American cultural system, their thinking styles approach European-American norms. This study found …

Treatment Of Industrial Wastewater From Food Processing Plant Under Climate Conditions, Saeed Mohamed Wali Abdulla Karmustaji

Theses

This research thesis will study the performance of wastewater treatment plant using a two-phase continuous flow anaerobic/aerobic treatment plant for the treatment of industrial wastewater from a confectionary factory in Dubai. The treatment design is based on anaerobic process under mesophilic conditions (31 +/- 2 °C) range where only the heat of the inlet and the natural climatic temperature are utilized to maintain the reactor operational. An aerobic activated sludge process to achieve the required legal standards follows the anaerobic treatment.

During the anaerobic process, biogas is generated and stored in a collection chamber and linked to an automated flared …