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Summer 2011, Nova Southeastern University

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Textile Society Of America Newsletter 23:1 — Winter 2011, Textile Society Of America

Textile Society of America: Newsletters

Lillian Elliott Award Recipient: Sharon Kallis
Symposium 2010: TSA Award and Scholarship Winners
From the President
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New Material World: Rethreading Technology, Sharon L. Kennedy

Sheldon Museum of Art: Catalogs and Publications

New Material World: Rethreading Technology highlights ten contemporary textile artists from Canada, Denmark, Japan, South Korea, and the United States, who engage modern technology either by employing or studiously resisting it in their work. The exhibition explores ways in which some artists utilize technology as a tool to expand their design capabilities and others use it to further their cultural, political, scientific, or social interests. Technology aids in planning and implementing artwork, allowing artists more time to explore new creative ventures. Modern exchanges of information facilitate collaborations between artists and industry. Although technology has benefited many textile artists, others find …

Review: Improving The Therapeutic Index Of 8-Aminoquinolines By The Use Of Drug Combinations: Review Of The Literature And Proposal For Future Investigations, Hla Y. Myint, Jonathan Berman, Larry Walker, Brandon Pybus, Victor Melendez, J. Kevin Baird, Colin Ohrt

United States Public Health Resources

Because 8-aminoquinolines affect critical survival stages of Plasmodium parasites, treatment and control of malaria could be markedly improved by more widespread use of these drugs; however, hemolytic toxicity, which is widely prevalent in G6PD-deficient patients, severely constrains this use. Primaquine was approved more than 50 years ago after extensive clinical testing. Review of the mid-20th century literature in the light of present understanding of pharmacokinetics and metabolism suggests that manipulation of these factors might dissociate 8-aminoquinoline efficacy from toxicity and lead to an improved therapeutic index.

Landscape And Residential Variables Associated With Plague-Endemic Villages In The West Nile Region Of Uganda, Katherine Macmillan, Russell E. Enscore, Asaph Ogen- Odoi, Jeff N. Borchert, Nackson Babi, Gerald Amatre, Linda A. Atiku, Paul S. Mead, Kenneth L. Gage, Rebecca J. Eisen

United States Public Health Resources

Plague, caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis , is a severe, often fatal disease. This study focuses on the plagueendemic West Nile region of Uganda, where limited information is available regarding environmental and behavioral risk factors associated with plague infection. We conducted observational surveys of 10 randomly selected huts within historically classified case and control villages (four each) two times during the dry season of 2006 ( N = 78 case huts and N = 80 control huts), which immediately preceded a large plague outbreak. By coupling a previously published landscape-level statistical model of plague risk with this observational survey, …

Survival Of Escherichia Coli O157:H7 On Cattle Hides, Terrance M. Arthur, Xiangwu Nou, Norasak Kalchayanard, Joseph M. Bosilevac, Tommy Wheeler, Mohammad Koohmaraie

United States Public Health Resources

The objective of this study was to determine the time period that Escherichia coli O157:H7 survives on the hides of cattle. Extensive research has been conducted and is ongoing to identify and develop novel preharvest intervention strategies to reduce the presence of E. coli O157:H7 on live cattle and subsequent transfer to processed carcasses. If a reduction of E. coli O157:H7 levels in feces can be achieved through preharvest intervention, it is not known how long it would take for such reductions to be seen on the hide. In the study presented herein, three trials were conducted to follow E. …

Changes In Consumption Of Omega-3 And Omega-6 Fatty Acids In The United States During The 20th Century, Tanya L. Blasbalg, Joseph R. Hibbeln, Christopher E. Ramsden, Sharon F. Majchrzak, Robert R. Rawlings

United States Public Health Resources

Background: The consumption of omega-3 (n–3) and omega-6 (n–6) essential fatty acids in Western diets is thought to have changed markedly during the 20th century.

Objective: We sought to quantify changes in the apparent consumption of essential fatty acids in the United States from 1909 to 1999.

