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Examination Of Platelet Adhesion By Streptococcus Sanguinis, Brian Mahoney

Theses and Dissertations

Streptococcus sanguinis is a leading cause of infective endocarditis. Bacterial adhesion to platelets is likely important in the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis. Bacterial cell wall-anchored (Cwa) proteins may mediate this adhesion. To begin to test this hypothesis, S. sanguinis adhesion to platelets was examined in vitro. The requirement of 12 Cwa proteins for S. sanguinis-platelet adhesion was individually assessed, measuring adhesion of purified platelets to polystyrene wells coated with S. sanguinis strain SK36 or 12 isogenic Cwa protein mutants. Significantly fewer platelets adhered to wells coated with one mutant strain, VT1614. However, results of a whole-cell enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) …

The Home Of Truth: The Metaphysical World Of Marie Ogden, Stanley J. Thayne

Theses and Dissertations

Marie Ogden's Home of Truth colony—a religious community that was located in southern Utah during the 1930s and 40s—was part of a segment of the American religious landscape that has largely been overlooked. As such, her movement points to a significant gap in the historiography of American religion. In addition to documenting the history of this obscure community, I situate Marie Ogden as part of what I call the early new age of American religion, an underdeveloped part of the broader categories of metaphysical religion or Western esotericism. This thesis also points to several other overlooked figures from the same …

The Current Volume 20 : Issue 15, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Wes Jackson To Give First Address In Kansas Lecture Series

Imprint

The Kansas Studies Institute inaugurates its first Kansas Lecture Series with Dr. Wes Jackson, president, The Land Institute, presenting 'What We Need to Know to Meet the Sustainability Challenges of the Next Half-Century'.

Imprint Winter 2009 Full Issue

Imprint

This is the full issue of Imprint for Winter 2009.

Vietnam Blocks Facebook, Caroline Finlay

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

Writer Caroline Finlay has written for China Beat in the past about Southeast Asian news stories that have a China angle. Here, she draws parallels between Internet controls in Vietnam and those in China. She’s written about speech issues in Vietnam before, for instance see “Vietnam Youth Given Rare Chance to Protest–Against China” from May 2008.

Facebook users have begun having difficulty logging on to the social networking site, the Associated Press and the Inter Press Service reported on November 17th.

News agencies are citing an unverified document that says it’s from Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security and states, “For …

“Caijing Is Dead, Long Live Caijing”, Scott Kennedy

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

In the past few weeks, the coverage of the fall of Caijing and the exodus of its staff has read almost like an obituary. During its eleven years in production, Caijingbenefitted from protection from patrons as well as the deft leadership of its editor, Hu Shuli, who has a sixth sense for knowing where the boundaries of permissibility sit and how to move them. The result was a record of breaking myriad stories of serious corruption and poor governance. Over the years, a couple issues were temporarily held up for “technical” reasons, but Caijing appeared to have regularly escaped the …

Gpsa Council Meeting, 11/23/2009, Graduate And Professional Student Association

GPSA Meeting Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Chapman's Annual Wassail Is Dec. 4-5; Tickets Going Fast!, Chapman University Media Relations

Chapman Press Releases 2003-2011

No abstract provided.

When Purple Meets All Other Colors, University Of Dayton. Marian Library

Marian Library Exhibit Summaries

Archived website and summary of exhibit in the Marian Library

Artist: Darel L. Sparling

Exhibit dates: November 23, 2009 - January 28, 2010

Spartan Daily November 23, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 133, Issue 43

The Statesman, V. 53, I. 21, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 53, i. 21

This Week At Sbs, V.4, N.13 | This Week At Stony Brook Southampton/In The News, Darren Johnson

Southampton Announcements and News

No abstract provided.

