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The Weekly Challenger, December 24, 2009, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The December 24, 2009, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

A Unique Role For The Host Escrt Proteins In Replication Of Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus, Daniel Barajas, Yi Jiang, Peter D. Nagy

Plant Pathology Faculty Publications

Plus-stranded RNA viruses replicate in infected cells by assembling viral replicase complexes consisting of viral- and host-coded proteins. Previous genome-wide screens with Tomato bushy stunt tombusvirus (TBSV) in a yeast model host revealed the involvement of seven ESCRT (endosomal sorting complexes required for transport) proteins in viral replication. In this paper, we show that the expression of dominant negative Vps23p, Vps24p, Snf7p, and Vps4p ESCRT factors inhibited virus replication in the plant host, suggesting that tombusviruses co-opt selected ESCRT proteins for the assembly of the viral replicase complex. We also show that TBSV p33 replication protein interacts with Vps23p ESCRT-I …

Chylomicrons Promote Intestinal Absorption And Systemic Dissemination Of Dietary Antigen (Ovalbumin) In Mice, Yuehui Wang, Sarbani Ghoshal, Martin Ward, Willem De Villiers, Jerold Woodward, Erik Eckhardt

Internal Medicine Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: A small fraction of dietary protein survives enzymatic degradation and is absorbed in potentially antigenic form. This can trigger inflammatory responses in patients with celiac disease or food allergies, but typically induces systemic immunological tolerance (oral tolerance). At present it is not clear how dietary antigens are absorbed. Most food staples, including those with common antigens such as peanuts, eggs, and milk, contain long-chain triglycerides (LCT), which stimulate mesenteric lymph flux and postprandial transport of chylomicrons through mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) and blood. Most dietary antigens, like ovalbumin (OVA), are emulsifiers, predicting affinity for chylomicrons. We hypothesized that chylomicron …

Summary Of In The Matter Of The Parental Rights As To N.J., 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 62, Paul C. Williams

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Dec. 24, 2009

Summary Of In The Matter Of The Parental Rights As To N.J., 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 62, Paul C. Williams

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

In The Matter of the Parental Rights as to N.J.,

Minutes, 2009 December 23

Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Antimicrobial Triclocarban Stimulates Embryo Production In The Freshwater Mudsnail Potamopyrgus Antipodarum, Ben D. Giudice, Thomas M. Young

Faculty Publications - Biomedical, Mechanical, and Civil Engineering

Recent research has indicated that the antimicrobial chemical triclocarban (TCC) represents a new type of endocrine disruptor, amplifying the transcriptional activity of steroid hormones and their receptors while itself exhibiting little affinity for these receptors. The effects of TCC were studied in the freshwater mudsnail Potamopyrgus antipodarum. Specimens were exposed to concentrations ranging from 0.05 to 10.5 mg/L dissolved TCC and were removed and dissected, and embryos contained within the brood pouch were counted and classified as shelled or unshelled after two and four weeks of exposure. After four weeks, environmentally relevant TCC concentrations of 1.6 to 10.5 mg/L resulted …

Donald Stewart V. Donald Kelcher

2009 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Jimenez V. Atty Gen Usa

2009 Decisions

Agency

Damian J V. Phila Sch Dist

2009 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 23, 2009, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Tanya Kach V. St Mortiz Security Ser Inc

2009 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Wilson V. Beard

2009 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Berghuis V. Smith: Brief For Social Scientists, Statisticians, And Law Professors, Jeffrey Fagan, Et Al., As Amici Curiae Supporting Respondent, Samuel R. Gross

Appellate Briefs

Amici curiae are leading social scientists, statisticians, and law professors actively engaged in social scientific research focused on the criminal justice system. Included among amici are authors of authoritative books and articles on statistics and the application of statistics in social science. Amici have written and conducted studies on a broad range of topics concerning the criminal justice and jury systems. Many amici are members and leaders of associations in their fields, including the National Academy of Sciences, the National Science Foundation, and the American Society of Criminology.

Amici curiae submit this brief to evaluate the various proposed methods for …

Volume 47, Number 18: December 23, 2009, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Today - December 23, 2009, Loma Linda University

TODAY

Inside this issue:

-- Heart patient reunites with LLU Overseas Heart Surgery Team members 35 years after they saved her life in Saigon
-- CAPS welcomes Helping Hands Pantry to SACHS–Norton
-- Nursing professors research diabetes management in local community
-- LLU Heart & Surgical Hospital physician performs groundbreaking procedure
-- School of Public Health advances health geoinformatics education
-- Wyatt Caley raises funds to buy an Xbox 360 Elite for kids in Children’s Hospital
-- Milton Murray passes away
-- Trees of Hope bring beauty to Children’s Hospital lobby
-- LLU physician to appear on ‘The Doctors’
-- How …

