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Development Of Magnetic-Based Core-Shell Nanoparticles For Drug Delivery Applications In Melanoma Skin Cancer, Zarna A. Bhavsar

Bioengineering Theses - Archive

Melanoma skin cancer is the most dangerous form of skin cancer and the major cause of deaths related to skin cancer worldwide. Conventional chemotherapeutic treatment is not very effective and faces many problems such as low response rate, development of multidrug resistance, and severe side effects. In order to address these limitations and improve melanoma treatment efficacy, development of a multifunctional nanoparticulate drug delivery system is desired. Thus, we aimed towards the development of magnetic-based core-shell nanoparticles (MBCS NPs) for dual drug release and dual targeting of melanoma tumors. The synthesized nanoparticles were composed of Poly (Lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) particle …

Leading The James: The Morphological Changes Of The Missouri River And The Subservient James River, April Deann Moreno

Earth & Environmental Sciences Theses - Archive

The James River flows into the Missouri River east of Yankton, SD. The degree to which the morphological changes of the Missouri River had an impact on the course of the James River is debatable. After mapping the Mission Hill and Menominee quadrangles, surficial maps have been made showing the preserved allounits of the area. Hand augers were used to ground-truth surface features located through the use of aerial photographs, topographic maps, and to confirm features on the surficial maps made. OSL samples were taken from both quadrangles and also from Meckling and Saint Helena; the latter two were mapped …

"Thou Hast Given Me A Body": Theological Anthropology And The Virtual Chruch, Travis Pickell

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Introduction

There is no denying the absolutely revolutionary effect of digital and Internet technology on society in the twenty-first century. For many people, the Internet provides an instant connection to friends, family, colleagues, workstations, entertainment media, and other valuable (or completely trivial) information. As a result, the world is becoming more networked, opportunities for entrepreneurial growth are more widespread, and the speed and efficiency of everyday life is increasing rapidly.2 Add blistering growth in digital Smartphone technology, which effectively turns every mobile phone into a web-connected personal computer, and one can easily see that “connectivity” is quickly becoming the new …

Oregon Natural Areas Plan, Oregon Natural Heritage Advisory Council

Institute for Natural Resources Publications

The rich diversity of ecosystems and native plants and animals is one of Oregon's most distinctive and valued qualities. Our state contains rain forests, dry forests, oak woodlands, alpine meadows, prairies, deserts, marshes, estuaries, dunes, rocky headlands, lakes and streams. There are a number of reasons it is so diverse. First are the extremes of climate, with rainfall ranging from over 200 inches a year along Oregon’s north coast, to less than 7 inches a year in the Alvord Desert, and temperatures from the very mild banana belt along the coast near the California border to the extremes of the …

The College Of Marine Science At The University Of South Florida, Frank Muller-Karger, Kent Fanning, Albert Hine, William Hogarth, Jacqueline Dixon

Gulf of Mexico Science

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Ursinus Magazine, Winter 2010, Wendy Greenberg, Kathryn Campbell, Ellen Labrecque, Beth Laskowski

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

Ursinus lauded by Middle States visiting team • Upcoming exhibitions • Berman Museum expansion on target during 20th anniversary year • Alumni critical in Ursinus admissions effort • Project Delphi takes CIE one step further • Ursinus gets greener: New initiatives • Professor melds science and art • New faculty • Determined to make a difference: Ursinus students raise awareness for conflict in Congo • Middle East expert and best-selling author lectures at Lenfest • Ursinus welcomes Jill Leauber Marsteller 1978 as Senior Vice President for Advancement • Faculty expertise: Patrick Hurley • Dairy queen: Anne Mendelson's fresh perspective on …

The Science, The Technology, The Law, Ken Fowle

Australian Digital Forensics Conference

Forensic science must satisfy two needs; that of the scientific community and that of the legal profession. It is hoped that the legal and scientific outcomes should be based on one and the same thing. Science, Technology and Law depend upon the establishment of a reliable basis of fact. But in the Court it is the law that finally decides what is fact, what is opinion and what the truth should be. This paper looks at the role of the Forensic Practitioner’s requirement for understanding the science, the technology and the law. It endeavours to explain the reasons, using cases, …

The Dynamics Of Emergent Self-Organisation: Reconceptualising Child Development In Teacher Education, Minkang Kim, Derek Sankey

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

For more than half a century, child development has endured as one of the main components of teacher education. But if children do develop, as developmentalists claim, what precisely is it that develops and how? Traditionally, within education, answers to these questions have drawn heavily on the theories of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. Piaget advocated the progressive development of reasoning through identifiable linear phases or stages. Vygotsky emphasised the role of cultural mediation, whereby the child internalises the habits of mind of his/her social group. More generally within cognitive psychology, development has been attributed to the interaction of two …

The Curse Of Bigness And The Optimal Size Of Class Actions, Alexandra D. Lahav

Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc

No abstract provided.

