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Albany County, Ny System Of Care: Final Evaluation Report, Center For Human Services Research, University At Albany

Behavioral Health Services Reports and Research Briefs

This report presents data from two studies comprised of different samples:

• The Descriptive Study (N=1,497) collected data pertaining to demographic characteristics, social and functional characteristics, mental health diagnoses, and presenting problems on all children and youth who presented for services through the system of care (SOC).
• The Longitudinal Child and Family Outcome Study (N=236) used a combination of questionnaires and standardized instruments to collect data regarding: children’s emotional and behavioral status, strengths, educational performance, criminal justice system involvement, living environments, caregiver strain, family functioning, service utilization, and child and family satisfaction with services.

The reporting period for this report is …

The Economic Impact Of The University Of Arkansas, Katherine A. Deck, Viktoria Riiman

Publications and Presentations

Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas was established in the city of Fayetteville as both the state university and the major land‐grant university for Arkansas. The University of Arkansas is a flagship university for the integration of student engagement, scholarship and research, and innovation that collectively transforms lives and inspires leadership for a global society. As such, the impact of the University of Arkansas extends far beyond the transfer of knowledge from professors to students and is far reaching in social and economic terms. As leading research universities across the country engage in the process of enumerating the socio‐economic …

Assessment Of Stream Restoration Structures In Streams Of North-Central Pennsylvania, Christine M. Kassab, Benjamin R. Hayes, R. Craig Kochel

Technical Reports

Interest in stream restoration has increased over the last two decades, leading to a growth in the industry to the point that it has become a 1 billion dollar per year enterprise (Bernhart et al 2005, Thompson 2002). In north-central Pennsylvania alone, over $9 million has been spent since 1999 on stream restoration projects, from the designing stage to actual construction and reconstruction of the sites. Even though a extensive amount of money is being spent on the construction of these projects, very little to no post-monitoring is taking place. Without post-monitoring of the projects, it is unknown if they …

Family Change And Poverty In Appalachia, Daniel Lichter, Lisa Cimbulak

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series

The current economic and political climate provides a vivid contrast with the circumstances of the 1990s, when the passage of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) ushered in welfare reform during a period of unprecedented economic expansion and job growth (Blank 2002; Ziliak 2009). This legislation sought to “end the dependence of needy parents on government benefits by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage.” Among PRWORA’s goals were to reduce out-of-wedlock births and encourage the formation of two-parent families. For most states, much of the initial emphasis on self-sufficiency was placed on “work first” programs (i.e., …

Development Of An Educational Resource Tool To Improve Hospital Wide Knowledge Of Rehabilitation Care And Services, Vickey R. Allen

Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects

Health Care Organizations (HCO) are businesses. In an effort to be successful and to remain viable, HCOs must provide a myriad of services to meet their customer's needs. Included in these services is competent rehabilitation care that manages patients holistically. Utilizing Orem's theory of self care deficit, this project will demonstrate the growing need for rehabilitation services and the importance of all healthcare providers to understand the profession in general. In addition, this project will provide a resource tool to educate healthcare workers and others; students and non-licensed personnel, on the care and services patients receive during their stay in …

Nursing Attitudes Towards Obese Patients, Diane M. Davis

Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects

All Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses who work in CICU, MSICU, NTICU and 7N .The attitudes of these nurses regarding obesity and the obese patients were measured. Objectives. To determine if there is a bias against obese patients in the health care setting and if further education is needed. Methods. Likert scale survey, modified from the NATOOPS survey (with permission) was sent electronically to each nurse and when completed transmitted to a data base where results were tabulated. Results. Among the 51 respondents, 60% had 4 years of college or more. Years in nursing ranged from 0-47.Age of nurse …

Undergraduate Catalog, 2010-2011, Valparaiso University

Undergraduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Provost 2010 Commemorative Edition

Madison Magazine

Madison is an official publication of James Madison University and is produced quarterly for alumni, parents of JMU students, faculty and staff members, and friends of the university. It is produced by the Division of University Advancement. Editorial and advertising offices: JMU, 220 University Blvd., MSC 3610, Harrisonburg, VA 22807.

Rethinking Community-Service Education In Singapore Schools, Cheng Chye Chua

Social Space

From Community Involvement Programmes to Service-Learning, Singapore has continued to grapple with how to encourage the spirit of service among students. Author Chua Cheng Chye, an educator, writes about what is still lacking in the overall picture and why ecological thinking can provide a rounded, holistic approach to service and community-building.

