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Table Of Contents, Volume 7, Number 1, 2008, Editorial Board

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

Table of Contents for Volume Seven, Issue Number One.

A Comprehensive Retreat Program For High School Youth Ministry Students, Julie Therese Krug

Pastoral Institute

My pastoral project will encompass five retreats that I will work on in collaboration with a team of young adult volunteers and approximately 20 high school juniors and seniors. The "retreat season" will begin with a leadership retreat in September 2007, two Confirmation retreats (December 2007 and March 2008), a freshmen lock-in retreat (January 2008), and a junior high retreat (March 2008). The team will meet weekly for 8 weeks prior to a retreat, at times working on retreats simultaneously, to plan and prepare. The team's tasks will include leading ice breakers, small discussion groups, large group activities, praise and …

Arkansas Corn And Grain Sorghum Performance Tests 2008, D. G. Dombek, R. D. Bond, I. L. Eldridge, R. M. Pryor

Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Series

Corn and grain sorghum performance tests are conducted each year in Arkansas by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. The tests provide information to companies marketing seed within the state and aid the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service in formulating recommendations for producers.

Uncertainty Revisited: Legal Prediction And Legal Postdiction, Ehud Guttel, Alon Harel

Michigan Law Review

Legal scholarship, following rational-choice theory, has traditionally treated uncertainty as a single category. A large body of experimental studies, however, has established that individuals treat guesses concerning the future differently than guesses concerning the past. Even where objective probabilities and payoffs are identical, individuals are much more willing to predict a future event (and are more confident in the accuracy of their predictions) than they are willing to postdict a past event (and are also less confident in the accuracy of their postdiction). For example, individuals are more willing to bet on the results of a future die toss than …

Overreaction To Fearsome Risks, Cass R. Sunstein, Richard Zeckhauser

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

Fearsome risks are those that stimulate strong emotional responses. Such risks, which usually involve high consequences, tend to have low probabilities, since life today is no longer nasty, brutish and short. In the face of a low-probability fearsome risk, people often exaggerate the benefits of preventive, risk-reducing, or ameliorative measures. In both personal life and politics, the result is damaging overreactions to risks. We offer evidence for the phenomenon of probability neglect, failing to distinguish between high and low-probability risks. Action bias is a likely result.

The Many Faces Of Fault In Contract Law: Or How To Do Economics Right, Richard A. Epstein

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

Modern law often rests on the assumption that a uniform cost/benefit formula is the proper way to determine fault in ordinary contract disputes. This Article disputes that vision by defending the view that different standards of fault are appropriate in different contexts. The central distinction is one that holds parties in gratuitous transactions only to the standard of care that they bring to their own affairs, while insisting on the higher objective standard of ordinary care in commercial transactions. That bifurcation leads to efficient searches. Persons who hold themselves out in particular lines of business in effect warrant their ability …

White Settler / Big City: Mimicry In The Metropolis In Fergus Hume’S The Mystery Of A Hansom Cab, Mark Kipperman

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

This essay discusses Fergus Hume's 19th-century detective novel "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab." The primary focus is on the novel's setting, which features descriptions of British colonialism in Australia and New Zealand. The imagery of a frontier wilderness inhabited by scandalous adventurers, vicious convicts and corrupt rich people is discussed.

Ashland School District: Population And Enrollment Forecasts 2009-10 To 2018-19, Portland State University. Population Research Center, Charles Rynerson, Kenneth Radin, Vivian Siu

School District Enrollment Forecast Reports

The area served by the Ashland School District (ASD) has experienced population and housing growth in recent years, but the District's K-12 school enrollment of 2,627 students in Fall 2008 was 703 students (21 percent) fewer than it enrolled in Fall 2000. The long period of falling enrollment began after the 1993-94 school year; enrollment has not grown by more than a few students in any year since. In 10 of the last 15 years there have been significant K-12 enrollment losses ranging from 31 to 133 students. This report presents the results of a study conducted by the Portland …

The Effect Of Classroom Experiences On Future Success, Jennifer R. Presson

Senior Honors Theses

This thesis explores the impact that classroom experiences have upon students’ academic and future success. It begins by discussing Charles Dickens’ criticism of education in his works, specifically in the novel Hard Times. Next, the thesis examines a number of studies that have sought to identify the factors that determine students’ academic success. Finally, the careers of Erin Gruwell and Rafe Esquith are described as ‘real life’ examples of the way that teachers can impact students’ success.

