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Expression Of The Gtp And Atp Specific Isoforms Of Succinyl -Coa Synthetase In Mouse And Human., Kristin Nora Tews

Theses and Dissertations

Succinyl-CoA synthetase (SCS) in eukaryotes is an alpha-beta heterodimer with the nucleotide specificity residing within the beta subunit. It was previously believed that animals have the GTP-specific isoform, while plants and bacteria possess the ATP-specific isoform. However, recent work demonstrated that both isoforms of SCS exist in mammals, and the cDNA sequences for the GTP and ATP-specific beta subunits have been determined for mouse and human. The complete genomic sequence for any of the subunits of SCS in a eukaryotic organism had not been elucidated. The promoter structures of the SCS subunits, as well as the relative expression of the …

Oxidative Stress And Diabetic Cardiomyopathy., Loren Eugene Wold

Theses and Dissertations

Diabetic cardiomyopathy, a heart muscle disease independent of micro-/macro-vascular complications, is manifested by prolonged action potential duration and prolonged cardiac contraction and relaxation. Several rationales have been postulated for the pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy including reactive oxygen species generation, although the precise mechanism is still undefined. My central hypothesis is that oxidative damage is the ultimate cause of diabetic cardiomyopathy. In vivo: Mice with cardiac-specific overexpression of the antioxidant metallothionein (MT) were made diabetic with the β-cell toxin streptozotocin (STZ) and isolated myocytes were studied. In vitro: Doxorubicin (Dox), a potent anti-cancer drug and reactive oxygen species donor and STZ …

Characterization Of Src -Suppressed C -Kinase Substrate (Ssecks) In Rat Primary Sensory Neurons., Sandra Marie Siegel

Theses and Dissertations

SSeCKS (src suppressed C kinase substrate) is a proposed protein kinase C substrate that has been localized in the peripheral and central nervous system. In this study, approximately 40% of small primary sensory neurons in the DRG contain SSeCKS-immunoreactivity with many of these cells devoid of SP (4.8%), CGRP (4.7%), or FRAP reactivity (45.0%). In the spinal cord, SSeCKS-immunoreactive axon collaterals terminate in the dorsal third of lamina IIouter suggesting that these fibers are unmyelinated C-, or small diameter myelinated Aδ-, fibers. Additionally, capsaicin treatment essentially obliterated SSeCKS immunoreactivity in the dorsal horn. Quantitative analysis of dorsal root ganglia revealed …

Isthmus Set To Sign Comprehensive Agreement With Europe, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

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Human Health Risk Assessment For Petroleum Refining Industry Of The Remaining Air Toxics After Mact I Emissions Reductions, Nadia C. Roa

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Inhalation risks on human health for hazardous air pollutants emitted from MACT I petroleum refining industry were determined using EPA HEM-3 Program. Methodology included compiling vertical and fugitive emissions from 2002 National Emissions Inventory for sources inside two facilities in Louisiana, 'Motiva Norco' and 'Valero St. Charles' refineries. Six cases were modeled applying EPA criteria, where cancer risks are 'low' if the probability is. 1/1, 000, 000, and non-cancer risks are harmful when hazard quotient is > 1. It was demonstrated that fugitive emissions have more impact on human health than the verticals because of their significant portion of the total …

Abundance And Distribution Of Early Life Stage Blue Crabs (Callinectes Sapidus) In Lake Pontchartrain, Lissa Lyncker

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

I conducted a 12-month study of near-shore habitats in Lake Pontchartrain to assess spatiotemporal variation in the abundance of early life stage blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus). Collections were made using a 1 m2 throw trap and data showed that C. sapidus numbers varied over time and among sites. Two recruitment events occurred during the study. During the first recruitment in May-June, C. sapidus entered Lake Pontchartrain via the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal. In September-October, C. sapidus entered the Lake Pontchartrain via the Rigolets and Chef passes. My data suggest that C. sapidus utilize water circulation within the Lake Pontchartrain as …

Child Rape, Moral Outrage, And The Death Penalty, Susan A. Bandes

NULR Online

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Contemporary Chinese Journalism: An Interview With Judy Polumbaum, Timothy Weston

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

I’ve just finished reading China Ink: The Changing Face of Chinese Journalism by Judy Polumbaum with Xiong Lei. Given the plentiful recent discussion of the Chinese media and censorship during the lead up to the 2008 Olympic games, this book makes for fascinating and very timely reading. It consists of a short introduction by Judy Polumbaum, Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Iowa, and the transcripts of interviews that she and Xiong Lei, who has worked as a reporter in Beijing for twenty-five years, conducted from late 2005 until late 2006 with journalists currently working in …

Compliance Gaining Appeals And Sources Of Influence In Cognitive Behavioral Violence Prevention Fatherhood Groups, Maria Elena Villar