Media And The Non Profit World: A Case-Study On Wwf-Malaysia's Use Of Media Tools To Champion Advocacy, Anita Devasahayam

Social Space

As issues and campaigns for various causes in the non-profit space have begun to proliferate across Asia, the struggle to remain relevant and gain critical attention is growing. Author Anita Devasahayam discusses how the Malaysian chapter of the World Wide Fund for Nature tackled the challenge by devising new media strategies and advocacy campaigns to remain relevant in an increasingly connected and cause-conscious world.

Mass Spectrometric Analyses Of Organophosphate Insecticide Oxon Protein Adducts, Charles M. Thompson, John M. Prins, Kathleen M. George

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

OBJECTIVE: Organophosphate (OP) insecticides continue to be used to control insect pests. Acute and chronic exposures to OP insecticides have been documented-to cause adverse health effects, but few OP-adducted proteins have been correlated with these illnesses at the molecular level. Our aim was to review the literature covering the current state of the art in mass spectrometry (MS) used to identify OP protein biomarkers. DATA SOURCES AND EXTRACTION: We identified general and specific research reports related to OP insecticides, OP toxicity, OP structure, and protein MS by searching PubMed and Chemical Abstracts for articles published before December 2008. DATA SYNTHESIS: …

Timber Talk, Vol. 48, No. 3, September 1, 2010

Timber Talk: Nebraska Forest Industry Newsletter

Lumber Market News; Hardwood Lumber Price Trends—Green; Hardwood Lumber Price Trends—Kiln Dried; Softwood Lumber Price Trends; Timber Stumpage Prices;... TCD Update; Thousand Cankers Disease: A Red Alert for Walnut; Nebraska Forestry Industry Spotlight; Accelerating Air Drying; The Trading Post.

Timber Talk, Vol. 48, No. 4, November 1, 2010

Timber Talk: Nebraska Forest Industry Newsletter

Lumber Market News; Hardwood Lumber Price Trends—Green; Hardwood Lumber Price Trends—Kiln Dried; The Independent Contractor Definition Dilmenna Continues; Is There Still Room for Circle Saws in the Sawmill?; Nebraska Forestry Industry Spotlight; The Trading Post; Using a Kiln Schedule; Timber Sales

Land Use And Climatic Factors Structure Regional Patterns In Soil Microbialcommunities, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Kerri L. Steenworth, Louise E. Jackson, Kate M. Scow

Biology

Aim Although patterns are emerging for macroorganisms, we have limited under- standing of the factors determining soil microbial community composition and productivity at large spatial extents. The overall objective of this study was to discern the drivers of microbial community composition at the extent of biogeo- graphical provinces and regions. We hypothesized that factors associated with land use and climate would drive soil microbial community composition and biomass. Location Great Basin Province, Desert Province and California Floristic Province, California, USA. Methods Using phospholipid fatty acid analysis, we compared microbial com- munities across eight land-use types sampled throughout the State of …

Plant Community And Tissue Chemistry Responses To Fertilizer And Litter Nutrient Manipulations In A Temperate Grassland, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Jean J. Pan, Brittany Widner, Deborah Ammerman

Biology

Human-mediated nutrient amendments have widespread effects on plant communities. One of the major consequences has been the loss of species diversity under increased nutrient inputs. The loss of species can be functional group dependent with certain functional groups being more prone to decline than others. We present results from the sixth year of a long-term fertilization and litter manipulation study in an old-field grassland. We measured plant tissue chemistry (C:N ratio) to understand the role of plant physiological responses in the increase or decline of functional groups under nutrient manipulations. Fertilized plots had significantly more total aboveground biomass and live …

Basic Social Math: A Linguistic Upgrade For Decision Analysis And Social Dynamics Research., Jared Hanson

MA TESOL Collection

There are foundational errors in the mathematical frameworks currently used in Economic and Decision Theories. Recent systemic failures in the interdependent business and educational sectors also show that many practices based on these theories are unsustainable in the changing dynamics of the global economy. A new approach is needed in social science research and systems engineering. This paper examines how the new understandings of complex systems, the role of emotion in cognition, and the core dynamics of decision making can help us correct these errors and to create a general framework for systemic innovation. It argues for the development of …

Lamin B Receptor, Ada L. Olins, Gale Rhodes, David B. Mark Welch, Monika Zwerger, Donald E. Olins

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Lamin B Receptor (LBR) is an integral membrane protein of the interphase nuclear envelope (NE). The N-terminal end resides in the nucleoplasm, binding to lamin B and heterochromatin, with the interactions disrupted during mitosis. The C-terminal end resides within the inner nuclear membrane, retreating with the ER away from condensing chromosomes during mitotic NE breakdown. Some of these properties are interpretable in terms of our current structural knowledge of LBR, but many of the structural features remain unknown. LBR apparently has an evolutionary history which brought together at least two ancient conserved structural domains (i.e. Tudor and sterol reductase). This …

