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The Life-Long Diminution Of Anxiety Response As A Consequence Of Reproductive Experience, Ilan M. Mcnamara

Master's Theses

Reproductive experience (RE), associated with hormonal fluctuations and enriching environmental stimuli, enhances spatial memory and blunts responses to stress/anxiety. Whereas stress reductions occur during lactation, the persistence of the RE-anxiolytic effects is unclear; and little research has focused on the HP A axis, amygdala, and other anxietyrelated areas. Using an elevated plus maze (EPM), we examined anxiety in nulliparous (NP), primiparous (PP), and multiparous (MP) females (zero, one, or two litters, respectively) at 6, 10, 14, 18, and 22 months of age. Brains were subsequently analyzed for neurodegeneration in dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN). RE significantly dampened anxiety (defined by time …

Identification Of Sarv (Sa2062), A New Transcriptional Regulator, Is Repressed By Sara And Mgra (Sa0641) And Involved In The Regulation Of Autolysis In Staphylococcus Aureus, Adhar C. Manna, Susham S. Ingavale, Marybeth Maloney, Willem Van Wamel, Ambrose L. Cheung

Dartmouth Scholarship

The expression of genes involved in the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus is known to be controlled by global regulatory loci, including agr, sarA, sae, arlRS, lytSR, and sarA-like genes. Here we described a novel transcriptional regulator called sarV of the SarA protein family. The transcription of sarV is low or undetectable under in vitro conditions but is significantly augmented in sarA and mgrA (norR or rat) (SA0641) mutants. The sarA and mgrA genes act as repressors of sarV expression, as confirmed by transcriptional fusion and Northern analysis data. Purified SarA and MgrA proteins bound specifically to separate regions of the …

Breast Cancer Screening, Fadwa J. Altaf

Saudi Medical Journal

Breast cancer is a very common health problem in Saudi females that can be reduced by early detection through introducing breast cancer screening. Literature review reveals significant reduction in breast cancer incidence and outcome after the beginning of breast cancer screening. The objectives of this article are to highlight the significance of breast cancer screening in different international societies and to write the major guidelines of breast cancer screening in relation to other departments involved with more emphasis on the Pathology Department guidelines in tissue handling, diagnostic criteria and significance of the diagnosis. This article summaries and acknowledges major work …

Isolation Of Coryneform Bacteria From Blood Cultures Of Patients At A University Hospital In Saudi Arabia, Hanan A. Babay, Abdelmageed M. Kambal

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Coryneform bacteria have been increasingly recognized as opportunistic pathogens in recent years. The aim of this study is to identify and determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of coryneform bacteria isolated from blood cultures of patients seen at King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and review the literature. METHODS: All coryneform bacteria isolated from blood culture specimens between January 2001 and March 2003 were prospectively identified by API Coryne System (BioMerieux, France). Clinical data were collected from each patient9s medical record. Antimicrobial susceptibility to 16 antimicrobial agents were determined by minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) using E-test (AB …

Determination Of The Efficacy Of Two Building Decontamination Strategies By Surface Sampling With Culture And Quantitative Pcr Analysis, Mark P. Buttner, Patrica Cruz, Linda Stetzenbach, Amy Klima-Comba

Environmental & Global Health Faculty Research

The efficacy of currently available decontamination strategies for the treatment of indoor furnishings contaminated with bioterrorism agents is poorly understood. Efficacy testing of decontamination products in a controlled environment is needed to ensure that effective methods are used to decontaminate domestic and workplace settings. An experimental room supplied with materials used in office furnishings (i.e., wood laminate, painted metal, and vinyl tile) was used with controlled dry aerosol releases of endospores of Bacillus atrophaeus (“Bacillus subtilis subsp. niger,” also referred to as BG), a Bacillus anthracis surrogate. Studies were performed using two test products, a foam decontaminant and chlorine dioxide …

Child And Adolescent Psychopharmacology In The New Millennium: A Workshop For Academia, Industry, And Government, Joseph Deveaugh-Geiss, John March, Mark Shapiro, Paul J. Andreason, Graham Emslie, Lisa M. Ford, Laurence Greenhill, Dianne Murphy, Ernest Prentice, Rosemary Roberts, Susan Silva, James M. Swanson, Barbara Van Zwieten-Boot, Benedetto Vitiello, Karen Dineen Wagner, Barry Mangum

United States Public Health Resources

Objective: To give academic researchers, government officials, and industry scientists an opportunity to assess the state of pediatric psychopharmacology and identify challenges facing professionals in the field.

