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The Mechanism Of Complement-Independent Bactericidal Antibodies Against Borrelia, Timothy Joseph Larocca

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Southeast Asian Primate Communities: Species Richness And Population Density, Heather Marie Hassel-Finnegan

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Effects Of Policy Metaphors On Political Attitudes, Todd Kristian Hartman

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Archaeological Investigation Of The Buri Peninsula And Gulf Of Zula, Red Sea Coast Of Eritrea, Amanuel Yosief Beyin

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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The Archeology Of Empathy, Lysanne Françoise Arlette Fauvel

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Nonlinear And Nonstationary Data Analysis Of The Renal Autoregulatory Dynamics In Normotensive And Hypertensive Rats, Kin Lung Siu

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Courbet's Dirty Feet: The Underside Of Modernism, Kelly Marie Presutti

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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The Four-And-A-Half Lim Domain Protein 2 Regulates Vascular Smooth Muscle Phenotype And Vascular Tone, Nicole A. Neuman, Susan Ma, Gavin R. Schnitzler, Yan Zhu, Giorgio Lagna, Akiko Hata

Biology

In responsetovascular injury, differentiated vascular smooth muscle cells (vSMCs) undergo a uniqueprocess knownas“phenotype modulation,” transitioning from a quiescent, “contractile” phenotype to a proliferative, “synthetic” state. We have demonstrated previously that the signaling pathway of bone morphogenetic proteins, members of the transforming growth factor family, play a role in the induction and maintenance of a contractile phenotype in human primary pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. In this study, we show that a four-and-ahalf LIM domainprotein 2(FHL2)inhibits transcriptional activation ofvSMC-specificgenesmediatedbythebonemorphogenetic protein signaling pathway through the CArG box-binding proteins, such as serum response factor and members of the myocardin (Myocd) family. Interestingly, FHL2 …

Factors And Impacts Of Ecotourism On Revenue Of Private Reserves In Costa Rica, May 2009, Grace Heusner

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Tourism in Costa Rica represents a large piece of the country’s national revenue, but the exact funds private reserves obtain from this source has been insufficiently studied. The goal of this investigation was to determine reserves’ ecotourism revenue and factors impacting differences in income. Survey data was collected from 17 private reserves in Costa Rica to determine percentage of revenue derived from tourism, payments for environmental services (PES), and donations or other sources. In addition, the survey sought to identify factors that may explain differential revenues. An average of 88% of revenue came from ecotourism, 8%percent from donations, and 4% …

Passiflora (Passifloraceae) Defenses Against Heliconius Cydno (Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) Oviposition, May 2009, Kim Khuc

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

The purpose of this study was to determine the relative effectiveness of Passiflora defenses: elevated levels of cyanide, egg mimics, and variable leaf shapes, against oviposition from Heliconius cydno. The effectiveness of these defenses would reveal H. cydno’s preferences for oviposition sites and the primary criteria it uses when evaluating oviposition sites. Forty-two Passiflora oerstedii vines from the Monteverde Butterfly Garden, in Costa Rica, were divided into three treatments that added either cyanide, false eggs, or changed the shape of young leaves. Another twelve Passiflora coccinea vines were used in a second experiment that added false eggs to the young …

Eciton Burchellii: Polymorphism Of Submajor Caste And Foraging Efficiency, May 2009, Samantha Alger

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Due to the link between efficiency and fitness, there should be selective pressure for morphology and behavior that promotes foraging efficiency. Among social insects, selective pressures act on individuals, shaping the physical castes of a colony. The highly polymorphic army ant, Eciton burchellii, has castes with morphological adaptations to allow task specialization. This study investigates what selective pressures are acting to shape the polymorphism of the submajor caste in E. burchellii. Ants were collected to find a relationship between ant caste and the prey’s biomass, width, and length. Results show that prey width is the greatest pressure effecting transportation efficiency, …

Economic And Fiscal Impact Of Omaha’S Henry Doorly Zoo On Omaha And Nebraska The 2008 Update, Eric Thompson

Bureau of Business Research Publications

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo is among the largest, and most affordable zoos to visit in North America. The nationally-known Henry Doorly Zoo further makes a significant contribution to the economy of the City of Omaha and the State of Nebraska. The Zoo attracted nearly 1.4 million visitors, and their spending, in 2008 including many visitors from outside of Omaha and outside of the State of Nebraska.

