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Daily Eastern News: June 24, 2010, Eastern Illinois University

June

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Conexão Subterrânea, No. 79, June 24, 2010, Daniel Menin, Leda Zogbi, Ricardo Coelho

KIP Articles

Nesta edição você saberá mais sobre os seguintes assuntos: - Estudo das cavernas quartzíticas em Itambé do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais - Pedro Leopoldo inaugura oParque do Sumidouro - O Parque Estadual de Intervales chega aos 15 anos - Pesquisa busca revelar Pré-história de mamíferos em Ubajara - 5º Emespe - Encontro Mineiro de Espeleologia - Fotógrafo de cavernas fará palestras e workshops no Brasil - Lançado o livro Biology of Subterranean Fishes - Toro Toro guarda segredos sobre as alterações climáticas - "Cavernautas": astronautas podem morar em cavernas de Marte - Arqueólogos descobrem o sapato mais velho do mundo, …

Airborne Particulate Contamination Effect On High Voltage Breakdowns During Tube Conditioning, Armida J. Carbajal

Mathematics & Statistics ETDs

In this research we examine high voltage breakdowns (HVBs) during neutron tube conditioning which has been a problem for decades. In the recent past there has been much debate on whether or not to procure a real-time airborne monitoring system for the commercial production of neutron tubes in order to determine the effect and calculate the impact of airborne particles. The main problem is, such monitoring system is costly, and with the exact causes of HVBs not being fully known, the expense must be justified. The goal of this thesis was to analyze the instrumentation used in airborne particle monitoring …

The Pan American (2010-06-24), Brian Silva

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 66, No. 29

June 24, 2010, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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Entry And Fusion Of Emerging Paramyxoviruses, Rebecca Ellis Dutch

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Paramyxoviruses are a family of non-segmented RNA viruses that includes major human pathogens such as measles virus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and significant animal viruses like rinderpest. In recent years, several new paramyxoviruses have been identified, further increasing the breadth and importance of this viral family. While many elements of the fusion and entry mechanisms of these recently identified pathogens are conserved, there are interesting differences, including variations in receptor binding, cell tropism, fusion (F) protein proteolytic activation, and triggering of membrane fusion. Thus, study of their entry mechanisms has highlighted the diversity of these critical events in the …

Effect Of Solids Retention Time In Membrane Bioreactors On Reverse Osmosis Membrane Fouling, Elizabeth Field

Civil Engineering ETDs

As sources of clean fresh water diminish, there is an increasing interest in water reuse. Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) are commonly used in wastewater treatment plants, though reuse of treated wastewater for potable purposes requires more advanced treatment. Reverse osmosis (RO), a water treatment process commonly used for drinking water, provides near complete removal of all inorganic and organic constituents from water. While much research has been conducted on both treatment processes, little research has been done on how the combined processes work together in treating wastewater to high enough standards for potable water reuse. The MBR-RO treatment process was studied …

Exposing Sexual Harassment And Bullying In Secondary Schools: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis., Rebecca Erickson

Sociology ETDs

Incidents of sexual harassment and bullying in secondary school are extremely commonplace, yet student experiences are underreported to school officials. Moreover, there are competing definitions regarding what constitutes sexual harassment among administrators, staff, and students. How does social identity influence incidents of sexual harassment and bullying in secondary schools? What kinds of sexual harassment and bullying occur and what are their consequences? How do gender, race/ethnicity, and class affect who is disciplined for sexual harassment and bullying? What role do peers and friends play in the choice to report an incident of sexual harassment? Two distinct school districts are compared, …

Bioadhesion To Model Thermally Responsive Surfaces, Brett J. Andrzejewski

Chemical and Biological Engineering ETDs

This dissertation focuses on the characterization of two surfaces: mixed self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of hexa(ethylene glycol) and alkyl thiolates (mixed SAM) and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm). The synthesis of hexa(ethylene gylcol) alkyl thiol (C11EG6OH) is presented along with the mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance results. The mixed SAM surface was confirmed to be thermally responsive by contact angle goniometry, 35° at 28 °C and 55° at 40 °C. In addition, the mixed SAM surfaces were confirmed to be thermally responsive for various aqueous mediums by tensiometry. Factors such as oxygen, age, and surface mole fraction and how they affect the thermal …

