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Sbs General Campus Announcement 2009-11-13, Darren Johnson

Southampton Announcements and News

No abstract provided.

Parameter Estimation For The Lognormal Distribution, Brenda Faith Ginos

Theses and Dissertations

The lognormal distribution is useful in modeling continuous random variables which are greater than or equal to zero. Example scenarios in which the lognormal distribution is used include, among many others: in medicine, latent periods of infectious diseases; in environmental science, the distribution of particles, chemicals, and organisms in the environment; in linguistics, the number of letters per word and the number of words per sentence; and in economics, age of marriage, farm size, and income. The lognormal distribution is also useful in modeling data which would be considered normally distributed except for the fact that it may be more …

The Statesman, V. 53, I. 18, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 53, i. 18

The Other Migration: Internal Displacement In Chiapas And Health, V Ríos, A Gasca, R Urbina

English

Objectives: To analyze the forced displacement of people in Chiapas for political reasons and to describe the health impacts on the impacted populations.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 41 No. 87, November 12, 2009

Central Florida Future

Student arrested after Classroom I bomb threat; Knight of a thousand laughs; UCF, Beta agree on summer return; Professor receives $100K grant for HIV research; More H1N1 vaccines available.

Meeting American Veterans Taught Lesson About Propaganda's Deceitfulness, Diether Haenicke

WMU President Diether Haenicke

This column was first published Nov. 17, 2004 and reprinted Nov. 11, 2009 in the Kalamazoo Gazette mlive.com/kalamazoo

Current Substance Use Behavior Among Severely Mentally Ill Individuals Diagnosed With Hiv And Hcv, Michelle Hampton, Linda Chafetz, Carmen Portillo

Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Infection with HIV and HCV is higher among severely mentally ill (SMI) individuals than the general population. The literature addressing prevention focuses primarily on sexual risk, though substance-related risk is significant. Insufficient data is available about substance use behavior in this population to formulate effective secondary prevention interventions. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was a secondary analysis of a RCT. Subjects reporting a diagnosis of HIV/HCV (reporters) were compared to non-reporters. Data were extracted from interviews that included the Addiction Severity Index (ASI). Data were analyzed using logistic regression. RESULTS: Of 275 subjects, 64(23.3%) reported a HIV/HCV diagnosis. Compared to …

November 9, 2009 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Can We Prevent Genocide By Preventing Incitement?, Elihu D. Richter, Yael Stein, Alex Barnea, Marc Sherman

The Islamic Republic of Iran: Multidisciplinary Analyses of its Theocracy, Nationalism, and Assertion of Power

Genocide and its prevention both result from human choice and bystander indifference. Since the Armenian genocide, and the Holocaust, perpetrators have used dehumanizing metaphors to prepare their followers to overcome normative inhibitions that stand in the way of their becoming killers, rapists, and plunderers of members of potential victim populations. Today, one lesson from the Holocaust is that there are existential dangers associated with ignoring state sanctioned dehumanizing hate language. Not all hate language and incitement leads to genocide, and genocide can occur without hate language and incitement. There can be hate language with and without explicit incitement, propagated by …

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - November 8, 2009, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the November 8, 2009 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's newsletter - Watercooler

Contents Include:

• Soap and Water - Your Best Defense
• Stimulating Science - Story to Air Sunday
• USA Pulmonary Hypertension Center Takes Part in National Awareness Effort

• Med School Cafe' - "State of the Art Care for Peripheral Artery Disease"

• November 12th DSS - “Epigenetic Control of Chromatin-Dependent Transcription: Lessons from HPV E2 and E6 Proteins”

The Montclarion, November 05, 2009, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

Sbs General Campus Announcement 2009-11-04, Darren Johnson

Southampton Announcements and News

No abstract provided.

The Cost-Effectiveness Of Alternative Hiv Intervention Portfolios In South Africa, Robert Stavert

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

The Cost-effectiveness of Alternative HIV Intervention Portfolios in South Africa. Robert Stavert and Elisa Long (Sponsored by David Paltiel). Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, Ct. A dynamic compartmental model was instantiated with recent epidemiological data from South Africa to compare the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different portfolios of interventions to prevent HIV infection over a twenty year time horizon. We hypothesized that portfolios which combined scaling up the delivery of highly active antiretroviral therapies (HAART), increasing availability of HIV screening and counseling, and establishing widespread circumcision campaigns would be the most effective …

