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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder-Associated Depression: Evidence For Reductions In The Levels Of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor In A Mouse Model, Kevin Caldwell, S. Sheema, Rodrigo D. Paz, Sabrina Samudio-Ruiz, Mary Laughlin, Nathan Spence, Michael Roehlk, Sara Alcon, Andrea Allan

Undergraduate Medical Student Research

Prenatal ethanol exposure is associated with an increased incidence of depressive disorders in patient populations. However, the mechanisms that link prenatal ethanol exposure and depression are unknown. Several recent studies have implicated reduced brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels in the hippocampal formation and frontal cortex as important contributors to the etiology of depression. In the present studies, we sought to determine whether prenatal ethanol exposure is associated with behaviors modeling depression, as well as with reduced BDNF levels in the hippocampal formation and/or medial frontal cortex, in a mouse model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Compared to control adult …

Complementary And Alternative Medicine (Cam) Use In Pediatric Oncology: A New Horizon Or Costly Myth?, Justin Roesch, Mark Holdsworth, Stuart Winter, Dennis Raisch

Undergraduate Medical Student Research

Complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) are increasingly being utilized in the pediatric cancer population, despite unproven risks and benefits, and significant additional cost of treatment. Objective: To identify the prevalence of CAM use and the most frequently utilized CAMs, and to examine the physiologic impact of CAM in pediatric cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Additional objectives included identifying the cost associated with CAM, and the rationale for CAM usage.

Table Of Contents, Buffalo Journal Of Gender, Law And Social Policy

Buffalo Journal of Gender, Law & Social Policy

No abstract provided.

Transgender Bathroom Usage: A Privileging Of Biology And Physical Difference In The Law, Jill D. Weinberg

Buffalo Journal of Gender, Law & Social Policy

No abstract provided.

International Standards For The Promotion And Protection Of Children's Rights: American And South African Dimensions, Johan D. Ven Der Vyver

Buffalo Human Rights Law Review

No abstract provided.

Deliverance As Part Of The Therapeutic Process: Working With Children And Adolescents, David W. Appleby

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Doing deliverance with children and adolescents in a counseling setting requires that the practitioner take into consideration both spiritual and developmental issues. This outline from a presentation done at the American Association of Christian Counseling World Conference 2009 in Nashville, TN looks at deliverance in general and how the unique aspects or working with children and adolescents. This paper is to be considered an elaboration of some points found in Deliverance as Part of the Therapeutic Process – 2007 AACC World Conference Presentation

Food Safety Consortium Newsletter, Fall 2009, Food Safety Consortium (U.S.)

Food Safety Consortium Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Mole Street Journal, August 2009, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Dept. Of Chemistry And Biochemistry

Mole Street Journal

No abstract provided.

Graduate, Fall-Winter 2009, Dale Bumpers College Of Agricultural, Food, And Life Sciences (University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville)

Graduate

"For alumni and friends of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences and the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture."

Retrieval Of Foliar Information About Plant Pigment Systems From High Resolution Spectroscopy, Susan L. Ustin, Anatoly A. Gitelson, Stéphane Jacquemoud, Michael Schaepman, Gregory P. Asner, John A. Gamon, Pablo Zarco-Tejada

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Life on Earth depends on photosynthesis. Photosynthetic systems evolved early in Earth history and have been stable for 2.5 billion years, providing prima facie evidence for the significance of pigments in plant functions. Photosynthetic pigments fill multiple roles from increasing the range of energy captured for photosynthesis to protective functions. Given the importance of pigments to leaf functioning, greater effort is needed to determine whether individual pigments can be identified and quantified in vivo using high fidelity spectroscopy. We review recent advances in detecting plant pigments at the leaf level and discuss successes and reasons why challenges remain for robust …

Wilderness Serendipity: Planning And Assessing Learning During An Experiential Field Course, Larkin A. Powell, Andrew J. Tyre, Scott E. Hygnstrom, David A. Wedin, P. R. Hanson, Mark S. Kuzila, James B. Swinehart

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Experiential learning opportunities promote skill in problem-solving and critical thinking, but they require unique assessment methods because traditional approaches are difficult to implement in the field. We have conducted a study tour course involving a canoe trip in a wilderness area in northern Minnesota since 2004. Here, we describe how we developed our course's learning experiences, ensured the learning experiences materialized, and assessed the student learning objectives. Proper planning can result in valuable, spontaneous learning experiences. We used a student journal, field-based quiz, and participation grade to effectively assess the breadth of student learning that was inherent in our course. …

Medical Education Digest, Vol. 11 No. 5 (September/October 2009), Nova Southeastern University

Medical Education Digest

No abstract provided.