This study estimates the economic impact of Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo during 2008. The Zoo generated an economic impact on the city and state economy by 1) attracting new visitors to Omaha and Nebraska, …

Indiana Wildlife Disease News, Volume 4, Issue 2 – May 2009

Indiana Wildlife Disease News

Inside this issue:
• Bovine TB
• &#; Wabash River Sturgeon
• &#; 2009-2010 AI surveillance season changes
• &#; Rabies prophylaxis
• 2008-2009 AI surveillance summary
• Wabash River Sturgeon research
• Changes to AI Surveillance
• No TB in wild deer in Indiana
• Pre-exposure rabies prophylaxis available
• Indiana 2008-2009 AI surveillance summary
• Midwest Wildlife Disease Update

The Oldest Romance In The West, Paul A. Johnsgard

Paul Johnsgard Collection

FOR A FEW SHORT WEEKS each June, the stately flowering spikes of Great Plains yuccas illuminate Nebraska’s Sandhills and western plains. On each plant, spires of 20 to 60 ivory-white flowers emerge from a radiating array of needle-sharp leaves. The flowers rise above the rest of the vegetation like Roman candles freeze-framed in flight. Entire hillsides are sometimes transformed by this sudden flower display – often along with sprinklings of blue spiderworts, golden yellow hoary puccoons and white daisy fleabanes. After a few weeks the spectacular show is over, but for the yucca the story’s best chapter has barely begun. …

Some Apocalypse, David Hehn Jr.

All Theses

This creative thesis is comprised of three pieces of traditional fiction, three pieces of flash fiction, and one work that is neither traditional nor flash but positioned somewhere beneath the wide umbrella of creative writing. As partial fulfillment for the degree Master of Arts in English literature, these selections display a solid understanding of the principles of creative fiction and English literature as well as a desire to experiment with form and push the parameters of creative writing. These selections seek to entertain and to become active in the general discourse of literature.

One-Way To Two-Way Street Conversions As A Preservation And Downtown Revitalization Tool: The Case Study Of Upper King Street, Charleston, South Carolina, Meagan Baco

All Theses

In the first half of the twentieth century, historic urban areas in America were retrofitted to accommodate a mass amount of automobile traffic. These retrofits came in the form of highways, thruways, and one-way streets. Many historic commercial streets in American downtowns were converted to one-way streets, because of traffic engineers' narrow perspectives. After decades of decline, largely linked to automobile dominance, downtown economic revitalization emerged in the 1990s. One technique that appears to be remarkably successful is the re-conversion of one-way streets to two-way streets.
One-way streets allow for greater traffic capacity and higher automobile speeds, while two-way streets …

Human Cerebral Neuropathology Of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Peter T. Nelson, Charles D. Smith, Erin L. Abner, Frederick A. Schmitt, Stephen W. Scheff, Gregory J. Davis, Jeffrey N. Keller, Gregory A. Jicha, Daron Davis, Wang-Xia Wang, Adria Hartman, Douglas G. Katz, William R. Markesbery

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Faculty Publications

The cerebral neuropathology of Type 2 diabetes (CNDM2) has not been positively defined. This review includes a description of CNDM2 research from before the ‘Pubmed Era’. Recent neuroimaging studies have focused on cerebrovascular and white matter pathology. These and prior studies about cerebrovascular histopathology in diabetes are reviewed. Evidence is also described for and against the link between CNDM2 and Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis. To study this matter directly, we evaluated data from University of Kentucky Alzheimer's Disease Center (UK ADC) patients recruited while non-demented and followed longitudinally. Of patients who had come to autopsy (N = 234), 139 met …

Antiulcerogenic Effects Of Brassica Oleraceae On Ethanol-Induce Gastric Ulcer In Rats, A. W. Aymen, M. K. Bharti, A. A. Mahmood

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

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Conceptual Development About Motion And Force In Elementary And Middle School Students, Dewey I. Dykstra, Dale R. Sweet

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Methods of physics education research were applied to find what kinds of changes in 4th, 6th, and 8th grade student understanding of motion can occur and at what age. Such findings are necessary for the physics community to effectively discharge its role in advising and assisting pre-college physics education. Prior to and after instruction the students were asked to carefully describe several demonstrated accelerated motions. Most pre-instruction descriptions were of the direction of motion only. After instruction, many more of the students gave descriptions of the motion as continuously changing. Student responses to the diagnostic and to the activity materials …

May 2009, Wb Group, Good Practice Note - Asbestos, Wb Group

World Bank Inspection Panel 1994-Present

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Landbird Migration In The American West: Recent Progress And Future Research Directions, Jay D. Carlisle, Susan K. Skagen, Barbara E. Kus, Charles Van Riper Iii, Kristina L. Paxton, Jeff F. Kelly

Intermountain Bird Observatory Publications and Presentations

Our knowledge of avian behaviors during the non-breeding period still lags behind that of the breeding season, but the last decade has witnessed a proliferation in research that has yielded significant progress in understanding migration patterns of North American birds. And, although the great majority of migration research has historically been conducted in the eastern half of the continent, there has been much recent progress on aspects of avian migration in the West. In particular, expanded use of techniques such as radar, plasma metabolites, mist-netting, count surveys, stable isotopes, genetic data, and animal tracking, coupled with an increase in multi-investigator …