Good Causes And Bad Science, Gregory Mitchell

Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc

No abstract provided.

Application Of Liquid Chromatography - Tandem Mass Spectrometry For The Determination Of Veterinary Drug Residues In Food Of Animal Origin, Brian Kinsella

Theses

The QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe) sample preparation approach was evaluated for the extraction of anthelmintic residues from bovine milk and tissues. Liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrom.etry (LC- MS/MS) was used for detection and quantification of residues, which included the benzimidazoles (BZs), macrocyclic lactones (MLS) and the generally overlooked flukicides.

Initial work focused on the optimisation of a QuEChERS method to effectively extract anthelmintic residues from milk and liver. The method involves the extraction of residues with acetonitrile (MeCN) in the presence of salts (MgS04 and NaCl) to induce phase separation. After shaking and centrifugation, …

Water And Nutrient Balances Of Vegetative Treatment Systems For Feedlots In South Dakota, Daniel T. Ostrem

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Vegetative treatment systems (VTS) are a possible alternative to storage basins for managing feedlot runoff but have not been researched in South Dakota. This study was conducted to evaluate the performance of VTS within South Dakota. The performance was evaluated by determining water and mass balances on each vegetative treatment area (VTA). The balances were determined by measuring all inflow, outflow, evapotranspiration, precipitation, and both soil and water nutrient concentrations within the VTA. Twelve site years have been completed in researching VTS from four feed lots in South Dakota. Seven of the twelve site-years VTS were able to prevent water …

Evaluation Of Two Novel Aluminum-Free, Zinc-Based Glass Polyalkenoate Cements As Alternatives To Pmma Bone Cement For Use In Vertebroplasty And Balloon Kyphoplasty, Gladius Lewis, Mark R. Towler, Daniel Boyd, Matthew J. German, Anthony W. Wren, Owen M. Clarkin, Andrew Yates

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Vertebroplasty (VP) and balloon kyphoplasty (BKP) are now widely used for treating patients in whom the pain due to vertebral compression fractures is severe and has proved to be refractory to conservative treatment. These procedures involve percutaneous delivery of a bolus of an injectable bone cement either directly to the fractured vertebral body, VB (VP) or to a void created in it by an inflatable bone tamp (BKP). Thus, the cement is a vital component of both procedures. In the vast majority of VPs and BKPs, a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) bone cement is used. This material has many shortcomings, notably …

United States Land Cover Land Use Change, Albedo And Radiative Forcing: Past And Potential Climate Implications, Christopher A. Barnes

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Land Cover Land Use (LCLU) change affects Earth surface properties including albedo that impose a radiative forcing on the climate. Recent spatially explicit satellite derived contemporary LCLU, albedo, and projected LCLU data are used to study the impact of LCLU change from 1973 to 2000, and from 2000 to 2050, on albedo and surface radiative forcing for the conterminous United States. Four research hypotheses concerned with past and potential future climate implications of LCLU change are addressed. The research described in this dissertation makes an important contribution to advancing understanding of the role of LCLU change on the climate system, …

Judicial Case Management: Caught In The Crossfire, Steven S. Gensler

Faculty Articles

No abstract provided.

Protecting Maryland's Environment: A Holistic Solution, Douglas F. Gansler

University of Baltimore Law Forum

No abstract provided.

The State Secrets Privilege In The Post-9/11 Era, 30 Pace L. Rev. 778 (2010), Steven D. Schwinn

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

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How Folk Classification Interacts With Ethnoecological Knowledge: A Case Study From Chiapas, Mexico, Aaron M. Lampman

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

Folk taxonomies play a role in expanding or contracting the larger domain of ethnoecological knowledge that influences when and how cultural groups use living things. This paper demonstrates that ethnomycological classification is limited by utilitarian concerns and examines how Tzeltal Maya ethnoecological knowledge, although detailed and sophisticated, is heavily influenced by the structure of the folk classification system. Data were collected through 12 months of semi-structured and structured interviews, including freelists (n=100), mushroom collection with collaborators (n=5), open-ended interviewing (n=50), structured responses to photos (n=30), structured responses to mushroom specimens (n=15), and sentence frame substitutions (n=20). These interviews were focused …

Population Genetics, Species Boundaries, And Conservation Of The Jollyville Plateau Salamander, Eurycea Tonkawae, Paul T. Chippindale

KIP Data Sets and Technical Reports

Report submitted to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in fulfillment of contract 184467. The report was prepared while the author was affiliated with the University of Texas at Arlington. The author evaluated the genetics variation and population structure of the Jollyville Plateau salamander, Eurycea tonkawae. This information was used to recommend conservation strategies for this species and others found in similar environments. Open Access See Extended description for more information.