Method: Increased federal spending and the introduction of pediatric exclusivity led to large increases in pediatric psychopharmacology research in the 1990s. Despite the increase in research, concerns exist about methods and incentives for making new medications available for use in pediatric psychiatric disorders. In recognition of these concerns, the Duke Clinical Research Institute held a roundtable in September 2004. Participants from the National Institutes of Health, regulatory agencies, academia, and the pharmaceutical industry …

Nebline, August 2004

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

People’s Choice 4-H Awards
“My Pond Won’t Stay Full!”
Terminating Farm Leases
Put Farm Leases in Writing for Legal Protection
“Ponds” is August Rural Living Clinic
Treating Bee Stings
How Effective are DEET Repellents?
Tree Squirrels - Tricksters and Troublemakers
Found an Underground Yellow Jacket Nest? Proceed with Care!
Summer Fruits and Veggies: Q & A
“Healthy One Dish Dinners for 1, 2, 4 or More”
President’s Notes — Janet’s Jargon
Household Hints: Lower Your Lighting Costs
FCE News & Events
More Tools for Student Success
Helping a Child Ease Back Into School
Getting Ready for the New School Year …

Research To Practice: The National Survey Of Community Rehabilitation Providers, Fy2002-2003, Report 1: Overview Of Services And Provider Characteristics, Deborah Metzel, Heike Boeltzig, John Butterworth, Dana Scott Gilmore

Research to Practice Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

Two briefs examine the services people with developmental disabilities receive from community rehabilitation providers (CRPs). Despite recent emphasis on work in the disability field, people with DD were predominantly in sheltered employment or non-work services. Of people with DD in integrated employment, the majority had individual competitive jobs. However, three group employment models had above-average percentages of individuals with DD.

Impact – Information Management, Public Access, Community Transformation: Final Evaluation Report, Oscar Gutierrez, John Mcgah

Center for Social Policy Publications

In 2000 the Department of Commerce awarded the Lake County (IL) Department of Planning, Building and Development a Technology Opportunity Program (TOPS) Grant to implement Project IMPACT. The project’s goals were “to improve access to and delivery of human services for low-income residents, strengthen community planning and resource allocation, and enhance understanding of data on homelessness that can be gathered and aggregated on local and national levels to accurately capture the scope of the problem and the effectiveness of efforts to ameliorate it.”

The Center for Social Policy (CSP) at the McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, University of Massachusetts …

Assessing Tmdl Implementation In The Macatawa Watershed, Mi, Using Swat, Laurence Picq

Masters Theses

Lake Macatawa, on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, has been impaired by nonpoint source pollution from agriculture. A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), developed by the Macatawa Area Coordinating Council and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, established a 60% reduction goal in phosphorus load by 2008. While agricultural best management practices have been implemented in the past three years, the local watershed organization has not had the means to evaluate the effectiveness of these practices, and to assess progress made towards the phosphorus reduction goal.

A simulation model, the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) was chosen to …

Salt Equalizer, Vol. 2004, Issue 3, Society Of American Law Teachers

SALT Equalizer

Contents of this issue:

Bob Dinerstein, Judical Nominations: The White House Proposes, the Senate Opposes, at 1.

Holly Maguigan & Beto Juarez, Co-Presidents' Column, at 1.

Kent Greenfield & Sylvia Law, Excerpts from July 7, 2004 Letter on Solomon Amendment Litigation, at 4.

Laura Rovner, Lawsuit Against UND Law Clinic and Professor Dismissed with Prejudice, at 6.

