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Heard Around The Linfield Campus, Linfield Magazine Staff

Linfield Magazine

Thoughts from four prominent speakers who appeared on campus during Spring 2008.

Nmr Analyses Show Tcdd Elicits Differences In Hepatic Metabolism In Female C57bl/6 Mice And Sprague-Dawley Rats, Meghan Katherine Makley

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin) elicits tissue-, sex-, and species-specific effects. This study compares the hepatic response to an oral dose of TCDD in immature ovariectomized (i.o.) C57BL/6 mice (30 µg/kg) and i.o. Sprague-Dawley rats (10 µg/kg), at 72, 120, and 168 h post-dose. Hepatic lipid extracts were analyzed by ¹³C and ³¹P NMR, and aqueous extracts by ¹H and ³¹P NMR.

Consistent with increased lipid content in mice (p≤0.05), TCDD induced increases in hepatic triacylglycerides (TAG), cholesterol, and fatty acids. Principal component analysis of ¹³C spectra show treatment groups separate in mice, but not rats. …

College Of Pharmacy Program Overview, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

Anesthesiologist Assistant-College Of Allied Health And Nursing 2008, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

Physician Assistant Naples Campus 2008, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

Mammals Of Nebraska: Checklist, Key, And Bibliography, Hugh H. Genoways, Justin D. Hoffman, Patricia Freeman, Kenneth N. Geluso, Russell A. Benedict, Jeffrey J Huebschman

University of Nebraska State Museum: Staff and Affiliates, Publications

The Recent mammalian fauna of Nebraska is composed of 89 native species, 8 domestic species that can have feral populations, and 4 wild species introduced by humans, but not by intentional action. Thus, the included checklist and dichotomous key contain 101 species of mammals. Of the native species, 36 are rodents, 20 carnivores, 13 bats, 7 shrews and mole, 7 even-toed ungulates, 4 rabbits and hares, 1 armadillo, and 1 opossum. Another 8 species are identified as potentially occurring in peripheral areas of Nebraska. The bibliography includes 1693 entries that each contain data concerning one or more species of mammals …

Memory And Forgetting In A Time Of Violence: Brian Friel’S Meta-History Plays, Tony Crowley

Scripps Faculty Publications and Research

In the 1980s, Brian Friel, one of Ireland’s most successful twentieth century dramatists, authored two plays – Translations and Making History – which were concerned with major events in colonial history. Given the context in which the plays were written – Northern Ireland was in a state of war at the time – ­the playwright’s choice of topics (the introduction of the National Schools and the Ordnance Survey in the nineteenth century and the failed Gaelic revolt against English rule and the Flight of the Earls in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries) was both pointed and politically contentious. Yet, the …

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Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

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2007-2008 Nsu Sharks Men's Basketball Media Guide, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Athletics Sports Programs and Media Guides

No abstract provided.

2008 Nsu Sharks Men's Soccer Media Guide, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Athletics Sports Programs and Media Guides

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The Leading Object: October 2008, John C. Owens

Leading Object

Perspectives; CASNR again leads all UNL colleges in enrollment growth for fall 2008; Z B Mayo gets national administrator award; Early experience with cows leads Engler to successful business; Agreement signed with Korea University administrators; Morrill Homestead visit to result in video; Wall hangings found in tractor museum thought to be extension tools from 1930s; IANR events focus on water topics; Heng-Moss, Baxendale win entomology awards

Casnr Salute To Graduates, John Owens

John Owens: Speeches and Appearances

We appreciate your being with us this afternoon as we celebrate the accomplishments of tomorrow's graduates from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. These students truly are a reason for celebration. Thank you for attending and congratulations to the class of 2008! This Salute to the Graduates ceremony has become a wonderful tradition in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.

Lead Presentation - Shout It Out, John Owens

John Owens: Speeches and Appearances

Good afternoon, everyone. Those of us representing the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources are pleased to be here with you today. We welcome you to IANR Shout It Out, the exciting Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources game that allows you to test your IANR and Nebraska knowledge, learn exciting new facts, and most importantly of all win prizes!

Alumni Advisory Council Presentation - Wick Alumni Center, John Owens

John Owens: Speeches and Appearances

Folks, I'm so pleased to be here with you today to talk about the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the exciting, valuable contributions our faculty, staff, and students are making to Nebraska and, indeed, the world. Last year an independent study found the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources provides a conservative 15-to-1 return on state tax dollars invested with us. We call that study the At Work for Nebraska study because well, that's what we are about.