Wastewater Disposal Practices And Change In Development In The Barton Springs Zone, Matthew Menchaca, Matthew Westbrook

KIP Data Sets and Technical Reports

County tax appraisal district records and regional population projections are used as surrogates to track historical and future development in the Barton Springs Zone of the Edwards Aquifer. Wastewater disposal by either Texas Land Application Permit (TLAP) and by individual on-site sewage facility (OSSF) are identified spatially and temporally. There are 27 active TLAP permits in the Barton Springs Zone and as of 2010 there is 3.8 million gallons per day of permitted wastewater irrigation volume. There are at least 9,470 OSSF permits in the Barton Springs Zone, with the highest density of permits observed in the Bear Creek watershed. …

Lichen Composition In Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher And Roby-Throated Hummingbird Nests, Jim Mccormac, Ray E. Showman

Ohio Cardinal

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National Cave And Karst Research Institute 2008-2009 Annual Report Nckri Annual Report, 2008-2009, National Cave And Karst Research Institute

KIP Articles

Contents: Executive Director's Report -- Headquarters Construction -- NCKRI Projects ; Anthropogenic Sinkholes ; Fort Stanton Cave ; Carbonate Pool Precipitates ; Naica Mine Cave ; Met Pro Corporation ; Desert Varnish ; Imagery Data Extraction ; Karst Information Portal ; Hypogene Karst ; Hypogene Karst Studies in Texas ; NASA Spaceward Bound Teacher Training -- Student Activities ; Student Projects ; Student Awards ; Student Presentations ; Student Publications -- Outreach -- Board Activities -- Board of Directors -- NCKRI Staff -- Staff Publications -- Organizational Structure -- 2008-2009 Budget -- Strategic Plans.

Karst Hydrogeology And Speleogenesis Of Sistema Zacatón Association For Mexican Cave Studies Bulletin, Vol. 21, 2010, Marcus O. Gary

KIP Articles

A reformatted PhD dissertation at the University of Texas at Austin, with color illustrations throughout. A study of an area containing deep water-filled sinkholes of volcanogenic origin in northeastern Mexico, including El Zacatón, 350 meters deep.

Contents, Discovery Editors

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Letter From The Dean, Michael Vayda

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Instructions For Authors, Discovery Editors

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

The Countermajoritarian Opportunity, John A. Ferejohn, Pasquale Pasquino

Faculty Articles

Barry Friedman has made an important contribution in exploring the nature of American democracy and the evolving role of the Supreme Court in that democracy. His idea—that the Court has effectively encouraged public argument and deliberation—is provocative because he has offered powerful historical evidence to support it. But it also provokes a rethinking of the character of American democracy itself by seeing countermajoritarian courts as enhancing its deliberative aspects. We are fairly confidant that Friedman would rush to qualify this statement, acknowledging that on some particular issues and for some period of time, either popular or legislative majorities are prevented …

The Compatibility Of Patent Law And The Internet, Jeanne C. Fromer

Faculty Articles

The essay explores how patent law in the U.S. can be structured to support Internet innovation. The theories of the Internet, as put forth by the books "The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It," by Jonathan Zittrain, and "In Search of Jefferson's Moose: Notes on the State of Cyberspace," by David Post, are discussed. The importance of patents for startup Internet software companies, which prevents larger firms from copying their software, is noted.

The Gay Tipping Point, Kenji Yoshino

Faculty Articles

The article focuses on the movements for gay identity and rights in the U.S. It examines the gays' judicial protection in the country in which the Supreme Court extends solitude to five classifications including race, national origin, and alienage. It explores the Footnote 4 of the United States v. Carolene Products Co. case in 1938. It discusses the essay of Bruce Ackerman regarding the case in which he contends on the court's description of a minority formulation as insular.

On Political Corruption, Samuel Issacharoff

Faculty Articles

In this article, the author discusses the use of campaign finance law to limit political campaign spending. The author asserts that concerns regarding electoral campaign financing may be handled better upon review of the contribution process and the concept of corruption. He notes that the jurisprudence of the U.S. Supreme Court settled on a logic which permits constitutional protection to the money spending capacity in the advancement of electoral speech.