Observations Of The Tapered Element Oscillating Microbalance As Compared To A Gravimetric Method For Particulate Matter Measurement, Gregory Shane Thomas

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

A direct comparison has been made between a tapered element oscillating microbalance (TEOM) and the traditional gravimetric filter method designed per 40 CFR §1065.145. A repeatability test, consisting of multiple emission tests, was also performed for the TEOM system that shows that the TEOM was a consistent instrument. The TEOM was also tested with and without a diesel particular filter (DPF) during an 8-mode test on a 1997/1998 Kubota 2.2L engine to see if the concentration of the particular matter (PM) flowing through the TEOM has an effect on accuracy. The flow rate was varied to find the optimal setting …

Thermal Analysis Of Tilted Roofs Composed Of Two Separated Surfaces, Orlando J. Ugarte-Almeyda

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Due to the rising power costs and lack of nonrenewable energy sources, the cooling of houses is becoming more expensive. Looking for alternative methods applicable to this process is becoming not only an option, but also a necessity. Changes in the roof structure of buildings can be applied in order to achieve a more favorable thermal transmission behavior. The utilization of a tilted roof, composed of two separated surfaces, generates natural convection currents in the channel between them. These currents, after driving off part of the transferred heat, decrease the temperature of the lower surfaces and consequently, the heat flux …

The Partisan Politics That Led To The Spanish-American War, Donald E. Thompson Jr.

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This thesis explores how partisan politics played a major role in leading the United States into the Spanish-American War. With the unprecedented economic depression that began in 1893, many American politicians exploited a rebellion in Cuba to distract Americans from their own financial problems. During the administration of Grover Cleveland politicians from all political parties supported American intervention in Cuba on behalf of the rebels. This show of support for the Cuban rebels by politicians was designed to rally the American public around a common cause and highlight the difference between them and the unpopular President Cleveland who opposed American …

Many Specialists For Suppressing Cortical Excitation, Andreas Burkhalter

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Ecology Of A Central Appalachian White-Tailed Deer Herd At Low Density, Shawn M. Crimmins

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are the most abundant big game species in North America and serve as the dominant herbivore in the majority of the Appalachian region. Despite the abundance of research conducted on this species, relatively little is known of the ecology of white-tailed deer occurring at low densities. Our study population experienced a 75% decline in population density and a three-fold increase in habitat disturbance via timber harvests between 2002 and 2005. From May 2006 to April 2008 I examined the home-range, survival, and herbivory patterns of a central Appalachian white-tailed deer herd that has recently experienced both …

Development Of Outdoor Recreation Resource Amenity Indices For West Virginia, Jing Wang

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Tourism has been playing an increasingly important role in the economic development and promotion for the state of West Virginia. However, how tourism resources are spatially distributed across all the states' 55 counties and have not received much attention. This study could be among the first of its kind in West Virginia to create an inventory database for 21 types of major outdoor recreation/nature-based tourism resources, and spatially examine their distribution across counties. The quantity of tourism resources is determined by measuring their actual size, length, or number, and the quality of the resources is determined by using the Analytic …

Complex Stimulus Control In Humans: Merging Functional And Equivalence Classes, Harold E. Lobo