Clemson Commencement Program, May 2009, Clemson University

Clemson Commencement Programs

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Distribution Tridimensionnelle De La Lumière Dans Une Strucutre De Tête D’Adulte Dérivée D’Un Acte Irm: Approche Par La Méthode De Monte Carlo, Chemseddine Mansouri, Jean-Pierre L'Huillier, Nasser H. Kashou

Biomedical, Industrial & Human Factors Engineering Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Vital Signs, Spring/Summer 2009, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

A fifty-six page newsletter created by the Boonshoft School of Medicine to document the current affairs of the school. This issue includes a variety of feature articles and smaller pieces that focus on faculty, students, milestones and more.

Multiple Genes On Chromosome 7 Regulate Dopaminergic Amacrine Cell Number In The Mouse Retina, Irene E. Whitney, Mary A. Day, Daniel C. Ciobanu, Robert W. Williams, Benjamin E. Reese

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Purpose—The size of neuronal populations is modulated by gene variants that influence cell production and survival, in turn influencing neuronal connectivity, function, and disease risk. The size of the dopaminergic amacrine (DA) cell population is a highly heritable trait exhibiting six-fold variation among inbred strains of mice, and is used here to identify genes that modulate the number of DA cells.

Methods—The entire population was counted in retinal wholemounts from 37 genetically defined lines of mice, including six standard inbred strains, 25 recombinant inbred strains (AXB/BXA), reciprocal F1 hybrids, a chromosome (Chr) 7 consomic line, and three additional …

Deus Ex Machinima: A Rhetorical Analysis Of User-Generated Machinima, Sean Callot

All Theses

Beginning with corporate demonstrations and continuously evolving into today, machinima has become a major expressive art form for the gamer generation. Machinima is the user-centered production of video presentations using pre-rendered animated content, as generated from video games. The term 'machinima' is a combination of 'machine' (from which the video content is derived) and 'cinema' (the ultimate end product). According to Paul Marino and other members of the machinima community, Hugh Hancock, the creator of Machinima.com, first coined the term in 2000. Video productions of this kind have been used in various capacities for the past several years, including instruction …

Intersexed, Intertext: A Critique Of Limited Gender Identity In Herculine Barbin And Middlesex, Allison Andrew

All Theses

Relying on the work of poststructuralists Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, and Judith Halberstam for their findings on gender and sexuality, as well as the sociological study of intersexed individuals by Sharon Preves, this thesis will show the identity construction of the intersexed both before and after intervention by closely charting their plight as it is presented in Michel Foucault's Herculine Barbin (1980) and Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex (2003). These texts vary greatly in historical significance, genre, and audience, but nevertheless suggest the same argument regarding the construction of identity. Ultimately, it is the self whose definition is of the greatest importance. …

Intergenerational Leadership Communication In The Workplace, Gayle Ruddick

All Theses

For the first time in history there are four generations in the workforce: Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y. Generation Y, the emergent working generation, has a vastly different way of communicating, a different perspective on work, and a different set of needs and values than those who dominate the current workforce. When Traditionalists and Baby Boomers retire Generation Y will be placed into professional positions they may not be prepared for. With the current trend of young people frequently changing jobs and feeling unfulfilled by the work they do, Generation Y needs guidance, leadership, and mentoring in …

Color Rhetoric: The Social Construction Of Neutrality In Real Estate Design, April Davis

All Theses

Many interior designers believe that the key to selling a house is using conventionally labeled neutral colors. Yet, in relying solely on what convention dictates as a universal real estate rule, designers are promoting an ideology that privileges conventional standards to audience analysis, and consequently, call into question the usefulness of their own careers. Using Lloyd Bitzer's rhetorical situation principles, this thesis will analyze pictures taken from homes on the real estate market. Examining these pictures will establish the concept of neutrality as a rhetorical social construction that is shaped within historical, social, and cultural contexts. Moreover, this thesis presents …

Homegrown Rhetoric: Rhetorical Vision In States' Marketing Of Local Foods, Joni Lea Hoke

All Theses

Beginning in the late 1940s, concerns arose about the enlarging scope of the industrial American food system. Subsequent analysis revealed a continuing pattern of expansion throughout the 1970s and 1980s. A countermovement developed with the aim of altering food production and distribution to create more regionalized food systems. Eventually, individual states came to create their own marketing programs to promote locally grown foods. Private interests also developed initiatives to promote eating locally. By 2007, the term coined to describe one who strives to eat local foods, "locavore," had become New Oxford Dictionary's Word of the Year. The states' efforts are …