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Effects Of Methylprednisolone And Its Liver-Targeted Dextran Prodrug On Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury In A Rat Liver Transplantation Model, Anjaneya Chimalakonda, Reza Mehvar

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Purpose. To evaluate the effectiveness of a liver-targeted dextran prodrug (DMP) of methylprednisolone ( MP) in cold preservation-warm reperfusion injury associated with liver transplantation.

Methods. The effects of donor pretreatment with single 5 mg/kg doses of MP or DMP on ischemia reperfusion damage to the liver were studied after 8 or 24 h of cold preservation in both isolated perfused rat liver (IPRL) and syngeneic orthotopic rat liver transplantation (OLT) models.

Results. In IPRL studies, donor pretreatment with DMP, and to a lesser degree MP, significantly improved the uptake of hyaluronic acid (HA), a marker of endothelial …

Adaptive And Economic Management Methods For Feral Hog Control In Florida, Richard M. Engeman, Bernice U. Constantin, Stephanie A. Shwiff, Henry T. Smith, John Woolard, John Allen, John Dunlap

Human–Wildlife Interactions

Feral hogs (Sus scrofa) negatively impact the environment in most places around the world where they have been introduced into the wild. In many places, hog removal is essential to protect special habitats, in particular, wetlands. This paper describes techniques developed for use in adaptive management approaches to enhance hog removal efforts in Florida, as well as methods to evaluate the economic impacts from hog management. A valuable adaptive management tool that can be an easily applied index to monitor feral hog activity is track plots. This method has been effective for monitoring hog distribution and relative abundance, …

Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 3 – Complete Issue

Court Review: Journal of the American Judges Association

Table of Contents:
Charles H. Whitebread by Steve Leben

Selected Criminal Law Cases in the Supreme Court’s 2007-2008 Term, and a Look Ahead by Charles D. Weisselberg

When Should Judges Use Alcohol Monitoring as a Sentencing Option in DWI Cases? by Victor E. Flango and Fred Cheesman

Roadside Seizures of Medical Marijuana: Public Safety and Public Policy as Limitations upon Transporting and the Return of Lawfully Seized Medical Marijuana by Cameron Mostaghim

Editor’s Note

President’s Column

The Resource Page

Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 3 – Selected Criminal Law Cases In The Supreme Court’S 2007-2008 Term, And A Look Ahead, Charles D. Weisselberg

Court Review: Journal of the American Judges Association

The U.S. Supreme Court’s October 2007 Term had a substantial and notable criminal docket. There were very significant Second, Sixth, and Eighth Amendment decisions as well as important rulings relating to basic habeas corpus principles and federal statutes. This article provides a selected overview of the Term with a heavy emphasis on those cases that may have the greatest impact upon the states. The article also suggests some questions left open by the Court’s opinions and provides some preliminary indications of how several decisions are being received in state and federal courts. It concludes with a preview of some cases …

Membrane Fragmentation By A 20-29 Fragment Of Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide And Rat Amyloid Polypeptide, Shyamprasad Samisetti

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

A key factor in the development of type II diabetes is the loss of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells. The amyloidogenic human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (hIAPP, also known as human amylin) is believed to play a crucial role in this biological process. Previous studies have shown that hIAPP forms small aggregates that kill β-cells by disrupting the cellular membrane. In this study we report membrane fragmentation by hIAPP20-29 and the rat version, rIAPP20-29, using solid-state NMR experiments on nanotube arrays of anodic aluminum oxide containing aligned phospholipid membranes.

31P NMR results suggest that membrane fragmentation by hIAPP is related to peptide …

Approval Of New Drugs By The U. S. Food And Drug Administration: Problems With The Process And Access To Unapproved Drugs, Christine M. Hoeft-Loyer

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Today, the vast majority of drugs available for patient use have gone through a rigorous system of human clinical trials supervised by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to ensure the drugs are safe and efficacious. There are now citizen advocacy groups that seek use of drugs not yet approved by the FDA, to be administered to terminally ill patients who have exhausted all other available means of therapy. The FDA has programs for terminal patients, under the supervision of their physicians, to use unapproved drugs; however, the advocacy groups seek access to drugs in much earlier phases than is …

