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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2: A New Target For Neurogenic Hypertension, Yumei Feng, Huijing Xia, Robson A. Santos, Robert Speth, Eric Lazartigues

HPD Articles

Overactivity of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is involved in the pathogenesis of hypertension, and an overactive brain RAS has been highlighted in several genetic and experimental models. Until now, angiotensin II (Ang II) was thought to be the main effector of this system, and the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)-Ang II-Ang II type 1 receptor axis was the main target for antihypertensive therapies. A new member of the RAS, ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme type 2), has been identified in organs and tissues related to cardiovascular function (e.g. heart, kidney and blood vessels) and appears to be part of a counter-regulatory pathway to buffer …

Results From The April 2009 Gulf Of Alaska Line Transect Survey (Goals) In The Navy Training Exercise Area, B. K. Rone, A. B. Douglas, A. N. Zerbini, L. Morse, A. Martinez, P. J. Clapham, J. Calambokidis

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

Little is known about the present-day occurrence of cetaceans found in offshore waters in the Gulf of Alaska; however, whaling records and a few recent surveys have shown this area to be important habitat. The U.S. Navy maintains a maritime training area in the central Gulf of Alaska, east of Kodiak Island, and has requested additional information on marine mammal presence and use of this area. To describe the occurrence and distribution of marine mammals in and around the U.S. Navy training area, a line transect visual and acoustic survey was conducted 10-20 April 2009 from the NOAA ship Oscar …

Unopa Notes, Volume 48, Issue 9, May 2010

UNOPA: Newsletters

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Visualsthesia: Complex Music Visualization For Live Performance, Tracy Lee Dendy

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

Visualsthesia is intended as an interactive visual experience made for the musicians who have influenced my studies while I've been attending Syracuse University. I offer these musicians a gift that I have imagined and created in honor of them, using the medium I desired to grow in. Visualsthesia is a visualization of a live musical performance generated in real-time. The concept is based on Synesthesia, a neurological condition that mixes up the senses. One common type of synesthesia is seeing a color when one hears a note or instrument. Visualsthesia turns that psychological connection between color and music into an …

Tools For Using And Organizing Online Resources To Enhance Reference And Instruction, Anne R. Diekama, Sheri Haderlie, Heather Leary, Cheryl D. Walters

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

Presentation at the 2010 Utah Library Association annual conference. This presentation addressed different tools that can be used to incorporate technology and online resources into teaching and instruction.

Report On Chinese Heritage Culture And Language Learning - Spring Report, Huan Li

Cornerstone 2 Reports : Community Outreach and Empowerment Through Service Learning and Volunteerism

This report was originally submitted as a powerpoint presentation and illustrates the new enhancements added to the Chinese Culture Website intended to make the learning of Chinese language and culture more easily accessible to learners and their families.

To see the actual site, you may click on the URL link indicated in the report itself.

Prosody And Interpretation, James A. Erekson

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Prosody is a means for “reading with expression” and is one aspect of oral reading competence. This theoretical inquiry asserts that prosody is central to interpreting text, and draws distinctions between syntactic prosody (for phrasing) and emphatic prosody (for interpretation). While reading with expression appears as a criterion in major assessment instruments (National Center for Education Statistics, 1995), fluency research has focused primarily on syntactic prosody. This article presents lesser-known functions of emphatic (or expressive) prosody. Emphatic prosody in reading helps readers make their inferential thinking manifest. The intent of this article is to elucidate the differences between syntactic and …

What Word Identification Strategies Can Be Used To Support A Middle School Reader Who Struggles With Decoding?, Sarah E. Homer

Education Masters

Abstract Similar to comprehension and fluency, word identification skills are crucial in a student’s acquisition of literacy skills. This research paper investigates a method used to promote word identification skills in middle school students reading at an emergent level. Existing research suggests that methods used with struggling readers must focus on filling in the gaps that have developed over the course of their emergent years. For the purpose of this study, the methods used for acquiring word identification skills were taken from Bear & Invernizzi’s (2008) Words their Way . These activities were implemented over the course of seven sessions …

University Magazine Spring 2010, University News Service, Office Of Alumni Relations

University Publications

This is the official magazine for RIT Alumni. Issued thrice a year in spring, fall and winter. Printing began in 1999.

