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Genome-Wide Compensatory Changes Accompany Drug Selected Mutations In The Plasmodium Falciparum Crt Gene, Hongying Jiang, Jigar J. Patel, Ming Yi, Jianbing Mu, Jinhui Ding, Robert Stephens, Roland Cooper, Michael T. Ferdig, Xin-Zhuan Su

Collected Faculty Scholarship

Mutations in PfCRT (Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine-resistant transporter), particularly the substitution at amino acid position 76, confer chloroquine (CQ) resistance in P. falciparum. Point mutations in the homolog of the mammalian multidrug resistance gene (pfmdr1) can also modulate the levels of CQ response. Moreover, parasites with the same pfcrt and pfmdr1 alleles exhibit a wide range of drug sensitivity, suggesting that additional genes contribute to levels of CQ resistance (CQR). Reemergence of CQ sensitive parasites after cessation of CQ use indicates that changes in PfCRT are deleterious to the parasite. Some CQR parasites, however, persist in the field and grow well …

Perilaku Makan Menyimpang Pada Remaja Di Jakarta, Trulyana Tantiani, Ahmad Syafiq

Kesmas

Salah satu transisi gaya hidup yang terjadi adalah perubahan perilaku makan yang paling berdampak pada kaum perempuan untuk terlihat cantik dengan berdiet berlebihan yang menjurus pada Perilaku Makan Menyimpang (PMM). Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengetahui penyebab, mekanisme, dan proses terjadinya PMM dari persepsi penderita. Desain penelitian yang digunakan adalah kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Penelitian kualitatif dilakukan pada 3 informan yang pernah mengalami PMM. Penelitian kuantitatif, dilakukan pada 397 responden yang belum mengalami PMM. Waktu pengambilan data adalah bulan Mei-Juni 2007 dengan menggunakan metode wawancara mendalam untuk penelitian kualitatif dan wawancara terstruktur menggunakan kuesioner dari Sarafino dari Stice untuk penelitian kuantitatif. …

Service-Learning At Rowan University: Perceived Impact On Selected Student Participants, Dawn E. Sandas

Theses and Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study was to explore the perceived impact that involvement in two service-learning courses had on participating Rowan University students during the spring semester of 2008. This study also investigated the impact of service-learning courses on the traditional classroom setting. Data were collected by means of a survey using Likert scale statements measuring related outcomes based on six components: academic, civic, developmental, social skills, leadership, and personal. Additionally, students were asked to rank those outcomes using another set of Likert scale items, comparing the service-learning experience to that of the traditional classroom setting. Overall, the data …

The Daily Egyptian, June 25, 2008, Daily Egyptian Staff

June 2008

No abstract provided.

June 25, 2008 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Usia Menarche Pada Siswi Sd Dan Sltp Di Kota Bandung, Dian Aryati

Kesmas

Secara global, kesehatan reproduksi mendapat perhatian yang berbeda sejak konverensi internasional Demografi (International Conference on Demography) (ICPD) di Kairo pada tahun 1994. Tahap seksual remaja diinisiasi oleh pertumbuhan lengkap pada organ reproduksi yang mengantarkan seorang wanita pada menstruasi. Selama bertahun-tahun, usia menarche telah menurun yang dipengaruhi oleh faktor biologi dan lingkungan. Penurunan usia menarche berakibat pada peningkatan kehamilan yang tidak diharapkan yang disebabkan oleh aktivitas seksual sebelum menikah. Hal tersebut dapat meningkatkan tindakan abortus dan penyakit menular seksual pada remaja dan kelainan ingestion. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui berbagai faktor yang berhubungan dengan usia menarche pada remaja. Penelitian dengan desain studi …