Design:We calculated the estimated per capita consumption of food commodities and availability of essential fatty acids from 373 food commodities by using economic disappearance data for each year from 1909 to 1999. Nutrient compositions for 1909 were modeled by using current foods (1909-C) and foods produced by traditional early 20th century practices (1909-T). …

The Shaping Of Modern Human Immune Systems By Multiregional Admixture With Archaic Humans, Laurent Abi-Rached, Matthew J. Jobin, Subhash Kulkarni, Alasdair Mcwhinnie, Klara Dalva, Loren Gragert, Farbod Babrzadeh, Baback Gharizadeh, Ma Luo, Francis A. Plummer, Joshua Kimani, Mary Carrington, Derek Middleton, Raja Rajalingam, Meral Beksac, Steven G. E. Marsh, Martin Maiers, Lisbeth A. Guethlein, Sofia Tavoularis, Ann-Margaret Little, Richard E. Green, Paul J. Norman, Peter Parham

United States Public Health Resources

Whole genome comparisons identified introgression from archaic to modern humans. Our analysis of highly polymorphic HLA class I, vital immune system components subject to strong balancing selection, shows how modern humans acquired the HLA-B*73 allele in west Asia through admixture with archaic humans called Denisovans, a likely sister group to the Neandertals. Virtual genotyping of Denisovan and Neandertal genomes identified archaic HLA haplotypes carrying functionally distinctive alleles that have introgressed into modern Eurasian and Oceanian populations. These alleles, of which several encode unique or strong ligands for natural killer cell receptors, now represent more than half the HLA alleles of …

Hla/Kir Restraint Of Hiv: Surviving The Fittest, Arman A. Bashirova, Rasmi Thomas, Mary Carrington

United States Public Health Resources

Multiple epidemiological studies have demonstrated associations between the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) loci and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease, and more recently the killer cell immunoglobulin-like (KIR) locus has been implicated in differential responses to the virus. Genome-wide association studies have convincingly shown that the HLA class I locus is the most significant host genetic contributor to the variation in HIV control, underscoring a central role for CD8 T cells in resistance to the virus. However, both genetic and functional data indicate that part of the HLA effect on HIV is due to interactions between KIR …

Coordinate Linkage Of Hiv Evolution Reveals Regions Of Immunological Vulnerability, Vincent Dahirel, Karrthik Shekhar, Florencia Pereyra, Toshiyuki Miura, Mikira Artyomov, Shiv Talsania, Todd M. Allen, Marcus Altfeld, Mary Carrington, Darrell J. Irvine, Bruce D. Walker, Arup K. Chakraborty

United States Public Health Resources

Cellular immune control of HIV is mediated, in part, by induction of single amino acid mutations that reduce viral fitness, but compensatory mutations limit this effect. Here, we sought to determine if higher order constraints on viral evolution exist, because some coordinately linked combinations of mutations may hurt viability. Immune targeting of multiple sites in such a multidimensionally conserved region might render the virus particularly vulnerable, because viable escape pathways would be greatly restricted. We analyzed available HIV sequences using a method from physics to reveal distinct groups of amino acids whose mutations are collectively coordinated (“HIV sectors”). From the …

Nih And Usda Funding Of Dietary Supplement Research, 1999–2007, Karen S. Regan, Edwina A. Wambogo, Carol J. Haggans

United States Public Health Resources

Over one-half of U.S. adults use dietary supplements, so federally supported research into the safety and effectiveness of these compounds is important for the health of many Americans. Data collected in the Computer Access to Research on Dietary Supplements database, which compiles federally sponsored dietary supplement-related research, are useful to scientists in determining the type of dietary supplement research that federal agencies are currently funding and where research gaps exist. This article describes the dietary supplement-related research funded by the NIH and the USDA. Between fiscal years 1999 and 2007, the number of research projects and funding for dietary supplement …

Hippocampal Volume Differences In Gulf War Veterans With Current Versus Lifetime Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms, Brigitte A. Apfel, Jessica Ross, Jennifer Hlavin, Dieter J. Meyerhoff, Thomas J. Metzler, Charles R. Marmar, Michael W. Weiner, Norbert Schuff, Thomas C. Neylan

United States Public Health Resources

Background: Decreased hippocampal volume is described in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. However, it is not known whether it is a risk factor for the development of PTSD or a consequence of PTSD. We sought to determine the effects of PTSD and depressive symptoms on hippocampal volume.