[Accepted Article Manuscript Version (Postprint)] Perceptions Of The Authenticity Of Reality Programs And Their Relationships To Audience Involvement, Enjoyment, And Perceived Learning, Alice Hall

Communication and Media Faculty Works

This study investigated whether perceptions of reality programs’ authenticity are associated with viewer involvement, enjoyment, and perceived learning.240 viewers completed a survey about their impressions of the reality program they watch most frequently. Four dimensions of the perceived authenticity were identified: cast eccentricity, representativeness, candidness, and producer manipulation. Perceptions that the cast was not eccentric, that they were representative of people the respondents could meet, that they were behaving candidly, and that the producers were manipulating the show were associated with cognitive involvement. Cast representativeness was also positively associated with social involvement. Cognitive and social involvement were each associated with …

Commonwealth Times 2009-11-23

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

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Susceptibility Of Caenorhabditis Elegans To Burkholderia Infection Depends On Prior Diet And Secreted Bacterial Attractants, Vaughn S. Cooper, Wendy A. Carlson, John J. Lipuma

Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans may be killed by certain pathogenic bacteria and thus is a model organism for studying interactions between bacteria and animal hosts. However, growing nematodes on prey bacteria may influence their susceptibility to potential pathogens. A method of axenic nematode culture was developed to isolate and quantify interactions between C. elegans and potentially pathogenic strains of the Burkholderia cepacia complex. Studying these dynamics in liquid solution rather than on agar surfaces minimized nematode avoidance behavior and resolved more differences among isolates. Most isolates of B. cenocepacia, B. ambifaria and B. cepacia caused 60-80% mortality of nematodes after …

Columbia Chronicle (11/23/2009), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from November 23, 2009 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 36 pages and is listed as Volume 45, Number 12. Cover story: "Columbia faculty member arrested on child pornography charges" Editor-in-Chief: Bethany Reinhart

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

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

New Research: Filtering And Blocking Software Reduces Exposure Of Youth To Unwanted Explicit Content Online, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Unh Prof Receives Nearly $500,000 To Research Environmentally Significant Plants, Beth Potier

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Expert To Speak About Muslim World, Iraqi Politics, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Um Students Host Benefit Dinner, Auction For Classmate, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Art Annex Holiday Juried Show, Sale At Um Dec. 10-12, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Event To Examine Libby's Future, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

The Utah Statesman, November 23, 2009, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Exhibit Brings Larger-Than-Life Ceramic Figures To Um Gallery, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

The Daily Gamecok, Monday, November 23, 2009, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

November

No abstract provided.

In-Plane, All-Photonic Transduction Method For Silicon Photonic Microcantilever Array Sensors, Jong Wook Noh

Theses and Dissertations

We have invented an in-plane all-photonic transduction method for photonic microcantilever arrays that is scalable to large arrays for sensing applications in both bio- and nanotechnology. Our photonic transduction method utilizes a microcantilever forming a single mode rib waveguide and a differential splitter consisting of an asymmetric multimode waveguide and a Y-branch waveguide splitter. The differential splitter's outputs are used to form a differential signal that has a monotonic response to microcantilever deflection. A differential splitter using an amorphous silicon strip-loaded multimode rib waveguide is designed and fabricated to demonstrate the feasibility of the in-plane photonic transduction method. Our initial …

An Evaluation Of Quikscat Uhr Wind Product's Effectiveness In Determining Selected Tropical Cyclone Characteristics, Faozi Said

Theses and Dissertations

While the standard wind product (L2B) available operationally in near-real time from SeaWinds on QuikSCAT is only 25 km in resolution, QuikSCAT data can be enhanced to yield a 2.5 km ultra-high resolution (UHR) product. The latter can be used to help estimate Tropical Cyclone (TC) characteristics such as TC eye center and wind radii. Two studies are conducted in this thesis, in which QuikSCAT UHR wind product's effectiveness in estimating these TC characteristics is evaluated. First, a comparison is made between the analyst's choice of eye location based on UHR images and interpolated best-track position. In this analysis, the …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 41 No. 90, November 23, 2009

Central Florida Future

UCF earns spot at bowl game 49-0; Service to give rides to students; Education bill will improve grants, loans; Weezer to play free show; Some push for new sign design.