The Effect Of The Reducing Agent Triphenylphosphine On Arachidonic Acid Metabolism By Prostaglandin H2 Synthase, Lalini Ailaboina

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Prostaglandin H2 synthase (PGHS) catalyzes the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandin endoperoxide (PGH2), which is a precursor to a variety of prostaglandins that function as hormones. Gas chromatography combined with mass spectrometry is employed to look for the novel products produced by reaction of triphenylphosphine with arachidonic acid prior to and during the PGHS reaction. Triphenylphosphine (TPP) is known to reduce hydro peroxides to alcohols and is used in the present study to ascertain the extent to which hydroperoxides in arachidonic acid preparations and in PGHS contribute to enzyme activity. Incubation of PGHS with arachidonic acid that was treated …

Comparison Of Quality Of Life In Diabetics Using Insulin Injection Therapy Versus Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Therapy, Katie Michele Reynolds

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The goal of this study was to determine the effectiveness of insulin delivered via multiple injections or by infusion via a pump on the quality of life in adult insulin-dependent diabetics. Four parameters, namely hemoglobin A1C (3 month average blood sugar levels), self-reported healthy eating habits demonstrated by consumption of 3 meals/3 snacks everyday, frequency of exercise of daily 30 min or longer duration and opinion of quality of life, were evaluated in patients receiving either insulin injections or infusion.

Pump users reported enhanced eating and exercise behaviors and feeling in good health, compared with patients receiving injections. In contrast, …

Black Aesthetics In Children's Literature, Tammy Shonta Smith

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of my research is to show that although many African American children’s books have been used as “race texts” to give children insight into race relations of the past, many are important in that they preserve the Black dialect and encourage child activism and social change. Black aesthetics are most beneficial in that they educate children about not just race but about the African American oral tradition of Black dialect. They also provide children with a strong foundation in Black aesthetics, which prepares them for the higher forms of Black aesthetics found in African American adult literature. Not …

Nation Building And The Politics Of Islamic Internationalism In Guinea: Toward An Understanding Of Muslims’ Experience Of Globalization In Africa, Mohamed S. Camara

Security Studies & International Affairs - Daytona Beach

This article discusses the historical role of Islam in the political evolution of Guinea in the broader context of Muslims’ experience of nation/state building and globalization in Africa. This role is examined on the premise that Islam is one of the major globalizing forces (more in the body of the paper on this idea of Islam as a globalizing force) responsible for the formation of what experts have conceptualized as Africa’s “triple heritage” or the juncture of African traditional values, Islamic influence, and the legacy of Western colonialism. The article examines Islam’s role in the creation of cultural identities, territorial …

The Mystery Of The Individual In Modern Law, Joseph Vining

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

Bridgewater Magazine, Volume 17, Number 3, Summer 2007, Bridgewater State College

Bridgewater Magazine

Feature story: “Higher Learning – More and More, BSC Students’ Next Step in Graduate School”’ also Alumni Profiles, College Stories, Alumni Update and Class Notes.

Testing The Persistence Of Phenotypic Plasticity After Incubation In The Western Fence Lizard, Sceloporus Occidentalis, Christine R. Buckley, Maddalena Jackson, Mina Youssef, Duncan J. Irschick, Stephen C. Adolph

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

Hypothesis: Phenotypic variation in traits induced by different incubation temperatures does not persist into the lifetime of young lizards, and therefore contributes little to variation in long-term fitness.

Organism: Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis).

Methods: Split-clutch laboratory incubation experiment including eggs from two different populations under two different incubation regimes, measurement of morphological traits at hatching, and tracking of morphology and temperature preference behaviour for 7 weeks after hatching.

Results: Several morphological traits, including body mass, hindlimb length, inter-limb length, and tail length, initially differed between the two incubation treatments, but only the difference in tail length persisted …

Turing Patterns On Growing Spheres: The Exponential Case, Julijana Gjorgjieva, Jon T. Jacobsen

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

We consider Turing patterns for reaction-diffusion systems on the surface of a growing sphere. In particular, we are interested in the effect of dynamic growth on the pattern formation. We consider exponential isotropic growth of the sphere and perform a linear stability analysis and compare the results with numerical simulations.