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This dissertation investigated the merging of functional and equivalence classes produced by training responding to either simple or conditional discriminations. Experiment 1 targeted the acquisition of three three-member equivalence classes featuring class-specific reinforcers and three three-member functional classes each controlling the occurrence of a nonsense vocal response. Four female college students completed testing for the targeted stimulus classes. Two subjects demonstrated class-consistent emergent responding, but only one of them maintained class-consistent responding across repeated testing. This student withdrew from the experiment before class merging was arranged. Experiment 2 simplified and expedited the procedures for producing independent emergent classes. Four female …

Strategies Of Prevention: Extending The Concept Of Preventive War And Understanding Its Implications, Steven T. Walker

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This dissertation contributes to the literature on prevention in two specific ways. First, it broadens the concept of preventive war, developing the idea that dominant states have a choice when it comes to dealing with rising challengers. The choice is not a dichotomous variable of either war or no war. Instead, there is a range of choices that decision makers within the dominant state have at their disposal. This dissertation examines the relationship---over time---between two conflictual states, one in relative decline and the other in relative ascendance, and studies the response of the dominant but declining power. Second, I focus …

Biochemical Characterization Of Two Yeast Paralogous Proteins Mth1 And Std1, Satish Pasula

Dissertations

Glucose is the most abundant monosaccharide and preferred carbon and energy source for most cells. Many organisms have evolved sophisticated means to sense glucose and respond to it appropriately. The budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae senses glucose through two transmembrane proteins, Snf3 and Rgt2. In the presence of extracellular glucose Snf3 and Rgt2 generate an intracellular signal that leads to the degradation of Mthl and Stdl, thereby inducing the expression of hexose transporter genes (EXT) by inhibiting the function of Rgtl, a transcriptional repressor of HXT genes. Mthl and Stdl are degraded via the Yckl/2 Kinase-SCFGrrl-26S proteasome pathway triggered by the …

Fantasy Variations On George Gershwin's Prelude Ii For Piano: An Analysis And Conductor's Guide, Brian Stevon Taylor

Dissertations

Donald Grantham has received much acclaim and awards for his compositions. Fantasy Variations proves to be noteworthy addition to his collected works and to the band repertoire. The work won the NBA/William Revelli Memorial Band Composition Contest in 1998 and the ABA/Ostwald Award in 1999. The piece has received much acclaim and many performances with several commercial recordings. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the importance of the band music of Donald Grantham through an analysis of one of his award-winning works. Further, another aim would be to help more bands perform this noteworthy piece by assisting in …

Diagnosing Cervical Fusion: A Comprehensive Literature Review, Nanin Sethi, James Devney, Holly L. Steiner, K. Daniel Riew

Open Access Publications

STUDY DESIGN: Comprehensive literature review.

PURPOSE: To document the criteria for fusion utilized in these studies to determine if a consensus on the definition of a solid fusion exists.

OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: Numerous studies have reported on fusion rates following anterior cervical arthrodesis. There is a wide discrepancy in the fusion rates in these studies. While factors such as graft type, Instrumentation, and technique play a factor in fusion rate, another reason for the difference may be a result of differences in the definition of fusion following anterior cervical spine surgery.

METHODS: A comprehensive English Medline literature review from 1966 …

Intrinsic And Extrinsic Factors That Influence Instructors' Use Of E-Learning, Salem A. Albalwi

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The purpose of the study was to determine whether significant differences exist among instructors at King Abdulaziz University's (KAU) Humanities and Scientific Colleges concerning their perceived levels of expertise and current use of e-learning technologies as part of their teaching. The proposed study also assessed influential factors (motivators and barriers) as measured by a survey questionnaire and examined them in terms of sex, academic field, and years of teaching experience.;Statistical methods of analysis for this study used means, standard deviations, frequencies, percentages, factor analysis, a 3-way factorial ANOVA, and Scheffe's Post Hoc Analysis. Based on 227 responses, the findings indicate …

Evaluation Of Machine Vision Techniques For Use Within Flight Control Systems, Marco Mammarella