Identification Of Phytochemical Constituents Of Aegle Marmelos Responsible For Antimicrobial Activity Against Selected Pathogenic Organisms, D. Venkatesan, C. M. Karrunakarn, S. Selva Kumar, P. T. Palani Swamy

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical constituents of an ethanolic extract of Aegle marmelos were investigated. The phytochemical screening of the crude extract revealed the presence of Alkaloids, Cardiac glycosides, Terpenoids, Saponins, Tannis, Flavonoids, and Steroids. The crude ethanolic extract was tested for antimicrobial activity against gram positive organisms of Bacillus subtilis (NCIM: 3471), Staphylococcus aureus (NCIM: 2079), gram negative Escherichia coli (NCIM: 2065) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (NCIM: 2200) at different concentrations levels of 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 mg/ml. At the 2.5 mg/ml concentration, gram negative Escherichia coli exhibits a zone of inhibition about 25.7mm; Pseudomonas aeruginosa 19.9mm; gram positive …

Alcohol Use And Gender Effects On Hiv Risk Behaviors In Cocaine-Using Methadone Patients, Carla J. Rash, Nancy M. Petry

UCHC Articles - Research

Injection drug users engage in behaviors that increase the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other infectious diseases. Although methadone maintenance (MM) is highly effective in decreasing heroin use and the spread of HIV, polydrug use, especially the combined use of cocaine and alcohol, is common in MM patients. Alcohol use is independently associated with HIV risk behaviors, and the effects of alcohol use on risk behaviors may vary by gender. This study evaluated the effects of recent heavy alcohol use and gender with respect to HIV risk behaviors in 118 cocaine-abusing methadone patients. Both lifetime and past month …

Genetically Modified Insects: Why Do We Need Them And How Will They Be Regulated?, Michael J. Donovan

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

No abstract provided.

On Some Discrete Distributions And Their Applications With Real Life Data, Shipra Banik, B. M. Golam Kibria

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

This article reviews some useful discrete models and compares their performance in terms of the high frequency of zeroes, which is observed in many discrete data (e.g., motor crash, earthquake, strike data, etc.). A simulation study is conducted to determine how commonly used discrete models (such as the binomial, Poisson, negative binomial, zero-inflated and zero-truncated models) behave if excess zeroes are present in the data. Results indicate that the negative binomial model and the ZIP model are better able to capture the effect of excess zeroes. Some real-life environmental data are used to illustrate the performance of the proposed models.

Microbiological, Clinical, And Surgical Features Of Fungal Prosthetic Joint Infections: A Multi-Institutional Experience, Khalid Azzam, Javad Parvizi, Donald Jungkind, Arlen Hanssen, Thomas Fehring, Bryan Springer, Kevin Bozic, Craig Della Valle, Luis Pulido, Robert Barrack

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Drowning In Ancient Greek History And Mythology, Stathis Avramidis

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

The purpose of this article was to describe the prevalence of drowning as a cause of death in the mythology and ancient Greek history and under what circumstances it occurred. From all the names and references (n= 40,000) recorded in a database of the ancient and mythological Greek literature (Devouros, 2007), the number of drowning incidents was identified (n=37), 17 males (45.94%), 6 females (16.22%), and 14 reports of multiple casualties (37.84%). The review of the database confirmed that drowning was attributed to “acts of demigod” but was more often due to human accidental submersion or to “acts of God” …

Selected Comparison Of Global Health Organizations, Steven C. Mccullar

Scholarship in Medicine - All Papers

Due to a potential, worldwide adverse impact on health, transnational dependencies, and the need for effective response, global cooperation is imperative (Buchanan & Decamp, 2006). There are more than 100 global health agencies, including the World Health Organization. As the number of organizations increases, each with their own agendas, so does the concern for lack of coherence and collaboration among organizations in the effort of disease eradication and development of health systems (Beaglehole & Bonita, 2008). The focus of this study is on comparing the effectiveness of selected global health organizations in efforts to detect a need to either establish …

Checkup, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Checkup

No abstract provided.

