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The Silent Witness, November-December 2010

Silent Witness, The

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Washington, D.C.

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Assessing The Spillover Effects Of Fdi To The Philippines, Fernando T. Aldaba, Rafaelita M. Aldaba

Economics Department Faculty Publications

The experience of the Philippines shows that FDI spillover effects are not automatically generated. Opening up the economy to FDI has contributed to the country’s exports of high-technology products and overall economic growth. However, the spillover effects of FDI to domestic firms have remained limited due to the domestic firms’ weak competitiveness and inability to absorb the technology or knowledge being transferred. The government needs to adopt a more comprehensive approach that would combine industrial policy to improve and develop domestic parts and supplier firms with measures to create an environment conducive to the creation and expansion of FDI-related spillovers …

How Different Indicators Predict General Attitudes Toward Aging And Self-Perceived Aging, Carla M. Strickland-Hughes, D. Kotter-Grühn

College of the Pacific Faculty Presentations

No abstract provided.

Assessment Matters #11, Nov 2010, Assessment In Action Committee

Assessment Matters @ WMU

No abstract provided.

Pharmacy Matters - November 2010, University Of Mississippi. School Of Pharmacy

Pharmacy Matters Newsletters

Featured stories: "School creates new residencies for pharmacy graduates," "Collaborative focuses on improving health of diabetics in the Delta," "Natural Products Research Center receives funds for new building," "Alumni chapter creates scholarship endowment"

To Lecture Or Not To Lecture: Engaged Teaching And Learning, Wayne Roosa, Jay Rasmussen

Faculty Development Publications

This video and companion paper discusses the lecture as a teaching tool and features Professor Wayne Roosa (Art History) as he reflects on reasons for using lectures, the thoughts and processes involved in lecture design, and techniques that have proven successful. In addition to viewing a lecture in a 300 level course, hear Wayne’s thoughts about dealing with “too much material and too little time,” facilitating learning apart from the lecture, and preventing student boredom and information overload. (video length 51:09)

From the introduction to the paper: The lecture mode is certain to be included in your repertoire as a …

Columbia Chronicle (11/01/2010), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from November 1, 2010 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 40 pages and is listed as Volume 46, Number 9. Cover story: "Part-time faculty seeks new leadership" Editor-in-Chief: Spencer Roush

On The Cusp Of Water War: A Diagnostic Account Of The Volatile Geopolitics Of The Middle East, Ahmed Abukhater

Peace and Conflict Studies

This paper provides a diagnostic account of the nature and severity of the trans-boundary water resources conflict in the Middle East and how it is intertwined with issues of high politics. The concepts and analytical framework provided in this paper represent universal principles that, while applying to the Middle East water conflict, are also reflective of and applicable to many other disputes over natural resources around the world. This aspect about the research is particularly of great interest to the quest and scope of many other researches, considering the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is regarded as the sine qua non from which …

Re-Seeing The Mighty: Critically Examining One Film's Representations Of Disability In The English Classroom, Joellen Maples, Katrina Arndt, Julia M. White

Education Faculty/Staff Publications

Films portraying characters with disabilities are often shown in the English classroom. Films such as "Of Mice and Men," "Simon Birch," "To Kill a Mockingbird," "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," "The Glass Menagerie," "Moby Dick," "Gattaca," and "A Beautiful Mind" often show simplistic and stereotypical representations of characters and their disabilities. Although students are frequently encouraged to think critically about a film's structure, themes, or symbolic elements, the authors argue that they should also learn to examine critically the representations of disability in these films. If stereotypical representations of characters with disabilities are not identified and challenged, another generation of …

Fall 2010, Graduate School Of Humanities & Social Sciences

CAHSS Graduate SGA Dialogues

No abstract provided.

Our Health Matters: Promoting The Health Of Sexual Minority Women In The New Media Landscape, Brenda Kane

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The shifts occurring in the mediascape and the field of public health offer new opportunities for promoting the health and wellness of sexual minority women. As a population that has historically been underserved by the healthcare system, sexual minority women face multiple barriers to achieving positive health outcomes. They are often less likely to access preventive healthcare services and more likely to engage in risky behaviors that are detrimental to health than heterosexual women. Despite the significant health disparities among sexual minority women, studying this population has not been a priority in health research and there is little research-based evidence …

Scholarworks Statistics - November 2010, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

For the month of November 2010, ScholarWorks recorded a total of 12,727 full-text downloads.