Methods: Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging data were collected in a cross sectional study of 244 GulfWarveterans. Measures included lifetime and current Clinician Administered PTSD Scale, Hamilton Depression Scale, Life Stressor Checklist, and Lifetime Drinking History. Magnetic resonance imaging data were acquired with a 1.5-T scanner and analyzed with automated …

Persistent Infection Or Successive Reinfection Of Deer Mice With Bartonella Vinsonii Subsp. Arupensis, Ying Bai, Charles H. Calisher, Michael Y. Kosoy, J. Jeffrey Root, Jeffrey B. Doty

United States Public Health Resources

Bartonella infections are common in rodents. From 1994 to 2006, longitudinal studies of a rodent community, consisting mainly of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus), were conducted in southwestern Colorado to study hantaviruses. Blood samples from deer mice captured one or more times during the period 2003 to 2006 (n = 737) were selected to study bartonellae in deer mice. Bartonellae were found to be widely distributed in that population, with an overall prevalence of 82.4% (607/737 mice). No correlation was found between bartonella prevalence and deer mouse weight or sex. Persistent or successive infections with bartonellae were observed …

Long Term Depleted Uranium Exposure In Gulf War I Veterans Does Not Cause Elevated Numbers Of Micronuclei In Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes, M. V. Bakhmutskya, M. S. Oliver, M. A. Mcdiarmid, K. S. Squibb, J. D. Tucker

United States Public Health Resources

Depleted uranium (DU) is a high density heavy metal that has been used in military munitions since the 1991 Gulf War. DU is weakly radioactive and chemically toxic. Long term exposure can cause adverse health effects. This study assessed genotoxic effects in DU exposed Gulf War I veterans as a function of uranium (U) body burden. Levels of urine U were used to categorize the cohort into low and high exposure groups. Exposure to DU occurred during friendly fire incidents in 1991 involving DU munitions resulting in inhalation and ingestion exposure to small particles of DU and soft tissue DU …

Receptor Specificity Of Subtype H1 Influenza A Viruses Isolated From Swine And Humans In The United States, Li-Mei Chen, Pierre Rivailler, Jaber Hossain, Paul Carney, Amanda Balish, Ijeoma Perry, C. Todd Davis, Rebecca Garten, Bo Shu, Xiyan Xu, Alexander Klimov, James C. Paulson, Nancy J. Cox, Sabrina L. Swenson, James Stevens, Amy Vincent, Marie Gramer, Ruben O. Donis

United States Public Health Resources

The evolution of classical swine influenza viruses receptor specificity preceding the emergence of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic virus was analyzed in glycan microarrays. Classical swine influenza viruses from the α, β, and γ antigenic clusters isolated between 1945 and 2009 revealed a binding profile very similar to that of 2009 pandemic H1N1 viruses, with selectivity for α2-6-linked sialosides and very limited binding to α2-3 sialosides. Despite considerable genetic divergence, the ‘human-like’ H1N1 viruses circulating in swine retained strong binding preference for α2-6 sialylated glycans. Interspecies transmission of H1N1 influenza viruses from swine to humans or …

Cerebrocerebellar Hypometabolism Associated With Repetitive Blast Exposure Mild Traumatic Brain Injury In 12 Iraq War Veterans With Persistent Post-Concussive Symptoms, Elaine R. Peskind, Eric C. Petrie, Donna J. Cross, Kathleen Pagulayan, Kathleen Mccraw, David Hoff, Kim Hart, Chang-En Yu, Murray A. Raskind, David G. Cook, Satoshi Minoshima