Sistem Manajemen Mutu Dan Keamanan Pangan Pada Perusahaan Jasa Boga, Ananta Rina

Kesmas

Kejadian Luar Biasa (KLB) keracunan pangan jasa boga yang tinggi (31%) menjadi semakin penting dan perlu mendapat perhatian serius. Masyarakat yang semakin sadar menuntut jaminan mutu dan keamanan pangan yang semakin tinggi. Penelitian ini bertujuan menilai penerapan Sistem Manajemen Mutu pada perusahaan jasa boga perusahaan yang diteliti. Metoda yang digunakan mengacu pada sistem manajemen PDCA ( Plan – Do – Check – Action ), penerapan Sistem Manajemen Mutu ( ISO 9001) dan Sistem Keamanan Pangan ( HACCP dan ISO 22000). Sistem tersebut mencakup unsur- unsur pengendalian bahaya potensial dan parameter kritis aktifitas penyediaan rantai makanan (food chain), kesesuaian produk dan …

Disgusted By Food: Explanatory Models Of Anorexia Among Young Taiwanese Adults, Donald E. Mclawhorn Jr.

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Anorexia as a nosological category has developed in a western context and is now being applied to people around the world. In order for researchers to know they are asking the right questions about AN as knowledge expands, it is important to understand what meanings Anorexia carries and how those meanings manifest locally. The present study to aid in that understanding by employing a mixed methods (survey and in-depth interviewing) research approach in answering the following question: In what ways are Taiwanese students' explanatory models of anorexia nervosa (AN) congruent with or different from professional understandings derived from the western …

Quantifying Soil Organic Carbon (Soc) In Wetlands Impacted By Groundwater Withdrawals In West-Central Florida, Katherine Moore Powell

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Saturated for most of the year, wetlands accumulate large amounts of biomass in thick organic soil horizons with slow rates of decomposition due to anaerobic conditions. Wetland soils thereby sequester large amounts of organic carbon in relative long-term storage. Municipal water demands in west-central Florida are largely met through extensive groundwater pumping. These withdrawals can impact ecosystems dependent on surface water levels that are ultimately linked to confined aquifers. Soils in a subset of cypress swamps that are monitored by the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) were sampled and analyzed to ascertain the health of the wetlands impacted by …

Minutes June 24, 2008

Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Agenda, June 24, 2008

Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Working Trees: Silvopasture, An Agroforestry Practice

Working Trees (USDA-NAC)

Silvopasture integrates trees, livestock, and forage into a single system on one site.

These components diversify income sources. Annual income from grazing and long-term profits from trees respond to different market pressures and reduce risk when combined in the same operation.

Shade from the trees lengthens the forage growing season and improves forage quality. It also increases the comfort level for livestock which reduces stress.

The structure and plant diversity of silvopastures is attractive to many wildlife species including wild turkey, quail, deer, and many songbirds.

Silvopastures are inherently sustainable systems. They increase biological diversity, protect water quality, reduce soil …

Lancaster Named Endowed Professor In Anesthesiology, Staff

Browse All News

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Multidimensional Fluorescence Microscopy Of Multiple Organelles In Arabidopsis Seedlings, Naohiro Kato, Dexter Reynolds, Matthew L. Brown, Marietta Boisdore, Yukichi Fujikawa, Andrea Morales, Lee A. Meisel

Faculty Publications

Background. The isolation of green fluorescent protein (GFP) and the development of spectral variants over the past decade have begun to reveal the dynamic nature of protein trafficking and organelle motility. In planta analyses of this dynamic process have typically been limited to only two organelles or proteins at a time in only a few cell types. Results. We generated a transgenic Arabidopsis plant that contains four spectrally different fluorescent proteins. Nuclei, plastids, mitochondria and plasma membranes were genetically tagged with cyan, red, yellow and green fluorescent proteins, respectively. In addition, methods to track nuclei, mitochondria and chloroplasts and quantify …

Location Awareness In Cognitive Radio Networks, Hasari Celebi

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Cognitive radio is a recent novel approach for the realization of intelligent and sophisticated wireless systems. Although the research and development on cognitive radio is still in the stage of infancy, there are significant interests and efforts towards realization of cognitive radio. Cognitive radio systems are envisioned to support context awareness and related systems. The context can be spectrum, environment, location, waveform, power and other radio resources. Significant amount of the studies related to cognitive radio in the literature focuses on the spectrum awareness since it is one of the most crucial features of cognitive radio systems. However, the rest …

Daily Eastern News: June 24, 2008, Eastern Illinois University

June

No abstract provided.