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

In this thesis, two of the main technical limitations for a massive deployment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) have been considered.;The Aerial Refueling problem is analyzed in the first section. A solution based on the integration of 'conventional' GPS/INS and Machine Vision sensor is proposed with the purpose of measuring the relative distance between a refueling tanker and UAV. In this effort, comparisons between Point Matching (PM) algorithms and Pose Estimation (PE) algorithms have been developed in order to improve the performance of the Machine Vision sensor. A method of integration based on Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) between GPS/INS and …

Communicative Functions Of Young Children's Visual Art, Clover Simms Wright

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

How can young children use visual art to communicate? This study used Halliday's communicative functions of language (Halliday, 1973), to frame the answer to this question; Halliday's categories of communicative functions are: instrumental, regulatory, interactional, personal, heuristic, imaginative, and representational/informative. Five children, between the ages of three and five, were observed and interviewed as they voluntarily created visual art over a six-week period. In that time period, each of the seven functions of language was demonstrated collectively by the participants. The research was conducted by an educator employed in the early childhood setting. Qualitatively, this study confirmed that young children …

Measurement Of The Single-Top-Quark Production Cross Section At Cdf, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, M. G. Albrow, B. Alvarez Gonzalez, S. Amerio, D. Amidei, A. Anastassov, A. Annovi, J. Antos, G. Apollinari, A. Apresyan, T. Arisawa, A. Artikov, W. Ashmanskas, A. Attal, A. Aurisano, F. Azfar, P. Azzurri, W. Badgett, A. Barbaro-Galtieri, V. E. Barnes, B. A. Barnett, V. Bartsch, G. Bauer, P. H. Beauchemin, F. Bedeschi, P. Bednar, D. Beecher, S. Behari, G. Bellettini, J. Bellinger, D. Benjamin, A. Beretvas, J. Beringer, A. Bhatti, M. Binkley, D. Bisello, I. Bizjak, R. E. Blair, C. Blocker, B. Blumenfeld, A. Bocci, A. Bodek, V. Boisvert, G. Bolla, D. Bortoletto, J. Boudreau, A. Boveia, B. Brau, A. Bridgeman, L. Brigliadori, C. Bromberg, E. Brubaker, J. Budagov, H. S. Budd, S. Budd, K. Burkett, G. Busetto, P. Bussey, A. Buzatu, K. L. Byrum, S. Cabrera, C. Calancha, M. Campanelli, M. Campbell, F. Canelli, A. Canepa, D. Carlsmith, R. Carosi, S. Carrillo, S. Carron, B. Casal, M. Casarsa, A. Castro, P. Catastini, D. Cauz, V. Cavaliere, M. Cavalli-Sforza, A. Cerri, L. Cerrito, S. H. Chang, Y. C. Chen, M. Chertok, G. Chiarelli, G. Chlachidze, F. Chlebana, K. Cho, D. Chokheli, J. P. Chou, G. Choudalakis, S. H. Chuang, K. Chung, W. H. Chung, Y. S. Chung, C. I. Ciobanu, M. A. Ciocci, A. Clark, D. Clark, G. Compostella, M. E. Convery, J. Conway, K. Copic, M. Cordelli, G. Cortiana, D. J. Cox, F. Crescioli, C. C. Almenar, J. Cuevas, R. Culbertson, J. C. Cully, D. Dagenhart, M. Datta, T. Davies, P. De