Giving Hope Through Research: A Search For Novel Treatments For Parkinson's Disease, Depression And Drug Abuse, Julie O'Connor

New Science

Parkinson’s disease affects approximately one percent of people older than 65 years of age. Nearly one million people in the United States have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a chronic and progressively debilitating disorder. This motor system disorder which causes trembling in hands, arms, legs, jaw and face; stiffness of the limbs and trunk; slowness of movement; and impaired balance and coordination, is the result of the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells. While there is great hope in Parkinson’s disease research, there is no cure. A variety of medications provide relief from the symptoms, including levodopa, also known as L-dopa, …

Counter Attack: Developing New Weapons In The Battle Against Antibiotic Resistance, Amy Oprean

New Science

In the course of human medicine, few discoveries have been as far-reaching and successful as the development of antibiotics in the 20th century. Introduced to mainstream medicine in the 1940s, these drugs have been utilized to vanquish a vast array of bacterial infections, relieving the suffering and saving the lives of millions of people. But antibiotics aren’t the surefire defense they used to be. A drop in research over the past several decades in developing new antibiotics, coupled with bacteria’s evolutionary drive to develop resistance, has caused the number of effective antibiotics to diminish, and with increasing speed. Christine Chow, …

Turning Down Tinnitus: Giving Veterans Their Peace And Quiet, Amy Oprean

New Science

For many people, it’s a temporary annoyance – the high-pitched ringing in the ears that comes after working with a power saw, a leaf blower or perhaps most commonly, the unwanted souvenir from a concert. But while tinnitus may be a transient hassle for many, there is another group of people for which it’s a permanent and debilitating phenomenon. Military personnel stationed in the warzones of Iraq and Afghanistan experience the “phantom sound” of tinnitus much like civilians do, but for troops, the perpetual exposure to roadside bombs, gunfire, and rocket-propelled grenades exacerbates the condition to the point of no …

Translating Science To Improve Urban Health: An International Linkage Of Geospatial Information With Environmentally Induced Asthma Models, Julie O'Connor

New Science

Wayne State University has a long-standing commitment to bringing change to urban health, particularly through research on disparate outcomes in disease, prevention and cure experienced among different ethnic, cultural and socio-economic groups. Through WSU’s Research Enhancement Program to Support Clinical Translational Science in Urban Health, the university is joining together researchers from multiple institutions. These teams bring together expertise from their respective disciplines to analyze problems from many perspectives, with the goal of resolving them across a variety of domains such as biological, psychological and environmental. By fostering multidisciplinary clinical and translational research at WSU, its affiliates and collaborating institutions, …

Extending Life, Julie O'Connor

New Science

Slowing the aging process, delaying the onset of diseases, extending cellular life... as people grow older, they often seek products or therapies to try to stay young and healthy. A researcher in the School of Medicine at Wayne State University may have discovered the proverbial “fountain of youth” that may one day help us all to live better and happier lives. Stanley R. Terlecky, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmacology in the School of Medicine has identified a novel technology that can reduce or even eliminate accumulation of free radicals or oxidants in cells long associated with the aging process. His …

2008-2009 Hccp Year-End Summary, Kristen S. Cloutier

Year-end Summaries

No abstract provided.

The Relationships Among Social Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence And Cultural Intelligence, Kerri A. Crowne

Organization Management Journal

This article examines three forms of intelligence: social intelligence (SI), emotional intelligence (EI) and cultural intelligence (CQ). The aim is to establish the relationship that exists between EI and CQ, and to clearly show how they is distinct, but related constructs, as well as subsets of SI. A series of models is developed to support the various propositions presented and to show the evolution of ideas which build to the final integrated model. This new model will impact future research and managerial use of these constructs, which is critical in order to advance the field. A discussion of limitations of …

Actions Memo September 2009, Kutztown University Curriculum Committee

UCC Action Memos

No abstract provided.