The Phylum Cnidaria: A Review Of Phylogenetic Patterns And Diversity 300 Years After Linnaeus, Catherine S. Mcfadden, Marymegan Daly, Mercer R. Brugler, Paulyn Cartwright, Allen G. Collins, Michael N. Dawson, Daphne G. Fautin, Scott C. France, Dennis M. Opresko, Estefania Rodriguez, Sandra L. Romano, Joel L. Stake

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

Systema Naturae includes representatives of every major lineage of the animal phylum Cnidaria. However, Linnaeus did not classify the members of the phylum as is now done, and the diversity of the group is not well represented. We contrast the Linnaean perspective on cnidarian diversity with the modern, phylogenetic perspective. For each order, we detail diversity at the family level, providing phylogenetic context where possible.

World Vs. The United States And China - The Complex Climate Change Incentives Of The Leading Greenhouse Gas Emitters, The, Cass R. Sunstein

Articles

It is generally agreed that the world would be better off with an international agreement to control greenhouse gas emissions. But it is not entirely clear that the leading emitters-the United States and China-would be better off with the agreement that would be in the world's interest. The first problem is that as the largest emitters, the United States and China would probably have to bear a disproportionate cost of any significant emissions reduction effort. The second problem is that on prominent projections, the United States and China are unlikely to be the most serious losers from climate change. According …

Is The U.S. Government’S Mining Of Commercial Data Contributing To An Erosion Of Public Trust In Government?, Carter H. Manny Jd

Faculty Publications

Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the executive branch of the U.S. Government turned to data mining practices for the avowed purpose of protecting public security. Relying on a combination of legislative authorization and cooperation by the private sector, federal institutions have obtained access to information in commercial databases collected largely from routine business transactions by ordinary people posing no particular threat to public order. Much of the data mining has occurred without safeguards like prior court authorization and limitations in the Privacy Act of 1974. In the absence of these safeguards designed to protect individual liberty, data …

Obiora Chinedu Okafor, Legitimizing Human Right Ngos: Lessons From Nigeria, Joel M. Ngugi

Fordham International Law Journal

Professor Obiora Chinedu Okafor of Osgoode Hall School of Law, Toronto, Canada, has written a well-researched and valuable book about Human Rights Non-Governmental Organizations ("NGOs") in Nigeria. ... " Similarly, in many countries, NGOs, in their capacity as civic society, have been given official roles in some key governance institutions such as in Nigerian National Human Rights Commissions, media watchdogs, Governmental Commissions, and so forth. In chapter five of the book, Professor Okafor candidly describes the funding patterns of human rights NGOs in Nigeria. As Professor Okafor tells the story, the trail of the "popular legitimization crisis" of local human …

Prospects For Developing Countries, Mariah Hudnut

Undergraduate Research Symposium (UGRS)

While developing countries generally shared the sentiment that they were going to suffer from the effects of climate change policy, evidence to the contrary has emerged during the short time since the Kyoto Protocol’s entry into force. Defying expectations that developing nations could only lose from climate change policy, Brazil has shown that it is actually quite possible to benefit significantly from these policies. Brazil has been proactive in developing the infrastructure to become involved in climate change negotiations, as well as using policy tools such as the CDM. Its actions have resulted in significant economic, developmental, and environmental benefits. …

Voices Of The Poor: Poverty And Growth In Albania, Magda Tsaneva

Undergraduate Research Symposium (UGRS)

This paper uses three waves of panel surveys at the household level to study growth and poverty in Albania over the period 2002-2004. It attempts to answer two main questions. The first question is directed at finding the micro determinants of growth and aims to expose the obstacles households face to improve their economic situation. The main focus of the analysis is to investigate the importance of health, education, and infrastructure indicators for income growth. The second question asks whether growth in Albania during the period 2002-2004 has been pro-poor. I find that there is some evidence for a convergence …

The Bird And Its Flight: A Struggle For Freedom In Bulgakov's Master And Margarita, Nicole Crocker

Undergraduate Research Symposium (UGRS)

The Russian senior seminar this semester focused on Bulgakov’s famous novel, Master and Margarita. This presentation focuses on one of the themes of the novel, specifically Bulgakov’s use of birds in his work. Birds appear numerous times in Master and Margarita, and it always has a connotation of either a lack of freedom or a recent achievement of this goal. There are even instances in which characters themselves, as they seek freedom from their former oppressive lives, become the “birds” in the novel. This paper is an exploration of bird imagery in the novel.

