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The Shanachie, Volume 23, Number 1, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society

The Shanachie (CTIAHS)

No abstract provided.

Horizons Fall 2011, Nova Southeastern University

Horizons

• Features
  • Bullying 4
  • A Conversation with George L. Hanbury II 10
  • Coral Guardians 14
  • A Treasure Chest of Artifacts 19
  • NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library Turns 10 23
  • Student Centered 28
  • Changing Lives Scholarship 40
• Departments
  • Letter from the President 2
  • Academic Notes
    • Hands-On Training at Nursing Simulation Laboratories 3
    • Curtain up on New Musical Theatre Major 27
  • Around Campus
    • NSU’s Greek Community Grows 37
    • New Degree Programs Offered 35
  • Faculty Profile
    • Bruce Rogow 24
    • Wilma Robles de Melendez 26
  • Student Profile
    • Jake Butler 9
    • Lauren Waters 18
  • Alumni Profile
    • Tom Cairns 32
    • Warren Cohn 34
    • Donald Lemma 36
  • Athletics
    • Rowers …

Implications Of Community Concordance For Assessing Stream Integrity At Three Nested Spatial Scales In Minnesota, U.S.A., Christine L. Dolph, David D. Huff, Christopher J. Chizinski, Bruce Vondracek

Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Staff Publications

1. Fish and invertebrate assemblage data collected from 670 stream sites in Minnesota (U.S.A.) were used to calculate concordance across three nested spatial scales (statewide, ecoregion and catchment). Predictive taxa richness models, calibrated using the same data, were used to evaluate whether concordant communities exhibited similar trends in human-induced taxa loss across all three scales. Finally, we evaluated the strength of the relationship between selected environmental variables and the composition of both assemblages at all three spatial scales.

2. Significant concordance between fish and invertebrate communities occurred at the statewide scale as well as in six of seven ecoregions and …

Advertisement Call And Distribution Of The Treefrogs Hyla Chrysoscelis And Hyla Versicolor In Virginia, Joseph C. Mitchell, Christopher A. Pague

Virginia Journal of Science

The gray treefrog complex consists of two sibling species that are indistinguishable morphologically, the diploid Hyla chrysoscelis and the tetraploid Hyla versicolor. Identification is possible in the field only by audio recognition of male advertisement call trill rates (pulses/second). During 1979-1983 we evaluated taped calls of these two species taken from 89 populations from throughout Virginia to map their respective ranges and to evaluate differences in call parameters. Hyla chrysoscelis occurs in the Coastal Plain, eastern and southern Piedmont, and in southwestern Virginia. Hyla versicoloroccurs in the Piedmont, Blue Ridge, and Ridge and Valley regions south to Wythe …

Changes In Habitat Heterogeneity Alter Marine Sessile Benthic Communities, Pablo Munguia, Richard W. Osman, John Hamilton, Robert B. Whitlatch, Roman Zajac

Biology and Environmental Science Faculty Publications

Habitat heterogeneity is considered an important mechanism influencing diversity patterns in spatially structured habitats. However, spatial heterogeneity is not static and it can change along temporal scales. These changes, whether gradual or rapid, have the potential of forcing species extinctions or facilitating the introduction of nonnative species. Here, we present modeling results that show how changes in spatial heterogeneity over several generations can produce strong changes in benthic species composition residing in eastern Long Island Sound, USA. For many benthic species, hard substrate is a limiting resource which can vary in availability among different coastal areas. We modeled gradual changes …

Retrospective, 2011, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Libraries

Retrospective

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, 2011, Northwestern College

Spectrum literary magazine

Literary journal

A Research Revolution: Genetic Testing Consumers Become Research (And Privacy) Guinea Pigs, Angela L. Morrison

Colorado Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

University Of Arkansas Catalog Of Studies, 2010-2011, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Undergraduate Catalog of Studies

No abstract provided.

Annual Report, 2011, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. School Of Continuing Education And Academic Outreach

School of Continuing Education and Academic Outreach - Global Campus Annual Report

No abstract provided.