Summer Enrichment Program, Jessica Hinterlong '11

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

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E-Science And Data Support Services: A Survey Of Arl Members, Catherine Soehner, Catherine Steeves, Jennifer Ward

International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference

After working for several years to promote research library support for e-science and e-research, the Association of Research Libraries E-science Working Group surveyed member libraries in the Fall of 2009 to gather data on the state of engagement with e-science issues. ARL members include the largest research libraries in the US and Canada and collectively support a substantial proportion of the North American research enterprise. The survey provides a current snapshot of data curation and e-science support activities, documenting a range of approaches and strategies evolving at research institutions and among research libraries.

The research libraries reported on widespread planning …

Making The Transition From Text To Data Repositories, Julie Sweetkind-Singer, Robert Schwarzwalder

International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference

Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources (SULAIR) has been a national leader in developing repository strategies for digital text and image files. Stanford University Libraries began work on long-term preservation and access to geospatial data over five years ago after being awarded a Library of Congress grant through the National Digital Information Infrastructure & Preservation Program (NDIIPP). The desire to build on this expertise led to an initiative two years ago to develop a strategy for acquiring, preserving, managing and providing services for a broader range of scientific and technical data. Progress to date has included: a better understanding …

Data Curation: Just In Time, Or Just In Case?, Michael Lesk

International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference

Fourth Plenary Session, Theme: Collaborations

Book Reviews And Notes.

The Open Court

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Dairy Science Professor Named Cal Poly Distinguished Scholar, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

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Developing A Model Of Transmasculine Identity, Nicole L. Saltzburg

Open Access Dissertations

Traditional psychotherapy with transgender clients has focused on helping gender dysphoric individuals assume an "opposite" gender role. However, recently, there have been calls for trans-positive therapy focusing on the exploration and affirmation of alternative gender identifications. The majority of the research on transgender identity has been conducted with male-to-female (MTF) identified, or transfeminine, individuals. Comparatively little attention has been given to the experience of female-to-male (FTM) identified, or transmasculine, individuals. The primary goal of this study was to explore constructs and identify underlying themes that transmasculine people use in constructing their gender identities in order to develop a structural model …

Interview With Chad Topaz, Professor Of Mathematics, Chad Topaz

Math, Stats, and Computer Science Department Oral Histories

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The Vision Of Toxicity Testing In The 21st Century: Moving From Discussion To Action, Melvin E. Andersen, Daniel Krewski

Toxicology and Animal Models in Research Collection

Over the past year, a series on commentaries have appeared in the Toxicological Sciences Forum Series related to the 2007 National Research Council (NRC) publication, Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: A Vision and A Strategy. The first article in the series provided an overview of the vision and was accompanied by an editorial by the three editors of Toxicological Sciences. During the past year, eight invited commentaries from the academic, industrial, and regulatory sectors have provided diverse perspectives on the vision, noted challenges to its implementation, and highlighted aspects of toxicity testing that were not addressed in …

We Are...Marshall, June 23, 2010, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

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June 23, 2010 Greenmail, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

GreenMail (student newsletter through 2024)

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Association Of Elevated Blood Pressure And Impaired Vasorelaxation In Experimental Sprague-Dawley Rats Fed With Heated Vegetable Oil, X.F. Leong, Mohd Rais Mustafa, S. Das, K. Jaarin

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Background: Poor control of blood pressure leads to hypertension which is a major risk factor for development of cardiovascular disease. The present study aimed to explore possible mechanisms of elevation in blood pressure following consumption of heated vegetable oil. Methods: Forty-two male Sprague-Dawley rats were equally divided into six groups: Group I (control) - normal rat chow, Group II - fresh soy oil, Group III - soy oil heated once, Group IV - soy oil heated twice, Group V - soy oil heated five times, Group VI - soy oil heated ten times. Blood pressure was measured at the baseline …