Assessment Of Risk Associated With The Minnesota Proposed Plan For Split-State Status For Mycobacterium Bovis (Bovine Tuberculosis)

Michigan Bovine Tuberculosis Bibliography and Database

In July 2005, a Minnesota beef herd tested positive for Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) and was officially declared infected with bovine tuberculosis (TB). This was the first infected herd identified since Minnesota’s Accredited Free (AF) status was obtained in 1976. Subsequent testing identified infection in white-tailed deer and several cattle herds adjacent to this index herd. In February 2008, Minnesota declared its 11th infected cattle herd, resulting in the downgrade of the entire State’s TB status to Modified Accredited (MA).
In an effort to minimize the impact of MA status to the State and producers, Minnesota initiated the …

The Response Of Hn4 Cells To Porphyromonas Gingivalis Dna, Cheyanne Warren

Theses and Dissertations

Periodontal disease is one of the most common human diseases. Bacteria trigger the onset and progression of the disease and among them Porphyromonas gingivalis has been demonstrated to be a major etiologic agent. Although the interaction of the bacterium with the host is of major importance for the understanding of the disease mechanisms, both the host as well as the pathogen components involved in the interaction remain poorly understood. One of the bacterial components capable of eliciting a host response is unmethylated CpG DNA motifs found in bacteria. Thus, the first aim was to determine the response of oral epithelial …

Behavior Contracting With Dependent Runaway Youth, Jessica Colon

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The number of dependent youth reported as runaways to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has become an increasing concern to the Department of Children and Families (Child Welfare League of America, 2005). Youth under state supervision, who are reported as runaways, most often leave from foster care settings, although some youth are also reported as runaways from the homes of relatives, non-relatives, and biological parents (CWLA, 2005). Community based care (CBC) agencies responsible for the supervision of dependent children in the State of Florida have struggled to develop an effective means of addressing the problem of running away and …

A 1400 Year Multi-Proxy Record Of Hydrologic Variability In The Gulf Of Mexico: Exploring Ocean-Continent Linkages During The Late Holocene, Jennifer A. Flannery

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Late Holocene climate variability includes the Little Ice Age (LIA, 450-150 BP) and the Medieval Warm Period (MWP, 1100-700 BP) that are characterized by contrasting hydrologic and thermal regimes. The degree of interaction between the North American continent and the ocean during these two abrupt climate events is not well known. Marine sedimentary records from basins proximal to major rivers integrate climate signals across large spatial scales and can provide a coherent, high-resolution assessment of the oceanic and continental responses to changing climate and hydrologic conditions. The Pigmy Basin in the northern Gulf of Mexico is ideally situated to record …

The Effects Of Maturation And Experience On The Predatory Efficiency Of The Whitespotted Bambooshark, Chiloscyllium Plagiosum, Jennifer Louise Ciaccio

Open Access Dissertations

Foraging presents a significant challenge for neonatal predators. Both physical maturation and predatory experience may improve predatory abilities. To tease apart which improvements in predatory abilities were due to increased maturation and which to increased experience, several experiments that isolated the effects of maturation and experience were conducted. Individual whitespotted bamboosharks, Chiloscyllium plagiosum, improved predatory efficiency with both maturation and experience. Physical maturation, when isolated from experience, improved predatory efficiency of naïve sharks foraging on shrimp, an elusive prey, but not of sharks foraging on worms, a non-elusive prey. Predatory experience, when isolated from maturation, improved predatory efficiency of sharks …

Graduate Schedule Of Classes For 2008, Fall [Full Fall Semester Session] | Academic Calendar | Class Schedule, Office Of The Registrar, Stony Brook University

Calendars

No abstract provided.