Looking Back To See The Future Of Punishment In America, Michael Tonry

Articles

No abstract provided.

Crime, Criminal Justice, And Criminology In The Netherlands, Michael Tonry, Catrien Bijleveld

Articles

No abstract provided.

Originalism And Its Discontents (Plus A Thought Or Two About Abortion), Mitchell N. Berman

Constitutional Commentary, Vols 1–36 (1984–2022)

No abstract provided.

The Aggregate Harmony Metric And A Statistical And Visual Contextualization Of The Rehnquist Court: 50 Years Of Data, Peter A. Hook

Constitutional Commentary, Vols 1–36 (1984–2022)

No abstract provided.

The Perpetual Anxiety Of Living Constitutionalism, Ethan J. Leib

Faculty Scholarship

It certainly seems like the originalists are winning. Professor Jack Balkin--finding that he couldn't beat 'em--joined them. Living constitutionalists used to turn to Balkin as a reliable advocate; he recently wrote “we are all living constitutionalists now.” But Balkin has forsaken them. Losing such an important advocate might be a sign that what some once deemed the “ascendant” and dominant theory in constitutional interpretation is on the decline. Still, don't count living constitutionalism out of the game just yet--and don't think one can embrace Balkin's approach and a true living constitutionalism at the same time.

Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Serum Levels And Inflammatory Response In Acute Ischemic Stroke, Fusun M. Domac, Goksel Somay, Handan Misirli, Nuri Y. Erenoglu

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To assess the implication of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukine-6 (IL-6) in acute ischemic stroke and to correlate this with lesion size, vascular risk factors, and neurological impairment. METHODS: We included 70 patients consecutively admitted to the Department of 1st Neurology, Haydarpasa Numune Educational and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, between September 2001 and April 2002, with first-ever ischemic cerebral infarction within the first 24 hours from onset. The TNF-alpha, IL-6, fibrinogen, C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and leukocytes were determined in plasma on admission. Neurological impairment was evaluated with the modified Rankin Scale. RESULTS: We found …

State Of Utah V. William Thomas Dominguez : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

THIS APPEAL IS FROM A PLEA AND SUBSEQUENT SENTENCING TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, A THIRD DEGREE FELONY, AND NO PROOF OF INSURANCE, A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR AND WAS SENTENCED AN INDETERMINATE TERM OF NOT TO EXCEED FIVE YEARS AT THE UTAH STATE PRISON TOGETHER WITH A CONCURRENT 180 DAYSYEAR SENTENCE ON THE MISDEMEANOR, IN THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR WEBER COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH, THE HONORABLE PAMELA G. HEFFERNAN PRESIDING.

DEFENDANT IS CURRENTLY INCARCERATED IN THE UTAH STATE PRISON

Measuring The Economic Value Of Corporate Social Responsibility, Scott H. Peeples

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

The body of scholarship regarding the economic value of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) contains diverse and often polarized opinions. Corporate policies taking the title of CSR are as divergent and diametric as these opinions. As the phrase suggests, corporate social responsibility should produce social goods- whether those goods are quantitative or lend themselves to evaluation in a business model cannot be assumed. Any corporate behavior which requires the allocation of scarce resources should leave a discernible trail of economic impact. Blind magnanimity, however, should not reliably produce significant economic value for a firm; so, the first challenge to finding the …

The Dimensions Of Sustainability And The Neo-Entrepreneurial Adaptation Strategies In Reindeer Herding In Finland, Hannu Ilmari Heikkinen, Sami Lakomäki, John Baldridge

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

Current public discourse in Finland concerning reindeer herding has focused on the overgrazing problem and conflicts between herding and competitive forms of land use. Both herders and government administrators agree on the problems of herding, but conceptualize their causes differently. Administrators insist that sustainability in herding is reachable through bioeconomic management that unites biological metrics of sustainable systems with an economic efficiency calculus. However, we found that such policy erodes socio-cultural sustainability at the community level. It also encourages economic rationalization that leads to increased revenues but slower income growth, because it coexists with rising investment costs and decreasing producer …