United States Public Health Resources

Disagreement exists regarding the extent to which persistent post-concussive symptoms (PCS) reported by Iraq combat Veterans with repeated episodes of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) from explosive blasts represent structural or functional brain damage or an epiphenomenon of comorbid depression or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Objective assessment of brain function in this population may clarify the issue. To this end, twelve Iraq war Veterans (32.0±8.5 [mean±standard deviation (SD)] years of age) reporting one or more blast exposures meeting American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine criteria for mTBI and persistent PCS and 12 cognitively normal community volunteers (53.0±4.6 years of age) without …

Suffolk Alumni Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2011, Suffolk University

Suffolk University Magazine

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Suffolk Alumni Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2011, Suffolk University

Suffolk University Magazine

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Western Notions Of Canon Is Buddhism Obscuring The Nature Of A Multiplex Scriptural Tradition, Rachel Mclean

Theses & ETDs

This thesis explores the extent to which Western notions of canon can be applied to the Buddhist scriptural tradition. It seeks to resolve inconsistent portrayals of Buddhist scriptural collections rendered by Buddhist scholars in the West; these portrayals often use the technical term canon to frame the tradition's sacred texts in terms of Theravadin Pali, Chinese Mahayana, and Tibetan canons. Although canon has been employed by Buddhist scholars since the mid-19th century to frame depictions of Buddhist scripture, there has been little consideration within Buddhist Studies about using this term in a specifically Buddhist context. In my research, I explored …

A Catalyst For Educational Change: The Role Of Career And Technical Education In Georgia’S Statewide Educational Improvement Efforts, Anthony Chow, Mark Whitlock, Lucy Phillip

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

The Central Educational Center is a product of multiple visions, desires, and hopes. The ideal vision is outlined in a book entitled “The Eden Conspiracy” (Harless, 1997). Other perspectives include a requirement from local business that basic skills of high school graduates need to be rapidly improved, the desire of a growing local school system to provide costly industry-standard career-technical education to all high school students, the vision of a regional technical college to “dual enroll” high school students and make technical college a viable post-secondary option, and the hopes of a Governor looking for a viable model to support …

"Meteors Are Always A Surprise": The Meteor Newspaper And Occupational Therapy At The Alabama Hospital For The Insane, 1872-1881, Karen Thomasino

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 97-118

Pai Dui, Forrest Mcsweeney

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 245-254

According To Secondary Female Science Students, What Creates An Engaging And Interesting Science Class, Colleen Victoria Quinn Schroeder

Theses and Graduate Projects

In gender comparisons, females are still under-represented in the professional scientific world. Understanding how to engage females in the field of science during their secondary school careers could help reverse this phenomenon. The participants in this study were all 11th grade female students enrolled in some science class at the time. Through direct conversations in focus groups the results show that to actively engage females in science, they need to have fun, be taught by knowledgeable teachers, participate in hands-on activities and have challenging classes.

Student Perceptions Of Responsive Classroom In An Urban Setting, Jeremy Lee Jones

Theses and Graduate Projects

Responsive Classroom is an approach to elementary teaching that focuses on the social, emotional, and academic needs of children by creating a warrn classroom environment. Responsive Classroom incorporates ten classroom practices into its educational framework. These classroom practices consist of: morning meeting, rule creation, interactive modeling, positive teacher language, logical consequences, guided discovery, academic choice, classroom organization, working with families, and collaborative problem solving. Through the use of in- depth interviews, this study seeks to explore student perceptions of Responsive Classroom based on a specific population of urban students. Themes that emerged from the interviews were: (l) Responsive Classroom establishes …

Epideictic Rhetoric In The Service Of War: George W. Bush On Iraq And The 60th Anniversary Of The Victory Over Japan, Denise M. Bostdorff