Eileen Kaufman, SALT Members Encouraged to Attend October Bar Exam Conference, at 6.

Tayyab Mahmud, "Class in the Classroom": SALT's Teaching Conference to be Held in Las Vegas on October 15-16, at 7.

Joan Howarth, Retreat and …

Pilot-Scale Testing Of Sorbent Injection And Fuel Additives For Mercury Control, John H. Pavlish, Michael J. Holmes, Ye Zhuang, Kevin C. Galbreath, Steven A. Benson, Brandon M. Pavlish

EERC Publications, Papers, & Presentations

Pilot-scale tests were performed to evaluate potential sorbents (DARCO® FGD, HCl-treated FGD and EERC-treated FGD) and fuel additives (NaCl, CaCl₂, and sorbent enhancement additive [SEA] 2) for removing Hg from North Dakota lignite (Freedom Mine) combustion flue gas.

Determination Of Organomercury Compounds From Microbiologically Mediated Mercury Release Experiments Using Gas Chromatography With Spme Sample Introduction After Borethylation, Boropropylation, Or Borophenylation, David J. Hassett, Loreal V. Heebink, Erick J. Zacher

EERC Publications, Papers, & Presentations

The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) has developed a method of sampling gas streams and headspace gas for determination of dimethyl mercury and methyl mercuric chloride.

Economic Structure Of The Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, Fl Metropolitan Statistical Area : Prepared By The 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

Commissioned by USF's Globalization Research Center, Innovation Insight conducted a baseline study of offshore outsourcing of labor in the Tampa - St. Peterseburg - Clearwater metropolitan statistical area. This report provides quantitative data for Innovation Insight's study.

The Effects Of Cultural Congruity, University Alienation, And Self-Concept Upon Multiracial Students' Adjustment To College, Derrick Adam Paladino

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to examine key factors that relate to the self-perception of cultural congruity, university alienation (powerlessness, meaninglessness, and social estrangement), and self-concept (perceived intellectual ability, perceived scholastic competence, perceived social acceptance, appearance, and global self-worth) in multiracial college students. One goal of this study is to discover if there is a relationship between cultural congruity, alienation, and self-concept among multiracial college students. In addition, this study examined what factors predict cultural congruity, university alienation, and self-concept in multiracial college students. Finally, this study explored the relationship of cultural congruity, university alienation, self-concept, and specific demographic …

Impulsivity And Smoking Relapse, Neal Doran, Bonnie Spring, Dennis E. Mcchargue, Michele Pergadia, Malia Richmond

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Previous research has shown that elevated trait-impulsivity heightens the risk for initiating tobacco use and indicates that nicotine may be disproportionately rewarding for more impulsive persons. However, the influence of impulsivity on the ability to maintain nicotine abstinence has not been studied. The present study tested the hypothesis that a higher level of trait-impulsivity would predict a more rapid relapse to smoking following 48 hr of nicotine abstinence. Participants were euthymic, regular smokers (N=45), with a history of at least one major depressive episode, who participated in a paid smoking cessation study with biological challenge (tryptophan depletion). Treatment …

Letter To The Editor: Response To Covey, Brian Hitsman, Bonnie Spring, Belinda Borrelli, Dennis E. Mcchargue, Raymond Niaura

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Dr. Covey asserts that our meta-analysis of the association between history of major depression and smoking treatment outcome (Hitsman, Borrelli, McChargue, Spring, & Niaura, 2003) was flawed because we did not limit our analysis to participants randomized to placebo or alternative least intensive treatment condition.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 37 Orientation 2004

Central Florida Future

Welcome home! What's inside: Find out who you need to know. where to go and how to have fun in Orlando; From flags to 'fros: Last year's top stories; A whole different ballgame: Football team headlines conference farewell tour.