Open Access Dissertations

Cognitive behavioral violence prevention (CB-VP) parenting groups are commonly used for the primary and secondary prevention of violence. These groups use persuasive messages that target violence-related attitudes and cognitions, with the expectation that this will result in behavior change. Despite their frequent use as family violence prevention strategies, little is known about the actual messages being exchanged in CB-VP groups and how participants perceive and recall these messages. This study analyzes messages aimed at changing behaviors as recalled by Hispanic participants in federally funded Fatherhood groups in Miami, Florida. Applying concepts from violence prevention, behavior change messages were classified by …

The Daily Gamecock, Wednesday, August 6, 2008, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

August

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The Genome Of Cyanothece 51142, A Unicellular Diazotrophic Cyanobacterium Important In The Marine Nitrogen Cycle., Eric A. Welsh, Michelle Liberton, Jana Stöckel, Thomas Loh, Chunyan Wang, Aye Wollam, Robert S. Fulton, Sandra W. Clifton, Jon M. Jacobs, Rajeev Aurora, Louis A. Sherman, Richard D. Smith, Richard K. Wilson, Himadri B. Pakrasi

Department of Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Unicellular cyanobacteria have recently been recognized for their contributions to nitrogen fixation in marine environments, a function previously thought to be filled mainly by filamentous cyanobacteria such asTrichodesmium. To begin a systems level analysis of the physiology of the unicellular N2-fixing microbes, we have sequenced to completion the genome of Cyanothece sp. ATCC 51142, the first such organism.Cyanothece 51142 performs oxygenic photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation, separating these two incompatible processes temporally within the same cell, while concomitantly accumulating metabolic products in inclusion bodies that are later mobilized as part of a robust diurnal cycle. The 5,460,377-bp Cyanothece …

Synthesis And Relaxometric Studies Of A Dendrimer‐Based Ph‐Responsive Mri Contrast Agent, M. Meser Ali, Mark Woods, Peter Caravan, Ana C.L. Opina, Marga Spiller, James C. Fettinger, A. Dean Sherry

Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations

The design of effective pH responsive MRI contrast agents is a key goal in the development of new diagnostic methods for conditions such as kidney disease and cancer. A key factor determining the effectiveness of an agent is the difference between the relaxivity of the “on” state compared to that of the “off” state. In this paper, we demonstrate that it is possible to improve the pH-responsive action of a low molecular weight agent by conjugating it to a macromolecular construct. The synthesis of a bifunctional pH responsive agent is reported. As part of that synthetic pathway we examine the …

‘Sureño,’ Dual Purpose Grain And Forage Sorghum For Central America, Intsormil

INTSORMIL Impacts and Bulletins

Sureño sorghum- the white grain makes great tortillas and the forage and grain are a preferred livestock feed. Whereas most sorghum cultivars are gown for either silage or grain, Sureño sorghum is used for both. Because of its dual purpose qualities as a good grain for livestock and human consumption and as a forage for cattle, Sureño is popular with cattle producers and the bakery industry and is spreading throughout Central America.

The sweet ensilage of Sureño sorghum is preferred by the Central American cattle producers because of its high nutritious value, high energy value and high production of 71 …

Like A Nation State, Douglas Kysar, Bernadette A. Meyler

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Using California's self-consciously internationalist approach to climate change regulation as a primary example, this Article examines constitutional limitations on state foreign affairs activities. In particular, by focusing on the prospect of California's establishment of a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions trading system and its eventual linkage with comparable systems in Europe and elsewhere, this Article demonstrates that certain constitutional objections to extrajurisdictional linkage of state GHG emissions trading systems and the response that these objections necessitate may be more complicated than previously anticipated. First, successfully combatting the Bush Administration's potential claim that state-level climate change activities interfere with a federal executive …

Aardema V. U.S. Dairy System, Inc. Appellant's Brief Dckt. 35218

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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Hotline Press Newspaper- Aug 5,2008 Vol 26 No 7, Hotline Press Newspaper

Hotline Press Newspaper 2008

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Politics, Culture Wars,And The Good Book: Recent Controversies Over The Bible And Public Education, Mark A. Chancey

Occasional Papers

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Image-Guided Raman Spectroscopic Recovery Of Canine Cortical Bone Contrast In Situ, Subhadra Srinivasan, Matthew Schulmerich, Jacqueline H. Cole, Kathryn Dooley, Jaclynn M. Kreider, Brian W. Pogue

Dartmouth Scholarship

Raman scattering provides valuable biochemical and molecular markers for studying bone tissue composition with use in predicting fracture risk in osteoporosis. Raman tomography can image through a few centimeters of tissue but is limited by low spatial resolution. X-ray computed tomography (CT) imaging can provide high-resolution image-guidance of the Raman spectroscopic characterization, which enhances the quantitative recovery of the Raman signals, and this technique provides additional information to standard imaging methods. This hypothesis was tested in data measured from Teflon tissue phantoms and from a canine limb. Image-guided Raman spectroscopy (IG-RS) of the canine limb using CT images of the …

St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, August 3, 2008

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Edmonton, Canada

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Cal Poly Organic Farm, Cindy Douglas