All Faculty Articles

This essay explores the relationship between epideictic discourse and war through the analysis of George W. Bush's August 20, 2005, address at the Naval Air Station near San Diego, ostensibly to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory over Japan. The case also serves as an exemplar for how Bush routinely interwove epideictic appeals with collective memories of World War II in order to promote the Iraq war and deflect criticism of his policies there. Bush praised the greatest generation and linked it to the current generation; blamed and dehumanized enemies of the past and present; advocated for war …

Patterns Of Maternal Yolk Hormones In Eastern Screech Owl Eggs (Megascops Asio), D. Caldwell Hahn

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

Owl clutches typically hatch asynchronously, and brood size hierarchies develop. In this study, we describe intra-clutch variation of testosterone, androstenedione, estradiol, and corticosterone in Eastern screech owl egg yolks. In order to assess whether these hormones may have originated in the follicle, we also characterize variation of testosterone, androstenedione, and corticosterone within the exterior, intermediate, and interior regions of the yolk. Concentrations of testosterone and androstenedione were distributed relatively evenly across egg lay order with the exception of first-laid eggs that had significantly lower concentrations of both androgens than eggs later in the laying sequence. Corticosterone and estradiol did not …

Method Development And Applications To Screening And Characterization Of Rrna-Targeting Small Molecules, Papa Nii Asare-Okai

Wayne State University Dissertations

A series of single ring aminoglycoside analogues was tested for binding to a model RNA representing the A site using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). Several of the synthetic analogues with low molecular weights were found to bind to the RNA with affinities comparable to the parental aminoglycoside neamine, with apparent dissociation constants in the low micromolar range. Salt dependence of the affinity constants for the single ring analogues revealed a predominantly electrostatic binding mode. Footprinting experiments revealed that one of the compounds (DHR23) has a similar binding site as the antibiotic paromomycin. DMS chemical probing results also suggest that …

Feed Efficiency - How Should It Be Used For The Cow Herd?, Andrew J. Roberts, Rick Funston, Travis Mulliniks, Mark Petersen, Mike Macneil

Range Beef Cow Symposium

Improving cow herd efficiency is critical because approximately 70% of the feed inputs required to produce a slaughter animal are used for maintenance, the majority of which is utilized by the dam (Williams and Jenkins, 2006). To date, much of the efforts to improve efficiency in cattle have focused on different measures of feed efficiency (variations in amount of feed consumed and rate of weight gain) determined during the growing phase. While this approach provides pertinent information concerning efficiency during the growing phase, the relationship to cow efficiency remains to be determined. When considering the usefulness of feed efficiency as …

Calculating Unit Costs Of Production And Using The Information For Enterprise Analysis And Decision Making On The Ranch, Aaron L. Berger

Range Beef Cow Symposium

INTRODUCTION

Unit Cost of Production (UCOP) and Enterprise Analysis are tools that ranch managers have been encouraged to utilize in making decisions to improve profit. Managers who have adopted these tools have found them to be valuable in identifying opportunities and problem areas in enterprises on the ranch.

HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNIT COSTS OF PRODUCTION FOR USE IN RANCH MANAGEMENT DECISIONS

The late 1970s and 1980s were challenging times financially for farm and ranch businesses, forcing many to exit the industry. In the early 1990s, the National Cattlemen’s Association Integrated Resource Management (IRM) subcommittee developed Standardized Performance Analysis …

Feed Additives And “Subtherapeutics” In Cattle, Mike Apley

Range Beef Cow Symposium

First, what is a “subtherapeutic”?

The Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary Medicine (FDA/CVM) has a variety of approval classifications for antimicrobials in food animals. These include…

1. Improvement in rate of gain

2. Improvement in feed efficiency

3. Control of disease

4. Prevention of disease

5. Treatment of disease

The first 2 would fall into the “subtherapeutic” category by all of the definitions I am aware of. This is regardless of whether these applications have an effect on disease or not. Control and prevention of disease are considered therapeutic uses by the FDA/CVM and the American Veterinary Medical …