Faculty Forum Agenda, November 1, 2010, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Are faculty being adequately consulted on issues affecting health care benefits?
• What are the impacts of increasing enrollment at a time of decreasing faculty numbers?
• What are the implications of the proposal to merge the School of Graduate Studies and the office of the Vice President for Research?
• The University leadership has stated that improving faculty compensation is a high priority in coming budget discussions.
• How do we fairly deal with tenure and promotion of faculty at all campuses (i.e., RCDE, USU-CEU, and Logan) whose role statements are mostly teaching?
• How do we better integrate faculty at RCDE and USU-CEU …

Hemispheric Differences In Specificity Effects In Talker Identification, Julio Gonza´Lez, Teresa Cervera-Crespo, Conor T. Mclennan

Psychology Faculty Publications

In the visual domain, Marsolek and colleagues (1999, 2008) have found support for two dissociable and parallel neural subsystems underlying object and shape recognition: an abstract-category subsystem that operates more effectively in the left cerebral hemisphere (LH), and a specific-exemplar subsystem that operates more effectively in the right cerebral hemisphere (RH). Evidence of this asymmetry has been observed in priming specificity for linguistic (words, pseudoword forms) and nonlinguistic (objects) stimuli. In the auditory domain, the authors previously found hemispheric asymmetries in priming effects for linguistic (spoken words) and nonlinguistic (environmental sounds) stimuli. In the present study, the same asymmetrical pattern …

November 2010 Minutes, Usm Council Of Chairs

Council of Chairs

Minutes of the November 2010 meeting of the USM Council of Chairs.

Hidden Consequences Of Living In A Wormy World: Nematode-Induced Immune Suppression Facilitates Tuberculosis Invasion In African Buffalo, Vanessa O. Ezenwa, Rampal S. Etienne, Gordon Luikart

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Most hosts are infected with multiple parasites, and responses of the immune system to co occurring parasites may influence disease spread. Helminth infection can bias the host immune response toward a T-helper type 2 Th2) over a type 1 Th1) response, impairing the host's ability to control concurrent intracellular microparasite infections and potentially modifying disease dynamics. In humans, immune-mediated interactions between helminths and microparasites can alter host susceptibility to diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis TB), and malaria. However, the extent to which similar processes operate in natural animal populations and influence disease spread remains unknown. We used cross-sectional, experimental, and …

Discovery And Analysis Of 4h-Pyridopyrimidines, A Class Of Selective Bacterial Protein Synthesis Inhibitors, Wendy Ribble, Walter E. Hill, Urs A. Ochsner, Thale C. Jarvis, Joseph W. Guiles, Nebojsa Janjic, James M. Bullard

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Bacterial protein synthesis is the target for numerous natural and synthetic antibacterial agents. We have developed a poly(U) mRNA-directed aminoacylation/translation protein synthesis system composed of phenyl-tRNA synthetases, ribosomes, and ribosomal factors from Escherichia coli. This system, utilizing purified components, has been used for high-throughput screening of a small-molecule chemical library. We have identified a series of compounds that inhibit protein synthesis with 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC(50)s) ranging from 3 to 14 mu M. This series of compounds all contained the same central scaffold composed of tetrahydropyrido[4,3-d] pyrimidin-4-ol (e.g., 4H-pyridopyrimidine). All analogs contained an ortho pyridine ring attached to the central …

Hidden Consequences Of Living In A Wormy World: Nematode‐Induced Immune Suppression Facilitates Tuberculosis Invasion In African Buffalo, Vanessa O. Ezenwa, Rampal S. Etienne, Gordon Luikart, Albano Beja-Pereira, Anna E. Jolles

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Most hosts are infected with multiple parasites, and responses of the immune system to co-occurring parasites may influence disease spread. Helminth infection can bias the host immune response toward a T-helper type 2 (Th2) over a type 1 (Th1) response, impairing the host’s ability to control concurrent intracellular microparasite infections and potentially modifying disease dynamics. In humans, immune-mediated interactions between helminths and microparasites can alter host susceptibility to diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria. However, the extent to which similar processes operate in natural animal populations and influence disease spread remains unknown.We used cross-sectional, experimental, and genetic studies …

Cecp Pride, November 2010, College Of Education And Human Development

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology News

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In Memoriam Karl Heinz Göller (May 13, 1924 - April 22, 2009), Richard Utz

Medieval Institute Affiliated Faculty & Staff Publications

Eulogy on academic teacher, adviser, and mentor; founding dean of the College of Languages and Literatures at the University of Regensburg, Germany; and founder and honorary president of the German Medieval Academy (Mediävistenverband).