Sprouse's What-You-May-Call-Its: Fundamental Insight Or Monumental Mistake?, Sudipta Basu, Gregory B. Waymire

Accounting Historians Journal

We critically evaluate Sprouse's 1966 Journal of Accountancy article, which prodded the FASB towards a balance-sheet approach. We highlight three errors in this article. First, Sprouse confuses necessary and sufficient conditions by arguing that good accounting systems must satisfy the balance-sheet equation. Second, Sprouse's insinuation that financial analysts rely on balance-sheet analysis is contradicted by contemporary and current security-analysis textbooks, analysts' written reports, and interviews with analysts. Third, and most crucially, Sprouse does not recognize that the primary role of accounting systems is to help managers discover and exploit profitable exchange opportunities, without which firms cannot survive.

Ducks, Geese, And Swans Of The World: Sources Cited, Paul A. Johnsgard

Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World by Paul A. Johnsgard

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The Maine Rivers Fish Assemblage Assessment: Application To The Presumpscot River In 2006 (2010 State Of The Bay Presentation), Chris O. Yoder, Lon E. Hersha, Edward T. Rankin

Presentations

No abstract provided.

Gulf Of Maine Council On The Marine Environment Action Plan 2012-2017, Gulf Of Maine Council On The Marine Environment

Publications

No abstract provided.

The Pneumococcal Serine-Rich Repeat Protein Is An Intra-Species Bacterial Adhesin That Promotes Bacterial Aggregation In Vivo And In Biofilms, Carlos J. Sanchez, Pooja Shivshankar, Kim Stol, Samuel Trakhtenbroit, Paul M. Sullam, Karin Sauer, Peter W.M. Hermans, Carlos J. Orihuela

Biological Sciences Faculty Scholarship

The Pneumococcal serine-rich repeat protein (PsrP) is a pathogenicity island encoded adhesin that has been positively correlated with the ability of Streptococcus pneumoniae to cause invasive disease. Previous studies have shown that PsrP mediates bacterial attachment to Keratin 10 (K10) on the surface of lung cells through amino acids 273-341 located in the Basic Region (BR) domain. In this study we determined that the BR domain of PsrP also mediates an intra-species interaction that promotes the formation of large bacterial aggregates in the nasopharynx and lungs of infected mice as well as in continuous flow-through models of mature biofilms. Using …

Propagule Pressure And Stream Characteristics Influence Introgression: Cutthroat And Rainbow Trout In British Columbia, Stephen N. Bennett, John R. Olson, Jeffrey L. Kershner, Peter Corbett

School of Natural Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

Hybridization and introgression between introduced and native salmonids threaten the continued persistence of many inland cutthroat trout species. Environmental models have been developed to predict the spread of introgression, but few studies have assessed the role of propagule pressure. We used an extensive set of fish stocking records and geographic information system (GIS) data to produce a spatially explicit index of potential propagule pressure exerted by introduced rainbow trout in the Upper Kootenay River, British Columbia, Canada. We then used logistic regression and the information-theoretic approach to test the ability of a set of environmental and spatial variables to predict …

Hpv Infection And Egfr Activation/Alteration In Hiv-Infected East African Patients With Conjunctival Carcinoma, Jing J. Yu, Pingfu Fu, John J. Pink, Dawn Dawson, Jay Wasman, Jackson Orem, Walter O. Mwanda, Honglan Zhu, Xiaobing Liang, Yi Guo, William P. Petros, Ronald T. Mitsuyasu, Henry Wabinga, Scot Remick

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Background

There has been substantial growth in the numbers of patients with conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma infected with HIV in East Africa. The natural history of the conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma appears to be unique in this region of the world, but the etiologic mechanism unclear and therapeutic options limited. This research was carried out to determine if conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma harbors human papillomavirus DNA and is associated with activation of the EGFR signaling pathway. Positive findings would identify etiologic causes and provide clinical guidance to improve treatment.