Ecosystem Services Beyond Valuation, Regulation, And Philanthropy: Integrating Consumer Values Into The Economy, Stephen K. Swallow, Elizabeth C. Smith, Emi Uchida, Christopher M. Anderson

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Faculty Publications

Ecosystem services have been identified as a central link between society, or human systems, and the structure and function of natural systems (e.g., U.S. LTER 2007, MEA 2005). A fundamental economic problem is that while almost everyone—environmental groups, policy makers, and broad segments of the general public—seems to believe ecosystem services are valuable, the available public policy tools and approaches for private action fall short, and often omit, a direct link to the real values of the people. If ecosystem services are of economic value, then a fundamental challenge concerns how to identify the link between ecosystem services and the …

University Of Texas At Tyler Catalog, 2008 - 2010, University Of Texas At Tyler

Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Is A Previous Unplanned Pregnancy A Risk Factor For A Subsequent Unplanned Pregnancy?, Lindsay M. Kuroki, Jenifer E. Allsworth, Colleen A. Redding, Jeffrey D. Blume, Jeffrey F. Peipert

Cancer Prevention Research Center Faculty Publications

Objective: The objective of the study was to determine whether a history of unplanned pregnancy was a risk factor for a subsequent unplanned pregnancy.

Study Design: We analyzed 542 women aged 14-35 years, enrolled in Project PROTECT, a randomized clinical trial to promote dual-method contraception use to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancy. Predictors of unplanned pregnancy were assessed by comparing women with and without a history of unplanned pregnancy.

Results: More than 1 in 5 women (22.5%) experienced an unintended pregnancy. History of an unintended pregnancy was a predictor of unintended pregnancy (adjusted odds ratio, 1.91; 95% confidence …

The Charity Ecosystem, Willie Cheng

Social Space

The non-profit sector is slowly moving from an era of ‘Just Doing Good’ to one of ‘Doing Good Well’. Willie Cheng argues that this new era requires the various components of an effective and self-sustaining charity ecosystem – regulator, capacity builders, charities, beneficiaries and the community (individuals, corporations, media and government) – to be in place and functioning properly.

The Social And Behavioral Factors That Affect Obesity In Oecd Countries, Sanjana Desai

Empirical Economic Bulletin, An Undergraduate Journal

This paper investigates the factors that affect obesity in the population of the member countries of the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). This study incorporates existing information of the most likely variables that would influence obesity in these member countries for a decade (1990-2000). The study looks at contributing factors that are both innate and acquired, such as Alcohol Consumption, Low-birth weight, sugar consumption, smoking (consumption of tobacco), and protein intake and public and private expenditure on education. Using macro-level data from various sources, the results generally suggest that factors like alcohol consumption, low-birth weight and sugar consumption …

The Impact Of Directionality In Predications On Text Mining, Gondy Leroy, Marcelo Fiszman, Thomas C. Rindflesch

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

The number of publications in biomedicine is increasing enormously each year. To help researchers digest the information in these documents, text mining tools are being developed that present co-occurrence relations between concepts. Statistical measures are used to mine interesting subsets of relations. We demonstrate how directionality of these relations affects interestingness. Support and confidence, simple data mining statistics, are used as proxies for interestingness metrics. We first built a test bed of 126,404 directional relations extracted from biomedical abstracts, which we represent as graphs containing a central starting concept and 2 rings of associated relations. We manipulated directionality in four …

Taylor University Catalog 2008-2009, Taylor University

Undergraduate Catalogs

The 2008-2009 academic catalog of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Commencement 2008, Taylor University

Commencement

The program of the 2008 Annual Commencement of Taylor University, May 17, 2008.

Taylor: A Magazine For Taylor University Alumni, Parents And Friends (Winter 2008), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Winter 2008 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Technical Services Student Learning Outcomes Assessment 2007-2008, Une Library Services

Assessment Reports

Report from the Technical Services Department at the University of New England Libraries for 2007-2008, submitted in support of program review.