Chloroquine Susceptibility And Reversibility In A Plasmodium Falciparum Genetic Cross, Jigar J. Patel, Drew Thacker, Jon C. Tan, Perri Pleeter, Lisa Checkley, Joseph M. Gonzales, Bingbing Deng, Paul D. Roepe, Roland A. Cooper, Michael T. Ferdig

Collected Faculty Scholarship

Mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine (CQ) resistance transporter (PfCRT), are major determinants of verapamil (VP)-reversible CQ resistance (CQR). In the presence of mutant PfCRT, additional genes contribute to the wide range of CQ susceptibilities observed. It is not known if these genes influence mechanisms of chemosensitization by CQR reversal agents. Using quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping of progeny clones from the HB3 × Dd2 cross, we show that the P. falciparum multidrug resistance gene 1 (pfmdr1) interacts with the Southeast Asiaderived mutant pfcrt haplotype to modulate CQR levels. A novel chromosome 7 locus is predicted to contribute with the …

Fertility And Pregnancy Outcomes Following Uterine Artery Embolization (Uae) For Uterine Arteriovenous Malformation (Avm), Angelos G. Vilos, George A. Vilos, Barbara De Vrijer, Roman Kozak, Basim Abu-Rafea

Paediatrics Publications

A 19-year-old patient presented with intractable uterine bleeding, 11 weeks post-abortion. A pelvic ultrasound with Doppler and color imaging suggested a uterine arteriovenous malformation. Failing conservative therapies, the patient consented to uterine artery embolization (UAE). Two months later, she conceived and had an uneventful normal vaginal delivery at term. Since this is an extremely rare condition, allowing limited clinical exposure and experience, there may be an underlying reluctance by general practitioners to treat these cases with uterine artery embolization for fear of compromising future fertility and pregnancies. However, data from the 20 pregnancies embolized for uterine AVM cited in the …

Location, Location, Location! Regional Variations In Social Support In The Canadian Arctic, Chantelle A. M. Richmond

RDC@Western Research Highlights

No abstract provided.

Adjuvant Immunotherapy Increases Β Cell Regenerative Factor Reg2 In The Pancreas Of Diabetic Mice, Katrina Huszarik, Benjamin Wright, Christina Keller, Enayat Nikoopour, Olga Krougly, Edwin Lee-Chan, Hui Yu Qin, Mark J. Cameron

Paediatrics Publications

Insulin-producing β cells can partially regenerate in adult pancreatic tissues, both in human and animal models of type 1 diabetes (T1D). Previous studies have shown that treatment with mycobacterial adjuvants such as CFA and bacillus Calmette-Guérin prevents induction and recurrence of T1D in NOD mice with partial recovery of β cell mass. In this study, we investigated factors involved in the regeneration of β cells in the pancreas of NOD mice during diabetes development and after treatment with adjuvants. The Regeneration (Reg) gene family is known to be involved in regeneration of various tissues including β cells. Reg2 expression was …

Feasibility And Precision Of Cerebral Blood Flow And Cerebrovascular Reactivity Mri Measurements Using A Computer-Controlled Gas Delivery System In An Anesthetised Juvenile Animal Model, Jeff D. Winter, Jorn Fierstra, Stephanie Dorner, Joseph A. Fisher, Keith S. Lawrence, Andrea Kassner

Paediatrics Publications

Purpose: To demonstrate the feasibility and repeatability of cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) imaging using a controlled CO2 challenge in mechanically ventilated juvenile pigs. Materials and Methods: Precise end-tidal partial pressure CO2 (PETCO2) control was achieved via a computer-controlled model-driven prospective end-tidal targeting (MPET) system integrated with mechanical ventilation using a custom-built secondary breathing circuit. Test-retest blood-oxygen level dependent (BOLD) CVR images were collected in nine juvenile pigs by quantifying the BOLD response to iso-oxic square-wave PETCO2 changes. For comparison, test-retest baseline arterial spin labeling (ASL) cerebral blood flow (CBF) images were collected. Repeatability was quantified using the intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) …

Civilian Versus Military Trauma Management, Vivian Mcalister

Data and Test Instruments

In the 21st century, military and civilian trauma surgeons bring similar solutions to similar problems, learning one from another

Exploring The Commercialized Arms Race Metaphor, Alfred Mathewson

Faculty Book Display Case

Reversing Field invites students, professionals, and enthusiasts of sport – whether law, management and marketing, or the game itself – to explore the legal issues and regulations surrounding collegiate and professional athletics in the United States. This theoretical and methodological interrogation of sports law openly addresses race, labor, gender, and the commercialization of sports, while offering solutions to the disruptions that threaten its very foundation during an era of increased media scrutiny and consumerism. In over thirty chapters, academics, practitioners, and critics vigorously confront and debate matters such as the Arms Race, gender bias, racism, the Rooney Rule, and steroid …

Injury Visits To Emergency Departments And Hospital Discharges In Rhode Island, 2005–2009: Focus On Falls, Pat Burbank, Edward F. Donnelly

College of Nursing Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, November 1, 2010, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Spr Bulletin, Spring 2010, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity

Sponsored Programs Bulletins

This bulletin features Recent Grant Recipients and SPR Welcomes Dr. Scott Snyder as the new Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activity!