Methods/Findings

Expression of p-MAPK/MAPK, p-Akt/Akt and p-EGFR/EGFR in cell nuclei and …

Molecular Profiling Of The Developing Mouse Axial Skeleton: A Role For Tgfbr2 In The Development Of The Intervertebral Disc, Philip Sohn, Megan Cox, Dongquan Chen, Rosa Serra

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Background

Very little is known about how intervertebral disc (IVD) is formed or maintained. Members of the TGF-β superfamily are secreted signaling proteins that regulate many aspects of development including cellular differentiation. We recently showed that deletion of Tgfbr2 in Col2a expressing mouse tissue results in alterations in development of IVD annulus fibrosus. The results suggested TGF-β has an important role in regulating development of the axial skeleton, however, the mechanistic basis of TGF-β action in these specialized joints is not known. One of the hurdles to understanding development of IVD is a lack of known markers. To identify genes …

Neurotrophins Regulate Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Il-6 Expression Through The Mapk Pathway, Fariba Rezaee, Stephanie L. Rellick, Giovanni Piedimonte, Stephen M. Akers, Heather A. O'Leary, Karen Martin, Michael D. Craig, Laura F. Gibson

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Background

The host's response to infection is characterized by altered levels of neurotrophins and an influx of inflammatory cells to sites of injured tissue. Progenitor cells that give rise to the differentiated cellular mediators of inflammation are derived from bone marrow progenitor cells where their development is regulated, in part, by cues from bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC). As such, alteration of BMSC function in response to elevated systemic mediators has the potential to alter their function in biologically relevant ways, including downstream alteration of cytokine production that influences hematopoietic development.

Methodology/Principal Findings

In the current study we investigated BMSC …

Characterization Of The Rainbow Trout Transcriptome Using Sanger And 454-Pyrosequencing Approaches, Mohamed Salem, Caird E. Rexroad Iii, Jiannan Wang, Gary H. Thorgaard, Jianbo Yao

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Background

Rainbow trout are important fish for aquaculture and recreational fisheries and serves as a model species for research investigations associated with carcinogenesis, comparative immunology, toxicology and evolutionary biology. However, to date there is no genome reference sequence to facilitate the development of molecular technologies that utilize high-throughput characterizations of gene expression and genetic variation. Alternatively, transcriptome sequencing is a rapid and efficient means for gene discovery and genetic marker development. Although a large number (258,973) of EST sequences are publicly available, the nature of rainbow trout duplicated genome hinders assembly and complicates annotation.

Results

High-throughput deep sequencing of the …

Cortactin Phosphorylated By Erk1/2 Localizes To Sites Of Dynamic Actin Regulation And Is Required For Carcinoma Lamellipodia Persistence, Laura C. Kelley, Karen E. Hayes, Amanda G. Ammer, Karen H. Martin, Scott A. Weed

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Background

Tumor cell motility and invasion is governed by dynamic regulation of the cortical actin cytoskeleton. The actin-binding protein cortactin is commonly upregulated in multiple cancer types and is associated with increased cell migration. Cortactin regulates actin nucleation through the actin related protein (Arp)2/3 complex and stabilizes the cortical actin cytoskeleton. Cortactin is regulated by multiple phosphorylation events, including phosphorylation of S405 and S418 by extracellular regulated kinases (ERK)1/2. ERK1/2 phosphorylation of cortactin has emerged as an important positive regulatory modification, enabling cortactin to bind and activate the Arp2/3 regulator neuronal Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (N-WASp), promoting actin polymerization and enhancing …

Maternal Low-Level Lead Exposure And Fetal Growth, Motao Zhu, Edward F. Fitzgerald, Kitty H. Gelberg, Shao Lin, Charlotte M. Druschel

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Background

Limited epidemiologic studies have examined the association between maternal low-level lead exposure [blood lead (PbB) < 10 μg/dL] and fetal growth.

Objective

We examined whether maternal low-level lead exposure is associated with decreased fetal growth.

Methods

We linked New York State Heavy Metals Registry records of women who had PbB measurements with birth certificates to identify 43,288 mother–infant pairs in upstate New York in a retrospective cohort study from 2003 through 2005. We used multiple linear regression with fractional polynomials and logistic regression to relate birth weight, preterm delivery, and small for gestational age to PbB levels, adjusting for potential confounders. We used a closed-test …

Rapid Calcium-Dependent Activation Of Aurora-A Kinase, Olga V. Plotnikova, Elena N. Pugacheva, Roland L. Dunbrack, Erica A. Golemis

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Oncogenic hyperactivation of the mitotic kinase Aurora-A (AurA) in cancer is associated with genomic instability. Increasing evidence indicates that AurA also regulates critical processes in normal interphase cells, but the source of such activity has been obscure. We report here that multiple stimuli causing release of Ca2+ from intracellular endoplasmic reticulum stores rapidly and transiently activate AurA, without requirement for second messengers. This activation is mediated by direct Ca2+-dependent calmodulin (CaM) binding to multiple motifs on AurA. On the basis of structure–function analysis and molecular modelling, we map two primary regions of CaM-AurA interaction to unfolded sequences in the AurA …