Island Times, Jan-Feb 2011, Kevin Attra

Island Times Newspaper, 2011

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Lived Experiences Of Rural African American Millennials At Predominantly White Institutions, Corey Guyton

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of rural African American Millennials attending predominantly White institutions (PWIs) and how they make meaning of these experiences. In-depth interviews were conducted with six students (graduate and undergraduate) who identified as being from a rural area, African American (or Black), and a Millennial. Seven major themes emerged from the study: the presence of college aspirations, desire to attend a historically Black college or university (HBCU), experiencing culture shock, lack of academic preparation, experiencing microaggressions, lack of parental involvement, and no desire to return home after graduation. Some major themes …

Development Of An Ecosystem Approach To The Monitoring And Management Of Western Australian Fisheries. Final Frdc Report : Project 2005/063, Norman G. Hall, Brent S. Wise

Fisheries Research Reports

Objectives 1. Test the robustness of statistical procedures to identify impacts of multi-sector fishing on community composition using existing fishery data. 2. Assess the level of change in community composition in each bioregion of WA during the previous 30 years. 3. Identify key data to which ecosystem structure and management strategies are most sensitive and which should be collected in the future. 4. Identify critical changes in exploitation and/or environment that would impact marine ecosystems markedly. 5. Identify areas where more detailed research and/or monitoring are needed.

News From The Flock, Vol. 2011 Issue 1, Sperry-Galligar Audubon Society

Sperry-Galligar Audubon Society Newsletters

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Berita Autumn 2011, Derek Heng

Berita

Chair’s Address... 2

Editor’s Foreword...3

Members’ Updates...4

Announcements...5

John A. Lent Prize...6

Islam, Corporatization and Economy in Southeast Asia...8

Singapore’s Democratic Opening? 2011 Elections...12

What is National Education in Singapore?...15

Researching the Colonial Ethnology of British Malaya & the Netherlands Indies...20

No. 07: Rapid Urbanization And The Nutrition Transition In Southern Africa, Jonathan Crush, Bruce Frayne, Milla Mclachlan

African Food Security Urban Network

The nutrition transition, including the presence of malnutrition and obesity in poor urban populations (the so-called ‘double burden’ of disease), is occurring in Southern Africa in the context of massive rural-urban migration and rapid urbanization. This seemingly contradictory situation poses one of the major threats to public health in the developing world, and impacts the poor – and therefore the most food insecure – to the greatest extent. This paper reviews the state of knowledge about food insecurity and the nutrition transition in the urban areas of Southern Africa drawing on existing studies and new research conducted by AFSUN. The …

A Virtual Phytosaur Endocast And Its Implications For Sensory System Evolution In Archosaurs, Waymon Holloway

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Due to the overall morphological similarities between the Triassic archosaurs of the order Phytosauria and extant crocodilians, most studies have assumed that the two shared similar lifestyles. Many studies involving phytosaurs have focused on the external cranial morphology of various taxa. Internal cranial anatomy has received relatively little attention. As a result, comparative morphology studies of the braincases interior, or endocast, of phytosaurs are an area of potential exploration. Just as modern medical Xray computed tomography (CT) can be used to create three-dimensional images of internal structures of living subjects, such technology offers a non-invasive means of studying the internal …

Muscle Plasticity And Intramuscular Signaling In The Insulin-Resistant Obese Zucker Rat, Anjaiah Katta

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The ability to increase skeletal muscle mass may have important implications for the treatment of insulin resistance (IR) and diabetes [1-3]. Recent data suggest that IR muscle may adapt differently than normal muscle; however, molecular mechanism(s) responsible for this finding are not well understood [4]. Herein, we investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying the skeletal muscle remodeling in the IR Obese Zucker (OZ) rat.

