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Direction Of The Play: To Kill A Mockingbird, Karen Ann Trivelloni

Master of Theater Production Graduate Projects

No abstract provided.

Central Role Of Tau Protein In Alzheimer»S Disease And Related Tauopathies, Khalid Iqbal, Omar Chohan, Inge Grundke-Iqbal

Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS)

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Chronic Treatment With A Cyclooxygenase Inhibitor On Reproductive Parameters In Male Rat, Sheikh A Saeed, Naheed Anwar, Khalid M Khan, Noorjehan Sarfraz

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

BACKGROUND: Indomethacin is a member of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) commonly used for treatment of gout, arthritis, and other inflammatory conditions. It has been shown to inhibit ovarian prostaglandins synthesis in mammals, birds, fish and reptiles. However, the effects of its chronic administration on male reproductive functions remain largely unknown. Using rat as a model, we studied the effect of chronic treatment with indomethacin on the male reproductive system.

METHODS: Testosterone was measured in the serum, testicular tissue, and testicular interstitial fluid by radioimmunoassay. Moreover, we also studied the direct effect of indomethacin in vitro on luteinizing hormone stimulated testosterone …

Portrait Of Lucifer As A Young Man, Bryan M. Furuness

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

No abstract available

Ace-I Induced Angioedema: A Case Report And Review Of Literature, Philip Adebayo, Olutayo Christopher Alebiosu

Faculty of Health Sciences, East Africa

Although rare, angioedema has been documented to occur following the administration of angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors are the leading cause of drug induced angioedema. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors induced angioedema is a class effect that can affect between 0.1% and 0.5% of patients taking the drug. It is rarely documented in Nigeria. Lisinopril is a commonly prescribed angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors-I which is considered to be generally safe and well tolerated. We report a case of angioedema following the use of lisinopril.

Surface Mucous As A Source Of Genomic Dna From Atlantic Billfishes (Istiophoridae) And Swordfish (Xiphiidae), John P. Hoolihan, Nerida G. Wilson, Ronald M. Faugue, Andrea Bernard, Rebekah L. Horn, Derke Snodgrass, Duane R. Schultz

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Procedures for sampling genomic DNA from live billfishes involve manual restraint and tissue excision that can be difficult to carry out and may produce stresses that affect fish survival. We examined the collection of surface mucous as a less invasive alternative method for sourcing genomic DNA by comparing it to autologous muscle tissue samples from Atlantic blue marlin (Makaira nigricans), white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus), sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus), and swordfish (Xiphias gladius). Purified DNA from mucous was comparable to muscle and was suitable for conventional polymerase chain reaction, random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis, …

University Of Dayton Magazine, Summer 2009, University Of Dayton Magazine

University of Dayton Alumni Publications

In this issue America's affair with the automobile, "Class Change" about education for transformation, "Research Procedure" about research tools to save humans and animals, and "Preaching History" about Mark Kelly Tyler, pastor at Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

History, Generations, And China Stories, Robert A. Kapp

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

In early May, a conference was held at Yale for retiring Chinese historian Jonathan Spence, with several China Beatniks in attendance. Here, Robert Kapp, one of Jonathan Spence’s first graduate students, reflects on the shifts in the stories we’ve told and heard about China during the time that Spence has been active in the field.

The retirement of a distinguished scholar and doctoral mentor sometimes goes insufficiently remarked, but in the case of Jonathan Spence’s recent retirement from the Yale History faculty, something better happened. Happily, several of Spence’s Ph.D. students decided to throw their efforts into a conference and …

Forage News [2009-07], Department Of Plant And Soil Sciences, University Of Kentucky

Forage News

• UK All Commodity Field Day - July 23
• Mammoth Cave Area Field Day
• Anderson County to Host KFGC Field Day
• Improved Nitrate Testing for KY
• Stocker Cattle Performance and Calculated Pasture Costs
• Effects of Feeding Soybean Hulls and Steroid Implants on Weight Gain and Physiology of Steers Grazed on Toxic Tall Fescue
• Nominations Requested
• KFGC and AFGC
• Upcoming Events

A Game-Based Multimedia Approach To Library Orientation, Nancy O'Hanlon, Karen Diaz, Fred Roecker

LOEX Conference Proceedings 2007

How can 6,000 new Ohio State University students and their families become familiar with a major research library system before they begin their first day of classes? Simple. They play the Libraries’ interactive multimedia games distributed to all incoming freshmen.

The Libraries’ Instruction Office, in collaboration with the University Office of First Year Experience, created an innovative series of casual, interactive online games to orient the thousands of incoming freshmen to the University Libraries, resources, people, and basic library skills. A survey of first-quarter freshmen perceptions helped to determine what new students want to know about the Libraries.