Interview With Paul Aslanian, Professor Of Economics And Chief Financial Officer, Paul Aslanian

Economics Department Oral Histories

No abstract provided.

Study To Prospectively Evaluate Reamed Intramedually Nails In Patients With Tibial Fractures (S.P.R.I.N.T.): Study Rationale And Design, Franklin D. Shuler Md, Phd

Orthopaedics

Background: Surgeons agree on the benefits of operative treatment of tibial fractures – the most common of long bone fractures – with an intramedullary rod or nail. Rates of re-operation remain high – between 23% and 60% in prior trials – and the two alternative nailing approaches, reamed or non-reamed, each have a compelling biological rationale and strong proponents, resulting in ongoing controversy regarding which is better.

Methods/Design: The objective of this trial was to assess the impact of reamed versus non-reamed intramedullary nailing on rates of re-operation in patients with open and closed fractures of the tibial shaft. The …

Academic Calendar | Undergraduate Schedule Of Classes For 2008, Fall [Full Fall Semester Session] | Class Schedule, Office Of The Registrar, Stony Brook University

Calendars

No abstract provided.

State V. Carson Clerk's Record V. 2 Dckt. 33229

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Peroxynitrite Chemistry: Formation, Decomposition And Possible Deactivation Mechanisms By Thiols, Olufunke Modupe Olagunju

Dissertations and Theses

Kinetics of formation and decomposition of peroxynitrite was studied in acidic and buffer solutions. Peroxynitrous acid was formed in acidic media by the reaction of H₂O₂ with HNO^₂ and NO +. Bimolecular rate constant for reaction of H²O² with HNO^₂ at 25°C was determined to be 3.7 × 10 3 M-¹ s-¹. Peroxynitrous acid formed is highly unstable with half life of approximately 1 second. Decomposition of peroxynitrite is highly pH-dependent. In acidic media, peroxynitrous acid decomposes to nitrate while at neutral to slightly basic media, products of decomposition …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 58, June 23, 2008

Central Florida Future

Student nurses make impact on HIV; Tanker ties up traffic; Fees raising student concern; Hot Air Tour blasts global warming; UCF grad pursues stand-up dreams.

Antifreeze Proteins In Pelagic Fishes From Marquerite Bay (Western Antarctica), Tammy L. Cullins

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Southern Ocean is home to two major types of fishes: endemics in the suborder Notothenioidii and representatives of oceanic fish families that are widely distributed in the midwater and benthic environments elsewhere (e.g. bathylagids, myctophids, liparids, and zoarcids) In most regions of the coastal Antarctic, e.g. the Ross Sea, there is a distinct separation in the pelagic communities at the shelf break between the oceanics (off-shelf) and the endemics (on-shelf). Coincidentally, in much of the coastal Antarctic, the shelf break also marks the boundary between a water column entirely composed of the very cold (-2°C ) Ice Shelf Water …

Beta3 Integrin Haplotype Influences Gene Regulation And Plasma Von Willebrand Factor Activity, Katie E. Payne, Paul F. Bray, Peter J. Grant, Angela M. Carter

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

The Leu33Pro polymorphism of the gene encoding beta(3) integrin (ITGB3) is associated with acute coronary syndromes and influences platelet aggregation. Three common promoter polymorphisms have also been identified. The aims of this study were to (1) investigate the influence of the ITGB3 -400C/A, -425A/C and -468G/A promoter polymorphisms on reporter gene expression and nuclear protein binding and (2) determine genotype and haplotype associations with platelet alpha(IIb)beta(3) receptor density. Promoter haplotypes were introduced into an ITGB3 promoter-pGL3 construct by site directed mutagenesis and luciferase reporter gene expression analysed in HEL and HMEC-1 cells. Binding of nuclear proteins was assessed by electrophoretic …