Similarities And Differences In Role Conflict, Role Commitment, And Job Satisfaction For Female And Male High School Principals, Ellen Eckman

College of Education Faculty Research and Publications

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of gender, role conflict, role commitment, and job satisfaction on the high school principal. Data were collected from high school principals in three midwestern states. The results indicated that there are differences between female and male high school principals in their personal and professional attributes as well as in role conflict. There were similarities between female and male high school principals in terms of role commitment and job satisfaction.

Breaking The Shield Of The Learned Intermediary Doctrine: Placing The Blame Where It Belongs, Sheryl Calabro

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Antisocial Personality Disorder And Psychopathy: Characterological And Behavioral Criteria, Megan Kay Null

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The current diagnostic criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) have been criticized for being too behavioral and not sufficiently tied to the historical concept of a psychopathic character. Research suggests that clinicians may not find the current diagnostic criteria useful and that a different set of criteria may be more descriptive of the way they conceptualize ASPD. In addition, questions remain as to the relationship between ASPD and psychopathy (PP). The current study examined clinicians' prototypes of ASPD and PP to determine which criteria are most consistent with how clinicians conceptualize these constructs and to determine whether ASPD and PP …

Political Participation In America: The Role Of Race, Ethnicity, And Gender, Leslie J. Baker-Bracy

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Equality in political participation in the United States requires that all citizens, regardless of their social status or demographic characteristics be allowed to participate in the system, regardless of income or education. However, studies have shown several variables - gender, race, income, and education — significantly affect any one person’s pathway to political participation and expression. Using data from the 1992 Citizen’s Participatory Study, I examine these effects, especially in terms of how these variables affect the participation of women. The findings show that education and income rarely have the “equalizing” effect in terms of political participation that is believed.

Responses Of Flight Nurses To Catastrophic Events, Gene L. Olsen

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine for the presence of symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a sample of flight nurses. Also examined were the coping mechanisms used by the sample to ameliorate the stressors associated with performing the role of the flight nurse, as well as the relationship between the symptoms and the coping mechanisms identified by the sample. Data were collected by questionnaires sent to a randomly selected national sample of 350 flight nurses who belong to the Air and Surface Transport Nurses Association.

Of the 101 participants, intrusion was found to be most …

Inside Unlv, Cate Weeks, Carol C. Harter, Diane Russell, Holly Ivy De Vore

Inside UNLV

No abstract provided.

Non-Specific Stress Indicators And Growth Efficiency In The Archaic And Mississippian At The Perry Site (1 Lu25) In Northwestern Alabama, Robin Wiebe

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Porotic hyperostosis, linear enamel hypoplasias and adult stature are all nonspecific indicators of stress. When studied together, they provide an understanding of the long-term survival of periods of stress occurring in varying stages of the life of an individual. Because the Perry Site contains both Archaic and Mississippian components, it provides a unique opportunity to examine not only how these indicators interact, but also how interactions may change across time and subsistence base. Most studies show increases in frequency of porotic hyperostosis and linear enamel hypoplasias and a decrease in adult stature with a shift to agriculture. The Perry material …

Outsourcing Household Tasks In 1973-2002 Among The Working Mothers Of America, Mahmoud Mahmoud Khaial

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

The United States has 70 percent of married mothers and 79 percent of single mothers with children under the age of 18 participating in the work force (U.S. Census Bureau, 2002). Most women in the labor force work primarily because the family needs the money. Because of the decline in real family income over the past two decades, most families find it essential for both parents to work to support them at a level that used to be achieved by one wage-earner, and in many families two earners are required to keep the family out of poverty. As a result …

Iso 15189: 2003, An International Medical Laboratory Standard, N. Charuruks

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Reference Intervals Of Clinical Chemistry Parametersin Adults At King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, S. Chamnanpai, N. Charuruks, P. Watanaboonyoungcharoen, A. Kalayanachati

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Histopathologic Features Of Pneumocystis Cariniipneumonia In 54 Thai Aids Patients, Y. Vongsivavilas, S. Yenrudi

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Ck-Mb Activity And Ck-Mb Mass In Diagnosis Of Acute Myocardial Infarction, N. Charuruks

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.