Benchmarks 2009, November 6, The Rockefeller University

BenchMarks 2009

BenchMarks. Friday, November 6, 2009

The community newsletter of The Rockefeller University

BenchMarks is published monthly and is distributed on the campus of The Rockefeller University. It produced by the Office of Communications and Public Affairs

Use Of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors/Angiotensin Receptor Blockers And Lipid-Lowering Therapies Among Rhode Islanders With Diabetes Enrolled In Medicare Part D Plans In 2006 And 2007, Aisling R. Caffrey, Jon Kogut, Lynn Pezzullo

Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Research Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Aging Influences The Neural Correlates Of Lexical Decision But Not Automatic Semantic Priming, Brian T. Gold, Anders H. Andersen, Greg A. Jicha, Charles D. Smith

Neuroscience Faculty Publications

Human behavioral data indicate that older adults are slower to perform lexical decisions (LDs) than young adults but show similar reaction time gains when these decisions are primed semantically. The present study explored the functional neuroanatomic bases of these frequently observed behavioral findings. Young and older groups completed unprimed and primed LD tasks while functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was recorded, using a fully randomized trial design paralleling those used in behavioral research. Results from the unprimed task found that age-related slowing of LD was associated with decreased activation in perceptual extrastriate regions and increased activation in regions associated with …

Sonography Of The Neonatal Brain, Traci B. Fox

Department of Radiologic Sciences Faculty Papers

Neurosonography is a critical part of the care of the sick newborn. Sonography is superior to other modalities in imaging of the brain because it can be performed at the bedside, is easily reproducible, and does not require ionizing radiation or sedation. This article refreshes the sonographer in the normal anatomy and appear- ance of the neonatal brain using sonography, as well as some of the more common pathologic conditions that may be encountered.

In This Issue…, Stephen J. Langendorfer

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

No abstract provided.

Pre-Closing Liability, Omri Ben-Shahar

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

Two years after Penzoil v. Texaco threatened to burst the seam of contract formation and find binding commitments before negotiations ended, Judge Easterbrook stitched the rupture. His landmark decision in Empro v. Ball Co. held that a letter-of-intent, which is subject to the preparation of a more comprehensive formal document, is not binding. Each party can freely walk away from it prior to the closing, without incurring any liability and without the court scrutinizing the reasons for the negotiations breakdown. Many courts have since cited and followed Judge Easterbrook's approach. In this commentary, I argue that that this freedom to …

Edwardsiella Ictaluri Encodes An Acid-Activated Urease That Is Required For Intracellular Replication In Channel Catfish (Ictalurus Punctatus) Macrophages, Natha J. Booth, Judith B. Beekman, Ronald L. Thune

Faculty Publications

Genomic analysis indicated that Edwardsiella ictaluri encodes a putative urease pathogenicity island containing the products of nine open reading frames, including urea and ammonium transporters. In vitro studies with wild-type E. ictaluri and a ureG::kan urease mutant strain indicated that E. ictaluri is significantly tolerant of acid conditions (pH 3.0) but that urease activity is not required for acid tolerance. Growth studies demonstrated that E. ictaluri is unable to grow at pH 5 in the absence of urea but is able to elevate the environmental pH from pH 5 to pH 7 and grow when exogenous urea is available. Substantial …

Development Of A Mouse Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail For Post-Exposure Rabies Prophylaxis In Humans., Thomas Müller, Bernhard Dietzschold, Hildegund Ertl, Anthony R Fooks, Conrad Freuling, Christine Fehlner-Gardiner, Jeannette Kliemt, Francois X Meslin, Charles E Rupprecht, Noël Tordo, Alexander I Wanderler, Marie Paule Kieny

Department of Microbiology and Immunology Faculty Papers

As the demand for rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) treatments has increased exponentially in recent years, the limited supply of human and equine rabies immunoglobulin (HRIG and ERIG) has failed to provide the required passive immune component in PEP in countries where canine rabies is endemic. Replacement of HRIG and ERIG with a potentially cheaper and efficacious alternative biological for treatment of rabies in humans, therefore, remains a high priority. In this study, we set out to assess a mouse monoclonal antibody (MoMAb) cocktail with the ultimate goal to develop a product at the lowest possible cost that can be used …

Social Science In A Water Observing System, John B. Braden, Daniel G. Brown, Jeff Dozier, Patricia Gober, Sara M. Hughes, David R. Maidment, Sandra L. Schneider, P. Wesley Schultz, James S. Shortle, Stephen K. Swallow, Carol M. Werner

Psychology Faculty Publications

We set forth an argument for the integration of social science research with natural science and engineering research in major research infrastructure investments addressing water science. A program of integrated observation of water resources offers great opportunities to address several environmental “grand challenges” identified by the National Research Council, including climate variability, institutions and resource use, and land use dynamics, and their importance for hydrologic forecasting. We argue that such a program has the potential to advance both water science and the contributing disciplines. However, to realize this potential, it is essential to recognize that social science requires critical infrastructure …