The OZ rat is characterized by skeletal muscle insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia. Compared to LZ rats, our data demonstrate that soleus muscle hypertrophy was significantly attenuated in the OZ rats after 3-weeks of muscle overload and …

An Exotic Species Is The Favorite Prey Of A Native Enemy, Yiming Li, Zunwei Ke, Supen Wang, Geoffrey R. Smith, Xuan Liu

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Explore, Fall 2011, Vol. 15, No. 1: The Globalization Of Superficiality And The Challenge Of Jesuit Higher Education, Ignatian Center For Jesuit Education

explore

Contents: Reflections on the “Shaping the Future” Conference, Mexico City, 2010 4 Refounding the “Universities of the Society”—The Challenge of Fr. Nicolás to Jesuit Higher Education BY MICHAEL E. ENGH, S.J. 10 Jesuit Higher Education and the Legacy of Paul Locatelli, S.J BY RON HANSEN 13 Universality, Learned Ministry, and Depth of Thought and Imagination BY PAUL J. CROWLEY, S.J. 18 Shaping the Future of (Jesuit) Legal Education BY CÉSAR ARJONA 22 HWJT? (How Would Jesus Tweet?): Reimagining New Media as Social BY ELIZABETH DRESCHER 28 Friending in El Salvador and Tanzania: An Education in Solidarity BY HILARY TITUS, SCU …

Clothing The Body Of Christ: An Inquiry About The Letters Of Paul, Martin Connell

Theology Faculty Publications

In four decades of the reform of Roman Catholic worship after Vatican II, virtually no critical attention has been accorded the New Testament witness about Jesus' or the first-century church's clothing.It's a striking lacuna, for clothing is omnipresent in the New Testament. In this inquiry about clothing, I take up one aspect of the earliest Christian ritual tradition and suggest that ritual clothing has been excised from much of Christian imagination and its academy as a result of Protestant hegemony in biblical and historical criticism. By looking closely at what is said of clothing in the letters of Paul, I …

A K–Parameter Analysis Of Hardy–Weinberg Equilibrium Conditions For The Mangrove Species In Two Islets Of Eastern Visayas, Philippines, Roberto N. Padua, Jay P. Picardal, Dexter S. Ontoy, Sherleine B. Tecson

CNU Journal of Higher Education

The Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium model was used as a platform for analyzing a field survey data on the distribution of mangrove species in two islets of Eastern Visayas, Tabuk and Cabgan. The study is part of a larger Island Biodiversity program of the Cebu Normal University. A new estimator, developed by the first author, for measuring deviations from equilibrium was used in the study, while the relationship between the classical Shannon’s diversity index and the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium was likewise explored. Results revealed that the probability of extinction of the mangrove species in both islands are relatively high and the most probable …

Some Applications Of The Distribution Of The Maximum On Independent Normal Random Variables, Roberto N. Padua

CNU Journal of Higher Education

The paper deals with the distribution of the maximum of n independent normal random variables and some of its applications in the electricity power industry in the area of peak load estimation and in genetic selection for animal breeding. For small n, the difficulty in finding the value of multiple integrals involved in the distribution function of the maximum order statistics (and hence, in the computation of its expected value) is recognized. The paper provides for simple approximations to the mean of the largest order statistics both in the iid and non-identically distributed cases. Large sample asymptotic results for extreme …

Consensus-Based Reporting Standards For Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies For Paratuberculosis In Ruminants, Ian A. Gardner, Søren S. Nielsen, Richard J. Whittington, Michael T. Collins, Douwe Bakker, Beth Harris, Srinand Sreevatsan, Jason E. Lombard, Raymond Sweeney, David L. Smith, Jerie Gavalchin, Shigetoshi Eda

Zoonotics and Wildlife Disease: Publications

The Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy (STARD) statement was developed to encourage complete and transparent reporting of key elements of test accuracy studies in human medicine. The statement was motivated by widespread evidence of bias in test accuracy studies and the finding that incomplete or absent reporting of items in the STARD checklist was associated with overly optimistic estimates of test performance characteristics. Although STARD principles apply broadly, specific guidelines do not exist to account for unique considerations in livestock studies such as herd tests, potential use of experimental challenge studies, a more diverse group of testing purposes and …

Bovine Tuberculosis In A Nebraska Herd Of Farmed Elk And Fallow Deer: A Failure Of The Tuberculin Skin Test And Opportunities For Serodiagnosis, W. Ray Waters, Gary E. Stevens, Mark A. Schoenbaum, Kathy A. Orloski, Suelee Robbe-Austerman, N. Beth Harris, S. Mark Hall, Bruce V. Thomsen, Arach J. Wilson, Roger E. Brannian, Jeffrey T. Nelson, Shawn Schafer, Javan Esfandiari, Meghan Dutton, Rena Greenwald, Konstantin P. Lyashchenko

