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The Investigation Of Innate Immune System Memory In Rag1-/- Mutant Zebrafish, Claudia M. Hohn

Theses and Dissertations

The innate immune system in vertebrates is considered to lack specific memory. To investigate innate immune system based immunological protection mediated by cells that are not part of the acquired immune system the Tübingen recombination activation gene1 (rag1)t26683 mutant (MT) zebrafish was chosen. Molecular analysis demonstrated MT zebrafish kidney cells expressed Non-specific Cytotoxic cell receptor protein-1 (NCCRP-1) and Natural Killer cell (NK) lysin but lacked T cell receptor (TCR) and immunoglobulin (Ig) VH1, VH2, VH3 and VH4 expression. Differential counts of peripheral blood leukocytes indicated that MT fish had decreased lymphocyte populations (34.7%) compared to rag1+/+ wild-type (WT) fish (70.5%), …

The Selection For Sedentary Settlement Patterns In East-Central Mississippi, Weston Everett Baconchulte

Theses and Dissertations

The evolution of sedentariness in east-central Mississippi seems to follow specific patterns when both time and space are accounted for. Prehistoric pottery counts and frequencies from sites located throughout east-central Mississippi were examined in order to better understand settlement patterns. This study combines data from both newly recorded and previously recorded sites. These data are analyzed using frequency seriation and correspondence analysis, thus allowing the investigation of settlement patterns through both space and time. The results are used to address competing hypotheses concerning a gradual spread of sedentary settlement versus a very rapid adoption of sedentariness. The main factors organizing …

The Study Of The Life Cycle Of Bolbophorus Damnificus And Its Pathology In The Channel Catfish (Ictalurus Punctatus), Marlena Catherine Yost

Theses and Dissertations

In channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), the digenetic trematode B. damnificus, causes morality and reduced growth. Previous research has documented the hosts for B. damnificus are: the American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), the snail (Planorbella trivolvis) and the channel catfish. The goals of this research were to confirm the life cycle of B. damnificus in a single life cycle study fulfilling Koch’s postulates; determine if the snail, Biomphalaria havanensis-obstructa, could serve a host for B. damnificus, and examine the pathology of B. damnificus in channel catfish. American white pelicans (AWP) were artificially infected with B. damnificus metacercariae which matured to the …

We Are…Marshall, May 2, 2008, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

No abstract provided.

A Descriptive Analysis Of The Gender Gap Of Women In Technical Fields, Jason E. Fights

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the College of Science and Technology at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science by Jason E. Fights on May 2, 2008.

Luminescent Probes And Photochromic Switches Based On Semiconductor Quantum Dots, Ibrahim Yildiz

Open Access Dissertations

A new strategy was developed to switch the luminescence of semiconductor quantum dots with chemical stimulations. It is based on the photoinduced transfer of either energy from CdSe-ZnS core-shell quantum dots to [1,3]oxazine ligands or electrons from the organic to the inorganic components. Upon addition of base or acid, energy or electron transfer pathways respectively become operative, leading to changes in the luminescence of the nanoparticles. These changes are fully reversible and can be exploited to probe the pH of aqueous solutions from 3 up to 11 and this design can lead to the development of pH-sensitive luminescent probes for …

Harnessing The Heat Shock Response To Raise Refined Therapeutic Outcomes, Alexis K. Hall

Open Access Dissertations

Activated Heat Shock Transcription Factor 1 (HSF1) has received attention in recent literature as a therapeutic effector in diseases of protein misfolding, as an immune modulating adjuvant in tumor regression, and as a trigger for gene therapy transcription. In its normal function, activated HSF1 enhances heat shock protein (Hsp) expression when additional molecular chaperoning is required (i.e., in situations of proteotoxic stress, including thermal stress) in a process known as the heat shock (HS) response. Thus, HSF1 acts as an environmental sensor, and a harness based on the biology of this capability enables transcription of genes for engineered purposes. The …

The South Dakota Fuel Ethanol Industry, Kurt A. Rosentrater, Kenneth F. Kalscheuer, Alvaro Garcia, Cody Wright

SDSU Extension Fact Sheets

No abstract provided.

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes 2008-05-02, Bowling Green State University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

The official meeting minutes of Bowling Green State University's Board of Trustees.

Genomic Imprinting Of Igf2 In Marsupials Is Methylation Dependent, Betty R. Lawton, Benjamin R. Carone, Craig J. Obergfell, Gianni C. Ferreri, Christina M. Gondolphi, John L. Vandeberg, Ikhide Imumorin, Rachel J. O'Neill, Michael J. O'Neill

College of Science & Mathematics Departmental Research

Background-: Parent-specific methylation of specific CpG residues is critical to imprinting in eutherian mammals, but its importance to imprinting in marsupials and, thus, the evolutionary origins of the imprinting mechanism have been the subject of controversy. This has been particularly true for the imprinted Insulin-like Growth Factor II (IGF2), a key regulator of embryonic growth in vertebrates and a focal point of the selective forces leading to genomic imprinting. The presence of the essential imprinting effector, DNMT3L, in marsupial genomes and the demonstration of a differentially methylated region (DMR) in the retrotransposon-derived imprinted gene, PEG10, in tammar wallaby argue …

2008, Board Of Regents

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Transnationalization Of The Health Care System In Argentina, C. Iriart

English

Objectives: To examine the role of multinational corporations in the process of health care service privatization in Argentina.

Contributions Of Social Medicine To Occupational Health, M. Noriega, M. Cruz, M. Garduño

English

Objectives: To reflect on the role of social medicine in occupational health, and on the situation and system currently experienced by workers in Latin America.