Guyon's Canal Syndrome Due To Tortuous Ulnar Artery With Dequervain Stenosing Tenosynovitis, Ligamentous Injuries And Dorsal Intercalated Segmental Instability Syndrome, A Rare Presentation: A Case Report., Muhammad Zeeshan, Farhan Ahmed, Darakhshan Kanwal, Qazi Saad Bin Khalid, Muhammad Nadeem Ahmed

Department of Radiology

The Guyon's canal syndrome is a well known clinical entity and may have significant impact on Patient's quality of life. We report a case of 43-year-old male who presented with complaints of pain and numbness in right hand and difficulty in writing for past one month. On imaging diagnosis of Guyon's canal syndrome because of tortuous ulnar artery was made with additional findings of DeQuervain's stenosing tenosynovitis and dorsal intercalated segmental instability syndrome with ligamentous injury and subsequently these were confirmed on surgery. Although it is a rare syndrome, early diagnosis and treatment prevents permanent neurological deficits and improve Patient's …

Effects Of Temperature On Gene Expression In Embryos Of The Coral Montastraea Faveolata, Christian Voolstra, Julia Schnetzer, Leonid Peshkin, Carly J. Randall, Alina M. Szmant, Mónica Medina

Biomedical Engineering and Sciences Faculty Publications

Coral reefs are expected to be severely impacted by rising seawater temperatures associated with climate change. This study used cDNA microarrays to investigate transcriptional effects of thermal stress in embryos of the coral Montastraea faveolata. Embryos were exposed to 27.5°C, 29.0°C, and 31.5°C directly after fertilization. Differences in gene expression were measured after 12 and 48 hours.Results: Analysis of differentially expressed genes indicated that increased temperatures may lead to oxidative stress, apoptosis, and a structural reconfiguration of the cytoskeletal network. Metabolic processes were downregulated, and the action of histones and zinc finger-containing proteins may have played a role in the …

Cultural-Historical Activity Perspectives On The Effects Of Participation In Teacher-Mediated, Computer-Mediated Reading Instruction, Rita M. Menendez

Open Access Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of participation in Read 180, a teacher-mediated, computer-mediated reading instruction program, on the reading proficiency of 4th and 5th grade English Language Learners. The students who participated in the Read 180 program scored below the 25th percentile on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). Cultural-historical activity theory guided the research. Research questions for the study were answered with quantitative and qualitative methods. The questions asked were: 1. What are the effects of participation in Read 180, a teacher-mediated computer-mediated-integrated learning system that provides reading instruction, on the growth in reading …

Health-Enhancing Activities And The Environment: How Competition For Resources Makes The Environmental Policy Beneficial, Xavier Pautrel

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

In a two-period overlapping generations model, this paper demonstrates that the relationship between the environmental taxation and the economic activity (level- and growth-output) becomes inverted-U shaped, when the detrimental impact of pollution on health and the private decision of each working-age agent to improve her health are taken into account. Especially, a tighter environmental tax is more likely to promote (rather than to harm) output-level and –growth when health is very sensitive to pollution, the weight of health in preferences is high, the polluting capacity of the production technology is high and the rate of natural purification of pollutants is …

Richard Deweese V. Natl Rr Passenger

2009 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

James Kania V. John Potter

2009 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Otsuki Leads Research Published In Journal Of Pediatric Psychology, December 22, 2009, Melanie Marquez

USF St. Petersburg Campus News and Press Releases

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 22, 2009, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Request For Tuition Stabilization Funds, John M. Dunn

WMU President John Dunn

No abstract provided.

Brazilian Health Reform: Dilemmas Between The Instituting And The Instituted, S Fleury

English

Objectives: To present the history of social policies in Brazil and to identify the existing social protection model in each of its stages.

Evaluation In Health: Reflections Inscribed In The Paradigm Of Contemporary Health, G Da Costa, R Cotta, S Franceschini, R Batista, A Gomes, P Martins, M Ferreira

English

Objectives: To analyze the methods of health evaluation from the point of view of users' needs and the care perspective.

Finance Capital Versus The Medical-Industrial Complex: The Challenges Of Regulatory Agencies, C Iriart

English

Objectives: To present the socio-economic structural processes consolidated in the late 90's under the hegemony of financial capital; the disputes between the financial capital that operate in health and the medical-industrial complex; the strategies used by the later to win ground and consolidate its power; and finally, the challenges this poses to the regulatory agencies.

The Care Experience In The Family Health Program (Psf): Potentials And Limits, A Uchôa

English

Objectives: To describe the comprehensiveness of care, and discuss the role of creativity and sensitivity of health professionals in the Family Health Program, and analyze the possibilities of institutionalization and sustainability in Natal, Brazil between 2005 and 2007.

Social Medicine Before The Report Of The Commission Of Social Health Determinants, World Health Organization, R González

English

Objective: To review the contributions of the work of the International Workshop "Social Determinants of Health", organized by the Latin American Social Medicine Association in 2008.