Input And Output Of Dissolved Organic And Inorganic Nitrogen In Subtropical Forests Of South China Under High Air Pollution, Yunting T. Fang, Per Gundersen, Jiangming M. Mo, Weixing Zhu

Biological Sciences Faculty Scholarship

The nitrogen (N) emissions to the atmosphere and N deposition to forest ecosystems are increasing rapidly in Southeast Asia, but little is known about the fates and effects of elevated N deposition in forest ecosystems in this warm and humid region. Here we report the concentrations and fluxes of dissolved inorganic ( DIN) and organic N ( DON) in precipitation, throughfall, surface runoff and soil solution for three subtropical forests in a region of South China under high air pollution over two years ( 2004 and 2005), to investigate how deposited N is processed, and to examine the importance of …

A Stochastic Simulation Procedure For Selecting Herbicides With Minimum Environmental Impact, Ben D. Giudice, Arash Massoudieh, Xinjiang Huang, Thomas M. Young

Faculty Publications - Biomedical, Mechanical, and Civil Engineering

A mathematical environmental transport model of roadside applied herbicides at the site scale (∼100 m) was stochastically applied using a Monte-Carlo technique to simulate the concentrations of 33 herbicides in stormwater runoff. Field surveys, laboratory sorption data, and literature data were used to generate probability distribution functions for model input parameters to allow extrapolation of the model to the regional scale. Predicted concentrations were compared to EPA acute toxicity end points for aquatic organisms to determine the frequency of potentially toxic outcomes. Results are presented for three geographical regions in California and two highway geometries. For a given herbicide, frequencies …

Promoting Positive Youth Development New Directions In Developmental Theory, Methods, And Research, William M. Kurtines, Laura Ferrer-Wreder, Steven L. Berman, Carolyn Cass Lorente, Wendy K. Silverman, Marilyn J. Montgomery

Faculty Publications - Graduate School of Counseling

The articles in this special issue report the efforts of the Miami Youth Development Project (YDP), a community-supported positive youth development program of outreach research that draws on a developmental intervention science (DIS) perspective (i.e., a fusion of the developmental and intervention science literatures). These reports illustrate how the application of DIS outreach research contributes to knowledge of human development at all levels (practical as well as methodological, theoretical, and metatheoretical). Consistent with a DIS outreach research approach, YDP is committed to the use of descriptive and explanatory knowledge about changes within human systems that occur across the life span …

Promoting Positive Identity Development In Troubled Youth: A Developmental Intervention Science Outreach Research Approach, William M. Kurtines, Marilyn J. Montgomery, Kyle Eichas, Rachel Ritchie, Arlen Garcia, Richard Albrecht, Steven Berman, Laura Ferrer-Wreder, Carolyn C. Lorente

Faculty Publications - Graduate School of Counseling

This article illustrates how developmental intervention science outreach research contributes to knowledge development on the promotion of positive identity development by describing results from the Miami Youth Development Project. The project is committed to the use of descriptive and explanatory knowledge about evidence-based individual and institutional intervention strategies for promoting developmental change in self and identity. Our efforts, described here, include a method for measuring theoretically and personally meaningful identity change, a procedure for integrating key aspects of qualitative and quantitative data through relational data analysis, and an evidence-based positive youth development intervention that fosters measurable and meaningful identity change.

Still Losing The Battle . . . Still Not Knowing It: An Open Letter To Hank Hanegraaff, L. Ara Norwood

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Hank Hanegraaff. The Mormon Mirage: Seeing Through the Illusion of Mainstream Mormonism.

Nanoparticle Inhalation Augments Particle-Dependent Systemic Microvascular Dysfunction, Timothy R. Nurkiewicz, Dale W. Porter, Ann F. Hubbs, Jared L. Cumpston, Bean T. Chen, David G. Frazer, Vincent Castranova

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Background

We have shown that pulmonary exposure to fine particulate matter (PM) impairs endothelium dependent dilation in systemic arterioles. Ultrafine PM has been suggested to be inherently more toxic by virtue of its increased surface area. The purpose of this study was to determine if ultrafine PM (or nanoparticle) inhalation produces greater microvascular dysfunction than fine PM. Rats were exposed to fine or ultrafine TiO2 aerosols (primary particle diameters of ~1 μm and ~21 nm, respectively) at concentrations which do not alter bronchoalveolar lavage markers of pulmonary inflammation or lung damage.

Results

By histopathologic evaluation, no significant inflammatory changes were …