Zoonotics and Wildlife Disease: Publications

In 2009, Mycobacterium bovis infection was detected in a herd of 60 elk (Cervus elaphus) and 50 fallow deer (Dama dama) in Nebraska, USA. Upon depopulation of the herd, the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis (TB) was estimated at ∼71–75%, based upon histopathology and culture results. Particularly with elk, gross lesions were often severe and extensive. One year ago, the majority of the elk had been tested for TB by single cervical test (SCT), and all were negative. After initial detection of a tuberculous elk in this herd, 42 of the 59 elk were tested by SCT. …

Equine Piroplasmosis Domestic Pathways Assessment (2011), Usda, Aphis, Vs, Ceah, Ncra, Julie Gauthier, Robert Harris, Angela James, Laurel Voelker, Katie Portacci

Zoonotics and Wildlife Disease: Publications

Abstract: Equine piroplasmosis (EP) is a tick borne disease of equids. It is considered a foreign animal disease in the United States. However, from January 2009 through November 2010, 542 confirmed positive cases have been identified in 16 different States. This domestic pathways assessment evaluates the risk of releasing an EP pathogen (Theileria equi or Babesia caballi) from a quarantined premises through movement of horses. In addition, this assessment evaluates the risk of disease transmission by ticks, vertical transmission, or iatrogenic transmission. When an acaricide is applied correctly, the risk of EP transmission by ticks to a horse is low. …

Er Stress And Lipid Metabolism In Adipocytes, Beth S. Zha, Huiping Zhou

Microbiology and Immunology Publications

The role of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is a rapidly emerging field of interest in the pathogenesis of metabolic diseases. Recent studies have shown that chronic activation of ER stress is closely linked to dysregulation of lipid metabolism in several metabolically important cells including hepatocytes, macrophages, β-cells, and adipocytes. Adipocytes are one of the major cell types involved in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome. Recent advances in dissecting the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of adipogenesis and lipid metabolism indicate that activation of ER stress plays a central role in regulating adipocyte function. In this paper, …

Autoimmune Thyroid Disorders, Rosalind Brown, Gary L. Francis

Pediatrics Publications

No abstract provided.

Cannabinoid Exposure During Zebra Finch Sensorimotor Vocal Learning Persistently Alters Expression Of Endocannabinoid Signaling Elements And Acute Agonist Responsiveness, Ken Soderstrom, Justin L. Poklis, Aron H. Lichtman

Pharmacology and Toxicology Publications

Background Previously we have found that cannabinoid treatment of zebra finches during sensorimotor stages of vocal development alters song patterns produced in adulthood. Such persistently altered behavior must be attributable to changes in physiological substrates responsible for song. We are currently working to identify the nature of such physiological changes, and to understand how they contribute to altered vocal learning. One possibility is that developmental agonist exposure results in altered expression of elements of endocannabinoid signaling systems. To test this hypothesis we have studied effects of the potent cannabinoid receptor agonist WIN55212-2 (WIN) on endocannabinoid levels and densities of CB1 …

Intravaginal Cytomegalovirus (Cmv) Challenge Elicits Maternal Viremia And Results In Congenital Transmission In A Guinea Pig Model, Megan J. Olejniczak, K Yeon Choi, Michael Mcvoy, Xiaohong Cui, Mark R. Schleiss

Pediatrics Publications

Background The objective of this study was to compare intravaginal (ivg) and subcutaneous (sc) administration of the guinea pig cytomegalovirus (GPCMV) in pregnant and non-pregnant guinea pigs. These studies tested the hypotheses that ivg infection would elicit immune responses, produce maternal viremia, and lead to vertical transmission, with an efficiency similar to the traditionally employed sc route.

Results Four groups of age- and size-matched guinea pigs were studied. Two groups were pregnant, and two groups were not pregnant. Animals received 5x105 plaque-forming units (PFU) of a GPCMV reconstituted from an infectious bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) construct containing the full-length GPCMV …