Barbaro, S. De Cecco, A. Deisher, G. De Lorenzo, M. Dell'orso, C. Deluca, L. Demortier, J. Deng, M. Deninno, P. F. Derwent, G. P. Di Giovanni, C. Dionisi, B. Di Ruzza, J. R. Dittmann, M. D'Onofrio, S. Donati, P. Dong, J. Donini, T. Dorigo, S. Dube, J. Efron, A. Elagin, R. Erbacher, D. Errede, S. Errede, R. Eusebi, H. C. Fang, S. Farrington, W. T. Fedorko, R. G. Feild, M. Feindt, J. P. Fernandez, C. Ferrazza, R. Field, G. Flanagan, R. Forrest, M. Franklin, J. C. Freeman, I. Furic, M. Gallinaro, J. Galyardt, F. Garberson, J. E. Garcia, A. F. Garfinkel, K. Genser, H. Gerberich, D. Gerdes, A. Gessler, S. Giagu, V. Giakoumopoulou, P. Giannetti, K. Gibson, J. L. Gimmell, C. M. Ginsburg, N. Giokaris, M. Giordani, P. Giromini, M. Giunta, G. Giurgiu, V. Glagolev, D. Glenzinski, M. Gold, N. Goldschmidt, A. Golossanov, G. Gomez, G. Gomez-Ceballos, M. Goncharov, O. Gonzalez, I. Gorelov, A. T. Goshaw, K. Goulianos, A. Gresele, S. Grinstein, C. Grosso-Pilcher, R. C. Group, U. Grundler, J. G. Da Costa, Z. Gunay-Unalan, C. Haber, K. Hahn, S. R. Hahn, E. Halkiadakis, B. Y. Han, J. Y. Han, R. Handler, F. Happacher, K. Hara, D. Hare, M. Hare, S. Harper, R. F. Harr, R. M. Harris, M. Hartz, K. Hatakeyama, J. Hauser, C. Hays, M. Heck, A. Heijboer, B. Heinemann, J. Heinrich, C. Henderson, M. Herndon, J. Heuser, S. Hewamanage, D. Hidas, C. S. Hill, D. Hirschbuehl, A. Hocker, S. Hou, M. Houlden, S. C. Hsu, B. T. Huffman, R. E. Hughes, U. Husemann, J. Huston, J. Incandela, G. Introzzi, M. Iori, A. Ivanov, E. James, B. Jayatilaka, E. J. Jeon, M. K. Jha, S. Jindariani, W. Johnson, M. Jones, K. K. Joo, S. Y. Jun, J. E. Jung, T. R. Junk, T. Kamon, D. Kar, P. E. Karchin, Y. Kato, R. Kephart, J. Keung, V. Khotilovich, B. Kilminster, D. H. Kim, H. S. Kim, J. E. Kim, M. J. Kim, S. B. Kim, S. H. Kim, Y. K. Kim, N. Kimura, L. Kirsch, S. Klimenko, B. Knuteson, B. R. Ko, S. A. Koay, K. Kondo, D. J. Kong, J. Konigsberg, A. Korytov, A. V. Kotwal, M. Kreps, J. Kroll, D. Krop, N. Krumnack, M. Kruse, V. Krutelyov, T. Kubo, T. Kuhr, N. P. Kulkarni, M. Kurata, Y. Kusakabe, S. Kwang, A. T. Laasanen, S. Lami, S. Lammel, M. Lancaster, R. L. Lander, K. Lannon, A. Lath, G. Latino, I. Lazzizzera, T. Lecompte, E. Lee, H. S. Lee, S. W. Lee, S. Leone, J. D. Lewis, C. S. Lin, J. Linacre, M. Lindgren, E. Lipeles, T. M. Liss, A. Lister, D. O. Litvintsev, C. Liu, T. Liu, N. S. Lockyer, A. Loginov, M. Loreti, L. Lovas, R. S. Lu, D. Lucchesi, J. Lueck, C. Luci, P. Lujan, P. Lukens, G. Lungu, L. Lyons, J. Lys, R. Lysak, E. Lytken, P. Mack, D. Macqueen, R. Madrak, K. Maeshima, K. Makhoul, T. Maki, P. Maksimovic, S. Malde, S. Malik, G. Manca, A. Manousakis-Katsikakis, F. Margaroli, C. Marino, C. P. Marino, A. Martin, V. Martin, M. Martinez, R. Martinez-Ballarin, T. Maruyama, P. Mastrandrea, T. Masubuchi, M. E. Mattson, P. Mazzanti, K. S. Mcfarland, P. Mcintyre, R. Mcnulty, A. Mehta, P. Mehtala, A. Menzione, P. Merkel, C. Mesropian, T. Miao, N. Miladinovic, R. Miller, C. Mills, M. Milnik, A. Mitra, G. Mitselmakher, H. Miyake, N. Moggi, C. S. Moon, R. Moore, M. J. Morello, J. Morlok, P. Movilla