Sustainability Conference

This session will explore the founding and development of one of the oldest sustainable land-based college learning centers and farming operations in California, the Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems at UC Santa Cruz. In addition, the Cal Poly Organic Enterprise will present on how they have sustained themselves as a self supporting enterprise and how virtually every discipline at Cal Poly utilizes the farm. The development and programming features of the UC Davis Student Experimental Farm, as well as the Michigan State University, and Cornell University student farms will also be presented. We will learn how the students …

Pesticide Hazard And Exposure Reduction (Phaer) Zones, Phil Boise, Ken Brown

Sustainability Conference

As California’s population continues to grow, high demand for fresh water and pesticide use will only accelerate the water shortage problem. UC Santa Barbara will be presenting their methodology of curbing pesticide use an approach which involves color-coded maps to evaluate sites, reduce risk, and plan for long-term sustainability. Their presentation will also include the benefits of native plant communities and the steps essential for creating these communities, such as: planning the site, removing invasive plants, restoring site soils, purchasing the native plant material, planting, irrigation, and mulches and amendments.

Buildings, Energy & Co2, Bill Starr

Sustainability Conference

This session will summarize an analysis that explored various improvements in building energy efficiency and their potential to help the campus reach the Climate Action goals of the UC Policy on Sustainability. Emphases of the session will include: building energy use as a portion of total GHG emissions, comparison of energy use within building types, and options to reach policy goals.

Biodiesel: A Closer Look, Shirley Johnson

Sustainability Conference

I will investigate the current debate regarding biofuels, such as the differences between ethanol and biodiesel. My presentation will be a robust investigation of biodiesel and the issues associated with biofuel. Currently, biofuels are getting a lot of attention in the media. To mention a few of the issues: debate of food verses fuel, appropriate land use for growing feedstock, and biodiesel quality. The question is: to what extent is biofuel driving up the price of soybean and corn? The direct competition for food versus fuel has never been seen before. The social justice aspects of biofuels are in question. …

Think Global, Write Local: Sustainability And English Composition, Steven Marx

Sustainability Conference

An essential element of Ecocomposition is local knowledge–engagement with one’s own particular place and time. Preparation for Ecocomposition requires teachers to be interested in their surroundings—the academic institution as not an ivory tower, but rather a physical, economic and political entity in history, situated on the land and in the community.

This paper describes two first-year writing courses, "Exposition: Writing About Place," and "Reasoning and Argumentation: Issues of Sustainability with special reference to the Cal Poly Campus," that combine students' skill development in analysis, exposition and persuasion with learning about the physical and educational dimensions of their university.

Integrating Comparative Criminal Law: Criminal Law And Procedure, At Home And Abroad, Roger Fairfax

Presentations

No abstract provided.

August 2008 (Vol. 35, No.8)

Research Matters

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Recreation And Fire Management In Urban National Forests: A Study Of Manager Perspectives, Kelly S. Bricker, Deborah J. Chavez, William W. Hendricks

Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences

The purpose of this study was to understand U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service public land managers’ perceptions of fire management and recreational use in urban national forests of the United States. An online survey was used to understand managers’ perceptions of (a) the degree to which the presence of recreational activities and experiences are a constraint to fire management, (b) the degree to which fire management and suppression activities influence the quality of a visit to a recreation site, and (c) the relationships between fire management and recreation constraints. In all, 62 district rangers within urban national forests were …

Teaching Sustainability In Electrical Engineering Lab Courses, David Braun

Sustainability Conference

Swanton Pacific, a unique educational field facility, presents on using their land to study the effectiveness of sustainable resource management, while incorporating over 20 disciplines. Students developed a monitoring system to track impacts of a LEED Certified Housing Project and an electrical engineering course incorporated analysis of sustainability factors into each experiment. Lastly we will learn about the use of Green Chemistry in an undergraduate teaching lab and the broader implications of Green Chemistry for the campus.

Best Practices: Solar Photovoltaic Shaded Parking Canopies, Lot V, Robert Boyd

Sustainability Conference

This session will include presentations from winners of the Energy Efficiency Partnership Best Practice Awards competition for projects that demonstrate best practices in Renewable Energy and Student Energy Efficiency Projects. Renewable Energy winners include CSU Fresno for their photovoltaic shaded parking canopies and LACCD for their Solar Photovoltaic Generation Project. LACCD will be giving out CDs with examples of RFPs, Contracts, and more related to their award-winning project. Student Energy Efficiency Winners include Alliance to Save Energy’s Green Campus Program teams from UC Berkeley, CSU Chico, and UC Santa Cruz. These teams were respectively recognized for overall energy saving and …

Working For Sustainability Through A More Democratic Shared Governance Process, Genevieve Bertone, Luis Suarez, Lee Peterson, Amber Katherine

Sustainability Conference

This session will discuss how partnerships between student and faculty shared governance structures can motivate environmental action on campus. Santa Monica College will present lessons learned while engaging students in college committees and task forces. They will describe how student energy and fresh perspectives influenced campus administration on an environmental audit and an organic garden project, helped add sustainability features to new facilities, led to the funding of an “Any Line, Any Time” transit system pass, and helped revise criteria for food vendors.