The Fox In The Henhouse: Responses Of Chickens (Gallus Domesticus) To The Scent Of A Predator, Andrew C. Alba, Gregory B. Cunningham

Biology Faculty/Staff Publications

Domestic chickens (Gallus domesticus) are often used as a model species in testing bird olfaction. Previous studies have indicated that domestic chicks can discriminate between various odors, are attracted to familiar odors, and use olfactory cues during food selection. Additionally, studies have indicated that olfaction plays an important role in predator recognition in a variety of songbirds. It has yet to be demonstrated, however, whether chickens can detect predators using olfactory cues. To address this, we tested 1-2 day old naïve chicks with undiluted fox urine and found that they were able to detect this scent. This could …

Utah State University Commencement, 2010 – Main Campus, Utah State University

Commencement Programs

123^rd Annual Commencement of Utah State University.

Resource Discoverability At The Crossroads, Anne R. Diekama, Liz Woolcott, Cheryl D. Walters

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

The Internet is changing how people find and use information. Users increasingly are discovering relevant resources outside traditional library systems and expect immediate access to resources at the point of discovery. These changes are challenging traditional thinking on how we should "catalog" and provide access to resources.

Panel discussion engaged the audience in a lively discussion of discoverability, trends in user information seeking behavior, the role of librarians in information seeking and finding, and implications for library system design. Audience comments are summarized in a wiki created to support this panel discussion: http://findability.wikispaces.com/ The wiki also contains a list of …

Refuge Update – May/June 2010, Volume 7, Number 3

RefugeUpdate (USFWS-NWRS)

Table of Contents:

After Rehab, Vessel Starts Over in Alaska The latest addition to the Refuge System’s fleet of vessels in Alaska spent much of its life on the wrong side of the law.

In Arizona, Refuges Are Oases for Fish Fish in the desert? Yes. At San Bernardino and Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuges, protecting fish is in the establishing mission.

FOCUS: Marine National Monuments The four marine national monuments are among the Refuge System’s most distinctive components. As such, they present special challenges, rare opportunities and unparalleled beauty.

Can You Hear Me Now? Looking for a low-cost way …

Third Grade Hands On Science Curriculum, Douglas Ray Cornwell

All Graduate Projects

In 2009, Washington State issued a new set of science standards. These new standards focus on building scientific literacy. With the emphasis now on scientific literacy rather than the traditional emphasis on fact memorization, many teachers must now find new ways to teach their science programs that reinforce understanding in science concepts rather than simple fact recollection. A science program that focuses on the constructivist learning philosophy and that offers students "hands on" activities as well as teacher led demonstrations is offered here to fill the role as an example of one of these new programs.

Curriculum Coherence: A Comparative Analysis Of Elementary Science Content Standards In People's Republic Of China And The Usa, Fang Huang

Dissertations

This study examines elementary science content standards curriculum coherence between the People's Republic of China and the United States of America. Three aspects of curriculum coherence are examined in this study: topic inclusion, topic duration, and curriculum structure. Specifically this study centers on the following research questions: 1) What science knowledge is intended for elementary students in each country? 2) How long each topic stays in the curriculum? 3) How these topics sequence and connect with each other? 4) And finally, what is the implication for elementary science curriculum development?

Four intended science curriculum frameworks were selected respectively for each …

Matteo Ricci And His Process Of Evangelization, Joel Cassady

Obsculta

No abstract provided.

Preparation Of Microspheres And Nanospheres For Optimum Drug Delivery In Volume Sensitive Applications, Brinda Nikhil Doshi

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Drug delivery is the method or process of administering a pharmaceutical compound to achieve a therapeutic effect in humans or animals. Efforts in the area of drug delivery include the development of targeted delivery in which the drug is released over a period of time in a controlled manner from a formulation. Types of sustained release formulations include loaded biodegradable microspheres and nanospheres. This research is carried out to achieve successful drug delivery through loaded biodegradable microspheres and nanospheres for volume sensitive applications in the human body. The microspheres can be implanted as compressed tablets in the targeted area of …

May 2010 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.