By completing …

The Complete Genome Of Teredinibacter Turnerae T7901: An Intracellular Endosymbiont Of Marine Wood-Boring Bivalves (Shipworms), Joyce C. Yang, Ramana Madapu, A. Scott Durkin, Nathan A. Ekborg, Chandra S. Pedamallu, Jessica B. Hostetler, Diana Radune, Bradley S. Toms, Bernard Henrissat, Pedro M. Coutinho, Sandra Schwarz, Lauren Field, Amaro E. Trindade-Silva, Carlos A. G. Soares, Sherif Elshahawi, Amro Hanora, Eric W. Schmidt, Martha G. Haygood, Joanos Posfai, Jack Benner, Catherine Madinger, John Nove, Brian Anton, Kshitiz Chaudhary, Jeremy Foster, Alex Holman, Sanjay Kumar, Philip A. Lessard, Yvette A. Luyten, Barton Slatko, Nicole Wood, Bo Wu, Max Teplitski, Joseph D. Mougous, Naomi Ward, Jonathan A. Eisen, Jonathan H. Badger, Daniel L. Distel

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Here we report the complete genome sequence of Teredinibacter turnerae T7901. T. turnerae is a marine gamma proteobacterium that occurs as an intracellular endosymbiont in the gills of wood-boring marine bivalves of the family Teredinidae (shipworms). This species is the sole cultivated member of an endosymbiotic consortium thought to provide the host with enzymes, including cellulases and nitrogenase, critical for digestion of wood and supplementation of the host's nitrogen-deficient diet. T. turnerae is closely related to the free-living marine polysaccharide degrading bacterium Saccharophagus degradans str. 2–40 and to as yet uncultivated endosymbionts with which it coexists in shipworm cells. Like …

Graph Isomorphisms And Matrix Similarity: Switching Between Representations, Thierry Dana-Picard

The Mathematics Enthusiast

A proof whether two graphs (possibly oriented graphs or multigraphs, etc.) are isomorphic or not can be derived by various methods. Some of them are reasonable for small numbers of vertices and/or edges, but not for larger numbers. Switching from iconic representation to a matrix representation transforms the problem of Graph Theory into a problem in Linear Algebra. The support provided by a Computer Algebra System is analyzed, in particular with regard to the building of new mathematical knowledge through a transition from graphical to algebraic representation. Moreover two important issues are discussed: a. the need for more than one …

Notre Dame Lawyer - Summer 2009, Notre Dame Law School

Notre Dame Lawyer

Eck Hall of Law
After a semester of use, Eck Hall of Law has begun to feel like home. Here’s an inside look at the classrooms, courtroom, chapel, and all that makes Eck Hall a fabulous place to be.

Meet Nell Jessup Newton
She’s an accomplished scholar, professor, dean, volunteer, and advocate. Now she’s ours.

Paying Tribute to Dean O’Hara
This summer, Patricia A. O’Hara will end her tenure as dean of Notre Dame Law School after a decade at the helm. Members of the Law School community, and a current student express their gratitude and esteem for her many …

Escherichia Coli O157:H7 And Other E. Coli Strains Share Physiological Properties Associated With Intestinal Colonization, Lisa Jacobsen, Lisa Durso, Tyrell Conway, Kenneth W. Nickerson

Kenneth Nickerson Papers

Escherichia coli isolates (72 commensal and 10 O157:H7 isolates) were compared with regard to physiological and growth parameters related to their ability to survive and persist in the gastrointestinal tract and found to be similar. We propose that nonhuman hosts in E. coli O157:H7 strains function similarly to other E. coli strains in regard to attributes relevant to gastrointestinal colonization.

Understanding Undergraduates: What Does Phenomenography Tell Us About Learners, Clarence Maybee

LOEX Conference Proceedings 2007

It has been ten years since Christine Bruce's (1997) Seven Faces of Information Literacy was published, sharing the results of her phenomenographic research project revealing how librarians and other higher educators understood information literacy. Bruce's research impacted the way we think about information literacy by providing us with an expanded definition derived from people's experience. Applied to undergraduate students, phenomenography provides a powerful tool for understanding how students experience information literacy. The results of the presenter's two research projects verifies what some of us may have realized intuitively –that often there is a gap between the student approach to finding …

Brain Research And Education: Fad Or Foundation?, Pat Wolfe

LOEX Conference Proceedings 2007

Plenary Speaker

Brain research is constantly providing new revelations about how the brain works and how we all learn. We now have a much more solid foundation on which to base educational decisions. While many current educational practices fit well with the research, others run counter to what we are learning and pose significant challenges to those who work in schools. This session will provide a clear explanation of the most educationally significant research developments and will show how this research can be translated into everyday practice.