Fernandez, J. Mulmenstadt, A. Mukherjee, T. Muller, R. Mumford, P. Murat, M. Mussini, J. Nachtman, Y. Nagai, A. Nagano, J. Naganoma, K. Nakamura, I. Nakano, A. Napier, V. Necula, C. Neu, M. S. Neubauer, J. Nielsen, L. Nodulman, M. Norman, O. Norniella, E. Nurse, L. Oakes, S. H. Oh, Y. D. Oh, I. Oksuzian, T. Okusawa, R. Orava, K. Osterberg, S. P. Griso, C. Pagliarone, E. Palencia, V. Papadimitriou, A. Papaikonomou, A. A. Paramonov, B. Parks, S. Pashapour, J. Patrick, G. Pauletta, M. Paulini, C. Paus, T. Peiffer, D. E. Pellett, A. Penzo, T. J. Phillips, G. Piacentino, E. Pianori, L. Pinera, K. Pitts, C. Plager, L. Pondrom, O. Poukhov, N. Pounder, F. Prakoshyn, A. Pronko, J. Proudfoot, F. Ptohos, E. Pueschel, G. Punzi, J. Pursley, J. Rademacker, A. Rahaman, V. Ramakrishnan, N. Ranjan, I. Redondo, B. Reisert, V. Rekovic, P. Renton, M. Renz, M. Rescigno, S. Richter, F. Rimondi, L. Ristori, A. Robson, T. Rodrigo, T. Rodriguez, E. Rogers, S. Rolli, R. Roser, M. Rossi, R. Rossin, P. Roy, A. Ruiz, J. Russ, V. Rusu, H. Saarikko, A. Safonov, W. K. Sakumoto, O. Salto, L. Santi, S. Sarkar, L. Sartori, K. Sato, A. Savoy-Navarro, I. Schall, T. Scheidle, P. Schlabach, A. Schmidt, E. E. Schmidt, M. A. Schmidt, M. P. Schmidt, M. Schmitt, T. Schwarz, L. Scodellaro, A. L. Scott, A. Scribano, F. Scuri, A. Sedov, S. Seidel, Y. Seiya, A. Semenov, L. Sexton-Kennedy, A. Sfyrla, S. Z. Shalhout, T. Shears, P. F. Shepard, D. Sherman, M. Shimojima, S. Shiraishi, M. Shochet, Y. Shon, I. Shreyber, A. Sidoti, P. Sinervo, A. Sisakyan, A. J. Slaughter, J. Slaunwhite, K. Sliwa, J. R. Smith, F. D. Snider, R. Snihur, A. Soha, S. Somalwar, V. Sorin, J. Spalding, T. Spreitzer, P. Squillacioti, M. Stanitzki, R. St Denis, B. Stelzer, O. Stelzer-Chilton, D. Stentz, J. Strologas, D. Stuart, J. S. Suh, A. Sukhanov, I. Suslov, T. Suzuki, A. Taffard, R. Takashima, Y. Takeuchi, R. Tanaka, M. Tecchio, P. K. Teng, K. Terashi, J. Thom, A. S. Thompson, G. A. Thompson, E. Thomson, P. Tipton, V. Tiwari, S. Tkaczyk, D. Toback, S. Tokar, K. Tollefson, T. Tomura, D. Tonelli, S. Torre, D. Torretta, P. Totaro, S. Tourneur, Y. Tu, N. Turini, F. Ukegawa, S. Vallecorsa, N. Van Remortel, A. Varganov, E. Vataga, F. Vazquez, G. Velev, C. Vellidis, V. Veszpremi, M. Vidal, R. Vidal, I. Vila, R. Vilar, T. Vine, M. Vogel, I. Volobouev, G. Volpi, F. Wurthwein, P. Wagner, R. G. Wagner, R. L. Wagner, J. Wagner-Kuhr, W. Wagner, T. Wakisaka, R. Wallny, S. M. Wang, A. Warburton, D. Waters, M. Weinberger, W. C. Wester, B. Whitehouse, D. Whiteson, A. B. Wicklund, E. Wicklund, G. Williams, H. H. Williams, P. Wilson, B. L. Winer, P. Wittich, S. Wolbers, C. Wolfe, T. Wright, X. Wu, S. M. Wynne, S. Xie, A. Yagil, K. Yamamoto, J. Yamaoka, U. K. Yang, Y. C. Yang, W. M. Yao, G. P. Yeh, J. Yoh, K. Yorita, T. Yoshida, G. B. Yu, I. Yu, S. S. Yu, J. C. Yun, L. Zanello, A. Zanetti, I. Zaw, X. Zhang, Y. Zheng, S. Zucchelli