June 23, 2010 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

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Search For Pair Production Of Supersymmetric Top Quarks In Dilepton Events From Pp̄ Collisions At √S=1.96tev, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, B. Álvarez González, S. Amerio, D. Amidei, A. Anastassov, A. Annovi, J. Antos, G. Apollinari, A. Apresyan, T. Arisawa, A. Artikov, W. Ashmanskas, A. Attal, A. Aurisano, F. Azfar, W. Badgett, A. Barbaro-Galtieri, V. E. Barnes, B. A. Barnett, P. Barria, V. Bartsch, G. Bauer, P. H. Beauchemin, F. Bedeschi, D. Beecher, S. Behari

Faculty Publications

We present the results of a search for pair production of the supersymmetric partner of the top quark (the top squark t̃1) decaying to a b quark and a chargino χ̃1± with a subsequent χ̃1± decay into a neutralino χ̃10, lepton ℓ, and neutrino ν. Using a data sample corresponding to 2.7fb-1 of integrated luminosity of pp̄ collisions at √s=1.96TeV collected by the CDF II detector, we reconstruct the mass of top squark candidate events and fit the observed mass spectrum to a combination of standard model processes and t̃1t̃̄1 signal. We find no evidence for t̃1t̃̄1 production and set …

The Alestle - Vol. 62 No. 38 - 06/23/2010, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Alestle

Vol. 62 No. 38

The Daily Gamecock, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

June

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An Update On Suicide Terrorism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author considers the potential moral and ethical merits of suicide and suicide terrorism from a historical and philosophical perspective.

Location-Specific Responses To Thermal Stress In Larvae Of The Reef-Building Coral Montastraea Faveolata, Nicholas R. Polato, Christian Voolstra, Julia Schnetzer, Michael K. Desalvo, Carly J. Randall, Alina M. Szmant, Mónica Medina, Iliana B. Baums

Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

The potential to adapt to a changing climate depends in part upon the standing genetic variation present in wild populations. In corals, the dispersive larval phase is particularly vulnerable to the effects of environmental stress. Larval survival and response to stress during dispersal and settlement will play a key role in the persistence of coral populations. Methodology/Principal Findings: To test the hypothesis that larval transcription profiles reflect location-specific responses to thermal stress, symbiont-free gametes from three to four colonies of the scleractinian coral Montastraea faveolata were collected from Florida and Mexico, fertilized, and raised under mean and elevated (up 1 …

The Efficacy And Safety Of Insulin-Sensitizing Drugs In Hiv-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis Of Randomized Trials, Siddharth H. Sheth, Robin J. Larson

Dartmouth Scholarship

HIV-associated lipodystrophy syndrome (HALS) is characterized by insulin resistance, abnormal lipid metabolism and redistribution of body fat. To date, there has been no quantitative summary of the effects of insulin sensitizing-agents for the treatment of this challenging problem. We searched MEDLINE, the Cochrane Library, clinical trial registries, conference proceedings and references for randomized trials evaluating rosiglitazone, pioglitazone or metformin in patients with evidence of HALS (last update December 2009). Two reviewers independently abstracted data and assessed quality using a standard form. We contacted authors for missing data and calculated weighted mean differences (WMD) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for each …

Synthesis And Characterization Of Novel Nanomaterials: Gold Nanoshells With Organic- Inorganic Hybrid Cores, Alisha D. Peterson

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Gold nanoshells, a material generally composed of a core of silica surrounded by

a thin shell of gold, are of great interest due to their unique and tunable optical properties.

By varying the shell thickness and core size, the absorption and scattering properties are

greatly enhanced. The nanoshells can be made to absorb or scatter light at various

regions across the electromagnetic spectrum, from visible to the near infrared. The

ability to tune the optical properties of nanoshells allows for their potential use in many

different areas of research such as optical imaging, tumor ablation, drug delivery, and

solar energy …

June 23, 2010, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.