Preface, Brad Sietz

LOEX Conference Proceedings 2007

The 35th annual LOEX conferences continued the tradition of bringing the best together in library instruction and information literacy, while also starting something new - LOEX’s first ever trip out to the West Coast. San Diego, California treated us well and provided a great venue to learn about the latest in library instruction. In particular, a focus for LOEX 2007 was reaching beyond the library and out to the community - whether that community is the rest of the university/college or is the city/town in which the library is located. Hopefully, as attendees go back to their libraries and implement …

Wpa News 83 (2009), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (Summer 2009), number 83

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Use Of Co2 Concentration Difference Or Co2 Balance To Assess Ventilation Rate Of Broiler Houses, Hongwei Xin, Hong Li, Robert T. Burns, Richard S. Gates, Douglas G. Overhults, John W. Earnest

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

Ventilation rate (VR) is one of the two key elements for quantifying aerial emissions from animal production facilities. Direct, continuous measurement of building VR can be challenging and impractical under certain circumstances,e.g., naturally ventilated animal housing or a large number of ventilation fans in the building. This study examined the suitability of estimating VR of broiler houses with built‐up litter (mixture of manure and bedding), when supplemental heating was not in use, through either carbon dioxide (CO₂) balance or the relationship of VR to CO₂ concentration difference between exhaust and inlet air. The reference VR was based …

The Holmesian Bad Man's First Critic, Douglas G. Baird

Tulsa Law Review

No abstract provided.

How Selected Personality Factors Affect The Relationships Between Marital Satisfaction, Sexual Satisfaction, And Infidelity, Amanda Marie Campbell

Doctoral Dissertations

Although research has illuminated some differences between those who engage in sexual behavior outside of their marriage and those who do not, there is a lack of attention in the literature to complex interactions among variables in their relationships to infidelity. There is evidence that marital satisfaction, sexual satisfaction, and personality are all related to infidelity but research has failed to investigate how personality may influence these other two variables in their relationship to infidelity. Thus, the proposed study explored possible effects that selected personality factors have on the relationships between marital satisfaction, sexual satisfaction, and infidelity. The results revealed …

Resurrection Machines: An Analysis Of Burial Sites In Ancient Egypt’S Valley Of The Kings As Catalysts For Spiritual Rebirth, Jarrett Zeman

Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

In Ancient Egyptian tombs, processes associated with sympathetic magic acted as a direct catalyst for resurrection. Sympathetic magic, defined as an action, object or depiction whose effect resembles its cause, is reflected in royal tombs constructed during Egypt‟s New Kingdom (1550-1069 BCE) in the Valley of the Kings. However, sympathetic magic has rarely been applied to Ancient Egyptian topics in an explicit fashion. As a result, the tombs of Amenhotep III (KV22), Seti I (KV17) and Ramesses IX (KV6) are analyzed as case studies of this phenomenon. Change and continuity evident in each tomb‟s architectural structure, decoration, and physical burial …

Table Of Contents And From The Editor, Patrick Fitpatrick

Spiritan Magazine

Churchgoing - not the whole story

Spiritan Magazine Vol. 33 No. 2

Spiritan Magazine

No abstract provided.

Triptolide Is A Potential Therapeutic Agent For Alzheimer’S Disease, Matthew Allsbrook

Theses and Dissertations

Mounting evidence indicates an involvement of inflammation in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. While there are other mechanisms involved, it is this role of inflammatory processes that we wish to investigate. Triptolide is the major constituent in the Chinese herb, Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F, and has been used for centuries as part of Chinese herbal medicine. The four ringed structure has close homology to drugs of the steroid class and it has been shown to be beneficial as an anti-inflammatory for rheumatoid arthritis and for treatment of certain cancers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential therapeutic …

Meir B. Elijah Of Norwich And The Margins Of Memory, Miriamne Ara Krummel

English Faculty Publications

"Meir b. Elijah of Norwich and the Margins of Memory" is a study of Meir of Norwich's use of acrostics to record his English Jewish identity. In the face of the 1290 Expulsion, which follows upon many episodes of anti-Jewish violence and antipathy, Meir attempts to have his name recorded in perpetuity. This essay details some of those moments of violence in order to give voice to Meir's world and to clarify Meir's desire to be remembered.

Journals Not Included In Biosis Have A Notable Impact In Biology, Philip Barnett, Claudia Lascar

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Competition: The Next Generation Of Environmental Regulation, Stephen M. Johnson

Southeastern Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Untitled, Mande Zecca

CutBank

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 1 Summer 2009, Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Magazine

Grand Valley Magazine is a quarterly publication about Grand Valley State University produced by University Communications since 2001.