The Murray Ledger And Times, May 2, 2008, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Commencement Convocation Program, Tampa Campus, May 2 And 3, 2008, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

King O'Neal Scholars - Shawn Curtis, Emily Jane Koby, Katherine A. Dorf, Cassandra L. Ernst, Kelly Marie Foyle, Adam King, Jonathan David Miller, Andrew Felipe Quecan, Carol H. Bierschenk, Sara Elizabeth Harrison, and Gabriel Antonio Lopez; Outstanding Senior - Ojas Rawal; Honorary Doctor of Visual and Performing Arts - Trisha Brown

Health And Gender Studies: The Advantages Of An Anthropological, Feminist Approach, M.L. Esteban

English

Objectives: The objective of this article is to show the advantages of an anthropological, feminist viewpoint in studying health/illness/health care processes, whether exclusively related to gender relations or not.

The Spatial Memory Of African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana): Durability, Interference, And Response Biases, Robert H.I. Dale

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Women and elephants never forget an injury.

-Saki (H. H. Munro), "Reginald on besetting sins," in Reginald (1904)

I am not sure whether the satirist H. H. Munro believed Saki's claim, although it may well be true (at least with regard to elephants). This chapter will examine some characteristics of elephant memory more systematically than did Saki.

In general, it is to an animal's advantage to remember some aspects (usually the stable features) of a situation for long periods and to remember other aspects (usually the unstable features) only temporarily. Consistent with recent arguments questioning the value of cognitive constructs …

Volume Cxxv, Number 22, May 2, 2008, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

2008 Spring Commencement Program: Winona State University, Winona State University

WSU Commencement Programs

This is the Winona State University Spring 2008 commencement program. Commencement was on Friday, May 2, 2008.

Campus Report May 02, 2008

News Releases

No abstract provided.

Sanchez, Ivan, Bronx African American History Project

Oral Histories

Interviewee: Ivan Sanchez

Interviewer: Dr. Mark Naison

Transcriber: unavailable

Date: 05/02/2008

Summarized by: Daniel Matthews

Ivan Sanchez is the author of Next Stop: Growing Up Wild Style in the Bronx. Ivan was born near 170^th Street off Jerome Avenue on 9/21/1972. His father is from Puerto Rico, while his mother was born in New York and has Puerto Rican ancestry. He has an older brother, a younger sister, and seven stepsiblings by his father. He was close to his Titi, whom he considered a second mother. He spent much of his time at her home on Bailey Avenue near …

The New Hampshire, Vol. 97 [98], No. 23 [52] (May 2, 2008), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 97, but it is the 98th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

This issue was printed as 23, but it is the 52nd issue in this volume. This was corrected in pencil.

Spring Commencement Ceremonies, University Of North Florida

Commencement Printed Materials

Program for the Spring Commencement ceremonies.

University Of Central Florida Commencement, May 2 And 3, 2008, University Of Central Florida

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Faculty Awards Given During Commencement Ceremonies, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2008

• Two outstanding professors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts earned faculty awards that will be presented during the May 10 undergraduate commencement.

Revisiting A Model Of Ontogenetic Growth: Estimating Model Parameters From Theory And Data, Melanie E. Moses, Chen Hou, William H. Woodruff, Geoffrey B. West, Jeffery C. Nekola, Wenyun Zuo, James H. Brown

Biological Sciences Faculty Research & Creative Works

The ontogenetic growth model (OGM) of West et al. provides a general description of how metabolic energy is allocated between production of new biomass and maintenance of existing biomass during ontogeny. Here, we reexamine the OGM, make some minor modifications and corrections, and further evaluate its ability to account for empirical variation on rates of metabolism and biomass in vertebrates both during ontogeny and across species of varying adult body size. We show that the updated version of the model is internally consistent and is consistent with other predictions of metabolic scaling theory and empirical data. The OGM predicts not …

Free Winona: Spring Flood, Free Winona

Free Winona Newspaper

Free Winona is a newspaper published in Winona, Minnesota in 2008 and 2009. This issue includes:

• Really Really Free Markets Begin w/ 200+ Participants;
• Earth Day Driven Indoors;
• Resuscitating Critical Mass;
• Winona Unified Community Forum on Oppression;
• The Lock & Dam River System;
• Backmatter: Statehood Sesquicentennial Celebrates Imperialists

Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for May 1, 2008

Traditional Tribal Knowledge And Status Of Some Rare And Endemic Medicinal Plants Of North Cachar Hills District Of Assam, Northeast India, Albert L. Sajem, Jayashree Rout, Minaram Nath

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

An ethnobotanical survey carried out in the district of North Cachar hills, Assam, North East India during the period of February 2006 – November 2006, has revealed 34 species of plants to be threatened in several parts of the country, and in the district itself. More than 6 species of plants are included in the red Data Book of Indian Plants, 5 numbers of species have already been included in the Red Data List of the IUCN. 13 species documented in the present paper have not been reported about its threat status earlier, but are now threatened in the district. …

Traditional Healing Potential Of Paliyars In Southern India, M. Ayyanar, K. Sankarasivaraman, S. Ignacimuthu

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

India is one of the twelve mega-biodiversity countries of the world having rich vegetation with a wide variety of medicinal plants and a tradition of plant-based knowledge distributed amongst a vast number of ethnic groups. The present study focuses mainly on the traditional knowledge of the Paliyar tribals for primary healthcare needs as reported by their informants/traditional healers. The study shows a high degree of ethnobotanical novelty and the use of plants among the Paliyars reflects the revival of interest in traditional folk culture and ethnomedicine.