Department of Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Upregulation Of Heme Oxygenase-1 Combined With Increased Adiponectin Lowers Blood Pressure In Diabetic Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats Through A Reduction In Endothelial Cell Dysfunction, Apoptosis And Oxidative Stress, Jian Cao, George Drummond, Kazuyoshi Inoue, Komal Sodhi, Xiao Ying Li, Shinji Omura

Pharmaceutical Science and Research

This study was designed to investigate the effect of increased levels of HO-1 on hypertension exacerbated by diabetes. Diabetic spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) and WKY (control) animals were treated with streptozotocin (STZ) to induce diabetes and stannous chloride (SnCl2) to upregulate HO-1. Treatment with SnCl2 not only attenuated the increase of blood pressure (p<0.01), but also increased HO-1 protein content, HO activity and plasma adiponectin levels, decreased the levels of superoxide and 3-nitrotyrosine (NT), respectively. Reduction in oxidative stress resulted in the increased expression of Bcl-2 and AKT with a concomitant reduction in circulating endothelial cells (CEC) in the peripheral blood (p<0.005) and an improvement of femoral reactivity (response to acetylcholine). Thus induction of HO-1 accompanied with increased plasma adiponectin levels in diabetic hypertensive rats alters the phenotype through a reduction in oxidative stress, thereby permitting endothelial cells to maintain an anti-apoptotic environment and the restoration of endothelial responses thus preventing hypertension.

The Posthuman Ethos In Cyberpunk Science Fiction, María Goicoechea

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "The Posthuman Ethos in Cyberpunk Science Fiction" María Goicoechea explores the posthuman tendencies of Anglo-American popular culture as they are manifested in the representations of the cyborgs, clones, and artificial intelligences that populate cyberpunk science fiction. Choosing the figure of the cyborg as the central myth of cyberculture, Goicoechea exposes the underlying tensions and contradictions present in cyberpunk prescient visions of humanity's evolution. Goicoechea reviews the variety of contradictory meanings that have been sedimented over this hybrid creature, using as ideological framework the digital narratives of "Technoromanticism" and "Cybergothic," respectively the dominant and the countercultural trend inside …

I Hear The Train A Comin' -- All I Really Need To Know..., Greg Tananbaum

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Technology Left Behind -- Ravelry Revelry, Cris Ferguson

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Legally Speaking -- Is Open Source Software A Violation Of Antitrust Law: Considering The Case Of Wallace V. Ibm, Bryan M. Carson J.D., M.I.L.S.

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Autobiographical Inscription And Experiential Pedagogy In Business Language: The Panama Canal And Ground Transportation In Costa Rica And The Dominican Republic, Michael Doyle

Global Business Languages

No abstract provided.