Taking Stock Of Arctic Sea Ice And Climate, Mary-Louise Timmermans, Jennifer Francis, Audrey Proshutinsky, Lawrence C. Hamilton

Sociology

Abstract

The relationship among the cause-and-effect of the Arctic atmosphere, sea ice, and ocean is discussed. The increased vulnerability of the Arctic system to anomalous atmospheric forcing can be argued from the perspective that recent ice loss is the result of a long-term preconditioning to thinner ice. Such consequences demonstrate the difficulties inherent in ascertaining how the atmospheric circulation responds to Arctic, and global, climate change. Later-forming sea ice also leads to less protection from the waves of fall storms, affecting coastal communities such as Kivalina and Shishmaref. The coming decades will provide new insights into the complexities of the …

Education Policy News, Fall 2009, No. 1, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Dept. Of Education Reform. Office For Education Policy

Education Policy News

No abstract provided.

Shafer Court Connections (2009-09)

Shafer Court Connections, 1994-2010

For alumni of the Academic Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University.

New Science Volume 17, Division Of Research

New Science

Full issue of Volume 17 of New Science

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes – September 2009, Faculty Senators

Minutes 2009-2010

This is the archived record of the September 16, 2009 faculty senate meeting minutes.

Constitution And Bylaws Of The Nebraska Chapter Of Gamma Sigma Delta, The Honor Society Of Agriculture, Nebraska Chapter Of The Honor Society Of Agriculture, Gamma Sigma Delta

Gamma Sigma Delta, Nebraska Chapter: Bylaws and Other Documents

Object and Purpose

Section 1. The object of this Chapter is to encourage high standards of scholarship and proficiency in all branches of the agricultural sciences, natural resources, and family and consumer sciences, hereafter referred to as professional areas, and a high degree of proficiency in the practice of these pursuits.

Section 2. The purpose of this Chapter shall be implemented by conferring membership, as an honor, on senior and graduate students whose studies are directly related to the professional areas and who have shown exceptional abilities in their academic studies. Membership shall also be conferred upon alumni and faculty …

Que Ondee Sola - September 2009, Xavier Luis Burgos

Que Ondee Sola

Student publication founded in 1972, articles include: Third Annual Latina/o Open House at NEIU, Latinos in Higher Education Summit, El Grito de Lares: 141st Anniversary of a Revolucion, A Chicago Play Mesmerizes Puerto Rico, Censuran Libraos en Escuelas Puertorriquenas, Hazardous Chemicals at Vieques, A Puerto Rican Political Prisoner's Parole in Danger, National Boricua Human Rights Network, An Olmpics in the 'City of Neighborhoods?', Artist Spotlight: NorthRock360, Poetry

A Preliminary Mathematical Model Of Skin Dendritic Cell Trafficking And Induction Of T Cell Immunity, Amy H. Lin Erickson, Alison Wise, Stephen Fleming, Margaret Baird, Zabeen Lateef, Annette Molinaro, Miranda Teboh-Ewungkem, Lisette G. De Pillis

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

Chronic inflammation is a process where dendritic cells (DCs) are constantly sampling antigen in the skin and migrating to lymph nodes where they induce the activation and proliferation of T cells. The T cells then travel back to the skin where they release cytokines that induce/maintain the inflammatory condition. This process is cyclic and ongoing. We created a differential equations model to reflect the initial stages of the inflammatory process. In particular, we modeled antigen stimulation of DCs in the skin, movement of DCs from the skin to a lymph node, and the subsequent activation of T cells in the …

Bard Free Press, Vol. 11, No. 1 (September 2009), Bard College

Bard Free Press - All Issues (2000-2018)

No abstract provided.

Spatial And Seasonal Variations In Mercury Methylation And Microbial Community Structure In A Historic Mercury Mining Area, Yolo County, California, J. M. Holloway, M. B. Goldhaber, K. M. Scow, Rebecca E. Drenovsky

Biology

The relationships between soil parent lithology, nutrient concentrations, microbial biomass and community structure were evaluated in soils from a small watershed impacted by historic Hg mining. Upland and wetland soils, stream sediments and tailings were collected and analyzed for nutrients (DOC, SO4=, NO3−), Hg, MeHg, and phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA). Stream sediment was derived from serpentinite, siltstone, volcanic rocks and mineralized serpentine with cinnabar, metacinnabar and other Hg phases. Soils from different parent materials had distinct PLFA biomass and community structures that are related to nutrient concentrations and toxicity effects of trace metals including Hg. The formation of MeHg appears …